Parks draw city kids as participation nears record
City playgrounds attracted 2 233 children last week with Patterson leading at 697, Central 465, Rosemary 450, and Bunker Hill 355. New equipment gifts arrived from local mills and firms while girls and boys leagues started play with standings and weekly schedules posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patterson Playground
Central
Rosemary
Bunker Hill
John Armstrong Chaloner High School
Gene Bricklemeyer
Patterson
Taylors
Rosemary, Griffin
Roanoke Pharmacies
Lions Club
Patterson Pirates
Central Wildcats
Rosemary Red Sox
Bunker Hill Giants
Four Youths Transferred To Keesler Field
Three Roanoke Rapids area youths join four others at Keesler Field Mississippi for a 19 week Airplane Mechanics course. Privates Leonard Cobb Robert Woodside Roy Thompson and Mills Conner report after Fort Bragg reception with basic drill and orientation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Keesler Field
Army Air Forces Technical School
Army Air Forces
Mississippi
Fort Bragg
Army
Leonard Irwin Cobb
J. L. Cobb
Jackson Street
Robert Davis Woodside
Katie Sellers Woodside
Perk Street
Laurinburg
Roy Coleman Thompson
Virginia Holdford Thompson
Jefferson Street
Mills Raymond Conner
Istelena Lee Conner
Rich Square
Free tolls end for two Dare County ferries in North Carolina
Governor J Melville Broughton announced tolls were removed from the Croatan Sound and Alligator River ferries in Dare County. Captain T A Baum remains subsidy recipient as the state covers all future tolls, joining 12 other free ferries statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
J. Melville Broughton
Croatan Sound
Alligator River
Dare County
North Carolina
State Highway and Public Works Commission
T. A. Baum
Ben Prince
Baum
The
Highway Commission
Roanoke Island
Columbia
Toby Tillett
Oregon Inlet
Broughton
Alligator
Tar Heel and Kelley
Bladen
Holden’s Beach
Brunswick
Meherrin River
Hertford County
Cashie River
Bertie County
Inland Waterway
Onslow
Roanoke River
Warren County
Neuse River
Craven County
Governor Broughton
Tillett
State Highway Commission
Tar Heel
Bladen County
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Medlin
DeVane
Harp
Wood
Oliver
Lassiter
Jones
Wrenn
Gray
Reeves
Wright
Rogers
Pellers and Instruments
Pennsylvania
America
Rittenhouse Square
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
Penns
Rittenhouse
Bond
Stauffer
Freta
Stauffer Chemical CO
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Lutera
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