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LOCAL OFFICIALS NEW/A&P STORE ..i-r. jfatm .. ._ Store \Ianager AIJTfRIUGK, Meat Mkt. Mgr. VERNON H. BRIN DELL, Fruit & Produce Mgr. IKEY JOHNSON IS EMPLOYED BY CITY ON POLICE FORCE - sj:--- . __ Ikey Johnson, local man who has made good on the N. C. State High way Patrol, was employed as a reg ular member of the Roanoke Rap ids Police Department at the monthly meeting of the City Board of Commissioners Tuesday. Officer Johnson is working his notice with the Highway Patrol and will report for duty here the first of August. The young officer passed his Pa trol examinations with flying col ors and has been on active high way duty for the past two years. He returns to his home town with the best wishes of all citizens. The Board reappointed F. C. Wil liams as a member of the Finance Committee and appointed the new Commissioner, W. B. Allsbrook, to serve on that committee; E. B. Manning and M. D. Collier were re appointed as the Street Commit tee; G. N. Taylor and R. I. Starke to the Fire Dept. Committee. Clerk Ruby Wood was ordered to burn cancelled town bonds Nos. 1 to 20, issued July 1, 1915, since re funded. She was authorized to purchase 1,500 city auto license tags for next year. The Lions Club Exposition, to be held here week of Aug. 2, was ex empted from privilege license on the basis it was -for a charitable purpose, providing the club fur nished the necessary police protec tion at no cost to the city. Mayor Jenkins was authorized to purchase necessary equipment for the tax office with the approval of the school committee. Marvin Frazier, 14, was struck by a car driven by Leroy Campbell of Thelma at the corner of 10th anti the Avenue late Friday after noon. The boy was bruised but not seriously hurt. Frazier was bound over to Re corders Court where sentence was suspended upon payment of costs. POLICE SEEK 15 YEAR GIRL Local police are searching for Naomi Hudson Barnes, 15 year old bride of only a few months, who disappeared from Roanoke Rapids last Saturday, July 3rd, and has not been seen by anyone here since. She was last seen at 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon as she left the home of her uncle, a Mr. Baggett, at Roanoke Junction, on her way to her mother’s home. She is the daughter of Mrs. Robert Hudson, in the 1000 block, Madison St. Her husband, 18 year old employ eer of Rosemary Mfg. Co., to whom she was married a few months ago, knows nothing about her where abouts and went to Portsmouth Monday in search of her when it was reported she was seen on the train to Portsmouth. However, lo cal police say that nobody on the train saw the girl, nor did friends in Portsmouth know where she was. The police have broadcast her disappearance over the radio and are working with police in other cities. No clues have been dis covered yet which led to any def inite information. The following description has been broadcast: Naomi Hudson Barnes, age 15. weight 112 pounds, height 5 feet, 3 inches, blonde hair, grayish brown eyes, hair has slightly natural wave, Was wearing dark blue flowered dress, white shoes. She had no extra clothes or baggage with her. JOHNSON FUNERAL James Johnson, 88 years old, for mer merchant of Roanoke Rapids, died at his home here on July 4th. Funeral services were held at the residence at 3 p.m. Monday by the Rev. J. J. Boone with interment in Capron, Va. Survivors are his widow, Mrs. Clara Vaughan Johnson, and the following children: Mrs. H. L. Tay lor, Mrs. G. R. Pulley, Mrs. Selma Davis, of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Annie Miles of Capron, Va., C. L. Johnon of Boykins, Va., and Joe Johnson of Roanoke Rapids, and a sister, Mrs. Martha Copeland of Roanoke Rapids. BASIL COOPER IS FOUND DEAD AFTER STORM HERE SUN. - si While 500 persons huddled to gether in the grandstand at Sim mons Park during the electric storm here late Sunday afternoon, Basil Cooper, 32 year old textile worker, was killed by lightning in a small shed one hundred yards a way. None in the grandstand knew that the lightning had struck so close and it was several minutes later when the body was discover ed by W. J. Chambliss, who re ported it to ball players, Russell Birdsong and Wade Hardison. They rushed to the place and iden tified the body at once. The light ning had struck Cooper at the back of the head and passed thru his body. There were a few slight burns on the back of the body but no disfiguration. Coroner Cooper was called and the verdict was accidental death caused by being struck by light ning. It is now thought that Cooper was caught in the shed between storms. Others who had been in there were caught in a heavy downpour as they raced back to the grandstand. Some of them re member seeing Cooper in there or just arriving before the heavy storm. The lightning did no great damage to the structure. A board seemed torn off and it appeared the bolt hit a hinge on the door, against which Cooper might have been leaning. The deceased was employed in the Weave Room of Roanoke Mill No. 2 and was a member of the cham pionship softball team of that de partment. He had been an employee for several years and was thought most highly of by employers and fellow-employees. A very quiet man, he was known as a hard worker and a good family man. Surviving are his father, William Cooper, his wife, the former Arlene Cook, two children, Adrienne and Patricia, two brothers, Grady and Braxton Cooper, and two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Lee and Miss Juanita Cooper. Basil was born in Beaufort Coun ty, the son of William and DeElla Swain Cooper. His father moved here many years ago and is a val ued employee of Roanoke Mills Co. A few years ago, a brother was killed in a mill accident. His moth er died over a year ago. Jb uneral services were held Mon day afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Cooper’s father at 425 Madi son St. by the Rev. J. L. Willis with interment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Kemp, Joe Bryant, Wade Hardison, Ralph Marlowe, Lefty Davis, T. B. Browning, Russell Birdsong. Robert Roy Robert Edward Ray, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. M. W, Ray of near Roanoke Rapids, died at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital July 4th. Interment was in the Ray family cemetery Monday afternoon. Margeret Sutton Wins Barq's Pony Left to right: Bill Haislip, proprietor of Bill’s Place in Roanoke Rapids, George Bledsoe, head of Barq’s Root Beer Co.- of North Carolina, Miss Mar geret Sutton of Roanoke Rapids, winner of the pony given by Mr. Bledsoe’s company to the buyer of the bottle of Barq’s Root Beer with the missing letter in the cap. Miss Sutton is shown holding her pony while Mr. Bledsoe hands Bill a bonus check for having sold the lucky bottle of Barq’s to Miss Sutton.
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