Roanoke Rapids High Band Seeks Uniforms and Funds
Readers from Roanoke Rapids North Carolina petition editor Carroll Wilson for band uniforms and a six hundred dollar goal to enhance school pride and participation. Letters from students and supporters recount contests, games, and rival bands outfitted in uniforms, urging community donations for outfitting the forty member ensemble.
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Roanoke Rapids Herald
Wilson
Weldon
Henderson High School
Mr. Wilson
Roanoke Rapids High School
Greensboro
Margaret Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
Edenton
Carroll Wilson
Herald
N. C
Simmons Park
Mary Garner
Lillian Lee
Joseph Topping
Ned Hyman
Thc
R. L. Martin
Kings Mountain
Ple
Mary Brickell
Carrie Byrd
Around the Town Notes and Local Vignettes
Local color sketches recall a hat mispurchase at Clawhammer's and a mail mix up. A jail-visible weekend, school spirit at a football game, and poems by Carl Churchill link daily life with wartime memories from 1918 trenches. The piece closes with reflective thoughts on life and death among the living.
Cotton Grading Receives Boost in North Carolina
Raleigh reports a $19 311 PWA grant funds a $42 000 cotton grading and warehouse building for the state. Commissioner W Kerr Scott says Caswell square in Raleigh will host two story brick and concrete facilities meeting USDA specs to expand grading services for farmers.
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Raleigh
PWA
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
W.kerr Scott
Caswell Square
A. B. Fairley
United States Department of Agriculture
Farley
June Apples Growing In September
E B Pair of Faucetts Township Halifax County has June apples in September. He saw a Greensboro news item about a second crop and confirms his tree bore a full June July crop with a second bloom in August and apples near normal size now. He links the odd crop to a predicted hard winter.
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E. B. Pair
Faucetts Township
Halifax County
Pair
Mrs Wilson Hosts Bridge Club Meeting
Mrs Carroll Wilson hosted the Monday night bridge club with twelve guests playing six contract progressions. Mrs Julian Allsbrook won the high prize while a dahlia marigold and zinnia display decorates the lower floor and salad and tea were served.
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Carroll Wilson
Julian Allsbrook
Mesdames
Frank Manley
Scott Benton
Ned Manning
Rives Manning
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Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Ann C. Taylor
Zee Denny
Alexander
Richmond
Clawhammer’s
Carl Churchill
Bob Skinner
Bert Garris
Samuel Burton
San Diego
Calif
Richard Bray
Cleophus Bray
Mrs. Wilson
Lanier Davis
Rosemary Drug CO
USA
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