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Carolina's Only TABloid NEWSpaper The Roanoke Rapids Herald VOLUME EIGHTEENROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, 1932. _NUMBER TWENTY-ONE MOSES IN WHITLEY AUTO ***** ***** ***** ********* Wife Is In Hospital; 5 Are Injured UP AND DOWN Ghe Avenue WITH THE EDITOR Mrs. J. W. Bradley, mother of Rev. S. H. Eradley, will speak at the Sunday nig'ht services at the Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Brad ley has been a missionary in China for the past 30 years and is home on a furlough. All denominations are invited to hear Mrs. Bradley. Reverend J. N. Bynum had his tonsils removed Monday at the lo cal hospital. I A grown woman was attacked by several dogs on 6th Street near the Avenue Wednesday morning. . The dogs were finally scared off | by two men who heard the screams j of the frightened woman. They ! did not know her name. The editor went visiting this week out on t h e Lvwrericeville road; came back to town with a bg bag of tomatoes, tee gift of Mrs. M. L. Walker. Six U. S. bombing planes passed over the city at noon today flying Northeast, probably heading bacl: to Langley Field. — Miss Ottley Cranwell has gone to ' Philadelphia where she is going in training for a nurse. Mrs. C. M. Pitt and Miss Eula ! Lee Robinson left Wednesday for ■ New York where they will attend the wedding of Miss Iva Pitt. G. H. Ranhorn is opening a gro- | eery store in the Daughtry build ing corner of Hamilton and Second Streets. Rev. J. L. Powers of Windsor, N. C., will preach at the First Baptist Church next Sunday morn ing, Sept. 11. The pastor will preach at night. Effective next Sunday evening, all Protestant churches of the city with the exception of the Episco pal Church will resume their regu lar fall and winter hours for the evening services starting at 7:30 instead of 8 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Etheridge and daughters, Mildred and Fran cis of Rocky Mount, spent thle week-end here with Mr. and Mrs. Will Hux. j Striking Illinois Miners Overflow Highway | i'noto shows but part of the ten to fifteen thousand striking Illinois coal nmers after their retreat from Coulterville and Franklin county, where deputies armed with machine guns met them and routed the picketing caravan. ° r To Wed John D. Ill I Ii.iss Blanchette Hooker, New York, is to be the bride of John D. Rockefeller 3d. She is the daughter of a civil engineer. The engagement has just been announced, the wedding to take place in the fall._. Special Services College Students Young people who are planning to leave soon for the various col leges or as teachers and who are not affiliated with some other church are invited to attend ser vices next Sunday at the First Methodist Church. The sermon subject at each service will be ap propriate to such an occasion. Eleven a. m. subject, “Christianity and Work.” Seven-thirty subject, “What is Your Life?” Everybody is welcome. Bob Taylor spent Sunday here with his father, J. M. Taylor. SPEEDERS GET FINAL WARNINGS A drive against Roanoke Rapids "ponders has been started by the city police and many drivers were stopped Saturday and Sunday and ivon final warning. Officers Green and Massey were stationed in front of the hospital and report ;t was necessary tn stop at hast half those passing for ex ceeding the speed limit. Few arrests were made at this time, but all were warned of ar rests to follow the second offense. Sunday night speeding on Jackson | Street was checked and at various times other streets will be watch ed. Those arrests made were flag rant cases where the speeders re fused to stop or where very de fective brakes were found on speeding cars. Noisy mufflers will also be cause for prosecution, ac cording to the officers. The speed limit is 20 miles per hour in the city and 15 miles at intersections. Many of those stop ped were traveling as high as 40 miles per hour. With school now in session, the need for slow driving is more im portant than ever, the officers pointed out. Alton Gurganus spent Sunday at Bethel. LOCAL VET RECEIVES WAR MEDAL Ray H. Goodmon, local World War veteran, this week received ,'»m the War Department, the medal of the order of Purple Heart for meritorius service overseas. He served two years overseas in Co. M 118th Infantry, 30th Divis ion, was of the first Amer ican units liV Belgian soil. While there he was located in the Ypres sector and then served in all im portant engagements on Jie Wes era front and was in the final drive in September, 1918, when the Von Hindenburg line was broken. Ray was wounded twice. The Order of the Purple Heart was originated by George Wash ington in ] 776. The medal is a gold heart with the raised figure of Washington on a purple back ground which is heart shaped. In the set are also a service ribbon of purple and a lapel button for civ ilian wear. Mr. Goodmon and family leave next week for Williamston where he will be manager of a new dis trict formed in North Carolina by the Virginia Electric & Power Co. 1ST FALL SESSION OF CLUB The Woman's Club will hold the first meeting of the club year on Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Woman's Club building. This will be a very important meeting as this club will be host ess to the 14th District in Oc tober. To those who are considering joining the club this year there is a special invitation; the club dues for the year are only $1.25. New members are needed and request ed to join at once. One Less Police Paul Lewter, member of t h e Roanoke Rapids police force, will be laid off after October 1st by Mayor Jenkins, head of the depart ment, in line with the economy measure of the Board of Com missioners in deciding on one less policeman for the coining year. Moses Whitley, 70 years old, for more than twenty years a resident of Roanoke Rapids, was killed in 1’ysilanti, Michigan, Friday even ing. Mrs. Whitley was severely in jured in the auto crash which took her husband’s life. She was brought to Roanoke Rapids, ar riving here 'luesday night and w as /conllned to the hospital during the funeral services for Mr. Whit ley yesterday afternoon. Her injn> ies were not serious I ut she was suffering from the shock and the long trip home. Four others were injured in the accident, all members o■’ the Whit <■ y family whin .he bra. people were visiting in Michigan. Jesse -I rnigan, 17, a grandson of Mr. ’ Whitley, was drivir The driver of the other car was also injured. Aecordnig to the reports from Ypsilanti the car driven by Voros came out of a side road and struck the Whitley car. Iv.itti cars w,;’e demo'lshed. The WhiHeys left here less than two weeks ago to visit their Michi gan relatives in Kalamazoo and Ypsilanti. —COMPLETE STORY INSIDE— Miss Rebecca Dickens Miss Rebecca Dickens, 88 years old, died at the County Sanitorium on Sunday. She had been there since the death of her sister about a, year ago. Funeral services were held Monday by Rev. V. H. Gran tham with interment at her old home near Hawkins Chapel. FIRST FALL MEETING Mrs. Frank Kemp was hostess on Wednesday afternoon to members of the Contract Club and a few in vited guests. This was the first meeting of the club year and a short business session was held. Mrs. P. E. Ransom was elected president and Mrs .0. Griffin sec retary and treasurer. The club al so voted to pay $1 per meeting to the milk fund. Contract was play de at three tables. High score for the afternoon was made by Mrs. Frank Williams who was given hose. A salad course was served to Mesdames Frank Williams, P. E. Ransom, O. Griffin, Frank Wil son, W. S. Dean, David Traynham, Pendleton Grizzard, George Hayes, Clarence Grimmer, Heath Lee, R. P. Beckwith, Alexander Dunlap of Washington, D. C. Mrs. J. W. Rhodes and little Miss Joyce Ricks of Rocky Mount, re turned home Tuesday after spend ing the week-end with Mrs. W. B. Massingnle.
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