Romances Win City Textile League Softball Title
The Romances, sponsored by the Rosemary Manufacturing Company of Roanoke Rapids, claim the 1940-41 North Carolina Softball championship and seek to defend the state title. Players shown include James Hudson, Hank Stewart, Kiki Sadler, Mac Outland, Dick Lee, Russ DeBerry, Speed Hux, Ruben Daniels, Pepsi Boyd, Jerry Brown, Murray Stacia, Lefty Everette, Chet Simms, Pig Riggan and Chet Allsbrook with positions listed for each.
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Romances
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
James Hudson
Hank Stewart
Kiki Sadler
Mac Outland
Dick Lee
Russ DeBerry
Speed Hux
Ruben Daniels
Pepsi Boyd
Jerry Brown
Murray Stacia
Lefty Everette
Chet Simms
Pig Riggan
Chet Allsbrook
Halifax County Aluminum Drive Nets 3000 Pounds For Defense
Halifax County residents contributed about 3000 pounds of aluminum for national defense. The drive ran from the start of last week to Tuesday night with bins in communities and committees collecting seven to eight thousand aluminum items. Citizens searched their kitchens for pots and pans and other aluminum objects, delivering them to the piles.
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Halifax County
A. Leonidas Hux
Deferment Controversy In Wilson County Baseball Star
Irvin Dickens of Roanoke Rapids faces a Fort Bragg inquiry into his draft deferment. A Wilson County draft board accuses a board physician with Coastal Plain League ties of wire pulling. The army physician cites varicose veins and Dickens is cleared of deferral manipulation.
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Irvin Dickens
Roanoke Rapids
Fort Bragg
Wilson County
Dickens
Coastal Plain League
Wilson
Wilson Draft Board
Halifax Petition Seeks Move to County School System
A Halifax mass meeting backed a State School Commission study to switch the town from Weldon City to Halifax County schools so Halifax can have a high school. Delegates noted bus travel on Highway 301 and criticized Weldon High School’s nine month terms and limited curriculum.
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Halifax
State School Commission
Weldon City
Halifax County Board of Education
George Hux
Halifax Ruritan Club
Raleigh
Raritan Club
BE. L. Travis
F. W. M. White
Quentin Gregory
W. R. Candle
Hux
Resettlement Administration
Roanoke Farms
Weldon
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Aviation Engineers
21St Regiment
Langley Field
Virginia
Outfit
F.J. Debruyelle
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