Preparation for summer camp underway in Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Preventorium Committee advances plans for a ten week summer program. Elizabeth Tait to supervise, Bertha Walston matron, with cooks and a boy helper. Building improvements include new floors, mattresses, lockers, cemented baths, repaired screens, and water fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Alford
Elizabeth Tait
Bertha Walston
Bill Speight
Mr. Alford
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Community Chest
M. C. Maddrey
Armed chase ends in arrest after mob accusation at sawmill
Officers questioned a fleeing Black man calling himself William Johnson then pursued him after he refused to enter a car. The suspect was captured and later identified by women at the sawmill with Herbert Johnson arrested the prior day. Chief Dobbins reported the man appeared nervous and feared escape during the lineup.
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William Johnson
Walker
Herbert Johnson
Dobbins
Maryland Yellow-Throat Wart Warbler in Garden Scenes
The Maryland Yellow-Throat is a small yellow throated warbler with a black mask on the male. It migrates north in spring and winters in the gulf states and Central America. It favors low thickets near water and visits gardens, where it hops close to the ground and is easy to watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Gulf States
Central America
Ringng Isong
Yellow-throated Warbler Nest Warning From North Carolina Bird Club
The article describes a Yellow-throat nest a shallow grassy area near alder in the garden with four or five creamy white eggs. It warns of a larger dark cowbird egg that should be removed to prevent cowbird chicks from starving yellowthroat hatchlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Bird Club
Lynch heads to New York jewelry markets from Richmond
Graham Lynch left Sunday for Richmond and then boarded an Eastern Airlines flight to New York City to spend several days at jewelry and gifts markets buying for local stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Lynch
Richmond
Eastern Airlines
New York City
Town Gossip Highlights Visits Across Lasker
Mr and Mrs J A Bolton and daughter Margaret of Lasker spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs W M King. Johnnie Lasker of Fort George Maryland spent the weekend in town with relatives.
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Bolton
Margaret of
Lasker
W. M. King
Johnnie Lasker
Fort George
Maryland
Bill Bell
Fort Bragg
Robert Coppedge
Fort Jackson
Lonnie Coppedge
D. B. Camp
David, Jr
A. M. Glover
Lula Harris
Red Springs
Sam Young
Walter Kee
G. N. Finch
Fitzhugh Lewis
Middlesex
Walter Banes
James Woodruff
Erwin
Annie Goodwin
Benson
Annie Myrick
Red Pearce
Jackson
Dick Burton
Lonnie Bridges
Greenville
Roger Floyd
Peggy Lou
Newport News
Town
Grady Snipes
Bessie Edwards
Margaret West
Minnie McNeil
W. J. Polston
Tarboro
Bessie Bryant
Washington
Wilmer McDaniel
Fayettville
H. M. Black
Fayetteville
Frances Grant
Stella Wilson
Richmond
Virginia
R. B. Rogers
Vernon Rogers
James Rogers
Max Rogers
S. H. Stumpler
Johnie Ivey
St. Pauls
W. R. Hux
C. E. Vaughan
Navarro Hux
Crosby Vaughan
Wade Cooper
Columbia
Social News Roundup From Fort Bragg Area Visits
Local residents and relatives frequent towns across the region. Weekends feature visits to Red Springs Tarboro Richmond Fayetville and Washington with numerous households listed among attendees.
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Madeline Lipscomb
Roanoke Rapids
Carolina
Roanoke Avenue
Brigman
PEE Ae
Gibson
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