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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1941

Page

15

Football grid practice opens Sept 1 at local high school

Coach J C Hoyle athletic director announces that about 150 candidates will report Monday September 1 at 4 PM to the high school athletic field for early conditioning. First game likely September 26. Rex Carter assists. 10 varsity veterans expected, with 3 backs and several linemen returning. Student managers named Charles Horn and Alfred Lee Harp.

J. C. Hoyle Schnol Hoyle Rex Carter Coyt Brown George Jenkins Douglas Hasty Raiford Green Joe Ellis Tacle Theodore Ray Roy Cooper Theron Harris Connery Polk Harry Weathers Wilson Davis McNeil Charles Horn Alfred Lee Harp

Town Talk: Weekend Visits Across Virginia and Nearby States

A parade of locals and visitors are reported to have spent the weekend in towns including Richmond Norfolk and Roanoke Rapids with relatives friends and hospital and hotel stays noted. Names include the Taylors Mohorns Gambs Glover and many others visiting relatives in Richmond Rocky Mount Cananadaigua and nearby locales. Corporal Troy Merritt returns to Fort Jackson and several residents travel to Atlanta Birmingham Washington D C and Nags Head for visits and leisure.

H. L. Bell Marcella Marie Seymore Atlanta Birmingham Ala Charlie Rigsbee Elizabeth City Hartley Bland Newbern A. D. Waters Roanoke Rapids Hospital Margaret Burton Smithie Gillis Eugene Glover Raymond Taylor Norfolk Yvonne Hayes Asheville O. L. Smith Early Jones Charlie Hope Cora Jones Sam Woodruff Erwin J. A. Silberhorn Rocky Mount Annie Myrick Vauban Jordan Richmond Joe Snead Lynn Cress New York A. V. Vick Mamie Faye Jernigan W. R. Matthews Ruth Woodruff Grady Hawkins Helen Simmelbridge W. R. Hux H. G. Hodges Medical College Hospital Zollie Powell Dan Allen Lexington M. Thompson Nags Head Kenneth Murphy Kenneth John Margaret Murphy Wellsburg West Virginia J. E. Buck Lawrence Clements Smithfield Betty Sawyer Jack Downing W. A. Wolhar Lindsay Bone Milton Loy Troy Merritt Fort Jackson S. C

Sis Hopkins at Pitts Theatre in Emporia Va

The Pitts Theatre in Emporia Virginia presents Sis Hopkins today and tomorrow with Judy Canova Charles Butterworth Bob Crosby and his orchestra in featured roles. Saturday August 30 offers In Old Colorado with William Boyd. Sunday August 31 Model Wife with Joan Blondell and Dick Powell. The Big Store with the Marx Brothers plays Monday and Tuesday September 12. Wednesday September 3 offers a bargain double feature Knockout and Cracked Nuts.

Sis Hopkins Pitts Emporia Judy Canova Charles Butterworth Bob Crosby The William Boyd Old Colorado Joan Blondell Dick Powell Marx Brothers the Pitts

Wiley Rives Transferred to Jackson as V E P Co District Rep

Wiley Rives of this city is transferred to Jackson to serve as district representative for the Virginia Electric and Power Company. He replaces Owen Lassiter, who has been sent to Murfreesboro.

Wiley Rives Jackson Virginia Electric and Power Company Owen Lassiter Murfreesboro

Roanoke Rapids School Registration Set for Sept 5

Superintendent C W Davis announced registration dates for new pupils. First graders register Friday Sept 5 from 9 30 a m to 12 noon at their buildings. All other first time entrants register at the Sixth Grade Building 9 30 to 12. High School newcomers register Sept 5 at 9 o clock in the High School auditorium.

C. W. Davis Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Rapids High School High Schol Auditorium

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