Littleton
Mr. and Mrs. Mai com Bobbitt
and daughter of Manteo are visit
ing Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bobbitt,!
parents of Mr. Bobbitt.
Mrs. R. L. Baker of Hopewell,
Va., ia visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Stansbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Thompson
are visiting in the home of Mr
and Mrs. Bill Stansbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Kline and
daughter, Linda, of Marshall, la.,
are visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Crawley.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Albert
Crawley of Alexandria, Va., arc
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W
A. Crawley.
VV. P. Crawley of Chester. P.'’-,
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Crawley.
Miss Mary Hagood Little left
Monday for St. Pauls to visit rel
atives.
Mr. and Mrs. Fordie Moore are
vacationing in the mountains i f
North Carolina and Virginia.
Mrs. Lewis Cook visited her
grandchildren in the Oxford Or
phanage recently.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bell of
Raleigh spent the week end at
the home of Mr. and .Mrs. J. T.
Bell.
Miss Lelia Partin spent the week
end in Richmond os the gu«.-'
of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Willough
by
Mr. and Mrs. William Johnston
and family and Mrs. M. W. Ran
some are spending a two <
vacation at Virginia Beach.
Miss Hattie Daniels is visiting
her brother in Portsmouth, Va.
Mrs. Rufus Bradley, Sr., is vis
iting her son anil ilaughter-in
lavv, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Brad
ley, Jr.
Mrs. J. L. Newsom and daugh
ter, Miss Jean, spent last week
visiting in Portsmouth -ind Nor
folk, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Little left
Tuesday for Montreat.
Miss Jean Newsom spent a
vacation at the home of her par.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. New
som.
R. F. Little and daughter, Miss
Margaret Catherine. spent the
week end with Mr. and Mrs. W.
F. Little.
Miss Jean Newsom has return
id to Richmond after visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L
Newsom. Jack Baker, also ol
Richmond, spent the week end
with, Mr. and Mrs. Newsom.
Ann Morris of Nashville spent
two weeks :is the guest of hei
| j.unt. Mrs. Claude Clark.
J. T. Bell spent Tuesday ant
I Wednesday of l ist week in Nor
I folk. Va.
Mrs. Julian Aeree spent las'
j week visiting relatives and friend;
in Portsmouth nnd Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Mustiai
spent Sunday in Albermarle.
Bobby Patterson spent the weel
ind in Raleigh.
Dr W. G. Palmer of Wilso:
.• pint Sunday with his parents
Dr. and Mrs. Horace Palmer.
Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Davis anc
family a.:-.* visiting at Carolim
Beach.
Jack Bobbitt of the Calvary
community has undergone an ap
pendectomy at Roanoke Rapids
Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Bonnie Hale spent
last week end visiting in Wash
ington. D. C.
Mrs. Bonnie Hale spent last
Thursday visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hale, at
their home near Nashville.
Weldon
Mrs. Hazel Seehler and Miss
Skipper spent Sunday in Flor
ence, S. C.
Mrs. Elliott Clark and Barry
Clark of Craddock spent the week
end with relatives here.
Mrs. F. M. Rightmyer and
daughter and Mrs. Hugh Wade
Carter spent last week at Nor
: • • and V ii gin a Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mc
Kirdv have returned from a trip
to New York.
Walter Oakes, USN. visited at
home over the week end.
Mrs. Albert Lassiter and chil
dren of Richmond are guests of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Williams.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Selden and
children, Misses Virginia Suitor
and Mary Pierce Johnson, visited
\ U guild U lUUI.-5H.lv.
Miss Blanche Johnson has left
:or her home in San Diego. Cal.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Edwards.
Charlie and Eva Alice, Miss Vir
ginia Sledge and Joe Pete Baisey
i.'.ttended the Edwards-Holfmsky
wedding in Princeton, Ky., last
• week.
| Mrs. Jack Turner, Miss Julia
Turner and Mrs. Marion Inge at
tended the wedding of Mrs. Turn
er’s sister in Elizabeth City last
week.
