Playground Additions Boost Summer Program Access
Attendance at five playgrounds for white and Negro children totaled 2 594 last week with Rosemary 1 015 Patterson 687 Bunker Hill 306 Chaloner Park 300 and Central 286. Baseball standings show Rosemary Red Sox leading with 9 0 record and central Old Town trailing with 2 7 4. Small Boys League announces Gone With The Wind return engagement on July 14 15.
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Rosemary
Patterson
Bunker Hill
Chaloner Park
Jand Central
Rosemary Red Sox
Bunker Hill Yanks
Bunker Hill Giants
Patterson Yellow Sax
Rosemary Hornets
Central Owls
Central Old Town
Patterson Tigers
Central Patterson
Pitts Theatre Schedules Two Day Run At Emporia
The Pitts Theatre opens today in Emporia Virginia with That Uncertain Feeling featuring Merle Oberon and Melvyn Douglas for a two day run through Friday. Don ed Barry appears in Wyoming Wildcat today and Joan Blondell with Roland Young star in Topper turns for today only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stariig Merle Oberon
Melynuglas
Pitts Theaat Emporia
Virginia
Doned” Barry
Pittseatre
Wyoming
Joan Blondell
Roland Youngll
Pitts Theatre
Topper
Thurs-Fri
Merle Oberon
Melvyn Douglas
Red” Barry
Roland Young
Intermezzo Opens Levon Show Sunday at Weldon
The Levon Theatre in Weldon presents Intermezzo on Sunday and Monday starring Leslie How eS and Ingrid Bergman. The program includes a news and act.
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Levon Theatre
Weldon
Leslie Howes
Ingrid Bergman
Levon
Joan Blondell
Carol Landis
Topper
Bob Steele
Kent Taylor
Wendy Barrie
Funeral Services For W. A. Taylor
Walter A. Taylor aged 68 died at his home on Madison Street after a lingering illness. He worked at a local textile mill and lived here about 20 years. Funeral service was held at his home with Rev. Gordon Price officiating. Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. Survived by wife Lucy, six sons Howard Richard Lynn Edwin Jacob John, three daughters Alice Cole Irene Green Ellen Taylor, eleven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Walter A. Taylor
Madison Street
Gordon Price
First Baptist Church
Cedarwood Cemetery
John Baird
J.W. Harper
A. B. Tutor
Carl Ray
D. J. Kidd
Walker
Lucy Taylor
Howard
Richard
Lynn
Edwin
Jacob
John Taylor
Alice Cole
Irene Green
Ellen Taylor
Mack Lynch Visited Sister in Portsmouth Virginia
Mack Lynch spent the weekend with his sister Mrs. J. T. West in Portsmouth Virginia as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Lynch
J. T. West
Portsmouth
First Methodist Church Services in Daniel Lane July 13
Sunday schedule lists 9:45 am Church School led by W. G. Lynch. 11:00 am Morning Worship with Rev. A. D. Leon Gray on The Faith We Live By. 7:00 pm Intermediate and Senior Young People. 8:00 pm Evening Worship with Rev. Gray on The Message of the Church for the World Today. Rev Gray, Alabama native and Birmingham School of Religion alumnus, invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Lynch
A. D. Leon Gray
Leon Gray
Church
Mr. Gray
Alabama
Birmingham School of Religion
Townsfolk Travel and Weekend Visits Across Virginia
Local residents and families spent weekends visiting relatives and touring nearby spots. Travels included Lee Hall Yorktown Norfolk and Washington DC with many roving to Dunn Franklinton Ocean View and Rocky Mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Moon
Woodrow Stories
Richmond
Mandy Hodges
Oretha Hodges
Vanderbilt
Hazel Brett
Gwendolyn Byrd
Lillie Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
Coley Wilson
Raleigh
Washington, D. C
Horace Williams
Annie Taylor
Linwood Moore
Franklinton
Elliott Anderson
Charles Whitting
Dunn
H. J. Deitz
Henderson
W. B. Massingale
Ralph Bounds
Camp Lee
S. J. Bounds
Buba” Gay
William Fanney
James Fanney
Lucille Speight
al Ward
Norfolk
Ocean View
John Wiley
Wilbur Mills
Elton Eason
Tuscarora Beach
Robert Benson
Willis Hill
Georgia
Bill Alligood
Russell Deberry
Dick Lee
George Gurley
Doug Worsham
Theodore Davis
Christian Church Schedule and Evening Service
Pastor Rev Z E Tomerlin leads Bible School at 9 45 a m with superintendent Wiley D Connell. Morning worship at 10 45 a m on Christian Advancement. Evening service at 8 p m noted as a clearing house with theme What Have We Been Doing. Young People Hour 9 30 on W C B T with Save America with Christian Ideals theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connell
Christian Advancement
Christian Endeavor
Tomerlin
America
William Pede
Rigan
Finch
Harrison
Charles Speight
Norfolk Visitors Honor Elmo Garris Couple
Mr and Mrs Elmo Garris of Norfolk Virginia were visitors in town last Thursday and Friday confirming their travel schedule and local greeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Edmondson
Effie Edmondson
Lottie Mae Browning
Mrs. Elmo Garris
Norfolk
Rocky Mount
Dewey Hersey
Sky Line
Berry Coleman
Douglas
Lawrenceville
Elmo Garris
Norfolk, Va
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Ntral Old Towntterson Tigers
Dlin & Bryant, Oliver & Chestut
Rosemary Nker Hill
Pitts
Intermezzo
W. A. Taylor
Pitts Emporia
Theatre — EM
Poria, VA
First Methodist
Daniel Lane
Willie Hawkins
Ellen
Larry
Lee Hall
Yorktown
Richard Webb
Virginia Beach
Emma Bateman
Columbia
M. H. Phelps
A. F. Ford
Nancy and Alton
Herbert Lowden
Haynes
Donald Pepper
Max Arnold
P. H. Deberry
Opal
Dorothy Pulley
Jerry
Burlington
H. C. Deberry
Lizzie Shearin
Doris Shearin
W. A. Tillery
Ann
Irma
Robert Wright
Mary Sanders
Ruby Pollard
Jacksonville
Wilmington
Jane Hobbs
H. E. Gibson
Jean Gibson
Savannah
Wike
Mary C. Moore
Josie Moore
Richard Moore
Hopewell
Sam Moore
C. L. Smith
T. M. Faison
Millicent Faison
Z. E. Tomerlin
N. C
Sun-Mon Adm
Leslie Howard
James Stewart
Paulette Goddard
Billy the Kid
White Eagle
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
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