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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
7
At a Tuesday commissioners meeting residents urged extra signals on Hamilton Roanoke Avenue and Jackson to curb racing on main streets. Officials noted speeding endangers children and pedestrians and pledged to study installations while asking drivers cyclists and others to obey speed limits.
Halifax County Commissioners ban carnivals citing loss of county funds and risks to youth. Editorial notes gambling, lewd shows, and questionable entertainment harm children and urge continued restraint, calling the policy a prudent loan for the county.
Aurelian Springs residents and relatives share travel plans and holiday visits etwa to Raleigh Fuquay Springs Columbia Suffolk and Norfolk. Families including Crawleys Liles Dickens Wood and Holland welcome guests from North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia during the weekend and Fourth of July period.
In July 1947 Roanoke Rapids officials announce the county law enforcement hub shift to the police department with Sheriff Jouse and Chief Tavis. WCBT wins 25 prize for best decorated window in the Semi Centennial, and will broadcast on a 10.06 watt FM signal covering Norfolk, Richmond and part of Raleigh. Elizabeth Beckwith named Queen at Coronation Ball. A theft of four days belongings from a father’s property is reported. A new Roanoke Rapids hotel discussed by 15 citizens, with M D Hockenbury overseeing plans for public subscription funding.
Weldon residents and visitors from Norfolk Richmond and Raleigh shared Fourth of July weekend visits and summer stays. Local names Christine Alston Ola Bele Whitehead and Billy Midkiff were seen with relatives in town and at Wrightsville Beach while several families hosted guests from Philadelphia Raleigh and New York. Community activities included the 1945 Community Chest drive and Lions Club honors with local 17 year olds enlisting in the Navy.
A collage of local social notes reports Warrenton residents Henry and Mrs Horne back from Paula Island South Carolina Timely updates show Dan iel and Mrs J F Folk visiting in Holly Hill South Carolina plus trips to Folly Beach and Newport News Virginia Elizabeth Weston visits Morehead City with Ral- Warrenton guests J E Chenes from Set Edwin Davis operates from a recent opera A decade ago in July 1938 Charles Peters, missing in San Francisco, is noted. A Rosemary Baptist Bible School hosted 188 children. A hit and run victim near a textile plant remains unidentified. Lions Club plans a Mid-Summer Festival in August. A Walter Kee barn fire in South Rosemary is recorded. Mrs Davis Dickens and Ferdinand H Clark wed June 27. Mrs Sam Underwood of Greenville visits. Mrs Phil Darden of Suffolk visits W H Anthony. Mrs Frank Rawlings and Trudy Ann from Key West arrive for extended visit with George H Nash family.
A snapshot of social visits and weekend trips includes Mr and Mrs C D Ganett and daughter Malinda Ricks visiting Mrs Ganetts mother, Mrs D A T Ricks, and Mr and Mrs James Thrower at Sunken Meadow Beach in Claremont Virginia. Also reported are Mrs Grover Salmon in Roanoke Rapids, a 1933 bridge luncheon honoring Alma Vaughan, and ads noting fashion items at the Duality Show and fish and ham prices at local markets.
K. C. Chenes visited last Sunday while Wilbur Gray Jr of Richmond was in town at work. Mrs. B. L. Rives is visiting in Philadelphia.
Herman Rodwell a prominent town merchant suffered a heart attack last Saturday and remains in Duke Hospital in serious condition with doctors reporting improvement. His wife and daughters are by his side in Durham while relatives travel between Washington DC Raleigh and Oxford. Various local residents including Mrs Crinkley and Mrs Duke visit or host in the county with trips noted to Philadelphia Henderson Culpeper and New York.
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