Kiwanis Club Hosts Lt Governor Leonard Visit
Lt Governor Sam Leonard of the 6th Carolinas Division visited the Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club on his annual tour. He cited a survey of 155 boys at Eastern Carolina Training School showing limited homes and education, urging more youth work, church involvement, and Boy Scout activity. He praised the club’s Crippled Clinic and minstrel fundraiser, and rated Roanoke Rapids high in his district. Guests included Reverend Willis, Reverend Taylor, F. J. Hawley, Robert Hines, and Scout John Murray.
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Sam Leonard
Rocky Mount
Kiwanis
Leonard
Kiwanis International
Roanoke Rapids
J. L. Willis
Rosemary Baptist Church
Kermit Traylor
The
Christian Church
F. J. Hawley
Robert Hines
John Murray
Invite Visitors Inspect Bottling Plant Dr Pepper
R. S. Hines manager invites the Halifax County Fair audience and the public to tour the Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. plant at 141 Roanoke Avenue. He notes scrupulous cleanliness and modern bottling methods. Dr Pepper bottled in Roanoke Rapids will be sold at fair stands this year.
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Halifax County
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co
Roanoke Avenue
R. S. Hines
Mr. Hines
Roanoke Rapids
Fisher Parker nuptials linked in Enfield ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Payker of Enfield announce the marriage of their daughter Ethel Doris to Paul C. Fisher on a Tuesday in September in Richmond Virginia. The bride wore a green frock with black accessories and is Enfield High School class of 1927. The couple plans a wedding trip to Washington and western Virginia and will reside in Rocky Mount.
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J. Lloyd Payker
Enfield
Ethel Doris
Paul C. Fisher
Richmond
Fisher
Parker
Enfield High School
C. J. Fisher
Rocky Mount
Washington
Virginia
Mrs. Fisher
Rocky Mt
Mrs Whitehead Dies At Enfield After Long Illness
Mrs J F Whitehead died at her Enfield home after a long illness on September 15 at 2 15 a m in her seventy fifth year. She was born Alice Maria Dickens and married in 1889. Survivors include husband J Fletcher Whitehead three daughters Lila Timberlake Nettie and Edith Whitehead one grandson Francis Timberlake one sister Margaret Smith and one brother E Crit Dickens. Funeral at her residence followed by service led by Rev R L Jerome with Rev C P Womack assisting. Pallbearers named.
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J. F. Whitehead
Enfield
Alice Maria Dickens
Enoch Dozier Dickens
Frances John Bass
Halifax County
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
J. Fletcher Whitehead
Lila Timberlake
Nettie
Edith Whitehead
Francis Timberlake
Margaret Smith
E. Crit Dickens
R. L. Jerome
C. P. Womack
Parkton
B. M. Nicholson
Messrs
Frank Shaw
W. N. Sherrod
A. W. Andleton
J. D
Weldon P T A Opens Season With Social and Reports
Weldon P T A held its first meeting of the season on Monday afternoon in the school auditorium. Mrs. Phillip Moore presided. Miss Mozelle Griffin's sixth grade won the flag for most mothers present, and Miss Elizabeth Green's tenth grade won the high school flag. Mrs. Pierce Johnson outlined the year’s program and presented a paper on character building. A social hour with punch and wafers followed in the Home Economics room.
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Phillip Moore
Mozelle Griffin
Elizabeth Green
Pierce Johnson
L. C. Draper
Watson Cooke announces marriage of Margaret Cooke to James Watson
Mr and Mrs L A Cooke announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret to James Thomas Watson of Rocky Mount on Saturday August 22 1936 in Norfolk Virginia The newlyweds will reside with the bride’s parents on Dennis Street in Enfield. Readers listed Whitehead Jr D Mac Johnson W R Garrett and Joseph M Pope.
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L. A. Cooke
Margaret
James Thomas Watson
Rocky Mount
Norfolk
Mrs. Watson
Dennis Street
Enfield
City Debates Water Bill for Fire Hydrants
The City Board of Commissioners and the Sanitary District Board clash over paying for water used by fire hydrants. The city has paid about 300 dollars yearly. proposed bills range from 50 per hydrant to 10 per hydrant. The Sanitary Board sent a bill covering July to September totaling 324.99 dollars.
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City Board of Commissioners
Sanitary District Board
W. E. Murphrey
Sanitary Board
Lassiter Dies After Illness In Rocky Mount Hospital
Charlie C Lassiter 57 of Woodland died Monday at Park View Hospital Rocky Mount after a brief illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Woodland Methodist Church with burial in the family cemetery. He is survived by his wife Daisy Harris Lassiter two daughters Mrs Will Boyce and Mae Lassiter of Tarboro two sisters Mrs J D Wheeler Weldon and Mrs W S Wheeler of Conway three brothers Lassiter Ely La and Robert Lassiter.
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Charlie C. Lassiter
Woodland
Park View Hospital
Rocky Mount
Woodland Methodist Church
Old Home Place
Lassiter
Daisy Harris Lassiter
Will Boyce
Mae Lassiter
Tarboro
J. D. Wheeler
Weldon
W. S. Wheeler
Conway
Kelford
Ely la
Rich Square
Robert Lassiter
Norfolk
Water bill talks with Sanitary District officials
Mayor Jenkins conferred with Sanitary District officials last week over a water bill issue and related municipal service costs.
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Jenkins
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Kiwanis Club
Dr. Pepper
P.T. A. Meeting
Associa
Tion of
Watson—Cooke
Brother Weldon
Rocky Mt. Hospital
Eastern Carolina
Dr.pepper
Halifax County Fair
Carolina
Fairgrounds
Dr.pepper Bottling Company, Inc
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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