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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
5
The scene at the fire station shows Bob Skinner in a drunken stumble near the toys being repaired for Santa. He boasts of being a poet, insults a fireman, recites a garbled Christmas verse, and then collapses after realizing his spirits were stolen, ending with a holiday wish.
In memory of Tommy Davis died Sept 15 1938 loved by all who knew him. I shall miss him I learned to love him as my own He is gone now to call Heaven his home Santa will come to see him by his grave by Mable Parks.
Miss Alice Mae Glasgow from Mere dith College is home for Christmas with her parents. Freeman Jr and other Hawkins family members, along with relatives from Ebenezer and R. R., visited and hosted meals Sunday afternoon. Dorothy and Mary Greene arrived to spend the holidays with the Baldy Greene family. Lillian Hawkins and Esther Hawkins shared a Sunday dinner and Mary Virginia Hawkins received visits from Russell Hawkins and others.
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets beat Woodland 25 to 17 on December 15 at home. Shell led scorers with eight points, Cooper added six, Bennett anchored defense, while Jenkins topped Woodland with nine. The Jax built a 14 to 8 halftime lead and stifled Woodland thereafter.
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