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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
23
Roanoke Rapids Council calls all Scouts at 3 45 p m Monday to the Girl Scout Hut for a group photo and program. Leaders will present Troop meeting announcements and Girl Scout Week plans. Senior Scouts will help with refreshments. Information on prospective leaders available from Mrs W A Thorne.
The Carolina Trailways Employees Club held its quarterly dinner-dance in the Armory. N. B. Newton led the program, C. W. Smith assisted. Dinner included fried chicken barbecue corn bread and soft drinks. Ed Taylor's orchestra provided music. About 250 guests from town and beyond attended the eastern section event, held four times yearly in four regions.
We express gratitude to the doctors and nurses at Roanoke Rapids Hospital and many friends for kindness and sympathy during the illness and passing of Joseph Lee Lassiter. Thank you for cards and floral tributes. Wife and Family.
The Men’s Bible Class at Rosemary Baptist hosts a barbecue dinner at Harrison Springs after Sunday Worship. Sunday School starts at 9 45 a m with Morning Worship at 11 a m followed by dinner. Training Union meets at 7 p m and Evening Worship at 8. School of Missions runs Mon, Wed, Thu at 7 30 p m with messages at 8 30 p m by three ministers. Rev Harry Wood of Angier N C guests during Roanoke Rapids revival period week of Oct 17.
Seaman Second Class Cleveland S. Dickens, son of Mrs. C. S. Dickens, returns to New Jersey after five days with family and friends. Dickens entered the navy on November 24, 1944, while J. J. Thompson spent the weekend in Ocean View with his wife and son Jay Jr. They plan to return home Sunday night.
Miss Marion Constance Ray and Pfc Arthur Solan Whitener Jr. were married September 1 at the bride’s parents home in Roanoke Rapids. The Rev. L A Tilley officiated the ring ceremony, with attire description noting orchids and corsages for the wedding party.
A dense page of classifieds lists wants to buy a 1938 Chevrolet or Ford in good condition. It also offers sale items like a shotgun and shells, rooms for rent, lost watch rewards, multiple houses for sale or investment, fire and auto insurance, and vacant lots, all tied to local names and addresses such as Roanoke Avenue and McRae Faison with phone numbers.
The newly married couple departed after the ceremony for Portsmouth where a reception hosted by the groom and bride's parents followed. The bride studied at the local high school and has worked at Portsmouth Navy Yard for two and a half years. The groom, Hickory High School graduate, was employed in Portsmouth before his enlistment and has recently returned from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Cameron and son Hugh Harris, and Mrs. Ella Cameron, visited Enfield on Sunday.
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