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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1921

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Local visitors and officials in town Wednesday

A stream of visitors including Mr F B Hight Henderson Mr W P Williams Peters burg Miss Bertha Cox from Peace Institute for summer vacation Mr W R Pope Norfolk and others spent time in Rosemary and nearby towns. Several residents and guests from Raleigh Castalia Enfield and Baltimore were noted during the week with multiple relatives visiting in Scotland Neck and Zebulon. The day also featured remarks on church fundraising plans and a forthcoming canvassing period.

F. B. Hight Henderson W. P. Williams Petersburg Bertha Cox Peace Institute W. R. Pope Norfolk T. C. Malone Henderinapant W.T. Holland Brantley Roxobel Rosemary Drug Company John J. Linehan Atlant Frank Joyner Scotland Dge Clements Enfield Mary Moore Missie Moore Littleton J. A. Moore J. G. A. Smith West End R. Coy R. Broughton Ralspent Rosemary J. J. S. Gay Portsmouth Kr. P. G. Black Charlotte Geo. L. Hayes Baltimore J. C. Guthrie Raleigh J.C. Huey Castalia W. C. Thompson H. E. Dobbins Halifax W. L. Thompson Zebulon

Fraternal Notes from Carolina Lodge 2251 May 1921 Meeting

Carolina Lodge 2251 met May 23 1921 in W W Hall Rosemary with unusually large attendance. Storm prevented the second degree candidate from appearing. Reports from Grand Lodge were favorable and several lodges sent visitors. A Wilson Enterprise visitor urged higher degree work and a seven man degree team for local lodges. Neuse Lodge 6 Goldsboro and Enterprise Lodge Wilson already have teams. Next Monday night a seven man degree project is anticipated along with the severe degree, and visitors are welcome.

Carolina Lodge W. Hall Rosemary Grand Lodge Bayview Lodge Swan Quarter Hope Mills Lodge Enterprise Lodge Wilson Falona Lodge Durham Enterprise Order of Odd Fellows Neuse Lodge No. 6 Goldsboro

Big Baby Show Opens Nurses Home Program

A baby show held Saturday at 8 PM during the Nurses Home opening featured 37 registered babies. Judges, using state specs for age height weight and teeth, awarded four prizes and issued Better Baby Contest Certificates. Winners included J W Jr, Annie Bryan Jones, Mary Virginia Jenkins, and George Nethercut, with comments on the high quality of entrants.

Womans Home Companion J. W.martin J. W. Jr Annie Bryan Jones L. B. Jones Mary Virginia Jenkins T. M. Jenkins Rosemary George Nethercut Martin

High School Glee Club Public Program

The High School Boys and Girls Glee Clubs will present a public program on Thursday night at 8:00. The clubs organized in January 1921 and first performed during the National Week of Song, hoping the community will fill the auditorium and show support for school music.

Church undertakings judged a sure success by leader

Mr North expressed strong confidence that the current financial quota will be fully met. He cited the church’s history of never failing in similar undertakings within its territory and the combined goodness of the cause with the faith and loyalty of supporters as the guarantee of success.

Mr. North

Bohemian Girl to Headline Swarthmore Chautauqua Week

A week of Swarthmore Chautauqua starting June 15 will feature The Bohemian Girl sung by a cast with Madeleine Bossi, John Willard, Carl Trebbis, Katharine Richmond, Nils Ericson, and Harold Wheeler, backed by the Milton Aborn Studios. The Boston Musicians Quintet with Georges Mager will perform, and the White Hussars close out with varied music. Vaccination drives against typhoid fever will be offered at multiple Roanoke Rapids area sites on Mon Wed Sat evenings.

Swarthmore Chautauqua Chautauqua Balfe Madeleine Bossi Nils Ericson Florestein Harold Wheeler Milton Aborn New York City Aborn Boston Georges Mager Boston Symphony Orchestra White Hussars McGrath-Knox

Powelltown Notes Reflect Local Meetings And Loss

Miss Jones of Washington led a Rosemary school Monday afternoon sewing bee with about thirty ladies from Roanoke Rapids Jackson and New Hope. Sunday school at Smiths church grew with over one hundred attendees. Mrs J B Whitehead of Portsmouth died at Ben Vincents home and was buried Sunday.

Miss Jones Washington Rosemary School Roanoke Rapids Jackson New Hope EB. Rk. Hawkins D. Hawkins E. R. Hawkins Messrs Jesse Boseman Clarence Fulgham A. L. Garner E.R. Hawkins New Hope Church J.W. J. Boseman Susie Medlin Weldon A. J. Medlin Connell Rosemary Smiths Randle Whitehead Ben Vincent

Open Meeting B Y P U at Baptist Church

The public is invited to an open B Y P U meeting at the Baptist church at 8 P M Sunday. The hour will feature an interesting program on The Customs on Needs of Japan presented by eight speakers. Special music and speaker Kenneth Crutchfield of Wake Forest College will be present.

