Roanoke Rapids Team Takes Third in State Debate Contests
The Roanoke Rapids high school affirmative debating team placed third at the state contests in Chapel Hill, with members Margaret Robinson and Charles Davis. The negative team, Victoria Vester and Nick Long, was eliminated in the first round by Rocky Mount. Forty teams participated in preliminaries among fifty six schools statewide debating the railroads ownership issue.
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Roanoke Rapids
Ronda
Moyock
Happy Valley
Forest City
Winston-Salem
Rocky Mount
Monroe High
Monroe
Memorial Hall
Chapel Hill
Graham Memorial
United States
Opening of Ledgerwood Park lights and softball games set Roanoke Rapids season
Next Monday night April 29 the renovated Ledgerwood Park softball field opens with ceremonial lights and four plant league teams introduced. The Weavers face the Spinners, then the Carders meet the VEPCOS while spectators watch under the new permanent lights.
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Roanoke Rapids
Ledgerwood Park
Romances
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Ana
Weavers
Carders
Dick Lee
Rosemary
Roanoke Rapids Junior Baseball Team Shows Promise
The Roanoke Rapids junior baseball team, led by Rex Carter, schedules games with several smaller schools. Several contests have been played with an even split. Gaston School across the river is the toughest foe. The squad includes Moseley, Hoggard, Clary, Mills, Hasty, Jenkins, Parks, Worsham, Taylor, Boyd, Wrenn, and more, with Boyd showing pitcher potential and Douglas Worsham emerging as a strong fielder.
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Roanoke Rapids
Rex Carter
Gaston School
Moseley
Hoggard
Clary
Mills
Hasty
Jenkins
Parks
D. J. Jenkins
Worsham
Taylor
Boyd
Waters
Wrenn
W. T. Hasty
Harris
Alfred
Harps
Shell
Brown
Stewart
Lattimore
Craughan
Polk
Holliday
Bunker
Melton
Clifton
Douglas Worsham
Matthews
Maurice, Acree, Hockaday
Melton Boyd
Card of Thanks for Jerry Jenkins
The family expresses sincere thanks to all who offered kindness during illness and death of husband and father Jerry Jenkins. Mrs. Jerry Jenkins and stepson E T Sanders.
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Jerry Jenkins
E. T. Sanders
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Margaret Robinson
Charles Davis
Vepcos
Russ DeBerry
Roanoke-Patterson
Weldon
Legion
OWLS
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
Dial
Roanoke Ave
Jake Spire
EXIDE
Brickell
Halifax Farmers Supply Co
C. A. Wyche
Mgr
N. C
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