Roanoke Romances Open 1940 Season With Doubleheader
The Romances begin their 1940 season with a doubleheader against the Norfolk Navy Yard at Ledgerwood Park. Russ DeBerry and Dick Lee will share pitching duties. Hurley Midgett will catch Lee and Hank Stewart will catch De Berry. The opener starts at 8 p.m. with admission of one dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk Navy Yard
Russ DeBerry
Dick “Swink
Lee
Hurley Midgett
Hank Stewart
DeBerry
Ledgerwood Park
Abbotts Collegians
Philip Morris
Kannapolis
Apprentice School
Hampton Eagles
Dr.Pepper
D. C. Fire Dept
Vepcos
Richmond Vepcos
Gene Kimball
Old Jupe
Town Talk notes from many visitors and trips
Miss Lillian Cooper returns from Limestone College while visitors travel to Wake Forest and Washington D C for fishing and family gatherings. Local residents, including the Smiths and Pettendons, host and visit relatives in Morganton Farmville and Raleigh with weekend trips and nursing updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Cooper
Limestone College
Neal
Mary Virginia Jenkins
Wake Forest
W. L. Williams
Raiford Greene
Troy Cannon
Robert Davis
Washington, N. C
J. R. Statler
Martinsville
Geo, Fisher
Paul Hasty
Geo
Fisher
Frank
Massey
Dorsey Wright
Gatesville
L. H. Newton
Buck Grissom
Buddy Emonds
Wyatt Garner
Preacher Garner
Washington, D. C
William Duke
Farmville
N. C
J. W. Smith
Francis Starke
Henderson
Jas. McDonald
Sidney Kennedy
Dallas
Texas
A. O. Pendleton
R. J. Rightmyer
Hugh Wood
Warrenton
Fred Jolly
Billie
Doris Marie
Barbara Ann
Portsmouth
P. A. Cook
T. M. Bullock
Thurman
William Bennett
Pendleton
H. L. Woodard
J. C. Wells
Louise Wells
Carey Massey
Morganton
E. P. Capell
Local Social Notes Move Through Weekend Gatherings
Byron Gurley hosts friends at his chicken coop this weekend in town. Mrs. J. L. Welch returns home after hospitalization. several families spend time in towns like Burlington and Kinston. Juanita Cooper prepares for another operation in Gastonia with family present, while others attend events at Fishburn Military Academy and in Waynesboro Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron Gurley
Bud George
Gurley
J. L. Welch
Manco
Bill Jones
Monroe Street
C. A. Dickens
Wilton Dickens
Wilson
N. C
John King
Louise
Maud King
Burlington
C. W. Boswell
Kinston
W. P. Boone, Sr
Jackson
W. P.A Boone, Jr
Evelyn
J. F. Welch
Julian Glover
Plymouth
N.e
Howard Wood
Nancy Greer
Woodland
Grace Harrell
Bula Powell
Bill Cook
Earl Faison
Margaret Crawley
Littleton
Mildred Goodman
Elder Gardener
Norfolk
Azell Powell
J. H. Harrell
Rocky Mount
Robert Lee
HE. E. Edwards
Durham Life Insurance Co
Kathrine Traynham
Fishburn Military Academy
Haines Gregory
Quentin Gregory
Haines
Waynesboro
Virginia
Card of Thanks from Roanoke Rapids Hospital
The Roanoke Rapids Hospital expresses gratitude to the ladies of Weldon Baptist Church for clothing and toilet articles for needy children in the hospital. It also thanks Hunice Thompson G A and Littleton Baptist Church for favors sent to patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Weldon Baptist Church
Hunice Thompson G. A
Littleton Baptist Church
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Walters and
Greasys
Eleventh Street
Romance Bees
Patterson Mills
Roanoke
Virginia Daily
Richmond
Virginia City
Cotton Hasty
Roanoke No. 2
Roanoke No. 1
Roanoke Recreation Commission
Frank Kemp
Roanoke-Patterson Mills
Rufus Mountford
Simmons
Gov
Horsefly
Jocko Moye
Ted Speight
Lefty Everette
Willis Matthews
Mack Outland
Land Bros. Jewelers Smith Hotel
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
C. Vande
Stanford West
Raleigh
J. Frank West
R. H. Higgins
Hipgame
Rueeoney Lst Price
Seevow
Avon
Brand New
Goodrich
America
H. D. Allen
Mgr
ALLEL
Business College
Richmond, VA
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