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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS T T T? O A ¥ TN a ^B H H Wise and Thrifty 1 II *“ ZT .^1 . B a SHOPPERS I I B^^ CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ I M .»™. <*, 1 * nrABAw/^«NEKS0«MP >-r VOLUME TWENTY-TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, DEC. 31, 1936 NUMBER 26 OUNCES AT RUUWRE 2 DP AMD D0WM WITH THH Ghe Avenue &U6* (?AlOS3a ( ( • • Some say that resolutions are made to be broken, while other cynics tell us a certain place where nobody wants to go is paved with good inten tions. Regardless of these warnings, most of us make resolutions every New Year. True, most of them are broken or forgotten in a short time, but we just wonder how many you never hear about are kept thruout the year and perhaps for the rest of a life-time. We just have a feeling that many a life has been changed for the better and many folks have been happier because they did manage to keep a New Year’s resolution.—We have broken so many in the past that we are going to pick one we may be able to keep, for a few days anyway. In 1937, we resolve not to repeat any more stories on the former King and Mrs. Simpson. • • The thanks of several of us to Officer Carl Green, who made a trip to Rocky Mount this week and brought back 1937 State license tags to several who had delayed in getting them. Several who left here for that city, nearest place to purchase auto tags this year, were kept busy by friends who found out they were going. Miss Ruby Wood, City Clerk, has suggested she might sell the tags for next year, in case the State would permit it and make it interesting. If such could be done, we sug gest you lobby Miss Wood on this subject. This Friday is the end of 1936 tags, city and state. State officials say there is no extension of time to be granted; this may be changed at the last minute. City officials may give thru Friday and Saturday as only half the car owners had bought city tags up to last night. They may figure most of them will be bought after payday. • • Several of us recently bought new American Legion flags to put in front of our places of busi ness; a few patriotic souls already had them. Now we are anxious to display those flags and just waiting for a day. According to one calendar we have, the first legal holiday in the State and U. S. is New Year’s Day; the next for N. C. is the birth day of Robert E. Lee, Jan. 19th; and for those who want to put their flags to extra use, Jan. 21 is Stonewall Jackson’s birthday. • • On a night this week when a larger crowd than usual was in town to see a popular movie, one car owner left his (or her) car parked more than halfway out in the street. There was hardly room left for a single car to sq ueeze by. When two cars met on that street, one or the other had to back out to allow passage. There were several near accidents. The only reason why that parked car got by without a damaged rear was because other drivers did not want to injure their own cars. The fact that another car, parked in advance, was also parked wrong, did not change the fact that a half block further were places for proper parking. The selfishness or the thoughtlessness of one driver (Continued on Back Page) CASSADA, W. HODGES PROMOTED John D. (Jack) Cassada has been appointed assistant manager in charge of Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2 by F. C. Williams, Manager of Roanoke Mills Co. and Patter son Mills Co. Mr. Cassada’s promotion comes thru the resignation of Vice Pres ident H. D. Camp who leaves the middle of January to manage a huge paper company at Franklin, Va. Also promoted today by Man ager Williams was William Hodges, former overseer of Weaving at No. 2, who takes Mr. Cassada’s place as Superintendent of No. 2 Mill. Further promotion made by Messrs. Cassada and Hodges as their first official act was that of Alec Thomas, former second hand, who becomes overseer of the Weave Room in Mr. Hodges' place. Altho Mr. Camp will not leave until the 15th, these men take charge of their new positions to morrow. Mr. Cassada came to Roanoke Rapids in 1927, a graduate of N. C. (Continued on Back Page) CAMP TO HEAD BIG PAPER MILL PROMOTED JACK CASSADA, who was pro moted today as assistant manager in charge of Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2. Mr. Cassada takes charge of the mill as of January 1st. BACK BROKEN IN AUTO CRASH Several persons were hurt, one: seriously, when a car jumped the road Christmas Eve near Weldon and dropped into a ditch. There were nine people in the car, which was driven by George Smith of Roanoke Rapids. In a critical condition in the Memorial