Roanoke Rapids Beats Windsor and Hobgood in Weekend Wins
Roanoke Rapids leaguers earned a weekend sweep defeating Windsor on Saturday 9 5 and Hobgood on Sunday 9 5. Lefty Davis held Windsor to two runs with Sal Lingers homer in the seventh. Dickens and Allsbrook led Roanoke Rapids hitters with multiple hits while Hardison Garris and Starke contributed for the hosts.
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Roanoke Rapids
Windsor
Hobgood
Lefty Davis
Sallinger
Mulhernon
I. Dickens
Sullivan
Allsbrook
Speight
F. Dickens
Davis
Hawkins
Meecham
Hardison
Garris
Moseley
Starke
Mrs Green Funeral Held In Roanoke Rapids
Mrs. Green died after a period of illness and was interred at Roanoke Rapids Cemetery after a service led by Rev. S. J. Starnes. She was born in Virginia and moved to Roanoke Rapids as a child. She leaves husband Paul Green and three children Henry Hazel and Paul Jr plus extended family in Roanoke Rapids.
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Green
Paul Green
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Henry
Hazel
Paul
Roanoke ‘Rapids
Lenora Matthews
Emmett
Raymond Matthews
W. E. Moody
J. E. Tickel
Virginia
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids, Ahoskie lead Roanoke-Chowan standings
Team standings show Ahoskie 5 1 833 Windsor 4 3 571 Roanoke Rapids 2 4 333 Hobgood 2 5 .286. Results list Windsor 12 over Hobgood 2. Weekend schedule includes Roanoke Rapids at Ahoskie and Windsor at Hobgood with Ahoskie visiting Roanoke Rapids Saturday.
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Ahoskie
Windsor
Roanoke Rapids
Hobgood
Kiwanis Club Hosts Several Tonight With Notables
Guests at the Kiwanis Club included Medland and Sparling builders of the new post office, Traffic Sergeant Kirkland, W. H. Thorne Jr., Willie Hawkins who thanked the club for aiding his arthritis specialist trip to New York, and High School Traffic Squad members Captain Wilson Byrd Gene Shell and George Nethercutt.
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Medland and Sparling
Kirkland
W. H. Thorne, Jr
Willie Hawkins
Club
New York
Wilson Byrd
Gene Shell
George Nethercutt
Paralyzing Disease Echoes in Historical Health Advice
The text notes paralysis can be hidden without spinal fluid tests and cites death rates from six to twenty percent during epidemics. It mentions 20 to 25 percent complete recovery, a three week quarantine, and the use of a serum, while researchers seek the germ.
Building Boom Accelerates in Roanoke Rapids
The town reports expanding construction with a larger crew at the post office and several new residences nearing completion. At First and Hamilton the Langston home, a five room frame bungalow with bath, joins Mrs. Wm. C. Duncan’s five room bath bungalow at 12th and Hamilton, while Elias Brown also plans a home nearby.
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Roanoke Rapids
Langston
Frrst
Hamilton
Wm. C. Duncan
12Th and
Elias Brown
Homes Go Up as City Plans New Buildings This Summer
The city lists several residences to rent or build including James McDaniels at 12th and Hamilton, Julian Glover on Charlotte Street, and the King on Franklin Road with six rooms apiece. Two new houses are planned on Jackson Street, with permits pending. Building Inspector Henry Fitts notes improved construction, wiring, plumbing and fire safety, and predicts a busy Summer and Fall for contractors as about half a dozen more homes may start in July.
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13Th
Washington
James McDaniels
Hamilton
Bath
Julian Glover
Charlotte St
King
Franklin Road
H. L. Fahey
Jack Bell
8Th
Monroe St
Jackson Street
2Nd
Henry Fitts
In Memoriam Birda Yvonne Harris
In remembrance of Birda Yvonne Harris who departed this life two years ago at age 19 months. Mother and father Mr and Mrs Jack Harris of Garysburg North Carolina remember this day.
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Birda Yvonne Harris
Jack Harris
Garysburg
N. C
Infant Son Dies of Colitis in Local Hospital
Lawrence Cole Allen three months old son of Mr and Mrs Lee Allen died Sunday from colitis at the local hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at the residence in South Rosemary by Rev W H Grantham with interment in Love Cemetery. Mr S J Lewis and Miss Virginia Wells were guests of Mr and Mrs J A West Friday evening.
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Lawrence Cole Allen
Lee Allen
South Rosemary
W. H. Grantham
Love
S. J. Lewis
Virginia Wells
Mrs. J. A. West
Raleigh Man Buried Here After Raleigh Death
Funeral services for Hiram J. Griffin 79 a former Roanoke Rapids resident were held this afternoon at Williams Funeral Home with Rev W H Grantham presiding. Mr Griffin died in Raleigh yesterday but requested burial in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
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Griffin
Roanoke Rapids
Williams Funeral Home
W. H. Grantham
Raleigh
Local Social Calls Highlight Weekend Visits
Etheridge visited Mrs Ruth Tay Slor on Saturday evening. Mrs R H Tanner visited Mrs Ruben Morgan on the same Saturday evening.
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Etheridge
Ruth Tayslor
R. H. Tanner
Ruben Morgan
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R.R
Ternoon
S. J. Starnes
Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
D. B. Stephenson
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Roanoke - Chowan League
Kiwanis Club
The
Fowler McCormicks
Fowler McCormick
McCormick
Fifi
James Eoeeaian
Fowler
McCormick Harvester Family
Memoriam
Hiram J
MR Smith
Milo
Harold
Smith Olympic High Diver
ST OL Eee
eSealteat
Home Equipment CO
Roanoke Av
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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