Roanoke Rapids Girls and Boys Triumph Over Emporia
The Roanoke Rapids teams opened the 1939 40 season with two wins over Emporia. The girls won 18 to 13 led by Jane Glasgow with 15 points and Margaret Burton playmaking on defense. The boys topped Emporia 31 to 18 with Fred Cooper scoring 10 points and Warrick adding nine. Coaches are Margaret Poyner and Rex Carter with early two games per week schedule through February and March.
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Roanoke Rapids
Emporia
Jane Glasgow
Fred Cooper
Warrick
Cooper
Margaret Burton
Brown
Byrd
Matthews
Margaret Poyner
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Rex Carter
Wake Forest College
Funeral for Local Woman Held Sunday
Mrs. Donnie Rebecca Birdsong 59 wife of the late O L Birdsong died Thursday night in Roanoke Rapids Hospital after a two week pneumonia illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at Smiths Church with Reverends C T Rogers and B P Robinson of Weldon officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. She was a Halifax County native and survived by eight children, one sister, and nine grandchildren. pallbearers and flower girls named in the obituary. Mr and Mrs Speight visited Sunday in Williamston with Mrs Speight's aunt ill with pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donnie Rebecca Birdsong
O. L. Birdsong
Roanoke Rapids
Smith's Church
C. T. Rogers
B. P. Robinson
Weldon
Birdsong
Halifax County
Maggie Birdsong
T. M. Saddler
Charles Birdsong
J. M. Birdsong
Lois Morris
Clarence Birdsong
Harvey Birdsong
Wilbur Birdsong
J. A. Harvell
R. G. Harris
W. T. Hasty
J. M. Garris
A. D. Glover
Walter Simmons
Tom Med
Rotary Club Orthopaedic Clinic Scheduled in Tarboro
The Tarboro Rotary Club will hold its regular Orthopaedic Clinic on Monday December 18 at 9 00 a m in the Presbyterian Church Sunday School rooms Tarboro North Carolina. The club aims to help all cripples unable to pay for treatment and asks community cooperation to locate eligible cases Private patients should not arrive before 1 00 p m. CARD OF THANKS We thank friends doctors and nurses for kindness during the illness and death of our mother Mrs Donnie Rebecca Birdsong The Family.
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Tarboro
Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church Sunday School
N. C
Donnie Rebecca Birdsong
Family
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Mrs. Speight
Williamston
Rotary Club Clinic
Mon
Weissner’s
Peters
Sumne
Goodyear
Hi-Top
Weissner
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Schenley
Schenley’s
Schenley Distillers Corp
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