Jays Batting and Pitching Leaders Detail
Jays pitching list names Glenn Titus with six wins and eight losses in 17 games. Carleton leads bullpen action with 18 games but only one win and eleven losses. Batting averages excerpt shows Gonzales .380 May .349 Pavich .342 Meyer .281 Stalls .270 Bolick .260 Martin .250 Hammack .236 King .220 Gary .213 A Brown .161 Irvin .130 across ten-plus games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Titus
Jays
Carleton
Tosingt
Hut Gonzales
May
Pavich
Meyer
Stalls
Bolick
Martin
Hammack
King
Gary
A. Brown
Irvin
Veterans Down in Extra Inning Showdown and Win
The Peck team broke a tied ninth in an extra inning game to defeat the Lions Club 10 to 9. In a wild second game the veterans rallied past the Merchants 20 to 18 after tying at 18 in the sixth. Merchants made 13 errors and Phil Allen was injured and out for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peck
Lions Club
Theeterans
Merchants
Phil Allen
Jays fall as Roanoke Rapids routs Green ville 5 to 1
Roanoke Rapids wins 5 1 over Greenville as Herring fans 11 batters and Pritchard keeps control. Hussey and Salyer go hitless for Goldsboro while May hits a 340 foot homer and Ferra King drive in runs for the Jays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jays
Jack Hussey
Goldsboro
Salyer
Jackson
Vendewier
Carteron
Herb May
Herring
Roanoke Rapids
Roa
Rapids
Goldsbors
Greenville
Pritchard
Greenies
Brouch
Ferra
King
Hammack
R. Rapids
Roanoke Rapids Beats Wilson 2 1 in Ten Innings
Glenn Titus and Joe Feri sparked the Jays as they beat the Wilson Tobs 2 to 1 in ten innings before 1,200 fans. Titus limited Wilson to four hits, two in the first and two in the third, and pitched seven straight hitless innings of a ten inning start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Wilson
Glenn Titus
Joe Feri
Bart
Jays
Wilson Tobs
Titus
Lefty Glenn
Jays Rally Behind Ferra in Win Over Tobs in Extra
Ferra hit a first inning homer and drove in the winning run with a tenth inning double off Peeler as the Jays beat the Tobs 12 4 in ten innings. Titus powered with a double and singles while Hammack May and Bolick starred defensively and on base in a tightly played contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferra
Jays
Singer
Titus
Shariey Hammack
Herb May
May
Tobs’ Moss
Sunday ROANOKE RAPIDS 7 WILSON 5 baseball score
Sunday afternoon in Wilson the Jays beat Pittman Nordmeyer and Feeler to win 7 5 as three late runs decided the game John Pavlich opened with a double and Martin drove him home tying the score Bolick doubled and Rehm misplayed Ferra to allow the go ahead runs Pete King struck out three and Titus earned the win Moss hit a home run for Wilson against Roanoke Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Ferro
Gonzalez
Gay
Herb May
Woody Gray
Peeler
John Pavlich
Tob
Jays
Sox
Tobs
Dickens
Pavlich
Wolfe
Rehm
St Martin
Bolick
Lady Luck
Gray
Jane
Martin
Hammack
Titus
Ingilants
Glenn
Joe Ferra
N Rapids
Wilson
Ehlman
Roanoke Rapids
Pittman
Nordmeyer
Cousin Feeler
Ferra
Pete King
Moss
R. Rapils Wilson
Halifax Scouts Beat Troop 144 9 to 2 Friday Night
Halifax Troop 53 baseball defeated Roanoke Rapids Troop 144 9 to 2 on Friday night June 25. Gardner pitched with Bass catching. White and Rooke formed the battery. Buddy Bass led the winners with three hits in four at bats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of Troop 53
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids Troop 144
Gardner
Bass
White
Rooke
