Baby Boy Born to Roanoke Rapids Couple
Born to Mr and Mrs Sam Marks a seven pound two ounce baby boy named Benjamin at Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 1015 Monday morning May 28 Parents report both mother and child well The boy honors his late grandfather B Marks a Roanoke Rapids merchant The city to vaccinate dogs for rabies begins June 1 Mayor directs police to seize untagged dogs Seniors hold Annual Dance at Country Club June 1 Roanoke Rapids High School alumni plan first Annual Ball June 8 at Hi School Gymnasium Lon Myrick Carroll Wilson and John C Smith postpone fray cases to next Monday due to request of defendants Police court notes remain sparse
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Sam Marks
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Benjamin
B. Marks
Roanoke Rapids
Kelly Jenkins
Robert Loy
Leggett
Lawrenceville
Virginia
Brunswick County
Carolina
Roanoke Rapids High School
Hi School
High Hatters
Halifax Court
Lon Myrick
Carroll Wilson
John C. Smith
Ave Paving Prep Work On Roanoke Avenue
Storm sewers for Roanoke Avenue installation began midweek and should finish within a week to ten days. Thirteen culverts will run between the railroad tracks and Third Street under city supervision as prep for widening and resurfacing. About 23 laborers and one or two prisoners are on site, with total costs not to exceed 500 dollars.
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Roanoke Avenue
Third Street
Paul Etheridge
Tunstall and Johnson
Norfolk
Duke Law Professor to Speak at Roanoke Rapids Graduation
Duke University law professor Malcolm McDermott has agreed to deliver the commencement address for Roanoke Rapids High School Class of 1984 on June 7. Reverend John William Smith will give the baccalaureate sermon June 3 at 11 A M in the school auditorium. Sixty two students graduate this year including Louise Keen Brown Virginia Connor Arlene Carroll Susan Marie Cooper and Mary Greene Cooper among others.
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Duke University School of Law
Roanoke Rapids
John William Smith
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church of
Richmond
Virginia
Louise Keen Brown
Virginia Connor
Arlene Carroll
Susan Marie Cooper
Mary Greene Cooper
Mary Virginia Crickmore
Minnie Grace Dickens
Elma Laura Etheridge
Lucille Ferrell
Annie Marie Fisher
Mabel Floyd
Mary Alberta Gibson
Sarah Rebecca Glasgow
Jewel Smith Gray
Ercelle Harriss
Anita Rosena Harris
Frances Johns Hines
Catherine Hodges
Grace Learlyn Hudson
Nellie Maefernigan
Lena Lee Johnson
Alice Kidd
Margaret Ridley Long
Vernie
Irene Lyerly
Maxine Margaret Mason
Mary Alice Merritt
Willie Rivers Moore
Mildred Belle Moss
Mary Norwood
Dorothy Winifred Pope
Christine Virginia Stewart
Elize
Margaret Sullivan
Josephine Merle Taylor
Doris Rachel Topping
J. T. Brown
Jim Lee Carpenter
Thurman Burton
Willia Batton
Edison Burnett
Chester Everett Chase
William Lunsford Grew
Alton Davis
James Edwards
Shelley T. Edwards
Woodrow Garris
William H. Gaylord
Edgar Glasgow
Thur
Malcolm McDermott
Bryson Guests Stay With Cox Family in Travola Inn
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Bryson Jr of Chattanooga Tennessee have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cox at Travola Inn.
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R. J. Bryson, Jr
Chattanooga, Tenn
J. E. Cox
Travola Inn
Lunsford Long Injured in Chapel Hill Graham Crash
Former Roanoke Rapids attorney Lunsford Long and W B Drake of Raleigh were injured in a Wednesday traffic crash on the Chapel Hill Graham highway. They are hospitalized in Durham with non life threatening injuries. Also hurt were J E Davis and Glenn Norris of Charlotte with head injuries and severe lacerations. Davis is in critical condition. Long recently moved to Raleigh and is president of the Boylan Pearce Company.
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Lunsford Long
Roanoke Rapids
W. B. Drake
Raleigh Banking & Trust Company
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Graham
Durham
J. E. Davis
Glenn Norris
Charlotte
Davis
Norris
Drake
Mr. Long
Boylan-Pearce Company
City
Oath Taken By Roanoke Rapids Teachers To Preserve Voting Rights
More than fifty Roanoke Rapids teachers, initially challenged in a Saturday election, took the required oath and were declared qualified voters in precinct No 1. A single teacher in precinct No 2 also swore and will vote. Officials ruled the challenges unfounded after questioning, with Mr Saunders showing no party affiliation.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids No. 1
No. 2
J. W. Saunders
Cheek
North Carolina
Saunders
Mr. Cheek
Mr. Saunders
Baird
Lee Arnold
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