Roanoke Rapids Elks Meetings Refer Gentle Weekend Itinerary
Roanoke Rapids officials and residents are mentioned in a town meeting led by Mayor J. W. Miss Addie Belle Gammons. Multiple names appear with visits to relatives in Franklinton Parmele Portsmouth and West Point. Several members plan trips or attend events including Masonry lectures and lodge activities.
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Roanoke Rapids
J. W
Addie Belle Gammons
Taylor
Phoebus
Tny
Jenkins W.P. Taylor
J.T. Chase
W.B. Woodrutt
Ellen Bowen
Bounds
Franklinton
H.C
First tobacco crop reported near here by Mr. Pridgen
The first tobacco crop in the area was raised by W. P. Pridgen four miles away on the J. B. Powell farm. He expects about 150 acres yielding near $750 at current prices, with Miller's 844 fertilizer used. Pridgen notes a rough year but plans for better weather and shipment to Rocky Mount.
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Halifax
W. T. Pridgen
Good Roads
J. B. Powell
W. P. Pridgen
Pridgen
Mr. Pridgen
Miller
L.G Shells Co
Rocky Mount
Protracted services and local church notes
Protracted services at Protracted Service Presbyterian Church led by Dr. William Black of Charlotte and Dr. W. D. Morton of Rocky Mount appear through October 18 to 24 with special meetings and a community greeting. Nearby events include a Sunday night program at the Baptist Church for new members and a Debating Club report from Rosemary Schoolhouse discussing Germany’s war policy with the negative winning.
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Boy Scouts
AMIS
Ladies Aid Society of the Baptist Church
Henry Fitts
W. J. Weddie
Presbyterian Church
William Black
Charlotte
North Carolina
W. D. Morton
Rocky Mount
Morton
Black
The
Baptist Church
J. K. Dickens
Supt
W.S. Hancock
B. Y. PA
George Stanley
Miss Eugenia Moody
W.D. Tillery
Roanoke Association
J W. House
M. McRae Faison
Yrastor
Andy Else
Rosemary
Germany
J. H. Gay
H. T. Batton
J. C Grace
Rol. Topping
W. J. Norwood
P. V. Matthews
Roanoke Rapids Church Services and Activities
A Roanoke Rapids church calendar lists Sunday worship at 11:00 AM and 7:40 PM with Sunday School at 9:45 AM and various activities throughout the week. Events include choir practice, junior and senior youth programs, ladies society meetings, and a special children’s service. a marriage announcement from the Edwards Green family is also noted.
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Atddia
A. WS. Hancock
Roanoke Rapids
W. W. Woodruff
Wesley
Rosemary
J.B. Boyd
Young Peoples Choir
Tiamm
Wos
Whitaker
Hwa
Dc P
Girls Friendly Society
Rosemary Sunday
M. T. W. Mullen
Cropm Girls Friendly Society
Fires in schools and colleges prompt exterior stairway push
North Carolina officials report faulty school designs raise fire risks. Insurance Engineering notes most fires price heavy losses and that many buildings rely on central interior stairs. State Education and Insurance departments plan exterior stair towers to replace center stairs to curb danger.
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Yeestiganiony
Meltty
North Warolnd
Liky
Fauve Enginering
Lowe
North Carolina
Bulldine
He Wtate
Tey
Department of Edgeaction
North Care
Fire Waste and Public Safety Advocates Call for Conservation
The piece urges stronger conservation laws after noting fires caused by waste fuel and stored materials. It stresses educating the public from childhood, enforcing safer storage of oil and explosives, and convincing workers that safety benefits both business and the nation. It cites rats gnawing fuel tins and chimney fires as concrete hazards.
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Childres
Dangerous strike anywhere matches ignite fires in homes
A paternal warning describes how matches, especially strike anywhere kinds, can start fires and burn cities. It notes children’s burns from matches and urges keeping them out of reach, with precautions to prevent ignition on ordinary surfaces. The piece cites many accidents to stress safety.
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Good Roads Commission
Halifax County
the Herald
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Roanoke Rapids Herald
Town Commissioners Meeting
WP Dickens
Wake Forest
LoSmith
Weldon
W. G. Lynch
Graham
Parmele
Presbyterian
Jery
Butts
BR. Kirkland
R. P. Edwards
Portsmouth
Widow's Son Lodge No. 19
T. M. Faison
J. B. O'Briant
Randleman
N.C
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Rosemary Library Association
J. H. Williams
Haywood
Williamston
J. E. Cox
Winston-Salem
R. W. Brown
A. L., Robertson
West Point
N. C
John D. Berry
Raleigh
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of
Lodge of Odd Fellows
N. A. Gregg
Fayetteville
George Gregg
J. T Stainback
Herald Publishing Company
Herald Publishing Company, Incorporated
W. House
T. T. Chase
A. L. Clark
W Hancock
BH. Ricks
S. FL Patterson
W. P. Taylor
T. W.M. Long
Hockaday Taylor & Collier
GN. Stanley
LM. Taylor
H. Vaughan
3. Marks
Cherry Bros
Roanoke Pharmacy Co
J. BL Boyd
C. A Wyehe
J.T. Stainback
J. J. Patterson
B.S. Webb
A. E. Akers
Hancock House Company
RL. Towe
UD. W. Kelloge
Wyehe & Ricks
Roanoke
Rapis, MC
J. BE. Buck
W. F. Horner
Jenkins
Rosemary Drug Co
Som. Thompson
Board of County Commissioners
County Board of Education
Littleton Township
D. H. Winslow
United States Office of Public Roads
Nown
Winslow
Dno
L. Patterson
Geo C. Green
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Melntyre
Mount Olive
Vital Statistics Bureau
Wayne County
McIntyre
United Bureau of the Census
United Presbyterian
Jones
Baptist Ladies Aid Society
John L. Patterson
Paper Product Company
Paul Garrett
Norfolk
Brek
Chockayette
Garrett
Paper Products Company
Roanoke News
H. F. Morton
Rev. CH. Trueblood
Paa
P. WL
Sunbeam Band
Ladies Missionary Society
Ald Society
Episcopal Church
Henry Clark Smith
Green
Murphrey
Isaac Edwards Green
Jercer
Weightman Murphrey
Alexander Strawe
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