Roanoke Rapids Meets Portsmouth In Postseason Showdown
Undefeated Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets clash with Virginia champion Woodrow Wilson High of Portsmouth atSim mons Park Saturday at 3 50 PM. Ollie Acree faces Lefty Pendleton as two state champions with perfect records collide in a high school baseball showdown.
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Roanoke Rapids
Burlington
Jack Row
Butler
Taylor
Starke
Newsome
Boyd
Jarman
Dickens
Smith
Crawford Hoyle
Miller
Mosley
Byrd
Nethercutt
Acree
McNeil
Cagle
Brown
Shell
Hoyle
Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets
Woodrow Wilson High
Portsmouth
Simmons Park
Ollie
Lefty Pendleton
Virginia
L. C. Kibler
Woodrow High School
Old North
Maury High
Norfolk
Ollie Acree
Roanoke Rapids Herald Debuts New Masthead
The Roanoke Rapids Herald unveils a new masthead designed by Howard Hancock highlighting industry and agriculture. Ollie Acree returns to pitch against Woodrow Wilson High while Lefty Pendleton is noted as Virginia’s top Class A pitcher. Visitors arrive by plane for local business as the paper reports community life and brief local notices.
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Herald
Howard Hancock
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County Board Sets May 30 Hearing on Liquor Vote
Chairman J Waldo Whitaker of Enfield calls a special Halifax County Board of Commissioners meeting for Thursday May 30 at 10 am to decide whether to call a special election on the Halifax County liquor control act. Four weeks notice required. boards in other counties have set July 2 as election dates.
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J. Waldo Whittaker
Enfield
County Board of Commissioners
Halifax County
County Boards of Commissioners
Penick to Preach and Confirm at Episcopal Church
The Rt Reverend E A Penick D D will preach and administer the Rite of Confirmation at the Episcopal Church Sunday morning. Bishop Penick is described as a forceful speaker and all are invited.
Summer closing to be decided by Roanoke Rapids merchants
Petitions will circulate among Roanoke Rapids merchants to approve Wednesday afternoon closures during June July and August at 1 p.m. The Merchants Association voted 17 to 1 in favor and plans to send three delegates to the State Association meeting in Charlotte June 3 and 4. Chairman rosters include M. D. Collier R. I. Starke and Lillian Belle Jenkins.
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Roanoke Rapids
Chapel Hill
Kibler
Young Mens Civic Club
Kelly Jenkins
Afred N. Martin
Kiwanis Club
Jimmy Mayfield
Fletcher Dickens
Jack Scott
M. D. Collier
R. I. Starke
Charlotte
C. C. Shell
Lillian Belle Jenkins
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North Carolina
Tle Avenue
Jimmy Carrington
Bill Medlin
South Rosemary
J. R. Wrenn
Stanley Adams Garris
Frank Harris
Robeson County
Joshua T. Moss
Weldon
Fidliay
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