City Championship semifinals set for Sunday at Simmons Park
Roanoke No 2 Weavers vs Patterson Card Room and Rosemary No 3 Spinners vs Roanoke No 1 Weavers go to a five game series with both winners meeting in the City Championship. Semis start Sunday 3 p.m. at Simmons Park with 10c-15c admission.
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Roanoke
Weavers
Patterson Card Room
Rosemary No. 3 Spinners
Simmons Park
Rosemary Spinners
No. 1
Speed” Hux
Floyd Ciercy
Patterson Carders
Russell “Sweet" Birdsong
Rosemary
Whie Wade Hardison
Alligood
Russell Birdsong
Spinners
Hansley
Outland
R. Everette
Hudson
Moyee
C. Everette
Birdsong If
Sadler
Ryals
Smith
Pulley
Lee
Jones
Gail
Garner c
Rosemary Spinners Win Rosemary Softball League Title Again
Rosemary No 3 Spinners clinched the Rosemary Softball League title for the second straight year with a 7 2 victory over the Finishers. The 22 8 record capped a season amid plans for playoff series and a semi final at Simmons Park.
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Rosemary Spin's
Rosemary No. 3 Spinners
Rosemary
Spinners
Rosemary Girls Clinch City Girls Softball Crown
Rosemary Girls have won the city championship and may enter the Eastern Championship series. Coach Freddie Mills receives praise as No. 3 Spinners prepare to meet No. 1 Weavers in the semifinals. Veteran Babs Ryals, long out front, continues to hit and field strongly. Waite Hardison of Roanoke No. 1 Weavers earns league praise. other local figures noted with enthusiasm.
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Rosemary
Freddie Mills
Weavers
Babs” Ryals
Waite Hardison
Roanoke
Bill Hodges
Cootie” Ciercey
Patterson
Hux
Two Fruit Trucks Roll Over Near Pleasant Hill
Two fruit trucks overturned within hours of each other in the region near Pleasant Hill. One vehicle was destroyed by fire though both drivers escaped serious injuries. Mor ris W. Farber and Sam Stien of Baltimore were en route to Charleston with a load of fancy fruit when their truck was hit by a grey sedan that fled the scene. The driver and passenger were taken to the Terminal Hotel for recovery. State Highway Patrolmen investigated.
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Pleasant Hill
Morris W. Farber
Sam Stien
Baltimore
Charleston
S. C
Virginia State Line
Young Farber
Henry Farber
Weldon
Terminal Hotel
Shorty Matthews Shines on Defense for Machine Shop
Roanoke League notes star defender Shorty Matthews at second base for the Machine Shop. His stellar work around the bag drew praise as the defense carried the team.
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Roanoke
Shorty” Matthews
Machine Shop
Shorty
Card of Thanks from Mrs Ashley Garner and children
We thank friends and neighbors for kindnesses during our husband and father's illness and death. Special thanks for the floral offerings at his funeral.
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Ashley Garner
Thanking Friends for Care During Illness and Death
We express gratitude to friends and neighbors and Dr. Weathers for their ministry and service during the illness and death of our father and uncle H. S. Edmonds. We also value the beautiful floral offerings.
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Dr. Weathers
H. S. Edmonds
Town Talk notes and a missing fruit truck accident
Miss Blanche Cullins of Richmond spent the weekend with her parents in town. Several residents from Burlington visited Flossie Wilson on Washington Street. A fruit truck bound north overturned on a Halifax curve, injuring the driver who was taken to the hospital.
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Blanche Cullins
Richmond
J. W
Helen Coble
Louise Holt
Thelma McAdams
Hugh Holt
Henry Heath
Burlington
N. C
Flossie Wilson
Washington St
Bernard Allsbrook
Beaman Helms
Jimmie Curran
Wilmer Collier
Richmond, Va
W. A. China
Floyd B
Halifax
Social notes from regional visitors and travels
Wood and Mrs. M. H. Allen return from a ten day vacation in Washington Wrightsville and Carolina Beach. Marcus Allen of South Carolina visits as guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. China. Numerous locals host and visit relatives including Mrs Hughes of Durham Miss Boone's trip to Louisburg for Young Peoples work.
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Wood
Mrs. M. H. Allen
Washington
Wrightsville
Carolina Beach
Marcus Allen
South Carolina
W. A. China
Mrs. Hughes
Durham, N. C
H. & Loy
Mary Boone
Louisburg
N. C
William Duke
W. W. Edwards
Lelia Parsons
Hopewell
Arthur Gilliam
Robert Parrish
Bettie King
Colerain Beach
J. L. Rowe
Portsmouth
Jimmie Rochelle
Maurice Allen
Washington, D. C
Frank Kendrick
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George Hayes
Bath
Jackson St
C. E. Matthews
Hamilton St
Charlotte St. C. E. Matthews
T. S. Brown
Dial
Rawleigh
Dept
Nice Farm
Macon
Church Hill Road
Roanoke Rapids
J. Spire
C-O
Halifax Waste Materials Co
Rawleigh’s
Catherine Warren Martin
Robert Martin
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
R. M. Pope
Hamilton
D. W. Ethridge
NEW Bakery, Inc
Goldsboro
Albert McDonald
Greensboro
E. B. Harbour
Clarence and
Marie
Scotland Neck
F .E. Garner
Beachie Harvey
Danville
A. J. McKinnon of
Maxton, N. C
William Alfred Thorne
Carroll Morgen
Seaboard
William Henry Davis
Fred Floyd
H. T. Davis
Elmo
Elizabeth City
Norfolk
C. L. Davis
Elizabeth
Fannye Bryant
Herbert Bryant
Pete Bryant
Woodland
Blanche Ellis
Littleton
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