Scout Master Ned Manning and his troop of Boy Scouts left Thursday morning for a two weeks camping trip at White Lake.
Mr. J.L. Cobb and wife motored to Petersburg Thursday.
Mrs. C.N. Wheeler returned Friday from a six weeks visit in the mountains of West Virginia.
J.W. Smoot motored to Rocky Mount Thursday to spend a few days.
Mrs. Ben Summerell, Misses Louise Ayers and Sadie Ausbon, of Plymouth, visited relatives here Sunday.
The prizes given each year in Roanoke Rapids mill village for the best year and garden were awarded last week as follows: A.W. Butts won first price for both yard and garden, $20 each; T.H. Gardner, 2nd garden prize $10; M.H. Wilson, 3rd prize $6; R.H. Edmondson 4th prize $4; Mrs. W.T. Glover and Mrs. J.R. Jenkins tied for the 2nd place yard prize and received $10 each.
Miss Ruth Transom has returned from Raleigh where she was the guest of Mrs. George Iseley.
Ellis H. Joyner was elected assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank and Trust Co. last week.
Mrs. F.G. Jarman and children are staying at Willoughby Beach.
Miss Mary Anderson is at Ocean View.
Wm. A. Murray is visiting in Cheraw, S.C.
Mrs. Dora Thompson of Chesnee, S.C., is the guest of L.S. Cannon and family.
George Gurley and family left Friday via motor for Union, S.C., to spend some time.
Miss Beulah Short won the toy automobile in the attendance contest put on by Mr. Jess Dobbins.
Miss Grace Smith is the guest of relatives in South Hill, Va.
Mrs. Fannie Manning has returned from visiting friends in Henderson.
Roanoke Rapids’ oldest citizen, Howard Gray, died at his home on First street on Friday morning at the age of 90.
Story hour was held Saturday afternoon between 5 and 6 o’clock in Rosemary Park for the Rosemary children and in Roanoke Rapids Park for the children of that town.
Lawrence Smith of Chapel Hill is the guest of L.H. Barrow.
Miss Sarah Crawford Towe entertained about 50 f her little friends on Tuesday afternoon in honor of her 4th birthday.
Mrs. W.S. Hancock and children, of Greensboro, are the guests of Mrs. J.M. Jackson.
Miss Lucy Millette of Chase City is the guest of Miss Ela Collier.
Mr. Coy Dean and family, of Aberdeen, are the guests of Mr. Sam Thompson.
Master Ray Writhmeyer celebrated his second birthday Saturday by entertaining a number of his friends.
Mr. L.G. Shell and family left Tuesday for the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Rev. R.H. Broom is spending his vacation in Eastern Carolina.
Mrs. W.P. Vaughan has as her guest her mother, Mrs. Mary Daniels of Richmond.
Mrs. R.R. Fleming and children, of Arkansas, were the weekend guests of W.P. Vaughan and family.
Rev. F. Patrick Dennison, D.D., of Virginia, will hold revival services in Quankey Baptist church next week.
From the front page of The Roanoke News, “A Newspaper for the People,” Weldon, N.C., Thursday, July 31, 1924
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