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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
1
A new air conditioned theater named The New Littleton Theater opens in Littleton featuring Western Electric sound equipment and cushioned seating. Roy ChampereTee of Weldon owns it with Frank Hightmyer of Roanoke Rapids as contractor and H. F P. Ragsdale of Atlanta handling interior decor.
Enfield High School has announced its commencement program. The Baccalaureate sermon will be delivered May 30 by Rev. Felix Arnold. Class Night is June 3, with graduations on June 4, both at 8 p.m. Dr. D. B. Bryan of Wake Forest College will give the commencement address.
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Roanoke Rapids celebrated its fifth anniversary with an evening dinner at First Baptist Church on May 13. About 100 members and guests attended. Frances Hoffman of Raleigh spoke, with Agatha Miller performing and a quartet from the Men's Choral Club entertaining.
A group of licensed Roanoke Rapids plumbers held an initial meeting at the Norwood Cafe to form a Master Plumbers Association. Charles Zeiler was named president with C M Pitt as vice president and R A Gilbert as secretary. The group aims to provide better service at fair prices.
Miss Miriam Shearin of Roanoke Rapids graduates from Norfolk General Hospital School of Nursing Norfolk Virginia. Commencement held at St. Luke's Church with pin and diploma marking a three year course in professional nursing. Shearin served as representative and secretary to the Student Faculty Association and plans to pursue a B S degree.
A Roanoke Mills Company committee and an United Textile Workers Union of America CIO committee met May 14 1948 to bargain a possible union contract. No demands or agreements were reached and no future meeting date was set. Also noted are 53 U S Navy bands stationed on ships and shore stations globally.
W Paul Edwards of Seaboard died Tuesday morning at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after five weeks of illness. He owned the Jean Theater in Seaboard and was a deacon at Seaboard Baptist Church. Funeral services were held at Seaboard Baptist Church. He leaves a daughter Emma Jean Edwards, brothers A W Edwards and J R Edwards, and five sisters. Interment followed in the Seaboard cemetery.
Eighty seniors from Roanoke Rapids High School will receive diplomas next Friday May 28 at 8 oclock in the High School Auditorium. Rev Robert W Bradshaw of Greenville will deliver the commencement address by special request of the seniors. The Baccalaureate Sermon is set for Sunday May 23 at 5 oclock in the auditorium with Rev Ray Holder of Raleigh delivering. A program includes Chopin Prelude Mendelssohn processional and other items. Class Night is May 26 at 8 oclock featuring The Senior Follies play and awards.
Raleigh hosts the Democratic Convention as crowds assemble for key speeches and party plans. In Halifax County two fatal highway accidents shock the area. Esther Anderson Pugh, 64, died after a crossover collision on Highway 301 near Weldon. A second fatal crash near Garner's and Bounds' crossroads involved 3-year-old George Batchelor, killed when a station wagon struck his wagon.
The Roanoke Firemen's Association held its regular Halifax meeting at the Community building. Rufus Britton presided and Billy Norwood addressed the group. The Battlesboro Fire Department was voted into the association and Norwood was made an honorary member. About 125 firemen from Enfield Weldon Roanoke Rapids Whitakers Rich Square Halifax and Scotland Neck attended as Brunswick stew and barbeque were served. The next meeting is set for Whitakers on July 20.
Delegates Lula Bell Rogers and Louise Smith were chosen to attend the State Veterans of Foreign Wars Encampment in Winston-Salem June 4 5 and 6 with alternates Frances Keeter and Deanie Holadis. Attending also will be Auxiliary President Pearl Jones three department officers Bessie Hyman Mamie Car and Violet Dean Hux. Plans for VFW Poppy Day May 29 were discussed to aid disabled veterans and families. Three new members joined the Ladies Auxiliary Mary Elizabeth White Odessa Camp and Bernie Boyce.
Special meeting on May 12, city commissioners approved a contract for storm sewers curb and gutter and street paving in Roanoke Rapids. Parallel streets on Jefferson Franklin Madison and cross streets from Third to Eleventh to Marshall Washington to Jefferson will be treated. The William F Bowe Co Augusta Ga builds sewers, F Cline Construction Co Raleigh handles curb gutter, Sam Finley Inc Roanoke VA handles surface treatment. Paving began April 2.
John Brown a city street department employee is jailed in Halifax County with no bond on first degree burglary and criminal assault charges. Police say he broke into Beatrice Johnson’s home on Roanoke Avenue, assaulted her with a knife and fists, then fled. Johnson identified him and he was bound over to Superior Court for the June term opening May 31.
Marshall Arney, manager of the Rocky Mount Social Security Office, says graduates entering the workforce must obtain a Social Security Account Number Card before starting work. Employers increasingly require the card and many workers fail to bring it as promised, delaying payroll.
The Rev John R Edwards 89 of Roanoke Rapids died Monday morning of a heart attack while visiting Halifax He served as pastor at First Methodist Church and previously at Wilmington Graham Bethel St Gilead Whiteville and Byneum Surviving are his wife a daughter two sons brother and five sisters Funeral services were held at First Methodist Church with burial in Siler City Memorial services are planned this Sunday at 11 AM and 8 PM led by Will Nelson
Halifax County Democratic Convention on May 15 certified precinct committees. Henry T. Clark chairs the Executive Committee. other officers include Mrs. William Alfred Thorne as vice chair and Ene W. Rodgers as secretary.
The Perdue School of Dancing presents its annual recital Tapping Toes of 1948 under Roanoke Rapids Girl Scouts sponsorship at the High School Auditorium tonight at 8 oclock. Directed by Mrs. 5. E. Perdue with accompanist Mrs. A Li Slaybaogh.
Nearly 4,000 Democrats from Halifax County districts gather at the Raleigh State Democratic Convention to elect delegates to the National Convention and to decide whether to instruct the state delegation. Henry Clark of Scotland Neck chairs the Halifax County Democratic Executive Committee and advocates an uninstructed slate.
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