Nursing School Finals Held in City on May 23
The 1941 Roanoke Rapids School of Nursing graduating class received diplomas at exercises in the high school auditorium on Friday night May 23 with Hon. Julian R. Allsbrook delivering the commencement address. He urged upholding beauty service and truth as civilizational requisites and traced nursing’s growth from Florence Nightingale to present day. Graduates: Dorothy Boone Drake Jackson Hula Holland Grant Lasker Eunice Williams Rocky Mount Betty Ethel Pearson Emporia Va Ellen Page Jones Knotts Island Gladys Pearl Howell Margaretsville Ella Mae Lassiter Conway. They finish in September 1941. Top averages: Ethel Pearson 96.2, Ethel Clary 94, Edna Gibbs 91.4, Myrtle Wooten 91.6 award for Most Outstanding progress. Class average 88.1. Rev Gordon Price gave invocation and benediction. Dr R P Beckwith introduced Allsbrook and presented diplomas. awards by T J Alford. nursing awards by Miss Janie Lassiter. Dr M A Garress sang.
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Roanoke Rapids School of Nursing
Julian R. Allsbrook
Allsbrook
Halifax County
General Assembly
Hamilton Street
Florence Nightingale
Dorothy Boone Drake
Jackson
Hula Holland Grant
Lasker
Eunice Williams
Rocky Mount
Betty Ethel Pearson
Emporia
Ellen Page Jones
Knott’s Island
Gladys Pearl Howell
Margaretsville
Ella Mae Lassiter
Conway
Ethel Pearson
Ethel Clary
Edna Gibbs
Myrtle Wooten
Leggett
Gordon Price
R. P. Beckwith
Hospital Board of Trustees
T. J. Alford
Ping
Janie Lassiter
M. A. Garress
Weldon
Duke Professor to Deliver Roanoke Rapids Graduation Address
Finals speaker Professor William Lone Fitzgerald of Duke University will address Roanoke Rapids High School seniors on Thursday night June 5. He earned the Vanderbilt A B and Harvard M A and has headed schools in Memphis and at Fitzgerald and Clark. He taught at Alabama and wrote an English grammar for high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lone Fitzgerald
Duke University
Roanoke Rapids
Fitzgerald
Vanderbilt University
Harvard
Fitzgerald and Clark
University of Memphis
University of Alabama
Tomerlin Daughter Graduates From Conservatory
Miss Jane Tomerlin daughter of Rev and Mrs T E Tomerlin graduated from Flora McDonald Conservatory this week. She returned home Tuesday afternoon to spend June and plans to attend Oscar Seagel School of Music at Schroon Lake New York afterward.
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Jane Tomerlin
T. E. Tomerlin
Flora McDonald Conservatory
Oscar Seagel
Funeral for Mrs Allen
Mrs Narcissie F. Allen 68 died at 78 Washington Street Sunday morning after years of ill health. Funeral from the home at 4 p.m. Monday with Rev R L Topping officiating. Burial Cedarwood Cemetery. Survived by seven daughters and several grandchildren. husband died in 1937.
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Narcissie F. Allen
Washington Street
R. L. Topping
The
Christian Church
Cedarwood Cemetery
E. B. Reynolds
C. C. Reynolds
Willie Cutler
John Pearce
Scout Troop Recruits Four New Members in Investiture
Four new girl scouts joined Troop II at the regular meeting in the scout hut. Dorothy Braswell Hattie May Woodruff Helen Davis and Jean Burgess were welcomed as the horseshoe of friendship formed. Badges including cook hostess and second class were awarded with Estelle Knight aiding. The troop plans camping at Balance Rock Henderson and camp plans were discussed by the local council committee led by Mrs. W. A. Throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Braswell
Hattie May Woodruff
Helen Davis
Jean Burgess
Ruby Lee Williams
Helen Knight
Katherine Wood
Estelle Knight
Balance Rock
Henderson
W. A. Throne
George Taylor
Heath Lee
R. L. Martin
L. G. Shell, Jr
T. N. Adams
Christian Church Morning Worship and Evening Program
The Christian Church announces Bible School at 9 45 a m and communion at 10 45 a m. The morning worship joins a baton laureate service at 11 00 in the high school auditorium. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 00 p m with a 7 45 children's day program. Mrs M McRae Faison returns home from Zebulon and Middlesex.
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Somerlin
Pastor Bible School
Christian Endeavor
M. McRae Faison
Zebulon
Middlesex
Buffet Supper For Akers Wedding Party In Whiteville
Mr and Mrs Edwin Akers hosted a buffet supper Friday for the bride elect Miss Doris McKenzie and William T Pridgen of Elam City. Guests included Mr and Mrs Mark Pridgen Janie Pridgen Stephen Daniel Dr E C Grady Gail Roberts Mrs Ernie Moore and Mr and Mrs Pete Townsend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Akers
Pridgen-McKenzie
Whiteville
Doris McKenzie
William T. Pridgen
Elam City
China
Mark Pridgen
Janie Pridgen
Stephen Daniel
E. C. Grady
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City
J. R. Allsbrook
Mrs. Allen
Scout
Yale
Dwek
Wernteet
Roanoke Hardware Co
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Brasington
E. W. Smith
Roanoke Ave
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