Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-17
About The Citu
BY Sue WOodall

il AUOuL 4
BY Sue Woodall
Master Buzz" Taylor d o s
the original stunt again. Satur-
day on his fifth birthday, his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
M. Taylor gave him a party.
The party was scheduled for the
afternoon, but Buzz" informed
his mother he preferred to have
it in the morning so he could
have the rest of the day to en-
joy his friends and toys instead
of in the afternoon when all par
ties seem to have to be held.
Mrs. Taylor then had to call the
mothers and change the hour.
No doubt all little boys and girls
have felt just like "Buzz" but
never knew they could do any
thing about it. Hooray! for you
Mr.. "Buzz".
Mrs. Lucy Warlick of Rock
ingham, sister of Misses Matte
and Mandy Taylor of Franklin
Street, while Writing here last
week was recognized by her old
friend j. ]. johnson when they
met in the Thompson Grocery.
1t had been twenty-five years
since they had seen one another
and of course had many things
to recall.
Mrs. M. H. Hedgepeth n d
Mrs. W. G. Bunch had a hard
time getting their hair dressed
at the beauty parlor Saturday
afternoon on account of phone
Interruptions, Billy Bunch insist
ed on finding out when mother
would be home and Mrs. Hedge
peth's cook, getting the dinner
ready, wanted 10 know what to
do next.
Mrs. r. I. Starke will cele-
brate her twenty-first wedding
anniversary today very quietly
with her family. Mrs. Starke is
known among her friends as not
only very capable person, sue
cessful homemaker, but much
loved mother. She was telling us
about the devotion Of her daugh-
ter, Martha Ann, "Puggy", a
sophomore at Woman's College
in Greensboro.
Believe it or not "Puggy"
writes a postal card every day
to her mother in the smallest
possible script which enables
her to put letter on a card.
Mrs. Starke says the daily
cards mean more to her than
she could express. She is look
ing forwa I'd to the annual
Thanksgiving dinner when her
family Frances Starke and his
family, Elmer 5tarke and his
family, Monroe Or "Bobbo', Ma
ry Lou and "Puggy" will all
be home together.
The children of the elemen-
tary schools have received their
first report card for the school
year. The children entering this
school for the first year are de-
lighted with the report card as
it does not cortain A. B. C.
grades but is a letter from the
teacher to the parents about the
child's school life and work.
The elementary school super
visor, Miss Mary Hix, informs US
this informal letter is used in
order that the child will not be-
come grade conscious. 1t is a
progressive grading system
adopted when Miss Clara Hearne
was here and proved most ef-
fective. OF course when the
Child reaches hlgh School, grades
have to be given.
On account Of the measles,
Betty Lou, youngest daughter of
the Carl Thompsons' did not get
to 60 with them to Morehead
City this weekend, so had a very
pleasant visit with Granny, Mrs.
Sam Thompson. The boys, Carl
! Jr. and David planned to 60
swimming again but their mo-
ther just put her foot down and
vetoed it.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Anderson
ard sons Bob" and Bruce, of
Bristol, Virginia arrived Satur-
day to make their home at 1000
Marshall Street Roanoke Park.
Mrs. Anderson is the former Bir-
die Tillery, sister Of Misses Ru-
by and Sula Williams of this
city. Welcome home Birdie.
: Speaking of Roanoke Park, we
drove out there Sunday after
noon and could appreciate the
progress of our city after seeing
the row upon row OF attractive
individual homes where just re-
Gently an open field existed.