Orphans Begin Football Season Against Oxford
Roanoke Rapids High Yellow Jackets open the 1933 season Friday Oct 6 at Simmons Field against Oxford Orphanage with a 4 PM kickoff. Coach Crawford Hoyle and Tom Cheek seek a starting lineup after a hard week of practice as the team aims to repeat last year’s 13 0 victory over the visitors.
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Roanoke Rapids High Yellow Jackets
Oxford Orphanage
Simmons
Jax
Crawford Hoyle
Tom Cheek
Oxford
Lexington
Irvin Dickens
Woodrow Garris
Clarence Edmondson
Butler Brown
Dickens
Brown
Cariedo
Nethercutt
Allen McNeil
James Simms
Malcolm Outland
Jack West
Geo. Sullivan
Edmondson
Garris
I. Dickens
Jimmie Womble
William “Bill” Gaylord
Gutts” Byrd
Gene Shell
Robert Davis
Williard Ferrell
J. D. Edwards
James Coley
Joe McCommons
J. F. Maye
Rexall Williams
Calvin Brown
van Wood
Newcomer
J. W. Smith
Allen Webb
Peter Moore
Otto Reynolds
Johnny Mincher
Elmo Davis
Shelly Edwards
J. H. Kenmemur
Elizabeth City
Juniors Grow in Halifax and Across North Carolina
The Junior Order United American Mechanics reports 44 656 members in North Carolina, including 1 044 from 21 new councils. Halifax County has 395 juniors. Under state councilor B C Siske a drive to exceed 50 000 members is planned with renewed council strength and many new units.
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Halifax County
North Caroina
Sam F. Vance
Kernersville
North Carolina
Joint Hostesses Lead Coltrane Hall Bridge Club
Miss Ruth Dean and Mrs Thelma Daughtry hosted at Coltrane Hall on Saturday. A business meeting elected Miss Mary Cannon president and Miss Martha Carson reporter, with Miss Thelma Garris as the remaining vacancy. High score went to Miss Amanda Tillman as playing cards were awarded.
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Ruth Dean
Thelma Daughtry
Coltrane Hall
Mary Cannon
Martha Carson
Thelma Garris
Amanda Tillman
Mesdames H. S. Loy
W. C. Williams
Tara White
Aline Cannon
Susan Womble
Evelyn Tillman
Margie Cannon
Lee Arnold
Kathrine Reid
Margaret Woodbury
Sara Urley
Margie Spivey
E. H. Hages
Loy
Hazel Pridgen Hosts Ninth Birthday Party
Little Miss Hazel Pridgen celebrated her ninth birthday at home on Jackson Street on September 26. She received many gifts as friends gathered for cake fruit candy and lemonade served to Jean Gibson Alice Gaylord Helen Pridgen Betty Sue Taylor Alma Grantham Helen Pope Virginia Pepper Essie Wayne Mason Emma Mason and Edith Edwards.
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Hazel Pridgen
Jackson St
Hazel
Jean Gibson
Alice Gaylord
Helen Pridgen
Betty Sue Taylor
Alma Grantham
Helen Pope
Virginia Pepper
Essie Wayne Mason
Emma Mason
Edith Edwards
Local Fans Urged to Support Oxford High in Conference Tilt
Rick Square and Oxford High School slated for upcoming games after a tough opener against the orphanage eleven. Manager P A Reid asks fans to attend all games this season with admission 15 and 25 cents this Friday and prices 20 percent lower than last year.
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Rick Square
Oxford High School
P. A. Reid
Monday Night Club Bridge Winner at Mrs Carroll Wilson Home
Mrs George Hayes won the high score at a Monday bridge gathering hosted by Mrs Carroll Wilson at her Jackson Street home. A salad course was served at 10 15 PM to the listed players including Mesdames Hugh Cano Howard Pruden Frank Hawley Julian Allsbrook and others. Sidewalk cases are to be permitted in New York after police ban prompted protests.
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Carroll Wilson
Jackson Street
George Hayes
Mesdames Hugh Cano
Howard Pruden
Frank Hawley
Julian Allsbrook
Cooper Grizzard
Alfred Martin
Paul Heydenrich
T. J. Alford
J. M. C. Covington
Lucille Carson
C. Johnson
Hugh Camp
New York
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