Music Week Observed By Local Womans Club
The May meeting of the Wo man’s Club at the Club House welcomed Home Demonstration Club members and about seventy five visitors. Mrs W A Thorne opened with remarks on Music Week now in its sixth year.
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
2
The May meeting of the Wo man’s Club at the Club House welcomed Home Demonstration Club members and about seventy five visitors. Mrs W A Thorne opened with remarks on Music Week now in its sixth year.
Attendees listed for the funeral of Mrs. Lou Powell on Friday May 1 include Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wright and others from Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, and North Carolina towns. Names span Lawrenceville Ashland Raleigh Keenville Portsmouth Pensacola Rocky Mount Hertford and more. The service drew relatives and friends from multiple states and towns.
Mrs. C. A. Wyche hosted a five o'clock tea on Friday afternoon for Miss Susan Holliday's birthday. The lawn setting blossomed with flowers as guests including Mesdames Beckwith, Lee, Hayes, Grizzard, Meikle, Manning, Clark, Stell, and Misses Clark and Smith attended and gifts were presented.
The High School Parents Association will host a public subscription bridge party on Thursday evening May 14 at eight o'clock in the Women’s Club Building to benefit the School Library. Tickets include spectator options and refreshments. Mrs. W. A. Wolhar leads arrangements with help for a large turnout.
Mrs Hugh Camp entertained the Monday Night Bridge Club and guests with a progressive contract game. Scores were tallied at fifteen, and Mrs Julian Allsbrook won the high score prize. Flowers and a salad course complemented the hospitality.
Trustee Elliott B. Clark will sell at the Weldon post office door on May 25 1936 at 11:00 A M the Josh Peters Tract of Land in Halifax County N C lying between Weldon and Halifax along the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The 50 acre parcel is described by railway lines and field markers and is secured by a deed of trust in Book 365 at Page 230. The sale is to satisfy the indebtedness described in the deed of trust for the legal holder of the note.
W F Powell administrator of the estate of G A Pearson of Halifax County North Carolina calls all creditors to present claims by April 16 1937 or be barred from recovery and requests immediate payment of debts. Notice dated April 16 1936.
A Thursday afternoon tea at the Wolmans Club Building hosted by Mrs. Johnson Weathers and Mrs. William Alfred Thorne welcomed over a hundred guests. A receiving line featured multiple local matrons including Mrs. Thorne and Mrs. Johnson Weathers. refreshments were served by a team led by Mrs. Z B Manning with help from Mrs. Alfred Martin and others. Bernice Decker of Raleigh was a week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brigman.
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