Local ladies honor Rosemary School retiree and bride elects
Ruth and Viola Glover hosted parties this week at their home honoring Miss Mary Lowder a Rosemary School faculty member retiring this year. Guests included Miss Ruth Davis and Miss Virginia Gates with a spring flower decor enlivens the events. Ruby Maddry bride elect received a kitchen shower and a bridge party followed in Rich Square with many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Glover
Viola Glover
Miss Lowder
Miss Hodgin
BrideElect Honored On Tuesday Evening
Miss Genevieve Hodgin was honored as brideelect at a Tuesday evening party. Hostesses presented her with crystal gifts, a floating prize was won by Mrs. H. E. Cameron, and ice courses plus iced drinks were served. Cor sages of roses adorned the plates as favors for guests including Misses Price Booker Chapman Daniel Lang Hitchen Hix and Mesdames Daughtry Thompson Cameron.
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China
Miss Maddry
Margaret Myers
Jack Warmack
Rich Square
Myers
Marjorie Vaughan
Ruby and
Joe
James Everett Brown
James Woods
B. E. Stephenson
Vigel Boomer
Wilson Shoulars
Willie Lee Shoulars
Willie Barnes
Emmitt Bolton
S. G. Baugham
N. L. Turner
Florence Powell
Bert Miller
R. W. Outland
Joe Draper
Ashley Bolton
Ralph Howell
Brady Traylor
James Bolton
Robert Bolton
Bill Worrell
Herbert Rose
Manning Cooke
Buxton Weaver
Revel Freeman
C. E. Myers
Ruby Madry
Elizabeth Parker
BrideElect
Genevieve Hodgin
Henrietta Price
H. E. Cameron
Imogene Booker
Ruth Chapman
Omara Daniel
Elizabeth Lang
Bernice Hitchen
Mary Hix
Mesdames
E. M. Daughtry
Jay Thompson
HE. Cameron
Mrs M F White Hosts Bridge Club Evening
Mrs M F White entertained her bridge club Tuesday night with two tables at play. Roses and sweet peas adorned the rooms. George Pappendick won high score and Paul Overton was second. Gifts were given by the hostess. a sweet course followed for guests Edna Watford Hubert Wirtz Earl Rook Paul Overton Beaman Helms Jimmy Curran A L Gilliam George and George Pappendick.
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M. F. White
George Pappendick
Paul Overton
Edna Watford
Mesdames Hubert Wirtz
Earl Rook
Beaman Helms
Jimmy Curran
A. L. Gilliam
George
Miss Bernice Hitchens Hosts Bridge Club Evening
Miss Bernice Hitchens entertained her bridge club on Wednesday evening. Three tables played amid spring flower arrangements. Prizes went to Mrs. Earl Daughtry and Mrs. H. E. Gibson, who also shared refreshments with the group including H. E. Cameron and Fleetwood Sullivan.
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Miss Bernice Hitchens
Baptist Ladies Bible Class Meets in Enfield
The Baptist Ladies Bible Class met at Mrs. P. V. Brown's home with co hosts Mrs. E L House and Miss Katie Riddick. Eighteen members attended. Mrs. Stella Broach presided and Mrs. Walter Garnett Sr led the devotional. Minutes were read and treasurer's report given. The June meeting planned to measure the ladies waists.
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Enfield
Baptist Ladies Bible Class
P. V. Brown
E. L. House
Katie Riddick
W. A. Pope
Local Club Meeting Adopts Penny Per Inch Waist Fund
A church group collected eight dollars and eighty nine cents for a building fund during a Mother's Day meeting. A poem titled When My Mother Stays In Bed was read, and prizes awarded for a flower contest. Hostesses served iced dine with cookies. Members and visitors listed with several names included Mrs. Kimball and Mrs. House received acknowledgments for participation. Text mentions dairy stock in Dakota and a note on sunshine reducing wool in textile studies with figures across 1947.
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A. H. Hardison
Robert Kimball
H.C. Durham
L. W. Ransone
Delores Mayes Wins World Peace Medal in School Contest
Delores Mayes, a tenth grade student at Roanoke Rapids High School, received a World Peace Medal for the best speech in a Dramatics class speaking contest held last Thursday. The topic was How Can the United Nations Be Strengthened, with speeches lasting six to twelve minutes. Ann Bunn presided, seven students competed, and J W Talley, the high school principal, awarded the medal.
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Delores Mayes
Roanoke Rapids
United Nations
Ann Bunn
Josie Ellis
Margaret Askew
Caroline Broun
Judith Parker
Mary Jane Palaich
J. L. Camp
I E. Ready
Edmund Berkeley
Lunsford Crew
J. W. Talley
Buggs Island Site Called Key Folsom Culture Find
Smithsonian archaeologist Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts Jr. urged the National Park Service to accelerate salvage work before river basin projects flood lands along the Roanoke River near Buggs Island Virginia North Carolina. He warned the area holds the eastern United States only known Folsom type material dating back 15 000 years and stressed vast valley ruins must be saved.
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Frank H. H. Roberts, Jr
Smithsonian Institution
National Park Service Advisory Board
Roberts
Buggs Island
Roanoke River
Virginia
North Carolina
United States
North American
Allatoona
Center _ Hill
Tenn
Caney Fork River
Fort Gibson
Okla
Columbia River
Washington
Oregon
Library of Archeology
Good Rural Roads By Next Winter Please
In wartime neglect harmed farm to market roads in North Carolina but now candidates for governor pledge road upgrades. Better rural roads are vital for commerce, preventing spoilage of dairy eggs meat and other farm products as transport improves. Immediate steps and public will can secure funds and maintenance to fix roads before winter.
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North Carolina
Piedmont
Tide Runners Running In Local Waters Near Coastal Bridges
Morehead City observers report sea trout, dubbed tide runners, appearing in local waters with several strong catches near Newport River and Atlantic Beach Bridge. Other bottom fish are landed daily by pier and inshore boats while deep sea ca pers at Cape Lookout snag blues and a few Spanish mackerel.
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Morehead City
Newport River
Atlantic Beach Bridge
Cape Lookout
Teol Fungicide Ad Claims Fast Action
A vintage ad promotes Teol as a strong fungi cide with 90 percent alcohol claiming it kills athlete's foot germs in one hour. It promises a 35 cent refund and urges purchase at any drug store.
Brown Visits With Parents Over Weekend
Sanford Brown of the University of North Carolina spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs S D Brown. The article notes the long history of the cider apple in England and France since the 16th century.
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Sanford Brown
The
University of N.C
Mrs. S. D. Brown
England
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Lowder
Rosemary School
Ruth Davis
Virginia Gates
Honoreo
Sybie Beaman
Maxie Broadwell
Betty Gates
Jack Smith
Lloyd Sandlin
Hugh Cobb, Jr
Washington, D. C
Ruby Maddry
Ruby Madddry
Allene Taylor
Esther House
Katherine Dunlap
Coletrane
Bernice Hitchens
Earl Daughtry
H. E. Gibson
W. M. Cameron
Fleetwood’ Sullivan
Earl ‘Daughtry
Johnson
Roanoke Ave
Brooke RapiDs
Dakota Experiment Station
General Scott
Ver Crux
Iwo Jima
Geen Suni
Schenley Distillers Corporation
New York City
Lroy
M. Systm Store
J. B. Batton
Standard Grocery CO
G. H. Ranhorn & Son
I. K. Braswell Grocery
Shanny's Cash Grocery
R. I. Starke Grocery
R. R. Butts Grocery
Stedman Stores
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