Wilson First For Friday Ninth Annual State Tourney Opens in Raleigh
Tom Cheek leads Roanoke Rapids and 47 other high schools into the State College tournament with 48 invites from 100 bids. Class A features strong teams across North Carolina as Spencer defends the A title and Jonesboro the B crown. Over 500 players compete over three days with two Cheek squads in action as Wilson High plans to stop the host Jackets.
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Tom Cheek
Raleigh
Roanoke Rapids
Oth
Bessemer
Lincolnton
North Wilkesboro
Lexington
Canton
Mebane
Roxboro
Spenser
Wilson
Fayetteville
Vanceboro
N. C
School For the Deaf
Oxford Orphanage
Fremont
Spencer
Jonesboro
Cheek
Jackets
Casey Comes Back in Race For A Championship
Casey returns as the team schedules a 10 30 Friday game to contest for the A championship with players Dickens Shell Nethercutt Byrd McCommons Spencer Edwards Bennett Acree Vincent listed as guards and forwards. A man held for trying to break into Metropolitan Savings Bank claims he slept through the crime describing his tools and actions while the officer used force to subdue him.
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Dickens
Shell
Nethercutt
Byrd
McCommons
Spencer
Edwards
Bennett
Acree
Vincent
Metropolitan Savings Bank
Yellow Jackets prepare for new season under Coach Crawford Hoyle
Head Coach Crawford Hoyle sets a daily routine for twenty two candidates as the Yellow Jackets enter Class B baseball in the state. With six regulars gone from last year’s squad the team rebuilds, training focuses on batting practice and field work while some hopefuls race to secure positions ahead of April openings and games against Carolina Fresh.
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Crawford Hoyle
Yellow Jackets
Hoyle
Jackets
Sunshine
Simmons Field
Carolina Fresh
Clarence Edmonds
Charlie Hale
Edward White
Randall White
Hugh Bugg
Tom Taylor
Jarvis Taylor
Malcom Outland
Woodrow Garris
Robi. Lee
Handsome” Myrick
J. W. Edwards
James Simms
Bill Gaylord
Murrell Hudson
Clarence Coburn
War veteran Charles B. Davis dies after four days illness
Charles B. Davis aged 47, World War II veteran, died Saturday at Roanoke Rapids Hospital after a four day illness. He leaves a wife and two children Darren Mae and C. B. Junior. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Williams Funeral Home with Reverends J. E. Kirk and J. J. Boone officiating, burial in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery.
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Charles B. Davis
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Darren Mae
C. B. Junior
Williams Funeral Home
J. E. Kirk
J. J. Boone
Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
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Casey
Brooklyn
Charles
Qusey
Stengle
Brooklyn Nationals
Max Carey
Halifax County
Freeman
Elsie Woodard
N. B. Station
Weldon Limit
Pender’s
Norfolk
T Beef
NAVY
B. D. Johnson
Greenville
J. B. Edmonds
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