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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14th, 1933._NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
UNDERTAKER
DEAD, NURSE
IS INJURED
UP AND DOWN
t->he Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
“Buck” Taylor, of the Rosemary
Furniture Co. visited the Tomlin
son Furniture Exposition Building,
High Point, N. C., on Thursday,
December 7th.
Mrs. W. A. China played sev
eral violin numbers, and Dick
Martin sang in Littleton Tues
day evening at the wedding of
Miss Nora Browning, of that
city, to Jack Watkins, of Hen
derson.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. C. Coving
ton, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Alford
and Miss Black, Hospital super
intendent, returned yesterday from
Greenville, S. C., where they rep
resented the Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital at the meeting of the hospi
tals which have received aid from
the Duke Foundation.
Their party, late at a lunch
eon, was placed at the same
table with Miss Doris Duke, 20
million dollar heiress, and her
mother, who were present as
guests of honor to hear their
father1 and husband eulogized
by hospital authorities from the
two Carolinas.
Mr. Alford, business manager
of the hospital, got his biggest
kick of the trip out of his conver
sation with Tom Mix, the cowboy
actor, who was staying at the
same hotel in Greenville. Mix, his
wife and Tony, Jr., are on a tour
of the country.
Lyle Wilson, theatre manager,
returned today from a business
trip to Charlotte and attending
a convention of motion picture
exhibitors and distributors. More
than 500 delegates attended the
convention. The movie code took
the spotlight on the program.
Alumni of Duke from Halifax
County held a banquet at Kiwanis
Hall Tuesday night, lauded the
chief donor to the new university,
heard from college representatives
and slapped each other on the back
over a successful football season.
More than 25 of the Halifax alum
ni attended.
Leading last year in gross
and in net proceeds, the 4th
annual Kiwanis Minstrel went
down in history last Friday night
as the most polished and varied
local talent show ever attempt
ed in this section. For two and
a half hours, the audience was
treated with every kind of stage
entertainment devised by play
writers.
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Blood Poison Fatal
Hears Veterans' Appeal
■ ■ 11
Governor John Harland Pollard,
of Virginia, (above) is President
Roosevelt’s choice as Chairman of
the Veterans’ Board of Appeals.
“Justice will be done to all’’ said
the President in appointing Gove*
nor Pollard.
PREACHER
COMING
SUNDAY
The Reverend Gordon L. Price,
who has accepted the call to fill
the pulpit of the First Baptist
Church of Roanoke Rapids, will
arrive here to preach his first ser
mon this Sunday morning.
There is some talk of the other
churches combining with a union
service at the Baptist Church in
honor of the new pastor Sunday
night. Announcement of this, if
decided, will probably be made at
the various churches Sunday morn
ing.
Mr. Price was a former member
of the Pine St. Baptist Church of
Richmond. As a young man he
took an active part in the B. Y.
P. U. Association of Richmond and
held the office of vice president.
He attended the University of
Richmond and graduated from the
Southern Baptist Theological Semi
nary at Louisville, Ky.
He accepted the Courtland, Va.,
field in May 1930, and was active
in the Blackwater Association of
Virginia, being president of the
Pastors’ Conference when the
present call was accepted.
KILLED IN
QUARREL
Andrew Lynch, Littleton Negro,
died in the Roanoke Rapids Hos
pital this afternoon from a gun
wound received Saturday night.
He was shot one tinje in the
stomach by Robert Boyd, also of
near Littleton, in a drunken row
said to have started over Lynch’s
sister.
DEATH OF
MRS. ANNA
TURNER
Ill only three days from blood
poisoning, Mrs. Anna Turner,
wife of George R. Turtier, died
suddenly Tuesday night at the
local hospiital.
Mrs. Turner had a small boil in
her nose, this became infected and
blood poisoning set in. Her death
came as a great shock to her many
friends in the community.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the residence at 212
Jackson Street by Revarend S. H.
Bradley and interment was in Em
poria, Va.
Surviving are her husband, two
daughters, Mrs. George Smith and
Miss Helen Turner and a son, Jim
mie, all of this city. The deceased
was 44 years old.
The Turner family came here al
most twenty years ago from Pen
sylvania, altho Mrs. Turner’s folks
were native Virginians. Mr. Tur
ner and Miss H,clen Turner are
valued employees of Roanoke Mills
Co.
