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RUBY COOK. PAPER MILL EMPLOYEE. IS BURIED TUESDAY Ruby H. Cook, 32 year old em ployee of Halifax Paper Co., died suddenly here Sunday morning of heart failure. He was on the morning shift from 7 until 3 and had an attack about 8 o’clock Sunday morning. A fellow employee took the faint ing man to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital where he died in about 15 minutes. So far as known he had never suffered from a previous heart attack. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon from his brother’s residence at Gumberry with inter ment in the family cemetery there. Pallbearers were the following fel low employees of Halifax Paper Co.: Bruce Rook, W. P. Adkins, Thomas Clary, George Delphenthal, William Aycock and Joe Jolly. Flower girls were Misses Estelle Drewette, O’Nell DeLoach, Eva Gibson, Mrs. Maud Higgins. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Birdsong Cook, a brother, R. C. Cook of Gumberry, and a sis ter, Mrs. Carpenter of Gumberry. The deceased has lived in Roanoke Rapids for the past 18 years, the last 15 of which he was employed at the Halifax Paper Co. Dies Suddenly RUBY H. COOK SETTLE LOCAL CASE JOHNSON VS VEPCO IN SUPERIOR COURT ,_—- ! Halifax Superior Court is in Civil session this week with Hon. Wal ter J. Bone^ Judge presiding. The following cases had been disposed of yesterday: Charles T. Johnson and wife, Jo sephine O. Johnson vs Virginia E lectric & Power Company. Pend ing trial of the case the matters in controversy being compromised and settled the following judgment was entered. It appearing to the Court that the matters in contro versy have been compromised and settled it is therefore ordered, con sidered and adjudged that the de fendant pay the costs of court oth er than those which have already been paid by the plaintiff and the witnesses subpoenaed by it and that the plaintiff pay his own wit nesses. It is further ordered and adjudged that the easement exe cuted by Chas. T. Johnson and Josephine O. Johnson, his wife, to the Virginia Electric and Power Company dated May 21, 1938, re corded in Book 480 at page 120, with blue print attached, be and the same is hereby declared to be a valid and binding easement con veying such title to the right of way as specified in easement. J. A. Crawley vs Howard John son. It appearing to the court that Robert T. Kirkland, attorney for the plaintiff, made motion at the succeeding term of Superior Court for dismissal of the appeal to Su perior Court due to the fact that the appeal was never perfected and that said cause has been plac ed on calendar for motion to dis miss and has been continued until this term of court, wherefore upon motion of the attorney for the plaintiff it is ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the appeal of the defendant be dis missed. William R. Harvey vs Mildred F. Harvey, granted a divorce. W. A. Kime vs J. W. Johnston and wife, Rebecca Johnston. An issue was submitted to and answer ed by the jury as follows: In what amount if any, are the defendants indebted to the plaintiff? Answer: None. It is therefore by the Court ordered, adjudged ‘and decreed that the plaintiff recover nothing of the defendants and that f ie costs hereof be taxed against the plaintiff. j Bloom Bros. To Move To Bigger Bldg. In a double-page advertisement of this issue of the Herald, Bloom Bros, announce their “Removal Sale.” Altho the city department store does not outline the full de tails of their plans for the future, they state that in order to give Roanoke Rapids the type of store it is their desire to operate here, REPAIRS Here is only PART of the work done in our shop . . . with all latest type of equip ment . . . 0 Front Wheels Aligned 0 Front Axles Straightened 0 Frames Straightened 0 Bent Wheels Straightened 0 Head-lights focused with the “Weaver” Electric Eye 0 Radiators Cleaned (to pre vent Over-heating) 0 Radiators Repaired 0 Special Machine Work 0 Broken Farts of all kinds welded by Electric or Acety lene method 0 Bent Fenders straightened and painted like new 0 Brakes Re-Lined 0 Generator and Starter Re paired 0 EXIDE Batteries & Service Try Our Service— You will like it! Estimates Gladly Given BRICKELL MOTOR CO. WRECKER SERVICE Dial R-414-1 Mother Of Mrs. Bunch Dies Here Mrs. Carrie S. Faison, wife of the late V. A. Faison, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. G. Bunch, BOO Hamilton Street, Wednesday night. Mrs. Faison had been in declining health for over a year. She is survived by tw'o children, Mrs. W. G. Bunch, Roanoke Rapids, and V. A. Faison, Jr. of High Point N. C. Funeral services will be con ducted at the Spring Hill Church near Waverly, Virginia, Friday at two o’clock. