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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1947

Page

4

Martin named unanimous choice on Scribes All Star Team

Costa Plain Sports Writers Association selects Martin as unanimous third baseman on the 1047 All Star team, announced by Bob Welrich of Tarboro Daily Southorace. Other results list Souls, Collins, Rehm, and Kennedy among top vote recipients with multiple positions and a note on MVP runner-up Roy Kennedy and standout Martin with 28 votes.

Wu Martin rumiuKe Costa Plain Sports Writers Association AllStar Bob Welrich Tarboro Daily Southorace Scribes Group Gonzales Jays First Rers Collins Kinston Dicken Wison Tepextinct Kinston Rehm Wilson Tarboro Hocky Mount Cohen Shro Goldsboro Settle Bern Ehiman Wi Munday Rocky Mount McLawhorn Kineston An Fern Tarpore Wedd Herzins Goldleworm Marlin Rowsoll Stup Ids Collins Roy Kennedy Turboro Martin Val Gonzales

In Memoriam Lear Pauline

In Memoriam Loyal Lear Pauline passed away after suffering illness. Beloved by friends and family, her memory endures in our hearts. The notice expresses love and invites remembrance beyond the skies.

Lear Pauline

Enfield News Notes on Birthday, Revival and Rail Work

Mrs PC Paris celebrated her 90th birthday while caring for her son in Enfield. Brothers in Pamlico County near Marahell enjoy good health. Enfield Methodist Revival led by Rev C B Newton of Petersburg features two daily services. Enfield Baptist Church began winter prayer services with 60 attendees and elected officers for 1948. Seven Cath lenses install rain water lines along AC Ly tracks, funded by the city and installed by the railroad.

Mes Paris PC Paris Chatie Mile Jer Pamlico County Marahell Enfield Methodist C. B. Newton Petersburg Newton Enfield Baptist Church Besgan Sity

North Carolina Rent Law Fails To Attract Tenants As Construction Rises

A survey by the Office of Housing Expediter finds only 15 percent of Tar Heel renters signed rent increase leases since July and 401 of 225 582 rental units affected. Commerce Department records show nearly 42 million dollars in new residential construction in the first half of the year, while FHA reports handling about 4000 veteran housing act rental unit applications in the last fiscal year.

Office of Housing OHE North Carolina Commerce Department Federal Housing Administration

Woman's Society Holds Monthly Meeting at First Methodist

The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist Church met Tuesday evening with president DL Wheeler presiding. Miss Grace Taylor and other college students spoke on Religious Activities in the Various Colleges. A reception followed honoring Roanoke district teachers and students. Also announced: birth of Thomas Nelson Hickman on August 25 at Park View Hospital Rocky Mount to Mr and Mrs T C Hickman of Enfield, former Vivian Powell of Aulander.

Woman's Society Methodist Church Woman’s Society of Christian Service First Methodist Church Wheeler Td ‘Payton We A Ching Miss Grace Taylor Ule University Durham Sarathon Deiham Woman's College Greensboro Dorothy Claris Meredith Raleigh Atton Pearance T. C. Hickman Enfield Thomas Nelson Park View Hospital Rocky Mount

Kill Devil Hill Tops North Carolina Tourist Shifts

National Park Service data show Kill Devil Hill as the state’s leading shrine with tourism gains in the first seven months. Kitty Hawk visitors rise 4 percent year over year, while Great Smoky Mountains and Moor’s Creek battleground show declines. Fort Raleigh and Guilford Courthouse post sizable gains. other NC sites rise modestly. North Carolina farmers receive 175 998 000 dollars in cash receipts for January through June 1947, up 43 114 000 from 1946.

Een Devil Hil North Carolina National Park Service Kitty Hawk Monument Great Washington Department of Agriculture

Farm receipts rise with livestock and crop sales in 1946

Total cash receipts reached 67.796 million dollars for livestock and products, 33.8 million for 1946, and 106.142 million for crops, compared to 79.464 million in 1946, indicating strong agricultural income growth.

Birth of George Raleigh Bain III in Roanoke Rapids

Mr and Mrs G R Bain Jr announce the birth of a son George Raleigh II on August 28 at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Mrs Bain is formerly Miss Jean Gibson of the city.

G. R. Bain, Jr George Raleigh II Roanoke Rapids Hospital Bain Jean Gibson

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