Two Men Wounded After Roxboro Gun Battle In Kidnapping Case
An 11 year old girl from Boydton Virginia testified she was abducted near Roanoke Rapids and assaulted. Officers cornered two suspects Troy Sims and Jack Adams near Ca-Vel Mills Roxboro after a 24 hour search. Adams grabbed a woman in a house and fled upstairs as shots were exchanged. Adams wounded and jailed. Sims wounded in the hip. Both men transported for treatment.
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Boydton
Virginia
Roanoke Rapids
Roxboro
Ca-Vel Mills
Troy Sims
Fort Mill
S.C
Jack Adams
Lancaster
S. C
Johnnie Walker
Boston
Adams
Walker
George Wilborn
M. T
Clayton
Person County
County to Put Library Funding on Ballot in Upcoming Election
County Commissioners decide taxpayers will vote in the next general election on a proposed $5,000 county appropriation for a county wide public library project led by Halifax. Fire officials seek $400 each from towns for rural fire department equipment, contingent on matching town contributions.
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Halifax
County Board of Commissioners
BE. L. Travis
H. H. Burroughs
Enfield
W. J. Collier
Robert B. Young
New City Jail Now Finished in Roanoke Rapids
The city completed a new jail costing about 12500 dollars, now housing all municipal departments in a one story building with six main cells and separate female and solitary sections. Entry through a main door leads to a steel inner wall and a secured cell area, preventing escapes. The facility can hold about fifteen prisoners comfortably and marks a shift from the old, abandoned jail.
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Roanoke Rapids
Lions Club Mid-Summer Festival Nears Final Weekend
The Lions Club festival enters its home stretch with thousands expected for Friday and Saturday events on Roanoke Avenue. Prizes of 25 dollars nightly have already been awarded to locals Mrs John Humphries Eth ridge and Finch, with another 25 tonight and Friday and a 500 dollar grand prize Saturday. The Queen of the festival will be crowned Saturday night amid final ceremonies and a community check of funds.
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Lions Club
John Humphries
Ethridge and
Finch
Roanoke Avenue
Budget Adopted And Pay Raised At Meeting
The Roanoke Rapids city board approved a 1941 42 budget and raised city employees pay by ten percent retroactive to July 1. Police fire tax inspectors and clerks receive the increase while street laborers gain five cents an hour. The annual expenditures are estimated at 87 985 57 with a 50 cent tax rate per 100 valuation.
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City Board of Commissioners
Roanoke Rapids
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Rosemary Playground
New City
Negro Scouts Aid Drive
Halifax County
Leewood Ivey
Clinton Ivey
Henry Wilkins
Elward Williams
Fred Brown
C. Rawles
James Wilkins
Rudolph Williams
Erlie Richards
Winfield Branch
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