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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 11, 1921

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Local residents and visitors stack up in Canoke Rapids news

Mrs. E A Parker and children from Greensboro visit relatives here while many locals travel A number of residents from Gibbs Stone Hickstone Richmond and Rocky Mount spend time away for business and leisure. Notable stops include Echmond Tarboro and Richmond with relatives and friends.

E. A. Parker Greensboro R. F. Pope Henry Stokes Llickstone J. H. Harrion G. B. Seward Tucsin C. B. Lewis Wesley Julia Thompson Richmond J. H. Harrison Brinkleyville W. R. Cherry Rocky,Mount E. A. Telliga William Jackson Obert Taylor Chapel Hill Florine Lewter Gladys Whitley Washington, N. C Carrie Belle Ross Ayden D. L. Traynham Christianburgith W. 5 Dean Graham Oxrd

Scouts on to Camp Sam at Creek Crossing Adventure

Twenty six scouts and leaders set out for Camp Sam sharing the journey through briars and a creek crossing. They built a camp, ate supper, and faced a dark cemetery crossing on the return. The girls’ songs kept spirits high while they hope for a real bridge over the creek on future trips. Tenderfoot exams proceed in Pine Cone and Goldenrod troops. Red Rose is the youngest. The Goldenrod and Pine Cone troops approach full certification as uniforms and commissions are awaited. Girl Scouts are described as shining in a cheery, period-voiced verse. Raleigh scene notes Halifax county backing the state highway commission amid a court injunction threat over Scotland Neck to Tarboro road routing.

Sam Mary Jones Boy Scouts Red Rose Leola Vaughan Goldenrod C. Temple Goldenrod Raleigh Halifax Ichabod Temple Morgan Street Daily News Kitchin Halifax County Greensboro Daily News

Roanoke Avenue Offense Highlights Court News

T W Brantley paid a ten dollar fine for operating an automobile on Roanoke Avenue. William Dooley faced a charge of operating a vehicle without proper display but the case was dismissed. A peal, and Mary Alexander, both convicted of drunken and disorderly conduct, each paid fines and costs.

T. W. Brantley Roanoke Avenue William Dooley Nui Mary Alexander

Jurors Drawn for Halifax Superior Court Session

A long juror list is announced for Halifax Superior Court with names allocated to the first and second weeks. The roster includes Gregory, Millikin, Penning, Basacapi, Coley, Condry, Branch, Harris, Harvey, Wrenve, Powell, Fitzpatrick, Towe, Pruden, Elmore, Beck, Williams, Dick ens, Shaw, Wyche, Trueblood, Lewis, Neville, Chichester, By Bryant, Inscoe, Garlick, White, Whitaker, Brae, Aller, Burwell, Budd, Pepper, Pow ill, Jones, and others.

Draven Halifax J. F. Pruden D. R. Elmore J. W.beck Sidney Williams B. T." Adcock W. L. Dickens Robert Shaw I. M. Fitzpatrick R. N. Powell E. Walker L. A. W. Shearin A. L. Joyner E. M. Butts M. P. Pe J. P. Chichester L. Poe Harrow Joe. Cullom N. L. Etheridge W. M. Moreecock DeBrule A. Wyche Hugh Johnson W. B. Cobb P. A.spruil J. G. Trueblood J. O. Lewis W. R. Neville M. A. Chichester D. By Bryant W. L. Inscoe G. R. Jones Jim Bradley H. L. Cherry M.erc G. Garlick R. H. White Jaldo Whitaker M. L. Brae H. D. Aller H. J. Burwell J. Budd W. H. Pepper A. M. Powil W. BY. A Ee ‘Eace J. Jones D. B. Wiltaloa von Ree Eb.c Titeky F Medlin

Halifax County Canning Prizes at Tarboro Fair

Halifax County Exhibits led by Miss Ethel Leatherwood won 50 dollars for general exhibit and 10 dollars for best county collection of fruits and vegetables at the Tarboro Fair. Twelve counties competed. Halifax placed prominently with numerous first prizes for canned apples beans pickles jams marmalades juice and a three jar fruit and vegetable collection earning a 2 dollar third prize.

