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VOLUME TWENTY-TWO ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. W THURSDAY, FEB. 4,1937 NUMBER 32
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LONE
BANDIT
AT LARGE
A lone bandit held up and robbed
the Garysburg Filling Station op
erated by William Collier about 10
o’clock Monday night and escaped
with about $35 in cash.
Waiting until Mr. Collier was a
lone in the station, the bandit
drove up and asked that the gas in
his tank be measured. He bought
a drink and started talking about
the flood, asking Mr. Collier what
station was broadcasting the flood
bulletins. When the owner turned
to look at the radio, the thief
threw a gun on him and robbed
him of the money in his pockets
and in the cash register. He than
forced Mr. Collier to walk dovnjhe
highway while he escaped inMiis j
car. [
tie is aescriDea as a young man,
about 25, 160 pounds, medium
height, red face. He was a strang
er to Mr. Collier. His car was a
’35 V-8 coach, light color. Mud
covered the license plates. After
the robbery, the bandit drove off
in the direction of Pleasant Hill.
County Gets
$25,000
See Page Two
Rosemary No. 1 Weavers 1st Half Champs
Spencer Liles
Biggan Boyd Buck Clark Twitty Ainsley
Above are the members of the Rosemary No. 1 Weavers, first half
champions of the Rosemary Dart Ball Day League. Details of their win
on Page 5.
UP AND DOWN WITH THE
Ghe Avenue fodifo*
• • Brought to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital to
day with his head mashed by a tree in the woods
near Gumberry was woodchopper Buster Coker,
colored employee of a lumber company. Not try
ing to be facetious, but we couldn’t help thinking,
“So he busted his Coco?”
• • From various sources we have learned that
four children disappeared from Roanoke Rapids
the first of this week. Three of them have return
ed or been brought back. We have decided not to
print the names this week but that is not a set rule.
Later we may be forced to do so. Three were boys,
one was a girl; all were in school. Two of the boys
are reported to have run away on their way to Cal
ifornia; they got as far as Henderson and decided
home was not such a bad place after all. The girl
recites a strange story to city police. She was
thumbing a ride near here, she says, and was pick
ed up by an army officer who carried her to Au
gusta, Ga. where she left him. Nothing improper
happened on the trip; she says she left him because
she was getting too far from home. The officer
was heading for Texas via Florida, she says. Police
Chief Dobbins has reported her story to Army
headquarters in Washington, D. C. They will in
vestigate. Any others figuring on leaving home
unexpectedly had better talk to the three who have
so recently returned.
LOCAL RED CROSS
TOTAL IS $2,223.60
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Happy Chairman
Gordon L. Price, chairman of the
Roanoke Rapids Chapter of Ameri
can Red Cross, happy as he report
ed tonight an all-time high for the
Chapter with $2,223.60 raised for
flood relief, more than double the
$1,000 quota set by him last week
and more than thirty times the
Chapter’s original quota
The total amount for flood relief
raised by local chapter today is
$2,223.60.
By the above amount the fol
lowing contributors carried the
chapter to one of its greatest ac
complishments.
Rosemary Mfg. Co., 317.75; Pat
terson Mills Co., 275.00; Roanoke
No. 2, 257.00; Roanoke No. 1, 175.15;
Miss Hearne and Mr. Davis rtfL
ported for the following schools:
Vance Street, 10.77; Clara Hearne
16.92; Rosemary, 15.30; Central, 20.
33; Grammar Grades, 24.28; High
School, 60.07; total, 147.67.
Halifax Paper Co., 61.30; Pleas
ant Hill Methodist Church, North
ampton Co., 41.00; 1st Christian
Church, 7.83 ;Presbyterian, 32.00;
1st Baptist, 25.00; Rosemary Bap
tist Church, 17.75; 1st Methodist,
21.25; Rosemary Methodist, 16.59;
Holiness Church, 6.37; Manchester
Board & Paper Co., 8.77; Aurelian
Springs, 26.15.
Mrs. R. H. Ward, chairman of
the Littleton branch, made the re
port for Littleton, giving her work
ers and the amount raised.
Mrs. Justis and Mrs. Foster, 48.
50; Lions Club, 94.04; Mrs. A. M.
Newsom, 9.00; Mrs. R. H. Ward,
24.68; Mrs. Jack Bobbitt, 7.13; Mrs.
Glasgow and Mrs. Farmer, 29.25;
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SINCLAIR
BUYS CITY
BLDGSITE
The Sinclair Oil Co.
plans a super service sta
tion for Roanoke Rapids,
it was learned from an
authoritative source to
day. The company is
said to have purchased
eight lots on the East
side of Roanoke Avenue
between 9th and 10th
Streets.
This is the location
North of Ray’s Barbe
cue. On this Sinclair
plans to erect the largest
service station in this
section of the State and
will operate the plant it
self, according to to
day’s report.
INJURED
IN CRASH
TODAY
A Roanoke Rapids man was in
jured in a wreck today at the in
tersection of 301 and 158 in Wel
don when a car driven by Luther J.
Pylant of Roanoke Rapids crashed
into a truck driven by Warren
Wade of Richmond.
George Brigman. of Roanoke
Rapids, riding with Pylant, was se
verely injured, suffering a fractur
ed knee cap and a broken jawbone.
His teeth were also knocked out
by the crash. The car was badly
damaged.
Pylant was placed under a $50
bond on a charge of reckless driv
ing after his arrest by Officer Ken
nedy.
HUX WINS
Philip Hux, Roanoke Rapids, won
his second fight of the State Tour
nament at Raleigh by knocking out
Charles Raker of Winston-Salem in
the first round at Raleigh audito
rium tonight.
Other fights tonight: James
Moore, Raleigh, won over Earl
Wood, Roanoke Rapids, decision.
Arnold Abrams, Raleigh, won O—
ver Otis Meadows, Roanoke Rap
ids, decision.
W. C. McCormick, Raleigh, won
over Claude Taylor, Roanoke Rap
ids, decision.
LAST NIGHT
Philip Hux, Roanoke Rapids, won
over Charles Curies, Dunn.
Roland Adcock, Dunn, won onr
Roy Seuis, Roanoke Rapids, de
cision.
STILL IN RACK
Philip Hux, Woodrow Warren,
Ned Hyman, Richard Collins.