Tarboro Wins In Triangle Debate Event
Tarboro High School won the debating triangle with Roanoke Rapids Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids neg alutray. Ophelia Daniel won while Jimmie Shell and doko Bounds for the affirmative lost.
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1932
Page
3
Tarboro High School won the debating triangle with Roanoke Rapids Scotland Neck and Roanoke Rapids neg alutray. Ophelia Daniel won while Jimmie Shell and doko Bounds for the affirmative lost.
Rev Alexander spoke to the Girl Reserve group at a joint supper in the First Baptist Church Boy Plea department Tuesday night. The talk on Episodes of Character was followed by a short one act play Gus the Ryed Jockey and several Girl Reserve songs.
Gossip notes Janet Gaynor in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with a bold role. News hints at a bank job plot twist and a shaky marriage tied to a fixer. Two midgets playing heart characters are siblings. Win Harding faces court action over success troubles. The Miralee Man is also generating chatter as New York previews.
Congressman Wright Patman cites figures from the Congressional Record showing $057,731.04 per county and $28,804,178.24 for North Carolina veterans as a balance on adjusted life insurance policies. He notes about 1.6 million World War veterans need the funds now, including 750,000 able-bodied, 75,000 disabled, and 800,000 employed part time.
Richmond Colts use Troy Goodman, former high school standout, as he debuts this season. In a recent game against the Baltimore Orioles he pitched six innings and collected a double in three at bats, though the Colts fell 7 to 2. Also notes a family gathering at Skippers, Virginia.
A fine spirit of cooperation marked Tuesday as 36 students auditioned for positions in the annual class play. The successful contestants include Phala Vick Ottley Cranwell Margaret Anderson Ella Cameron Ella Giles Elva Condwick Hilda Hines Jimmie Shell John Bounds Belmont Murray Carla Thompson and Norman Speight. The three act comedy Oh Professor promises an entertaining evening with further announcements to follow.
Carl Thompson returned from State College where he attended an engineering exhibition and took notes as an outline for his talk. He spoke to the chemistry class and is expected to address the assembly today with a detailed period long talk on chemical and other engineering fields observed at the exhibition.
Voters in Roanoke Rapids North and South Wards will elect two city commissioners at polling places on May 3, 1932. One North Ward seat is for a term expiring the first Monday in June. Election hours run from 8 a.m. to sunset.
The Roanoke Rapids Board of Commissioners declares registration open from April 15 to April 22 1932 at Roanoke Pharmacy and Rosemary Drug Company with extended hours to nine o clock on Saturdays. Registrars are C L Massey North Ward and R Greene South Ward. Judges are W P Vaughan S J Bounds North Ward and S D Brown Curtis Shell South Ward. Voter eligibility requires one year in NC, six months in Halifax County, four months in Roanoke Rapids.
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