Roanoke Rapids Schools Set September 18 Opening
Roanoke Rapids City Schools will open Monday September 18 under Superintendent C W Davis. The opening aligns with State Board of Education guidance after an infantile paralysis epidemic delaying the plan from September 4. The system will run 180 school days and adjust year end if needed, possibly shortening Christmas holidays.
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Roanoke Rapids
C. W. Davis
State Board of Education
Supt. Davis
Davis
Yellow Front Suspension Modified in Roanoke Market Case
Bowman as Yellow Front Market faced OPA charges for overpricing and failed to register as meat retailer and post value tables. Raleigh upheld two charges, while Washington reduced the suspension to ten days from Sept 3 1944. Reynolds represented Bowman at appeal.
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BE. B. Bowman
Yellow Front Market
Roanoke Cave
Bowman
Washington Opa
Raleigh Opa
Yellow Front
Raleigh
Washington
Ts Reynolds
Collision at Ninth and Monroe Leaves Two Charged
Alphonso Lewis of Florida and Virgil McDowell of this city were in a crash at Ninth and Monroe Tuesday night about 8 45. McDowell’s front end damaged while Lewis’s side was smashed. Lewis was charged with speeding and reckless driving and placed under a $500 bond for court.
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Alphonso Lewis
Florida
Virgil McDowell
Ninth
Monroe
McDowell
Lewis
Shay Winner Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
Staff Sgt. James W. Shay Jr. 24 of Roanoke Rapids was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross at an Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in England for extraordinary achievement as a top turret gunner on a B 17 during heavy bomber operations over Europe. Charles Alexander, a Newark resident, was found guilty in Halifax County Superior Court of raping a nine year old girl in Enfield Township and sentenced to die in the gas chamber at State's Prison on October 27.
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Jesse Ruey
Elizabeth
Louise Riley
Riley
Roanoke Rapids
Dorothy Thompson
J. M. Thompson
Charlotte Street
Rileys
Blackstone
Frankie Moseley
Dorothy
Thompson
C. R. Green
Jenkins
A. J. Brigman
Investi
Europe
James W. Shay, Jr
Washington St
Eighth Air Force
England
Charles Alexander
Halifax County
Enfield Township
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Alexander
Merchant Marine Emblem Presented to Clerk Hux
A. Leonidas Hux, clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax County, left on a merchant voyage aboard the Mer chant Marine with a leave of absence. He recently received the Merchant Marine Service Emblem from the War Shipping Administration in Washington.
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A. Leonidas Hux
Superior Court
Halifax County
Hux
War Shipping Administration
Washington
Merchant Marine Service
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Ordinance Prohibits Attendance by Minors at Public Amusements
The Roanoke Rapids Board of Commissioners enacted an ordinance to curb infantile paralysis by barring any person under 16 from entering public amusement venues. The measure, recommended by Health Officer Dr. Bardin and doctors Kroncke and Beckwith, takes effect at noon Friday August 25 after Tuesday discussions.
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Roanoke Rapids
Halifax Board of Health limits children in polio outbreak
In response to poliomyelitis cases in nearby counties the Halifax County Board of Health passes a resolution barring all children up to age fifteen from attending picture shows church Sunday school Boy Scout and related gatherings as well as swimming pools and other public places that group children.
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Halifax County Board of Health
Polio Precautions Close Venues for Youths in City
Health officials enforce moves to curb disease spread. Friday events by Fire Department and Veterans of Foreign Wars are cancelled. The city bars children from dances theatres churches Sunday schools and other gatherings. The 1935 ordinance was enacted during a poliomyelitis outbreak. No cases yet in Halifax County but vigilance remains. theatres will not admit anyone under 16 to performances.
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Fire Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Halifax County
Rhoden Heads to Scout Executives Conference
W. B. Rhoden field scout executive for the district departed Monday for West Palm Beach Florida to attend a Scout executives conference. He is set to return September 15.
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W. B. Rhoden
West Palm Beach
Fla
Scout
Mr. Rhoden
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LAW
Jesse Riley
Kenneth
Messer
P. L. Messer
Madison Street
Roanoke Rapids High School
James M. Lynch
J. W. Lynch
Hamilton Street
Italy
North Africa
Shay
Distinguished Flying Cross
Rhoden
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