Roanoke Ramblings Highlight Local News and Visits
Roanoke notes recall Kennett boy Kennett’s seventh birthday visit by Western star Bob Steele, and local youths’ careers from military service to college studies. Mentions include Kennedy family, Louisburg College student Kudolpty, and Glacously, Stanton Military Academy, plus Carrier signals from Naval and Army updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Kenneth Parrish
Washington Street
Bob Steele
Kennet
Portest Parris
Kennett
Wiett
Wienest
Bod Steele
Kennetts
City Provides Cemetery For World War II Fallen
At a special meeting of the City Commissioners led by Mayor J. T. Crise a new cemetery plot was set aside for World War II fallen from Roanoke Rapids. Veterans post leader Dick Collins applauded the action and said the town will maintain the memorial plot with a Memorial Day service each year and a monument will be erected when all remains are returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of City Commissioners
J. T. Crise
Veterans of Foreign Wa
Dick Collins
V. FW
Veterans of Foreign
Halifax Post
Ely
City Commissioners of
Roanoke
Rapids
Veterans of
Fort Wars
Norton Appointed Law Supervisor for Third District
Mrs. S. E. Perducca returned from a month in Richmond. William H. Norton of Smithfield was named law enforcement supervisor for the Third District of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission at a recent Asheville meeting. The district includes Halifax, Northampton, Edgcombe, Nash, Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, and Wilson counties. The commission plans to expand enforcement so every county has a resident protector. The board also adopted a policy to seize devices used in illegal hunting and hold them per law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Norton
Smithfield
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Asheville
Halifax
Northampton
Edwacombe
Nash, Franklin, Johnston, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne and
Wilson Counties
Train Smash-Up Kills Switchman at Roanoke River Bend
Investigation continues into a Thursday night collision between an eastbound diesel and a switch locomotive near Roanoke River Bend. Ray Johnson of Roanoke was fatally injured. crew listings credit H L Robinson and N C Howell among others as senior crew aboard the diesel and the switch engine. Hundreds observed the wreck as emergency crews cleared the scene and replaced rails on the main line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Junction
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids Highway
Vaittont
Hohe
Roanoke
Awitchman
Raymond Johnson
Foanoke Rupis
BM. Stone
SAL
Raleigh
The
Herald
H. L. Robinson
N. C. Howell
G. A. Bordeaux
D. D. Fleming
R. L. Brown
J. M. Stenley
R. H. Wood
Griggs
Sidney Lewis
Hale
Mais
Roky Mount
Funeral Rites for Haymonec Johnson Held After Rail Collision
Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon for Haymonec Johnson an railroad employee who died last Thursday from injuries after a rail car struck him near the engine collision site. The Rev Bo M sual White Hurst officiated at Roserary Baptish Churchill with the settlement noting Johnson died early Sunday. Survivors include wife Rebecca King one daughter dacquiclyn one son Hor tre Raymond one sister Mex Paul Overton and one brother Lewis Johnson. Interment was at Hoanok Hapids cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haymonecoure Railroad
Churchill
Bo Misual
White Hurst
Johnson
Sunda Poorning
Roanoke
Rebecca King
Pater
Dacquiclyn
Hortre Raymond
Mex
Paul Overton
Lewis Johnson
Hoanok Hapids Cemetery
Roanoke Rapids Show Promotes School Safety Patrol
Officer Pressley presented a vaudeville style safety program to Roanoke Rapids students. Proceeds from the show, sponsored by the Rotary Safety Committee, will fund raincoats and heavy jackets for student patrol members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Garris
Vance
Pressley
Imogene Booker
Centhur
Presse
Safety Patrol
Roanoke Rapids Lins Club
Houston Fuller
Lanna Club
Hit and run case yields varied Superior Court sentences
In Halifax and nearby towns, multiple defendants faced Superior Court actions. Coley Hawkins of Littleton received a three to five year term after a hit and run that injured a woman. Others, including Alfred Hawkins and William Mart, were charged or fined for related crimes. Separate cases involved larceny, malicious property destruction, and manslaughter with varied short to long prison terms.
