Old Tradition Shattered
GIRLS OLDER
THAN MATES
Marriage Licenses Show
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One of the employees in the
Register of Deeds office at Hali
fax recently remraked how unus
ual that now in practically every
case that applied for licenses, the
girl was at least a few months
older than the boy. Long ago our
grandmothers thought that the
man should be at least a year or
two older for the marriage to
"stick”.
The following licenses to marry
were issued from Sept. 2 to Sept.
12: Francis F. Taylor, - Mar jorie
Hudson, both of Roanoke Rapids;
Virgil A. Kidd. Jr., Carthage, Lou
ise Shearin, Essex; Marvin Whit
ley, Halifax, Clarisa Rose Regis
ter, Whitakers; James Elisha
Boyd, Jr., Miriam Rebecca Shear
in, both of Portsmouth; Clifton
Cutler, Mabelle Radcliffe, both of
Roanoke Rapids; Edward Raynor
Hardee, Enfield, Mary Matilda
Aycock, Heathsville; Louis Floyd
Williams (col), Nonnie Maybelle
Flemming, both of Roanoke Rap
ids,Forrest Lowe, Lille Mae Davis,
both of Roanoke Rapids; Broun
low W. Dunlap, W. Mt. Home,
Susan Sledge, Hendersonville; Ar
chis Mac Williams, Enfield, Vir
ginia Wilkins (col); Joseph Braidy
Scotland Neck (col), Jessie Mac
Dolberry, Scotland Neck; Benja
min Searby, Mary Lou Crawford,
both of Philadelphia; Lewis H.
Wallace, Maud Cobb, both of Ro
anoke Rapids; Richard Leroy Alls
brook, Scotland Neck, Mildred
Cobb, Braxton.
LITTLETON
Lt. Millard Perkinson of Fort
Bragg spent Wednesday night at
his home here just before being
transferred to Texas.
Mrs. A. P. Farmer and daugh
ters, Annie and Martha Cutchins,
spent the week-end in Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. Lee Riggan visited her hus
band in Suffolk for the week-end.
Mrs. A. P. Farmer, Mrs. Lee
Riggan, Mrs. J. E. York, Jr., and
Miss Annie Farmer visited in Wel
don Wednesday.
Miss Estelle Boyce of Warren
ton spent last Tuesday and Wed
nesday with her grandmother, Mrs.
J. B. Boyce.
George B. Robinson of Norlina
v'sited his cousin, Robert Patter
son, last week.
Mrs. M. L. Cole returned Mon
day after a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Howard White, of Hen
derson.
Mrs. J. E. York. Sr., and daugh
ter, Karleen, of Norfolk, Va., are
spending this week with Miss
Martha Cutchins Farmer.
MpstJ. H. Coleman of Cumber
land, Md., and Mrs. Frank Right
meyer of Weldon visited relatives
and friepds in town on Monday.
Mrs. 0.1,. Currin returned Mon
day afternoon after visiting rela
tives in Henderson.
Mrs. Aubrey Clj-burn of Greens
boro is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Lee Riggan, this week.
Mrs. H. E. Pope and children,
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Carlton and
daughter, Ruby Ann, and Miss
Annie B. Morecock spent last
week-end in Richmond, Va.
Billy Palmer is home for some
time now visiting his parents, Dr.
and Mrs. Horace Palmer.
BRIDGE PARTY
Mrs. Alice Browning entertained
Wednesday afternoon for her club
and additional guests at her home
in Littleton. High score was won
by Mrs. Be" Long Rives and guest
high score uy Mrs. John M. Picot.
Special guests were Mesdames Ed
ward Hall of Reidsville, W. W.
Johnson, Graham King, C. C. Ab
ernathy, John M. Picot, and Misses
Annie Tucker Moore and Carrie
Myrick.
HOSTESS AT PARTY
Mrs. John Picot entertained at
her home on College Street with
five tables of bridge on Friday
afternoon. After several progres
sions, high score prize went to
Miss Annie Tucker Moore and
the consolation to Miss Esmond
Bradley of Raleigh. That evening
Mrs. Picot was hostess again at
bridge. High score went to Mrs.
Dennis Rose and low went to
Mrs. Richard Thomas. An ice
course was served with cakes by
the hostess.
List Out-of-Town
Patients Now At
Local Hospital
Out-of-town patients registered
at the local hospital today are as
follows:
J. B. Burnette of Jackson; Mrs.
C. W. Draper of Potecasi; Mrs. El
mo Ellis of Littleton; Cyrus Fer
guson of Skippers, Va.; R. E. Fer
guson of Conway; George W.
Gaither of Halifax; Jimmey Hale
of Littleton; Joe N. Isaac ofLaw
renceville, Va.; Mrs. E. W. Martin
of Conway; Mrs. W. C. Murfee of
Emporia, Va.; Mrs. L. H. New
some of Rich Square: J. S. Riggs
of Skippers, Va.; Mrs. E. E. Smith
of Brodnax, Va.; Willie E. Turner
of Lawrenceville, Va.; Mrs. Fan
nie Wiggins of Littleton.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
Those enjoying Mike Faison’s
birthday dinner last Saturday
were: Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Outland, Mr.
and Mrs. C. W. Moore,-. Mr. and
Mrs. Willie Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
P. L. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Le
roy Askew, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert
Speight, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Fan
ny, Mr. and Mrs. Alec Bullock,
Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Reaves, Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Black, Mr. and
Mrs. John Denton, Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Birdsong, Mr. and Mrs.