Mrs. J. E. Knight and daugh
ter. Jennie, of .Chapel Hill, are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Knight.
SCHELL—ELLIS
The following invitation has
been received here:
Mrs. Wiley Coker Ellis re
quests the honor of your pres
ence at the marriage of her
daughter. Martha Virginia, to
Captain William Schell, United
States Army, on Saturday, the
16th of August, at 6 o’clock at
che home of the bride, Garysburg,
N. C.
CHARLOTTE HARGROVE
UNDER WELDON NEWS
The wedding of Miss Charlotte
Hargrove, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Herman R. Hargrove of Wel
don, to Marion L. Lassiter, son
of Mrs. Hetty Lassiter and the
1 to Limon Lassiter of Jackson,
was solemnized Sunday morning.
August 3. at 9 o'clock in the Wol
I don Baptist Church with the Rev.
Worth C. Grant performing the
double ring ceremony. The church
was decorated with baskets of
white gladioli, daisies and ferns.
Mrs. X J. Shepherd, organist,
gave a program of wedding mu
se and accompanied Mrs. Worth
Grant who .sang “Because." The
wedding hyymn. "O Perfect Love"
was softly played as the vows
were spoken.
Ushers were Herman Hargrov
of Weldon, brother of the bride,
nd Gurney W. Grant of Rich
mond.
The bride and groom entered
the church together. For her wed
ding the bride wore a dress o*
ravy blue crepe with matching
accessories. Her flowers were
white orchids and valley lilies
The bride’s mother wore a dress
ut black crepe with matching ac
cessories and a corsage of red
roses. * i
Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Lassiter left for
:• wedding trip to unannounced
points. They will be at home in
Uolilmi
Family Reunion Held
At Staton Home
A family reunion was held d
the home of Mrs. \V. M. Staton
near Bear Swamp Church Sun
day, August 3. Those attending
the reunion were Mrs. G. L. J :
r.igan and family, Mr. and Mrs.
L S. Garner and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Stallings and son, .ill
of Roanoke Rapids; Miss Mug
gie Matthews and Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Matthews and family of
Richmond, Vra.: Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Thorne of Enfield. Mrs. J L.
Avent and family of Nash coun
ty. Mrs. W. E. Matthews of Lit
tleton, and Mr. and Mrs. N. H.
Chichester of Bear Swamp. Mrs.
Sledge, Miss Joe Alford, Miss Ed
na Earle Loom’s, Miss Doris Ho
gan and O. B. Grumpier were
visitors. Brunswick stew, fried
chicken, sandwiches, pickle, cake
and tea were thoroughly enjoyed
by those present.
Two non-fiction books were tied
for first place arflong the 10 most
popular books read by veteran
patients in Veterans Administra
tion hospitals during the first
three months of 1947.
A veteran who withdraws a
claim for compensation or pen
sion against Veterans Administra
tion does not lose his right to
file another claim at a future
date under existing laws, VA an
nounced.
Romancos Win Pair
From Norfolk Team
Bis Russ Deberry, Romanco
speeUball ace, gained the revenge
he sought when he ‘turned back
the fast-stepping Pepsi-Cola team
trom Norfolk in the opening tilt
of a doubleheader last Saturday
night, 3-0.
While making amends for the
defeat suffered earlier in the sea
son by the Norfolk team, Deberry
hurled three-hit ball and fanned
12 to take his 14th decision of
the year against only one defeat.
The Romancos, hitting their
. tnde once again, gathered seven
r.its off Sid Johnson, sensational
18-year-old youngster from Vir
ginia. good for three runs and
played errorless ball through the
game.
Ace Carli^e held Norfolk to
two hits and whiffed 14 in the
nightcap to register a 2-1 win
>:ul the Romancos’ 35th in 39
games this season.
The locals got behind in the
\th inning when Forbes, visi
tors' rightfielder, smashed a long
home run to put them out in
tront. 1-0, but it was very short
a-*5 the home team came back in
their half of the same frame
to score two runs and give Car
lisle his 12th victory in 13 starts
this season.
