Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], November 30, 1939, SECTION A, Page 2, Image 2

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GRAND JURY REPORTS
DEFECTS IN 21 CO.
BUSES TO SUP. JUDGE
Following is the report of the
Halifax County Grand Jury made
to Judge of the Superior Court,
the Hon. C. E. Thompson of Eliz
abeth City:
To the Hon. C. E. Thompson,
Judge Presiding:
We, the Grand Jury for Halifax
County, beg to submit the follow
ing report:
We have passed upon all bills
which have been brought to our
attention to the best of our ability.
Our Foreman met with the white
school bus drivers in the Court
house on September 1st, and with
the colored bus drivers on Septem
ber 8th, and endeavored to impress
upon them the importance of per
forming their services in the best
manner possible. While all drivers
have been required to pass an ex
amination, their attention was spe
cifically called to the importance
of driving in a safe manner so as
to safeguard the lives of pupils
entrusted to their care. One cf
the State Highway Patrolmen was
also present to give specific in
structions in regard to their duties.
An inspection of the school buses
at this term revealed the following
defects:
Enfield—No. 8, no lights; poor
brakes; Colored—No. 47A, bad wire
on ignition switch.
Roanoke Rapids—No. 25, no horn.
Aurelian Springs—No. 36, stop
sign not in working condition; No.
51, stop sign in need of adjusting,
no horn; No. 28, no lights, horn not
working and steering gear in need
of adjustment; No. 42, steering
gear needs adjustment; No. 27, no
lights, no horn; No. 18, no lights;
No. 23, no wiper, no lights, flag not
working; No. 26, wiper and lights
In need of adjustment, front wheels
need bushing.
Scotland Neck—No. 50, bad horn;
No. 1, stop signal in bad condition.
Hobgood—No. 30, bad lights; No.
17, broken glasses, no stop sign,
speedometer broken.
Eastman colored—No. 9, no
lights; No. 24, no license; No. 44.
no lights; No. 40, no lights, lamps
gone.
Weldon colored—No. 19, no lights;
Weldon white—need sun shades.
We have inspected all of the
offices in the Courthouse and find
them all in their usual splendid
condition. f
We visited the County jail and
found same in its usual good con
dition.
on our visit to the County Home
and County Sanatorium we found
them in excellent condition, and
their management a credit to Hal
ifax County.
We found the condition of Pub
lic and Private Rest Rooms in
Courthouse to be satisfactory and
much improvement over conditions
on our last examination.
All Justices of the Peace have
made the required reports with the
exception of Mr. E. C. Ruffin.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. SANDERS.
Foreman Grand Jury.
Wednesd’y Night Bridge
Mrs. Calvin Kennemur was host
ess last week when she entertained
the Wednesday Night Bridge Club
at her home on Hamilton Street.
She used lovely arrangements of
white and lavender chrysanthe
mums in the living and dining
rooms. Prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Jimmie Curran for high score,
Mrs. Charles Fitts second high, and
Mrs. J. A. Wood floating prize.
Mrs. Kennemur served a sweet
course with coffee at refreshment
time.
Club members playing were Mes
dames Charles Fitts, J. A. Wood,
M. F. White, Francis Starke, Geo.
Sullivan, T. M. Bullock, H. E. Gib
son, Sam Bunn, Pete Graham, with
Mrs. Jimmie Curran, Bill Shaw and
Ben Parker as guests.
Mother of Weldon
Resident Is Buried
Mrs. Sallie D. Newman, 80, wife
of the late Marshall J. Newman,
died suddenly Nov. 20 at 11 p.m. at
her home in Clinton. Funeral ser
vices were held at the Clinton
Methodist Church at 2 p.m., Nov.
22, conducted by the pastor, the
Rev. R. E. Munns, assisted by the
Rev. M. C. McQueen, pastor of
Graves Memorial Presbyterian
Church. Interment was in the
Clinton Cemetery.
