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Industry The Workshop of Eastern Carolina! I V / VOLUME TWENTY-TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. L._AtiuifcouAx, a«, apop NUMBER ELEVEN MOTORCYCLE ESCORT LEAVES AT 2 A. M. WITH R. W. ARMOLD j State Highway Patrolman Ralph W. Arnold died at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital at 5:45 this afternoon from injuries sustained when,his mo torcycle hit a bumpy road and threw him to the pavement between Rich Square and Ahoskie late yesterday afternoon. Suffering from a severe fracture of the skull, the young officer never re gained consciousness. A motorcycle escort of fellow-officers was scheduled to leave Roanoke Rapids at 2 a.m. Fri day with the body for funeral services to be held at his former home in Elkin, Surry County. _ The guard of honor is Sergeant Welch, Corporal Dale, Patrolmen Long, Hines, Jordan, rlunt, toiewart, Lane, Gibson, Scarboro and Ikey Johnson. _ The funeral is tomorrow at 3 p.m. at Elkin. Patrolman Arnold is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lucille Mathis Arnold, of Weldon where the officer was stationed, two small boys, ages two and four, a brother, Hoosier, three sisters: Mrs. El va Martin of Raleigh, Mrs. L. C. Couch and Mrs. David Brendell of Elkin. The deceased was the m son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Arnold of Surry County. He had been a State Highway Patrolman for two years. (DETAILS OF WRECK INSIDE) _/ STORM! A hurricane which has swept the South Atlan tic Coast is tonight reaching the Carolina and Vir ginia Coast and storm warnings are out. Tonight, Norfolk reported a 50 mile wind there with a 60 ^rnile gale at Virginia Beach. • At 5:35 p.m., VEPCO at Roanoke Rapids re ceived a warning from Washington, D. C., that the storm would probably reach its worst at Cape Hat teras at midnight tonight and would turn inland in the direction of Roanoke Rapids. It was blowing 62 miles per hour at Hatteras at 5 p.m. today. Richmond office of VEPCO was keeping in continual touch tonight with the local plant. On State Board C. YV. Davis, superintendent of Roanoke Rapids Schools, was Mon day appointed a member of the State High School Text Book Com mission by Governor Ehringhaus. Mr. Davis was apopinted to the va cancy of the late Dr. N. \V. Walk er of Chapel Hill. His commission from the Gov ernor was received by Mr. Davis the middle of the week, along with a notice from State Supt. Erwin of an early meeting of the Commis sion in Raleigh. — 2200 MILE TRIP MADE BY TEAM The twenty members of the Rosemary Spinners squad and Peyt Harris returned to Roanoke Rapids late last night after a week’s trip to Chicago where they engaged in the National Softball Tournament, losing to New York by a score of 2 to 0. (Details of game inside). A proposed game with the Sim mons Co. team at Kenosha, Wis consin, was not played as the team had disbanded for the season. However, Kenosha officials were present at the game, rooting for the Spinners. Mr. Novascone vis ited the team over the week-end and Monday, Mr. Frogwell, recre ational director for the Simmons (Continued on Back Page) STORM WARNING Hatteras, 9:30 p.m.—Storm will hit at high tide, veering Westward. ? Morehead' City, 10 p.m.—Storm blowing 70 miles an hour at Cape Lookout. Waves at Atlan tic Beach Hotel higher than hotel. Coast guard planes warn citizens to leave homes at once and seek high ground. Williamston, 10 p.m.—Ray Goodman reports by phone to Roanoke Rapids that wind so strong people unable to stay in streets. LAST BULLETIN 10:30 P. M. Coast Guard reports this worst storm in his tory. Now due to reach height at Roanoke Rapids 5 a.m. Friday morning. Stiff wind blowing in city at 10:30 and increasing. COMING SOUTH Jack Dempsey, former heavy weight champ, who will come to Rocky Mount Oct. 2nd to referee a wrestling card being promoted by Bill Lewis, sports promoter of Rocky Mount and Richmond. Bill, as big and bewhiskered as Man Mountain Dean, was in The Herald office this week, says he may de cide to enter the grunt-groan game himself. NEW PREACHER (SEE CHURCH PAGE) ASK FOR HIWAY HEARING Indignation at the inaction of the State Highway and Public Works Commission concerning the paving of five miles of the Littleton-Roa noke Rapids Highway broke forth again today in the meeting of the Merchants Association with the reading of a letter to W. A. Thorne committee chairman, from Capus M. Waynick, chairman of the State Highway Commission. The letter was condemned for its vagueness in view of a definite a greement by the Commission in the Spring that part of the highway would be laid in concrete this Summer. A large delegation from Roanoke Rapids and Littleton ap peared and asked the Commission to leave us in dust, if necessary, in order to lay some concrete and eventually finish a concrete road between the two places. The Com mission promised action and hinted the concrete, at least 4 miles, would be let in July. That month passed and nothing was said, but with August lettings also passing without any action, fresh indigna tion is rife and the Merchants As sociation has called on all civic or ganizations here and at Littleton to call for another hearing at Ra leigh to demand action on the con tract letting. The letter of Chairman Waynick, hailed by some as a masterpiece of (Continued on Back Page)
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