Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], April 17, 1941, SECTION B, Page 4, Image 16

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

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DETECTIVE BAKER
DIES OF HEAD
INJURY SATURDAY
Charles Herbert Baker, 36 yea
old detective of the Charlotb
police force, died in the Roanoki
Rapids Hospital last Saturda;
morning at 10 o’clock. Cerebra
contusion was given as the caus'
of his death.
Detective Baker was the victin
of an automobile accident nea:
Jackson on Monday morning
April 7, at which time S. M
Gaddy, sheriff of Anson County
was badly injured. Two younj
prisoners in the car with Bakei
and Gaddy were slightly injured
but allowed to leave the hospita
with Charlotte officers on Tues
day of last week.
R. C. Craven, driver oi tn<
other machine involved in th<
accident, remained in the hospita
early this week. Mrs. Philip Fus
tanio, of Rochester, N. Y., anc
who was accompaning Chaven tc
Norfolk on a shopping trip, was
not admitted to the hospital, but
was treated for slight lacerations
about the face and body.
Detective Baker and Sheriff
Gaddy were returning from Nor
folk where they had picked up
two young boys on a charge o
breaking an dentering in Char
lotte.
Baker’s body was taken to
Charlotte Saturday afternoon by
motor hearse. Funeral services
were held in Bethune, S. C., Mon
day afternoon. Interment was in
the family plot in the Shamrock
Cemetery.
He is survived by his wife,
his mother, and several brothers
and sisters.
Craven, driver of the other ma
chine involved in the accident,
is expected to be placed under
arrest when he is released from
Harvey Johnson of Goldsboro
spent the week-end with his
brother, Cecil Johnson, in South
Rosemary.
Mrs. Jimmie Smith of Golds
boro spent the week-end in town
with friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow James
and son, "Ronnie”, Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Dorsey spent Sunday in
Newport News, Va.
Misses Dorothy Olmstead, Gwen
dolyn Byrd and Sergeant Rives
Worrock and Waley Dodrel spent
Saturday visiting friends and re
latives in Murfreesboro.
Mrs. Howard Garris and dau
ghter, Carolyn Lee, of Portsmouth,
Va., is spending this week with
her mother, Mrs. J. R. Edmondson
at her home on Jackson Street.
I SPORTS
; ODDS N' ENDS
John Gaddy, former pitcher a
' Wake Forest now with Memphi:
and Dr. Weathers went from her
to Raleigh last Monday and sa\
, another Deacon, One Carl Ray, Jr
; mow down 19 of State’s Wol
' Pack via the strikeout route. No\
i that is going some.
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But we saw Carl Ray, Sr
strike out three times in a ro\
once. If there had been more o
the writer, there would have beei
more strikeouts. The senior Mi
Ray was left handed, but neve:
learned to throw his fast oni
in a door. Connie Mack is re
ported to have said once: “I
Carl Ray would not kill hai:
the batters that faced him, h<
would make the best pitchei
in the American League”. Thai
was a number of years ago wher
Carl, Sr., was trying out with
: the Athletics. His fast ball simplj
disappeared when it got in hit
ting territory.
******
John Gaddy was in town, along
with some of the other brothers,
because of the condition of his
father, S. M. Gaddy, at the hos
pital. Mr. Gaddy, senior, was injur
ed in an automobile accident near
Jackson Jast week.
******
Softball is really getting under
way, if one could judge by the
number of men participating in
the practices about the city. Every
field is covered with shattering
players as they heave the old ap
ple about.
******
Dr. Weathers said early this
week that there might be a slim
chance of Roanoke Rapids getting
an intercollegiate game here yet
this season. If he found out any
anything Monday, it is not known.
******
The town should be proud of
of Phil Hux. He has scrapped and
scrapped, with everybody taking
it as a matter of course. But not
every fighter becomes champion
of three states in the Golden
Gloves.
******
Coach Hoyle watched his boys
hit this week and shook his
head. “I am afraid”, he comment
ed, "that they will be called hit
less wonders before the end o!
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pitcher, almost had the boys buf
faloed last year. Kinston is lead
ing the conference at this stage,
******
We wonder if there will con
tinue to be bitter rivalry between
- the Elizabeth City teams and the
Roanoke Rapids teams, now that
Paul Reid, former Roanoke Rap
ids man, will be the Supt. down
there.
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Rock fish have been disappoint
ing thus far this year. Very few
t have been landed. However, old
. fishermen say that they are due
B to start running about this week
end. That will be fine—what with
f the Rock Fish Festival coming
, off week-after-next.
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t ‘ Some say that there will be
but few Rock running at all this
year, due to dredging down the
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1 years ago in Edenton there lived
. a fisherman who caught so many
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i of them for the price he wanted.
• Rather than sell them under price,
: he used them as a fertilizer,
plowing vast numbers under on
: his farm. The other fishermen
’ said that the act would put a
curse on shad fishing. Until this
year, 40 years later, shad fish
ing around Edenton has been a
poor business. This year it is
rather good.
Was there a curse on shad
fishing? Well, facts might lead
one to believe it.
District Meeting
Weldon April 16
The Rocky Mount District of
Methodist Churches held its one
day conference in Weldon Wed
nesday. Dr. Frank S. Hickman,
Deal of Duke Chapel, Durham,
was the preacher.
Delegates attending from the
First Methodist Church here were
R. L. Towe, chairman of the
Board of Stewards; W. G. Lynch,
superintendent of the church
school; Mrs. W. A. Thorne, pre
sident of the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service; Miss Estelle
Daniel, and Will Nelson.
Rev. Leon Larkin, District Sup
erintendent, was in charge of the
program.
Ray Johnson spent the week
end in Richmond, Va., with his
mother.
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OLD RESIDENT OF
CITY DIES FRIDAY
AT HOME OF SON
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Issac Spire, 70, died at the
home of his son, Jacob Spire, on
the Weldon Road Friday, April
11, after declining in health for
the past two years. A heart con
dition was the immediate cause
of his death.
Funeral services were held Sun
day at 3:30 at the Hebrew Chapel
in the Hebrew Cemetery in Rich
mond, Va. Rabbi Calisch was in
charge of the services.
Survivors inrlnde a son. Jacob
Spire of Roanoke Rapids; a dau
ghter, Mrs. H. R. Mockel of New
York City; a sister-in-law, Mrs.
S. Spirt of Waterbury, Conn.; and
three nieces, Miss Betty Spirt of
Waterbury, Conn., Mrs. S. Kelman
of Waterbury, and Mrs. Herman
C. Kline of New Haven, Conn.
Pallbearers were Ellis Farber,
Morton Farber, Julius Silvester,
and Harry Freid of Weldon, Sam
Marks of Roanoke Rapids.
Mr. Spire came to the United
States from Russia about 50 years
ago. He has been living in Roa
noke Rapids for the past twenty
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years. During his resident in this
city he has been connected
with the Halifax Waste Materials
Company.
Among those attending the fun
eral from Roanoke Rapids and
Weldon were Mrs. B. Marks, Miss
Fannye Marks, Sam Marks, Henry
Farber, W. B. Josephson, Ellis and
Morton Farber, Julius Silvestor,
and Harry Freid.
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Cooley of this city.
Mrs. J. R. Burton, Misses Mil
dred and Margaret Burton, Shir
ley Rose and Jimmie Burton and
Mary C. Woodruff spent the week
end in Danville, Va., as guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Shaw.
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