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Roanoke Rapids Herald

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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1932

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Roanoke Rapids Hospital Adds Nurses After Raleigh Test

The Roanoke Rapids Hospital lists six nurses who passed the Raleigh board exam, including Katie May Grace and Josephine Hargrove. The hospital staff gowns were presented at a recent ceremony and the Woman's Club plans its final meeting of the club year Monday at 8 o clock. The First Baptist Church women will serve a cafeteria dinner on Saturday June 4 beside the People Theatre to raise funds for the church building.

Roanoke Rapids Hospital Raleigh Katie May Grace Josephine Hargrove Nadine Clark Elizabeth Vaughan Ruby Connell Woman's Club Ladies of the First Baptist Church Heople

157 to Graduate From Elementary Grades

Thursday night 157 children moved from elementary grades to the junior high. It marks the largest class to receive junior high diplomas. 190 pupils earned perfect attendance certificates for never being absent or tardy. The ceremony featured grammar grades taking charge of the program and presenting two diplomas to a list of named graduates.

Young Peoples John Fowler Etta Leo Haislip J. W. Hardison Jesse Lillie Moore Lucy Rook LeRoy Barty Curtis Lyles Willie Nicholson LeRoy Tudor James Wood Claura Allen Elizabeth Blanton Carter Briggs Ruby Clements Ray Goodman Lillian Coppedge Bernice Green Daniel Edwards Dorothy Finch Willis Hux Henry Eakins Lucille Kidd Jesse Love Margaret Matthews Rosa Boyd McLendon Edna Murray Lucille Myrick Leburn Mills Mary Lee Nicholson Ruth Pair Jara Phelps James Pope Ruby Ricks Paul Robinson Monroe Starke L. H. Taylor, Jr Rufus Turner Lois White Woodrow Wright Louise Williams Alvin Coston Eugene Dayis Edmondson William Fanney D. Harris Willie Insese Francis Jones Ollie King David Kendrick George Outland Thomas Perkinson Sam Smith Johnnie Sasser Windell Young Noah Brown Addie Connell

Halifax Court Dockets Show Varied Sentences

Frank Grayiel pled guilty to threats and was sentenced to five months on the roads, suspended on good behavior. Several defendants received drunk driving penalties, license revocations, or road sentences ranging from three to twelve months. Other cases included assault, theft of chickens, and liquor violations with mixed verdicts and continuances.

Frank Grayiel Jason Grayiel JM. Clay Mark DeBerry Capias J. M. Walker Ross Webb Theodore Zollicaffer Duke Shearer Jim Rawlings B. Sadler George Smith Charlie Merritt Viention Wright Jones Richard Scat G.L. Driggers Dan Drigae Annie Driggers Rufus Rantley G. L. Driggers G. L. Drigger Annie Robert Medford J. J. Inscoe Sidney Pierson S. B. Sadler Woodrow Ashe Woodrow Wilson Sam Pulley Littleton

State Ballot Enstrectio for 1933 1939 and local offices

Voters mark a single candidate by X in the column next to the name. The page lists United States Senator term 1933 and 1939, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Attorney General, Commissioner of Labor, Corporation Commissioner, Insurance Commissioner, and Republican primary United States Senator with candidate names such as Tam C. Bowie Frank D. Grist Robert R. Reynolds Cameron Morrisson Arthur Simmons Allen Maxwell and George W Depriest Jake F Newell.

United States Tam C. Bowie Frank D. Grist Robert R. Reynolds Cameron Morrisson Arthur Simmons Ameron Morrison A. H. Graham Denison F. Giles David P. Dellinger Secretary of S James A. Hartness Stacey W. Wade Baxter Durham Chester C. Bell George H. Adams Peyton McSwain Dennis G. Brummitt Commissioner of Labor George W Depriest Jake F Newell

Rev Towe Preaches Next Sunday Morning at Roanoke Rapids

Rev Towe a former pastor will preach at First Methodist Church Roanoke Rapids next Sunday morning at 11 oclock. The public is invited to hear him. On the following Sunday night June 12 John Tyler a convert of the Jerry McAuley mission in New York will speak at the Methodist Church at 8 pm. Tyler is called the greatest lay preacher in America. He is eighty years old but vigorous with strong religious experience. He has endorsements from leading preachers and Christian workers in this State and nationwide. More will be said about this service next week. A New Haven schoolteacher who found $1100 pinned to a boy’s undershirt as his parents safekept it is noted in a separate item.

