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Halifax County
Women Hostesses
Here April 16th
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The Halifax County Federation
of Home Demonstration Clubs will
entertain the Fourteenth District
Federation in Roanoke Rapids on
April 16 at 10:30 a.m. The morn
ing session will be held in the
High School Auditorium, Lunch
eon and afternoon session at the
Chockoyotte Country Club.
Mrs. J. P. Brown, of Northamp
ton County, will preside at this
meeting.
Representatives from each ot
the five counties comprising the
District are expected.
Halifax County Club women are
expecting approximately 450 or
£00 people in attendance at this
meeting.
This meeting is held annually
with different counties, being held
in Weldon four years ago. The
afternoon program will consist of
a Garden Playlet entitled “Mis
tress Mary’s Garden” an<j[ will be
presented by Halifax, Tillery,
Calvary, South Rosemary, Rose
neath, Spring Hill, Ringwood, Hol
lister, Darlington, and Dawson
Clubs. Weather permitting this
playlet will be given on the lawn
at the Country Club.
On the morning program at the
Roanoke Rapids High School audi
torium will be the welcome ad
dress by Mrs. R. L. Applewhite,
President of the Halifax County
Federation and by Mayor Kelly
Jenkins of Roanoke Rapids.
After the business session,
greetings will be given by Mrs.
W. A. Thorne, district president
of the N. C. Federated Womans
"Clubs, and Mrs. J. Brooks Tuck
er of Grimesland, State president
of the N. C. Federated Home Dem
onstration Clubs.
The principal address will be
given by Dr. Jane S. McKimmon,
N. C. State Home Demonstration
Agent. ;,
Mrs. Hazel Wheeler, Halifax
County Home Demonstration A
gent, is chairman in charge of the
convention. County reports will
be heard from Franklin, Halifax,
Northampton, Vance and Warren
counties.
Miss Hines Hostess
Miss Frances Hines entertained
on Tuesday evening the members
of her bridge club; there were
eight guests to enjoy the delight
ful hospitality of Miss Hines. Mrs.
Beaman Helms held the highest
score for the evening and was
presented an attractive prize. A
sweet course was served. Miss
Hines’ guests for the evening were
Misses Elizabeth Wilson, Speck
Hines, Virginia Bell Vincent, Mary
Wolhar, Margaret Dunning, Ben
nie Allsbrook, Mrs. Jimmie Out
ran and Mrs. Beaman Helms.
Dr. Covington On
Davidson Council
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DAVIDSON, N. C., April 2. -
Roanoke Rapids alumni of David
son college are taking an active
part in the work of the alumni
association of the Presbyterian
institution which next year cele
brates its 100th anniversary.
Dr. J. M. C. Covington, who has
recently been chosen to fill a va
cancy in the Alumni Council,
lives in Roanoke Rapids. This or
ganization is composed of leading
Davidson alumni who have shown
exceptional interest in the af
fairs of tlje institution.
The Davidson Alumni Council
will meet during the Commence
ment exercises this year, May 30
to June 2, at which time plans
will be made for the celebration
of the Centennial of the founding
of the college.
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Girl Scouts On
Program Womans
Club Meeting ;
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The April meeting of the Wo
man’s Club was held on Monday
afternoon at the Club House. The
meeting was presided over by
the president, Mrs. A. 1 f r e d
Thome. Three were three guests
of the club, Mrs.. Reaves, Mrs.
George Talor and Mrs. Birdie
Brown and Mrs. Thorne welcomed
them to the meeting.
Mrs. Hazel Irwin Wheeler ex
tended an invitation to the mem
bers of the Woman’s Club to at
tend an all day meeting of the
You’ll want to give her a Ij
gift she wi'll treasure for a Ij
lifetime - so select a lasting I|
yet useful one from the many Ij
wedding gifts we are featur- I;
ing this month. •!
Your selection need not be ■!
"expensive, yet she will know jl
it’s the best if it comes from - jl
LAND BROS.
ROANOKE RAPIDS and EMPORIA ;
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Miss Anna Carr, whose engagement to A. Leonidas Hux
is announced today by her mother, Mrs. Sion Alford Carr
of Wallace, the wedding will take place in Wallace in the
near future.
Miss Canr, who makes her home in Kenansville, is
Deputy Clferk of the Court of Duplin County. Mr. Hux is
the popular Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax County.
Home Demonstration Clubs which
will be held on next Thursday,
lunch to be served to all attend
ing the meeting at the High
School Building. Members of the
Womans Club offered their ser
vices to the committees in charge
of the various recreational cen
ters for the summer.
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The Girl Scouts pnder the di
rection of Miss Lucy Mayfield put
on a delightful program. Lillian
Lee had charge of the girls’ work.
Miss Mayfield gave a talk on the
history and purpose of the girl
scouts. The program was the
Scouts Court of Honor and each
girl taking part did a splendid
piece of work and the entire. pro
gram was very much enjoyed.
Light refreshments were served
to about thirty.
Gentlemen, be seated ... in com
fort ... in Hanes I Our rear
guards, in figuring out your figure,
have protected you at the spat.
They make sure Hanes cloth is
cut to fit. Sit, stand, stoop, or bend
— nothing chokes or chafes 1
Take hold of a pair of Hanes
Shorts . . . poke your hands in
side ... then stretch them apart.
Look at the room you've got in
there for a couple of husky hipsl
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And remember this about Hanes
colon: Washing or boiling wdta't
budge them. Our money says
they're fasti
Every pair of Hanes Shorts
should be mated to a Hanes Shirt..
light and cool with a lively elas
tic knit, they snap in snugly under
your arms.... lie calm and smooth
across your chest... and tuck so
far below your belt that they can't
roll into a rope at your waist.
See your Hanes Dealer today.
P. H. Hanes Knitting Co.. Winston
Salem. N. C. 1 *
for' men
AND ROYS
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FOR EVERY
SEASON
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Miss Erma Hawkins of RoanoKe
Rapids spent part of last week
with Mrs Eugene Bobbitt.
WE SELL
MUGS! ;bI~<M
capital letters. We want to empha
size it. This is emphatically a Drug
Store. We specialize in Prescrip
tions, and pledge ourselves to fill
each one precisely as the Doctor
directs. No substitutions here. Our
registered pharmacists are very
carefully selected for skill in
compounding; our stocks are fresh
and complete. And because our
volume of prescription business is
large, our prices are always fair.
Bring those prescriptions your
Physician Writes here to be filled.
ROSEMARY
DRUG CO.
Prescription Druggists
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