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New Ride at Lions Festival Draws Roanoke Rapids Crowds
Roanoke Rapids residents support the Lions Club Second Annual Mid-Summer Festival on Roanoke Avenue with Crescent Amusement Company providing five rides and many concessions. A Loop-O-Plane arriving from the West Coast will be installed tonight. Fourteen young ladies compete for Queen, with Helen Stewart leading in votes and prize money. The expo runs Friday and Saturday with proceeds benefiting the Lions Club blind fund.
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Roanoke Rapids
Lions Club
Roanoke Avenue Showgrounds
Ted Speight
Crescent Amusement Company
Sherman Husted
West Coast
Norfolk
Attrac
Tive
Edwin Akers
Helen Stewart
Mildred Burton
Bertha Batton
Carrie Byrd
Fannie Stephenson
Minnie Lee Medlin
Agnes Wood
Elizabeth Massey
Mary Woodruff
Frances Ricks
Lucille King
Mary Cannon
Elsie White