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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS
VOLUME TWEJNjlY-TYVU KUAJ^UAE KAfiUS, Pi. t.xitUKSUAlf, OUT. 39, 1936NUMBER 17
ROANOKE RAPIDS CITY OFFICIALS FOR 1936
FIREMEN
Oh this end, part of the Roanoke
Rapids Fire Department in the
group of city officials and employ
ees whose picture was taken last
week on the steps of the new Mu
nicipal Building. Reading left to
right, front row: Buck Whidby,
John Ingram, Shelton Ivey, Char
ley Harlow, Willie Wright, Rufus
Britton, Chief Jack Lipscomb; 2nd
row: B» B. Brown, Albert Spruill,
Bill Hoggard; 3rd row: Robert
Sledge, Oscar Jenkins, Bill Ed
wards, Charley Bristow, Clayton
Matthews; back row: Perry Smith,
Richard Bounds. Several mem
bers of the Department were not
present.
For 1914 History
SEE PAGE 7
OFFICIALS
' In the front center are Miss
Ruby Wood, City Clerk, and Mayor
Kelly Jenkins on the front row;
Mrs. Julian Glover, Sanitary Dis
trict Clerk, and Miss Dorothy As
kew, assistant City Clerk, on the
second row. Mrs. Viola Helms, as
sistant District Clerk, was absent.
How To Vote
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OPEN FESTIVAL HERE WEDNESDAY
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, The Di Crosta-Ferrari Company, first unit of
the Collins Festival^ which will appear at the Roa
noke Rapids High School Auditorium on Wednes
day night, November 4th, under the sponsorship
of the local Womans Club. An entertainment fea
ture will be presented each Wednesday night in
November. (SEE STORY INSIDE).
BOARD
On the back row are City Com
missioners George N. Taylor, R. I.
Starke, A- N. Martin, M. D. Col
lier, Sanitary District Snpt. Jesse
Harrell, Commissioner E. B. Man
ning. Commissioner F. C. Williams
was absent.
POLICE
bn the ^ghr emT. Hie Roandtc
Rapids Police Department: Chie
H. E. Dobbins, Carl Green, G. D
Wheeler, Paul Luter, Clifton Mas
sey. Special officer and City Stree'
Supt. Paul Ethridge is absent.
(PHOTO BY GRANT)
The drive for funds for the Associated Chari
ties of Roanoke Rapids got under way today with
solicitors visiting all the merchants and other bus
iness men in the city for cash and merchandise do
nations. The drive will continue tomorrow and
Saturday in an effort to raise sufficient funds to
take care of the poor and needy of Roanoke Rapids
who will have no other means of charity this Win
ter and for emergency cases which arise every
Winter.
RALLIES
HELD IN
COUNTY
With the general election next
Tuesday, November 3rd, the only
time in four years the nation e
lects a President, local Democrats^
under the leadership of County
Chairman John W. Martin, are
making a final drive to get out
every Democratic vote in Roanoke
Rapids and Halifax County. The
entire Democratic ticekt, headed
by President Franklin D. Roose
velt, is entitled to the support of
every person of voting age because
of what the Democratic Party has
done in pulling the country out of
the depression, say party spokes
men.
Monday night saw a rally of
Democrats at the High School
* hWldliig fie**, TUefeday niitht saw
a similar rally at Scotland Neck,
■ and a third rally here is in prog
ress tonight. “Get out the Demo
cratic vote”, is the slogan as the
day of election draws near. “Now
is the time for every good Demo
crat to come to the aid of his Par
ty”, is the cry of those who would
see Halifax County once more the
banner Democratic county of the
State.
The polls will open at daybreak
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, which will be
about 6:30 a.m. and will close at
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INJURED!
Congressman John II. Kerr of
Warrenton was injured in an au
tomobile collision near Nashville
Saturday night Mrs. Kerr stated
Monday her husband was not
critically hurt but was suffering
much pain and would be confined
to his bed for a month. Arthur
Parker, who lives near Nashville,
was arrested as the driver of the
car which collided with the Kerr
car, being driven by a chauffeur.
Parker was charged with drunken
and reckless driving. Judge Kerr
has been forced to cancel aO
speaking engagements. He was
scheduled to speak in Boanoke
Rapids Monday night