Roanoke Rapids Jax win Golden Belt title in Henderson
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets defeat Macon 35 to 26 to claim the Golden Belt Tournament championship at Henderson High School. Warrick led with 15 points, Brown added 6, and Rightmyer 2 as Macon’s Haithcock scored 14 for the losers.
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Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets
Macon Club
Henderson
Halifax
Warren
Vance
Granville
Franklin
Person
Sexiettes
Franklin Lassies
Jax
Warrick
Brown
Cooper
Byrd
Matthews
Rightmyer
Haithcock
Macon
Range
Warren County
Jackets
Roxboro
Henderson Club
Creedmoor
Roanoke Rapids
Henderson High School
Richmond woman hosts weekend guest. doctor travels to meeting
Kelly Stafford of Richmond is the weekend guest of Miss Doris Harrison. Dr. Bahnson Weathers left Sunday for Birmingham Alabama for a medical meeting and expected to return home today.
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Kelly Stafford
Richmond
Doris Harrison
Bahnson Weathers
Birmingham
Alabama
Night baseball lights to boost Roanoke Rapids sports scene
The column notes plans for night baseball as Rosemary Romances set lights and bleachers for 1000 fans and reports Roanoke Rapids teams winning a basketball tournament while high interest lags due to limited venues. It also mentions a Carolina Wake Forest baseball date on April 6 and hopes for a three game series with local Batteries Lefty Byrne and Bill Sweet for the Deacons.
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Carolina-Wake Forest
Lefty Byrne
Bill Sweet
Deacons
Radman
Tar Heels
Carolina
Cheshire
Wilmington
Tar Babies
Rosemary Romances
Roanoke Rapids
Romances
Henderson
Jax Make Late Season Comeback Under Coach Carter
The Jax started hot then slipped, then revived during the Golden Belt Tournament. They defeated teams from Person, Vance, and Warren counties, ending with a 35 to 26 win. Rex Carter earned praise for turning the squad into winners, while Hoyle credits solving the first-base issue. Holladay emerged as a promising, young addition needing seasoning.
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Jax
Rocky Mount
Person
Vance
Warren
Hoyle
Holladay
Wel don student Frances Johnson elected secretary of Delta Pi pledges
Frances Johnson of Weldon was elected secretary of the pledges of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at Woman's College of Duke the freshman class. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Pierce Johnson a Weldon High School graduate active in Hi Y Beta clubs debating glee club senior play and senior class best all round student. She studied at Emerson College before Duke and is active in the Woman's Glee Club.
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Frances Johnson
Weldon
Alpha Delta Pi
Woman's College of Duke
Pierce Johnson
Weldon High School
Miss Johnson
Emerson College
Boston
Mass
Duke
Woman's Glee Club
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