By Bessie G. Johnson
St. Paul, Oct. 3—Born to Mr. and Mrs. Coy Davis, Monday, September 29th, a fine boy. Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan Martin are also the proud parents of an 11 1/2 -pound son, which arrived last Sunday. Congratulations all!
Mesdames D.B. Lancaster, G.R. Thagard and Edward F. Parnell went to Lumberton Wednesday morning to attend a meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Union of the Robeson Baptist association, held at the First Baptist church there on that date.
Misses Tommie Fisher, Clara Hester and Grace Fisher were week-end visitors among friends in Raleigh, having a very pleasant trip.
Miss Cora Odum and Mrs. Beulah Bruntz have gone to the Kennedy Home at Thomasville orphanage, where they have accepted responsible positions. They were accompanied by a Mr. Houf of that city, making the trip thru the country.
Miss Marian Howard, granddaughter of Mr. William Johnson, with whom she makes her home, left Wednesday for Sampson county, where she will again be a member of the Holly Grove School faculty.
Mrs. William T. Rhodes of Godwin arrived last Saturday for a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Guiton, she being known to St. Paul friends as Miss Macy Guiton of our town.
The sunshine looks good to us again. Owing to the heavy rain, traffic was interfered with considerably. The bus line between Fayetteville and Lumberton was discontinued several days on account of chasms, their first trip being made yesterday. The V. & C.S. trains were also prevented making their usual trips from Lumberton to Hope Mills, due to a washout at Oakland. Transportation had be made with the assistance of the motor car, which met them on this side.
Messrs. A.S. McGoogan and Lacy McNair were among those from here who attended the funeral of Mrs. James Jernigan, an aged lady of the Parkton vicinity, who was buried near there last Tuesday afternoon, her death having occurred the day previous.
Miss Ruth Caddell, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Caddell of our town, left several days ago for Thompson hospital, Lumberton, where she has entered training. She has the best wishes of her friends in her new vocation.
Mrs. Foy Livingston and infant daughter of Fayetteville were week-end guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don A. McDonald. Mrs. Livingston prior to her marriage was known as Miss Gladys McDonald, graduate nurse who received training in a Fayetteville hospital.
Mrs. W.A. McKay of near town, who spent some time in the Baker sanatorium, Lumberton, returned home recently with a little daughter which arrived while there.
Friends of Miss Flossie Caudell were glad to have her home for the week-end. Miss Caudell, who is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Caudell of our town, has a position as saleslady in the dry goods department of the Joe Sugar store opened several days previous at Red Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Butler spent the last week among Mrs. Butler’s people at Atkinson, she being prior to her marriage Miss Estelle O’Berry Moore of that town. Mr. and Mrs. Butler were accompanied to Atkinson by miss Winnie Smith of the local school faculty, whose home is also near there.
The many friends of Mr. Edd Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Butler, are delighted to note his improvement following a slight attack of diphtheria, of which he has been a victim several days. He is able to be up and only the quarantine now is confining him to his home. Mrs. Jae. A. Johnson is also in like condition but having succumbed ot it earlier the band will soon be lifted, her friends gladly note.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, October 6, 1924
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