10 Dec 1936
Page 1
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1936
Page
1
The Roanoke Avenue holiday displays glow with municipal and merchant decorations. A Christmas tree at the hospital lights up with a holiday greeting across the avenue. Trade Days run through December 24 offering cash and merchandise prizes.
Melvin Harlow a city restaurant employee was bound over to Superior Court on a rape charge after a preliminary hearing before Magistrate W. C. Thompson. He will be held without bond at Halifax County Jail until January court. Esther Waters wife of J. H. Waters Patterson Mills Co. employee testified as the principal witness for the state in the alleged crime. The charges stem from Harlow forcing her to accompany him to the Rosemary Graded.
Santa Claus will visit Roanoke Rapids tomorrow afternoon after 3 PM arriving by airplane at the airport on the Littleton highway. He will be escorted to eight local stores including Leggett's, Rosemary Drug, Roanoke Banks & Trust Rosemary branch, Roanoke Hardware, J C Wells 10th Street Grocery, Newsom Oil, Wellworth’s, and H G Hodges for appearances at city shops. The event is a Radio WEED Rocky Mount feature to kick off the Christmas shopping season with a bang. Store hours extend to 8 PM tonight and tomorrow, with regular Friday and Saturday closes.
Coroner I T M Cooper and a jury in Halifax County find Raymond aged 8 and Walter aged 13 were accidentally killed by a car driven by W H Daughtry. The accident is deemed unavoidable with no probable cause. Funeral services were held at First Baptist Church Roanoke Rapids, with interment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Parents Henry and Frances Williams survive with a sister and a brother.
Dr Long a state senator from Halifax County is recovering in Roanoke Rapids Hospital after an appendicitis operation performed at 8 30 Monday night by Doctors Jarman and Weathers. He is uncomfortable but not seriously ill and there are no complications. He cannot attend the current special legislative session but will join the regular session in January.
The fragment notes Chockoyette Creek and states Mr Williams is an employee of Roanoke Mills Co. with details of an inquest referenced on page 5.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.