Electric Signal Soon Planned for Roanoke Junction
Roanoke Junction awaits safety upgrades as a crossing bell and electric signal are planned after a long local effort. The Roanoke Herald notes prior delays, accidents, and a final agreement with the Seaboard Air Line to install the device, with potential gate followups if impractical.
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Roanoke Junction
Herald
Corporation Commission
Seaboards
Gates
R. O. Self
Clerk of the
Commisis Self Explanatory
Tam
Stanly
Seaboard Air Line
Fraternal Notes Carolina Lodge 225 I O F meeting Oct 4 1920
Fraternal Notes from Rosemary North Carolina report Carolina Lodge No 225 I O F held a meeting on Monday night Oct 4 1920 in the W O W Hall. They conferred the second degree on a class elected two to take the degrees and received one application. Plans call for conferring the third degree on Oct 11 on the same class. Attendance is rising with two visitors from Key West Florida and Franklinton North Carolina. The lodge expects membership to grow about 25 percent this fall and winter as applications come in each Monday. The degree team shows solid work and could stage degrees by January 1921 that would reflect well on any lodge in the state. The lodge meets every Monday night in the W O W hall over the L G Shell Co store, with a welcome to visiting brethren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Lodge
Key West
Fla
Franklinton
N. C
Carolina
L. G. Shell Co
Rosemary Organizes Junior Council in Rosemary
Enthusiastic Charles Taylor leads Rosemary junior council effort with 40 to 50 names gathered. State Council issues charter. organization planned for next Friday night at a suitable Rosemary lodge room. Local residents invited. strong civic involvement noted.
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Rosemary
Chas. Taylor
Evening Star Council No. 58
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
State Council
Restoration Ink From Faded Documents Technique
An instructional note describes restoring faded ink on old documents by washing with substances that darken when mixed with iron. Examples include potash-based ferrocyanide salts, nut-galla extracts, sodium sulphate, or acetic ferro-cyanide solutions.
Western Union Adds Full Time Messenger for School Hours
The Western Union office announces it has secured a full time messenger to handle messages during school hours, ensuring uninterrupted delivery. This steps aims to improve service reliability for customers during the day.
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Western Union
Community Fair at Aurelian Springs Oct 28
Aurelian Springs hosts its annual Community Fair on Thursday October 28. The parade committee seeks school float participation and anticipates rivalry. Exhibits include livestock poultry farm products canned goods and crafts with prizes offered. For details contact County Demonstration Agent Miss Ethel Leatherwood.
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Aurelian Springs
Ethel Leatherwood
Scarlet Fever In Roanoke Rapids Illness Report
In Roanoke Rapids last month eight Scarlet fever cases were recorded. The disease, contagious and varying in severity, spreads with school gatherings. Quarantine advice emphasizes seven weeks isolation, disinfection, and careful release only after no mucus membrane complications remain.
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Roanoke Rapids
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The fragment reflects a meditation on relationships and human behavior, noting people rarely meet each other’s best expectations and often alter status based on circumstance rather than genuine progress.
Ralph Bingham Opens 1920-21 Lyceum Program
The Community Motion Picture Jubilee, a bureau arm of New York's Motion Picture Bureau, invites Roanoke Rapids for the week of October 24 to host six entertainments in the high school auditorium. Tickets cost 1.00 for adults and 0.50 for students, with showings rotating to Gastonia Salisbury and Danville in the coming weeks.
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Roanoke Rapids
Community Motion Picture Jubilee
Community Motion Picture Bureau of
New York
Bureau
Community Motion Picture Bureau
Gastonia
Salisbury
Danville
Virginia
Aurelian Springs school hosts Washburn pictures
October 2 visit by Miss Washburn drew a crowded audience at the school. She shared the tale Jimmie and His Aunt and teased a laugh with her stories. A return engagement is planned for October 16 with a community picnic and games if weather permits.
South Rosemary Community News Highlights
Powelltown reports a new stage with piano placed at the South Rosemary school house. The Farmers Union held a meeting there last Friday. Residents note visits from Mr. and Mrs. Merritt in Richmond and Miss Mary Pearson in Norfolk. Pupils picnicked at Roper's Spring and practiced a play after a party.
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Millie Pearson
Bailey
Ereta Dixon
Winston-Salem
E. R. Aiken
Richmond
C. A. Wyche
Susie Humphreys
Beckley
W. Val
C. W. Graham
Seaboard
T. M. Jenkins
Rocky Mount
A. G. Carter
Hollister
Mary Pearson
Norfolk
Harrison
Trinity College
Durham
Methodist Church
Leland Decker
Franklin
A. M. Braddy
Chicago
Rosemary
Carl Moller
Indianapolis
Indiana
R. D. Jenkins
Raleigh
Lucretia Medlin
Hattie Cullom
Littleton
Richmond Fair
Bertha Read
Henderson
L. Jenkins
T. B. Walthall
C. K. Burman
Petersburg
C. E. Curtis
Greenville N. C
Chas. M. Lance
Asheville
International Congress Against
Washington, D. C
Pearl Throckmorton
Brunswick County
J. D. Armstrong
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Fred Peck
Woman's Club
F. M. Cralle
E. C. Mosely
LaCrosse
Beth Bagley
Jackson
Farmer’s Union
South Rosemary
R. E. Merritt
Clyde Rook
Miss Rook
South Rosemary High School
Roper
Druie Moody
Roanoke Rapids
Jackson Street
Clyde Taylor
Taylor
Roanoke Avenue
W. T. Collins
Carters
J. G. Butts
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DR. Poteat
Methodist Baracas
Elizabeth Camp
Garysburg
Mertie Faison
J. C. Smith
C. E. Matthews, Jr
Bettie Spivey
H. M. Faison
First Methodist Church
Williamston
Poteat
Wake Forest College
R. L. Towe
Home Telephone Company
Roanoke Ice and Fuel Company
W. E. Bryant
Woodland
Paul C. Duncan
W. D. Tillery
Niagara Falls
Mesdames Putney and
Phillips
Annie M. Clements
Annce Jerome
Messrs
Basil Glover
Bruce Tillery
Wade Dickens
Wake Forest
Raleigh, N. C
Lula Jackson
Hubert White
S. F. Patterson
C. M. Clary
J. M. Jackson
James Cunningham
Pla
F. M. Shute
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
C. F
Christ
Ralph Bingham
Motion Picture Jubilee
Aurelian Springs News
Eula Glasgow
Tabor Church
Mr. Starling
Tabor
M. G. Crawley
J. T. White
Norlina
J. W. Kimbrough
B. 8. Holford
Wilson
Messrs. Be, W. Butzler
J. R. Thomason
R. L. Swan
Town
Chas, Jones
E. L. Thompson
Zebulon
W. C. Thompson
J. B. Cannon
W. P. Goforth
Spartanburg
D. C
W. B. Spiers
J. R. Manbing
Charlie Brown
Kinston
C. B. Skipper,Jr
Lumberton
W. D. Upchurch
Louiaburg
J. R. Pierce
Suffolk, Va
America
Lyceum
Jphop
Mr. Bingham
Ford
Powelltown
South Rosemary School
E. R. Hawkins
Tom Cook
Robert Medlin
Lottie Hudson
Lula Gray
Rocky Mount Fair
Elsie Pearson
King’s Business College
Clyde Rock
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