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Roanoke Rapids Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

31 Mar 1932

Page 16

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Roanoke Rapids Herald

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Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

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Mar 31, 1932

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16

Roanoke Rapids Grows as Major NC Industrial Town

Roanoke Rapids formed in 1930 by union of Roanoke Rapids and Rosemary known as Ine. population around ten thousand, largest in Halifax County. City features a predominantly native white population, significant manufacturing base with Rosemary Manufacturing, Roanoke Mills, Patterson Mills, and Halifax Paper Corporation employing over two thousand workers.

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Henderson Suffolk Rocky Mount Petersburg Halifax County Piedmont General Assembly Coastal Plain Roanoke Rapids North Carolina New England Rosemary Manufacturing Company America Maine California Roanoke Mills Company River Mill United States Patterson Mills Company Halifax Paper Corporation
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Roanoke Rapids Aims for Industrial Growth and Prosperity

A city profile lauds Roanoke Rapids under its first mayor Kelly Jenkins. It highlights the river powered industry, local services, education, and hospitals while charting a future of expanded plants, more stores, tobacco and cotton markets, and strong banking to become a regional financial center.

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Roanoke Rapids Kelly Jenkins Scotland Neck Kelly K. Jenkins University of N. C Widows Son Lodge A. F. & A. M Kiwanis Club American Legion Virginia Carolina Roanoke Virginia Electric and Power Company North Carolina Johnson’s Laundry Roanoke Rapids Hospital Iring Roanoke River Noke Rapids United States Moses Rephidim Halifax Northampton Munties In Greenville Wilson Rosnoke Rapids
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