Roanoke Rapids Playground Championship Series Set Next Week
The Roanoke Rapids city playground program ends next week with a three game series. Owlets of Rosemary Mill lead the playground standings at 13 2 while Central No 1 sits at 11 2 with 12 3. Baseball standings show Bunker Hill 8 4 and Junction Wildcats in contention as the series spans Tuesday Thursday and Friday with three games.
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Roanoke Rapids
Owlets
Rosemary Mill Village
Bunker Hill
Junction Wildcats
Central No
Ola Town
Hawks
Eagles
Wildcats
Cubs
Rosemary Belles
Vance Luckies
Vance Wildcats
Central
Rosemary
High School
Sailboat Names and A Kaleidoscope Of Local Tales
A quirky mix of local quirks and reminiscences. Pete Myrick recalls a recent jam with a boy who pulled a knife in a woods encounter and fled past a wall. Curt Gore’s colorful baseball anecdote features a hare out at first. Trophy notes celebrate Roanoke Rapids ribbon winners and a dazzling Morehead water parade with Truxton spotlights.
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Pete Myrick
Pete
Boonoe” Butler
Curt Gore
Curt
Morehead
Truxton
Fort Bragg
In Memoriam for Mrs J D Shaw
In loving memory of my mother Mrs J D Shaw who died July 16 1938 one year has passed since that sad day God came and took my mother away You don t know the sorrow to be left alone Till God sends a message to your home The sweetest mother in all the world has gone from us to stay A broken home is all we have Since you Mother went away Those of you who have a mother Greet her with tender care For you will never know her value Till you see her vacant chair Her loving daughter Mrs Alice McDonald and family Mrs R B Hurst and daughter Elizabeth Morgan of Baltimore are guests of Mrs Hurst s parents Mr and Mrs R L McCommons James Council spent the week end in Rocky Mount
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J. D. Shaw
Alice McDonald
R. B. Hurst
Elizabeth Morgan
Baltimore
Byrne's Big Bat Defeats Lewiston in Narrow Win
The Owls edged Lewiston 5 to 4 after a late surge. Tommy Byrne drove in four runs and contributed two doubles and a single as part of an 11 hit attack. Smith earned the win in relief of Leonard.
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Byrne
Lewiston
Owls
Tommy Byrne
Tommy
Brotherton
McCrary
Bland
Meloni
Whitehead
Harrington
Smith
Leonard
Bond
Joyner
Smith and Nethercutt
Barbara Mae Lewis to Marry Christian H Muller in Moriches
Engagement announced for Barbara Mae Lewis of Moriches Long Island daughter of Kirvin Lewis of Norfolk Virginia and the late Mrs Mildred Lewis to Christian H Muller of Moriches Long Island. Miss Lewis had lived in Weldon for years and friends are notified.
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Barbara Mae Lewis
Moriches
Long Island
Kirvin Lewis
Norfolk, Va
Mildred Lewis
Christian H. Muller
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HR Colu
Ed Slaughter
Margaret Butler
Wilda Creekmore
Memoriam
Muller - Lewis
Carolina
Okte
N MicPherson Bros. Beverages
Lions Club
McPherson Bros
Littleton Lions Club
Roanoke Rapids Club
McPherson Bros. Beverages
Littleton, N. C
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