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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1933
Page
1
Roanoke Rapids News Briefs and Local Events
Halifax cotton ginned totals up to November 1 1933 compare with 1932 figures. High School students held a large outdoor gathering around a bonfire before the final football game with speeches by players coaches and teachers and a farewell by Captain Gaylord who later scored two touchdowns. Kiwanis Minstrel director arrived in Roanoke Rapids with rehearsals set for December 8. Chas H Alford announces the birth of a baby boy at 10 15 a m on Washington Avenue. Mrs R L Towe left town for a death in Winfall NC. A Turkey Supper at First Baptist Church basement next Tuesday supports the church building fund. Continued on back page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord
Chas. H. Alford
Washington Avenue
Mrs. Alford
Mr. Alford
Sanitary
Uptown
Roanoke Rapids
First Baptist Church
Roanoke Rapids Gets New Road and Paving Plans
County Commissioner W F Joyner and Mayor Kelly Jenkins return from Raleigh with State Highway officials confirming two projects for Roanoke Rapids Halifax Northampton and surrounding counties. Paving Roanoke Avenue within the city is funded and will start after year’s first. a hard surfaced oil treated road from Camps Store Northampton to the Virginia line toward Lawrenceville will begin immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Joyner
Kelly Jenkins
Raleigh
E. B. Jeffries
State Highway Commission
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
Northampton
Roanoke Avenue
Camp’s Store
Northampton County
Virginia Line
Lawrenceville
Littleton
Jeffries
Thomas O’berry
Matthews Back in Halifax After Embezzlement Charge
Roanoke Rapids attorney E. A. Matthews, wanted for embezzlement and missing for six years, was arrested in Honolulu last month and returned to Halifax County where he is held in the county jail awaiting trial. Deputy G. F. Gray accompanied Matthews from Los Angeles to Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Halifax County
G. F. Gray
Los Angeles
Matthews
Finishing Sewer System Encourages Quick Connections
The sewer system is completed and connections for water and sewer may be made by property owners through local plumbers. Authorities urge prompt hookups to operate the system at maximum efficiency and note that much progress has been made toward completion.
Slayer in Halifax County jailed on murder charge
Wilmer Gurganus, a youthful Slayer, is held in Halifax County jail without bond to answer to a first degree murder charge in connection with the death last Thursday night of Joe R. Jones, a 59 year old resident of 89 Jackson St. in this city. Preliminary hearing set for tomorrow before Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer Gurganus
Halifax County
Joe R. Jones
Jackson St
Gregory Named Clerk of Halifax Superior Court
Quentin Gregory of Halifax was appointed Clerk of the Halifax Superior Court to fill the vacancy from the death of E. L. Travis Jr. The selection by Judge R. Hunt Parker followed a public hearing of all aspirants, with Gregory drawing broad support from the bar and local voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Gregory
Halifax
Superior Court of
E. L. Travis, Jr
R. Hunt Parker
Gregory
Travis
Charlie Fayed Injured After Hunting Trip
Charlie Fayed 46 a Roanoke Rapids grocery store employee is hospitalized with a severely damaged right eye and head injuries after a hunting trip. He remains unconscious or incoherent and may have been assaulted. A pickup truck was found abandoned with Fayed’s shotgun and a wild turkey inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Fayed
Fayed
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
W. W. Jones
Garysburg-Weldon Road
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Kiwanis Minstrel
R. L. Towe
Mr. Winslow
Winfall, N. C
Herald
JR. Meet
Edward A. O’neil
American Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
Milo Reno
Iowa
Gray
California
E. A. Matthews
Tucker Fayed
Roanoke Junction
Tucker
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