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VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. THURSDAY, MAR. 16, 1939 NUMBER 36 LOCAL HAPPENINGS ......... HOWARD PPO'DEH LETS THE \ * WWdW PRO iff 40tic. SPRINKLER SYSTEM TO BE INSTALLED AT THE HOSPITAL The Roanoke Rapids Hospital will soon take another step for ward with the installation of a sprinkler system over the entire hospital building. A contract was signed yesterday with the Grinnell Automatic Sprinkler Co. calling for a com plete and modern coverage of the local hospital with their latest and best equipment to make the hos pital fireproof on every floor and in every wing. The system will be similar to that installed in local mills and theatres where the system starts automatic sprinkling whenever the temperature reaches a certain point. Engineers from the Grinnell Co. will arrive here next week to make a study and plans for the system which will be installed just as soon as the proper equipment is ship ped. | Celebrate 27th Anniversary Of Girl Scouting — SEE EDITORIAL PAGE — Library Gets 172 Books In Drive — SEE PAGE 2, SEC. B — THIS FRIDAY NIGHT LAST CHANCE TO SEE SAWDUST-SP'GLES A packed auditorium saw the first night’s performance of “Saw dust and Spangles”, mammoth cir cus-minstrel-revue staged here to night as the 9th annual Kiwanis Club shqw. Another big crowd is expected to see the second and last night’s show this Friday night. Old and young, of all ages, en joyed seeing the Big Top circus brought inside the High School au ditorium . . everything was there to create the real circus atmos phere with the butcher boys selling candy, peanuts, pink lemonade and balloons up and down the aisles be fore the show and during inter mission, the circus music, the bark er in front of the side show, the freaks (what freaks) inside the sideshow, and then the circu3 un der the big top. Highspots under the Big Top in cluded An Oriental Fantasy, the big parade with trumpeters, lantern bearers, the Queen and Prince, the Queen’s Guards, Nautch dancers and the Butterflies; the clowns and clown band; the International jockies; queens of the tight wire; the World’s most ferocious animals; the Indian dancers; basket horses and bareback riders; Grecian Pose artists; Sweethearts of the Waltz; Madame Mystica; the famous Blue Ribbon Ponies; and the Military March of Time. After intermission came the Wild West Concert with singing and (Continued on Page 5, Sec .A) REPORT NO LOSS OF LIFE Scott Benton Is Called To Former Home By Disaster Hiway Patrolman From Here Aids in Stricken Area A freak tornado hit the nearby town of Sunbury, in Gates County, about 3:30 o’clock this morn ing, doing considerable property damage, but only slight injuries to three people, it was learned in Roanoke Rap ids early today. M. Scott Benton, prom inent city attorney and junior partner of the law firm of Allsbrook and Benton, whose former home is in Sunbury, was called there early today with the message that although none of his people were hurt, that they had suffered considerably in property damage. btate Highway Patrolman H. W. Rothroek was also called to the scene of the disaster, and left for there about ten o'clock. Rothroek returned to his station here late this afternoon after spending the day there, but could not be reached at press time for details surround ing the catastrophe. A cotton gin and saw mill were demolished, the Episcopal church was damaged, and roofs were blown off a number of garages and sheds, it was reported. An automobile trailer was blown 75 yards and destroyed, the two oc cupants receiving only slight scratches. A Negro fireman on duty at the saw mill was the only one to re ceive extensive hurts. The blow came suddenly and last ed only two minutes, but left de molished buildings and debris in its wake. Pictures Of Twin Calves Born Here — SEE PAGE 6, SEC. A —
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