Escaped Convicts at Large From Caledonia State Farm
Two inmates remain at large after six convicts escaped Caledonia State Farm Monday. Authorities seek Paul Spencer serving 15 years for second degree murder and Henry Lowder serving 7 years for store breaking. Four of the six were recaptured and isolated at the Prison Farm after they assaulted Guard Floyd Johnson with an iron bar injuring him.
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Caledonia State Farm
Paul Spencer
Henry Lowder
Spencer
Guilford County
Lowder
Mecklenburg
Floyd Johnson
Remodel 2 City Stores in South Business District
Rosemary Drug Co. installs a new black glass front trimmed with chromium and enlarges the front door to three panels. Bloom Bros. remodels the entire building between Home Equipment Co. and the Soda Shoppe with a new interior show windows and entrance. An opening date for the Bloom Bros. store will be announced later.
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Rosemary Drug Co
Bloom Bros
Home Equipment Co
Roanoke Rapids Sees Building Boom With New Constructions
Roanoke Rapids reports a steady building boom with two city buildings under construction and ten new residences either completed or under way. Excavation nears completion for the post office basement at 7th Avenue corner, while the L Wheeden Co begins cellar work for the city building and fire apartment with 14 men employed. basement work starts Saturday.
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Roanoke Rapids
L. Wheeden Co
New Soda Fountain at Taylor's Drug Store Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids adds a marble exemplified soda fountain at Taylor's Drug Store noted by Red Sharpe for its superior refrigeration and sanitation. The cemetery improvements by Undertaker Williams enhance appearance, while city street department tackles dust with car load salt solution on several streets, praised as a wise investment.
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Roanoke Rapids
Taylor's Drug Store
Red Sharpe
Williams
Jackson
Hamilton
2Nd
Thad Eure Candidate for Secretary of State in 1936 Primary
Thad Eure of Gates County aged 35 is a lawyer based in Winton since 1922 and a former member and principal clerk of the North Carolina House. A Democratic campaign veteran with 32 Roosevelt ticket speeches in 1932, he is married to Minta Banks with two children and active in the Christian Church. He seeks the Democratic nomination for Secretary of State in June 1936.
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Thad Eure
Winton
Hertford
Tazewell A
Armeda Langston Eure
Gates County
University of North Carolina
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Minta Banks
Christian Church
Funeral for Mrs. Paul Green in Roanoke Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs. Paul Green, a city resident, were held from her home at 411 Charlotte Street following her death at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 6 30 A M on Tuesday June 11.
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Paul Green
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Charlotte Street
Infantile paralysis cited as mild state epidemic risk in county
Health officials report no Halifax County cases yet though 82 Eastern State cases exist. Dr McGeachy warns parents to avoid sick places and explains poliomyelitis stages, incubation, and age groups affected while noting summers July to October show peak prevalence and Roosevelt once suffered the disease.
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Garysburg
Halifax County
McGeachy
Altho
McGeachey
Kiwanis Club
John W. Martin
U. S
Roosevelt
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Homer
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