Survivors are five daughters,
Mrs. E. J. Turlington, Mrs. O. A.
Turlington, and Mrs. Len Boney,
all of Clinton; Mrs. Frank Rob
inson of Weldon and Mrs. C. W.
Barbee of Elizabethtown; three
sons, E. C. and A. I. Newman of
Clinton, and Joe M. Newman of
Louisville, Ky.; five sisters, Mrs.
Art Vann, Mrs. R. A. Herring, —rs.
Blake Warren and Mrs. J. C.
Weeks, all of Clinton; Mrs. Henry
Brewer of Red Springs; 30 grand
children and two great-grandchib
dren.
Brides-elect Honored
A lovely party was given on Sat
urday afternoon by Miss Aldine
Boswood and Mrs. George Hayes at
the home of Mrs. Hayes honoring
Miss Velma Clark and Miss Mar
garet Dunning, two of Roanoke
Rapids’ most popular brides-elect.
The wedding of both Miss Clark
and Miss Dunning will take place
in December. Throughout the low
er floor of the home bowls of
french marigolds, Mexican daisies
and chrysanthemums were used
for decorations. Bridal tallies were
given the guests on arrival and
places were found for playing at
six tables with several additional
guests coming in for refreshments.
The high score for the afternoon
was won by Mrs. Bill Carter. Both
Miss Clark and Miss Dunning were
presented a set of cream and sugar
dishes in Early American patterns
in frostilla glass. A sandwich plate
was served at each table for re
freshments, with Russian tea.
Those enjoying the hospitality of
Miss Boswood and Mrs. Hayes were
Mesdames Bill Carter, Virginia
Bell Harris, Beam. Helms, Colon
Womble, Johnnie Martin, Clyde
Liske, Rives Manning, Graham
Shell, B. J. Dunning, Charlena
Hart, John Clark, William Thorne,
Jr„ L. B. Brown, Wyche Land, Wil
liam Batten, Jr., Misses Margaret
Dunning, Velma Clark, Floriene
Holt, Priscilla Mullen, Evelyn Mul
len, Elizabeth Wilson, Evelyn John
son, Hattie O’dell, Hilda Hines,
Frances Newsom, Harriot Forbes,
Margaret Eakes and Virginia
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Family Is Upset
By Telephone Call
J. F. May and family were held
in suspense for about ten minutes
last Thursday night. A telephone
call came from California, where
Mr. May’s son, William, resides
and through which comes all news
and messages from another son,
Robert, who is with the U. S. Navy
| in China, at Tientsin.
When connections were finally
made the son, who lives in San
Bernardino, wished his parents and
the rest of the family a Happy
Thanksgiving, California having
observed last Thursday as the hol
iday.
Mr. May’s son left Roanoke Rap
ids in 1926 and has not been home
since that trnie. Thursday was
the first time that they had heard
his voice. Mr. May is in the elec
trical and radio business at River
side, Cal. He is married and has
three boys.
75th Birthday Party
Mrs. Raymond Garner of Garner
neighborhood was hostess at a
lovely surprise birthday party at
her home Thursday evening, Nov.
23, honoring Mrs. Eliza Garner’s
75th birthday.
Bingo and other games were en
joyed by Mesdames J. M. Garris,
T. M. Johnson, T. B. Turner, Dora
Hawkins, Sam Powell, R. L .Powell,
W. H. Mitchell, A. M. Powell. Rob
ert Flowers, J. W. Fulgham, Lillian
Smallwood, J. E. Pearson, Claude
Garner, T. M. Cooper, Clifton Gar
ner, Nellie Warren, Irvin Medlin,
Elwyn Garner, A. L. Garner, and
Miss Amy Summered; Messrs. J.
W. Fulgham, Sam Powell, Ray
mond, Claude, Elwyn, George, Lee,
Albert, Jr. and A. L. Garner.
The hostess served a sandwich
plate with coca-cola and peanuts,
after which Mrs. Garner was pre
sented a lovely basket overflowing
with many nice and useful gifts.
