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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1941
Page
1
The two week mixed term began June 2 with most cases resolved. Defendants indicted for tax failure received suspended sentences upon payment of costs and back taxes. The court recessed Wednesday and will reconvene Monday for the second week.
A meeting at the Herald office Friday at 9 30 AM will gauge local interest and player availability for forming a baseball team this year. Jim Willis reports several players have been contacted and tentative equipment plans discussed.
The city will open four playgrounds for white children on Monday for ten weeks of supervised recreation in Roanoke Rapids. Designated sites include Bunker Hill Central Graded School Patterson Mill tennis area and a section on 9th Street between Franklin and Rapids. The Rosemary pool will operate mornings and afternoons. A separate playground for Negro children at John Armstrong Chaloner has been supervised since last week.
E. H. Graves has been named chairman of the 1941 Community Chest drive and will join the Board of Trustees. The drive will be held next fall. Graves is general manager of the Halifax Papers Company in Roanoke Rapids.
Kelly Jenkins was sworn in as mayor of Roanoke Rapids with Commissioners M. D. Collier and R. I. Starke taking office following a June 3 meeting. The board discussed routing and funding for state highways under the new act, aiming to submit maintenance and construction needs to the Highway Commission. The plan includes a highway from Junction east and related requirements.
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