Grover Pittman, Mr. and Mrs.
Scott Hasty, Dr. Johnny Martin,
Dr. F. G. Kroncke, Mrs. David
Camp. Mrs. Elsie Brewer, Mrs. Vi
ola Hurst, Mrs. Lois Morris, Clyde
Butts, Polly Vaughan, Ethel Pear
son, Mabel Garner, Ellen Page
Jones, Patsy Moore, Jane Moore,
Grace Moore, Pat Denton, Peggy
Birdsong, Jack Kelly, L. B. Brown,
Loyd Faison, Roy Fields, Millard
Lee, and Milton Moore, Jr., from
Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Faison was the recipient of
many gifts.
Arm Bands Are
Ready For The
Canteen Group
The Canteen Group who com
pleted a course of instruction
under Miss Virginia Blount can
get their arm bands from the
Canteen Captain, Mrs. F. G.
Jarman. The bands are avail
able at the Red Cross Surgical
Dressings Room, corner Tenth
and Henry Streets, Rosemary,
between the hours of 2:30 to
4:30 and 7:30 to 9:30 P. M. any
week, Monday through Friday.
Miss Blount has given Mrs. Jar
man a list of the names of all
who are entitled to the arm
bands.
Civil WaTVet
Will Soon Be
A Centenarian
Charlie Riggan, who will cele
brate his 100th birthday in Oc
tober, is visiting his children in
the Aurelian Springs section.
Mr .Riggan is said to be one of
the few remaining Civil War
veterans in this section of the
state. He participated in the
famous charge that Pickett
made at Gettysburg, it is re
ported.
Firemen’s Meeting
Among the Halifax Firemen at
tending the regular meeting and
bar-b-que supper of the Roanoke
Firemen’s Association in Whitak
ers Tuesday night were Messrs.
G. A. Hux, Jr., G. D. Wheeler,
Jack Bass, Jimmie and Robert
Dickens, L. H. Pearce, Lee Bird
song and Jessie Shearin.
ENTERTAINS CLUB
Miss Mildred Balmer entertained
her bridge club on Tuesday eve
ning. Several progressions were
played before the scores were add
ed and the highest score for the
evening was made by Miss Fran
ces Wilson, and the consolation
went to Mrs. Hicks Hill. A re
freshing iced drink with sand
wiches and cookies was enjoyed
at ten thirty. The players were
Misses Mary Virginia Jenkins,
Lottie Allen, Mary Woodruff, Mar
garet Speight, Mrs. Bruce John
son, Mrs. Hicks Hill and Miss
Frances Wilson.
LEAVES FOR SCHOOL
Ruby Lee Williams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Williams,
will leave Friday for Richmond,
Va., where she will attend St.
Catherine’s School For Girls.
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CERTIFICATES ISSUED
September 11, 191,2
NEW TRUCK AND BUS
Colonial Ice Co., city, Ice and
fuel dealer, one tube; Weldon
Roofing and Sheet Metal Co., Wel
don, roofing and sheet metal, one
tire.
PASSENGER
F. S. Parham, city, textile, two
tubes; O. T. Carson, Littleton, saw
mill worker, two tubes; Edwin
Cliffold Tritt, city, textile, three
tubes.
PASSENGER GRADE II
F. S. Parham, city, textile, two
tires; T. D. Hurst, city, textile,
two tires.
RECAPS & SERVICES
N. C. State Highway & Public
Works, Weldon, Building and
maintaining roads, three truck
tires; William T. Griffin by A. S.
Griffin, Littleton, textile, two pas
senger tires; Chas. H. Lambeth,
Littleton, ICC hauler, two truck
tires; T. A. Chappell, Weldon,
plumbing, two truck tires; F. L.
Harris, Littleton, textile, two pas
senger tires; Harvey Jenkins, Lit
tleton, textile, one passenger tire;
Woodrow Shadrack, Weldon, tex
tile, two passenger tires; O. T.
Carson, Littleton, sawmill worker,
two passenger tires.
OBSOLETE
Edwin C. Tritt, city, textile,
three tires; Walter Young, Little
ton, railroad, four tires.
BICYCLE
Weldon Drug Co., Weldon.
St. John's
Catholic Church
17th Sunday after Pentecost.
Sunday Masses, 8 and 10 a. m.
Weew day Mass, 7 a. m. Saturday
Mass for the Children, 8 a. m.
Confessions are heard daily before
Mass. Catechism will be impart
ed in Weldon at the home of Mrs.
Frank Rabil on Monday at 3:30
p. m. In Roanoke Rapids religious
instructions will be given in the
church on Friday at 3:30 p. m.
and in the rectory on Friday at
7:30 p. m.
Holy Mass will be celebrated on
Thursday at 7 o’clock to honor
Our Lady of Mercy, a day of de
votion in honor of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. Sermon theme for
Sunday will be The First Sacra
ment: Baptism.
Father Denges heartily welcomes
the public to all services.
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