Halifax County Tarboro Ethel Leatherwood Ollie Shaw Quintin Gregory Lois Crawley Ossie Shaw Eula Glasgow W. M. Hockaday N. L. Stedman Loig Crawley W . Hockaday Olli Shaw J. W. Batts

Rosemary People Win Prizes at Neighboring Fairs

Miss Bertha Read announces prize winners from Rosemary Cannery across Tarboro Rocky Mount and Aurelian Springs fairs. A. C. Williams and Annie Hancock lead in canned fruits vegetables huckleberries tomato ketchup and chow chow with first prizes for jelly beets pickle preserves and chutneys.

Bertha Read Rosemary Cannery Rosenay Rosemary Mfg. Company Tarboro Rocky Mount Mra A. C. Williams Nancy Dale Aurelian Springs A.C. Williams Annie Hancock Jessie Davis Adams A. Tolbert Rocky Mover Mount Fair Clark Raleigh Aurelianse Mise Jeasie Davis Rocky

All Saints Church Invites Worship on Armistice Day

All Saints Episcopal Church Roanoke Avenue invites attendance next Sunday with 7 30 A M Holy Communion 9 45 Church School led by T W Mullen and 7 30 Evening service. The Twenty fifth Sunday after Trinity Armistice Day service includes a tribute to memory.

Church of the Living God All Saints Church School T. W. Mullen

Toy Artist Trio in Roanoke Rapids Lyceum Night

The Toy Artist Trio performs at Central School Auditorium next Tuesday as the Lyceum Course’s second number. Tickets are 75 cents, with season tickets cheaper. For the remaining eight events, a ticket costs 2.50 dollars, and one attachment may justify a season pass.

Central School Lyceum Roanoke Rapids

Presbyterian Church Services and Guest Pastor

Rev. S. R. Oglesby of Old North Carolina will address the Men's Bible Class at Friday’s social. He will also fill the pulpit at both services Sunday while Rev. Stanley White is away conducting church duties in Virginia. Sunday School 10:00 A M. Morning Service 11:00 A M. Christian Endeavor 6:45 P M. Evening Service 7:30 P M. Prayer Meeting Wednesday 7:30 P M. Organist Miss Lucy Crisp. Supt. J He Harvizos S 8.

Christian Endeavor Bee S. R. Oglesby Old N. C Virginia

Rosemary Methodist Church Service Schedule and Conference Note

Regular preaching at Rosemary Methodist Church by Rev. C. M. Lance at 11 A. M. and 7 30 P. M. Sunday School at 10 A. M. A E Stowe Superintendent Preaching at New Hope at 3 P. M. Conference year closes. pastor departs Tuesday for N C Annual Conference in New Bern. Finances due by Sunday night. brief pastor report. Full attendance urged.

A. E. Stowe New Hope N. C New Bern

Parent-Teacher Association to Furnish Milk to School Children

The Central School PTA will provide a morning glass of milk at 10 30 for children who want it. Milk costs four cents per glass, with weekly tickets sold Monday morning for twenty cents. A ticket covers five glasses or one glass daily for the week. Tickets are sold by teachers. The program follows recent weighings showing many children are underweight and aims to remedy this with daily milk.

Parent-Teacher Association of the Central School Parent - Teacher Association

Mrs Ella Nance Taylor Dies After Brief Illness

Mrs. Ella Nance Taylor of South Rosemary died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital Sunday afternoon after a brief illness at age forty. Survived by husband Charles Taylor and three children. Funeral services were held at the home of her father-in-law Thomas T. Taylor on Five Hundred Street, Rosemary, Tuesday afternoon with Rev Taylor officiating. Interment followed at Cedarwood Cemetery.

Ella Nance Taylor South Rosemary Roanoke Rapids Hospital Charles Taylor Thomas T. Taylor Five Hundred Street Rosemary Mr. White Mr. Taylor Cedarwood Cemetery

Armistice Celebration Sing at Central School Auditorium

A community Armistice celebration stresses remembering the fallen and serving the future. The Community Sing is at 7 30 P M Friday November 11 in the Central School Auditorium with no admission fee and performances from local choirs and soloists, including opening remarks by Mayor Dr Long.

