LITTLETON NEWS
Miss Ertie Boyd Warren, a mem
ber of ihe Jackson High School
faculty, has returned to spend the
summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N. W. Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Person left
Saturday morning for Milwaukee.
Mr. and Mrs. Macon Moore, Jr.,
and little daughter, Nancy, spent
the week-end in Norlina
Miss Mary J. Spruill is spending
a few days in Enfield with Miss
Virginia Branch.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. P. Pippen left
Tuesday for Raleigh. Mr. Pippen
is a delegate to the men’s conven
tion of the Episcopal Church.
While there' they will be guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rosenthal.
Dr. and Mrs. L. H. Justis were
guests of Mrs. J. W. Justis in Mid
lothian Sunday.
C. N. Riggan of Norlina is spend
ing this week with his grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Hardy.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morris mo
tored to Richmond Sunday.
Miss Hazel Inscoe was a guest
of Miss Polly Perry in Halifax Sat
urday.
Jesse Wood has returned to Bal
timore after spending a week in
his home here.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Crawley of
Wilson were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
N. W. Warren Sunday.
Mrs. J. M. Alexander and miss
Annie D Alexander spent the week
end in Scotland Neck.
Mrs. Ike Rochelle of Roanoke
Rapids is a guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harvey.
Miss Mary Emma Smith spent
the week-end in her home here.
Mrs. C. B. Austin was a week
end visitor in the home of Mrs. H.
C. Smith.
Mrs. Eugene Gay of Jackson re
cently visited Miss Hattie Spruill.
Lieut, and Mrs. W. J. Crocker of
the C.C.C. and Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Crawley spent Sunday in Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Taylor and
Miss Mary Lou Taylor left Wed
nesday for Vaughan where they
will make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Riggan and
children of Warrenton were visit
ors in town Sunday.
Jesse Wood, Jr., of Williamston
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Wood.
Mi's. K. C. Cheves of Jackson
ville is the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Warren.
Miss Annie Tucker Moore of the
Franklinton High School faculty
has returned to her home here for
the summer.
Mrs. Claud Alston, after receiving
treatment in the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital, has returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harris of
Richmond were week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Abernathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Price and son
of Washington were guests of J. L.
Price this week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Salmon and
Miss Frankie Price spent Monday
in Roanoke Rapids.
Miss Cora Butts of South HHl,
Virginia, has recently been a guest
of her grandmother, Mrs. E. C. Bob
bitt.
Brantley Acree spent the week
end in Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. House and
family, of Thelma, visited relatives
in town Saturday.
Mrs. Fuller Robinson and Mrs.
June Collier were guests of Mrs.
W. N. Thornton Saturday.
Miss Maryleen Cole entertained a
few of her friends at a birthday
party Saturday evening from eight
to eleven. After several games of
bridge and Chinese Checkers,
cakes, nuts and cream were served
to the following guests: Misses Ru
by and Ruth Topping, Marie Tay
lor, Gertrude Edgerton, Sally Ann
House, Messrs. James Leach, Bob
by Patterson, Billy Palmer, Bobby
Jones, James Myrick and Jack
May.
The American Legion met with
Miss Fannie Newsom Friday after-,
noon at half after three o’clock.
Plans for Memorial Day and the
sale of popples were discussed.
The annual Recitation-Declama
tion Contest was held on the eve
ning of May 3, in the High School
auditorium. Those receiving awards
in the contest were: Misses Velma
Barnes, Julia Cook, Mary Shields
Justis, Evelyn Newsom, Messrs.
Billy Palmer, Edward Moseley,
Bobby Jones, Robert Myrick, Billy
Perkinson, Durwood Williams, and
Robert Thomas Currin. Billy Palm
er was awarded two letters; one in
the debating contest and one for
athletics. Edward Moseley was a
warded the silver cup for the best
all around athlete.
The following were re-elected to
the Littleton High School faculty
for the next term: Mrs. Rosa Ham
ilton, 1st grade; Miss Bonnie May
Hall, 2nd grade; Miss Claire Ben
thall, 3rd grade; Miss Estelle Isles,
4th grade; Miss Jean Parker, 5th
grade; Miss Mabel Stroupe, 6th
grade; Miss Louise White, 7th
grade; Miss Annie Boyd Morecock,
Mr. Steve Acai, Mr. A. W. Parker
and Miss Sue Sewell, high school
teachers. Mrs. E. L. Crawley was
re-elected teacher of music and Mr.
G. E. Crawley continued as Super
intendent. Several of the teachers
did not apply for re-election.
Miss Constance Ballance is mak
ing her home temporarily with
Misses Elizabeth and Carrie Helen
Moore on Mosby Avenue.
