Roanoke Rapids Wins PWA Approval For 32000 Building
After seven months of effort by the City Board of Commissioners the Mayor and Sanitary Board with Kiwanis support the Public Works Administration approved a 32000 municipal building for Roanoke Rapids. The two story brick structure will stand at Roanoke Avenue and 7th Street across from the hospital, housing city offices, sanitary district rooms, a courtroom, police space and a three-truck fire bay with automated doors.
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PWA
City Board of Commissioners
Roanoke Rapids
Jenkins
W. L. Manning
Julian R. Allsbrook
A. J. Young
Washington
Bally
North Carolina
Flannagan
Henderson
Roanoke Avenue
7Th Street
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Fire Department
Sanitary District
Police Department
Post Office Wins Bid as North Ward Branch Clerk
F C Hege secured the annual contract for the North Ward branch at Boston Chain Store, 2nd and Roanoke Ave, with the Post Office Dept. in charge. The Rosemary Swimming Pool opens for summer under Edwin Akers and Henry Hardison, with admission 5 and 10 cents and Kiwanis Club sponsorship. Sorrow enters the Britt family as Sallie the bird dog dies by accidental strangling. interment on Thursday. Steve Lipscomb earns a promotion to the Power Company main offices in Richmond, leaving Roanoke Rapids to lose his organizing and musical talents, including the local Choral Club and NRA sign-up leadership. Halifax Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs to meet at Ringwood school July 19 at 10:30 am. bring lunch for a picnic.
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P. O
North Ward
F. C. Hege
Boston
2Nd
Roanoke Avenue
Post Office Dept
Hege
Rosemary
Edwin Akers
Henry Hardison
Kiwanis Club
Ben‘nie Britt
Madison St
Steve Lipscomb
Richmond
Steve
Roanoke Rapids
Kiwanis
Carolinas
Halifax County Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Ringwood Club
Ringwood School
Federation
Federal Postoffice To Cost Roanoke Rapids $65 000
A wire from the Post Office Department to Congressman Kerr states the Federal Post Office building for Roanoke Rapids will cost $65,000, separate from a municipal building funded by PWA at $32,000. The two projects have caused local confusion after two years of work led by Judge Kerr.
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Federal Postoffice
Roanoke Rapids
Congressman Kerr
Postoffice
Roanoke Rapids Citizes
PWA
Kerr
Grant Held On Indecent Liberty Charge In Roanoke
John Hant Grant, 70, jailed on a charge of taking indecent liberties with a small girl, is held on a $1,000 bond awaiting court orders and medical certificates for transfer to the State Hospital at Raleigh. Grant, a longtime fish peddler on 2nd Street, may avoid criminal action if he seeks treatment.
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John “Hant” Grant
Raleigh
Grant
2Nd Street
Noke Avenue
South Ward
Jenkins
A. N. Martin
W. F. Joyner
E. B. Jeffress
Will Woodard
Woodard
Roanoke Rapids
Jeffress
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Herald
Chicago
Plymouth
Pontiac
P.O
State Highway Dept
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