Roanoke Rapids News Notes and Local Events
James Whittaker of Roanoke Rapids died in Hopewell Virginia from pneumonia. Funeral services were held at Williams Funeral Home. A son named Charles Albert was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sherry. Roanoke Rapids celebrated Roosevelt’s 52nd birthday with a dance at Chockoyette Country Club and donated to the Warm Springs Fund. The editorial discusses juvenile crime, court outcomes in Halifax and calls for better handling of at risk youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whittaker
Roanoke Rapids
Hopewell
Williams Funeral Home
Frank Sherry
Charles Albert
President Roosevelt
Chockoyette Country Club
Roosevelt Foundation For
Five Homes Entered by Boys In Youthful Theft Spree
Five homes were broken into last week as four teenage boys were arrested. One, Page Allen, received a suspended two year sentence after earlier trespass and burglary acts. Two other youths, including Maxie Cannon, faced delayed judgments on tresspass charges after being caught breaking into homes near the Holiness Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Allen
Job Taylor
Allen
Johnny Crutchfield
Maxie Cannon
Holiness Church
Bill Batton
Third Street
Car Killer Gets Four to Eight Years in Manslaughter
Percy Willis alias Percy Whittaker, a Black man, was found guilty of manslaughter in Superior Court and sentenced to four to eight years for a Decembers night hit and run that killed T. W. Wafford on Hamilton Street. Willis pled not guilty to the hit and run charge and submitted on manslaughter. Lester Lee assisted but both fled and were not arrested until the next day. The impact broke every major bone in Wafford’s body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Willis
Percy Whittaker
T. W. Wafford
Willis
Mr. Wefford
Hamilton Street
Lester Lee
Mr. Wafford
Two Years For Woman Assailant and Rape Attempt
Thad Stevenson 54, brother of D B Stevenson of this city, buried in Seaboard Seaboard Air Line bookkeeper. John Walker 38, white resident, found guilty of attempted rape of Miss Maude Rock in Patterson Mills village. sentenced to two years on roads after trial. Walker claimed amnesia and was intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Stevenson
Portsmouth
Seaboard
Seaboard Air Line
Cornelius Stevenson
D. B
L. G. Stevenson
Mrs Duval Murry Visits Colerain Father
Mrs. Duval Murry returns from a visit to her father J. H. Pearce in Colerain, according to local society notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duval Murry
J. H.pearce
Colerain
Roanoke Rapids Lawyer Guilty of Embezzlement
E. A. Matthews, former Roanoke Rapids lawyer, was sentenced to years in the penitentiary on embezzlement charges in Halifax Superior Court. He fled the state six years ago, was arrested in Honolulu last September, and lived in California under an assumed name. County and state disputed trial expenses, later settled with the county advancing costs and the state to reimburse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Matthews
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
United States
Matthews
Honolulu
Hawaii
California
Halifax County
Robbery Arrest in Second Street Store Break-in
Paul Todd was arrested by local officers for a Tuesday night robbery at G N Stanley on Second Street. Loot exceeded $100 including cash cigars tobacco canned goods and confections. The Yale lock forced by prying the two front doors. Time of robbery about 10 15 Tuesday night. Others are suspected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Todd
G. N. Stanley
Stanley
Second Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tor
Young Gang
Wafford
Mae
West
Los Angeles
Mae West
Edward Friedman
Seaboard Funeral
Thad Stevenson
John Walker
Superior
Priso
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!