Roanoke Rapids News Highlights on Local Bids and Utilities
Low bidder Mrs Ione T Emry won the site bid for the Roanoke Rapids Federal Building at Roanoke Avenue and 7th Street with a bid $2200, $1300 under the next bidder. The Merchants Association and Kiwanis Club push for a dial telephone link to Roanoke Rapids Weldon and Halifax with lines costing 1000 to 1500 dollars, monthly rates around 1 50, to retire debt in under five years. A dog show in Roanoke Rapids is anticipated with the quip that every dog has his day. Asphalt now covers two blocks of the Avenue with traffic changes and planned openings at Citizens Bank corner and the business district. Traffic on the new Avenue is described as easy for three- and four-way turns. caution is advised for the latter.
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Ione T. Emry
Post Office Department
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
7Th Street
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
City Hall
Fire Dept
Emry
The
Merchants Association and
Kiwanis Club
Aurelian Springs
Weldon
Halifax
Porter
Tarboro
Citizens Bank
Aurelian Springs Boy Heads Largest Eastern Essay Field
In Tarboro the Eastern district essay contest drew eight entrants the most ever for the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. Miss Celeste Spivey won first with Grace Mewborn Evelyn Brown Kenneth McIntyre George Thorne Adelle Norman Hubert Jones Virgil Sutton and Deborah White among the participants. Young Thorne of Aurelian Springs High School took third prize.
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North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Tarboro
Celeste Spivey
Grace Mewborn
Snow Hill
Evelyn Brown
West Edgecombe
Kenneth McIntyre
Red Oak
George Thorne
Aurelian Springs
Adelle Norman
Saratoga School
Hubert Jones
May Lose Eye From Car Crash Near Jim Gurl Curve
Three injured in a late night crash when a car veered off the road near Jim Gurl curve. Vernon Daughtry, 18, Northampton County, may lose sight in his right eye from severe facial injuries. Andrew Wrenn sustained a shoulder injury and Ashley Smith, Camp Store boy and driver, had minor lacerations. The car, recently repaired, was hard to control before overturning.
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Jim Gurlins
Vernon Daughtry
Northampton County
Andrew Wrenn
Ashley Smith
Smith
Death of Roanoke Man’s Father John Barnes at Seaboard
Father of local man David Barnes of Roanoke Rapids dies at Seaboard. Interment held Monday afternoon following his death on Sunday.
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John Edward Barnes
David Barnes
Roanoke Rapids
Seaboard
Halifax County Receives $70,000 Cotton Checks
Halifax County farmers will collect $70,000 in cotton checks at the County Agent office after presenting proper ID. Total government payments reach about $90,000 for those who signed the acreage cut, with $20,000 more expected daily. The Herald notes the circulation drive continues for two weeks.
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Halifax County
Herald
Davis
Halifax
Three Harris brothers held in Eastern North Carolina hog thefts
Police report a wholesale hog theft ring across Halifax and Northampton counties with L R Harris Lonnie Harris and Leonard Harris plus a 14 year old boy arrested after officers traced pigs to multiple Pens near Henderson and the mill village. Some hogs showed cholera symptoms and several Roanoke Rapids stands cleared meat from sale.
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North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
L. R. Harris
Lonnie Harris
Leonard Harris
Henderson
Lewis Harris
L. A
Halifax
Northampton
Massey
Mill Village
Jenkins
Notorious Dillinger Shot by Uncle Sam Agents Near East Chicago
The fugitive Dillinger, cornered near a theatre in East Chicago, was killed by federal agents after drawing his gun. Officers arresting a hog gang include C L Massey, C H Jordan, Carl Green, Collins Fitts, and Jeff Welch. Warrants issued by John Parker and J H Floyd. A 28 or 29 model Buick, dubbed the hog car, was displayed with a missing back seat and a mystery count of riders.
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Uncle Sam
Dillinger
Chicago
C. L. Massey
C. H. Jordan
Northampton
Carl Green
Collins Fitts
Jeff Welch
John Parker
Murfreesboro
J. H. Floyd
Camps Store
Henderson
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Carolina
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Aurelian Springs Boy
Hiway
the Herald
Harrises
Thompson
Heathsville
Gray
John Dillinger
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