Roanoke Echoes Heroic High School Friendship Tale
An OCR fragment recalls Tommy a Florida driver from high school days who became a WWII Air Force captain. He downed seven Nip aircraft, earned a Medal, and died in the Pacific after a daring wingover to save a wingman. Mentions friends and a Sebring high school trophy note.
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Jerry Elliott
Herald
Tela
Soda
Tommy
Alckly
Igy
Luzon
Manila
States
Bong
Sebring
Tojo
Roanoke Rapids Plans Gala Semi Centenary Week
Roanoke Rapids gears up for a three day July celebration marking its 50th anniversary. Lions Club chair Harvey Woodruff outlines a parade boxing and wrestling at Simmons Park a coronation ball and stage shows with hundreds in prizes and a grand prize trip or $300 cash.
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Roanoke* Rapids
Roanokeapis
Torday
Harvey Woodruff
Lions Club
Roanoke Rapids
Lions
Building Permits in Roanoke Rapids Keep Rising
Limited permits issued last week show Gilbert Baughan filing for a one story cinder block garage apartment with two rooms and bath on Williams Street estimated at 1500 dollars. W HM Carter applies for a one story residence with six rooms and bath on Rapids Street between Second and Third Streets at 9500 dollars.
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Gilbert Baughan
Williams Streets
W. HM. Carter
Rapids Street
Second
Third
Hill‘billy
David's Clothing
Grant
Chandler's
Coline Jenes. Company
Taylor Drug Store
McCrory'n Go & 100
American Shoe Abop
Roanoke Banke & Trus: Co
Ide
Roanoke Hardware Co
Din Datton
Deaths in Roanoke Rapids Area
Mrs. Maune died at home in Roanoke Rapids Sunday night. Funeral was conducted Tuesday at 4:30 by Rev. Gordon L. Price with burial in Roanoke Rapids cemetery. Survived by sons Lucius Olmstead Raleigh Leroy Olmstead Norfolk Horace Beamon Frank Olmstead. daughters Dorothy Warrick Roanoke Rapids Grace Simstead Pennsylvania. brothers Paul Whitfield Raleigh Joe Whitfield Maxon?. sisters Katherine Bauaundsen Lillie Moseley. three grandchildren.
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Mra
Maune
Roanoke Rapids
Gordon L. Price
Lucius Olmstead
Raleigh
Leroy Olmatesd
Nolk
Horace, Beamon
Frankcla ‘Olmstead
Thin Clty
Dorothy Warrick
Grace] Simstead
Pennsylvania
Paul W
Playgrounds Draw Big Attendance as City League Debuts
Five day period June 5 to 11 sees 3410 total playground visits led by Clara Hearne 770 Rosemary 698 and Central 724. City League action includes Central edging Rosemary 1 0 and Clara Hearne beating Vance Street 13 0 with Junior Division starting. Standings list Central Clara Hearne Vance Street Rosemary with upcoming matches noted.
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Clara Hearne
Central
Rosemary
Vance Street
John Armstrong Chaloner School
Clara Hesme
Vane Street
Storey
Hurse
Lynch
Eaton
Nantz
Britt
King
Deaver
Acree
Joyner
Fimings
Rosemary Imene
Edwards
Poindexter
Thomas
Jordan
Vaughan
Brown
Warrick
Crumpler
Newsome
Rook
Borrell
Moore
Davenport
Cobb
Edmonds
Merchants Offer Prizes For Lions Semi Centenary Celebration
Merchants and industries announce prizes for a boxing and wrestling show at Simmons Park on Wednesday July 2 as part of the Lions Semi-Centennial celebration. Prizes include a Burleigh sport item, hats, robes, jewelry, a Bulova wrist watch, a radio, golf equipment, a fishing rod, and other goods totaling multiple values from local businesses.
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Lions
Marvey Woodruff
Simmons Park
Bloom Brothers
Bitches
Easy Pay Tire & Furniture
Barry-Irwin
Roanoke
Gortham
Penney's
Lead Brothers
Livesay
Southwest
Tar Heel Sporting Goods Co
Godwin-Wilkes Moby
Local Horses Cup Gives Weldon Colt Title
Large crowds witnessed Atlantic Coast Racing Circuit events at Elizabeth City over the weekend with local entries claiming top spots. All Worthy Gold of Roanoke Rapids won the 2:21 trot while Butternut Gay of Weldon took the 2:27 trot in his first race, and Royal Adams placed third in the 2:19 pace.
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C. Y. Oakley
Roanoke Rapids
Blackwell Pierce
Weldon
Butternut
Gay
Butteraut Gay
Oakley
Royal Adams
Empire Gratten
Pierce
H. Casey
T. B. Glover
Colgate
Chockoyotto Park
Elizabeth City
Suffolk
Chockoyette Park
Highway Patrol Chief Addresses Legionnaires in Roanoke Rapids
Col H J Hatcher commander of the State Highway Patrol spoke at a Weldon and Roanoke Rapids American Legion meeting in the Roanoke Rapids Armory last night.
