Oldest Mother Honored at Rosemary M E Church May Day
On Mother's Day May 12 Rosemary M E Church celebrated with the largest Sunday School in months. The youngest honored mother was Mrs Ruth Watson who received a potted flower. The oldest mother present was 95 year old Mrs Bettie Inscoe a great great grandmother. Father figure Sam Riggans aged 92 also stood to receive attention with family ages ranging from 69 to 85. The Inscoe family includes 4 children 27 grandchildren 55 great grandchildren and a great great grandchild.
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Rosemary M. E. Church
Ruth Watson
Bettie Inscoe
Sam Riggans
Grandma Inscoe
Card of Thanks from the Glover Family
The family of A. D. Glover expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy shown during the illness and death of their mother and wife.
Mrs Nannie Joyner Dies at Home
Mrs. Nannie Joyner age 69 wife of the late J B Joyner died Sunday at her Henry Street home. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon by Rev W H Grantham with burial in Cedarwood Cemetery. A son Johnny Joyner of this city survives.
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Nannie Joyner
J. B. Joyner
Henry St
W. H. Grantham
Cedarwood Cemetery
Johnny Joyner
Prisoner Dies at Caledonia Prison Farm
Thomas Gentry of Asheville died Tuesday at Caledonia Prison Farm from a cerebral hemorrhage. The body was shipped to Asheville yesterday for burial.
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Thomas Gentry
Asheville
Caledonia Prison Farm
Lady Finds Relief From Pain With Cardus Aid
Mrs. Herbert W. Hunt of Hallsville Texas reports cramping and monthly pains easing after using Cardus. She says health improved, cramps faded, and pain vanished with continued use. If Cardus does not help, she suggests consulting a physician.
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Herbert W. Hunt
Hallsville
Texas
Paina
Cardus
Sonisutt
Rev Price to Fill Pulpit at First Baptist This Sunday
Reverend G. L. P. of the First Baptist Church will return from the Southern Baptist Convention to fill the pulpit this Sunday. The morning sermon is titled Echoes of the Southern Baptist Convention and the evening message is Contract With God.
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First Baptist Church
Southern Baptist Convention
Local visitors and guests spend weekend in town
Raleigh business visitor J. M. Sink Jr. called Tuesday. Ashboro resident Mrs. William J. Armfield III joined her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Allen for the weekend. Raeford couple Mr. and Mrs. Younger Snead visited Mrs. Snead's mother Mrs. C. P. Vincent. Richmond's Jack Moore, Greensboro's Mrs. John Zollicoffer, and Portsmouth's Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pugh with children stayed over. Warrenton native Joe Mitchell visited Sunday.
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J. M. Sink, Jr
Raleigh
William J. Armfield III
Ashboro
H. D. Allen
Younger Snead
Raeford
Snead
C. P. Vincent
Jack Moore
Richmond
John Zollicoffer
Greensboro
Edward Pugh
Portsmouth
Household Showers for Two New Brides
Friends of Mrs. Richard Green and Mrs. Rupert Shaw hosted a Saturday night shower for the two brides. About 30 guests attended as a wagon of gifts was pulled by Mrs. R. M. Pair and Mrs. W. L. Then. Hostesses served lemonade cake and pickle while Roses and snowballs decorated the home. Mrs. G. H. Harvey and daughter Agnes of Hopewell Virginia visited Mrs. H B. Britt.
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Richard Green
Rupert Shaw
R. M. Pair
W. L
Jack Shaw
Samuel Arrington Dunn Dies After Prolonged Illness
Samuel Arrington Dunn of Scotland Neck Halifax County died May 14 at 2 30 PM after a long illness. Born in 1880 he was educated at Vine Hill academy and Wake Forest College practiced law since 1905. He married twice first to Huldah Edmundson Josey second to Olivia Norfleet Lawrence and leaves five living children and several siblings. Funeral services were held May 15 at 4 PM from his Roanoke Street home with local bar association pallbearers.
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Scotland Neck
Samuel Arrington Dunn
Halifax County
Roanoke Street
James Leonidas Dunn
Dorothy Miriam Arrington
Old Vine Hill Academy
Marietta Edmundson
Etta Dunn
Washington, D. C
Samuel Arrington Dunn, Jr
Olivia Norfleet Lawrence
C. T. Lawrence
Nancy Dunn
Charles Wells Dunn
Dunn
Annie Dunn
Minnie Dunn
Enfield
Iane Dunn
Asheville
John Perry
Winston-Salem
R. L. Hardy
Raymond C. Dunn
Walter Dunn
Balfour Dunn
Church Barbecue and Stew Supper to Benefit Smiths Church
The ladies of Smiths church plan a Brunswick stew and barbecue supper on Saturday night May 18 at Rose's old 5 and 10c Store to raise funds for the church. Plates will be served for 20 and 35 cents each.
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Ladies of Smith’s Church
Rose
Petersburg Local Colored Boy Crowns at Petersburg
Willy Toney, 22, a local colored resident and son of farmer Hilliard Toney near Roanoke Rapids, drowned while swimming near Petersburg Sunday. The coroner ruled the death accidental and the body was shipped back for burial Monday.
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Willy Toney
Hilliard Toney
Roanoke Rapids
Petersburg
Rock Muddle At Lake Thomas Delights Chester Hunting Club
Rufus Lowe hosted a Rock Muddle for his Chester Virginia hunting club at Lake Thomas on the night of Wednesday May 8. Attendees included D. B. Camp E. B. Harris A. M. Glover J. H. Camp W. C. Wrenn and Jim Gurkins of Roanoke Rapids.
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Rufus Lowe
Chester
Lake Thomas
D. B. Camp
E. B. Harris
A. M. Glover
J. H. Camp
W. C. Wrenn
Jim Gurkins
Roanoke Rapids
Our Readlers Letters From the Clerk on Dime Safety
A reader claims chain letter dimes are safe and urges others to keep their money. Clerk F. C. Hege assures no letters were opened and that dimes remain with senders.
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Mr. Hege
F. C. Hege
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. D. Glover
Caledonia
Rev. Price
Weldon
G. H. Harvey
Agnes
Hopewell, Va
H B. Britt
S. A. Dunn
Egauno
Ier’s
Florida
White House
Swift
Iona
Sunnyfield Butter Tr Creamery
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