Final Rites Held Sunday for Mrs Pearl Van Dyke
Final services for Mrs. Pearl Van Dyke 37 were held from 124 Hamilton street with Rev. Finlater and Rev. White-Hurst officiating. Interment followed in Roanoke Rapids cemetery. Survived by husband Virgil L. Van Dyke daughter Annette mother Mrs W A Outland brother William Malcom now in the service at Van Dorn Miss.
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van Dyke
Virgil L. van Dyke
Annette van Dyke
W. A. Outland
William Malcom
van Dorn
Episcopal Church Services Sunday In Next Week Program
Church activities outline sermons youth league schedule and class expansion. Presiding Bishop message to be read at morning service and Bible instruction to follow. Parents guardians and sponsors urged to bring children for public instruction. Evening service at All Saints Church resumes October 1.
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Episcopal Church
The
Christian Fellowship
Sunday School and Service League
Birth of William Claybrooke Jr. announced by Shells
Mr and Mrs William C Shell announce the birth of a son William Claybrooke Jr on September 20 from the local household.
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William C. Shell
William Claybrooke, Jr
Give Clothes You Can Spare Drive Urges Europe Relief
Churches and synagogues in the United States join the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in a clothing collection to aid Europe. On Monday October 2 residents should bring at least one garment per family to the First Methodist Church at Fourth Street and Roanoke Avenue.
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Europe
America
United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
First Methodist
Fourth Street
Roanoke Avenue
Miller Hudson Miss Carrie Ward Hudson Weds Walter Miller in Knoxville Ceremony
Carrie Ward Hudson of Roanoke Rapids and Walter McKinley Miller of Slater S C were married in a simple ceremony on Tuesday September 19 at the Knoxville Clerk's Office. Reverend A B Johnson officiated using the ring ceremony. The couple plans to reside at 1824 South Roanoke Avenue after travels.
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Carrie Ward Hudson
Roanoke Rapids
Walter McKinley Miller
Slater, S
Knoxville
Tenn
A. B. Johnson
Miller
L. A. Hudson
South Rosemary School
Rosemary Manufacturing Co
J. P. Miller
Asheville
N. C
Canton
Roanoke Avenue
Card Of Thanks For W T Duke Family Note
I thank friends for floral offerings and kindness shown during the illness and death of my father W. T. Duke.
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W. T. Duke
Edwards Wins Purple Heart for France Invasion
Willey Thomas Edwards has been awarded the Purple Heart for slight wounds in the invasion of France. He has served since October 1942 and has about 12 months overseas. He is the son of Mrs. Nannie B. Edwards of Route 1 Roanoke Rapids. His brother Atwell Lee Edwards is a sailor listed as somewhere at sea.
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Willey Thomas Edwards
France
Willey
Nannie B. Edwards
Roanoke Rapids
Atonement Day Observed Amid Fasting and Worship
Atonement Day Yon Kipur was celebrated on Wednesday with all day worship and fasting. All city stores operated by Jewish citizens were closed for the day.
Seven Roanoke Rapids Men Are War Prisoners
Roanoke Rapids men listed as prisoners of war in German and Japanese camps. Names include Pvt Charles W Joyner Mowl mein Burma and T Sgt Leroy W Morris Stalag 17 B Germany. Also First Sgt D L Robbins Hotel Camp Mukden Manchukuo and Pvt Lenzie J Lee Asaka Camp Japan with accompanying family mentions.
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Roanoke Rapids
Germany
Mary E. Grissom
Madison Street
Charles W. Joyner
Mowlmein
Burma
C. W. Joyner
Ivey Street
Leroy W. Morris
N. H. Morris
Jackson Street
D. L. Robbins
Mukden
Manchukuo
John Robbins
Lenzie J. Lee
Asaka
Japan
W. C. Whitley
Charles W. Taylor
Circle Meetings For Next Week
The Womans Society of Christian Service at Rosemary Methodist sets four circle meetings for October 2. Circle 1 meets Tuesday at 2 PM at the church. Circle 2 Monday at 7 30 PM at the church. Circle 3 Thursday at 7 30 PM at Mrs De Witt King’s Washington street home. Circle 4 Monday at 7 30 PM at Mrs W O Thompson’s Franklin street home.
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Womans Society of Christian Service
Rosemary Methodist Church
Circle No
De‘Witt King
Washington Street
W. O. Thompson
Franklin Street
Roanoke Rapids to Host New FM and TV Station
Postwar plan to build a 5000 cycle frequency modulation station in Roanoke Rapids with 1000 Watts and 555 foot antenna, serving 5198 square miles and 344760 people. Engineering data shows readiness for television, promising clear reception day and night without interfering with existing radio facilities.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids Theatres
Postwar FM Broadcasting Station Planned
A postwar high frequency modulation station is planned with sets soon to be equipped for Frequency Modulation. Present day sets may be converted, and the new broadcasting station would cost about $50,000 with an additional $100,000 for television. Construction cannot start until the war ends as the equipment is currently used by the armed forces.
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Mrs. Pearl
Miller - Hudson
Quick Way Studio
Edwards
Purple Heart
North Carolina
Verniece
Gifts and Jewelry
Guerage
d’Orsay
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