HUNK NEW OFFKE
NEW OFFICE FOR
ROANOKE MILLS
AT 5TH, JACKSON
Modem Building Will
House General And
Central Office For
Company
Construction began this week on
a building for the general and
central offices for the Roanoke
Mills Company. The new building
is being erected on the old tennis
court lot on the southeast corner
of Jackson and Fifth Streets.
The building, modern in every
respect, will be 44 feet wide, 118
feet long. It will be one story with
no basement. Heat will be fur
nished by the No. 2 plant heating
unit. There will be two entrances.
The main one will be on Fifth St.
The other will open on Jackson.
The architecture will be modeled
after the Williamsburg architec
ture and Williamsburg brick will
be used in the construction. The
walls will be insulated against heat
and sound. A 4-inch thickness of
rock wool will be used in the walls
and glass of two thicknesses will
be used in the windows to break
the period of vibration, a recent
discovery in sound proofing. Black
slate will be used in the roof.
The vault will be made of steel
and brick and will carry a 4-hour
underwriter's label. The various
departments of the offices will be
separated by plate glass. Fluores
cent lighting will be installed
throughout.
Approximate cost of the building
is expected to be $35,000. Con
struction is expected to take until
about the first of the year 1941.
J. E. Serrine and Company are
the architects and C. M. Guest and
Son are the contractors for con
struction.
The new building will take care
of the combined office force of the
No. 1 and No. 2 plants.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Erwin,
Misses Madge, Delia, Lucy and An
nie Erwin, and Mrs. Walter My
rick spent Sunday in Hillsboro.
Gang Death
Car To Be
Shown Here
The "Death Car" in which Clyde
Barrow, once public enemy No. 1,
and his sweetheart, Bonnie Parker,
met their death, thus ending1 the
bloody career of two of the United
States' most notorious members of
the gangster world will be on dis
play at the White Motors, Inc.,
showroom from 1 to 9 p.m. on Fri
day and Saturday of next week.
The bandit car will be brought to
Roanoke Rapids thru the courtesy
of the local Ford-Mercury-Zephyr
dealers, and will be exhibited free
to the public.
The "Death Car" is now on a
nation wide tour, working in con
junction with the President in a
nation wide drive to prevent crime.
With this exhibition, a lecture
will be given by C. Wiley Stanley
and Everett Pillingham, nationally
known lecturer and long connect
ed with the National Anti-Crime
Association. A brief talk will be
given at the car, explaining what
happened at the time the bandits
were killed by the officers, detail
ing something of their careers and
answering countless questions that
the audience is privileged to ask.
The exhibition shows the result
of our government's relentless drive
against crime. Special invitations
have been extended to ministers,
local officials and police every
where to come and view the "Death
Car" in which the two notorious
criminals were shot to death by
operatives of the law.
JACKSON
Citizens of Jackson are enjoying
good streets now. Tarring of the
streets has been completed, and
work on the sidewalks will begin
soon.
The new Jackson Funeral Home
on Seaboard avenue has been com
pleted and manager R. L. Grant
stated Monday that it would be
open for inspection by the public
all this week.
Work on the new colored school
is progressing rapidly. It is hoped
that it will be completed by the
the close of harvest vacation, and
class work may begin in the new
building when school reopens.
I J. W. Morris, manager of the
Farmers Ginning Co., is having an
attractive new home build on "the
Hill". He is planning to move into
It about Thanksgiving.
J. (Johnny) Wheeler has opened
a new grocery store next door to !
Stedman's. Mr. Wheeler carries a
very satisfactory line of staples and
fancy groceries, fruits and poultry
feed.
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High School, accompanied by their
teacher, J. B. Litchfield, spent last
Thursday at the Raleigh Fair.
Miss Ertie Boyd Warren, teacher
of the primary department of the
Jackson school, spent· the week-end
at her home in Littleton.
Miss Wendy Mac Wheeler, cash
ier for Leggett's Dept. Store at
Roanoke Rapids and Miss Lucy
Outland, also of Roanoke Rapids,
were the week-end guests of Miss
Wheeler's parents, Mr and Mrs. J.