Wm. Towe First Methodist Roanoke Rapids John Tyler Jerry McAuley New York Methodist Church Evy Associated Charities Kiwanis Club Dre Associated Char

Jurors for June Term Halifax Superior Court

The June 1922 jury list for Halifax County includes first week names starting June 6 and second week names starting June 13. Jurors listed are county citizens drawn for duty and cover multiple surnames and initials across two weeks.

Halifax J. A. House, Jr Tom W. Cole Dan Williams Bruce H. Pone W. V. Brown Louis Johnson S. T. Maynard C P. Bounds GC. Howell I. H. Smith D. W. Walston H. M. Neve B.D. Hamill G. W. King T. H. Cook E. Fuller J. H. Braddy Balfour Dunn W. L. Scott Bernard Edmondson M. E. Bryant

Legion Axes Poppy Drive Amid City Charities Push

The local Legion Post will not run a large Auxiliary Poppy sale this year due to an extensive city drive by Associated Charities and other causes. A Weldon Post delegation visited Saturday but did not conduct an active campaign after hearing of the plans.

Associated Charities Lexus Legion Auxiliary Weldon Post

Roanoke Mills Electrician Side-Swiped on Weldon Road

Perry Smith of Roanoke Mills Company No 2 escaped uninjured after a small coupe was side swiped by another sedan on Weldon Road last Saturday. The other driver, Dicke of Roanoke Rapids, was involved in a dispute over blame that was settled before Recorder's Court.

Weldon Road Perry Smith Roanoke Mills Company No. 2 Smith Dicke Roanoke Rapids Recorder's Court

County Ballot Instructions For Five County races

Voters are instructed to mark an X in the square beside a candidate for each race. The sample lists state senate and house candidates, county clerk and sheriff, register of deeds, coroner, and five county commissioners with multiple names. The text notes how to handle damaged ballots and recalls the polling context.

Omission Corrected for Clarence Byrd County Candidacy

The notice apologizes for omitting Clarence Byrd from the political announcements in this week's issue. It states he is emphatically a candidate for County Commissioner and notes his name appears on the sample county ballot directly above the announcement.

Clarence Byrd

Charities Drive Scheduled for Next Week Citywide

A weeklong annual drive for Associated Charities begins Monday June 6 with funds solicited by volunteers from churches lodges and clubs. Rev S H Bradley chairs the campaign aiming to aid destitute families with temporary relief and urging consistent giving beyond a single week.

Finance Committee

Norwood Gains Ground in Roanoke Rapids Precincts

Developments in the last forty eight hours show a clear drift toward W. J. Norwood for State Senate with Roanoke Rapids No 1 and No 2 precincts reporting strong support and mass meetings boosting his candidacy. Updates from rural parts of the county indicate Norwood will win a comfortable majority, while campaigns for Reynolds Ehringhaus and Fountain draw large crowds at Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids. Polls close around 4:30 a.m. Saturday. voters urged to study both county and state ballots printed on the page.

Roanoke Rapids No. 1 W. J. Norwood State Senate Norwood No. 2 counst_minute Mr. Norwood Roanoke Rapids Robert R. Reynolds U.S. Senate Roanokepids Scotland Neck J. C. B. Ehringhaus Dick Fountain Canddate Mal Cooley I.T. Valentine Mr. Fountain Reynolds Simmons Gym Ehringhaus

Crocheting Craze Spreads in Roanoke Rapids Local Scene

Roanoke Rapids famed for bedspreads now gains wider fame with crochet work. Women on shifts from doilies to runners use cotton twine, selling at Home Demonstration Curb Market and boosting cotton use. Summer heat may curb the trend, but many will keep crochet keepsakes and souvenirs. A Lubec cow adopts a rabbit, donations to Associated Charities urged.

Roanoke Rapids Schenectady N. Y Ypsilanti Mich Carolina New York

Also Mentioned on This Page

Weldon Richard T. Fountain J.C. B. Ehringhaus Allen J. Maxwell Dan ¢. Boney D. W. Morton Towe New Haven Conn Legion T. W. M. Long W.J Norwoop House OF Representatives FM. Taylor D. S. Moss R. Hunter Pope LW. Leggett Superior Court Bl, Travis, JR Quentin Gregory G. H. Johnson J. L. Bell S. M. Thompson Meade H. Mitchell Elizabeth Hale Stanley Whitaker WW. G. Williams J. R. Wrenn J. W. Whitaker B. B. Everette M. W. Perry N. W. Warren N, J. Shepherd W. J. Collier W. F. Joyner T. C. Qualls Eddie W. Liles Lubec, Me Associated Charitio
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