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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, OCT. 2, 1941 NUMBER 10 Vote On School Board Members Will Be Held At High School Oct. 7 _ & Three Board Members To Be Named Local citizens will vote here next Tuesday to elect three members of the Board of Trustees of the Roanoke Rapids Graded School District. The nine members of the Board of Trustees are elected for six years, and their terms are "stag gered” so that three come up for election every two years. Terms of A. O. Pendleton, W. T. Hodges and F. D. Wilson expire this year, and other members of the board are R. L. Towe, chairman, E. W. Eubank, W. L. Manning, E. A. Tellega, Dr. Bahnson Weathers, and William L. Medlin. Registration books for the e lection opened on September 26, with Will Nelson of the high school faculty as registrar. The books will close at 5 o’clock Saturday af ternoon, October 4, for registra tion of those wishing to vote in the election. “Challenge Day” for (Continued on Page 7, Sec. A) ANNIVERSARY Miss Hattie Clement Read, Deputy Clerk of Superior Court in Halifax County, observed an anniversary on Wednesday of this week—but it wasn’t her birthday anniversary. Miss Clemmie, or “Clem” as she is better known, observed her fifteenth year as an em ployee in the Clerk of Court’s office. She has been Deputy Clerk since 1927, and the anni versary was celebrated by work ing a little harder than usual because of a session of Superior Court for trial of civil cases being held this week and next. Didn’t Work William Matthews, 21-year old Weldon Negro, was trying to play the role of peace-maker when he tried to separate two men who were fighting—but he’ll think twice before inter ceding in someone else’s trouble again. Matthews was struck on the head with a bottle, and it took a couple of stitches by doctors at the local hospital to sew up the wound in his scalp. He said he didn’t know who hit him. Log-Rollers In City At the Bright Belt Bog Rolling of the World here [last week Charle Director of the Wpw, was the prii top photo above at the left. Next Roanoke Rapids, Who delivered the persons attending the meeting; D. 1 field representative; and J. Exum 1 'meeting. Part of the large crowd fillini bottom picture consuming the brunt Association meeting of the Woodmen s A. Hines of Greensboro, National icipal speaker. He is shown in the to Hines is Mayor Kelly Jenkins of address of welcome to around 250 V. Faircloth of Rocky Mount, WOW tellamy, master of ceremonies at the f the meeting hall is shown in the ■wick stew and barbecue served. Man Drops Dead . ■ ■■■ ■■ at "Soup's On" At School The lunch room at the high school opened here last week, and above are scenes of the project. Shown at the top are three of the cooks preparing food, the middle photo is of children lined up to receive their well-balanced meals, and in the bottom picture three of the youngsters are ready to eat. The PTA, affiliate of the Community Chest, sponsors the lunch room with help of the PWA. Lunches are served for 10c to those able to pay for them, and free lunches given other children are paid for by the PTA and the Woman’s Club out of funds received from the Community Chest. Miss Evelyn Tillman, home economics teacher at the high school, is supervisor of the lunch room. PWA employees are: Miss Mertie Faison, head of the kitchen, and Mrs. Lizzie Cooke Tudor, Mrs. Annie L. Lee, and Mrs. Evelyn D. Lysley. NYA girls who assist with prepara tion and serving of the food are Ruth Spence, Mildred Barret and Olelia Britt. Each lunch includes a bowl of soup, fruit juice, sandwich, and a dessert to offer hot, wholesome and nourishing food for the children. No Stranger Judge Johnson Was Ball Player For City When Judge Jeff D. Johnson Jr. ar rived at Halifax this week to pre side over a two-weeks term of Su perior Court, it wasn’t like going into a strange town. Judge Johnson, who was getting along nicely practicing law in Clin ton, where he hung out his shingle back in 1926, when appointed as a jurist recently, has some fond rec ollections about Halifax County— and particularly does he remembei Roanoke Rapids with a warm feel ing because it was back in his col (Continued on Page 7, Sec. A: SUDDEN DEATH STRIKES Carl Fitzpatrick of Scotland Neck dropped dead at Bass’ filling station at Halifax today, apparently from a heart attack. He was about 35 years old. It was reported that Fitzpatrick was enroute to Halifax with B. G. Dobson of Greensboro, District Su perintendent of Western Union, to see Solicitor Wade Dickens of the county recorder’s court about a claim Fitzpatrick was said to have against the telegraph company. They were accompanied by a Mr. Alston from the Atlanta, Ga., West ern Union office. Fitzpatrick was employed at Scotland Neck by Western Union, it was reported. About a mile from Halifax, Fitz patrick complained of a pain in his chest and the party stopped at a filling station for him to get a soft drink. The men then got back into the car and Fitzpatrick stat ed he felt somewhat better. How ever, upon reaching Halifax he got out of the car at Bass’ service sta tion and dropped dead. Coroner T. M. Cooper of Enfield was summoned, and stated that an inquest would not be necessary. The body was taken to a Scotland Neck funeral home, and funeral arrangements were not complete this afternoon. Surviving Fitzpatrick are his mother and a sister, Miss Lossie Fitzpatrick, both of Scotland Neck. State Auto Tags Arrive Office Here 1942 North Carolina motor ve hicle license plates—4,000 of them —have arrived here at the branch office of the Carolina Motor Club in the Municipal Building, and will go on sale December 1. This year was the first for sell ing the tags here, -and Mrs. Ruby Wood Mincher, manager of the branch office, said that 6,063 plates were sold for automobiles, trucks, trailers and motorcycles. Mrs. Dorothy Shearin is assistant man ager of the office. It is estimated that the branch office brought a large number of citizens in this section to Roanoke Rapids to purchase their license plates during the year, and even more are expected to be sold by the office in 1942. At the same time it was an nounced that the city tags will go on sale December 1. The tags this year are metal, the city board having voted several months ago to switch back to that type of city license instead of the sticker-type in use this year. New State licenses this year are . black numerals on a yellow back ground.
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