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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1936
Page
1
The State Highway Commission proposed concreting the Littleton Roanoke Rapids highway at a pace funded by available money. They urged the public to accept a dusty dirt road for a time if funds permit later concrete surfacing and detours become unnecessary.
Roanoke Rapids chapter answers national call to aid flood victims in eleven states. A special quota of 250 dollars is requested with donations accepted Friday and Saturday at local theatres drug stores and mills. No local drive is planned. stations will collect the funds to meet the tally of thirty eight thousand displaced families.
Sealed bids will be received until 11 A M Monday March 30 1936 for seeding and planting the grounds of the United States Post Office as directed by Postmaster L G Shell. The Post Office Department reserves the right to reject any bid. Plans and specs available from Mr Shell.
About 50 Roanoke Rapids and Littleton residents pressed the North Carolina State Highway Commission in Raleigh for a concrete highway between the towns. Officials said funds are insufficient to concrete 16 miles this year, but the delegation pushed for concrete as the only solution, citing traffic needs and the region's missing link on a main trunk line. The commission did not act, yet agreed to consider a multi year concrete program for the Roanoke Rapids Littleton corridor and nearby Halifax County.
There will be no school Friday as all teachers are in Raleigh for the annual session of the North Carolina Educational Association.
Roanoke Rapids builds new athletic fields for Roanoke Mills Co. workers using dynamite to clear stumps. A softball diamond with bleachers sits near Roanoke No. 2, plus a recreation park with swings and benches. Seated shade in the Patterson Mill diamond. car parking planned north of the field. Softball starts next week as part of the State Softball Association.
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