Weavers and Spinners Split as 2 Spinners Win
In a double header of the Rosemary Dartball League, the Spinners beat Card Shop 5-4 with Harris and McDowell each collecting four hits while Lefty Harris hit a key triple. The high-scoring day included a 5-2 Spinners win over 3 Weavers and a 5-4 Spinners victory over Cloth Room with Virgie Vandyke leading the hitting.
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Pet
Cloth Room
Virgil ‘Birdseye’ McDowell
Georgia
Harris
McDowell
Peanut
Odom
Beard
Hoggard
Hasty
Cat’ Sanders
Kiki’ Sadler
Feathers’ Pridgen
Robert Sledge
Garner
Jim Ed Deberry
Weavers
Everette
Barnes
Holmes
Capt
Gayle
Outland
Jax Cagers Go Through Hard Practice Ahead of Opener
Coach Denny leads the Jackets through strenuous practice as 20 players train with only three lettermen Newsom Shell and L H Taylor. The team plans no conference until later. Scheduled games include Murfreesboro Emporia Lawrenceville and Tarboro with a return game format.
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Denny
Jax
Newsom
Shell
L. H. Taylor
Jackets
Rich Square
Rocky Mount
Murfreesboro
Emporia
Lawrenceville
Tarboro
Forest
Baby Deacons
Forty Girls Out For Basketball Team
Out of 60 signups about forty girls are practicing this year. Seven returnees from last season are Lee Murray Wilson Towe McLendon Moore and Wood. led by Miss Mayfield the squad opens against Lawrenceville on January 7 at Roanoke Rapids High School gym.
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Lee
Murray
Wilson
Towe
McLendon
Moore
Wood
Miss Mayfield
Lawrenceville
Roanoke Rapids High School
Lipscomb Stroud Riddle to wed in Roxboro NC
John R. Lipscomb asks friends to attend the marriage of his daughter Mrs Addie Ardell Lipscomb Stroud to Thomas Parker Riddle on Saturday December 26, 1937 at 7:30 AM at First Baptist Church Roxboro North Carolina. Mrs Stroud is remembered here as Miss Addie Lipscomb and was a longtime resident.
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John R. Lipscomb
Addie Ardell Lipscomb Stroud
Thomas Parker Riddle
First Baptist
Tuberculosis Seals Urged To Aid Roanoke Rapids Health
Roanoke Rapids calls on citizens to buy Tuberculosis Christmas Seals to fund a year round campaign against TB. The effort targets prevention and eradication, stressing that TB harms the young and working-age adults and requires broad public support from all income levels.
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Roanoke Rapids
Shop Slams Fins Office Takes Weav
Crane of local league notes detail a string of games where the Shop, Office, and Weavers clubs competed. Highlights include the Office Possum Hunters’ two straight wins led by Pruden and Manning, and high scores from Weavers Fisher and Shop Thompson.
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Weavers Crack Shop
Doug Worsham
Machine Shop
Hale Outland
Miller
van Dyke
Thompson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rosemary Dartball
Daily Recreation Club
Jax Cagers
Stroud - Riddle
T. B. Seals
Weldon
Clayton Sledge
Washington, N. GC
W. J. Edwards
Rosemary Bowling League
Halifax
J. Spire
Mgr
N. C
South
Weldon Road
Junction
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