Rubinstein R. N. Wilson Trinity College Brotherhood of Man -Auder Remington Wilson B. Y. P. U. of the Baptist Church Japan Kenneth Crutchfield Wake Forest College

Nurses Home Opens in County Drive Standout Event

The nurses home was formally opened last Saturday at 3 p.m. by Dr. Long, hospital president, who praised the nurses and urged continued support. The event featured school dance numbers, a baby show, and a community drive expected to raise about eleven hundred dollars, with donations recorded for further lists.

Long

Parish Social at All Saints Tonight

All Saints Chapter of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew invites Episcopal Church communicants to a parish hall gathering tonight at seven thirty. A delightful time is anticipated as members are urged to attend and share in the occasion.

H. M. North Christian Education Movement The Methodist Church, South All Saints’ Chapter of the Brotherhood of Saint Andrew Episcopal Church

Baseball Tomorrow Henderson at Rosemary-Roanoke Rapids

The third meeting between Henderson and Rosemary Roanoke Rapids at Rosemary Park may settle the clubs’ tie. Seaboard faces Patterson Mills at Patterson Mills diamond to open their season. game called at 3 30.

Henderson Rosemary-Roanoke Rapids Rosemary Park Seaboard Patterson Mills Patterson Mills Boys

Nurses' Home Opening Draws Roanoke Rapids Loyal Support

Last Saturday Roanoke Rapids celebrated the Nurses' Home opening on Roanoke Ave under Miss Caroline Moncure. Dr. T W M Long spoke, Mrs Long organized entertainment, and committees led by Mrs C A Wyche reported strong social and financial success with over a thousand dollars raised for hospital services.

Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Ave

Special Woodmen Service Set At All Saints Church

Members of two Woodmen of the World camps Birchwood Rosemary and Popular Springs Roanoke Rapids plan an annual service at All Saints Episcopal Church next Sunday at eleven. Members should meet at their halls at ten thirty for a body march to the church and the public is welcome.

Order of the Woodmen of the World Birchwood Rosemary Popular Springs Roanoke Rapids All Saints Episcopal Order

Local visitors and residents noted in Roanoke Rapids area

Philadelphia's Mr Nusbaum spent Wednesday on business in town. Littleton's Mr Robert Clark arrived Monday. Mr W T H Brantley returns from Roxobel where he taught. South Boston's C E B Murray visited with his wife. Bankers Association meeting in Greensboro attracted H H King. Lawrenceville Va saw Rev Lewis N Taylor and family as he delivered the Baccalaureate at Lawrenceville High. Mrs vat and daughter of Washington visited the Deans. E J Coltrane spent days on regional business. Louise Bain and Louise Smith returned from Greensboro and Bethel respectively. West Franklin ton residents Plummer Speed and Hubert Utley visited Miss Elmyra Jenkins. Lucy Clements of Norfolk spent Wednesday in town. Allison Pell of Greensboro visited. Dr C B Darden of Richmond spent weekend with friends. Ruth Rainey toured Northampton County to see Mrs B F Byrum. Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian church plans to meet Mrs E Cox in Roanoke Rapids next Tuesday at 3 30.

Lewis N. Taylor Geo. N.taylor J. M. Taylor Lawrenceville, Va Lawrenceville High School Annie andZelma Western Plummer Speed Hubert Utley Franklinton Elmyra Jenkins Lucy Clements Norfolk Allison Pell Greensboro Louis Witherspoon C. B. Darden Richmond Ruth Rainey Northampton County B. F. Byrum Woman's Auxiliary The Presbyterian Church

Holiday Celebration and Community Fair at Enfield July 1

Enfield North Carolina hosts a Holiday Celebration and Community Fair on July 1 backed by civic groups, city officials, Masonic Bodies and local citizens. Events include horse races, tournament, monster parade, baseball game, better baby contest and baby clinic with many prizes. Paul Fenner of Enfield coordinates exhibits and prizes while a county midways promises top entertainment and a mounted marshal unit of one hundred will marshal the parade.

Enfield N. C Paul Fenner

Additional Donations to Nurses' Home Fund

Donations listed include B. Marks 16 dollars A Norinsky 5 dollars Mr Byrd 5 dollars Mr Mullen 5 dollars Mr Ricks 5 dollars Mr Lewis Taylor 5 dollars Mr Lehman 10 dollars A Arab 50 pounds of home made candy.

Nurses’ Home Fund B. Marks A. Norinsky Mr. Byrd Mr. Mullen Mr. Ricks Lewis Taylor Mr. Lehman A. Arab

Do animals think asks a den tist in Courier Journal

The Louisville Courier Journal notes a dog turns three or four times before lying down to sleep while a man drops to sleep without thought and then shifts and wakes himself several times. The item contrasts animal behavior with human sleep habits in a brief curiosity piece.

Les Louisville Courier-Journal

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