France Flander Dr. Long Baptist Rosemary Methodist Roanoke Rapids Presbyterian

Tax Collectors Appointed by County Commissioners

The 1921 tax list was turned over to Sheriff J. A. House and appointed tax collectors include He, Littleton, G. iBeinkleyville, G. L. Knight, Enfield J. C. Branch, Faucetts J. B. Dickens, Halifax D. J. Milliken, Roseneath Pal myra Conocanara G. H. Johnson, Weldon Ei L. Green.

Board of County Commissioners J. A. House He and Littleton G. iBeinkleyville G. L. Knight Enfield J. C. Branch Faucetts J. B. Dickens Halifax D. J. Milliken Rede L

Powelltown community notes farewell sermon and local tributes

Reverend C M Lance preached his farewell at Smiths Church to a large crowd and leaves behind valued service in Smiths community. Dr Zollicoffer of Weldon spoke, Misses Dunn and Perkinson visited Roanoke Rapids, and Susan Ivey remains in Virginia with her daughter after a serious operation in Richmond. Howard and Maxine Hawkins celebrated birthdays with a party for 7 and 4 year olds, with autumn decorations, cake, fruit, and gifts. friends attended from 3 to 5 pm.

C. M. Lance Smith's Lance Smith Dr. Zollicoffer Weldon Dunn Perkinson Howard Maxine Hawkins Maxine

Arbor Day Observance Opens Roanoke Rapids Program

Arbor Day will be observed Friday November eighteenth in Roanoke Rapids Rosemary with a two o clock Central School program. activities include singing poems an address by Senator W L Long and a prize reading. Local residents and out-of-town visitors are noted including W A Balsley from Greensboro and F L Davis from Concord among others.

Roanoke Rapids Rosemary Robert Cratchfield W. L. Long Mat Dora Moseley

Epworth League Social at Roanoke Rapids

The Lambuth Epworth League of First M E Church Roanoke Rapids NC held its first social on Friday November 4 1921 led by president Mrs W L House. Activities included word making contest won by Miss Eula Lee Robinson a guessing box won by Miss Louise Jackson and several music selections. Miss Mabel Braswell urged youth to join and a reading circle for girls over fifteen was proposed with future work titled The Round Dozen.

Lambuth Epworth League M. E. Church Roanoxe Rapids N. C W. L. House Epworth League Eula Lee Robinson Louise Jackson

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F. M. Coburn H. F. Kerry Jim Ingram Jim Lane T. Thomason C. G. Hamlet S. Saunders Ed Wooder Williston Stanley White Steele's Tavern J. W. Taylor Esdames M."d. Collier J. _ Browning W. P. Taylor Lawrenceville L. B. Jones Lepemes Enid Pearl Lewis J. H. Baucom R. J. Lewis Littlein W. S. Saunders Dora Journagin Annie Aftor Seaboard Annie Cherry R. N. Gossett Ness L. P. Wright Norfolk J. Hinemur Camp Sam Highway Commission RDER All Saints Church Episcopal Lewis N. Taylor Katherine Webster Roanoke Avrmee the Toy Artist Trio Parent-Teacher Association Mrs Ei, L. Green Powelltown W. A. Balsley B. F. Baty Nashville All Saints’ Church Florence Bingham J. R. Pointer Charlotte All Saints’ Episcopal Parish Hall Lillian Short Thomas Peace F. W. Ferrell K. Morton S. R. Floyd Greenville 3.C T. J. Moore E. L. Cunningham Atlanta F.L. Davis Concord W. W. Todd Pleasantville New Jersey J. P. Hewitt Mount Olive A. A. Zollicoffer D. D. Heathwell Conford G. B. Morris J. P Hewitt Hame Wm. S. Trabue Louisville J. R. Manning D. F. Patchin Pine Plains New York E. L. Graydon Atlanta, Ga Epworth League Social
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