Buddy Bass
June Marriages in Halifax License Bureau Report
The Halifax Marriage License Bureau shows June as a peak month with 59 licenses issued in June 1947. The list includes couples such as Bernard Barry and Grace Sinclair, Earl Wood and Myrtle Fearing, Wallace Browning and Addie Holloman, and many others from Enfield, Roanoke Rapids, Scotland Neck, and nearby towns. Records reflect a steady pattern of June marriages with numerous couples from North Carolina communities and a few from other states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cupid
Halifax
Bernard Barry
Washington, D. C
Grace Sinclair
Was ‘On
D.C
Earl Wood
Hertford
Myrtle Fearing
Elizabeth City
Wallace Browning
Roanoke Rapids
Addie Holloman
Washington
Hunter
Enfield
Sadie Silver
Jasper Coppedge
Mollie Bell Evans
William Hunter
Ahoskie
Jessie Marie Flood
Wallace McCoy
Jean MacKenzie
Mariano Morales
Salinas
Calif
Ruby M. Mallory
Sandston
Lawrence Hernandez, Jr
Tampa
Fla
Elizabeth Bryan Dickens
Howard Joyner
Whitakers
Berthens Golson
Larry L. Hodges
Stokes, N
Doris Franck
Scotland Neck
Billie Manning
Tarboro
Joan Simmons
Edwin W. Watkins
Memphis
Arba Sherwood Godwin
Leona Louise Overton
Sam Clark
Virginia Williams
Willis Clay
Weldon
Mattie Lee Peterson
Robert Pettiford
Sadie Hawkins
Robert Harpper
Winston- Salem
Sunshine Bellamy
Winston-Salem
Charles L. Beresford
Ecorse
Mich
Aideen Broach
Gerald Hope Elliott
Mamie Marie Nash
Earnest Green
Alexandria
Lee Andrew Jones
Minnie Hines
Robert R. Hand
Bessie Vivian Hedgepeth
Local pairs listed in legal notices across towns
Raymond Freeman of Garysburg and Dorothy Byrd of Weldon, Paul Martin Solve of Carson Va and Eloise Mullins of Stanston Va, James Ruben Hall of Woodville and Myrtle Brown of Roa J, C Cook Jr. of Scotland Neck and Elan Bland of Scot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Freeman
Garysburg
Dorothy Byrd
Weldon
Paul Martin Solve
Carson
Weekend Visitors and Travels Across States Mentioned
Greensboro residents hosted and visited numerous relatives and friends over the weekend. Names include Kellys Coless Armstrong King Mark Northington Shearin Cooke and others from Norfolk Wake Forest Washington Roanoke Rapids and Virginia Beach with trips to Asheville Knoxville Richmond Ocean View Manteo Warrenton and California noted.
Catholic Mass Hours Changed in Roanoke Rapids July
Rev. Peter M. Denges announced July Mass hours at St John’s Roanoke Rapids. Holy Mass will be at eight every Sunday morning with confession before each Mass. A second Mass will be in St Richard Emporia Virginia with Father Remegius E Fleishell in charge of parish sick calls during July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St John's Catholic Church
Roanoke Rapids
Peter M. Denges
St. Ricich
Emporia
Remegius E. Fleishell
F. M
Halifax Social News Highlights Visitors and Weekend Trips
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pearce and daughter Glenda of Williamsburg Virginia spent the weekend with Mrs. Mary Read. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Millikin and son Ray visited Wilmington for the weekend. Geneva Applewhite and college roommate Mary Catherine Nye of Conway South Carolina returned to Halifax after a ten day New York trip. While there they visited Clara Fenner, former Halifax resident, and were weekend guests at West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Pearce
Glenda
Williamsburg, Va
Mary Read
Geneva Applewhite
Mary Catherine Nye
Conway
8. C
Halifax
New York