’TENSHUN
Next week, the issue before
Christmas, this newspaper will
be printed one day earlier than
usual.
It will go to press Wednesday
night, Dec. 20, instead of Thurs
day night, and will reach our
readers one day earlier than
usual.
Advertisers and news corres
pondents, please note: Get all
copy in for next week’s issue
one day earlier than ordinarily.
Be ready for this great
Christmas shopping special of
The Herald, off the press next
Wednesday night.
New Methodist
Preacher Here
The Reverend J. J. Boone, new
pastor of the Rosemary Methodist
Church, arrived here last week and
filled the pulpit of his new charge
last Sunday for the first time.
He came here from Bailey, N.
C. and states it is like coming
home for he is a native of North
ampton County, having been born
and raised two miles from Jack
son.
He attended Trinity College and
was an interested attendant at
the Duke banquet given here Tues
day night.
Richest Dislikes Pomp
Doris Duke, world’s ncnest gin,
likes her New York home best of all ^
She dislikes pomp and show, living
•imply On her 2lst birthday recently
•he came into a third of her father's
estate, the remaining two-thirds to
come to her on her 25th and 30th ,
birthdays. The Duke tobacco estate
was appraised *£ $101,000,000 in
1225.
MAN HERE
GETS JOB
Rufus Vick of Roanoke Rapids,
has been appointed CWA disburs
ing officer for Halifax County and
will have charge of the CWA pay
rolls and wage disbursement.
The appointment came thru the
State office of the Civilian Works
Administration with the aid of
County Welfare Officer Hall, in
charge of CWA in this county, and
County Commisioner W. F. Joyner.
Mr. Vick has his office in the
County Welfare headquarters at
Halifax. He has already begun his
new work. He was formerly with
the State Department of Agricul
ture, after his graduating from
N. C. State College. While out of
employment this past summer, Mr.
Vick took charge of the boys work
at the city playgrounds.
CHILD HIT
Horace Lee Cantrill, about six
years old, was hit by a car on Roa
nokp Avenue this afternoon but
not seriously hurt.
The car was driven by Herbert
Williams, Negro employee of Hali
fax Paper Co. Witnesses say it
was not the driver’s fault as the
child ran out in front of the car
which stopped within a few feet
from the spot the child was struck.
The boy was given first aid at
the hospital and was able to leave
at once. Williams agreed, to pay
for the hospital treatment and was
not held.
WRECK IN
WELDON
THIS A. M.
Car Strikes Pole, Killing Driv
er; Nurse In Hospital
Here
LATE BULLETIN
At 10 p. m. Thursday, Miss
Bank’s condition was reported
I very critical. She had not rte
regained consciousness. Her
brain is injured and she is par
tially paralyzed in arms and legs.
A jaw is broken. There is some
doubt if she will live thru the
Right.
J. J. Amerson, a Wilson un
dertaker, was instantly killed
and his companion, Miss Lucy
Banks, Wilson, N. C., nurse,
was critically injured, when their
car smashed into a telephone
pole in Weldon this morning.
Amerson and Miss Banks were
on their way to Richmond and
were just entering Weldon. In
front of the graded school build
ing, the car hit a rough spot in
the street and Mr. Amerson lost
control of the car.
It swerved back and forth, hit
the high curbing, careened across
the street and struck a telephone
pole
The man received terrific head
injuries from which he died in
stantly. Miss Banks was rushed
to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
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PROGRAM
AT TREE
PLANNED
The Community Christmas Tree
is being put up this year on the
corner of Roanoke Avenue and 6th
Street, across the street from the
Mayor’s home.
The old location next to the
Episcopal Church is no more. A
street has bean built where the
tree has stood for the last three
years.
A large tree has been procured
for this year and it is being “plant
ed” today by a city crew. Light
decorations will be placed on this
week by a Power Co. crew and
the tree will be lighted up every
night between now and Christmas.
Plans are being made now for
a community singing of Christ
mas songs around the tree on
Christmas Eve, Sunday afternoon.
This date and time may be
changed but definite details will
be printed in next week’s paper.
The city government, Merch
ants Association, Kiwanis Club
and Power Co. sponsor the com
munity tree this year.