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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1942
Page
9
A wary note on blackout fear for children with tips like taking a frightened youngster to the cinema and singing to soothe. Short ghost tale follows about Jane White and Jane Wyaat and a fatal auto crash linked to apparitions.
Mrs J D Edwards hosted a Thursday bridge gathering with Mrs Lloyd Allen winning the high score prize and Mrs Rudolph Northington taking second high.
A sweet course with tea was served at refreshment hour. Players included Mesdames J. P. Little, W. H. Tickle, Lloyd Allen, H. E. Cameron, Graham Lynch, Jay Thompson, Rudolph Northington and Miss Bernice Hitchens.
Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club will entertain the cast and escorts of the Minstrel show Hooray America at the Country Club on Friday night May 8. Dancing from 9 to midnight with Kiwanis autos available from 8:30 P.M. at the High School for transportation.
The official update states that all cast members will receive a blanket invitation to attend, regardless of whether they have received mailed invitations. Refreshments will be served to attendees.
The United States Civil Service Commission through local representative Carl C. Churchill at the Roanoke Rapids post office seeks boilermakers welders machinists boatbuilders coppersmiths and other skilled workers for Panama Canal Zone jobs. Pay ranges 148 to 174 per hour with overtime. Government meals and healthful living at low prices. Panama room and board about 50 to 60 per month.
J. Le Roy Tripp of Roanoke Rapids was listed among 42 men from the Raleigh Navy recruiting office who completed recruit training at the Norfolk Navy yard and were assigned to duty aboard ship or in navy trade schools within the continental United States. Tripp, who left Rosemary Mills about ten weeks ago, graduated as a seaman first class.
Mrs. J. A. Wood entertained her bridge club with a salad course after a Tuesday evening session. High score went to Mrs. W. C. Williams and second to Mrs. George Pappendick, with both prizes in the form of defense stamps. Present were Mesdames Williams, Pappendick, M. F. White, Jimmie Curran, E. B. Smoot, Ivey Mahorn, A. O. George, Beaman Helms, T. N. Adams, Gordon Stott, Bill Alligood, and Miss Edna Wafford.
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