Roanoke Rapids Plans Paved Streets Under WPA
Proposed four inch macadam base streets with concrete gutters and curb would cover Sth Street from Jackson to Monroe and Tenth from Rapids Street to Madison Street. Additional paving on 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Bolling Road, 7th, 8th, 10th, 8th Madison to Rapids, and Greenbergs work with storm sewers. If approved, ten miles of paved streets would result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sth
Jackson
Monroe
Tenth Street
Rapids Street
Madison Street
2Nd St. Hamilton
Jefferson
Kiwanians Invite Lions To See Rose Bowl Film
The Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club packed the High School auditorium for a Rose Bowl film by Duke University about Heath Lee and the New Year trip. Lions Club guests joined about 200 attendees including the city’s football squad and Duke alumni.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club
T. J. Alford
Heath Lee
Duke University
Lions Club
Duke
Messrs. Bowers and
Barton
Frank C. Williams
Kiwanis Club
Crawford Hoyle
City Board and
Community Chest
Hugh Horne
Kiwanians
Jed Wilmer
Frank Sherry
Chockoyette Golf Club
Charley Davis
County Board of Commissioners
Manual Arts
Howard Pruden
Kiwanis and Lions Club
High School South
Greensboro
Christian Science Society Service and Reading Room Schedule
The Christian Science Society at 939 Roanoke Ave invites worshipers to Sunday services at 11 a.m and Wednesday evening testimony meetings at 8 p.m. The reading room is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m with the subject Sunday Mortals and Immortals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Ave
Weekend Visits and Tours Across Several North Carolina Towns
Weldon and Enfield residents, including Mrs. W. E. Daniel and Miss Ann Pope, spent weekends with family and friends in Kinston Greenville Enfield and Asheboro. Mrs. Daniel plans a trip to Oklahoma City for the Southern Baptist Womans Missionary Union. Ruth Coppage and Frances King of Weldon sailed from Norfolk with the North Carolina Medical Society on the Queen of Bermuda to Bermuda Islands, arriving home next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Daniel
Oklahoma City
Southern Baptist Womans Missionary Union
F. I. Robinson
Ella Mitchell
Greenville
N. C
W. J. Armfield
Asheboro
H. D. Allen
Ruth Coppage
Frances King of
Weldon
Norfolk
North Carolina Medical
Mrs Fitch Dies Sudden In Camps Store Area
Viola Fitch aged 41, resident of the Camps Store section, died at home Saturday night after a sudden illness and stroke around 8 p.m. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 4 30 from the Pentecostal Holiness Church with Reverends Humphrey and Green officiating. Interment followed in Weldon Cemetery. Survived by husband J W Fitch a daughter Miss Hazel Fitch of Long Island and several brothers and sisters.
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Viola Fitch
Camps Store
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Corner Vance
7Th Sts
Humphrey and
Green
Weldon Cemetery
Fitch
Funeral for Constance Draper Held in Roanoke Rapids
The two year old Constance Draper daughter of Mr and Mrs Maynard Draper of 208 B Monroe St died Tuesday at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 5 pm A funeral service was held Wednesday at 4 30 pm from the Draper home with Rev Gordon Price officiating Interment followed in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery She is survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Draper
Maynard Draper
Monroe St
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Gordon Price
Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
Stick-Hit Man Dies After Fight Struggle
Robert Read a colored man died in the hospital this morning from a head injury after a fight in which he was struck with a stick. Read, employed by W. P. Stephenson near Jackson, the assailant remains unknown at press time.
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Robert Read
Read
W. P. Stephenson
Near
Jackson
New York Woman Injured In North Carolina Car Crash
Mrs. Anna Cermak, 65, fractured collar bone and hospitalized after a car rollover near Halifax while en route from Northport Long Island to home. Vehicle swerved to avoid a truck on the highway and left the road. She is listed in improved condition at Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Cermak
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids
Hit-Runner Carter Arrested After Baltimore Chase
Smithy Carter charged with hit and run driving after striking Mrs. Joe Johnson near the Junction on August 20. Richmond police hold him for Halifax County officers as Chief Dobbins pursued him for speeding and he fled the scene.
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Smithy Carter
Joe Johnson
Richmond
Halifax County
Carter
Chief Dobbins
Saunders Page Announcement: Marriage of Alice Page and J L Saunders
This week announced marriage on December 23 1938 between Miss Alice Page of Halifax and J L Saunders of Heathsville. They wed in Emporia and will reside near Halifax where Saunders serves as steward at Prison Camp No 109.
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Alice Page
Halifax
J. L. Saunders
Heathsville
Emporia
Saunders
S. M. Page
Mr. Saunders
J. H. Saunders
No. 109
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Sykes
Minstrel Revue Fund
Christian Science Society
Attractive Mothers Day
George Joyner
Kinston
W. H. Anthony
Mabel Howes
Enfield
Grigg Fountain
S. C
R. S. Fountain
Ann Pope
Emily Crouch
Brasington Studio
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
N. Y
Saunders - Page
Epsi
St Fc Orover Yea
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