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VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1938 NUMBER 19
50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
The children of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Hopkins of Roanoke Rapids hon
ored them with a dinner Sunday, Nov. 6th, celebrating their 50th wedding,
anniversary. Among the many here for the celebration were seven sons and
daughters, 25 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Almost 100 per
sons were served at a sumptious Sunday dinner in the yard of the Hopkins
home at 57 Washington St. In the picture above are Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins
seated, while standing from left to right are the following children: Mattie
Ethridge, Willie Hopkins, Madgie Cooper, Deanie Hollidia, Ruth Hurst, Fred
Hopkins, Marie Carpenter.
JAX END SEASON
THIS FRIDAY WITH
OLD FOE. E. CITY
The last High School football
game of the season will be played
here Friday afternoon with Eliza
beth City, old time rivals of Roa
noke Rapids, coming here in an
effort to blast what has been a
most successful season for the Yel
low Jackets.
The rivalry between the two
schools has always been intense
and Elizabeth City is expected to
bring another large crowd of root
ers here Friday. One year, there
were more here from Elizabeth
City than from Roanoke Rapids.
With this the last game of the
year, it is hoped that Roanoke Rap
ids will turn out in full force to
see the home team close a season
which has been marred by only
one defeat when the Jax lost to
Goldsboro there by one touchdown.
The local boys ha^ve defeated Wil
liamston, Washington, New Bern,
Kinston, Greenville; Henderson and
Tarboro.
W. Williams
Drops Dead
Here Today
Willie Williams, aged Roanoke
Rapids man, died about noon today
from heart failure.
Mr. Williams lived alone in an
old office building back of New
some Oil Co. plant at Roanoke
Junction. He had been in ill health
for some time and was being treat
ed by a physician for bad heart.
The body was taken to Weldon
this afternoon where the deceased’s
son, Lloyd, lives. A brother, Char
ley, of Lawrenceville, also survives.
Alonzo William^ of Roanoke Rap
ids is a nephew,
Patrolman
Hines Is
Club Speaker
State Highway Patrolman Hines,
stationed at Weldon, was the guest
speaker at the Kiwanis Club to
night and gave a history of the
State Highway Patrol and touched
on some of the laws and rules of
driving.
Members of the Club entered in
to a spirited contest to see how
many questions they could ask
when the time on the program
came for quizzing the Patrolman
about laws and rules which wor
ried them. Time had to be called
before all questions could be ans
wered regarding licenses, speed
laws, signals, right of way, acci
dents and other interesting ques
tions.
Mr. Hines called special attention
to the new law which makes it nec
essary for anyone having an acci
dent in which their car is damaged
over $10 to report the accident to
an officer of the law immediately.
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
TO BURN EARLIER
THIS YEAR IS PLAN
Christmas will come a little earli
er to Roanoke Rapids this year
with plans of the Roanoke Rapids
Merchants Association being made
to put up the Christmas lights and
decorations next week instead of
waiting until after the first of De
cember.
A crew will start the first of next
week stringing the colored lights
with plans being made now to turn
them on for the first time on next
Friday night, November 25th, the
day after Thanksgiving. Decora
tions for the light standards of the
White Way have been ordered and
they will be “dressed up” next week
in time for the opening of the
Christmas season in Roanoke Rap
ids next Friday night. Stores plan
are getting ready to fix their
Christmas windows for the Friday
night opening on the 25th.
Next weekend and the week-end
of Dec. 1 will see Christmas stocks
at a peak in Roanoke Rapids stores
with a larger variety for the holi
day season than ever before.
Citizens of this section are in
vited to be in Roanoke Rapids on
the evening of the 25th to see the
Christmas lights turned on and to
view the new Christmas stocks
which will then be ready for their
inspection.
Meanwhile, the Trade Days Cam
paign is well under way with shop
pers taking advantage of the of
fers and prizes to be given by the
Merchants Association members.
This campaign will continue until
to stay open later that night and Christmas.
To Head Chest Drive
Frank M. Sherry, manager of the Virginia
Electric & Power Co. here, who will be campaign
chairman of the first Community Chest Drive in
Roanoke Rapids. The drive for funds will start
Monday, Nov. 28th. For further details see page
1, section B. F ®