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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15th, 1934 NUMBER FORTY-FOUR
UP AND DOWN
TjUe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
The Parent-Teachers Asso
ciation of Central School will
hold its regular meeting Wed
nesday night, February 21st,
at eight o’clock. The children
will present a play: “In I he
Candy Shop.” All parents are urg
ed to attend.
The Kiwanis Club is celebrating
Valentine Day with a Ladies
Night at the High School tonight.
Plates havo been laid for seventy
guests. Lt. Governor Bill Medford,
of Oxford, is the guest of honor.
A commendable program has
been launched by the Boys &
Girls committee of the Kiwanis
Club. Working with the Hi-Y
and Girls Reserve at the High
School a Go To Church cam
paign has been launched among
the school children. Home
rooms are competing with two
attendances at any church or
Sunday School services for any
one Sunday counting a perfect.
A Hi-Y boy and a girl from the
Reserves are making speeches
before the home rooms on the
subject.
Eight Boy Scouts will leave
this week-end for Washington, D.
C., under the guidance of Scout
master Bill Alligood. They will
carry letters of introduction to
their Congressman, Senators and
are. hoping to arrange a meeting
with President Roosevelt.
There will be a benefit Dance
next Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 21st, in the store build
ing formerly occupied by the
Young Mercantile Co. sponsored
by Boy Scouts Troop 2. Funds
derived will be used in sending
the boys to camp next summer.
The “High Hatters” will play
and the dance starts 'at 9:30 and
lasts until 2. Admission is $1.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Christian Church will serve sup
per in the church basement on
Saturday, February 17th. The
menu will consist of brunswick
stew or barbecue, chicken and
pineapple salad. The proceeds will
go to the building fund of the
church. Plates are 30 cents.
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Bus Franchise
APPROVE
AVENUE
BUS LINE
A bus line on Roanoke Ave
nue, operating every 30 minutes,
will start business the first of
next week.
Willis Perkins of Littleton, ap
plied to the City Board of Com
missioners for a year’s franchise
last week and it was granted.
Mr. Perkins plans to start with
a twenty-passenger bus which will
be placed in operation Monday or
Tuesday. The line will operate on
the Avenue from the river mills
to South Rosemary.
The fare will be five cents. The
bus will stop at every corner on
the Avenue. If the business war
rants in the future, Mr. Perkins
plans *to extend the service.
—
SALESMAN
IS ROBBED
NEAR HERE
Masked Bandits Hold Up Man
On Littleton Road
Monday Night
Warrenton, Feb. 13. — Masked
bandits held up and robbed J. R.
Ivey, saleman of White’s Flour
and Meal Mill of Warrenton, of
nearly $100 in cash and several
hundred dollars in checks. The
robbery occurred about a half mile
west of Roanoke Rapids at about
7 o’clock last night.
Three men in a V-8 Model Ford
drove in front of Mr. Ivey’s car,
forcing it to stop while three
masked men jumped from a Chev
rolet coach that drove rapidly up
behind the Ivey car, one of these
pressing a pistol to the salesman’s
side and demanding his money.
After the robbery Mr. Ivey was
forced to walk into a nearby field
while the men jumped into the
waiting machine and both cars
sped toward Littleton.
Mr. Ivey reported the robbery to
the Roanoke Rapids police a few
minutes later.
Two of the men who jumped
from the car wore sweaters and
the third wore a sheepskin coat.
All three wore, caps, Mr. Ivey
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HEART BABY THRIVES AT THREE
Little William Carlton Spragins, the Roanoke Rapids baby with
the misplaced heart, celebrated his third birthday here Sunday, Feb.
11th, with a birthday party. William Carlton is enjoying the best of
health and is well grown for his age. He has attracted nation-wide
attention due to the position of his heart which is on the outside of his
body, now protected by an aluminum shield.
He enjoyed his third birthday party immensely. Hiis guests were
Carl and Clyde Garris, Obie and Alice Jones, Esther and Marjorie
Ellis 'and Dorothy Deans. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Spragins
who live at 919 Vance Street.
CAPS FOR
POLICE
The City Board of Commis
sioners this week instructed
Mayor Jenkins to order police
caps and buttons for the mem
bers of the police force.
The police were instructed to
purchase uniform blue suits to
which the brass buttons will be
attached, and to display badges
prominently.
To keep rugs from slipping on
a polished floor, sew a strip of
oilcloth under each end.
5,000
PRIVIES
Raleigh, Feb. 15—Mrs. Thomas
O’Berry’s CWA office Monday ap
proved as a CWA project in Hali
fax county the construction of 5,
000 sanitary privies under super
vision of the State Board of
Health. The project will employ
337 men and will mean a payroll
for them of $66,680.80, the esti
mated total cost of the project,
including materials, tools, etc., be
ing $116,924.55.
$32,000.00
FORCITY
BUILDING
Local Government Commis
sion Approves; Net Cost
To City $22,400
Raleigh, Feb. 15.—The Local
Government Commission’s exe
cutive committee, in session
Tuesday, approved the applica
tion of the town of Roanoke
Rapids for a bond issue of §32,
000 to be sold to the Federal
Emergency Administration of
Public Works for the erection
of u municipal building.
The entire amount will be is
sued and the Public Works admin
istration will cancel 30 per cent
of the issue, holding the remaind
er for a long period of years and
at 4 per cent interest rate.
The §32,000 building, less the
grant of §9,600 by the Federal
government, will cost Roanoke
Rapids §22,400.
The plans and specifications
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OFFICIAL
INSPECTS
AVENUE
Engineer AVilliams of the
State Highway Department was
here yesterday conferring with
the City Board of Commission
ers and the Mayor regarding the
improvement of Roanoke Ave
nue.
Mr. Williams said his duties
were that of an investigator and
he makes his reports and recom
mendations on various projects of
this nature to the Raleigh office.
While the State Highway Dept,
has said Roanoke Rapids is only
entitled to $25,000 for this pro
ject, the City Board asked that!
$40,000 be recommended, a suffi
cient amount to build a 30 foot
road from the railroad to First!
Street.
In order to save, money for the
property owners, the city hopes
that when this project is approv
ed, those property owners in the
South Ward business section will
permit the work to include paving
from curb to curb.
An entirely new road, at levels
which will not conflict with side
walk and floor levels, is contem
plated in the plans. It would, be
30 feet wide, 12 feet wider than
the present roadway, of high type
asphalt with concrete slabs on each
side< lu