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Roanoke Rapids High School Class Of 1937 Commencement
The Roanoke Rapids High School class of 1937, 67 seniors, receive diplomas at tonight's commencement in a ceremony attended by about 2,000. Dr. Frank P. Graham of UNC delivers the address, introduced by Julian R. Allsbrook. The program includes music by the school orchestra, a girls choir, and a quartet. Diplomas are presented by school board chair T. W. Mullen and awards by Principal P. A. Reid.
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Roanoke Rapids High School
J. N. Bynum
Mendelssohn
Lord
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Graham
Julian R. Allsbrook
Ethel
Nellie Gray Bridgman
Laura Lula Bullock
Emma Lee Burke
Marjorie Louise Collins
Margaret Paul Cox
Helen Frances Elmore
Nellie Cynthia Ann Griffin
Mary Lillian Gurley
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Bettie Catherine King
Florence Elizabeth King
Madeline Lipscomb
Marcella Marilyn Marks
Margaret L. Matthews
Allie Moody
Julia Whitney Moseley
Saluda Northington
Maggie Iona Powell
Ethel Mae Reaves
Eurelia Page Ricks
Annie Louise Shell
Grace Elizabeth Sims
Emma Alease Smith
Mildred Allen Smith
Helen Roberta Stewart
Viola Edith Tippett
Alice Juanita Underwood
Lucy Marie Wahab
Lelia Memory Webb
Mabel Pauline Whitby
Virginia Louise Whitby
Lois Valentine White
Helen Meredith Wilkinson
Nancy Cecelia Wolhar
Mary Coburn Woodruff
Leslie Lyles Allen
Robert Payne Beckwith, Jr
Herbert Harris Bell
John E. Bennett
George Alvin
Warley W. Pearson
James Boyd Sullivan
Francis Edward Taylor
Raleigh Lee Topping, Jr
George Russell Turner
George Samuel Wood