"A MELON FEAST AT HOOKERTON"
Raleigh Newspaper, August 31, 1909
"August 20--The young people of Hookerton enjoyed a melon feast Friday night, which was served on the porch of the school building. The crowd gathered about half past nine o'clock, after services at the Christian Church, and in the beautiful moonlight all joined in one of the most enjoyable feasts of the season. There were lots of melons carved and laid upon the edge of the porch and the merry crowd gathered around and without ceremony engaged in the feast.
Those present were Misses Rosabelle Taylor, Grifton; Julia Taylor, Hookerton; Henrietta Moye, Farmville; Agnes Spain, Greenville; Lanie Hardy, Maury; Maybelle Grimsley, Hookerton; Fannie Moye, Farmville; Alice Taylor, Hookerton; Naomi Vause, Hookerton; Nannie May Vause, Hookerton; Fannie Brown Edwards, Hookerton; Mary Youngblood, Florence S.C.; Lillie Giles, Hookerton; Iola Giles, Hookerton; Sophia Palmer, Hookerton.
The young men present were: Messrs. M. S. Giles, Stem; Joe Moye, Farmville; and the following from Hookerton: Messrs. Harry Taylor, Joe Giles, Robert Edwards, Milton Grimsley, S. M. Hardy, Luther Kilpatrick, H. C. Hollowell, Hardy Vause, Richard Taylor, Kirby Hart, Guy Taylor, and Norville Palmer.
The chaperones were Mr. and Mrs. R. J .Matlock.
The union meeting at the Christian Church is in progress here also and a number of people are here from other churches as delegated to this meeting .A revival will follow the union meeting."
