08 Aug 1935
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1935
Page
1
Halifax County Alcoholic Beverage Control stores opened July 19 to August 1 totaling 5400 in first week. The board approved a Halifax store with W C Lawrence manager and Robert Milliken clerk who will oversee the county warehouse.
A committee under Fire Commissioner George N. Taylor urged Roanoke Rapids residents with fire insurance to contribute to a one year fire fund to secure lower future premiums. By yesterday donors pledged one thousand dollars toward a modern fire department and equipment before the new building is completed.
Dr Johnny Martin hospitalized Sunday with pleurisy then diagnosed as pneumonia Doctors say his temperature dropped and condition improved by yesterday None of his many friends will be admitted until the crisis passes In other notes Mattamuskeet Lake visits by local fishermen reports a large federal purchase of the lake and a plan to convert the area into a major wildlife preserve The New Holland Hotel may be torn down to build a new riverside resort with pumping station moves and roughing it warned for visitors due to diminishing water levels and sulphur water conditions
Four district winners from the eight annual North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association essay contest will compete in Raleigh on August 19 for the state championship and a one year college tuition scholarship. Thousands of rural high school students entered through school and county eliminations. The essay topic is What a Unified Program of Cooperative Marketing and Cooperative Purchasing Can Mean to the Farmers of North Carolina.
Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association held a regular session with reports on a large bonded cotton warehouse under construction to store cotton this fall. A peanut buyer is expected to be stationed here this season and dairymen will join as a unit, with a Fair Trade campaign to be explored further.
Early morning fire heavily damages the Rosemary Drug Co front with three to four thousand dollars in damage to storefront fixtures and stock. Firefighters contained the blaze before it spread to the rest of the store and second floor. the cause was traced to either an electric refrigerator or an electric sign in the window.
The Kiwanis Club sponsors the Crippled Clinic at Rosemary Baptist Church basement on Wednesday afternoon August 21 from 1 to 4. Free examination and treatment are offered to those unable to pay, under Dr. Walter F. Cole of Greensboro.
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