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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
1
Wake Forest student Trueblood family guests Rev. C H Trueblood in Rosemary while others head to Chapel Hill and Baltimore. Local moves include Roanoke Pharmacy remodeling, families moving to Durham and West Durham, and several residents visiting relatives in Raleigh, Petersburg and Halifax. Community notices involve church meeting, school staff changes, and local roads and business updates.
Miss Lucile Clements returns home from Garysburg after visiting Miss Lucy Clements. A large crowd attends revival at Lebanon M. P. Church. Reuben Stephenson from Raleigh and Wm. Vincent from Vulture visit the Clements. Lillie Vincent returns from grandmother's near Garysburg. Squire’s near Garysburg hosts visits. Annie Clements and Lucy Clements shop in Roanoke Rapids. Lottie Grant returns home after visiting grandmother Lucy V. Grant. Annie Grant visits relatives in Barley Virginia this week.
The Roanoke Rapids Building and Loan Association held its annual stockholders meeting at W L Longs offices with a large turnout. New directors elected include Jno L Patterson J T Chase W D Tillery A L Robertson and others. The article notes steady progress and community uplift plans. It also reports the death of Mrs W E B Saunders aged 71, with sympathy extended to her husband and four children.
Warren County man Kerr defeated Judge Winston by eighteen hundred votes for the Democratic nomination in the Third Judicial District. Halifax Township gave Kerr a 978 vote edge. Roanoke Rapids quadrants reported record turnout. Also, Recorder warned speeding motorists in town. four men cited for exceeding twelve miles per hour. judges fined costs and warned for future violations.
A Saturday night debate at the Tabernacle drew a good audience. The topic asked whether Nature’s works please more than human arts with H. T. Batton and J. C. Grace for the affirmative and J. H. Gay and J. R. O Neal for the negative. Future debates will continue semi monthly with speakers and times announced.
The Federal Trade Commission appeals for mills not currently operating on Sundays to run full production to ease a paper shortage. The move could raise output by about fifteen percent and curb high prices. A Roanoke Rapids concert by the Rosemary Concert Band drew a large crowd, with praise for the amateur group.
Miss Gertrude Hilton and Mr William Cushion wed quietly in Rosemary last Tuesday evening. Magistrate S M Thompson officiated in a runaway ceremony that surprised many friends who extend best wishes for their happiness and success in this new undertaking.
Two new members joined last Sunday with a goal of reaching three hundred total by year end. The minister and officers ordained Buford Floyd to the ministry after years of preaching. Floyd now serves two churches. J H Gay and J R O Neal preached in Francis NC, where a minister recently organized a church in Tarboro. A Warren County Antioch gathering produced four new members.
Miss Minnie Daughtry entertained the Junior B Y P A of the Baptist church last Monday at her home. The Social Committee organized the event with music refreshments and games. About ten o clock everyone left calling it a big time with a long list of attendees including Daughtry family members and many neighbors.
Rosemary Baptist Church invites the public to Sunday services at 11 AM and 7 30 PM and mid week services Wednesday at 7 30 PM led by Rev A C Chaffin pastor. All are welcome to attend.
Rosemary Methodist Church announces Rev. W. R Shelton as pastor. Sunday School at ten o’clock with J. B. Boyd as superintendent. Services on the first and third Sundays at 11 A M and every Sunday at 3 P M. Prayer service Tuesday evening and choir practice Thursday evening.
Sunday School begins at 9 45 in the new Taberna cle Old Red Men s Hall at 3 00 PM every Sunday. Preaching next Sunday by Pastor L Topping with morning subject Our Father s Care and evening subject A Wise Man s View of Life.
Rev Geo Bearden pastor. Morning Sunday School at 9 45. Superintendent W V Woodruff. Preaching at 11 on A Man Out of Place. Evening service at 7 30 on A Test of Faith. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 7 30. Good music. Public invited to all services.
Rector Henry Clark Smith presides with services every Sunday at 11 A M and 8 P M except the fourth Sunday Holy Communion at 8 A M Sundays School runs 10 A M every Sunday with Rosemary class at 9 30 A M Choir practice Friday at 8 P M You are invited to every service of the church.
Baptist church notes and Red Cross Christmas Seals are being printed in Cincinnati for Junior B Y P A. The seal features Santa Claus in red on green with a pack bearing a red cross. Aiming to distribute 300 million seals with about 100 million or 1 million dollars expected to be sold. North Carolina sales figures and per capita rates cited as context.
A cautious suitor is drawn into a relationship as a young woman’s absorbing curiosity about his potential keeps him pursuing her. Her questions and experiments with him reveal what he might become, influencing both their expectations and choices.
A garbled clipping presents aphorisms and garbled quotes about sunshine, stone age themes, diplomacy, optimism, and conflicting thoughts. It weaves references to Barrie, Goleman, and scattered phrases, with little coherent context or clear events.
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