Jaycees Seek Coastal Plains League Baseball in Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Jaycees plan to acquire a Coastal Plains League franchise with support from Judge W G Bramham and Arthur H Ehlers of the NAPBL. They aim to form a stock group to fund it, but securing a park is key as Simmons Park owners resist leasing. If not, a secondary site or new plant may be developed for games.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Roanoke Rapids
W. G. Bramham
Durham
Jayces
Jaycees
Arthur H. Ehlers
NAPBL
Baltimore
Simmons Park
Wake Forest Names Murphrey Lightest Back on Squad
Willis Murphrey of Roanoke Rapids is the lightest man on the Wake Forest football squad at 148 pounds. He is a candidate for tail back or left half and is noted as an excellent passer and elusive runner. The Wake Forest team has made four out of state appearances this season and five in North Carolina.
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Wake Forest
News & Observer
Willis Murphrey
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Murphrey
Brake Qualifies As Apprentice at Bainbridge Navy School
Dewey Lee Brake 17 son of Mrs. Aubrey Brovin of 1931 South Roanoke Ave has qualified as hospital apprentice at the U S Naval Hospital Corp School Naval Training Center Bainbridge Maryland.
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Brake
Dewey Lee Brake
Aubrey Brovin
Roanoke Ave
U. S. Naval Hospital Corp School
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge, Md
Roanoke Rapids Jaycees Launch Athletic Equipment Fund
The Roanoke Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce initiates a $2,000 fundraiser for the high school athletic association. They will sell 5,000 tickets to the Roanoke Rapids Oxford football game on October 11 with a chance to win a 1946 Ford for one dollar. A halftime drawing will select the winner. no Jaycee member or immediate family is eligible.
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Jaycees
Jack Vincent
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Vincent
Veterans Given Textiles Courses At Roanoke Rapids High
Roanoke Rapids High School partners with the Veterans Administration to offer textiles, machine shop, woodwork, mechanical drawing, commercial and college preparatory courses. VA pays all expenses. subsistence paid for part time veterans. Classes run one hour daily, five days a week, with full or partial subsistence based on hours. Nonveterans pay tuition. Start date not later than September 9.
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Roanoke Rapids High School
Veterans Administration
Veterans Service
Veterans Meeting On G I Bill Education At High School
Local high school and Veterans Administration invite World War I veterans from army navy marines coast guard and merchant marine to a meeting in the high school auditorium at 10 AM on Saturday September 7 1946 to learn about further education and vocational training options under the G I Bill of Rights.
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Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Merchant Marines
Veterans Administration
Kiwanis P T A Ordered New Playground Gear Delayed
Early spring the Kiwanis Club with the P T A Association ordered playground equipment and repair parts for city schools. Parts have arrived and been installed while full new units are delayed by factory issues. Schools will receive remaining items: Rosemary School one slide and one bicycle rack. Central School one slide two bicycle racks and a flag pole. Vance Street School six swings four see saws boards and one slide. Clara Hearne School one slide one castle tower one bicycle rack and five see saw boards. John Armstrong Chaloner School two sets of six swings and four see saw boards.
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Kiwanis Club
P. T. A. Association
Rosemary
Central School
Vance Street
Clara Hearne
Lone Castle
John Armstrong Chaloner
Lee Morgan Faces Abandonment Charge in Roanoke Rapids Court
Lee Morgan, described as an elusive husband, stood before Judge Charles R. Daniels on charges of abandonment and non support of his wife and four children. Testimony showed repeated departures, welfare aid received by the family, and Morgan moving between states before returning to Roanoke Rapids. judgment awaited at press time.
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Lee Morgan
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Avenue
South Carolina
Texas
Daniels
Woman charged with fatal knife slaying of lover in Hodgestown
24 year old Linnie Bell, a Black woman, is jailed in Halifax County after a Monday night incident on a Hodgestown street left Leroy Pope dead. Deputy Brigman said Bell claimed Pope slapped and kicked her before she cut him, then fled to Robersonville and surrendered later that day.
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A. J. Brigman
Pope
Linnie Bell
Robersonville
Roanoke Rapids
Warren High
High
Brigman
Halifax County
Taylor Is Named Health Officer
Dr. T. J. Taylor has been appointed city health officer by the Board of City Commissioners at its regular meeting Tuesday afternoon. He succeeds Dr. W. P. Speas who resigned a few weeks ago.
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T. J. Taylor
Board of City Commissioners
Dr. Taylor
W. P. Speas
Thirteen Enter Nursing Class Admitted at Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing admitted thirteen women to its new class. Names include Hazel Baird of Roanoke Rapids Marcile Mashburn Mary Brothers Lucy Lee Cole Jennie Lynn Doris Moody Eula Overby Frances Dickens Evelyn Best Helen Lee Adams Anna Edwards Mary Plyler Caroline Breer.
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Roanoke Rapids Hospital School of Nursing
Misses Hazel Baird
Roanoke Rapids
Marcile Mashburn
Mary Brothers
Norfolk
Lucy Lee Cole
Kinston
Jennie Lynn
Lasker
Doris Moody
Henderson
Eula Overby
Norlina
Frances Dickens
Littleton
Evelyn Best
Halifax
Helen Lee Adams
Charlotte
Anna Edwards
Brunswick
Mary Plyler
Caroline Breeer
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