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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
1
The Roanoke Rapids Herald and Littleton News request all correspondents to send news early for typesetting for both papers. News should arrive by Monday and late notices should reach by Wednesday night for timely publication.
Doctors and nurses agree private patients will pay 1.50 for the three shot typhoid series. Clinics are open limited hours: Roanoke 6 to 7 pm Wednesdays and Saturdays, Rosemary 7 to 8 pm Tuesdays and Saturdays, Patterson 6 to 7 pm Wednesdays and Saturdays.
NEW DRINK MAN joined the Littleton Orange Crush Co roster by Manager D. W. McPherson. Mr Brown will serve Roanoke Rapids exclusively with Orange Crush and other soft drinks from the Littleton concern. Mr Porter, previously in Roanoke Rapids, will stay with Pepsi Cola and beers as two Roanoke Rapids trucks are now needed due to higher local demand.
The re-elected Roanoke Rapids mayor thanked voters for their support and said his next task is advancing the local street paving project. The story notes an election recap and plans moving forward.
Plans for a proposed Girl Scout Building by R. G. Knight are with executives. The log structure features a 23 by 46 assembly room with end fireplaces, a 9 by 13 stage, a 10 by 11 rest room, and a 9 by 12 kitchen. The school may donate the corner lot at Hamilton and 8th. logs and materials to be donated. Over 100 Girl Scouts are present.
Halifax and Warren residents back a government hospital on Panacea Springs site praised for altitude lakeside beauty and healing waters. Heirs of Braswell and Eugene Johnston estates own the tract split between Halifax and Warren counties, near Littleton on Rocky Mount road. A Lions Club meeting reportedly endorsed the plan and urged regional civic support. appeals go to General Frank T. Hines and Congressman John H.
Commissioner who defeated R. L. Topping in the South Ward Tuesday will join the board June 1. George Taylor, re-elected without opposition, remains on the panel.
The Wynne Plumbing and Heating Co moves this week to new quarters beside the Royal Theatre with a display room and shop. Halifax Farmers Supply Co occupies the old Patterson Store front after remodeling. Concrete floors support heavy tractors and farm equipment on sale while a full line of paints is stocked. Manager Wyche notes recent truck sales and hopes for inspection-ready building by week’s end.
Kerr and Senators Reynolds and Bailey back a Panacea hospital site as East Carolina counties including Wilson rally for the location. Officials from Vance, Northampton, Nash and neighboring counties will be asked to assist in establishing the new Panacea hospital.
Graf Zeppelin airship destroyed by fire at Lakehurst New Jersey as 89 people die and 35 hospitalized. Report says ship status unknown whether flying or moored. The craft had arrived a few days earlier per VEPCO short wave report.
A car stolen from the home of F. C. Wood on Hamilton Street Saturday night was driven by Ruby Wood who left the keys in it. The vehicle was found hours later near Thelma abandoned due to a flat tire.
Congressman Harold D. Cooley will be the principal speaker at the annual meeting of the State Cotton Association and FCX patrons in Raleigh. The event on Tuesday May 11 begins at 10 o’clock with more than 2500 leading farmers and farm women from every county expected to attend.
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