Roanoke-Chowan String Ensemble To Perform In Woodland
In celebration of National Music Week the Roanoke-Chowan String Ensemble will present a program in the Woman's Club Building Woodland Friday evening May 28. The group features first violins Mrs W A China of Roanoke Rapids and Mrs J A Fleetwood of Conway Roanoke Rapids based players plus second violin Alvin Hockaday and cellist Mrs Marshall Finch, also flutist Kathleen Leahy, Ohio born crazinet Vernell Vick and pianist Mrs Stokes from Severn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke-Chowan
Woodland
Woman's Club
W. A. China
Roanoke Rapids
J. A. Fleetwood
Con
Alvin Hockaday
Marshall Finch
Kathleen Lehay
Ohio
Vernell Vick
Conway
Stokes
Severn
Miss Wafford Hostess To Tuesday Nite Club
The Tuesday night fridge club was entertained last week by Miss Edna Wefford who led the three tables in play. At 10:30 high score prize went to Mrs Sam Bunn and second high to Mrs A O George. A sweet course with coffee was served by the hostess assisted by her mother Mrs Louise Wafford. Attending were Mesdames George Bunn, A L Gilliam, Paul Overton, Earl Rooks, J A Wood, N F White, Hubert Wirtz, Beaman Helms, James Curran, Iney Mohhorn and George Pappendicx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wefford
Mes
Sam Bunn
A. O. George
Louise Waiford
Mesdames
George Bunn
A. L. Gilliam
Paul Overton
Earl Rooks
J. A . Wood
N. F. White
Hubert Wirtz
Beaman Helms
James Curran
Iney Mohhorn
George Pappendicx
Margaret Boone
Mary Ella Currin
Madry
Colerane Hall
Esther House
Elladeane Lee
Engagement announced for Catherine Collier and Alfred Carter Jr
Mr and Mrs James W Collier of Littleton announce the engagement of their daughter Catherine of Littleton and Wilmington to Alfred L Carter Jr son of Mr and Mrs A J Carter Sr of Wrightsville Beach The wedding is set for May 22 at 5 00 P M in Winter Park Baptist Church Wilmington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Collier
Littleton
Catherine
Littleton and
Wilmington
Alfred L. Carter, Jr
A. J. Carter
Wrightsville Beach
Winter Park Baptist Church
Mrs Mayo Coburn Hosts Bridge Evening
Mrs Mayo Coburn entertained a bridge club at her Washington Street home Monday evening with twelve guests across three tables. Five progressions were played until 10 30, and the top score earned by Mrs Clarence Coburn who received a gift from the hostess. Flowers adorned the rooms and refreshments followed at 10 30. Guests included Mrs Jer Seay Mrs Frank Cale Mrs Tommie Merritt Mrs William Shell Mrs M C Newsom Mrs Fredile Cooper Mrs Jack Vincent Mrs George Nethercntt Mrs George Hayes Sr Mrs Eugene Shell and Mrs Hugh Godwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo Coburn
Washington Street
Clarence Coburn
Akring
Coburn
E Coburn
Jer Seay
Frank Cale
Tommie Merritt
Willam Shell
M.C. Newsom Onn Frecdile Cooper
Jack Vincent
George Nethercntt
George Hayes
Eugene Shell
Hugh Godwin
County agencies urge uniform food handling regulations
A countywide notice addresses misunderstandings among civic and church groups about food handling and sale rules. The County Health Department offers further information on sanitation regulations governing food handling establishments to prevent future confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax County Health Department
Symphony Rep Visits Roanoke Rapids For May Concerts
Collins Irvin of the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra toured Roanoke Rapids to help Mrs. W A China finalize preparations for two May 17 concerts at the high school auditorium. The children's matinee starts at 2 30 pm and the evening concert at 8 30 pm. Members gain entry by card, non members pay at the door. advance tickets cost 2.10 for adults and 90 for students.
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Collins Irvin
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Roanoke Rapids
W. A. China
N. C. Symphony Society
Iun
Symphony Society of
Rosemary Drug Co
Local Group To Attend Convention In Raleigh
The North Carolina Public Employment Services convention in Raleigh Saturday May 8 features speakers and staff from the local Employment Office. Principal speaker will be James H. Bond Houston Texas regional director United States Employment Service and APES president. He will address the banquet at the Carolina Hotel Saturday.
