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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
14
The American Legion Auxiliary launches a drive to enroll one million women this year for veterans welfare and national security. Horace Palmer Unit President Mrs Edwin Harvey cites current 920000 membership, aiming to surpass one million with future gains.
Mr and Mrs Brantley Acree announce the birth of a son on September 20 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Mr Acree is the former Miss Elizabeth Morris of Windsor and Miss Miriam Johnson served as maid of honor at the Vaughn Blow wedding in Roanoke Rapids last Wednesday.
Multiple obituaries list Charlie Mitchell 70 of Northampton died after a long illness. William Henry Smith 8 of Littleton Highway died after two years ill health. Sallie A. Porch of Garysburg died after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted by local ministers and burials in family cemeteries. surviving relatives include nieces and nephews in Virginia and Burlington.
A wedding counted among Raleigh events with Clem E. Dunn as best man and C. E. Dunn listed as host. The bride wore a gray pin striped two-piece suit with brown accessories and yellow rose corsage. After the ceremony the couple left for a wedding trip and will be at home in Raleigh. Miss Dorothy Ellington and Dorothy Perkin were attendants. Mrs Spivey is employed.
Surveys report ample quinine and quinidine supplies with postwar procurement easing. Netherlands Trade Commissioner in New York notes a 59 percent increase in quinine salts available for the U.S., boosting potential shipments to about 2.5 million ounces by April and prices remaining near prewar levels.
James Gurum of 6 Washington Street son of Mr and Mrs 3 H Jordan served aboard the USS Union during the Navy’s annual Resupply Expedition to Point Barrow the northern Arctic posting. Four attack cargo ships a landing ship tank and an ice breaker carried 20000 tons of cargo for Naval Petroleum Reserve No 4, amid ice lanes north of the Bearing Strait. The flotilla sailed from San Diego Port Hueneme and San Francisco and Seattle to reach the Arctic coast where crews unloaded on the beach in five days under the Arctic midnight sun and then returned to open sea through treacherous channels aided by a low breaker.
Miss Mary Louise Ray hosted a luncheon at the Rosemary Cafe on September 27 honoring Miss Doris Hedgepeth and Miss Gwendolyn Coburn, bridesmaids in the Ruthits wedding. The table featured a wedding scene in green and white. price cards were wrapped as bells. A one o clock luncheon followed gifts of silver for Hedgepeth and china for Coburn.
A list of residents including Hedgepeth, Miss Gwendolyn Co burn, Miss Betty Lou Jones of Sanford, Miss Betty Leathers, Miss Sarah Thompson, and several married women such as Mrs. Jack Vincent and Mrs. M. C. Newsome is recorded along with others like Mrs. Tommie Merritt, Mrs. William Franklin King, Mr. Geo Hayes, Mrs. L. S. Neal and Mrs. Faul W. Ray.
The Circles of Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Rosemary Methodist Church after services on Monday evening October 6. Members discussed plans for outreach and future events, with general announcements shared by leaders.
Miss Betty Lou Jones of Sanford served as guest soloist at morning services at Rose Mary Baptist Church on October 5th.
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