The Romancos play their last
games before the state tourna
ment when they invade Norfolk
next Saturday night to tangle with
Norfolk Naval Station in a game
that was rained out earlier in
the season.
Mrs. Tommie Martin and Ma
Issa Martin of Newport News
>peiit several days here this week
with friends. They were joined
ever tlie week end by Mr. Mar
tin.
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Ramblings
(Continued from Page 1—Sec. A)
OF MULES AND MULES
In an age ot mechanization, the
much-maligned mule is making
a comeback.
The mules are back and Halifax
county has ’em.
At least that’s what a belated
report from the federal govern
ment, based on the 1945 agricul
tural census, shows. For Halifax
ranks among the top 100 coun
ties of the nation (47th to be
specific) in mule population. Robe
son count, second ranking in the
U. S., wds surpassed only by Ar
kansas’ Mississippi county with
12,311 of the beasts.
Apparently pleased over the
prospect of returning to Roanoke
Rapids, former police officer T. L».
Glosson, who left here several
weeks ago to accept a position
with the Burlington force, was
visiting in town Tuesday prepara
tory to resuming his duties with
the local department on Friday.
Way down in Florida—at fa
mous Silver Springs—Mr. and Mrs.
R. B. Barnes of 337 Rapids street
and Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Perkin
son of 427 Charlotte, spent a
day seeing that famous beauty
spot recently.
Also pleased with his return
to our town was Jerry Eton,
army veteran, who was here in
1944 with WCBT and returns to
pick up where he left off. Jer
ry s a native New Yorker who
adopted the South and has just
lately come from Miami, Fla.,
wheer his folks now reside.
July 1 prospects indicated that
yields for North Carolina’s 1947
corn crop will equal the all-time1
i ecord of 27 bushels per acre
harvested in 1946.
July Report Shows
Nine Given Help
By Charities Here
Associated Charities, one of the
year-round Red Feather services
of the Community Chest, released
its general report for work dur
ing the month of July this week
as follows:
Number of cases applying, 10;
number accepted, 9; number of
old oases, 10; number of cases
reopened, 3; number of closed, 4.
Of the nine accepted, six were
on account of sickness; one of
these was helped with food and
clothing and one wtih clothing
only. Two were helped by provi
sion of food alone and two more
were helped with milk only.
There was one desertion case
during the month wherein a
woman was left with two small
children. She was helped out with
food and medicine.
One case of insufficient income
was recorded when a widow witn
two small children was helped
cut with food.
One Halifax county case was
given supplementary help when a
woman With two small children,
deserted by her husband, required
a pair of shoes for one of the
children.
The rejected case was one in
volving an individual whose fam
ily was able to provide needs.
There were 15 office interviews,
seven home visits by case work
ers and seven phone calls about
cases.
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper Grizzard
and George Grizzard of Washing
ton, D. C., are visitors in the
home of Mrs. J. M. Grizzard.
Mrs. Lee Jordan spent several
days last week in Pamplin, Va.,
visiting her relatives, Mrs. T. C.
Curnbey and Mrs. Sam Baldwin.
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Gaston Downs Broadnax
For Seventh Straight
The Gaston baseball team con
tinued red hot with a 9-1 victory
over Broadnax on Sunday for its
seventh straight win after eking
out a 4-3 win over Ebony, Va.,
the day before. ^
Saturday's score by innings:
Gaston .-020 002 000—4 11 3
Ebony _001 101 000—3 4 1
Draughan, Burnette and Gar- 4
ner; Newman and Smelly.
Sunday's game:
Gaston _300 122 Olx—9 15 3
Card of Thanks
We wish to express our thinks
and appreciation to our friends
and neighbors for the kindness
shown us in our recent sorrow;
also for the beautiful floral of
ferings. We also wish to thank
the doctors and nurses of Roa
noke Rapids Hospital 'for thexr
unfailing service 'in the illness
of our son, Rudolph.
MR. and MRS. S. O. DEAVER
and FAMILY.
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