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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1933
Page
16
The Y T H F Club at Aurelian Springs opened the school year with a September 25 session led by the president. J W Lewison spoke on The Purpose of Our Club and freshmen were introduced to officers by Mr Veach the faculty advisor before adjournment to September 28.
The Aurelia Springs Parent Teachers Association hosted a social honoring teachers. Mr. J. H. Lewis and Mr. E. W. Liles attended as the community celebrated the new Home Economics Department. Miss Hayes received gifts and urged support as eighty four high school girls are enrolled today.
The Aurelian Springs boys basketball team begins early practice in a new long roomy gym amid hot weather. About 25 candidates compete for four regular spots from last season with veterans Wilson Warren Allen Carter Lewis Saunders and J W Lewis. newcomers include Freeman Wood Hawerson Hardy Leon Kight Edward Hamill and others. Practice centers on fundamentals with a strong emphasis on passing and teamwork.
The Ebeneezer church youth held a Sunday night program at Tabor. Miss Catherine Nethercutt of Roanoke Rapids visited Miss Lora Wood for the weekend, with a weenie roast in her honor attended by many young people. Pauline Parker, a former senior, writes a freshman letter to classmates at Aurelian Springs and is a freshman at High Point College. Dr and Mrs J A White hosted a faculty outing Sunday afternoon.
About 45 convicts escaped from state prison units and road camps last week with one drowned during an escape attempt. More than half were recaptured by week’s end. George Ross Pou, head of prisons, dismissed several guards for neglect, promising tighter guarding to reduce future escapes.
Two vampire bats captured in Panama will soon reside at Bronx Park zoo in New York. They feed on blood and will join the zoo's mammal collection.
A September 28 meeting in Jackson to expand the Young Tar Heel Farmer Clubs in Halifax and Northampton counties aims to boost leadership through school work, project activity, cooperative work, and community service. County enrollments total 218 with 45 Aurelian Springs, 50 Conway, 39 Rich Square, 40 Seaboard, and 42 Woodland. attendees included N. Meekins, State Supervisor, and ag teachers E Aurelian Veach, C Morrison, A L Vann, FE Norton, and S F Peterson.
Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox set a fungo hitting record in 1911 reaching 419 feet and one half inch. The feat remains tied to Walsh and his era in early baseball history.
In 1880 H Leussing of Cincinnati lifted 1384 pounds using only his hands. In 1868 W B Curtis of New York lifted 3239 pounds with the aid of harness.
A Greenwich Street drug store in New York has remained in the same family since 1817, marking two centuries of uninterrupted operation and local service. The shop’s lineage reflects long standing community ties.
A reminiscence recalls a Roanoke Rapids youth known as Billy the Kid, once feared for brutal palm and punches, who led the Patterson Store gang in rough pioneer days. Now middle aged, he recalls fights with scars and knuckles, and a recent arrest case recalls those old conflicts.
On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. W. A. China hosted a bridge party for guests Lieut and Mrs. Floyd B. Wood. Prizes included a candy jar for Mrs Wood and a shaving set for Mr Wood.
In 1918 the Pittsburgh Pirates and Boston Braves played 20 scoreless innings before Pittsburgh broke through in the 21st, scoring two runs to win the marathon game.
Only about a quarter of men who apply to become New York City policemen win appointment. The process is tough with many candidates failing to meet standards or pass exams.
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