Clara Fenner
West Point
Deaths of Gray Holliday Roanoke Rapids staff sergeant and others
Obituaries list Gray Holliday 74 of Enfield died after months-long illness. Funeral from his Enfield home conducted by Rev. P. F. Newton and others with burial in local cemetery. Survived by wife Nellie Harrison, a sister Annie Holliday of Washington, six nieces and nephews. Also listed are Larry Jordan 90 of Roanoke Rapids who died after a short illness in Fayetteville and Staff Sergeant Je B. Whittington killed in action in the Southwest Pacific on Sept 15, 1943 with funeral services in Scotland Neck. Burial Sunnyside Cemetery. Whittington was son of J E and Mrs Sarah L. Whittington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Holliday
Pine Bluff
Enfield
P. F. Newton
Felix Arnold
W. M. Howard
Bethel
Nellie Harrison
Annie Holliday
Washington
Larry Jordan
Roanone Rapids
Veteran's Hospital
Fayetteville
Clinton Street
Gordon L. Price
Roanoke Rapids
S. L. Ross
Dorothy Allen
Myrtle Carmwan
Ernestine Jordan
A. B. Whittington
Scotland Neck
Je B. Whittington
Southwest Pacific
Baptist Church
American Legion
VEW
W. D. Morris
Bptait
W. E. Goode
Sunnyside Cemetery
Whittington
J. E
Sarah L. Whittington
Obituary Notice for Owen J. Moore of Scotland Neck
Owen J. Moore 73 died at his North Main Street home after months of illness. Funeral at his home Tuesday 3 p.m. with Rev. W. D. Morris and Rev. W. E. Goode officiating. Burial in Episcopal cemetery. He leaves wife, two sons in Virginia Beach, two brothers Julius Moore Whitakers and Andrew J. Moore Wilmington, three sisters Stallings White Whitakers and Taylor Florence DC. Formerly with Atlantic Coast Line Railway and Planters Commercial Bank Scotland Neck, later ran a Virginia Beach cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen J. Moore
Scotland Neck
North Main Street
W. D. Morris
First Baptist Church of
Julius’ Moore
Whitakers
Andrew J. Moore
Wilmington
Robert Stallings
Jarrat White
Forest Taylor
Florence
D. C
Moore
Atlantic Coast Line Railway
Planters Commercial Banke
Virginia Beach
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Kinston
R'y Mount
New Bern
Greenvile
WLT
New Ben
R'y Mount Kinston
R’n Rapids
Peoples Theatre
Imperial Theatre
Tri, Ey
Heart of
Virginia
Dario
Joe Bolick
Starlite
Weldon Highway
Inc
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Halifax Boy Scouts
Littleton
T. J. Kelly
Greensboro
Bella Keeter
Maxine and
Marylyn Cole
Norfolk, Va
Mrs. T. W. Cole
Rosaly Armstrong
Norfolk
Maxine
Bill and
Ray Cole
Wake Forest College
Mrs
T. W. Cole
Sammie King
Asheville
N. C
Knoxville, Tenn
Bernie Mark
Hopewell, Va
Httine Mae Gray
C. D. Jenkins
A. M. Newsom
California
J.C. Robinson
Kower Moore
A.J. Parker
Henry House
Richmond
Elizabeth Mattews
Rooke Rapids
W. P. Bowers
Juanita Northington
W. S. Robertson
Warrenton
View, Va
Whit Shearin
Louise Shearin
Alfred Cooke
Ocean View, Va
Clyde Johnston
Virgina Beach
Bud Perry
Robeth Barnes
Manteo, N. C
Martha Twitty
Warrenson
W. J. Bowe
Rufus Bradley
Roy King
Alfreddorson
An Cooke
Ocean
F. W. King
J. Milton Read
R. W. Millikin
Ray
Walter G. Holliday
U.S. Army
Sys
Erke Brothers Distilleries
THC
Boston
Mass
Tommy Dorsey
Spike Jones
Perry
Tex Beneke
Vaughn Monroe
Sammy Kaye
Bing Crosby
Andrew Sisters
Guy Lombardo
Carmen Cavallaro
Dick Haymes
Dinah Shore
Frankie Carle
Harry James
King Cole
Trio Peggy Lee
Hillbilly
Eddy Arnold
Charlie Monroe
Sons of the Pioneers
E. W. Smith, Inc
Roanoke Ave
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