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IN. C.a TABIold Picture NEWSpaper More New* “ Mon l I - All Home-Print - * Advertising - Man Paid Subscribers I VOLUME TWEnW^PTVE ROANOKE RAPIDS, ~nTTHURSDAY, JUNE 27,1940 NUMBER 50 ■ ENDORSE PROGRESS MOTIONS Seek Bus, Mail, & Hiway Service The Board of Directors of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Asso ciation signed a petition to the re ceivers of the Seaboard Airline Railway asking them to withdraw protests to the Interstate Com merce Commission against grant ing the Carolina Coach Company the right to operate additional bus services and to establish a bus ter minal in Roanoke Rapids, at a meeting of the officers and direc tors this week. The petition was presented to the Board by Carroll Wilson, editor and publisher of the Herald. (The petition appears else where in this Issue of the paper). A committee of W. A. Thorne, chairman, Carroll Wilson, W. P. Taylor, H. S. Loy, J. R. Manning, H. B. Christie, Julian Allsbrook was appointed to appear before District Highway Commissioner D. C. Barnes of Murfreesboro in re lation to securing additional high way facilities into and out of the city of Roanoke Rapids. This com mittee will ask the Commissioner to construct an alternate highway, which would be surface treated, from Summit, about six miles east of Littleton, along the bed of the old road through Thelma to Roa noke Rapids. The highway would pass through the city on Tenth Street and follow the Tenth Street extension east, crossing the rail road near the sawmill and enter ing the present highway about the fairground. The east section of the road would follow the road which the highway department expects to build next fall, as was announced last week. The present road thru South Rosemary would be main tained as the main route. The merchants also adopted a plan to petition the U. S. Post Of fice Department for a star route from Norlina to Roanoke Rapids. This star route would give the city an early mo:* ling mail, whereas it gets the first mail from* the west around nine a,m. by train. The Directors went on record as endorsing the tubercular prevento rium which is being established for underprivileged children of the city. The preventorium will be housed in the South Rosemary school building. The Directors re-elected C. C. Shell, proprietor of the Quality Shop, as State Director of the North Carolina Merchants Associ ation. Mr. Shell has served in this capacity for a number of years. He will attend the State Convention at Elizabeth City on July 8 and 9, along with Mrs. Lillian Belle Thorne, secretary of the local or ganization. The secretary reported to the Dir rectors that the majority of the' merchants would dose their stores all day on July 4. She said further River Bridge Under Construction Above are two views of the new bridge that is under construction across the north arm of the Roanoke River between the main channel and Gaston. Machinery is being moved here for the construction of the road from the river to the cross roads at Camps Store. The job will be complete in about 90 days. CENSUS UP EIGHTEEN The census figure for the City of Roanoke Rapids was increased by 18 this week when that number of persons appeared at the City Hall and said that they had been missed by the census takers during the regular canvass. The figure now stands for the city proper at 8,539. Those who called at the City Hall were given the proper forms to fill out. The forms were forwarded to the Census Supervisor in Rocky Mount where they will be recorded for the city. The population for Greater Roa noke Rapids, including suburban residential districts, is estimated at slightly over 12,000. Actual figures for Roanoke Rapids township, which does not include the Gaston area, stands at 13,466. The total for the areas immediately adjacent to the' city is computed at 15,400. (All figures released are prelim inary and are subject to correction) that some stores had planned to re main open Wednesday afternoon during the customary half holiday in view of the fact that the stores would be .closed throughout the fol lowing day. To Close On 4th The majority of the stores in the city, the banks, beauty par lors, and the post office will be closed all day on Thursday, July 4. Some of the stores will not take the customary half holiday Wednesday afternoon, remaining open throughout the day July 3. ■ -. .