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VOLUME TWENTY-THREE ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C._THURSDAY, Aug. 26, 19S7 NUMBER 7
SCHOOL STARTS
SEPTEMBER 6TH
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COMPOSES SONG
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ABOVE is Ellis Farber, son of William Far
ber, of this city, looking at the sheet music to his
new song hit, “The Stars Look Down,” in which it
is said he has captured the romance of Lookout
Mountain, Tennessee, where Ellis and his orches
tra are filling their second season’s engagement.
Complete details of the young composr’s new
number will be found on Page 9, Section A, this
issue. —Cut Courtesy of Chattanooga News
City Man Chosen
Zone Chairman
By State Lions v
ABOVE is Byron Gurley, who
was unanimously elected Zone
Chairman of Group 3, District 31C
of the International Association of
Lions Clubs, at a meeting held in
Raleigh on Monday, of this week.
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PROMOTED 7
FLETCHER DICKENS
Sales Manager of the Roanoke
Rapids District, who leaves Sept.
1st, to enter the Sales Dept, of the
Richmond, Va. District of the Vir
ginia Electric & Power Co. His
position here will be filled by H. B.
(Ted) Speight (Complete Story
Inside).
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RIVER RISING FAST
DUE TO REACH 40
FEET BY SUNDAY
The Roanoke Riveras rising fast and is due to
reach a height of 40 feet at Weldon Saturday aft
ernoon or Sunday morning, according to news re
ceived by F. C. Williams here tonight.
This means a 20 foot rise at Roanoke Rapids
and the possibility that, if the rise does not sub
side by Monday, Roanoke Mills No. 1 may not be
able to run that day.
The high rise of last year was 43 feet at Wel
don. Heavy and steady rains over a period of sev
eral days are responsible for the early rise this
year. Rain is falling all over the country. The
prize fight was postponed tonight on account of
rain.
LIFE SAVING CLASS
Sherrod Margaret Geo. Roger Jim Emory
Grumpier Butler Wood Cullom Joyner Vaughan
B. Saunders Alma Manning Bill Pruden j
(MIDDLE) C. Bennett, F. Joyner, G. Dobbins, Jo Matthews.
(ABSENT) Edwin Akers, Tom Jenkins. (Photo By Brasington) *
Above is the Bed Cross Life Saving Class of
Roanoke Rapids which recently completed instruc
tions and received Life Saving Certificates from.
Red Cross Instructor Sherrod Crumpler.