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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1947
Page
1
Milton Wick recalls a visit with Jerome Joachim to Roanoke and North Carolina. They tour towns, meet locals, and contrast northern and southern life. A pivotal interview with a Black farmer near Elizabeth City highlights economic conditions and happiness. The trip ends with Joachim’s shift in views and plans to return.
Lions Club organizers in Roanoke Rapids outline a three day July 2 3 4 event to mark the citys fiftieth anniversary. City commissioners Merchants Association and civic groups back the plan with parades speakers vaudeville shows street dances boxing wrestling beauty contest and baseball games. Prizes nightly entertainment and a final big prize are promised as WCBT and The Herald broadcast updates.
The local radio station will move all national programs one hour earlier from Sunday morning and continue through September. Fuller Lewis Jr will be aided locally at 7 p m as will the Burl Ives show Henry J Taylor and True Detective Mysteries with transcription to maintain order.
Beers net one organization with home offices in Tharlotte will open a new Eagle Stores in Roanoke Rapids next Wednesday morning beside the Rosemary ranch of the Roanoke Bank and Trust Company. The chain operates 43 stores across North and South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee. FH Shook district superintendent of Gastonia aided preparations for the opening. R E Palmer of Reidsville will be manager of the Roanoke Rapids store. J Ferguson of Charlotte is president and R Delk vice president.
Mr and Mrs Noy of 308 Washington Street plan a silver wedding anniversary renewal at St John Catholic Church with 7 30 Holy Mass next Saturday morning. The St Johns Junior Choir will perform under Doris Fahey, with Rev Father Peter M Denges celebrant and Ben and Jack Stadler as acolytes.
The city election on May 6 will close at 5 oclock Friday afternoon. Persons not registered on the city books will not be entitled to vote.
The Lions Club of Littleton sponsors a comedy play Omanteas Wedding at Littleton High School auditorium Friday night with a post show raffle for a new electric refrigerator. The wedding party includes D. W. McPherson G. A. Threewitts B. L. Crawley Hal Northington W. W. Johnston and D. A Rose. Proceeds go to the local Boy Scouts to fund a new hut.
Mayor Kelly Jenkins named Mrs. C A Wyche Mrs A Meikle and Mrs W P Taylor to a committee to review Gillette Richmond landscaper plans for the new cemetery. Wyche praised the layout and urged minor changes. Curb work is done streets opened service area nearly finished seeding starts next week paving in summer landscaping in fall Garden Club of Roanoke Rapids assisted in planning.
City officials discuss a proposed public swimming pool for Roanoke Rapids to serve children and adults. Commissioner Pruden chairs talks with Rosemary Manufacturing and New York backers to secure land and possible deed at no cost, with a committee to study costs and agency input before final approval.
Roanoke Rapids merchants vote to begin annual Wednesday afternoon closures starting May first Wednesday in August. Existing holidays remain Independence Day Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Members discussed adding Easter Monday and Labor Day. new members include Par Heel Sporting Goods and Roanoke Motor Salon.
The Most Rev Vincent S Wat wns bishop of Raleigh will administer the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Johns Catholic Church next Sunday at 10. Chancellors Rev Francis O Brien and Rev Peter M Denges will assist. Sponsors include George W Fisher for the court of boys and men and Nannie M Gary for girls and ladies. Roy Gantt Jr and Donald MacKenzie Jr will serve as acolyt.
The Interracial Ministerial Association of Halifax County warns against Sunday commercialization. They state worship must come first and urge those hosting Sunday recreation to consider public welfare and withdraw Sunday support. The appeal targets horse racing carnivals baseball and movie showings.
Officials from the Roanoke River Flood Control Committee and the Roanoke River Basin Association will send delegates to the 87th annual National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington, D C, May 2 and 3. Judge W H S Burgwyn and Bolling Lambeth will represent their respective organizations with Eric W Rodgers named by Governor Cherry to represent North Carolina.
The recreation committee drawn from city agencies met at the Office of the Superintendent to plan this year’s playground program. A $3,000 budget was approved with agencies to contribute. The Rosemary pool will not open this season as health officer Dr. Robert Young condemns it as a health menace. The American Legion will sponsor a junior baseball team under Cranford Hoyle with further supervision details to follow.
Mayor announces a majority of Roanoke Rapids property owners signed the petition for Street Improvement Project No. 1. If voters approve a bond issue in a special election, paving and sidewalls would begin this summer on Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Henry First Jackson Seventh Ninth Eleventh Fourteenth Streets and other sections. Project No. 2 was previously approved for Wil liams Charlotte Jefferson Madison Henry Franklin Vance Cedar Rapidy Preston Streets and most cross streets.
B Marshall Whitehurst will speak at a 7 30 service opening the fourth annual Youth Week at Rosemary Baptist Church. Leaders will pass symbols to youth officers as James Bridgman and Earl Bryant preach. Various church leaders will present items and a Bible to youth figures while Miss Christine Bush leads the service.
Jax and Tarboro High will meet in a conference baseball game at Simmons Park on Monday night. First pitch is scheduled for 7 43.
Local campaign chair Mrs. Gordon A. Bernstresser says fund-raising for cancer relief will run through May 1 or longer with donation boxes in stores. She urges more contributions to meet the quota as the society fights cancer through education early diagnosis and research to save lives.
A coroner's jury ruled suffocation as the cause of death for George Alexander 30 Ernestine Barfield 22 and Sara Elizabeth Barfield 14 months old in a sawmill shanty fire three miles west of Enfield Halifax county. Evidence suggested the man and woman were intoxicated at the time bringing the total fire deaths among Halifax county blacks to thirteen in the past 60 days.
Roy Parker professor of journalism at UNC and publisher of several weekly papers stayed with Dr and Mrs W E Murphrey overnight. They were en route to Richmond to visit J Buffaloe, Mrs Murphrey and Mrs Parker’s father, a patient at Medical College of Virginia. Buffaloe’s condition remains unfavourable after a major operation last week per his physician.
The Lions announce a contest awarding 3.00 dollars for the best authentic story detailing Roanoke Rapids development and growth. Submissions will be used in promotional material to celebrate the city’s semi centennial.
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