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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
8
The article offers humorous guidance for selecting a football companion, recommending large and slim types for winter games and rain, advising against unsuitable traits, and noting dated views on attending games with girlfriends. It includes quips about betrothals and a playful baby limerick.
Miss Nellie Bryan Newton and Mrs. Fred Wiggins hosted a bridge luncheon at Oak Bend Enfield on Friday with Mrs Leonard Matthews assisting. In bridge progressions M I Fleming of Rocky Mount won high score and Ivy Watson low. guest prize awarded to Mrs Fleming and a gift to Mrs Beal.
Mr and Mrs Harry House and daughter Patsy and Elizabeth Isles spent Sunday in Lewiston. Miss Juanita Taylor visited Mrs C D House. Mrs Bennett of Weldon spent Friday with her sister Mrs Isles. Mr and Mrs Carl Myrick of Weldon visited Mrs G H Myrick Sunday night. Mrs Paul Etheridge and Virginia and Ruby King of Roanoke Rapids visited Mrs Frank King. Miss Vera Bobbitt of Halifax spent the weekend with Miss Sarah King. Mr and Mrs M C Newsome of Roanoke Rapids were visitors of Mrs Mamie R Glasgow Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hawkins host relatives including Waverly, C. W., and B. S. Hawkins from Roanoke Rapids and nearby towns for Sunday visits. C. W. Hawkins spent the weekend with his mother. Miss Helen Hawkins celebrated her 15th birthday with fall decor, lemonade, cake, and games attended by Marvin Hawkins and others.
A crash on Roanoke Avenue Friday evening sent four people to Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Mrs. Margaret Denton sustained a pelvic injury while Philip Rosenberg received a fractured kneecap and rib. L. L. Barnes and Ronald Denton received first aid and were discharged. Rosenberg, with ties to the Montreal Fur Company, may stay in hospital for weeks. Barnes and Mrs. Denton are Roanoke Rapids natives.
Hawkins Chapel Church invites all to Sunday School at 10 a.m. and worship with Rev. D. D. Broome at 11 a.m. Plan to attend and be on time.
Calvary Church invites attendees to Sunday School at ten o'clock in the morning. The notice asks everyone to be present and to bring a friend to join in the session.
J. E. Gray celebrated his 65th birthday on Sunday October 1 with a family barbecue at home. Guests from Roanoke Rapids Garysburg and nearby areas included Mrs. Roger Harlow Lofton Moody Joe Schull and many others who shared stew barbecue and Coca Cola and presented gifts.
Ethel Bobbitt entertained a few of her friends Friday night at her 14th birthday party. Games were played and enjoyed by all, after which the guests were invited into the dining room where cake and lemonade was served to Dora Alice Myrick Edith Jenkins Billy Myrick Robert Jenkins Harvey Morris James King Harold King Freeman Myrick Jr. Paul Etheridge Jr. Bill and Jack Bobbit.
Mrs Bennie Bobbitt hosted the Junior Contract Club Friday evening. Three tables played with Mrs Robert Ivy first and Mrs Collins Cuthrell second. A sweet course concluded the event for a list of attendees.
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