Playgrounds Report Details Activities and Staffing
The report describes the playgrounds opened June 11 under Rockfelllow Venters with twelve staff across five locations Central School Patterson Mills Village Rosemary Bunker Hill and John Armstrong Chaloner colored school. Over four weeks 6 164 children visited with 1 541 weekly average and about 2 200 in past two weeks. Total 1 297 man hours cost 738 29 an average 52 per hour. Lifeguards on duty during pool hours and children must attend playgrounds that day to swim. Funding comes from city schools Community Chest and local clubs and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockfellow Venters
Central School
Patterson Mills Village
Rosemary
Bunker Hill
John Armstrong Chaloner _ colored school
McRae Faison
Community Chest
Lions Club
Rotary Club
Kiwanis Club
Business and Professional Women's Club
Sanitary District
Burnette unit receives Bronze Star after overseas service
Visiting here are M Sgt and Mrs E R Burnette of Greensboro. They visit Mrs Burnette's mother Mrs J N Taylor. Burnette recently returned to the states after 30 months overseas in Africa Italy and France. He was awarded the Bronze Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Burnette
Greensboro
Death of Donald Lee Pitt 23 in State Hospital Raleigh
Donald Lee Pitt age 23 died Saturday June 30 at 9 15 in State Hospital Raleigh. He was the son of Mr and Mrs R E Pitt of Monroe Street Roanoke Rapids. Survived by two brothers John R Pitt U S Navy and K Alvin Pitt Wake Forest plus a niece and nephew. Funeral July 2 at home by Rev Gordon L Price interment Cedarwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lee Pitt
State Hospital
Raleigh
R. E. Pitt
Monroe Street
Roanoke Rapids
John R. Pitt
U. S. Navy
K. Alvin Pitt
Wake Forest
Gordon L. Price
Cedarwood
Local Lions Sponsor Civil Air Patrol Squadron
The Lion's Club of Roanoke Rapids under Army Air Force direction sponsors a Civil Air Patrol Squadron open to youths 15 and older. Training starts from the ground up and continues after the war. Regular army gear used. enlist immediately. First meeting 8 p m Tuesday July 17 at Roanoke Rapids High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lion’s Club of
Roanoke Rapids
Army Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Roanoke Rapids High School
Rev Topping Returns Home From Bath Camp
Rev. R. L. Topping of 915 Hamilton Street returned home last Monday from Roanoke Christian Service Camp Bath North Carolina where he helped direct activities. He taught two classes daily directed recreation and was song leader. Twenty churches were represented with seventy eight students enrolled. There were twelve baptisms and six volunteers for full time Christian service. Dr Harry Poll of Cincinnati Ohio was camp dean. The morning dip at six thirty and swimming in the Pamlico River were enjoyed. On the fourth of July the ceremony concluded.
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R. L. Topping
Hamilton Street
Roanoke Christian Service Camp
Bath
N. C
Bath High School
Christian Church
Harry Poll
Cincinnati
Ohio
Pamlico River
Lt Col Taylor Receives Bronze Star for Medical Battalion Duties
Lt Col Thomas J. Taylor of the 314th Medical Battalion, 89th Infantry Division, awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in Europe during operations from Luxembourg to central Germany. He aided evacuation and medical support under enemy fire, previously practicing medicine in Roanoke Rapids before 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
1Vth Infantry
Europe
Thos. J. Taylor
Doris D. Taylor
Scotland Neck
F. M. Taylor
Enfield
89Th Infantry Division
Luxembourg
Germany
Taylor
Army of the
Lieut. Col. Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
Lt. George Wood Visits City on 30 Day Furlough
Lt. George S. Wood 25 arrived last Friday for a 30 day furlough after 10 months overseas in the China Burma India Theatres. He completed 100 combat missions as a C 47 navigator and earned the Air Medal Oak Leaf Cluster and Distinguished Flying Cross. His wife is Sarah Crawford Towe of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Wood
China-Burma
India
Wood
Florida
Sarah Crawford Towe
Roanoke District Convention Anchors Bath Bath Churches
Campers will hike to Bayview for swimming with two weeks of camping next year at the same site. One week for juniors and one week for seniors. The sessions fall in the last two weeks of June when Bath Athens Chapel and Saint Claire Churches host the Roanoke District Convention on its fifth Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayview
Roanoke
Bath
Athens Chapel
Saint Claire
Retonga Proclaimed Best Investment by Nurse
Mrs. Mary Lola Lawrence, a Birmingham practical nurse, says Retonga improved her health after severe digestion issues. She weighed 112 pounds at her lowest, then gained weight, regained energy, and stopped needing harsh laxatives after using Retonga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retonga
Mary Lola Lawrence
4500
11Th Ave
North
Birmingham
Ala
Tate
King Family Weekend at Virginia Beach with Daughter
Mr and Mrs C R King spent the weekend at Virginia Beach with their daughter Mrs S D Major. Miss Dorothy Lee McClure of Newport News Va is spending this week with Misses Betty and Margaret Ingram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. C. R. King
Virginia Beach
Mrs. S. D. Major
Dorothy Lee McClure
Newport News, Va
Betty and
Margaret Ingram
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Chifonte
Boynoke Rapids
Rev. Topping
Col
George Wood
Mary L. Lawrence
Marks
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
ODD Lot
Odds & Ends
Roanoke Rapids, N
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