Roanoke City Softball and Recreation Party Highlights
Bill Riggans reports on a lively Roanoke Recreation Hall event filled with box auctions big smiles and strong play. Highlights include top box prices among Mrs Kemp Harrell Crumpler and Bud Johnson, a bingo party to fund new uniforms, a Friday 9 P M quiz and round dancing, and Set-Back championship battles. The girls softball team shows strong form under Bennie Radcliff with coach Robert Rogers and Robin Daniels as key figures. Roanoke No 2 Blues defeat No 1 at the Rose Bowl as Umpire Zeno Smith earns praise and Roanoke Rapids prepares a new softball park with the Power Company setting posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recreation Hall
Kemp
Jesse Harrell
Shearod Crumpler
Bud Johnson
Robin Daniels
Frank Kemp
Robert Rogers
Zeno Smith
Alvin Ennis
Jimmy Wrenn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Roanoke No. 1
Bennie Radcliff
Jesse Hardison
Arlene Cooper
Blues
Roanoke No. 2
Smith
Red’ Jones
William Poindexter
Allen
Inner-Mill
W. L
Bill” Lowe
Roanoke Rapids
Power Company
Coastal Plain league stars and local baseball updates
Joe Talley notes the Coastal Plain league's depth, with top players moved up and Jax beating Goldsboro to threaten a Northeast Conference berth. VEPCOS lead Rosemary Softball, while No 2 Park progresses with light fixtures rising. Dickens remains strong for Wilson with hits in most games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Talley
Joe
Vepcos
Rosemary
No. 2
O— Dickens
Wilson Club
Local Social Visits Highlight Virginia Hosting
Mrs. Albert Parquette of Lynchburg spent time with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Vaughan last week. Miss Dorothy Cooke and Gordon Ayers of Portsmouth visited Miss Cooke and her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Cooke on Sunday. Miss Maude Hux spent Saturday in Richmond with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Parquette
Lynchburg
W. P. Vaughan
Dorothy Cooke
Gordon Ayers
Portsmouth
Dunn Glover-Nancye Rice Glover and Dunn Jr. wed in Virginia parsonage
Dunn Glover Nancye Rice Glover and M B Dunn Jr both of their cities were married Monday May 6 at 5 30 PM in the Methodist parsonage in Boonesboro Virginia. Rev Carl Haley officiated with a ring ceremony. The bride wore a navy dress with lingerie collar and matched accessories. She is a Duke graduate and high school faculty member in Williamston. The groom is a Carolina graduate and Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa member who played varsity tennis and baseball and now serves as Williamston elementary principal. They will live in Williamston after September first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancye Rice Glover
M. B. Dunn, Jr
Kannapolis
Methodist
Boonesboro
Carl Haley
Duke University
Williamston
Carolina
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Phi Beta Kappa
Dunn
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Bill Riggans
Jack Lords
Jax
Goldsboro
Goldsboro Boys
Sia
Mike Nice
Heleer
THE
Cleveland Mounp
Soips
Oscar Nitt
Mike
Giant
Waymick
J.C. Odell
Allen & Woolard
Roadoke Avenue
J. J
Duke" Wade
O’dell
W. C. Allsbrook
Richmond, Va
F. M. Coburn
Clarence Coburn
Lynchburg, Va
L. H. Bottoms Truck Lines, Inc
Farmer's Warehouse
Cotton Storage Dept
Ball Park
Charlotte
N. C
Paul Pearce
DIAL
Pioneer
South Rosemary
Belmont
B. F. Johnson
Kelvinator
Furn. CO. Incorporated
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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