Romancos Triumph In State Softball Clash At Greensboro
Romancos boys' softball team of Rosemary Mfg Co defeated Winston-Salem 6 to 2 in Greensboro to reach the state semi finals. Guilfoyle fanned 15 of 21, allowing only one hit. Midgett batted, with Hair and Hipp forming Winston Salem's battery. If they win tomorrow, they advance to the state finals and the winner goes to Chicago for the National Softball Tournament.
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Romances
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Guilfoyle
North Carolina
Chicago
Romanco Girls Fall to Greensboro in Nightcap
The Romanco Girls softball team dropped a 5 to 1 road game at Greensboro tonight, the nightcap ending around 10 30 p m. Greensboro earned the only runs in the contest while Roanoke Rapids managed a lone RBI.
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Romanco
Greensboro
Romance
Greensboro Girls Tonight
Roanoke Rapids
Emporia Textile Worker Killed in Car Crash
Roger Clary, 31, Emporia textile worker, died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after an automobile crash near Emporia on August 24. Three other men in the car escaped with minor injuries. The driver, R Clayton Land, jeweler of Land Bros, Roanoke Rapids, Emporia, and Front Royal, Virginia, was uninjured. The wreck was described as unavoidable. witnesses absolved Land of blame.
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Roger Clary
Emporia
Roanoke Rapids
Clary
J. T. Harrison
Emporia Textile
Bill Goodwin
R. Clayton Land
Emporia Jeweler
of Land Bros
Front Royal
Virginia
Speed In Jail At Halifax
J Paull Speed of Scotland Neck former tax deputy in the sheriff office was returned to Halifax from State Hospital at Raleigh last night. In default of 5000 bond he was jailed to answer an embezzlement indictment. Speed resigned after the shortage was found by auditors and faces likely Superior Court action in the fall term. Mrs Jack Wood and Miss Alease Edmondson were injured in a wreck near Darlington Friday night. Both were taken to Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Edmondson has a broken leg. Wood suffers injuries to her body.
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Halifax
J. Paull Speed
Scotland Neck
State Hospital
Raleigh
Halifax County
Speed
Jack Wood
Alease Edmondson
Darlington
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Edmondson
Hit and run victim found on Roanoke Rapids highway
The mangled body of Tommy Mills, 22, identified as the victim, was found on the Roanoke Rapids Littleton highway Monday. Officials believe a large truck struck him, as no skid marks or glass were found. Mills had been seen alive Sunday night near London Church and Eva Bowers house before vanishing with two friends.
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Tommy Mills
Roanoke Rapids
Littleton
Moanoke Rapids
Oxford
H. E. Dobbins
Cooper
Mills
London Church
Eva Bower
Storm sewer work to begin on paving project in Roanoke Rapids
Two ditching machines arrived to start the storm sewer phase of the Roanoke Rapids paving project. Work begins at Hamilton Street with Harrison-Wright Co. in charge, while larger concrete pipe will be made locally. PWA resident engineer J. E. Williams will supervise, and Mayor Kelly Jenkins returned from Atlanta after PWA approval.
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Roanoke Rapids
Hamilton Street
Harrison-Wright Co
R. J. Todd
Thomasville
William F. Bowe Jr
J. E. Williams
PWA
Williams
Burlington
Christie
Roanoke Pharmacy
Kelly Jenkins
Atlanta
Roanoke Junction May Get Seaboard Rail Overpass
The State Highway Commission weighs a possible overpass over Seaboard Air Line tracks at Roanoke Junction. At a Tuesday night meeting the City Board of Commissioners authorized Mayor Jenkins to pursue the project.
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Roanoke Rapids
Seaboard Air Line
Roanoke Junction
State Highway Commission
City Board of Commissioners
Jenkins
Five-Year-Old Hit by Car Near Camp's Store
Emma Jane Sadler, age five, was struck by a car in front of her home near Camp's Store last Friday. She suffered a broken leg and remains hospitalized at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. The driver identified as Rev. R. L. House of Portsmouth.
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Emma Jane Sadler
Camp’s
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Rev. R. L. House
Portsmouth
Owls Fall 1–0 In Eleven Inning Tale In Wichita
Roanoke Rapids Owls lose to Lynchburg Va 1 to 0 after eleven innings in Wichita. Talley and Robertson each fan twelve, five Roanoke Rapids errors costly as Dickens steals twice and Burnette adds one. Owls tied for fifth in the National Semi-Pro Tournament and head home after the defeat.
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Roanoke Rapids Owls
Wichita
Kansas
Lynchburg
Joe Talley
B. Robertson
Roanoke Rapids
Owls
Virginia
Little Dickens
Davis
Whatley
Burnette
Aderholt
Employees Get More Insurance
Textile mill workers learned their life insurance under the Group Insurance Plan rose from 500 to 750 with no extra cost. The enhanced protection took effect yesterday for all employees.
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Romancos
Sapa
Winston Salem
R. C. Land
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