1940 Grid Team Review Opens With Light Practice
The 1940 gridiron season starts Tuesday at 4 30 PM with candidates meeting Coach Crawford Hoyle at the high school gym for the first light warmup. Players are told to bring shoes and shorts. no heavy gear for the first week. Hoyle says back from 1939 are Raeford Green John Cox Ben Craddock Leonard Hockaday Kendrick Warrick Clarence Byrd M C Moseley Coyt Brown S D Brown and others, with several moving to new positions to field 11 experienced men.
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Crawford Hoyle
High School
Hoyle
Raeford Green
John Cox
Ben Craddock
Leonard Hockaday
Kendrick and
Warrick
Clarence Byrd
M. C. Moseley
Coyt Brown
S. D. Brown
Seven Hurt In Accident Near Garysburg Tuesday Morning
Seven injured in a Tuesday morning auto wreck on 301 near Garysburg when the car left a soft shoulder and rolled into a field. Julia Parker may have a broken hip and spine injury. Pauline Parker has a broken arm and cuts. Others suffered minor bruises as they were rushed to Roanoke Rapids Hospital for treatment.
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Baltimore
Garysburg
Roanoke Rapids
Julia Parker
Pauline Parker
Roseboro
Johnnie Driver
Roy Ruben
Bet‘ce Betters
Pickett
Cecil Little
Randall White Chosen for Rio Hata Technical School
Randall N White of France Field Canal Zone son of Mr and Mrs H F White has been selected from Hq and Hq Squadron of the 6th Bombing Group to attend the 19th Wing Technical School at Rio Hata Republic of Panama for six months. He will be reassigned to the Air Corps in the Canal Zone after graduation.
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Randall N. White
U. S. Air Corps
France Field
Canal Zone
H. FE. White
Rio Hata
Republic of Panama
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
White
19Th
Wing Tech
Air Corps
Young White
Uncle Sam
Oceans
Red Cross Aids Northampton Homeless After Floods
Northampton chapter led by Mrs. J Wiley Long organized last Monday to relieve hundreds of displaced Negro families due to Roanoke and Meherrin river floods. E N Riddle became emergency relief chairman with committees for shelter transportation foods rehabilitation survey clothing purchasing and supplies and medical care.
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T. T. Stephenson
Gertrude Finch
J. A. Shaw
Archie Brown
Janet Brown
W. H
Burgwyn
W. L. Stephenson
Iris Flythe
J. C. Stephenson
E. 8. Bowers
E. S. Bowers
W. R. Parker
J. Wiley Long
Northampton
American Red Cross
Roanoke
Meherrin
E. N. Riddle
Jackson
Prison services held at Northampton Prison Camp on Sunday
Religious services were conducted at the Northampton Prison Camp Sunday afternoon with Rev. R. Lloyd of the local Baptist church delivering the sermon. The County Orchestra directed by J. A. Shaw provided music for the service.
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Northampton
R. Lloyd
Baptist Church
J. A. Shaw
Seaboard and Spring Churches Dedicated Sunday
Large crowds attended the dedicatory services at the new Seaboard and Spring M E B churches Sunday August 26. Bishop Clare Purcell of Charlotte preached at Seaboard at 1030 and at Spring Church Pleasant Hill at 2 pm. This was the fifth Spring church to be dedicated.
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Seaboard
Spring
New Seaboard
Spring M. EB
Clare Purcell
Charlotte
Spring Church
Pleasant Hill
Mr and Mrs Lonnie Martin Visit Roxboro Friends
Mr and Mrs Lonnie Martin spent the week end with relatives at Roxboro North Carolina.
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Lonnie Martin
Roxboro, N. C
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Randall White
Panama
Alee
Ute
Felphila
Red Cross
Prison Services
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