Lions Club Mid-Summer Festival crowning Queen and profits
Miss Helen Stewart was crowned Queen at the Roanoke Avenue Exposition. Miss Mildred Burton and Miss Bertha Batton were runners up, with $50, $25, and $10 cash prizes totaling 363,300 votes. The event raised about $700 for the Lions blind prevention fund and funded three children eye clinics locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Stewart
Lions Club
Roanoke Avenue
Mildred Burton
Bertha Batton
Queen
Ted Speight
Speight
Crescent Amusement Company
North Carolina
Gastonia
Exposition Committee
Sherman Husted
McHenry
Lions Blind Prevention Fund
State Blind Commission
L. I. Stell
Presbyterian Church
Stewart
Carrie Byrd
Fannie Stephenson
Minnie Lee Medlin
Agnes Wood
Elizabeth Massey
Mary Woodruff
Frances Ricks
Lucille King
Mary Cannon
Elsie White
Jana Florine Clary
Edwin Akers
Facts vs Fiction By Bill Riggans At Roanoke Club
Local column notes social games at Roanoke No 1 and No 2 Club House with setbacks horseshoes and checkers. Mentions J W Brown C Vaughan and Army Glover. plans a tournament and a bean jar guessing contest won by Vernon Rogers with a dollar prize. Also praises a recent Rosemary versus Goldsboro game and congratulates Bill on ball game success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke No. 1
C. Vaughan
J. W. Brown
Army Glover
Singletary
Henry Cashwell
Johnnie Renn
Johnnie
Vernon Rogers
J. O. Brown
No Successor Named For Roanoke Rapids High Principal Post
J A Reid vacancy at Roanoke Rapids High School remains unt filled as board members are out of town or ill. C W Davis city superintendent says a board meeting to decide on Reid's successor likely won t be held until mid next week. The appointment will be announced then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W J. A. Reid
Roanoke Rapids High School
C. W. Davis
Mr. Reid
Romance teams head to Greensboro state softball tourney
Rosemary MfgCo girls and boys softball squads depart next Thursday for the State Softball Tournament in Greensboro. The Romance men bring a 30 and 2 season mark and open against the High Point winner Thursday at 7 pm. Marjorie Snag Lee and Russ Deberry will pitch for the girls and boys respectively. The NC state champion advances to the World Championships in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Greensboro
Romance
Russ Deberry
Romance Boys
Marjorie “Snag” Lee
N. C
North Carolina
Chicago
Ill
O. Henry Hotel
Annual Reunion Of Blue and Grey In Baltimore
The 29th Division Association will hold its annual reunion in Baltimore Maryland on September second third fourth and fifth. Activities center around the Lord Baltimore Hotel with members of the Blue and Grey assured of a good time with comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
29Th Division Association
Baltimore
Lord Baltimore
Vacation plans noted for Clary family and friends
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Clary and daughter Bette enjoy a vacation at Buckroe Beach Virginia and Baltimore Maryland. Mrs. Clyde Stubbs of Rocky Mount is visiting for the week with Mrs. George Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. R. B. Clary
Bette
Buckroe Beach
Baltimore, Md
Clyde Stubbs
Rocky Mt
George Wallace
Funeral for City Pioneer Carrie Bowers in Roanoke Rapids
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie Bowers of Roanoke Rapids were held Wednesday at Williams Funeral Home with Rev. F. W. Haynie and Rev. C. T. Rogers officiating. burial followed in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. She died August 16 after three weeks ill. survived by daughter Mrs. Lee Byrd step son W. C. Bowers and son Ed Sprouse of Charlottesville. Pallbearers named C. O. Byrd Walter Bowers Wilson Byrd John Byrd Irvin Byrd Clarence Byrd. She had lived in the city forty years since her husband W. T. Bowers died in 1929. Miss Marjorie Keene returned from Norfolk trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Byrd
Walter Bowers
Wilson Byrd
John Byrd
Irvin Byrd
Clarence Byrd
W. T. Bowers
Out-of-Town Patients At Hospital
Out-of-town patients now at Roanoke Rapids Hospital include Mr Lunce ford Crewe of Pleasant Hill Mr S D Gilliam of Conway Miss Evelyn Hobbs of Pair's Store Va Mr J P Jones of Littleton and Miss Inez Taylor of Seaboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Lunceford Crewe
Pleasant Hill
S. D. Gilliam
Conway
Evelyn Hobbs
Pair’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bill Riggans
Rosemary
Goldsboro
Guilfoyle
Bill
Reid
Dr. E. D. Harbour
Blue & Grey
Marjorie Keene
Norfolk, Va
Pia Nanan
Saci Cuakantie
Ie Odavic
Dokmson
United States Dental Company
Milwaukee Ave
Fred Forest & Company
General Contractors
Dial
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Allsbrook Attorneys At Law
Imperial Theatre Bldg
Roanoke Rapids, N
Fahey and
Daughtrey
Plumbing Contractors
Halifax
J. Spire, Mgr
Roanoke Rapids
South
Weldon Road
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