Rural Box Clean-Up Week Observed September 10 16
The second annual National Rural Box Clean-up Week runs September 10 to 16. Rural Carrier Robert M. Pope of Roanoke Rapids urges patrons to replace posts, straighten lean-tos, repair washouts, paint aluminum boxes with name in one inch letters, and replace old top-open boxes with new. He offers assistance and promises service with a smile.
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Robert M. Pope
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Post Office Department
Route One
School Revue To Feature International Dance Elements
A regional school program will again present a year long revue starting in October and ending in late spring. The event will showcase dances from various countries, modern routines, toe classes for boys and women, tapping, fox trots, waltzes, and weight management exercises.
Dancing School Registration Starts September 11
Mrs. S. E. Perdue announces the 1939 class registration for her school of dancing. It begins Monday, September 11, and runs through Friday, September 29, at her home, 208 Hamilton St.
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S. E. Perdue
School of Dancing
Land Bros Fourth Anniversary in Roanoke Rapids
Land Bros local jewelry establishment marks its fourth year in Roanoke Rapids this week. The business began in the early part of its Roanoke Rapids tenure and continues to serve the community with its jewelry offerings.
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Land Bros
Jewelry firm shows 50 percent larger Roanoke store
In September 1935 the local jewelry firm reported steady progress. The current Roanoke Rapids store, at the Smith Hotel building, now occupies 50 percent more floor space and carries more than double the stock from its opening. Wyche Land, junior partner and Roanoke Rapids manager, notes the growth and expansion of the chain with a new large jewelry store recently opened in Front Royal, Virginia. Separately, Miss Mary Garner visited Washington, D. C., Mrs. Sallie Pendleton planned a Greensbor o trip, and Miss Elsie Hudson returned from two weeks with her sister in Port Chester, New York, and the New York World's Fair.
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Smith Hotel
Wyche Land
Roanoke Rapids
Front Royal
Mary Garner
Washington, D. C
Sallie Pendleton
Greensboro
Elsie Hudson
Maurice Ford
Port Chester
N. Y
Bricklayer-Author Pietro Di Nato Plans Full-Time Writing Career
Pietro Di Do nato, a 27 year old New York bricklayer turned novelist with Christ in Concrete, enjoyed luncheon with his back to a brick pile and announced plans to quit bricklaying to devote full time to writing and acting.
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Pietro di Donato
New York
Christ
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