— Two Local Boys Put On Probation Entering Homes An end, it is hoped by local au thorities, was put to the wave of house-entering throughout the city this we’K when the County Juvenile Judge Leonidas Hux put two local boys, aged 10 and 15, under proba tion for a period of two years. Local police traced the entering to the two children here and found a part of the articles which had been taken from the homes in their possession. Nothing of great value, however, had been taken. One pistol was recovered and a number of cigarettes were found. Police say that the boys acknow ledged to entering a number of homes and the Jackson Service Station a few weeks ago. f ■ ' i ‘ i". ' ..i- . ORGANIZATIONS IN CITY PETITION RAILWAY COMPANY The following petition In regard to protests by the receivers of the Seaboard Airline Railway to the Interstate Commerce Commission against granting the Carolina Coach Company a temporary cer tificate giving the company the right to operate a new series of bus lines to and through Roanoke Rapids and to establish a bus ter minal here has been signed by Mayor and Commissioners of the City, officers and directors of the Merchants Association, officers and directors of the Rotary, Kiwanis, and Lions Clubs and was mailed to the receivers of the railway com pany today: June 25, 1940 To The Receivers of The Seaboard Airline Railway Norfolk, Virginia WHEREAS, the Carolina . Coach Company will start operation of a new series of bus lines immediate ly upon receipt of a charter from the Interstate Commerce Commis sion whereby RoanoKe Rapids would become an important bus terminal: with some twenty buses per day entering and leaving the city connecting witn jNorioiK, Richmond, Washington, D. C., Ra leigh, the capitol of North Carolina, Rocky Mount and Fayetteville and other points in this state and Vir ginia as well as making direct con nections with New York and Flori da buses, and WHEREAS, the Carolina Coach Company intends to erect in the city of Roanoke Rapids a bus ter minal and garages for the housing and repair of buses as well as cen tral station for passengers, thus bringing to Roanoke Rapids as permanent citizens at least a half dozen families, and WHEREAS, the North Carolina State Utilities Commission has ap proved said franchise in so far as the State of North Carolina is con cerned, and the examiner for the Interstate Commerce Commission, after the proper hearing at Ra leigh, N. C., recommended to the Interstate Commerce Commission that a temporary certificate be granted the said Carolina Coach Company, and WHEREAS, the Seaboard Airline Railway, through its attorney, ap peared before the Utilities Com mission and the examiner of the Interstate Commerce Commission and protested the granting of said charter, and WHEREAS, since the recommen dation for the temporary certifi cate the same Seaboard Airline Railway has filed further protest as against the granting of the tem porary certificate, therefore, be it resolved by the Mnyor and City Board of Commissioners of Roa noke Rapids, by the officers and directors of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association, by the of ficers and directors of the Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary Clubs of Roanoke Rapids that we respectfully peti tion the officials of the Seaboard Airline Railway to withdraw any further protest to the granting of either temporary certificate or a permanent charter to the Carolina Coach Company as it is our sincere belief that those who would op pose the granting of such are blocking the future progress of the city of Roanoke Rapids and are depriving the people of Roanoke Rapids and of this section of North Carolina of benefits and conveni ences which are rightfully theirs. cc-Carolina Coach Company Interstate Commerce Commission N. C. State Utilities Commission TO PICK COUNTRY CLUB LEADERS AT MEETING JUNE 28 - I A meeting of the proposed stock holders of the Roanoke Rapids Country Club will be held Friday night, June 28, at 7:30 in the Mu nicipal building for the purpose of electing officers and directors for the corporation. The charter, which has been signed by members who were instrumental in the forma tion of the club, is expected to be in the hands of the club by the meeting Friday night. The meeting Friday night was set at another meeting Monday night when Frank Sherry, chair man of the stock soliciting com mittee, called the stockholders to gether for the purpose of selecting committees for drawing up by-laws and a constitution for the club. A bout thirty-five stockholders at tended the meeting. J. R. Allsbrook was selected as chairman of the committee to draw up the by-laws and the constitu tion. Appointed to help him were Dr. Upshur Higginbotham and Lyle Wilson. These men are expected to have the above documents ready for presentation for the club’s ap proval Friday night. Mr. Allsbrook was also selected (Continued on Page 12)
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