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The pallbearers will be nephews of the deceased. that they are forced to seek larger quarters, and that they will soon announce the opening of a “big ger-better” store for Roanoke Rap ids. The present Bloom Bros, store was established at 1006 Roanoke Avenue on August 16th, 1935, and has enjoyed a continuous growth under the capable management of Harold Bloom, youngest of the brothers, as is evidenced by their intended expansion. The name of Bloom Bros, has been a familiar one in retailing in this section since 1912. Mr. Bloom states that their larg er store will enable them to carry a greater stock and wider variety of merchandise in all lines, and that it is their intention to add materially to the departments and merchandise now carried. The Removal Sale starts Friday, March 24th, at 9 a.m. and features store-wide reductions, as the com pany explains they would prefer to close out their present stock of merchandise and move into the new store with all new goods. Mr. Cook, of the merchandising service department of Richmond Dry Goods Co. arrived here the first of the week to assist in the promotion work in connection with the sale. Monroe Starke and Carlton Can non returned to Chapel Hill Mon day. nnnoundjtq In Addition to our Distributing Point - j located at the FARMER’S WAREHOUSE (the Peanut Warehouse) Corner of Roanoke Avenue and First Streets, Roanoke Rapids, we are pleased to announce the following dealers in this territory ready to serve you with — Halifax Farmers Sup. Co. Stedman Stores Co. Roanoke Hardware Co. P. I. Rook & Son J. W. Crew, Sr. R. D. Bryant C. D. Wrenn E. H. Shell Sales will be made direct from the warehouse, or through our local dealers. SWIFTS FERTILIZER WORKS A DIVISION OF SWIFT & CO. Roanoke Rapids Distributing Point Located at Farmers’ Warehouse. , . (The "Peanut” Warehouse — Roanoke Avenue near First St.) ' - -.i.......... DALLAS COLLINS FUNERAL IS HELD HERE SUNDAY AFT Dallas Collins, 58 years old, native of this section of the county and one of the pioneer residents of Roanoke Rapids, died Saturday morning at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital after several weeks illness. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at the First Baptist Church by the Rev. Gordon Price. One of the largest crowds in recent •ears attended the services. Inter ment was in Roanoke Rapids Cem etery. Pallbearers were Tom Bael, A. B. Tudor, John Baird, Pau! Kar ris, Jack Lipscomb and W. N. Un derwood. Members of the Baraca Class acted as honorary pallbearers. Mr. Collins is survived by his widow, Mrs. Sally Collins, two sons, Joe and Hubert, Washington. D. C. and three brothers, Ben Col lins, ' Weldon, Bill Collins, Siler City, and Emmett Collins. Ala bama. The deceased was for many years a valued employee of Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1. FREE WEST'GHOUSE COOKING SCHOOL TO BE HELD HERE 4«i ---i A free cooking school, with ac tual demonstrations taking place on the stage; an expert home econo mist in charge, and an attractive list of free prizes will be held at the High School Auditorium here Tuesday, April 4th, at 2:30 p.m., through the co-operation of the Westinghouse Electric and .Manu facturing Company, and the Vir ginia Electric and Power Co., it was announced today by Ted Speight, local sales manager for Vepco. This will be the first cooking school with actual demonstrations taking place on the stage, to be held in Roanoke Rapids for the past five or six years, and it is an ticipated that interest will run high in the demonstrations. Prepara tions are being made to take care of large crowds, and every house wife in this vicinity is invited to attend the school without the slightest cost or obligation. In fact, the large number of free prizes to be offered those attend ing is an inducement few house-' wives can afford to pass up. Miss Elizabeth Lake, Chief Hom*i Economist and Dietetics Expert foir the Middle Atlantic District of thje Westinghouse Electric and M;m>i facturing Co. will be in charge faf the cooking school here. Miss Lake brings with her a mcjst comprehensive background in tide Home Service and Household Man agement field. After graduation from the State University of IoVa, Miss Lake began a career of (di versified activities that has given her an exceptional background; of experience and training, a back ground that has particularly su ited her for the position she now ho'lds. Miss Lake has recently enlarged upon her previous knowledge and experience by completing an in tensive and highly specialized course of training under the dir'ect supervision of Mrs. Julia Kieme, Head of the Home Economics de partment of the Westinghouse headquarters in Mansfield, Ohio.) Mrs. Mamie Modlin and son of Norfolk, Va. spent the week-end with Mrs. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Gorman of Atlanta, Ga., are visiting Mr, and Mrs. Bradford Browning.
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