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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1945

Page

4

Two Games On Slate For Local Girls Softball Team

The Romance softball club from Raleigh opens the season with a double header on Saturday night led by Hazel Lee as pitcher with Lefty Lee also starting. Coach Bryant Gray returns from boys teams to guide the squad with Margaret Blowe catching and Ina Mae Overbay among the regulars.

Raleigh Femmes Hazel Lee Romances Lefty” Lee Ina Mae Overbay Bryant Gray Lefty Lee Margaret Blowe Margaret Craughan Mary Ann Jones Ann Collins Libby Dean Clemmer Annette van Dyke Lola Cates Jean Overton Oreva Whitby Rachel Seward

Hospitals Receives List Of Out-Of-Town Patients

A hospital reports a roster of out of town patients including Mrs C W Bridges of Jackson Mrs E C Bridges Conway Ella Louise Brown Sea board Mrs E B Britt Severn Miss Clyde Bridges Conway Mrs R J Carter Halifax Nat Clements Skippers VA Mrs E K Futrell Milwaukee Mrs David Harris Jackson Mrs J M Jenkins Milwaukee Miss Nannie Long Seaboard C G Matthews Seaboard Mrs Hattie Ricks Emporia Mrs Mike Bargo Conway and Louvenia Wade Conway.

C. W. Bridges Jackson E. C. Bridges Conway Ella Louise Brown Seaboard EB. T. Britt Severn Clyde Bridges R. J. Carter Halifax Nat Clements Skippers E. K. Futrell Milwaukee David Harris Jackson J. M. Jenkins Wilwaukee Nannie Long C. G. Matthews Hattie Ricks Emporia Mike Bargo Louvenia Wade

Mrs Price Vacationing at Virginia Beach With Guests

Mrs W T Price spent the weekend at Virginia Beach visiting friends Mrs R M Gregory and Mr R M Gregory.

Capping Exercises Held On Friday At Nurses Home

Roanoke Rapids nurses capped Friday evening at eight fifteen at the Nurses Home on Jackson Street. Mrs. C W Davis on piano. caps presented by Mrs. Francis Starke and Mrs. James L. Jenkins. Rev B Marshall White-Hurst gave the invocation. Awards for highest averages went to Ethel Mae Kennedy Inez Mayo Margaret Nelson and Ruby Duncan. Accepted and presented caps: Mina Gray Bass Mildred O Davis Ruby Mae Duncan Annie Bennett Gay Eloise M Johnson Ursula Mooring Willie Mae Murray Francis Anne Smith Nellie Elizabeth Wilder.

Roanoke Rapids Jackson Street C. W. Davis Francis Starke James L. Jenkins B. Marshall White-Hurst T. J. Alford Ethel Mae Kennedy Pink Hill Inez Mayo Lucama Margaret Nelson Vaughan Ruby Duncan Danville Misses Mina Gray Bass Newton Grove Mildred O. Davis Mooresboro Ruby Mae Duncan Annie Bennett Gay Gumberry Eloise M. Johnson Jonesboro Ursula Mooring Rocky Mount Willie Mae Murray Fairmont Francis Anne Smith Broadnax Nellie Elizabeth Wilder Sanford

Visiting Minister Haithway at Rosemary Methodist

Rev O L Haithway of Saint Pauls North Carolina is the visiting minister at Rosemary Methodist Church for ten days. Services are nightly at eight o clock and a vocational Bible School runs each morning at nine o clock through Friday June 29.

O. L. Haithway Saint Pauls N. C Rosemary Methodist Church Vocational Bible School

Six Years In Army Continued Page 1

A fragment from a wartime account follows a speaker urging action and a fall from a descent. The narrator recalls a jump scene where a pilot accelerates the escape, shouting for a rip cord deployment and pushing the jumper.

War veteran recounts first jump and North Pacific rescue

Sgt. Wood describes his first combat jump ending with a water landing and an 18 mile paddle to shore. Three crew members were lost. A Herald employee before service, he later served in New Guinea and at Amarillo B 29 school. He survived malaria, leg wounds, and ankle shrapnel while planning to pursue work after the war.

Wood The Herald Aits New Guinea Amarillo Texas

Recorders Court DWI Conviction with Revoked License

A defendant was fined 50 dollars and costs and had his license revoked for 12 months for driving an automobile under the influence. The next case, F. M. Shearin for driving while drunk with faulty brakes, was not yet disposed of at press time.

F. M. Shearin

Notice on dog control Roanoke Rapids June 1945

Unlawful for any person to allow a dog over six months to run at large at night or with owner family member or authorized person. Such dogs will be impounded and disposed of as required by law. By order of the Board of Commissioners Roanoke Rapids June 5 1945.

Board of Commissioners of the City of Roanoke Rapids

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Hospital News Rev. Haithway Page 1 Sect. Ame Recorder's Court Marks Roanoke Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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