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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1932
Page
23
Col. Claborne argues Roanoke Rapids must diversify beyond cotton mills. The Roanoke Rapids Power Co. and West End development promote 700 acres of restricted sites, 500 lots with 60 sold, prices from $100, and easy terms.
Chief Accountant W L Long and H Ricks lead Citizens Bank & Trust unit structures as W L Long rises as a Tarheelia business figure. Roanoke Rapids Properties, Inc. invites manufacturers to inquire about sites climate power labor and shipping. The Womans Club coordinated parkway beautification along Fifth Street while a 30 acre development was sold.
The Study Club is Roanoke Rapids' oldest federated club. Originating from a small group meeting in homes twenty years ago, it organized into a club active in civic improvements. The group promoted building the County Home and raised funds by selling Tubercular Christmas Seals to support care.
Retired farmer Hux Baird known as a one man Roanoke Rapids police force for years was found in the Paper Mill chipper room after a long noted career of fighting logs and patrolling streets. Ann Gristen age 16 of Boston was arrested for setting fire to four neighbors' houses.
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