City considers jail as separate unit and insurance with Liberty Mutual
July 11 meeting saw the Board of Commissioners approve further study of a separate jail unit with detailed plans and cost estimates between 19000 and 23000. The insurance position shifted as Liberty Mutual was proposed for public liabilities and workman's comp after a survey favored a mutual company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
F. C. Williams
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co
Liberty Mutual
Rives Manning
Frank Hawley
National Loan and Insurance Company of
Roanoke Rapids
J. B. Gurley
Mr. Gurley
M. D. Collier
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
W. P. Taylor
R. I. Starke
Virgil McDowell
Allsbrook
Local Man’s Car Demolished In Highway 301 Wreck
Clarence L. Paul of Roanoke Rapids escaped injury when his car was demolished in a collision on Highway 301 near the Virginia line late Saturday. He side swiped a northbound truck driven by Thomas Hughes of Farmville, struck a second northbound truck driven by Louis Latham of Faison after a tire blew, and hit a telephone pole before overturning. No arrests were made, according to Patrolman Rothrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L. Paul
Roanoke Rapids
Highway 301
Virginia Line
Paul
Thomas Hughes
Farmville
Louis Latham
Faison
Rothrock
Girl Loses Arm After Being Shot
Betty Avent a 14 year old colored girl from Skippers was admitted to Roanoke Rapids Hospital Sunday with a gunshot wound to the left arm. Doctors amputated the mangled limb after the gun fired during an argument with another colored man. the girl reportedly intervened to stop the shooting when the full load struck above the elbow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Avent
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
George Avent
Second Session Of Summer School To Start On July 24
The second term of summer school will begin July 24 with Morris Clary as instructor. Two courses are offered, ninth grade mathematics and geometry. Ninth grade math students report at 9 a.m., geometry students at 10 a.m. Mrs W P Boone Jr and daughter Evelyn of Scotland Neck are visiting relatives in town this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Clary
W. P. Boone, Jr
Evelyn
Scotland Neck
Town Talk social notes from Gaston Raleigh and nearby areas
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs J H Anderson of Gaston included families from Raleigh Roanoke Rapids and others. Many locals visited kin in Auburn Auburn Ky Durham Pilot Mountain Portsmouth Bristol and Virginia Beach while attending school events and summer trips to the University of North Carolina and the World's Fair in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Anderson
Gaston
Z. A. Mills
Flora Mills
H. C. Gore
Jeff Stewart
Raleigh
S. M. Anderson
BE. ©. Anderson
Roanoke Rapids
J. Crawford Hoyle
Auburn
Durham
N. C
S. N. Graham
University of North Carolina
Hoyle
Zeb Denny
Chester Benton
Portsmouth
W. C. Hardy
Kelford
A. B. Speight
W. H. Daughtry
Tom Alexander
Julia
Virginia Beach
Paul Etheridge
Bobby
Virginia King
Estelle Braswell
Emma King
Littleton
Bristol
Tenn
Reece Welch
Greensboro
Lexington
Tillery Royal
J. L. Harper
Rocky Mount
Marie Hopkins
G. W. Holliday
Wilma McDaniel
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Marion Hodges
Bracy
Edna Woodlief
Richmond
Allen Welch
Elaine Welch
Scotland Neck
Greenwood
W. H.daughtry
F. A. Garner and Son
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Continental Distling Corporation
Paladelphia
Crawford Hoyle
Harold Bunn
Rocky Mount Sunday
DODGE
America
Bounds Motor Company
Second & Sycamore Sts
City Auto Service
Scotland Neck, N. C
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