Sawdust and Spangles Huys Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Show
Rehearsals began for the 9th annual Kiwanis Club production Sawdust and Spangles to be staged at Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights March 16 and 17. Director John Slim Hutchings says the circus minstrel revue features 150 participants, elaborate costumes, music, dancers, and a Wild West second half with cowboys and cowgirls. Tickets go on sale this weekend with Frank Sherry handling sales and Ned Manning chairing the event. A full cast list will be published next week.
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Kiwanis Club
Roanoke Rapids
John
Slim) Hutchings
Rogers Producing Co
Ned Manning
Frank Sherry
Lefty Joe Talley Signs With Wilson Club
Lefty Joe Talley, noted college and semi pro pitcher from Mebane, has signed with Wilson Coastal Plain League club. Talley starred for Wake Forest coach John Caddell and pitched for Roanoke Rapids Owls, state semi pro champions, last summer. Also signed was Max Sandler, Philadelphia semi pro outfielder, who hit .347 in City League and attended a baseball school alumni program.
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Max Sandler
Philadelphia
Unidentified man killed by train near Halifax
An unknown white man, about 25 to 30, was found dead on the Halifax railroad tracks early today. The body, with legs severed, lay along the southbound route and coroner T. M. Cooper led a preliminary Enfield inquiry before removal to a local funeral parlor. The motive remains uncertain with theories ranging from hobo disruption to a local passerby.
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Halifax
Atlantic Coast Line
T. M. Cooper
Enfield
Whitehead Farm
Chantilly
Weather Delays Paving as Streets Finish and Widening Begins
Rain and snow hindered street work this week. Hamilton Street and all of 1st 2nd and 3rd Streets are finished while Jackson widening has just started before weather worsens. A runaway horse incident near Em poria involved Rev E B Fisher and George N Taylor after a driver jumped from a wagon.
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Hamilton Street
Jackson
E. B. Fisher
George N. Taylor
Richmond
Emporia
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