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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1940
Page
1
The Roanoke Rapids Lions schedule a Saturday matinee at the Mid-Summer Festival. Gate open between 1 and 2 PM, remain open until midnight to boost attendance after rain kept crowds away Tuesday night. A $25 prize that was to be awarded Tuesday night is noted.
Eddie Brown a 33 year old Black man was struck by lightning and killed while in a barn on the Hamil farm near Enfield. White companion Gene Hamil was knocked down and shocked. Brown leaves a wife. The storm was described as an ordinary electrical event in the county.
Roanoke Rapids will see 17 buses arriving Friday August 9 marking a New Deal in transportation. The Carolina Coach Company begins operations on temporary permits ahead of its charter. Residents can travel to Raleigh Norfolk Rocky Mount or Richmond with ample service starting tomorrow.
The Carolina Coach Company receives a temporary franchise and makes the first Roanoke Rapids to Raleigh bus run via New York Washington Richmond Littleton Warrenton and Louisburg. The 4:55 A M Friday August 9 1940 schedule marks the debut of the Roanoke Rapids Louisburg Raleigh route.
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