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Roanoke Rapids Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

30 Nov 1933

Page 4

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Roanoke Rapids Herald

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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1933

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4

Minstrel Fashion Plates Show Planned by Kiwanis Club

Kiwanis Club presents Minstrel Fashion Plates at the High School Auditorium on December 8. The concert revue blends musical and dance numbers with novelty acts including a courtroom setting and Salvation Army Lassies styled like George White's Scandals. The program features Charley Davis and J T Chase as interlokutor and judge, a team of Coppers and Ends, Dutch scene with 25 dancers, and multiple dance lines led by Lurline Hardy and Nan Lou Etheridge among others. The troupe includes twenty other girls rehearsing, with a strong emphasis on visual sets like a windmill and tulip gardens.

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Kiwanis Club Frank Hawley Ene Salvation Army George White Ziegfeld J. T. Chase Charley Davis T. W. Mullen Jack Young Frank Sherry Steve Lipscomb Bill Speight Stanley Garris Ted Speight Crackers Heydendrich Ikey Johnson Baer Pierce Bob Allen T. J. Alford A. E. Akers Cody Williams Fletcher Dickens Hugh Bradley Basil Glover Leslie Towe Bill Medlin Lyle Wilson Ned Manning Roland Johnson Carroll Wilson Graham Poyner Howard Pruden Lurline Hardy Dorothy Goodfellow Leila Murray Catherine Hines Helen Turner Edith Elmore Alice Massey Virginia Gentry Cornelia Batton Mable Mills Arlene Batton Pearlie Istricke Holland Nan Lou Etheridge Gladys Merritt Lillie Belle Etheridge Mary Wolhar Elizabeth Wolhar Annie Mae O'Dell Viola Collier Aldrey Hardy Helen Padgett Margie Collier
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Up and Down The Avenue With The Editor

A bell hop at the Weldon hotel and four Scout leaders are highlighted amid school events. Scoutmaster Bill Alligood brings four four star Boy Scouts toward Eagle as students stage Bon Voyage at the High School. Gladys Merritt suffers a dislocated kneecap rehearsing for Minstrel Fashion Plates. Rosemary Baptist class visits the County Home for services.

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Bill Alligood Shell George Nethercutt Jack Vincent Carlton Cannon Gladys Merritt Rosemary Baptist Church
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Gurganus Sentenced

On the stand Gurganus testified Jones produced a razor and cut him first, he wrested the weapon to kill Jones, and Jones knocked him down before the slaying. The jury deliberated four hours before returning a verdict. The jury’s stance remains unknown.

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Gurganus Jones
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Court adjourns after Gurganus sentence in manslaughter case

The Superior Court adjourned for the session soon after the sentencing of Gurganus on a manslaughter charge. Discussion touched on the medical examination from Wednesday’s hearing, with uncertainty whether the girl would become a mother.

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Superior Court Althoit
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Girl Testifies in Assault Case Involving Alligood Near Tilghman’s Crossroads

A 17 year old girl testifies she was assaulted by Alligood after being escorted home by Beaman Floyd. She describes being forced to comply at a swampy location while companions, including Harris and Melwood, were present. She blamed drinking and fear of social ruin for delayed reporting.

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Beaman Floyd Alligood Tilghman’s Crossroads Miss Pearson Altho Floyd Gmen Harris Melwood
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Minstrel Ticket Contest Details and Entry Rules

Readers may enter by writing why they want to see this minstrel show on December 8th. Sign full name and address, place in a envelope marked Minstrel at any of five city drug stores before midnight December 2nd. Ten best entries win adult tickets. Kiwanis members and families are ineligible.

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Kiwanis Club
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Mystery Driver In Fatal City Crash

Fayed, the driver, left the scene after a car struck and killed a child on a city street on September 9. He suffered head injuries and was found unconscious after reportedly veering off a four foot embankment. Authorities in Northampton county had not disclosed any active investigation.

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W. W. Jones Northampton County
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Frau Augusta Gurvosch Dies at 87 After Eight Husbands

Frau Augusta Gurvosch of Hamburg died aged 87. She outlived eight husbands, reflecting a remarkable life marked by multiple marriages.

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Frau Augusta Gurvosch Hamburg
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Weldon Hotel Herald E. C. Morrissette Certified Public Accountant Green Bldg Weldon North Carolina Federal and State Income Tax Service Fayed Pillsbury Flour Mammy Carolina NEW Bakery, Inc Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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