Mrs. E. Leslie Crawley presented
her students in a piano recital
Tuesday evening, May 2, in the
high school auditorium. Pine trees
on which grew all shapes, sizes
and colors of balloons furnished a
colorful as well as an interesting
background which consisted of well
known compositions. Variety was
added by two piano numbers and
choruses. As always, reflecting ex
cellent training by Mrs. Crawley,
each student showed proficiency,
ease and accomplishment.
Another Blondie
Film And Hardy
Family At Pitts
Playing at the Pitts Theatre in
Emporia Sunday only, May 14th,
is Penny Singleton in “Blondie.”
Coming to the Pitts Monday and
Tuesday is Mickey Rooney and
Lewis Stone in "The Hardys Ride
High”, the best yet of the Hardy
Family series.
For Wednesday only, the Pitts
offers Ruth Hussey and Tom Neal
in a dramatic-action picture . . .
"Within the Law”.
Thursday and Friday brings Les
lie Howard and Wendy Hiller in
Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”.
Playing Saturday only is Bob
Steele in “The Colorado Kid”. Also
there is another chapter of that
thrilling serial—“Red Barry”, and
a comedy.
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University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Department of Physical
Education and Athletics
April 19, 1939
Mr. T. J. Alford
President, Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
•Dear Mr. Alford:
This letter is to thank you for
mally for the fine hospitality and
splendid arrangements in connec
tion with our game with Wake For
est at Roanoke ftapids yesterday.
You folks really did an excellent
job and we appreciate it very much
indeed. I wish you would express
our thanks to the other members
of your committee and to the Lions
Club.
We are looking forward to an in
vitation for a return visit and you
may be assured that we shall be
very receptive.
Again thanking you and with all
good wishes, I am
Sincerely yours,
G. E. Shepard,
Asst. Director
Wake Forest College
Student Government
Wake Forest, N. C.
April 19, 1939
Kiwanis Club
c-o Mr. T. J. Alford, President
Gentlemen:
May I take this means and op
portunity to express to your lively
organization my heartfelt appreci
ation for the splendid gift which
you bestowed upon me during yes
terday’s contest? I shall always
endear your kind generosity.
Also, I congratulate your pro
gressive organization upon the mar
velous way in which it joined to
promote yesterday’s program. The
enthusiasm displayed by your hust
ling group is surely representative
of Greater Roanoke Rapids in its
efforts to meet the needs of its
populace. Never, in any under
taking, have I witnessed such
splendid cooperation.
Coach John Caddell, his boys,
and Wake Forest supporters every
where—and I am sure Carolina
fans share this gratitude—express
their delight in the fine and true
sportsmanlike manner in which
they were received and entertain
ed. We are hopeful that yester
day’s festivities may become an an
nual event in your fine city and
mine.
With cordial best wishes to you
and yours and for a progressive
year, I remain
Very truly yours,
Irvin Dickens.
Halifax County
Board of Alcoholic Control
Halifax, N. C.
May 5th, 1939
The Herald
Roanoke Rapids, N. C.
Gentlemen:
For the benefit of the taxpayers
of the County we turned over the
County Commissioners the sum
of $15,000.00 of A.B.C. funds on the
first Monday in May. This amount
makes a total of $200,000.00 of
A.B.C. money turned over to the
County Commissioners since the
beginning of County Control in
July, 1935.
Yours very truly,
Halifax County Board of
Alcoholic Control
E. H. Ricks, Supervisor
Dr. John W. Martin spent Wed
nesday in Richmond on business.
Mrs. Henry G. Ruark of Tarboro
spent the week-end here with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jenkins.
Mother s Day
At Littleton
Methodist Church
Sunday is Mother’s Day. In the
morning, at the Littleton Methodist
Church, there will be special music
and an appropriate sermon follow
ed by the Holy Communion. At
8:00 p.m. there will be the second
in the series of 50 beautiful Pic
tures of the Mission Fields. This
one is “Christian Dawn in Korea.”
The services Sunday will mark
the beginning of the new Methodist
Church formed by the uniting of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, and the Methodist Protest
ant Church, with a membership of
nearly 8,000,000 and a constituency
of about 20,000,000. The entire
membership at Littleton is urged
to be present and the general pub
lic is cordially invited.
W. T. Phipps, Pastor.
Carty - Cannon
The following announcement will
be of much interest here and at
Belhaven. Mr. Abner West Carty
of Belhaven announces the engage
ment of his daughter, Josephine
Carty, to Claude Cannon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cannon of Roa
noke Rapids, the wedding to take
place in a private ceremony in
June.
Orphanage Class
At Pentecostal
A class from the Falcon Orphan
age of Falcon, N. C., will have
charge of the morning service at
the Rosemary Pentecostal Holiness
Church at the corner of Sth and
Vance Streets Sunday, May 21, 1939.
Public is cordially invited.
Pastor, S. A. Fann.
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