W. Wheeler.
Mr. and Mrs S. J. Calvert and
daughters, Mrs. Sallie Parker and
Misses Mae and Julia Calvert were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Worth Calvert at their home in
Norfolk.
Gilbert Vaughn left Sunday to
accept employment with the Vir
ginia Highway Commission at
Norfolk.
Miss Carlon Hostess
The Monday Night Bridge Club
enjoyed an evening of bridge on
Monday of this week with Miss Lu
cille Carlon as hostess. Rosemary
Lodge, where the jjarty was held,
was attractively decorated with
many flowers and twelve guests en
joyed six progressions. At ten fif
teen the scores were added and
Miss Elizabeth Clark was found to
hold the highest score and was
presented an attractive prize. A
salad course served by the hostess
at the conclusion of the game was
much enjoyed. The players includ
ed Mesdames Carroll Wilson, Ned
Manning, Frank Hawley, Howard
Pruden Allen Zollicoffer, Julian
Allsbrook, Howerton Gowen, Misses
Ruth Transou Elizabeth Clark,
Winifred Beckwith, Evelyn Mullen
and Mrs. Forrest.
U. S. Parachutists in Action
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V. 8. Army Signal Corps Phot·
Soldiers of the Test Parachute Battalion (consisting of two officers and
48 men) drift earthward "behind the enemy lines" in a demonstration at
Fort Benning, Ga., where they will form the nucleus of the 501st Para*
chute Battalion under command of Major William M. Miley.
Warren Wallace and Claude Car- Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Williams
•owan of Tampa, Florida, visited in and son, Owen, attended the birth
he home of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. ; day dinner of R. L. Williams in
Wilkinson Sunday. I Rocky Mount.
Rochelle Realty
Offices Are Now
Open Full Time
The offices of the Rochelle Real
ty Company, located in the Kidd
Building, will in the future be
open on a full basis according to
announcement made this week by
Ike Rochelle. Miss Alma O'dell
has been employed to stay in the
office, and will keep same open
from 9 to 5 o'clock.
Mr. Rochelle has maintained of
fices here for some time. His add
ing a full-time employee comes as
a result of increased patronage.
Celebrates Birthday
Miss Mae Allen Burbage enter
tained a number of her friends
Saturday night, in honor of her
16th birthday. The birthday table
was attractively arranged in a col
or scheme of pink and green.
Streamers of pink and green were
brought down from the middle of
the room with place cards at the
end. In the center of the table,
the birthday cake was lighted. Re
freshments consisting of hot choco
late, sandwiches, cakes, peanuts,
mints were served to the follow
ing: Misses Dorothy Askew, Nesbit
Wilkinson, Kathaleen Crumpler,
Dorothy Ogburn, Marie Jernigan,
Thelma Taylor, Margaret Brown,
Irma Lee Grant, Marion Perkin
son, Josephine Draper, Ruth Smith,
Frances Rook, Helen Joyner, Ma
mie Faye Journigan, Melba Harris,
Douglas Hasty, Gilbert Draper,
Eugene Ennis, Marvin Singletary,
Clifton Wrenn, L. W. Pullen, 'Star·
Clements, 'Doc' Murphrey, Bennie
Vester, Ralph Scearce, Loamis Jor
dan, Raymond Green, Chester Wil
kins and Albert Poindexter.
Games and dancing were enjoyed
throughout the evening. Miss Bur
bage was the recipient of many
lovely gifts.
We are pleased to announce that
due to our constantly increasing
patronage we're instituting a policy of
FULL TIME
OFFICE HOURS
You may now call us at any time
during regular business hours for in
quiries on RENTALS, SALES, LOANS
etc. and you will be given prompt
service. Our office will be open daily
from 9 to 12, and from 1 to 5 P. M.
We are the medium thru which BUYER
and SELLER — RENTOR and LANDLORD
meet, and you may depend upon our service.
We specialize in the handling of —
FARM and TIMBER LANDS,
CITY REAL ESTATE and HOMES
In fact, if it concerns Real Estate, see —
ROCHELLE
Telephone Office, R-760-1
KIDD BUILDING
REALTY CO.
Residence R-535-1
ROANOKE RAPIDS