Otwa Lakey Mill Employee Dies From Wreck Injuries
Otwa Lakey a mill worker dies from injuries after a wreck near Roanoke Rapids. The truck carrying pulpwood to a local paper mill was driven by Otis Taylor and owned by C H Wrenn. Four others rode in the car with Lakey as a hearing is set for Monday in Police Court. Funeral services were held in Danville Va. Lakey had recently lived in Roanoke Rapids with Leo Burton. He is survived by his parents two sisters three brothers all in Danville.
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Otis Taylor
C. H. Wrenn
Lakey
Danville
Roanoke Rapids
Leo Burton
Madison Street
J. W. Lakey
Catherine Moore
Eleanor Lakey
Ray Mond
Allen
Junior Lakey
City Board Adopts New Budget For Fiscal Year
The City Board of Commissioners adopted a $20 562 84 annual budget in a regular adjourned meeting last Tuesday afternoon. Major allocations include police 12 578 32 fire 6 344 60 street 10 265 00 and sanitation 7 850 00 with balances and transfers totaling receipts from cash and taxes plus transfers from street paving and storm sewer projects.
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City Board of Commissioners
New Lunch Room Opens on Roanoke Avenue
A new lunch room has opened in the new building at Roanoke Avenue and Thirteenth Streets behind Duncan's Grocery Store. Bob Cole owns it and Les Worsham will run the kitchen. The eatery offers sandwiches, meals, short orders, steam tables, booths, a front counter, and curb service for motorists.
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Roanoke Avenue
Thirteenth Streets
Duncan
Bob Cole
Les" Worsham
Roanoke Rapids
Mr. Cole
Secretary City Clerk to Attend League Convention at Wrightsville Beach
Secretary City Clerk Ruby Wood leaves tomorrow for the League of Municipalities Convention at Wrightsville Beach. She was invited to serve as secretary to the city clerk and finance officer conference at a breakfast meeting Saturday morning. Miss Wood is noted for courtesy and cooperation across eastern North Carolina.
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Ruby Wood
League of Municipalities
Wrightsville Beach
Miss Wood
North Carolina
China Grove Banker Injured in Off highway Crash
Cecil C. Graham banker of China Grove North Carolina is in Roanoke Rapids Hospital with a fractured neck vertebra after his car skidded on wet pavement along Highway 58 about 20 miles east of Emporia Virginia last Sunday night. His niece Josephine Rankin of China Grove escaped unhurt. The car overturned twice and Graham president of the Bank of China Grove and secretary of the Rowan County Building and Loan Association is not considered seriously injured. Rankin remains in the city for a few days while the Grahams are away on vacation.
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Cecil C. Graham
China Grove
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Highway 58
Emporia
Josephine Rankin
Mr. Graham
Miss Rankin
Norfolk
Graham
Bank of China Grove
Rowan County Building and Loan Association
S. N. Graham
Mrs. Graham
Carpenter Opens Tax Headquarters in Roanoke Rapids
R. O. Carpenter deputy tax collector for Roanoke Rapids Township announces Saturday tax headquarters at Murray's Sinclair Service Station Roanoke Avenue until further notice. City residents may pay taxes at Uptown station for receipts between 9 am and 6 pm Saturdays.
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R. O. Carpenter
Roanoke Rapids Township
Halifax County
Murray
Sinclair
Roanoke Avenue
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Carrie Byrd
Helen Stewart
Victoria Vester
Emma Moss
Otwa Lakey
Fune
13Th Street
H. L. Fahey
Boston
Mrs. Nichols
Ocean View, Va
8. C. Riggins
Lewis Wall
Jackson
L. B. Wall
Catherine Burnette
Garysburg
John Baird
Carpenter
Fannye Bryant
Lillie Carlisle
Marjorie Carlisle
Ocean View
Joseph Lyles
Peggy
Greensboro
DAVIS
America
Home
Jack Earman
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