Local News Briefs from Roxboro, Oct. 22, 1924

Local News Briefs

Little Miss Mary Severs Woody, who has been sick for the past three weeks, is improving.

Little Miss Anna Wooding Winstead has had her tonsils removed and is getting on nicely.

Miss Mattie Morton, who has been quite sick, is now able to be up again.

Mrs. Jack Franklin of Cunningham spent several days last week visiting Miss Callie Bray.

Mr. Sam Merritt spent the week end here with her mother, Mrs. Mamie Merritt.

Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Buchanan are visiting relatives near Oxford.

Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Cole, Mesdames E.B. Foushee and T.O. Bradsher spent Wednesday in Raleigh.

H.G. Clayton of Rocky Mount spent the week end at home.

Miss Elizabeth Masten of the Conservatory in Durham spent a few days here with her parents.

Miss Laura Newton of Raleigh spent several days here last week.

Miss Mary Hester of R.M.L. Lynchburg spent the week end at home.

Mr. and Mrs. E.V. Boatright and son Edgar Jr. spent the week end in Danville with relatives.

Mesdames M.A. Stewart, J.M. Pass, W.A. Mills and Miss Elizabeth Noell spent Thursday in Raleigh.

Mrs. W.L. Wright of Troy and her son, Mr. Van Wright of Asheville, spent the week end visiting Mrs. E.D. Cheek, sister of Mrs. Wright.

Miss Mary Cheek is spending the week in Durham as the guest of Mrs. Wright.

Mrs. J.B. Flowers of Union Level, Va., who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. B.B. Mangun, left yesterday morning for Durham.

Mr. J.J. Woody spent the first of the week in High Point buying furniture for the firm of E.D. Cheek & Co.

The friends of Mr. O.F Harris will regret to know that he has been carried to Watts Hospital where he underwent an operation for appendicitis.

Mr. and Mrs. A.M. Burns, Mrs. R.P. Merrimon and Miss Janie Burns spent the week end in Pittsboro, where on Sunday they celebrated the 89th birthday of Mr. Burns’ family.

Mrs. A.A. Finley and daughters Misses Grace and Bess, and Miss Elizabeth Pilson of North Wilkesboro spent last Wednesday and Thursday as guests of Mrs. I.O. Wilkerson, Miss Bess Finley will spend several days, the others of the party left Friday morning.

From the front page of The Roxboro Courier, Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, 1924

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