Rosemary Softball League Opens Season Under Lights
The Rosemary Softball League launches April 29 at Ledgerwood Park with the Weavers facing the Calders and Swink Lee opposing E Lee or Frank Everette. VEPCOL vs Spinners features Russ DeBerry debut. opening ceremony at home plate and umpire’s call Play Ball. The plant league race shapes as four even teams with VEPCO likely favored due to balance and DeBerry pitching.
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Rosemary
Ledgerwood Park
Weavers
Calders
Swink Lee
E. Lee
Frank Everette
Vepcol
Russ DeBerry
Nethercutt
Sewell
Plant
VEPCO
Hank Stewart
Ronnie Everett
Russ
Lefty
Clifton Everette
Spinners
O. D
Doug Worsham
Patterson Softball League Opens With Three Teams
The Softball League at Patterson opened last week with three teams The Speedsters Sluggers and Whirlwinds plus a list of players for each squad and managers Hale Simmons and Simmons The article notes the Patterson diamond has been improved and teams play Monday through Thursday
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Robert Lassiter
Patterson
Speedsters
Sluggers
Whirlwinds
Manager Nantz
Jock” Moye
H. Hardison
M. Crowder
J. Crickmore
H. Ferrell
J. Love
J. Young
H. Gibson
Bee Clark
O. King
W. Farthing
J. Crawford
O. Brown
Woodruff
B.hedgepeth
W. Thompson
Hale
S. Hutchinson
C. Gums
Bull” Leonard
J. Godwin
R. Wren
A. Hopkins
P. Long
Bunny” Page
R. Collins
P. Simmons
P. Collins
R. Daniel
D. Johnson
B. Smith
H. Jenkins
R. Lassiter
the Whirlwinds
Manager Simmons
B. Edmondson
R. Blythe
P. Hux
W. Capps
L. Bass
S. Butler
R. Tri
Patterson Recreation Center Sees Upgrades and Bingo Night
Over the last year Patterson has added new bleachers and dugouts as softball talk grows. At Recreation Hall last Saturday Miss Mae Strater and Mr. Edward Elmore won special prizes while Lucky Speck Wright captured the Grand Prize. The club was packed and the Ping Pong team seeks a city challenge with many players noting recent wins by Charlie Hale and Bull Leonard who have yet to lose a game.
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Vester Finch
Cotton Hasty
Roanoke No. 1
No. 2
Patterson
Finch
Hasty
Mae Strater
Edward Elmore
Johnson In Roanoke Rapids Expands To Two Taxis
B F Johnson, who began taxi service on September 1 1938, now runs two modern cars from a downtown stand at Johnsons News Stand beside the Peoples Theatre. He closed the uptown stand to cut overhead and serve the city from the downtown terminal. Two 1940 model four door sedans operate day and night with careful, experienced drivers to provide first class service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Johnson
Johnson
Peoples Theatre
Roanoke Rapids
Local Social News Highlights Weekend Visits
Miss Margaret Cox traveled to Morehead City to visit Mrs. William Harris. Christine Buck and Elizabeth Taylor of Raleigh spent the weekend with their parents. Mrs. M. Gulbransen returned from a visit to her sister in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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Margaret Cox
William Harris
Morehead City
Christine Buck
Elizabeth Taylor
Raleigh
M. Gulbransen
Fayetteville
N. C
District Meeting Of Halifax Charge Held Near Enfield
The Halifax Charge district meeting drew members to Eden Church near Enfield. Miss Blanche Hardee presided as district chairman with program including solos, devotional talks, and a roll call awarding Whitakers for most members present. Past district chairmen Mrs. J H Cutchin and Mrs. R M Robinson spoke briefly before the benediction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Enfield
Eden Church
Blanche Hardee
Marjorie Willey
Frank Taylor
Bethesda
R. M. Robinson
Spring Church
Johnnie Burt
Eden
N. B
W. E. Knight
Hollister
Whitakers
J. H. Cutchin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gi Eilts Organs
Eemary Recreation
Wake Forest
Lions and
Kiwanis
P. D. Harris
Overton Cook
Three Aces
Goldsboro
Yellowjacket
Tarboro
Washington
Helen Stewart
Lefty Stacia
Lindsay Sadler
Chet Allsbrook
Bill Speight
Ken Guilfoyle
Canada
Red” Jones
Millway
Coareer Raleigh
Capitol City
Mooney” Hall
Roddie Meikle
Charlie Hale
Bull
Leonard
Hanes
Lastex
BANE
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Bellamy
Mrs
Hubert Whitaker
Enfield Auxiliary
J. N. Cutchin
D. S. Coltrane
Eden Auxiliary
Hamilton, Elgin and Bulovas
Land Bros. Jewelers
Lentheric
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