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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1932
Page
5
Evelyn Johnson and associate editors lead the local page with names including John Bounds Pauline Brewer Ottia Reynolds Ophelia Daniel Eperts Jimmie Shell and Hilda Hines coordinating content for the Girls and Boys Glee sections.
A call to find a bewitching bald bespeckled professor prompts a gathering in the High School Auditorium on May 18. Rewards include a full evening of entertainment and fun for participants who assist in the search.
Teachers R L Martin and Virginia Smith led Roanoke Rapids High School groups to Greensboro events. Martin, with nearly a decade at the local school, earned trophies with the orchestra. Smith praised the year for the glee club, which earned creditable showing though no blue ribbons. Principal P A Reid received the Greensboro cup.
Discussion covered the musical portion and the game with Pollocksville. Players coaches and students gave talks about the Yellow Jackets striving for their next State title amid strong enthusiasm among the student body.
Coach Hugh Bradley's squad beat Rosemary Mills 4 1 in a season opener. Matches featured Matthews Edmondson in three sets with Edmondson winning 6 3 2, Bounds and Murray taking two of three against Manning Buxton, and Bradley whitewashing Wolhar 6 0 6 0. Next week Patterson Mills visits Vincent Memorial court.
Last week seven Roanoke Rapids students joined a large group to enter the State Music contest in Greensboro. The orchestra under RL Martin claimed the Class B cup, the ninth trip with the prize for the town. Norman Speight took second in tenor solo and the glee club held strong but fell short.
The N C W Club hosted by Mrs George Pappendick and Mrs Jim Thompson featured Miss Annie Cherry presiding at the business meeting and receiving a corsage for her recent governor appointed trustee honor. Other clubs met including the Contract Club with high scorer Mrs Frank Williams and the Teachers Club with a Sweet course and strong scores. The Rosemary Baptist Church Woman's Business Council met with 26 members and 8 visitors, as Annie Hancock returned from Norfolk relatives Spokane?
A note from K. H. Wright expresses gratitude for hospital care and flowers during illness. Wright thanks the hospital staff doctors nurses the church and preacher and friends for prayers cards and kindness. Wishes for health and continued hometown support.
The April list records marriage licenses for William Bond Coffman and Eunice C. Jones of Newport News Virginia. Also listed are Leroy Hill and Florence Clark of Scotland Neck, Marion Mills and Lizzie Hines of Thelma, Henry Clark and Alice Tillery of Scotland Neck, and Forest McGee and Sarah Brooks of Enfield.
In The Superior Court Halifax County North Carolina a tax lien foreclosure action is filed against William Johnson and his wife regarding real property in Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids township. They must appear at the Clerk of Superior Court in Halifax within fifty days to answer or demur. A. L. Travis Jr. Clerk. April 26 1982.
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