Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], April 17, 1941, SECTION A, Page 12, Image 12

About Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948

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LEGGETT'S
(Continued from Page 1)
The present store, as well as the
new second floor, will be equipped
with all new fixtures of the very
latest and most modern type in
present day use by department
stores. The store will be equipped
with fluorescent lighting through
out including show-windows. Sev
eral new departments will be add
ed, and when the program is com
pleted Leggett’s will be one of the
largest department stores in East
ern Carolina.
The second floor addition will be
made at the rear of the building,
and will comprise the full 100-ft.
width of the store, extending some
40-ft. from the rear of the build
ing, thus giving the store a gain
of 4,000-square-feet of floor space.
The building now occupied by Leg
gett’s fronts 100-ft. on Roanoke
Avenue and extends the full 140
ft. to the alley. Whereas the store
now occupies 14,000-square ft. of
floor space when the expansion
program is completed they will oc
cupy 18,000-square-ft.
The second floor addition will be
used largely to house the ready-to
wear and millinery departments,
while the space now used on the
downstairs floor by these depart
ments will be given over to a ma
terial enlargement of the yard
goods department and several new
highly specialized departments will
t>e aaaea.
Leggett’s Department Store was
established here August 1st, 1931,
and their record is one of con
tinuous growth and progress under
the efficient management of H. S
Loy. The original Leggett’s Roa
noke Rapids store was in the build
ing they now occupy with a 100-ft
front on Roanoke Avenue, tho il
extended back only 100-ft. In th<
Pall of 1936 the building was ex
tended the full 140-ft. to the alley
increasing their floor space by al
most 50-percent. With the com
pletion of their present expansioi
program they will have practical!;
doubled the floor space originally j
occupied by them.
“We are making this expansion
in order that our store may be of
more service and convenience to
the shopping public—not simply for
the name and greatness of operat
ing a big store,” H. S. Loy, secre
tary and local manager, said today
in commenting on the expansion.
“When we first introduced the
name of Leggett’s to the shopping
public here some ten-years ago we
little dreamed we would be enabled
to offer the fine store which we
will operate when this expansion
program is completed,” he con
tinued, “but nevertheless it has
happened. The past decade has
seen the city of Roanoke Rapids
make tremendous gains as a shop
ping center for a great and pros
perous territory. We are grateful
to our customers who have made
it possible for us to go forward
with the community.”
Leggett’s Department Store is a
member of the Belk Organization,
operating some 200 department
stores in five southern states, with
buying offices in New York City
and Charlotte. Thirty salespeople
are regularly employed by Leg
gett’s here with this number swell
ed materially over the weekend
and during rush seasons. With the
completion of the expansion pro
gram Leggett’s will have 40 or
more regular employees.
The building occupied by Leg
gett's is owned by Dr. Bahnson
Weathers and J. E. McGee. Pete
Garner, local builder, has the con
tract for building the second floor
addition. Kermit Young, architect
employed by the Belk Organiza
tion, drew up the plans. Comple
tion of the building is expected by
June 1st.
Joe Skull spent the week-end
with his mother in Rich Square.
Sergeant Curtis Butler of Fort
Jackson, Columbia, S. C., spent
Easter holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Butler.
Julian Glover of Norfolk, Va.
l spent the Easter holidays here
' with his family.
LIFTING CAR FROM CANAL BANK
—
Above photo shows the car that was driven to the edge of the old canal bank from the "Dam Site"
road about four miles above city last Tuesday morning. In the center of the picture and above the machine
can be seen the Roanoke River. Had the car gone ten feet farther it would have plunged off the old canal
bank to the bed of the canal about 75 feet below. The machine was driven by Walter Howell, young white
man of Belmont. Sec page 1, section B for details. (NewsKut by Brigman)
ELECTION
(Continued from Page 1)
Mr. Collier, candidate for com
missioner in the North Ward, has
served continuously since Decem
ber 2, 1919. At that time he was
appointed by the Board of Com
missioners and Mayor to fill out
the unexpired term of Howard
Leitner, who resigned. Since that
time Mr. Collier has been a mem
ber of the board, being elected
each time without opposition, ac
cording to reliable sources. When
Mr. Collier was first appointed
J. T. Chase was Mayor of th«
old Roanoke Rapids. Other mem
bers serving on the board at
that time were L. O. Anderson,
Dr. T. W. M. Long, Wells D.
Tillery, and S. F. Patterson.
R. I. Stark, who is the candidate
for the commissioner in the South
Ward, was elected in 1935 and
has served since that tirne^
Aycock - Critcher
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Critcher
of Littleton, formerly of Oxford,
announces the marriage of their
daughter, Edith Taylor, to Ber
nice Aycock, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. A. Aycock.
The wedding took place in the
home of Rev. D. D. Boone at
Littleton, April 13, 1941, at 3
o’clock.
Hospital Patients
from Out-of-Town
Among the out-of-town patients
at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
this week are H. M. Crawley of
Littleton; Mrs. L. V. Harrison, of
Gumberry; Paul Hodges of Wood
land; C. G. Jenkins of Littleton;
Mrs. A. E. Smith of Garysburg;
Mrs. Kate Wagner of Macon; Baby
Russell Weeks of Purdy, Va.
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