Roanoke Textile Owls win three of four in arena set
Bill Riggans reports on the Roanoke Textile Owls beating Westhampton A C in four bouts with Dick Whitfield Dewitt Babson and Dick Collins earning wins. Referee Wilbur Outland and judges Rev Harris and Bob Moore officiated. The Owls next face Rocky Mount at the Arena on January 21 promising another high profile fight.
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Roanoke Textile Owls
Westhampton A. C
Firpo Moore
F. S. Kemp
Neck of the Woods
Wilbur Outland
Rev
Harris
Bob Moore
Bob Wheeling
Dick Whitfield
Textile Owls
Whitfield
Wheeling
T.K.O
Henry Vietch
Dewitt Babson
Vietch
Babson
Bill Williams
A. C’s
Roanoke Rapids
Dick Collins
Collins
Williams
Outland
Colins
Fred Collins
Philip Hux
Hux
Owls
Rocky Mount Outfit
Arena
Weavers, Spinners hold early Dartball standings
In Rose mary Recreation Club dartball play, No. 1 Weavers beat Card Shop 13 to 4 while No. 2 Spinners topped No. 3 Weavers 11 to 4. Jim Ed Deberry led No. 13 Weavers with a perfect day at bat, and Card Shop responder Listern Outland posted four hits.
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Rosemary Recreation Club
Jim Ed Deberry
Weavers
Card Shop
J. Sanders
Scot Weavers
Virgil van Dyke
George Gurley
George Outland
Francis Everett
Collins Pridgen
Listern Outland
George Ellis
Sports Editor to Speak to Lions Tuesday Night
The Roanoke Rapids Lions Club moves meeting to Tuesday January 24 with guest A J Mc Kevlin, sports editor of the Raleigh News Observer, sharing tales from the Rose Bowl. It is a joint meeting with the Seaboard Lions Club at 6:20 PM in the First Baptist Church basement.
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Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
Emporia
A. J. McKevlin
Raleigh News & Observer
Seaboard Lions Club
Bill Alligood
Zollie Powell
Gordon Price
First Baptist Church
Friday the 13th Unlucky for Northampton Visitors
Gilbert Vaughan and Lloyd Davis faced Roanoke Rapids police after driving on new concrete streets and tearing down barricades. Vaughan was charged with unlawfully operating an auto under the influence and held on $100 bond. Davis faced aiding and abetting charges with $50 bond and a Jan. 23 court date. Verdict on driving on new concrete and breaking a barricade listed as guilty with $5 and costs.
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Northampton
Roanoke Rapids
Gilbert Vaughan
Lloyd Davis
Jtown
Vaughan
Recorders Court
Davis
Hawkins Chapel Church Sunday School Growth
Hawkins Chapel Church reports new members joining Sunday School each Sunday this year. Mrs Claude Hawkins delivered a wonderful talk in the absence of the class leader. Rev D D Broome will preach Sunday at 7 PM. all are welcome.
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Claude Hawkins
D. D. Broome
Elm Tree Sculpture for 1939 New York World's Fair
A 60 foot elm statue is being carved by Lawrence Tenney Stevens at South Wind farm in Conn to symbolize a great ethereal spirit. Two smaller pieces representing man and woman will accompany it in a plaza at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.
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New York
South Windsor
Conn
Lawrence Tenney Stevens
Beaman Floyds Visit Relatives in Norlina Sunday
Mr and Mrs Beaman Floyd spent Sunday in Norlina with relatives.
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Mrs. Beaman Floyd
Norlina
In Memoriam for a Dear Father January 1936
In loving memory of our father who died three years ago on January 17 1936. An angel from heaven took him to a beautiful heavenly home. We miss you dear father and husband who loved us. His wife and children endure the sorrow and remember him.
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Father
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