Burro Softball Showdowns Set At Simmons Park June 1
Roanoke Rapids hosts a novelty burro softball game sponsored by the Fire Department at Simmons Park on June 1. The Rocky Mountain Canaries feature Howard Webber Trained Burros and stars in fanciful disguises like Mae West and Ginger Rogers. Line-ups will be announced next week.
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Rocky Mountain Canaries
Roanoke Rapids
Howard Webber
Fire Department
Dynamite
Dons
Mae West
Clark Gable
Orphan Annie
Ginger Rogers
Tom Thumb
Webber
Simmons Park
Community Chest funds aid 1 1000 people and children
Community Chest reports aid reaching 1000 individuals through affiliated charities and services for families at home. It lists 11,864 free lunches for undernourished schoolchildren and 12,401 quarts of milk from the Milk Fund as health support, plus numerous clinics and youth programs.
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Associated Charities
Milk Fund
Kiwanis
Lions Clubs
Boy and Girl Scouts
Recreation Committee
Community Notes on Local Visits and Illness
Friends note the serious illness of Mr. David Cullom. A stream of visitors stops by homes across the area including Mrs. Clifton Crawley and children of Aurelian Springs and Mrs. Nora Crawley with various relatives. Visits extend to Weldon Roanoke Rapids Caledonia and Scotland Neck with numerous family gatherings and church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Cullom
Clifton Crawley
Aurelian Springs
C. M. Dickens
Emmett Bedford
Roanoke Rapids
H. O. Crawley
Virginia Barnes
Bertha Mae Harris
Nora Crawley
Albion Crawley
M. P. Crawley
T. O. Barnes
Charlie Jenkins
Weldon
E. Hux
J. M. Butts
Caledonia
Fred Bulow
Wilmington
Delaware
J. G. Mitchell
Mary Frances Crawley
Elsie Mae Dickens
Jack Taylor
A. L. Hamill
J. E. Neville
Local residents make weekend visits across North Carolina and Virginia
Weldon residents host guests from Lillington Faison Polkton and Greensboro while Misses Hill Ware and Harvell visit Hopewell and Jonesboro. About 115 Weldon travelers rode to Raleigh for the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad centennial events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Harvell
Greensboro
J. A. Harvell
Jewell Hill
Frances Ware
Hopewell, Va
Weldon
Raleigh
Raleigh and Gaston
Christian Science Society Sunday Service and Reading Room Hours
The Christian Science Society invites the public to attend Sunday service at 11 a.m. and Wednesday evening services. Reading room hours are Tuesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. The Sunday lesson subject is Soul and Body, with Mortals and Immortals noted as the prior week's topic and a Golden Text from Corinthians.
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Firemen
News OF the Community Chest
Community Chest
Jesus
Mary Baker Eddy
Ees Ebenezer
Hubert Parrott
Marshall Simpson
Scotland
Neck
George Joyner
Richmond
Mabel Alston
Lillington
N. C
W. L. Alston
A. W. Oakes
Faison
Frances Moore
Polkton, N. C
EB L. Williams
Richmond, Va
Jeff Lassiter
Lenann Riddle
Jonesboro
Christian Science Society
Royal DE Luxe
Vpholstenen Furniture
AIA
Virginia
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