Lions Club Plans Blind Clinic For Fall
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club met at First Baptist Church with near full attendance. President Bill Alligood led the session. Rev. Gordon Price reported the Health and Welfare Committee will run another Blind Clinic in early fall, aided by funds from the Mid-Summer Festival, after assisting four widows and aiding two children with school books. The nurse from the Halifax County Health Board may survey county schools to aid in the fall clinic, and a nurse from the State Committee for the Blind is sought. The Mid-Summer Festival Committee will meet next Tuesday at Virginia Electric and Power Co. offices to review final reports for the club. A Board of Directors meeting is set for Monday at 7:30. Guests included Bill Proctor of Ben Franklin Store and W. N. Reynolds, new Roanoke Rapids High School faculty member. Wilton Dickens and Roy Lee Ferrell will lead the program at the September 22 meeting.
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Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
First Baptist Church
Lion
Bill Alligood
Gordon Price
Price
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Bill Proctor
Ben Franklin
W. N. Reynolds
Roanoke Rapids High School
Wilton Dickens
Roy Lee Ferrell
Tillery To Get Improved Mail Service At Once
Washington authorities approved a change in mail routing. The Carrier from Halifax will deposit mail collected between Halifax and Tillery at Tillery for immediate dispatch, instead of returning all mail to Halifax for train loading. This speeds delivery and reduces delays.
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Washington
D. C
John H. Kerr
Post Office Department
Halifax
Tillery
Kerr
Swell Head new Gallico story in Cosmopolitan
A ten year veteran sports writer Paul Gallico pens Swell Head a tragic love story of two Olympic athletes who meet fall in love part and reunite in classic Gallico style. The piece appears in Cosmopolitan’s September issue noting his England summers and European travels.
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Paul Gallico
New York
Gallico
England
Cosmopollitan
Mr. Gallico
New Lawyer R C Josey III Admitted in Windsor Court
Robert Cary Josey III was admitted to the practice of law in Bertie County Court House Windsor after passing the bar exam and earning his LL B cum laude from Wake Forest. He will practice with J Winfield Crew Jr in Roanoke Rapids with oath by Judge R Hunt Parker. Three Josey generations attended the ceremony.
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Robert Cary Josey
MII
R. C. Josey, Jr
Bertie County Court House
Windsor
Roanoke Rapids
J. Winfield Crew, Jr
Joseys
Josy
R. C. Josey
George W. Spoolman
Superior Court
That County
Rev E C Few Speaks At Kiwanis Club Dinner
Rev Eugene C Few former Roanoke Rapids Methodist pastor now at Edenton Street Raleigh spoke on his Mediterranean tour aboard the Roma with humor and anecdotes. Also guest Rev E B Fisher. visiting Tiwanian Fred Johnson of Raeford. Kiwanis president Wilson Mullen named Frank Williams chair and Fred Wilmer and Frank Sherry to a committee to raise funds to support a dental clinic opening soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene C. Few
1St Methodist Church
Roanoke Rapids
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Raleigh
Kiwanis Club
George Taylor
Few
Roma
E. B. Fisher
Fred Johnson
Raeford
N. C
Wilson Mullen
Frank Williams
Fred Wilmer
Frank Sherry
Cardui claims ease for menstrual discomfort and strength
Periodic pains may ease with Cardui a purely vegetable medicine marketed for menstruation relief. It is claimed to build strength from food and be safely used at home with drugstore purchase. If relief fails a physician should be consulted. Cardui is pronounced Card-u-L.
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Cardus
L. T. Daniels Promoted To Chase City Store Manager
L T Daniels promoted from assistant manager at Roses here to manager of Roses in Chase City Virginia. He has been with the chain two years after transferring from Clinton NC to Roanoke Rapids June 1 1937. The Rose chain operates over 100 five ten twenty five cent stores in North and South Carolina Virginia Tennessee and Georgia.
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L. T. Daniels
Roses
Chase City
Virginia
Daniels
Brainbridge
Georgia
Roanoke Rapids
Clinton
N. C
C. H. Tucker
Rose
North
South Carolina
Tennessee
Thomasons Host Labor Day Guests From Washington DC
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Thomason over Labor Day included Mr. and Mrs. D. Katz, Mr. and Mrs. William Hamerdinger and son Davie from Washington, D. C.
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W. E. Thomason
Labor Day
D. Katz
William Hamerdinger
Davie
Washington, D. C
Wade
Local Residents Noted in Fort Monroe Visit
L Thomason of Fort Monroe visits with Mrs Annie Parker and children and Miss Hazel Parker of Lewiston North Carolina, reflecting community ties and local social notes.
Stewart Family Reunion At 311 Jackson Street
A family reunion was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Stewart 311 Jackson St. Attendees included Mrs. Thomas Ralph Sr. Erwin George Ralph Margaret Ralph Mr. and Mrs. John Haire and son Clarence Mr. and Mrs. John Bent Franklin Stewart 1022 Henry St Christine Vance William Stewart Jr. and Nettie Lee Stewart. Prizes were given to the oldest and youngest attendees.
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W. O. Stewart
Jackson St
Thomas Ralph Sr
Erwin
George Ralph
Margaret Ralph
John Haire
Clarence
John Bent
Franklin Stewart
Henry St
Christine
Vance
William Stewart Jr
Nettie Lee Stewart
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LIONS
NEW Gallico Story
R. C. Josey Ili
E. C. Few
Ecole Aaa
NEW Theatre Open
Roy
New Peoples Theatre
Herald
Crumpler
Stewart Reunion
Griffin Drug CO
O. Griffin, Mgr
Duncan
Armours
Gill’s Hotel
Duncan’s Grocery
Roanoke
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