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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1941
Page
2
Sixty eight boys register at McIver High School Littleton for defense pre-employment courses. W B Jamieson and A L Finch supervise. Courses: Auto Mechanics Metal Work Elementary Electricity Woodworking. Students work at night using extension cords to build two larger barns.
The Epworth League held a Halloween party Friday at the Boy Scout Hut with games and refreshments at 10 o’clock. Sunday’s program featured Lucy May Babbs, Bill Bobbitt, Mildred Allen, and Alton Finch performing Let Us Praise God. Two council meetings set next Sunday’s program, The Threat of Paganism, led by Douglas Hasty with Irma Lee Grant Ed Johnson Charlotte Grant and Harvey Woodruff as participants. The group invites interested young people to visit or dine with them.
The Rosemary Baptist Church class met at Mrs. Grover C. Ricks’s home on Thursday evening. After business, ice cream and cake were served. Attending were Mesdames J. W. Briton F. W. Haynie P. A. Cooke H. T. Davis Josie Francis W. M. Irwin L. B. Crouch and W. J. Jordan with visitor Mrs. B. O. Davis of Texas.
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. Dora Hawkins's home with eighteen members and five visitors. Miss Mildred Powell led the devotion and gave a helpful talk. A miscellaneous shower honored new bride Mrs. Ed Williams. Guests and local residents share weekend visits and travels to Raleigh and Florida.
Mrs Charlotte Ann Von Mikusch-Buchberg was granted a divorce from Johannes Donatus Von Mikusch-Buchberg of Newark New Jersey after testifying he supported Nazi Germany. She had established residence in Fayetteville Arkansas to obtain the divorce which was not contested. The case tied into their incompatible pro British and pro German stances and frequent quarrels.
An old classified listing markets thermos bottles and toothpaste brands including Forhans Kolynos and Prophylactic TEK or WEST nylon tooth brushes priced at 39 cents and 23 cents respectively.
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