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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I—v r r A i rv | More — More m <^K H H M C.’s TABIeid I Advertising — More ■ H H ^^k H S Picture NEWSpaper I l sub«rtbe„ I ■ ■ CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^ ■ £ | — All Home-Print — | ^-' 1 M ^TAB/oit/iPKNEHS/wMr Jkm^ VOLUME TWENTY-THREE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C._THURSDAY, Oct. 14, 1937 NUMBER 14 NEW SINCLAIR STATION HERE J Largest Sinclair station from Raleigh to the coast is the newly open ed Hudson’s Seryioe Station in Roanoke Rapids. Local dealer is B. Frank i Hudson, who has been connected with the automobile inaurtry here for * the past 18 years. The new super-station is located in the &00 block on ! Roanoke Avenue, across the street from The Royal Theatre. (See Pages 2, 3, 4 and 5, Section B). ^ HEADS STATE'S WOMEN I BMBBBMBBHBIIIIitoiHi———————^inin I MRS. HOWARD ETHERIDGE—President of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, who will attend t|ie 14th District meeting at Weldon, Octo ber 21stl (See Page 3, this section). l\ A . < MRS. 3. N. BRITT Vice President of the State Federa tion, who is one of the speakers on the program at the meeting of October 21st at Weldon. FOOTBALL SCHEDLE The football schedule of the Roa noke Rapids Yellow Jackets for this season has been completed and is as follows: October 15—Greenville at Roanoke Rapids. October 22—Tarboro at Roanoke Rapids. October 29—Edenton at Roanoke Rapids. November 5—Goldsboro at Roanoke Rapids. November 12—Open. November 19—Mo rehead City at Roanoke Rapids. Three games have been played so far this season with the following results: Roanoke Rapids 32, Rich Square 6; Roanoke Rapids 0, Eliza beth City 21; Roanoke Rapids 0, New Bern 0. • • 1 N. Y. BOY'S BODY TO BE SHIPPED 2 WEEKS AFTER Chamberlin's Parents Decide to Claim Body Themselves After Sending Sister Down Here From Pa. PRESIDENT __v_ MRS. W. A. THORNE President of the 14th District of the North Carolina Federation of Womens’ Clubs, who will have charge of the district meeting at Weldon October 21st. Mrs. Batton Funeral Is Here Sunday Mrs. Ina Johnson Batton, 63 years old, died Saturday after a long illness at her home on Jack son Street. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church at 3:30 Sunday afternoon by the Rev. L. I. Stell. Interment was in Roa noke Rapids Cemetery near her husband, W. S. Batton Sr., who passed away in February of this year. They had resided in Roa noke Rapids for more than 25 years. ^Pallbearers were Roland John son, Dennis Johnson, Elvin Kin ker, J. B. Batton Jr., Clyde Brig man, Claud Leonard. She is survived by one son, W. S. Batton, Jr., the following step daughters and step-sons: Mrs. R. I. Riggan, Mrs. Bob Gay, Mrs. O. P. Johnson, Messrs. J. B. Batton Sr., George Batton and H. T. Batton; five sisters, Mrs. Ebb Williams of this city and Mrs. Boykins, Mrs. Fryer, Mrs. Davenport, Mrs. Grif fith of Tarboro; throe brothers, O. P. Johnson, Mac Johnson of this city and 8. S. Johnson of Suffolk. The body of Leonard Chamber lin, electrocuted at the Fairgrounds Friday night, October 1st, will be shipped from Roanoke Rapids at 1:30 a.m. tomorrow to Oneonta, N. Y. It was not until today that of ficial orders were received to ship the remains, almost two weeks aft er the boy’s sudden death. In the meantime many strange things barwened. A • ioy, with the carnival, who claimed to be a brother of the dead man, left here the day after the accident to notify the parents and make funeral arrangements. Noth ing more was heard of him and a week later W. C. Williams wired the parents. On Tuesday of t' s week, Mrs. Joe Rodgers, a sister of Chamber lin, her husband and- two children, arrived in Roanoke Rapids to claim the body. The Rodgers live at 219 Anderson St., Pittsburgh, Pa., where Rodgers is a steel worker. The sister had a telegram from her parents in New York telling her to go to Roanoke Rapids if she could. The Rodgers explained that the parents were both mutes and were on the relief rolls of their county in New York. It was explained to them that they ' must have more authority from the parents before the body could be released and they wired New York for instructions to act in the matter. The reply came back that the matter was being handled from New York, advising the sister to do nothing. So the Rodgers departed Wednesday, aft er borrowing funds to get back home on. Before leaving they stated that the boy who had been with Cham berlin here posing as his brother was no brother at all. They did not know who he was. Rodgers says the dead boy was only 16 years old and had been mis treated at home and later sent to a New York Reform school. He says the boy was later paroled to him and left a few months ago to join a carnival. He also was quite posi tive that the carnival should have been held here after the death of the two boys and asked questions about Workmens Compensation in this State. Saws Out Willie Edwards, arrested Satur day night on a charge of reckless driving, sawed his way to freedom from the Weldon Jail about two hours after his arrest. No trace of his whereabouts has been discovered by police.
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