Preacher to Speak at Presbyterian Church Next Sunday
Dr. Smith of Union Theological Seminary Richmond will preach two sermons at the Presbyterian Church with services at 11 A M and 7 30 P M. E W Smith attended the funeral of his eight year old nephew Thomas Smith killed in a car accident. Edna Mae Smith and Charles C Fitts announce their May 6 1934 wedding in Emporia Va. Edna is a Roanoke Rapids hospital graduate nurse. Fitts works for VEPCO. Mary Brown and Clyal Ranhorn wed January 18 1934 in Emporia Va. Mary is a Roanoke Rapids Hospital graduate. Ranhorn works at his father’s store. J K Dickens gets first LOAN from HOLC and expands his home at 4th Street and the Avenue. Valley Ball League standings noted. games at the High School gym after school daily at 5 except Thursday. Kiwanis Club and Young Mens Civic Club held a joint dinner after the baseball series. A Court of Honor was held at
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E. W. Smith
Lamberton
Thomas Smith
Edna Mae Smith
Josie Smith
Charles C. Fitts
G. C. Fitts
Emporia
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Mr. Fitts
VEPCO
Mary Brown
R. L. Brown
Vaughan
Clyal Ranhorn
G. H. Ranhorn
Roanoke Rapids
Kiwanis Club
Young Mens Civic Club
Tigers Tie World Series With 8 2 Win in 12th
Detroit Tigers won game two of the World Series 8 to 2 in the 12th inning. Schoolboy Rowe pitched for Detroit while Bill Hallihan started for St. Louis and was relieved as the Tigers tied the score in the ninth. Both teams have one victory.
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Detroit Tigers
Schoolboy Rowe
Detroit
Bill Hallihan
St. Louis
Tigers
John Bryant 60 Buried After Funeral Services
Funeral services for John Bryant aged 60 were held yesterday at the family home in South Rosemary with interment in Cedarwood Cemetery. Rev. J. E. Kirk officiated. He died Tuesday and is survived by his wife, a son Arthur Bryant and two daughters, having moved here several years ago from an unspecified location.
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John Bryant
Arthur Bryant
Sam Green
South Rosemary
Cedarwood Cemetery
J. E. Kirk
Bryant
Night Store Robbery At Taylor & Collier
Thieves robbed Taylor and Collier grocery store sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. About $10 in cash and merchandise including cigarrettes sack tobacco and overalls valued at around $50 were taken. Two pairs of overalls were found near the path to Bunker Hill and beyond the railroad tracks. No entry signs, with a theory that thieves may have hidden nearby.
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Taylor & Collier
Bunker Hill
Man Shot in Ear on Halifax Paper Grounds
J. S. Ivey, employee of Halifax Paper Company, was struck by a stray bullet while crossing the firm’s property Saturday noon. The bullet hit the left ear center and penetrated. he was hospitalized, the ball removed, and he is deaf in the injured ear though a return of hearing is possible. He left the hospital for home yesterday. origin of the shot remains undetermined, suspected to be from distant target shooting.
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J. S. Ivey
Halifax Paper Company
Ivey
Kinchie Taylor Dies at 81 Near Seaboard
Kinchie Taylor aged 81 died yesterday at his Seaboard area home. Funeral services were held this afternoon. Survived by his wife, four sons and one daughter.
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Kinchie Taylor
Seaboard
Mills Near Full Staffing After First Week of Strike
About 2 000 workers have returned to local cotton mills, roughly 65 percent of pre strike payroll of 3 000. Roanoke Mills 1 000 Rosemary 600 Patterson 400 work one full shift, sample crews speed up orders, discrimination charges surfaced from Roanoke, Patterson and Rosemary not detailed.
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United Textile Workers
Roanoke Mills Company
Rosemary Manufacturing Co
Patterson Mills Company
Rosemary Mfg. Co
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
J. K. Dickens
4Th Street
the Avenue
Skeeters
Mickey Cochane
Reading
Rowe
Clifton
Baker
White
Mickey Cochrane
Perkins
Fox
York
Auker
Owen
Hayworth
Rogell
Sorrell
Bridges
Greenberg
Schuble
Dolsack
Gehringer
Hamlin
Hogcott
Marberry
Taylor & Collier Grocery
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