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Nolo
Reekiesa
Tut
Supecue
Halifax
Ak Coley Hawkins
Lit Heton
Seneddow
Hawkins
Tye Lay
W. B. Onhond
Konno Rapids
Uimond
Alfred Hawkins
Alexaster Hawkins
Wilha
Mart
San Run
Wee
James Stegall
Howard Bilwards
J.J. Jones
N. H. Melty
J.C. Beal
Kenneth Severs
Novlina
Pair Sentences in Local Court and County News
The Local Week reports Harry H Hose and Jessie D Pruitt were each ordered to ten days on the roads by Judge Charles Darel for entering parked cars near Hosemary Mill and taking property. A Howard Horton case in two warrants was continued for one month. 143 bales of cotton were ginned in Halifax County from 1947 crop prior to October first versus 151 bales in 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Hose
Jessie D. Pruitt
Hosemary Mill
Charles Darel
Recorder's Court
Howard Horton
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
Halifax County
Fines Totals From Halifax Roanoke Rapids Court Sessions
Sixty eight cases were tried in Recorders Court of Halifax County during the week with 18 for liquor law violations. Nineteen were tried in Roanoke Rapids last Thursday and 48 in Halifax on October 16. Nine defendants faced drunken driving charges, sixteen were fined for speeding, and eight for driving without a license, totaling $1,785 in fines handed by Judge Charles Dan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorders Court
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
Charles Dani
Building Permits Increase City Totals This Week
Building permits rose by 11 000 this week raising the year total to 80 000 in the permits department. Crew Realty Co. received one permit for a one story five room home in Chaloner Park costing 7 500 and James E Delbridge for a one story six room cinder block home on Washington Street between Second and Third Streets costing 3 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crew Realty Co
Chaloner Park
James, E. Delbridge
Washington Steet
Third Streets
Lawrence Appointment to Forestry Post In Halifax County
Manford M. Lawrence, formerly a Scotland Neck fire towerman, is named Halifax County forest warden by State Forester W J Beichler with Halifax Board approval. He will reorganize and supervise Halifax’s forest fire fighting unit and push the state fire control program, chiefly through public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Halifax County
Manford M. Lawrence
Scotland Neck
W. J. Beichler
Halifax Board of ‘County Commissioners
David J. Martz
Rocky Mount
N. C.department of Conservation and Development
Division of Forestry and Parks
Halifax
N.C. Forest Service
Rogers Dies Father of Two Killed in World War I
Rufus Allison Rogers aged 72 died of a heart attack in Roanoke Rapids Hospital after his two sons George Robert were killed in action in World War I. He lived on Route 2 near Halifax and was a prosperous farmer. Funeral services were held at Tabor Church Aurelian, with services continuing on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Allison Rogers
George Robert
Roanoke Rapids
Mr. Rogers
Halifax
Calvin
Virginia Browning Rogers
Tabor Church
Aurelian
First Returned Body Arrives For Reburial
Private First Class Thomas, 20, from Hallux County killed in action on Saipan, will be reburied with military honors. Services at Williams Funeral Home Chapel Roanoke Rapids with Rev. Gordon L. Prue officiating. Veterans of Foreign Wars post led by Commander Dick Cullinn to oversee grave ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hallux County
Woc
Willams
Roanoke Rapids
Dick Cullinn
Navy Men Held In Slashing After Norfolk Collision
Two sailors from the USS Spokane, a Norfolk based cruiser, were jailed in Halifax County without bond after a Saturday night incident. Harold W. Fields, 26, an Atlantic Coast Line worker from Weldon, was treated at McGuire Hospital in Richmond for a severe left thigh cut. C P Johnson of Mississippi and C Lunsford of Tennessee were arrested on charges of assault after Johnson struck Fields with a bottle and Lan ford cut him with a knife on First Street in Weldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Norfolk
Halifax County
Harold W. Fields
Totlantic Coast Line Railroad
Weldon
Fields
Seaboard
McGuire Hospital
Richmond
C. P. Johnson
Mississippi
C. Lunsford
Tennessee
Johnson
Lan Ford
First Street
Jackets Journey To Elizabeth City For Fifth Battle
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets travel to Elizabeth City to face Coach Honey Johnson's team in a homecoming clash. This conference headliner comes after a 14-0 defeat of the locals in the prior season and aims to restore their winning streak as the season advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
Wiley Warren
Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets
Honey Johnson
Yellow Jackets
Last Sea
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Louishire College
Etheridge
Alty
Gol
Ike
Do Om
Covington
Chiytan
Stanton Militias
Suulati
Virginia
Cayton
Cou
Trieste
Tully
Vumuslavin
Eugene A. Lewis
Free State
Americ
FC Avongst
Army
Marke
Bonin Islands
Pacific
Navy
Lacy M. Chir
Mis . C.clary
Tay
Madison Street
San Diego, Calif. Naval Base
Suen Porte
Deanford Hoyle
Kenny Vornelson
Charles E. Matthews, Jr
Rice Rapids
Ned Matthews Dry Co
Carolyn Laude
Mocksille
Jays
Aseball
LeRoy Carlton
Weldon Irl
Gerline Harris
Thomas Gar
Hd Matthews
Mrs. Matthews
Mercer College
Georgia
M. Vincent
Mra
Burlington
Game Commission
Norton
Northampton Territory
North Carolina
Buggs Island Dam
South Hill
George C. Derby
Buggs Island
5. E. Perducca
Blinorry School of Dancing
Patterson Mill Co. John
Roanoke Rapies Hospital
Leathers
the Herald
Vic Fence
Big Lowey
Vaudevilly
Ernest Prosbey
Charlotte Police Department
Troelis
Oonne
Charlotte Pulico Dos Altiough
Jochmant
North Carolina Hale Automobile Association
Sprrati
Fis
H.A. House
Officer Pressley
Roke Rapids
Joe Talley
Roanok Rapids High School
Uwe
Ole A Meynald
Wowsan Anteni
Riuwandl
Touchos
Letty
Rosar I Downing
Baward Smith
Alice Master Smith
Scotland
Nuck
Mane
Nathaniel South
Rita Bowers
Hobgood Negro
Johnnie Fleetwood
Waison
Raymond Francis
Cleland Francis
White
Roatick~ Rapids
Giilty
Lu Oeny
Raymond Francis Wa
Francis
Bertie
Hertford
Northampton Counties
Roanoke Rapids High School
Wroup
Coloniatingen Foods
Quentin Gregory
Inter
Wis
Rich Square
Margaret Lou George
Lois Taylor
Roy Rawls
Swain Loy
George Pappendick
James Warren
Vernie Eddins
J. B. Hunsinger
North Carolina Student Council
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