Up and Down The Avenue Mother's Day Note
This column reviews Mother's Day origins from Medieval England and notes local community activities. It mentions the 13th century Mothering Sunday, the 1908 revival, skating and bicycle activities for children, Sesquicentennial Constitution copies, a 4 H Club at R. R. High, Roanoke Rapids street paving approval, new street signs on the Avenue, and fire truck warnings as well as Roanoke River fishing reports.
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England
H. S
Paul Reid
R. R. High School
F. W. Reams
Roanoke Rapids
E. 1St Street
W. 14Th
Nine to Graduate From R R Hospital Training School
Nine cadets are set to graduate from the R R Hospital Training School class. The ceremony highlights the completion of rigorous coursework and practical fire and rescue training.
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R.R. Hospital
City approves street paving program with wide margin
The measure passes 714 votes to show broad support with no organized opposition. M. D. Collier and R. I. Starke are re elected to the City Board of Commissioners from North and South Wards respectively. Revised ward totals show North Ward 407 Yes 27 No and South Ward 272 Yes 8 No. City orders immediate work on bond sale and contracts for storm drainage curb and gutters paving Hamilton and Jackson Streets and widening Roanoke Avenue.
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City Board of Commissioners
M. D. Collier
R. I. Starke
North Ward
South Ward
Hamilton
Jackson Streets
Roanoke Avenue
New Pastor at Rosemary Baptist Church Opens Parsonage to Friends
New pastor Rev. Haynie and wife Mrs. Haynie with three of five children have returned from Kelton South Carolina and moved into the parsonage on Jackson Street beside the church. Open house is planned May 9 through May 13 for members and friends to visit at the parsonage with contact via R-105-1.
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Rosemary Baptist Church
Kelton
S. C
Mrs. Haynie
Haynie
Nursing School Roanoke Rapids Ceremony Set for May 12
Nine young ladies will graduate from the Roanoke Rapids Hospital Nursing School with exercises at 8 15 p m Thursday May 12 in the Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium The baccalaureate sermon is Sunday night at the Presbyterian Church The program includes music by Det Bennetts Orchestra an invocation by Rev Gordon Price a solo by Miss Otelia Vaughan introduction of speaker by Dr R P Beckwith diplomas presented by Dr Beckwith and pins by Superintendent Janie Lassiter R N A dance at the Nurses Home will follow with Dot Bennetts orchestra providing music
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Roanoke Rapids High School
Marguerite Beatrice Hamlet
Hollister
Mary Ruffin Robertson
Madison
Mattie Frances Grant
Conway
Mattie Moore Harris
Enfield
Mary Lois Patterson
Stony Point
Mary Thomas Norwood
Roanoke Rapids
Maryaret Anne Johnson
Sanford
Irene Isabel Hawkins
Henderson
Virginia Mae Jenkins
Littleton
The
Presbyterian Church
Det. Bennetts Orchestra
Gordon Price
Otelia Vaughan
R. P. Beckwith
C. K. Proctor
Oxford Orphanage
Florence Nightingale
Beckwith
Janie Lassiter
R. N
Price
Dot Bennett
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Roanoke
Weldon
Gaston
Clyde A. Erwin
Gaston School
Firemen's
F. W. Haynie
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