At 10:45 p.m. the guests left,
wishing Mrs. Garner many happy
returns of the day.
Mrs. Bunn Hostess
Mrs. Sam Bunn entertained her
bridge club Tuesday evening at her
home on Hamilton Street.
After several progressions, scores
were added and prizes presented to
Mrs. J. A. Wood for high score,
Miss Edna Wafford second high,
and Mrs. Geo. Lampley consolation
prize.
At refreshment time Mrs. Bunn
served a most attractive sweet
course—ice cream molded as tur
keys, fruit cake and coffee.
Guests included Mesdames Bill
Alligood, Sam Bunn, A. O. George,
A. L. Gilliam, George Lampley,
George Pappendick, E. B. Smoot,
H. C. Wirtz, J. A. Wood, Earl Rook,
Zollie Powell and Miss Edna Waf
ford.
Mr. and Mrs. J. U. Vaughan, Jr.,
Mrs. J. B. Barrett, Mrs. Hazel Rook
and Miss Blanch Hockaday spent
Thursday in Richmond.
SIX PEOPLE HURT
IN COLLISION AT
TARBORO FRIDAY
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Four boys from Roanoke Rapids
were injured in an automobile ac
cident about a mile west of Tar
boro last Friday night when they
were on their way to see the Roa
noke Rapids-Tarboro football
game. A man and woman from
Tarboro were also injured in the
crash that involved two cars.
Those from Roanoke Rapids were
Joe Crouch, injured about the head
and ankle; Freeman Burke, head
injury; R. L Topping, cuts and
teeth broken out; Thomas Outen,
cuts and bruises. Tom Braswell of
Tarboro received cuts and bruises,
and Miss Porter of Tarboro receiv
ed a broken jaw.
Donald Porter, of Littleton and
driver of the car in which the
Roanoke Rapids boys were riding,
and a Norfolk boy, who was also
in the Porter car, were uninjured.
Braswell and Miss Porter were the
only occupants of the Tarboro ma
chine.
Crouch is still in the hospital at
Roanoke Rapids; Miss Porter and
Braswell are reported in a Tarboro
hospital today.
Details of the wreck, which de
molished both automobiles, are not
known. Porter, driver of the car
from Littleton, is at liberty under a
heavy bond, it is reported.
Thur. Night Bridge
The Thursday Night Bridge Club
was entertained last week by Mrs.
Fleetwood Sullivan.
When the scores were added,
prizes were presented to Mrs. Gra
ham Lynch for high score and to
Miss Evelyn Johnson for second
high and floating prize.
After the game Mrs. Sullivan
was assisted by Miss Louise Sul
livan in serving a salad course
with coffee.
Those making up the tables
were Mesdames J. P. Little, J. D.
Edwards, Graham Lynch, Edwin
Cameron, J. E. Michael, Rudolph
Northington, E. A. Starke, Lewis
Johnson. L. B. Allen, and Misses
Bernice Hitchens and Evelyn John
son with Mrs. E. B. Smoot as guest.
Mrs. H. C. Wirtz. Mrs. Paul Ray,
Misses Madeline Lipscomb, Mar
garet and Louise Williams spent
Thursday in Richmond.
Hawkins Chapel
Church
Sunday School Sunday morning
at 10:30. Sunday evening at 7:30
the Christian Endeavor will meet;
Friday evening, Dec. 1, at 7 o’
clock with a social in the home of
Esther Hawkins. We hope every
member will be present and bring
new members.
Tex Dean At
Calvary Thursday
Tex Dean and his show from
Rocky Mount will be at Calvary
School Thursday night, December
7th. Show starts at 7:30. Spon
sored by the k P.T.A. of Calvary
school. This is something new that
has never been at Calvary before.
The P.T.A. urges every patron of
the school to come out and support
the show.
Mr. and Mrs. William Duke of
Farmville were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Smith Thursday.
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