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H. J. Hatcher
State Highway Patrol
Hospital Notes Report of Roanoke Rapids Hospital discharges
The weekly hospital notes list patients entering and released at Roanoke Rapids Hospital and nearby towns. Readouts include names such as Carolyn Tylddy Edna B Shearfin Jamey Lockeman Gerald Mitchell Raymond Hedgepath and many others with dates June 5 through June 9 and multiple releases and reentries.
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Carolyn Tylddy
Edna B. Shearfin
Jamey Lockeman
Gerald Mitchell
Raymond Hedgepath
Frank Shear
Loretta Hall
Martha Ann Starke
Rose Cooksey
Nethercutt Girl
Prod Warren
J.T. Minseher
Jennie Lowe
Roanoke Rapids
James Manley
Halifax
Stanley Canipe
Nuterla Canyon
Weldon
Raymond Davis
Bred Warren
Susan Worts
M. Jordan
Pleasant Hill
George Junius Ghee
Jackson
Eutering
William Hawkins
Renae Keit
Nemar
Gerald EB. Hester
Herman Buck
Gordon Malone
Marion A
King
Cliftton Nines
Valentine
Arthur Avent
Lloyd ‘Ligon
Robert Buss
Emporia
George Graves
Cochrane
Minnie Roberta Taylor
Rich Square
Richard Edwards
Clark
Garysburg
Robert Moore
Renae Kennemar
Quentin Pittard
Thurman Matthews
Gordon P. Gray
Margaret Buffaloo
Littleton
Leo Ohn Britt
Leroy Mer ‘Tin
Larry B. Bridgers
Garyaburg
J. B. Brown
L. C. Daughny
Mra
Otis Reynolds
Forest
Pearson Boy
Thomas Harvey
Skippers
W. P. Rogers
Prooman
Wal J
Bunnett
F. B. Latsey
Emporld
Fred Ricks
Conway
J. HL. Allen
Guston
Carolyn Idney
Wade Marka
Roanoke Rapjos
Chaloner School Principal Addresses Roanoke Rapids Church Group
John Armstrong Chaloner School principal D. P. Lewis spoke to about 20 women of the Presby terian Church auxiliary on June 10 on Tam My Brothers Keeper. He cited poverty literacy and historical obscurity as factors in Negro unacceptance and urged long term paths for improvement.
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D. PB. Lewis
John Armstrong Chaloner
The
Presbyterian Church
Lewis
Tam My Brothers
Mra. Zeb Ri Denny
Chm
Christian Social Service Committee
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids
Paul Mayes
Nick Perkins
Margie Mitchell
Recorder's Court
Wesley T. Daniels
Wesley Callahan
Jimmie Davis
Edward Clements
Hugh J. Kincaid
Jin White
Wallace Garner
William R. Carter
B. L. Price
White
Cleveland J. Francis
Marvin Coole
Light and cost rise trim Roanoke Rapids lighting plan
The Roanoke Rapids city commission approves a new power contract with Virginia Electric & Power to upgrade street and park lighting. About 70 new 400 candlepower units will replace 6 candlepower fixtures, with a 480 percent lighting increase for a $378 annual cost rise. Simmons Park gains lighting and the May ball park bill drops under the new terms.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapidy
Virginia Electric & Power Company
Pow‘er Company
Board of Commissionere
E. W. Fortune
Power Company
Fortune
Roanoke Avenue
13Th Street
Dentist District
Pew Company
Ball Park
Simmons Park
Phillip Freeman
Norfolk
A. C. Nichols
Wilmington
Karpark Corporation
Cincinnati
Inter
W. H. Pruden
Marchants Association
Roanoke Uue
Third Street
Haskina
J. Haskina
104 Avenue
Construction Starts on New Store Building in Roanoke Area
Construction began last week on a one story cement and brick store building on Roanoke Avenue between Second and Third Streets. A building permit issued to Harold Bloom last month lists an estimated cost of £12,000. Bloom said the building will be used for rental purposes.
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Roanoke Avenue
Second
Third Streets
Harold Bloom
Bloom
Funeral Services Held in Enfield for Crash Victim
Funeral services were held for David B. Hale 24 of Enfield, victim of a June 3 auto crash. Hale died en route to a hospital after the car left the road and crashed west of town. coroner's jury ruled accidental death. Hale is survived by his parents two brothers and four sisters.
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David B. Hale
Enfield
Branch
T. C. Hickman
Hale
Johnnie Sorle
Eneld
Soris
Par
Sell
Jerry Rowland
Roanoke Rapids
Vaughn
Mia
Randolph Morgan
Alouse and
Catherine
Macon Man to Lead Services at First Christian Church
H. BD. Steele, a regional representative of the National Benevolent Association, will conduct services at the First Christian Church this Sunday June 16, per church officials. Roanoke residents endured a heat wave reaching 107 degrees on Wednesday, according to local reports.
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Macon
First Christian
H. BD. Steele
National Benevolent Association
Christies
Joy
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