City Board seeks funding to restore state roads within Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Board of Commissioners passed a resolution urging the state to return at least 3 million dollars annually from gasoline and motor vehicle taxes to municipalities. The funds would support maintenance, widening, reconstruction, and new construction of streets inside town limits.
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Board of City Commissioners of
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Board of Commissioners
Halifax County
W. B. Allsbrook
Softball At Roanoke No. 1 Team News Signals Strong Start
Andrew Wrenns Roanoke No 1 softball column notes Oakley Vaughns squad opening with a hot start, Red Jones screwball pitching powering a four game win streak, and injuries to Edmondson Hubbard and Cooper. Burnt pride and bingo and dances planned at the clubhouse as the season opens.
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Andrew Wrenn
Oakley Vaughn
Bill Brown
Red Jones
Fellows
Joe Edmondson
Walter Hubbard
Richard Cooper
No. 1
Confucius
Cricket
Calvary Society Meets at Thelma Home
Calvary Church Calvary Woman's Missionary Society met at Mrs. P. M. Hamill Sr. in Thelma with eight members and visitor Mrs. C. D. House. After business and devotion a social hour followed. Next meeting set with Mrs. J. C. Myrick in June. Members join Better Homes Week garden tour in Halifax and Weldon area. F R King is in Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
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Woman’s Missionary Society of the Calvary Church
P. M. Hamill
Thelma
C. D. House
J. C. Myrick
Calvary Woman's Club
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Mrs. C. E. Davis
Mrs. C. E. Davis marked her birthday at a Washington Street home with a 1:00 p.m. dinner attended by relatives including Mrs. J. H. Davis and C. R. Satterthwaite. Guests joined in singing and the meal featured barbecue, Brunswick stew, fried chicken, baked ham, slaw, and cake with out of town family from Branchville, Conway, and other areas in attendance.
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C. E. Davis
Washington Street
O. N. Edwards
J. H. Davis
J. G. Cole
C. R. Satterthwaite
Clarence Edwards
Branchville
Perry Lassiter
Nellie Lassiter
Aron Lassiter
Conway
Pearl Stanley
Odd design for divorce feature in American Weekly
An illustrated feature about nonvillage style divorce arguing nobody is to blame for failing marriages. Six wise women present the idea that a husband need not pay damages. The piece appears in The American Weekly Magazine and is promoted with next Sunday's Washington Times Herald.
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Washington Times-Herald
Social notes list attendees from Durham and Roanoke Rapids
Line and Mary Stanley of Durham hosted a gathering with guests from Roanoke Rapids including Mrs J H Davis and family Mr and Mrs Powell Tanner and more. The group enjoyed gifts for Mrs Davis who received many beautiful and useful presents.
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Woodrow Stanley
Woodrow Davis
Funeral for Mrs. Smith Held Monday
Funeral services for Mrs Lizzie Rogers Smith 71 were held Monday afternoon at 8 interment followed at the family cemetery She died Sunday at 5 30 pm at her Halifax area home Surviving are daughter Viola Virginia mother Caroline Virginia and two brothers Allison R and Ernest H of Halifax
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Lizzie Rogers Smith
Halifax
Lunsford T. Smith
Viola Virginia
Caroline Virginia
Allison R
Ernest H
Hali
Funeral Services Note Richmond Woman Obituary
Fax and B Arthur Rogers of Richmond Virginia are named in the obituary. Surviving sister Lucy S Rogers is listed with three nephews Gordon B Rogers Richmond Robert A Rogers Roanoke Rapids and George Browning Rogers Halifax. Pallbearers include Robert A and George B Rogers Perkins Stanford Crawley Fletcher Dickens and Howard Hux. C T Thrift of the M E Church conducted the funeral services.
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Fax
B. Arthur Rogers
Richmond, Va
Lucys. Rogers
Gordon B. Rogers
Richmond
Robert A. Rogers
Roanoke Rapids
Geo. Browning Rogers
Halifax
Robert A
George B. Rogers
Perkins
Stanford Crawley
Fletcher Dickens
Howard Hux
C. T. Thrift
M. E. Church
Byrd Byrd Byrd marriage in Hopewell Virginia
Mr and Mrs W H Moseley announce the marriage of their daughter Julia Whitney to Irvin Joseph Byrd on Saturday May 4 at the First Baptist Church Hopewell Reverend Snowden officiated The couple will reside at 1004 Hamilton Street Roanoke Rapids NC Accompanying were Miss Elsie Edwards of Roanoke Rapids and J B Hubbard of Emporia VA
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W. H. Moseley
Julia Whitney
Irvin Joseph Byrd
Hopewell
Virginia
First Baptist Church
Gaston Negroes Are Out In Fight
Two Gaston Negroes were brought to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital last Saturday night and the incident was reported as a fight involving local residents. Authorities investigated the scene for details and potential charges.
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Gaston Negroes
Gaston
Roanoke Rapids ‘Hospital
Two Men Held After Knife Fight Over Stolen Whiskey
Millard Webb and Will Jones faced charges after an affray in which knives were used. They were jailed locally and then transferred to Northampton County to await trial in the County Recorders Court.
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Millard Webb
Will Jones
Northampton
Northampton County
County Recorders Court
First Methodist Church Sunday Services Summary
First Methodist Church led by Pastor Daniel Lane offers services at 9 45 a m church school with W G Lynch as superintendent and 11 a m morning worship with a sermon on The Ministry of Healing. An 815 worship follows with a sermon by D S Leon C Larkin and the second quarterly conference. All stewards meet after the morning service.
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Daniel Lane
W. G. Lynch
D. S. Leon C. Larkin
Belmont couple guests of local hosts
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ford Jr of Belmont were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wolhar, according to society notes.
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J. E. Ford, Jr
Belmont
W. A. Wolhar
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Ruby Wood
Roanoke
Calvary Society
Mrs. Smith
Byrd - Moseley
C. Shell, Manson
First Methodist Church
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