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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1939
Page
9
The note describes UNC student Shorty Milner shaving his hair after a miscalculation. A local photographer then asks him to return for retakes for the annual photos. The piece appears in the Daily Tar Heel under Small Fry with other timing jokes and notes about local columnists.
An exhortation on choosing a proper officiant for matrimony urges reverence in the ceremony. Pastor C T Rogers of Rosemary Methodist is mentioned as an example, and readers are reminded to marry in North Carolina with a local pastor. Henry Clay Robbins of Fort Monroe, Va., visits his family.
Enfield residents report James Reid returns home from a Baltimore hospital after surgery. W R Garnett shows improved condition after Park View Hospital care in Rocky Mount. Ruth Melton and Rev Cleo Wade Goldston announce their November wedding in Battleboro. Several local visitors and moves are also noted, including Mrs Maida Whitaker Singer returning to Baltimore and neighborhood bridge parties.
R. G. Floyd of State College spent the week end here with his mother, Mrs. J. J. Crew.
Mrs Beavans Whitaker of Enfield hosted a barbecue and brunswick stew supper at Bob Melton’s in Rocky Mount on Thursday evening. Her guest of honor was Mrs Maida Whitaker Singer of Baltimore Maryland joined by numerous friends and a long list of attendees.
A roster of women including Mrs. Ruby Peirson Mrs. B M Nicholson Mrs. Lawrence Whitaker Mrs. Elsie DeLysle Mrs. J F White Mrs. R H Edwards Mrs S W Dickens Mrs Sam Peirson Mrs J B Britt Mrs Eugene Wood Mrs R Hunter Pope Mrs Ira D Wood Mrs R E H Shervette Sr Mrs Evelina Fleming Mrs Joe Pope and Mrs Whitaker appears in a local social or organizational notice.
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