27 Jul 1939
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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
1
Business manager Shearod Crumpler announced the Owls will host two weekend games. If 7-Up from Washington DC cannot be booked, Adam Millis of High Point and Ca-Vel of Roxboro will join for Saturday and Sunday contests. Millis and Ca-Vel are top contenders. Roxboro seeks revenge for a prior defeat.
Funeral services for Harry Norwood 21 fatally injured in a highway crash between Creedmoor and Durham will be held Friday at 4 30 PM in the Pentecostal Holiness Church conducted by Rev S A Fann. Interment in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Survivors include his parents J W and Mrs Norwood of 232 Washington Street two brothers Edward and Wardell a sister Viola and a half brother Fenton Johnson.
A car owned by Robert Williams an electrician from Henderson at Rosemary Manufacturing Company was stolen this afternoon from Roanoke Avenue in front of the Rosemary Inn. Police were investigating a river bridge accident nearby when the thieves fled with the vehicle leaving no clue. Williams had the keys.
Roanoke Rapids man Tommy Norwood died of injuries from a car crash that occurred near Creedmoor on Wednesday night. The vehicle driven by Edward Elmore struck a bridge abutment around 2 00 am. Other occupants, including Tommy Norwood's uncle, Harvey Hazelwood Edward Elmore and Jack Smith, suffered serious injuries.
A Creedmoor Durham highway crash early Friday left 21 year old Harry Norwood dead and three others Harvey Hazelwood Edward Elmore Jack Smith seriously injured. The four men were returning from a High Point baseball game when the car left the road and collided with a bridge abutment.
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