River Weathered Floods Power Cotton Mill By Locomotive?
A North Carolina mill powered by a borrowed Seaboard Air Line locomotive operated after floodwaters rose around the village. By 11 pm the Roanoke boiler room stood 44 inches under water and rising. Weldon and Caledonia Prison Farm reported heavy flood damage and a drowning occurred near Weldon. Woodland residents recall a cyclonic storm of January 1936.
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F. C. Williams
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Ripley
South
Roanoke
Weldon
Caledonia Prison Farm
Paul Massey
Woodland
Roanoke Rapids Hosts President Birthday Ball
The sole Birthday Ball for the President will occur in Roanoke Rapids next Thursday night January 30. Proceeds benefit infantile paralysis in the county with a portion aiding the Warm Springs Foundation. Dance begins 10 p.m. at the Rosegarden Ballroom featuring Dot Bennett and his Collegians and a floorshow with local performers. Tickets are one dollar per couple.
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Roanoke Rapids
Warm Springs Foundation
Roosevelt
Rosegarden
Dot Bennett
Collegians
Dixie
Helen Turner
Lurline Hardy
Aldrey Hardy
Virginia Newsome
Julia Mosely
Elsie Simpson
Nash Sisters
Roberta Kate
Nancy
Lillian Crewe
Roland Johnson
T. J. Alford
Norman Speight
Bob Andrews
Cody Williams
Elmer Williams
Lyle Wilson
Lucy Mayfield
Roanoke Rapids License Tags Spike February Penalties
Roanoke Rapids car owners who have not bought city license tags face penalties starting February first. A feature recounts local tales including roasted oysters at John Paul Jones Tourist Camp, Seaboard station improvements, a possum hunter story, and a humorous dog ownership caper centered on preacher So and So's canine.
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Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
Bill
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Scotland Neck
Coburn
SELBY
Styl-Eez
Nunn Bush
Portage
Coburn’s
Halifax County
Jenkins
Martin
J. B. Hall
Richmond
Preacher
Taylor’s Drug Store
Drake
Griffin
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