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Roanoke Textile Workers hold large Lake Thomas celebration
Pictures show a crowd of nearly a thousand at Lake Thomas where Roanoke Textile Workers, an independent Roanoke Mills Co. employees group, shared a Saturday feast of barbecue Brunswick stew and trimmings. Cooks worked through the night under Bill Pace with meals organized by Miss Nita Turner and Mrs Mamie Braswell. Speakers included David Clark of Charlotte and M Scott Benton.
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Lake Thomas
Roanoke Textile Workers
Roanoke Mills Co
Bill Pace
Nita Turner
Mamie Braswell
Dick Smith
Jessie Lee
Garland Wheeler
Guy Murray
Clifton Grant
Cleo Lynch
David Clark
Charlotte
Textile Bulletin
M. Scott Benton
Roanoke Rapids
Carroll Wilson
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Sherrod H. Crumpler
J. F. Johnson
Charlie Smith
J. H. Renn
R. T. Smith
C. G. Grant