Roanoke Rapids Wins Eight Firsts in Greenville Music Festival
Roanoke Rapids earned eight first and five second places at the Greenville festival across vocal and instrumental contests. Friday featured six firsts in vocal events. Saturday saw the orchestra claim a first and a gala concert in Wright Memorial Auditorium. The event highlighted by the band contest and a state competition berth for Roanoke Rapids.
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Roanoke Rapids
Greenville
Wright Memorial Auditorium
East Carolina College
James C. Pfobl
Davidson College
Susan Lupton
Goldsboro
Billy Waters
Mary M. Knowles
Rocky Mount
Lucille Sawyer
New Bern
Sarah Weeks
Maysville
Margaret Savage
Williamston
Beaufort
Snow Hill
Winterville
Lewiston
Tarboro
Aulander
Glee Club
Ayden
Seaboard
Contentnea
Morehear City
Alto
Greenvile
Sarah Elizabeth Pope
A. L. Dittmer
East Carolina Teachers’ College
Henderson
Robersonville
Greensboro
Oxford
Epsom High School
Kiwanis Drum and Bugle Corps
Jax To Meet Tarboro Here April 10 In Baseball Clash
The Roanoke Rapids baseball team will host Tarboro on Thursday April 10 at 3 30 PM at the local field. Assistant coach Joe Talley works with the pitchers daily to tighten control and conditioning. Talley plans to pitch for Wilson in the Coastal Plain League once school ends. Buffalo or Leatherwood is slated to start against Tarboro.
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Roanoke Rapids
Tarboro
Joe Talley
Talley
Owls
Wilson
Virginia Coming to Pitts Theatre With Multiple Showings
The Pitts Theatre in Emporia presents "Second Chorus" with Fred Astaire and Paulette Goddard on April 7 8 and 9 ending April 4. Johnny Mack Brown stars in "Rag Time Cowboy Joe" on Saturday. Eddie Albert and Joan Leslie star in "The Great Mister Nobody" on Sunday. "Virginia" in technicolor runs Monday through Wednesday comparing to Kentucky and Gone With The Wind. Mr and Mrs Jack Erwin visited Washington DC.
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Fred Astaire
Paulette Goddard
Pitts Theatre
Emporia
Johnny Mack Brown
Pitts
Joe
Eddie Albert
Joan Leslie
Virginia
Kentucky
Maryland
Jax Jackets Top Littleton In 6-3 Practice Victory
The 1941 Roanoke Rapids Jackets defeated Littleton 6 to 3 in a Thursday practice game at Littleton. Doug Worsham led the offense with a triple and a single in four at bats, while William Moore homered for Littleton. Buffalo went 9 innings for the Jackets, allowing six hits and fanning 15. Hale pitched for Littleton, surrendering six Jackets hits with seven strikeouts.
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Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets
Littleton
Doug Worsham
Jax
William Moore
Buffalo
Hale
Rhe Jackets
Honored with party for Elaine Welch sixteenth birthday
Mrs Charles Dickens hosted a joyful birthday party for her sister Miss Elaine Welch at the Girl Scout Cabin on Wednesday evening March 26 from 8 30 to 11 30. Dancing followed by refreshments at 10 30. Attending guests included Misses Marion Hodges Kathleen Kidd Josephine Westbrook Margaret Harris Madeline Thomason Lois Churchill Elizabeth Price Hines Elizabeth Beckwith Margaret Taylor Ella Deane Lee Jane Corbitt Kathryn Wood Melba Harris Virginia Lee Thorne Josephine Webb Helen Daughtry Mary Clark Evelyn Boone and Oliver Bray Otis Glascow Harry Weathers Paul Green Sanford Brown Coyt Brown Theron Harris William Sanders Virginia MacDowell Robert Lee Teele Bill Hodges Bill Pruden Bobby Martin Robert Towe Edward Simpson Charles Horne Harvey Taylor Lewis Edwards Bailey Hasty Benny Vester Hugh Horne Lawrence Clements Gene Glover Pete Myrick William McDaniel of Jackson N C and Marshall Simpson.
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Charles Dickens
Elaine Welch
Girl Scout Cabin
Reece Welch
William Hux
Hubert Parrott
Marion Hodges
Kathleen Kidd
Josephine Westbrook
Margaret Harris
Madeline Thomason
Lois Churchill
Elizabeth Price Hines
Elizabeth Beckwith
Margaret Taylor
Elladeane Lee
Jane Corbitt
Kathryn Wood
Melba Harris
Virginia Lee Thorne
Josephine Webb
Helen Daughtry
Mary Clark
Evelyn Boone
Oliver Bray
Otis Glascow
Harry Weathers
Paul Green
Sanford Brown
Coyt Brown
Theron Harris
William Sanders
Virgi MacDowell
Robert Lee Teele
Bill Hodges
Bill Prude
Rosemary Methodist Church Society Meeting Set
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Rosemary Methodist Church plans a meeting at the church Monday evening at 7 30 April 7. Clarence Pearson from Richmond Virginia arrived Saturday in town. Harold Humphreys of State College Raleigh visited relatives for the weekend. Edna Ingram of Chapel Hill also spent the weekend in town.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service of
Rosemary Methodist Church
Mina
Clarence Pearson
Richmond
Harold Humphreys
State College
Raleigh
Edna Ingram
Chapel Hill
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Walter Kendrick
Charles Davis
Harry Britt
Jamita Lane
Mary Louise Ray
Raymond Taylor
Alton Finch
Marie Collins
Maggie Lee Radcliffe
Ann McNeill
Noble Cain
Chicago
North Carolina
Jane Glenn
Kent Bentley
Virginia Baines
R. L. Martin
C. L. Williams
C. W. Davies
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Facult and Parents
Jack Erwin
Washington, D. C
Pho LM
Imeatre
Emporia, VA
Mister Nobody
Madeleine Carroll
Fred MacMurray
Rsa AL
Sitores
Bologna
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Maine
Hanover
Sini' Ibs
Harff
Alaska
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