Fire damages Roanoke barber shop. signs brighten Avenue
Fire caused about 200 dollars damage to the Baird Barber Shop near the Bennie Webb building last Thursday midnight. Fire Dept quickly controlled the blaze. Earlier a fire in the servants’ house behind Mrs. B. Marks caused minor damage. Civic clubs plan PTA recreation building funding, while Eagle Scouts from Roanoke Rapids excel at UNC. A Roanoke Pharmacy neon sign debuts. Snowman at Smiths Station draws crowds. The column argues motion pictures educate by entertaining, citing Dickens, Scar et al, and other classics as educational cinema.
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Baird
Bennie Webb
Council of
East Carolina Boy Scouts
Rocky Mount
Scott Benton
Zollie Powell
Ned Manning
Howard Pruden
Bill Alligood
Roanoke Pharmacy
Peoples Theatre
Smiths
Carlyle
Dickens
Baroness Orezy
Charles Laughton
Henry the Eighth
Harry
England
Bali
South Sea
George of
Grace Moore
Lawrence Tibbet
Pacific
December Roanoke Rapids arrests total 39 in city
Records of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department show 39 arrests in December, a bit fewer than November and about half October. Drunkenness led with 18. other arrests included affray, breaking and entering, trespassing, disorderly conduct, petit larceny, and motor vehicle offenses among others. No females were arrested. 34 whites and 5 colored males. In Police Court, fines totaled 134.80 with 233.70 in costs and 375.00 in overall collections. Other police activity included 1 warrant, 2 autos reported stolen, 14 auto accidents investigated, 89 street light reports, 22 gallons whiskey destroyed, and 453 dollars in stolen property recovered.
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Roanoke Rapids
Eee
Democrats Dinner Loyalty Scroll Presented to Roosevelt
The Halifax Young Democratic Club dinner continued with a loyalty scroll to be presented to President Roosevelt. C. L. Wilson served as chairman. A letter from Congressman John H. Kerr, read at the Washington dinner, drew applause. Birthday Balls for the President were announced for January 30 in Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids.
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Roosevelt
C. L. Wilson
Halifax
Dickens Return and Holiday Visitors at Louisburg and Nearby
Enoch Dickens returns to Louisburg College after holidays with parents E D Dickens. Halifax guests dine with Forrest Dickens. Butts family hosts visitors from Littleton. E W Dickens and Eddie Dickens family from Elizabethtown visit Annie Butts. Roanoke Rapids Knox Dickens and Theresa Dickens of Weldon visit niece E M Carter. Robert Roers returns to High Point after Christmas with R A Rogers family. Christmas Day with Dickens in Joyner Virginia. Frances Felts Dickens hosts sisters from Sebrell and Joyner. Furman Myrick visits Calvary. Phillips family from Greensboro return after visit. Clyde Hux from Weldon spends weekend with mother. Herman Poole of Weldon visits Dickens family. Ethel Moony returns from Heathville. Lilly Mae Floyd spends time away.
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Enoch Dickens
Louisburg College
E. D. Dickens
Bascom Hurley
Halifax
Forrest Dickens
L. M. Butts
Sarah Ann
Louise
Annie Butts
Littleton
Eddie Dickens
E. W
Elizabethtown
Knox Dickens
Roanoke Rapids
Theresa Dickens
Weldon
E. M. Carter
Robert Roers
High Point
R. A. Rogers
E. C. Dickens
Francis
Helen
Dorothy Felts
Sebrell
Christine Felts
Joyner
Frances Felts Dickens
Furman Myrick
Calvary
C. W. Phillips
Wade
Carolyn
Chas
Greensboro
Clyde Hux
Herman Poole
E. W. Dickens, Sr
Ethel Moony
Heathville
Lilly Mae Floyd
Christmas Visits Across Northampton Area
Christmas with her parents in Northampton County was noted as Mrs. Pete Warren of Aurelian Springs visited her mother Mrs. Mont Hux. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dickens spent Friday night in Roanoke Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. David Moody of Weldon visited Ed Dickens. The Crawleys moved into a new home. The Harpers visited relatives near Enfield.
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Pete Warren
Aurelian Springs
Mont Hux
J. W. Dickens
Roanoke, Rapids
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Avenue G&&ém
P.T.A
Eagle Scouts of
University of North Carolina
George Nethercutt
Gene Shell
Jim Joyner
W. F. Joyner
Jim
Democrats
Darlington
Guitars
Gibson
C. F. Martin
Gibson Mandolin
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Northampton County
Mrs
David Moody
Mrs. Olin Crawley
C. E. Harper
Enfield Sunday
Fannye
Fannye Marks, Mgr
N.C
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