Roanoke Rapids Board Defers City Jail Location
About 40 citizens gathered in the Municipal Building courtroom to protest placing the proposed jail there. The Board of Commissioners met Sept 12 1939 and decided against jail location in the Municipal Building without hearing the delegation, action announced by Mayor Allsbrook.
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Board of Commissioners
Allsbrook
City of
Roanoke Rapids
Commissioners
W. B. Allsbrook
M. D. Collier
J. B. Gurley
J. C. Smith
R. I. Starke
Geo. N. Taylor
Tragic Running Board Deaths Raise Halifax Toll
Frances Warren fourteen and Surrey Keeter seventeen died after being dragged from a car on the Littleton Aurelian Springs highway four miles east of Littleton. The driver Carlton Critchet and truck driver Herman Shearin are held for a coroner's hearing. The Halifax County death toll for the year reaches eleven with four fatalities from riding on running boards.
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Frances Warren
Surrey Keeter
Littleton-Aurelian Springs
Littleton
Halifax
Keeter
Jesse Keeter
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Carlton Critchet
Claude Warren
Route 1
Critchet
Herman Shearin
Sam King
Annie
Walter
Sarah Brewer
Louise Lyles
Halifax County
Lakey
Roanoke Rapids
Scotland Neck
Halifax County Adds Two Patrolmen To Force
Two more patrolmen join Halifax County before week end. One to Roanoke Rapids and one to Enfield, the latter reporting for duty tomorrow and the Roanoke Rapids officer due Saturday. The county now has five men, with Scotland Neck Weldon and Roanoke Rapids already staffed. Patrolman Rothrock stays in Roanoke Rapids to work with the new officer. no shifts are planned in the county.
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U. S
Weldon
Halifax County
Snoke Rapids
Scotland Neck
Enfield
Littleton
Paul Merchant
Herald NewsKut
Crumpler
Roanoke Rapids
Highway Department
Safety Department
Rothrock
Long
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New Weldon
Postoffice
Chaloner Park Homes
Chaloner Park
Weldon Highway
Fred Forest
J. Winfield Grom
Atmey
Sorenesroperty
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