Roanoke Rapids News Briefs Echo War Era Humor
Local column recaps quirky items from the town and nearby: misadventures of officers in Texas, patriotic office workers swapping stockings for victory bonds, four druggists dubbed the four horsemen of Roanoke Rapids, and campus leadership honors for Charlie Davis and Katherine Traynham. Also notes on a hen egg etched with a rising sun, gas rationing quirks, Navy enlistment banter, parking spots, box scores return, and editor definitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Charlie Davis
C. W. Davis
University of North Carolina
Katherine Traynham
Dave Traynham
Salem College
Winston-Salem
Extra Jurors Drawn For June Court In Halifax
A total of 100 jurors were drawn for duty the first week of Halifax Superior Court starting June 1 when attorney J Winfield Crew faces trial on six counts of embezzlement false pre tense and forgery Judge Henry L Stevens ordered the jurors summoned for duty that week The list includes jurors from Roanoke Rapids Enfield Scotland Neck Palmyra and other towns along with numerous residents of Butterwood Faucetts and Weldon among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Halifax
J. Winfield Crew
Henry L. Stevens
Crew
E. B. Gupton
Butterwood
Robert ©. Powell
Roanoke Rapids
J. L. Wiessner
Rufus Lovegrove
Scotland Neck
Tommie Williams
Robert Whitley
Enfield
C. F. Ogletree, Jr
Esmond W. Carter
Weldon
B. B. Cullom
C. N. Pitt
Eddie Johnson
Ernest Cameron
J. R. Taylor
W. B. Reid
Littleton
W. C. Goodrich
Tommie Braddy
Palmyra
E. D. Dickens
Faucetts
W. B. Jennings
J. G. Elmore
R. B. Purdy
Jas. Braddy
Jack Carter
Clifton L. Everett
Willie Shaw
N. B. West
Robi. P. Thorne
Linwood Price
Allen Whitley
N. M. McCutchin
P. A. Clay
F. N. Carlisle
Jack D. Newsome
P. S. Bellamy
Rufus B. Hux
B. Attaway
H. V. Bounds
Allen V. Staton
Scotland
Neel
Walter
G. H. Ranhorn
H. W. Jenkins
Ira J. Hoover
E. D. Hawkins
A. L. Hamill
Brinkleyville
J. B. Wommack
W. H. West
Thos. E. Street
H. W. Harrison
W. A. Harvey
Ryan Barnhill
Herbert Kennedy
Sam Keeter
R. W. Alston
Enfiel
Claude Cannon
Roanoke Rapid
E. A .Smith
R. C. Hedgepeth
H. C. Crawle
A. D. Glover
T. W. Gray
D. S. Shearin
Rennie Jenkins
J. H. Thrower
W. B. Joyner
Rufus R. Brantley
J. W. Leggett
T. C. Newsome
F. H. Clark
BE. L. Bellamy
R. C. Whitehead
Field
A. J. Melvin
Faucett
Pendleton
N. A. Riddick
Raleigh Warren
H. E. Jenkins
J. D. Savage
John D. Beavens
Haywood Waters
M. F. Partin
W. C. Moseley
Joe W. Gupton
Roy ©. Early
C. G. Dickens
Cary Strickland
J. W
Thursday Club Honors and Bridge Winners
Mrs. H E Gibson captured the high score prize with Mrs. Arthur Gilliam taking second. Mrs. C L Bunn received silver in her new pattern as part of Thursday Night Bridge Club festivities at Miss Bernice Hitchens home. A sweet course followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Hitchens
H. E. Gibson
Arthur Gillam
C.L. Bunn
Mesdames C. L. Bunn
Arthur Gilliam
Agatha Miller
Josie Moore
J. P. Little
J. D. Edwards
Rudolph Northington
W. H. Tickle
Graham Lynch
H. B. Cameron
Lloyd Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bloys
W. Britt
Texas
George Clyde Hoagy
Christi
H. Dobbins
Four-Horsemen
Winston- Salem
Four Horsemen
Oo. A . Charles E
W. P. Taylor
Taylor
Matthew C. Savage
Taylor's
Ella Brigman
Madison Street
Brigman
W. O. Thompson
Navy
Uncle Sam
Brooklyn Dodger
Boston Red Sox
Cne
Down Wallace Way
Farmers and Planters Almanac
Jones
Cactus Creek
John Doe
Harold Green
Violet Wise
Mr. Green
Jim Frang
Arthur Harden
Albert W. Hackney
Roseneath
R. Lee Hardee
E. F. Bounds
M. H. Hedgepeth
J. E. Neville
G. E. Levenson
Spier Whitaker
Boseman
T. B. Glover
J. S. Pope
W. G. Liske
W. A. Williams
J. W. Bowers
Ed Harper
E. B. Manning
K. L. Bryant
W. C. Wood
J. F. Lawrence
W. B. White
Pennsylvania
America
Rittenhouse Square
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
Penna
Rittenhouse
Bond
Iller Milwe
Roanoke
N. C
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