HIGH SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT
OFF ONLY 50
Grade Students Show
Slight Increase Over
Last Year’s Starting
Roanoke Rapids City Schools
started Monday morning, and are
rapidly settling down to the regu
lar routine program that will be
followed throughout the school
year, according to an announce
ment coming from the office of C.
W. Davis, City Superintendent of
Schools.
A check-up at noon today shows
a total enrollment for the white
schools in the city of 2,180 students,
with 1,210 of this number compris
ing the Elementary grade school
section and 970 registered at the
High School. In the colored schools
560 students have enrolled.
A comparison of this year’s fig
ures witn tnose onmie starting oi
school last year iiEm:ates there is
a slight increase in registration in
the grades, while High School at
tendance is off approximately 50
students, in the white schools. The
same situation is true with the col
ored schools, though exact figures
were not available.
Mr. Davis attributed this de
crease in High School attendance
to working conditions in the com
munity, together with the fact that
many students were engaged in
defense industry work in Norfolk,
and that many former students had
joined the Navy and Marines. He
explained that a system had been
worked out whereby the high
school department was accepting
some students on a half-day basis,
permitting them to attend morning
classes and have the afternoon off
for work in local industries.
The white faculty of the City
School System is composed of some
74 members, this number including
many former teachers here. A
complete list of faculty members
follows:
ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
CENTRAL SCHOOL
First, Edith Barrett; Special Pri
mary, Marjorie Chapman; Second,
Estelle Knight; Third, Amanda
Tillman, 3A; Elizabeth Smith, 3B;
Fourth, Eugenia Coltrane; Fifth,
Omara Daniel, 5B; Mary Hix, 5A.
CLARA HEARNE SCHOOL
First, Marjorie Cannon, Irene
Gordon; Second, Rosina Pittman;
Special Primary, Ruth Dean; Third,
Ella Gibbs; Fourth, Mrs. Lewis
Taylor, Elizabeth Tait; Fifth, Ann
Crawley.
ROSEMARY SCHOOL
First, Lois Strickland; Special
Primary, Mrs. Zollicoffer (Jennie
C.); Second, Viola Glover; Third,
Mary Lowder; Fourth, Rebecca
Price; Fifth, Christine Dunn, Hazel
Cobb.
VANCE STREET SCHOOL
First, Virginia Gates; Special
Primary, Betty Gates; Second, Ag
nes Gregory; Third, Thelma Garris;
Fourth, Thelma Daughtry; Fifth,
Nancy Sperling.
SIXTH GRADE BUILDING
6C, Dorothy Delbridge; 6B—Mar
tha Whitehurst; 6A—Katherine
Benton; 6C—Henrietta Price; 6B—
Helen Foley; 6A—Sara Cannon.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS
J. W. Talley, Principal; Weleska
Pegram, Margaret Watson, Aline
Smith, Carrie T. Smith, Margaret
Toler, Celia Dail, R. B. Young, Hart
Sheridan, Cornelia Clark, Bernard
Bridgers, Ellen D. Boone, A. D.
Haverstock, Iris Davis, Margaret
Moore, Martha Craddock, R. G.
Knight, C. L. Williams, Elaine Wise,
Gladys Etheridge; Thos. L. Martin,
Principal; Dorothy Howard, Eliz
abeth Wilder, Ada Edwards, Ver
nie Eddins; Morris Clary, Mary E.
Suitt, Winifred Beckwith, Lloyd
Sandlin, Ruth Chapman, Mary
Schofield, Ruth Glenn Hardy, Mar
tha Rice, Alice Gattis (away tem
porarily), Mary White Thompson,
Eloise Newell, E. C. Bricklemyer,
Will Nelson, Juanita Taylor.
Misses Mary Louise Fitts and
Frances Forest spent the week-end
J(jn Raleigh.
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Mrs. S. A. Carr of Wilmington
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.
L. Hux.
Mrs. A. P. McPhearson of Ra
leigh is visiting Mr. and Mrs. V.
C. Matthews.
MRS. VAUGHAN ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Gilbert Vaughan entertain
ed friends Wednesday evening with
6 tables of bridge. During the
evening the hostess served iced
punch and at the end of the play
she served brick ice cream, cup
cakes and nuts. High score prize
was won by Mrs. W. L. Johnson
and second high by Mrs. Caswell
Shaw. Guests for the evening were
Mesdames Raymond Millikin, Mil
ton Norman, Junius Tillery, Harry
Banks, P. C. Draper, Jack White
head, Caswell Shaw, Vi A. Parks,
W. L. Johnson, Pryor Rodwell,
Russell Weeks, Z. T. Cox, F. W.
M. White, Swain Norman, A. L.
Hux, Milton Read, L. H. Pearce,
Sidney Griffin, W. R. Caudle and
Misses Ann Hale, Agnes Gregory,
Effie Avent, Nannie Gary and
Myrtle Phipps.
ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY
On Thursday evening Mrs. Cas
well Shaw entertained at 10 tables
of bridge at her home in Halifax
to announce the engagement of
Miss Elizabeth Coppedge of Hali
fax to Mr. Percy Crawley of Camp
Rucker, Ala. At the beginning of
the evening the guests were serv
ed lemon pie. Before progressions
of bridge were played one hand
of bingo was called and Mrs. A.
P. McPhearson of Raleigh was
winner. She was given a can of
peanuts with the engagement an
nouncement on top of the can—
Elizabeth-Percy—Early Fall—1942.
Those enjoying Mrs. Shaw’s hos
pitality were Misses Elizabeth
Coppedge, honoree, Mesdames A.
P. McPhearson of Raleigh, Swain
Norman, Sidney Griffin, Mary
Coppedge, Helen Marshall, Charles
Boykin, Gilbert Vaughan, Milton
Read, A. L. Hux, L. H. Pearce,
P. C. Millikin, Jack Whitehead,
Harry Banks, V. C. Matthews, W.
R. Caudle, Turner Stevenson, R. L.
Applewhite, F. W. M .White, Bill
Penn, Z. T. Cox, E. L. Travis,
Raymond Millikin, Pryor Rodwell,
W. L. Johnson, P. C. Draper, Nor
fleet Clark of Weldon, Quenton
Gregory, V. A. Parks, Emily Gary,
Arthur Gregory, Ruth Coppedge of
Weldon, Milton Norman, Russell
Weeks, Hugh House, Donald Mc
Cluer of Philadelphia, Miss., Hugh
Pittman of Newport News, Carl
Myrick of Weldon, Junius Tillery,
Fletcher Gregory, Bettie Coppedge,
Minges, S. *A. Carr of Wilmington
and Misses Myrtle Phipps, Ursula
Marshall, Ida Mae Cheatham, Ann
Hale, Agnes Gregory, and Effie A
vent.
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Taylor - Hudson
In a ceremony marked with sim
plicity, Miss Margie Hudson and
Francis Taylor were married on
Monday evening, Sept. 7, 1942, at
the home of Reverend and Mrs.
Gordon Price, with Reverend Mr.
Price officiating in the presence of
intimate friends.
The bride wore a navy dress
with white accessories and a cor
sage of red roses. She is the
daughter of Mrs. L. E. Hudson and
the late L. E. Hudson of Roanoke
Rapids. She is a graduate of Roa
noke Rapids High School and holds
a position in the office of Roanoke
Mills Co.
The bridegroom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Taylor. He is a
graduate of Roanoke Rapids High
School and Mars Hill College. He
has been employed with Virginia
Electric and Power Co. until re
cently he enlisted in the U.S.N. and
is stationed at Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor left imme
diately after the wedding for a
short wedding trip.
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