Rosemary Softball Opens Under Lights in New Era
The Rosemary league plans night play despite weather risks while celebrating lighting tests at Ledgerwood Park. Local figures Dick Lee, Russ Deberry, and Byron Gurley receive thanks for funding and persistence as the Rosemary All Stars prepare for a Rocky Mount showdown with the Gallopade All Stars and the Romance Girls receive a major invitation to Richmond Virginia.
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Rosemary
Simmons Park
Jay Sanders
Ledgerwood Park
Rosemary All Stars
Rocky Mount
Gallopade
Russ Deberry
Dick “el Swinko
Lee
Liske Scout Leader Named World Fair Service Chairman
Clyde Liske, Saginaw area chief, is named chair of the New York World Fair Service project. Six Roanoke Rapids scouts will be chosen to travel June 2 from Wilson on special AC line coaches to the fair's service camp. They will serve as guards of honor, ushers, orderlies, color guards, escorts, guides, and crowd handlers for about ten days.
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Clyde Liske
Saginaw
Atlantic Coast Line
Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
Vitors
Romances At Gallopade on May 3
Rocky Mount May 13 gala program features Romances of Roanoke Rapids NC champions meeting a local all star softball team. The May 3 game at the municipal lighted park starts at 7 pm with no admission. Pitchers Russ Deberry and Swink Lee will play. Deberry has eight no hit games and a 15 inning state final, Lee 18 wins with 17 shutouts.
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Romance
Fonticello Park
Richmond
Virginia Dairy Girls
Virginia
D. Andrew Welch
Roanoke Rapids
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Russ Deberry
Swink Lee
Deberry
Lee
Jax Defeat EMI 4 to 0
The Yellow Jackets defeated Ed wards Military Institute 4 to 0 on a wet field last Friday afternoon. Hall pitched for Jax allowing four scattered hits. EMI pitchers Hayes and Batteree struggled with control and two defensive errors aided the four first inning runs. Batteree relieved Hayes after the first inning.
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Yellow Jackets
Edwards Military Institute
Hall
Jax
Hayes
E.M.I
Acree
Wedding Bells United Wolhar and Ford in Roanoke Rapids
A large Roanoke Rapids crowd witnessed the April 27 Nuptial Mass at St John the Baptist Church as Kathryn Gertrude Wolhar and James Edward Ford Jr. joined in matrimony. Clergy from several nearby parishes officiated and the reception followed at the Wolhar home with about 100 guests. The bride, a St Dominic School alumna, will reside in Belmont after a wedding trip, while the groom, UNC graduate, works at the Belmont Post Office.
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Roanoke Rapids
St. John the Baptist Church
Kathryn Gertrude Wolhar
William A. Wolhar
James Edward Ford, Jr
Belmont
North Carolina
James Edward Ford
Margaret Ford
Charles Joseph Conway
Sacred Heart Church
Chestertown
Maryland
Conway
Kastner
Denges
McNerney
McGuirk
Rocky Mount
Gorham
Goldsboro
Pearson
Charlotte
Michael Rabel
Jack Saunders
William Ford
Frank S. Kemp
F. S. Stuart
Nancy Wolhar
Elizabeth
Catherine Ford
Mullen-Gowen Announces Engagement of Priscilla Watterman
Mr Thomas Wilson Mullen announces the engagement of his daughter Priscilla Watterman to Mr Howerton Gowen. The wedding is planned for June 22.
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Thomas Wilson Mullen
Priscilla Watterman
Howerton Gowen
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Seem
Dick Lee
Doug Worsham
Willis Matthews
Rufus Mountford
Byron Gurley
Bugs” Barringer
Rocky Mount Telegram
Russ De-Berry
Hurley
Tony” Midgett
Hankas Pankas” Stewart
Lindsay
Kiki” Sadler
Russ
Swink
Maxine Mason
High Point College
Freddie Mills
Liske
Emi
Institute Boys
Salemburg
Thomas O’neal
F. G. Henkle
Artie Jones
M. J. O’brien
Carl Diddler
Dan Kelleher
Peggy Kelleher
Philadelphia
Odell Smith
Gastonia
N. C
Hal Lotta
Hickory
Paul Matthews
Washington
D. C
A. Henry Gaede
Fred E. Sprock
Betty Houser
W. F. Jackson
J. E. Ford
Elizabeth Ford
F. E. Stewart
F. Charles
Charles Wolhar
Charles J. Conway
Francis Gorham
Peter McNerney
John A.conway
Dan F. Farren
John Torpy
Ann Conway
Mary Conway
Mary Desmond
Elizabeth Wolhar
Wilmington
Delaware
Ella Easton
J. B. Thompson
Phil Faith
Kenneth Ridings
Baltimore
Mullen - Gowen
Rockfish Festival
Farber & Josephson
Florsheim & Freeman Shoes
Weldon, N. C
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