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North Carolina Publi Employment Services Conention
Raleigh
Fred McNeil, Jr
Edith Merritt
Elizabeth E. Yave
Eston Brickhouse
Gilbert Baughan
Veteran's Employment
Lillian P. Grimes
Clamstaker
James H. Bond
Houston Texas
United States Employment Service
International Association of Public Employment Services
APES
Bond
International Association
Carolina Hotel
Miss Rockie Davis Named President of Education Group
Miss Rockie Lee Davis daughter of R W Davis and the late Mi Davis of Seaboard was named president of the Association for Childhood Education at East Carolina Teacher's College for the 1948 49 term She will assume office May 11 and represent the organization at the national convention An increased interest in beekeeping is noted among farmers across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockie Lee Davis
R. W. Davis
Mi. Davis
Seaboard
Association For Childhood Education
East Carolina
Langford Couple Announce Raleigh Birth Daughter Mary Ann
Mr and Mrs James Langford of Raleigh announce the birth of a daughter Mary Ann born April 28 at Rex Hospital. Mrs Langford is the former Mary Walker a former commercial teacher at Roanoke Rapids High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Langford
Raleigh
Mary Ann
Rex Hospital
Langford
Mary Walker
Roanoke Rapids High School
Death of Mrs Jessie Butler in Scotland Neck
Mrs Jessie Mae Flynn Butler 20 of Scotland Neck died at home in Washington Friday morning April 30 after months of illness. Funeral services were held Saturday at 2 PM from Paul Funeral Home with Rev Wistar Hamilton and Rev M W Warren officiating. Interment in Oakdale Cemetery. She was born in Washington to Mr and Mrs S R Flynn and was a First Baptist member. Surviving husband Eugene Butler one son Eugene Jr her parents and three brothers Linwood Eugene Elmer Edward and James Franklin Flynn, all of Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Butler
Scotland Neck
Jessie Mae Flynn Butler
Washington
Paul Funeral Home
Otlock
Wistar Hamilton
First Baptist Church
M. W. Warren
Oakdale
Theophilus Adams Rites Held For 60 Year Old Rocky Mount Resident
Funeral services for Theophilus Bud Adams 60 a Rocky Mount resident who died early Tuesday were held at 2 30 p m Wednesday near Nashville from the home of a nephew Raspus Rackley The Rev C F Carter Holiness minister of Rocky Mount presided Burial was in the family cemetery in Nash County Survivors include widow Annie Lee Adams nine sons Bob W C Gorman Meredith Stronach Kenneth Theodore Dervey Harvey of Columbus Ga and others three daughters Annie Laurie Parker J C Perkins and Leo Strickland of Enfield three sisters J W Pittman R T Daniels and C N Griffin and fifteen grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theophilus Adams
Rocky Mount
Theophilus
Bud) Adams
Nashville
Raspus Rackley
C. F. Carter
Nash County
Annie Lee Adams
Bob
W. C
Gorman
Meredith
Stronach
Kenneth
Theodore
Momeyer
Dervey
Alberta
Harvey
Columbus
Annie Laurie Parker
J. C. Perkins
Leo Strickland
Enfield
J.W. Pittman
R. T. Daniels
C.N. Griffin
Brevard Music Foundation Maps 1948 Summer Season Plan
The Brevard Music Foundation announces a 1948 summer season featuring Camp and the Festival in Pisgah National Forest near Brevard. James Christian Pfohl directs the Festival Symphony Orchestra with artists Mary Bothwell and Eileen Farrell among others. events run June 24 to August 8 with concerts August 13 14 15 20 21 and 22 plus a children concert.
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Brevard Music Foundation
South
North Carolina
Brevard
Pisgah National Forest
Hie Nation P
Pens
Eastman
Peabod
Oberlin
Curtis Institute
Ju ‘Iliard
Festival Symphony Orchestra
James Christian Pfohl
Pfobl
Mary Bothwell
Canada
London Symphony
Joseph Battista
Emssary
Brazil
Philadelphia Orchestra
Eileen Farrell
S0 Radio
Jomes
America
Europe
Tessy Spivakovsky
William Hess
Hiladelphia
Bride-Elect Ruby Maddry Honored At Two Week Party Series
Miss Ruby Maddry, bride-elect to Joe O’Neil, received honors at multiple events over the past two weeks. Guests included Miss Guilford Lewis, Miss Rob Cherry, and many friends who attended teas, a bridge afternoon, and a kitchen shower at Coletrane Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Maddry
Joe O'Neil
Guilford Lewis
Rob Cherry
Coletrane Mall
Mesdames Guilford
Lew
AV. G. Bunch
Otha Bane
Byron Gurley
Raine Wilson
Mary Hix
Esther House
Aileen Taylor
Omara Daniel
Ruth Chapmin
Jessie Helen Belche
Imogene Booker
Vernie Eddins
Sara Cannon
Ada Edwards
Virginia Fergerson
Dorothy Delbridge
Grace Clark
Elladean Lee
Nan Abel Mary Turner