Hospital at Richmond is George Jarrett Livesay Jr. With a broken back from the crash, a diagnosis of his case by Dr. C. C. Coleman, famous specialist, is that he might live, but if he does he will be paralyzed the rest of his life. Eight men and one woman were in the car which hurtled from the highway just this side of NB Ser vice Station, missing the fence and plunging into the creek bed below. Among them were Leroy Prince, who left the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital yesterday, Smith, Livesay, L. W. Stanley, Garland Cox, Emmett Ryals and Alice West. The other two men in the car are not known at this time. The car was demolished, crush ed like an egg shell. The woman received cuts and lacerations. Due to the steep bank, those in the wrecked car had trouble getting Livesay to the road level. He was dropped more than once by those trying to carry him up the slip pery bank. After investigation by State Pa trolman J. C. Long, a warrant was sworn out for the driver, Smith, charging him with operating a car on the highway in a reckless man ner. He filed bond for $500 for appearance before a Weldon Jus tice of the Peace. The date of the hearing had not been set yesterday. WINNERS Miss Varnell Jones, 52 Jackson St., was winner of the $100 cash prize given by the Roanoke Rap ids Merchants Association after a ten weeks trade extension cam paign. The $75 cash prize has not been claimed. But the $50 prize in the township was won by E. E. Patrick of South Rosemary and the $25 prize by W. H. Britton, 644 Wil liams St. Two $10 trade tickets out of five offered have been claimed: one by Mrs. W. B. Allsbrook, Hamilton St., the other by John Lynch, 1004 Cedar St. Of the nine prizes out of town, only one has been claimed since the drawing yesterday; that was the first prize of $100 which has been won by J. W. Goodmon of Garys burg. Human Torch Dies Last PM A living torch, Henry “Boozy” Smith, 30 year old Negro, lived for eight hours after being burned from head to foot while in the woods across the river near Char ley Grant’s yesterday. The man, subject to fits, was thought to have fallen into a fire he built in the woods while out gathering wood for the house yes Hugh D. Camp has resigned his positions as Vice President of Roa noke Mills Co. and Vice President of Patterson Mills Co. and will leave Roanoke Rapids the middle of January to assume charge of the Chesapeake-Camp Corporation, Kraft Paper board manufacturers at Franklin, Va. Mr. Camp will be in active charge as general manager of the new en terprise, a four million dollar cor poration which will employ 600 to 700 men. Construction of the new mill will begin at once on a site near the Camp Manufacturing Co. of which the local man is one of the princi pal stockholders. Mr. Camp plans to superintend the construction of the plant and the installation of machinery. Coming to Roanoke Rapids in 1926, he rapidly advanced with Roanoke Mills Co. until promoted to his present positions. Mr. Camp was an original mem ber of the Roanoke Rapids Sani tary District Board, serving during the installation of the water and sewerage system here under the su pervision of that board. He owned his home at the corner of Roanoke Avenue and 8th Street and a farm on the old Thelma Road. He has sold his home to Mr. and Mrs. William Harris III. Mr. Camp is a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Chockoyotte Golf Club. He is a member of the First Baptist Church here. In going to Franklin, he is re turning to his birthplace where his late father started the Camp Man ufacturing Co., one of the largest lumber concerns in the country. Mrs. Camp and daughter, Caroline, will leave here about the middle of the month for Florida. Later, they plan to build a home on Mr. Camp’s farm on the outskirts of Franklin. HARRELL RESIGNS Jesse Harrell, for five years su perintendent of the Roanoke Rap ids Sanitary District, has resigned from that position, the resignation to take effect February 1st. He has accepted a position with Roanoke Mills Co. as superinten dent of their mill villages. This position is now filled by C. D. Wil liams, who is resigning to re-enter the contracting business. Mr. Harrell is now building a home for himself on Hamilton St.; he will take over his new duties the first of February. It is not known who will suc ceed him as Superintendent of the Sanitary District, although several local men have been approached concerning the position. terday morning. He was seen by his relatives as he raced across the field, ablaze from head to foot. Brought to the I Roanoke Rapids Hospital, he died last night.
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