Roanoke Rapids High School Baseball Opens March 31
Roanoke Rapids High School baseball begins practice with a large squad aiming to earn the first team. The 12 game schedule starts March 31 at home against Emporia and includes away games at Warrenton Tarboro Elizabeth City and Emporia with two more pending against Littleton and Murfreesboro.
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Roanoke Rapids + Tuigh
Emporia
Warrenton
Tarboro
Elizabeth City
Littleton
Murfreesboro
Soldier Writes Mother's Letter Poem From Wartime Reader
A soldier’s poem about a son at Fort Jackson S C and a Marine on leave letters home to his mother. It includes affectionate verses urging soldiers to write to their mothers and notes a reader Pvt Norman H Garner USMC of Portsmouth VA who spent several days at home last week.
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Mr. Wilson
John L. Padgett
Herald
Fort Jackson
S. C
John A. Padgett
Weldon
Pvt
Norman H. Garner
U. S. Marine Corps
Portsmouth
Certificates Issued March 16 by Halifax County Board
The Halifax County Rationing Board issued new tires and tubes last week. The list includes many local businesses and individuals across Roanoke Rapids Weldon Littleton Thelma and Garysburg with roles ranging from paper mills to taxi service and textile workers.
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Halifax County Rationing Board
Halifax Paper Co. Paper Mfg
Roanoke Rapids
D. E. Iles
Thelma
Dis’'t. Co
Weldon
A. C. Cofield
Colonial Ice Co
Roa
Safety Trans. Corp
Ers
Mitchell Lumber Co
Moses Alston
Farmer
Littleton
Nathan Frank
William Pugh
Paper Co
Lucille C. McGee
Red Cross
Donald R. Pepper
Robert Easter
Thomas Davis
Anderson Garner
Garysburg
W. J. Ivey
Glenn Clark
John Henry Epps
Nurses Aides Shine at Hospital Roll of Honor
Mary Garner Mills highlights the Roanoke Rapids Nurse Aide Corps as volunteers step up at the hospital. The piece notes a patient in care, lists honored workers including Mildred Turner of the Lady Fair Beauty Shoppe, and references a Norfolk comparison of Nurse Aide numbers. A S Wyatt Garner returns home to Bainbridge, Md.
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Elizabeth Brown
Liz
Norfolk
Roanoke Rapids
Chester Allsbrook
Bessie Ashton
Emma A. Brewer
Marie Bristow
Hattie Cullom
Lady Fair
Honor Roll for John Armstrong Chaloner School Grades Two to Four
The list names students earning honor roll status at John Armstrong Chaloner School. Second grade recipients include Mitchell Ivey Earl Ivey Davis Martin Ellis Sledge Charlie Williams Minnie Mintz Mattie Morton Gertie Mae Walker. Third grade honorees include Bettie Jean Alston James Brown Barbara Birdsong Marie Browning Eunice Daniels Lucille Easter Katie Edwards Doris Flemming Nancy Jones Argie Faye Hockaday Almedia Newell Robert Lee Newell Cecil Newell Willie Mae Tillery Sam Walker Ivey Williams. Fourth grade honorees include Evelyn Reaves Katherine Newell Dorothy Sledge Mildred Powell James Ivey Laura Belfield Mary Clark William Sledge Rosa L. McCullen Franklin Faulcon Frank Watson Robert Faison Carl Ivey Charlie Hawkins.
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Mitchell Ivey
Earl Ivey
Davis Martin
Ellis Sledge
Charlie L. Williams
Minnie Mintz
Mattie B. Morton
Gertie Mae Walker
Bettie Jean Alston
James Brown
Barbara Birdsong
Marie Browning
Eunice Daniels
Lucille Easter
Katie Edwards
Doris Flemming
Nancy Jones
Argie Faye Hockaday
Almedia Newell
Robert Lee Newell
Cecil Newell
Willie Mae Tillery
Sam Walker
Ivey Williams
Evelyn Reaves
Katherine Newell
Dorothy Sledge
Mildred Powell
James Ivey
Laura Belfield
Mary Clark
William Sledge
Rosa L. McCullen
Franklin Faulcon
Frank Watson
Robert Faison
Carl Ivey
Charlie Hawkins
Local Science Honor Roll Lists Students Across Three Disciplines
The district honors include Science categories General Science Modern Science and Science Honor Roll. Recipients include Harris Sledge Wilson Brown Mullen Byrd Harry Lee Purnell Williams Daniels Bowser Gary Belfield Flemings Powell Sneed Brooks Bobbitts Jenkins Sneed Fleming ton Ivey Norman Ponton Sledge Wilkens Jenkins Ivey and others. A D Glover is confined in bed at his home in South Rosemary.
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Warren Harris
James Sledge
Cornelieus Wilson
Beulah Brown
Madison Mullen
Eunice Byrd
Edith Harry
Mattie Lee
Virginia Purnell
Velds Williams
Dorothea Daniels
Bessie Bowser
Mary L. Gary
Edna Belfield
Carrie Flemings
Everlie Powell
Cornelia Sneed
Martha Brooks
Olivia Bobbitts
Mildred Jenkins
Norlene Sneed
Maggie Fleming
Dorothy Alston
Louise Bobbitt
Agnes Boyce
Alonzo Brown
Helena Bobbitt
Malester Daniels
Mabel Faulcon
Hazel Mercer
Dorothy Powell
Bertha Royster
Minnie Royster
Mary Alston
Lucille Powell
Eula Alston
Margaret Brown
Hazel Daniels
James Ivey
James Norman
Robert Ponton
Mary Sledge
Henry Wilkens
Bessie Jenkins
Leewood Ivey
A. D. Glover
South Rosemary
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Radio Free Delivery Service
Griffin Drug CO
Roanoke Ave
Mary Garner Mills
A S
Wyatt Garner
Bainbridge, Md
Rocky Mount
John Armstrong
Chaloner School
ENS Young Shop
Roanoke Avenue
Roanoke Rapids, N. OC
M. Born and Company
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