Woman's Club Opens Year And City League Honors
The Woman's Club holds its first meeting of the year Monday at 3 00 PM at the club house inviting members to bring a friend. At the City League final, C L Elt ing received a desk set for service as secretary last season. A Baseball Dance is planned for September 15. The Kidd Building corner store room is being remodeled for use as a Sanitary District office next week. Unemployed men may register with the National Employment Agency at the W C Williams Building in Roanoke Rapids on Friday September 15.
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C. L. Elting
Sanitary District
Roanoke Rapids
National Re-employment Agency
W. C. Williams
B Y P U To Reorganize At First Baptist Church
The Intermediate and Senior Unions of the First Baptist Church announce a fall season reorganization on Sunday September 10 at 7 PM. Former members are urged to attend and bring guests.
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First Baptist Church
Haislip Lewis Wed in Surprise Emporia Ceremony
Miss Pearl Lewis and Bill Haislip married August 29 at the Methodist parsonage in Emporia Virginia by Rev. A J Hayes. Mrs Haislip is F W Lewis's daughter of Middlesex. They honeymooned in Washington DC and will reside in Roanoke Rapids. Gazelle Lewis and Bruce Camp were attendants.
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Miss Pearl Lewis
Bill Haislip
Emporia
A. J. Hayes
Miss Gazelle Lewis and
Bruce Camp
Driver Cleared By Jury In Fatal Halifax County Crash
A jury exonerated J M Barrell of blame in the death of Miss Laura Smith 19 of Halifax County who was killed Monday night when struck as she opened a car door on Route 125 near Scotland Neck. Witnesses described rain and glare from nearby vehicles as contributing factors. The accident occurred as Miss Smith and her father rode with John Warren and waited near a punctured tire.
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Virginia Laura Smith
Halifax County
J. M Barrell
Roanoke Rapids
Billy Williams
Barrell
Scotland Neck
Halifax
Miss Smith
W. M. Smith
John Warren
Darlington
Mr. Warren
Warren
W. E. Morris
Local Pilot Wins Rocky Mount Cup At NRA Celebrat'n
John L. Gore, local pilot, won the large silver Rocky Mount Cup for stunt flying at the NRA and Labor Day celebration. The event drew airmen from across the state and was sponsored by Rocky Mount civic groups, with Gore’s red plane seen over the Roanoke Rapids area and his field on the Roanoke Rapids Weldon highway.
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John L. Gore
Rocky Mount
Silver Baseballs Awarded to City League Champions
Silver baseballs inscribed City League Champions 1933 were awarded last Saturday to a list of players including Wilbur Outland Wilton Dickens Irvin Dickens Hugh Bugg Tom Taylor Jarvis Taylor Ollie Acree George Sullivan Bill Speight Ed Moseley Woodrow Garris Cody Lee Coburn Curtis Butler. The gifts came from Carolina Hardware Co.
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Wilbur Outland
Wilton Dickens
Irvin Dickens
Hugh Bugg
Tom Taylor
Jarvis Taylor
Ollie Acree
George Sullivan
Bill Speight
Ed. Moseley
Woodrow Garris
Cody Lee Coburn
Curtis Butler
Carolina Hardware Co
Falls Dead In Front Of Church
Mrs. Mary Adeline Wallace aged 67 died of a cerebral hemorrhage after attending a Pentacostal Holiness Church service in Roanoke Rapids. She collapsed beside fellow member Mandy Norwood and was pronounced dead at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday with Rev. N. J. Medford. interment followed in Selma. Surviving are six daughters and five sons.
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Mary Adeline Wallace
H. D. Wallace
Princeton
J. D. Wallace
Middlesex
D. N. Wallace
Wilson
A. D. Wallace
Roanoke Rapids
George Murray Injured In Car Rollover On Vacation Reach
George Murray sustained a broken leg Tuesday night when his car turned over on the way to Williamston. He was alone in the vehicle and taken to Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Murray had left on vacation to pick up friends in Williamston.
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George Murray
Williamston
Roanoke Rapids
George
Roanoke Rapids NRA meeting to hear Dunn address
A mass meeting in Roanoke Rapids is set for Tuesday September 12 at the High School Building. General Hugh Johnson of the National Recovery Administration calls the meeting with R C Dunn Enfield attorney as principal NRA speaker. Curtis C Shell temporary chairman and Julian R Allsbrook will respond. A parade of the Rosemary Band and a band concert precede the talk. A local NRA committee will be chosen and a house to house campaign planned. The goal is to show every business operates under an NRA code and every citizen signs the Consumer's code. Women are urged to attend and participate. The meeting begins at 8 o clock.
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Roanoke Rapids
Hugh Johnson
National Recovery Administration
Curtis C. Shell
Washington
NRA
W. E. King Dies at Roanoke Rapids Hospital
W. E. King, 53, an employee of Rosemary Mfg Co, died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 1 30 this afternoon after several weeks illness. He is survived by his wife Needa King and two daughters Betty and Edna. Funeral arrangements were not complete but burial will be in the family cemetery in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. King
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Roanoke Rapids
Needa King
Betty
Edna
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Haislip-Lewis
Miss Arizona
Margaret Boyd
Rip Dunn
R. C. Dunn
Enfield
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