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High School Honors: Roanoke Rapids Students Win Top Medals
The 1929 Roanoke Rapids High School awards feature the Patterson Kiwanis Medal to Ethel Reaves for all-around excellence and the Scholar ship Fund prize pairing with Reader's Digest for the top scholastic record. Madeline Lipscomb wins two prizes for 25 ones in 31 courses, while Jimmie McGee earns the second Bausch & Lamb Honorary Science Award. Julia Moseley takes the Debaters and Lions Club trophies, with ties granting dual honors to Jimmie McGee and Milton Moore for athletics. Ethel Reaves also receives the Study Club prize for perfect attendance, and Bertha Batton wins a general all-round student prize.
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Patterson
Samuel F. Patterson
Kiwanis
Ethel’ Reaves
Reader's Digest
Lelia Webb
Juanita Underwood
Saluda Northington
Madeline Lipscomb
Roanoke Rapids
F. G. Jarman
Bertha Batton