Kathrine Dunlap
Ruby Madry
Shower
Miss Maddry
Marriage Announcement for Mary Victoria Sanders and Carl Vin Stone
Mrs Annie Sanders announces the marriage of her daughter Mary Victoria to Carl Vin Stone of Raleigh on January 11, 1248. Mrs Stone is a graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School. Mr Stone is a Raleigh graduate who studied at the University of North Carolina until enlisting in the Navy. He served as a Lieutenant on a Hell Diver in the Pacific. The couple now resides in New Orleans, Louisiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Sanders
Mary Victoria
Carl Vin Stone
Raleigh
Stone
Rownioke Rapids
Mr. Stone
University of North Carolina
Navy
Ite
Pacific
Stone Jara
New J Orleans
Red Cross Honors Rev G L Price for Roanoke Rapids work
Local Red Cross notes Rev G L Price resigned after fourteen years as local chairman. Under his leadership the Roanoke Rapids Chapter grew donations from about 300 to 22 000 during the war, organized the Lit-Veton branch, and carried out home service nurses aides nutrition first aid water safety Junior Red Cross and war work programs. The piece also mentions Union County artificial breeding progress with 241 members and 1500 to 1600 cows signed up, plus cautions about dangerous farm machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. L. Price
American Red Cross
Roanoke Rapids
Red Cross
Lit- Veton
Roanioke Rapids
National Organization For Better Service
Union County
Rosemary School Presents Annual Spring Music Festival
Rosemary School hosts its Annual Spring Music Festival on the front lawn next Wednesday from five to six thirty. Mrs Helen Smith says the program titled Americans All Im pogrants All features world music and folk tunes to show how America owes much of its music to other nations. All students from first to fifth grade will perform songs and dances as parents and patrons are invited to attend this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary School
Helen Smith
America
Seaver Quits Chicken Business in Roanoke Rapids
J M Seaver retires after four years running the Roanoke Chicken Ranch on Bolling Road and puts the business up for sale He will stay in Roanoke Rapids to pursue writing and similar interests He previously ran a publishing venture in Philadelphia before moving to North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaver
Roanoke Rapids
Bolling Road
J. M. Seaver
Roanoke
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Local Social News From Town and Nearby
Mrs. William Townsend of Plainfield New Jersey hosted guests last week. Miss Mary Alex Welles from Richmond Virginia spent the weekend with Mrs. L H Justin. Mesdames Hiram Wesson and Willis Harvey visited Airlie with Mrs. Warren Crawley. Beulah Mae Atkins returned from Baby's Hospital Wilmington after a three month nursing course. Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pegram spent Sunday in Bellhaven. Mrs Rufus Bradley weekend in Raleigh visiting daughters Mrs Courtney Exerton and Miss Esmond Bradley. Mrs Carrie Farrar of Norfolk visiting Mrs Sam King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Townsend
Plainfield
N. J
Joseph P. Pippen
Mary Alex Welles
Richmond, Va
L. H. Justin
Mesdames
Hiram Wesson
Willis Harvey
Airlie
Warren Crawley
Beulah Mae Atkins
Baby’s Hospital
Wilmington
N. C
Roanok Rapids Hospital School of
Nuring
Beverly Brown
Bill Pegram
Bellhaven
Rufus Bradley
Raleigh
Courtney Exerton
Esmond Bradley
Carrie Farrar
Norfolk, Va
Sam King
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Collier - Carter
Mrs. Mayo Coburn
Bridge
Dave
Roanoke Ave
Robert F. Young
Halifax County
Rockie Davis
Seaboard Girl
N. C. Symphony
Charles Medlin
High Point
Meddlin
N.C. Orchestra
Juilliard School of Music
New York
Medlin
Indianapolis Symphony
Henry Carrier
Bre'Yard
Transylvania
Pfohl
James Christian Pfohhl
Winston-Salem
Davidson College
Queen’s College
Charlotte
Stull
Queen’s and
Davidson
Transylvania County
Festival Association
Festival String Orchestra
Norman Lamb
Leo Penasevitch
Ballet Russe Orchestra
Festival Symphony
Pfoht
National Symphony Orchestra
Anthors
The
Henry Farrier
Julius, Sedier
Charles L. Newland
F. S. Best
State College
West Virginia
R. E. Bryan
Lewis
Miss Cherry
J. C. Madry
C. A. Bolton
Omara
Daniel
Mary Ellen Currin
Erie Woodruff
Mises Virginia Fergerson
Mary Jhix
Maddry
Allene Taylor
Coletrane Hall
Mesdames Edgar Bryan
J. B. Hunsinger
W. G. Bunch
Margaret Garris
Genevieve Hodgin
Ruth Davis
Guy Boyd
Ruth
Rosemary Building
Roanoke Avenue
Stone - Sanders
Local Red Cross
Taylor's
Whitman
Norris
M. C. Savage
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