Roanoke Rapids to Open Lake Thomas Park This June
The Roanoke Rapids amusement park at Lake Thomas near the old Zollicoffer mill site will open Friday evening June 2 with a dance at the new pavilion. J H Hines owns the development and hires Shearin Crumpler and Edwin Akers to manage the lake and pavilion this summer. The site offers baths and boating with a cafe, picnic grounds, and a onetime life guard in service, aiming to attract visitors seeking relief from the heat. Final preparations suggest full operation by early June with bands to follow later.
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Lake Thomas
J. H. Hines
Pr . Hr
Hines
Shearin Crumpler
Edwin Akers
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Altho
Orchestra
Roanoke
Zollicoffer
School Party Hosted by Miss Eugenia Rook
Miss Eugenia Rook entertained the 10th grade girls and boys at her Washington Street home Thursday night. Games were played and at 10:30 refreshments were served to Dorothy Rice Erma Robinson Alice Myrick Beaunie Holliday Eileen Fisher Minnie Mae Garner Bennie Allsbrook Milton Bennett Shelly Edwards Clarence Coburn Eugene Shell John Myrick Henry Hardison Irwin Dickens Alton Davis and George Nethercutt.
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Eugenia Rook
Washington Street
Dorothy Rice
Erma Robinson
Alice Myrick
Beaunie Holliday
Eileen Fisher
Minnie Mae Garner
Bennie Allsbrook
Milton Bennett
Shelly Edwards
Clarence Coburn
Eugene Shell
John Myrick
Henry Hardison
Irwin Dickens
Alton Davis
George Nethercutt
Ninety Third Birthday Celebrated At Daughter’s Home
Mrs. Bettie Inscoe celebrated her ninety third birthday at her daughter Lizzie Connor’s Franklin Street home. Relatives and friends joined her as a cake with ninety three candles lit the center of attention. Family members include aged relatives Charles Riggan Sam Riggan Billy Riggan Emma Nicholson F D Neal and more with several out of town guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Inscoe
Lizzie Connor
Franklin Street
Grandma
Charles Riggan
Vaughns
Sam Riggan
Roanoke Rapids
Billy Riggan
Aurelian Springs
Emma Nicholson
Macon
F. D. Neal
Littleton
Joe Neal
F. D. Shearin
South Hill
Roger Hardy
Forest Insecoe and Son
J. J. Inscoe
Card of Thanks for Tempie Steele
Mr and Mrs George C Steele express gratitude to school children Sunday School class nurses and friends for kindness shown during the illness and death of their daughter Tempie.
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Tempie
George C. Steele
Triplets Born to Dora Brown Near Hugh Hockaday Store
Dora Brown wife of Tom Reed Brown near Hugh Hockaday's Store welcomed three baby girls on Thursday May 18. Weighed 4 pounds 10 ounces, 4 pounds 8 ounces, and 4 pounds 4 ounces. Named Corine Florence and Cliverine.
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Dora Brown
Tom Reed Brown
Hugh Hockaday
Corine
Florine
Cliverine
Triplets Born After Blood Transfusion Among Noted Cases
A Negro couple, married ten years with six other children, welcomed triplets after a blood transfusion. Separate items include an Englishman firing on a neighbor's violin, a Chicago man robbed by a beggar, and a North Carolina foreclosure sale notice with a June 27 1933 auction at the Halifax County courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altho
Notice of Sale In Halifax County Trust Deed
Notice of sale by Julian R. Allsbrook under a deed of trust dated December 30 1925 by John A Shaw and Nannie C Shaw to trustees John A Cutchins and E A Matthews recorded in Halifax NC book 265 page 557 the trustee left the state and cannot execute the trust and the undersigned will proceed with sale.
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Halifax County
Halifax
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids Township
B. Street
Massengale
Regi of Deeds
John A. Cutchins
Julian R. Allsbrook
John A. Shaw
Nannie C. Shaw
E. A. Matthews
Register of Deeds
Carter's Little Liver Pills Beat Liver Blues
An old advertisement urges liver health by claiming the liver should produce two pounds of bile daily to avoid digestion problems. It touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as gentle vegetable extracts to restore bile flow and relieve a foul taste, headaches, and malaise, priced 25 cents in 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus
Carter
C. M. Co
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New Resort
Roanoke Rapids’ Amusement Park
Newly
Canadian National Railway
Ihat
Gouin
Saint Maurice River
Quebec
City Negress
Antoine Galsprin
Hull
Eng
Henry Croman
Chicago
Mountain Home, Ark
JRA
Johnsons Laundry
Clarence Eldridge
Johnson
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