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HIOH FALOOTIN SKIRTS TIE KIWANIS IN SOFTBALL G-ov, Cherry appoints Mrs Harvey Ward and Mrs, Lyn Bond as Edge Gombe Co-chairmen to raise mon ey for the North Carolina Sym phony Orchestra* ■ Service men are not to worry; this does not mean that jazz, swing or string is out. In fact, unless you are married you will not be requir ed to attend at all. HOME BOYS SEE HOME BOYS Lt.James (Rat) Boykin has been- getting around - spent a fur lough in Sidney Australia with Carolinas’ All-American foot- bsill ste.r Den Jackson, Found Beans Evans in Manila and there after saw Billy Bryant and Aub rey Shackle same -olace, %s an afternoon with Jack Martin biyGl missed Theo Moseley- at*-Leytd, Ran into Robert Sumraei’lin of the army show In Biak, Rats job is flying the airborne in gliders. Lots of thrills but dangerous as hell. WORSLEY CHANGES JOBS Sgt. Rufus Wor^ley, Jr., late of the Pacific. War but still in the army advised that he would not return to his old job as City Taxcollector but x^rill be in charge of the office and bookkeeping dept, of Sim mons Furniture Company, R, 3, Josey who has been Tax Collec tor in Worsley’s absence will continue in that capacity. DOas HAVE VICTORY HANGOVERS Shrill whistles blown.in cele bration of V-J day in Tarboro, caused all the local ca,nines to meet in the Town Common and add their howls to the dia^, One local dog comparing notes' with an inebriated citisen was heard to say he couldn’t stand more than one victory per life time. Local girls under managersh^ of Dijick Lewis, have played 3 games to date, losing to Rotary by 5 runs; only one run differ ence in Lion Score' and last ■ game gives them a tie with Ki- wanis. You don’t have to be 3 yrs in the Pacific to enjoy the curves now being thrown around- Bryan Park and incidently some of the follov/ing can really play ball: Faye rrrimmer, Lucy Mills, Annie B, Holland, Lois Pryor, ^loiae Owens Bushman, Irene- VJood, Jean Darrow, Beulah Hoard Edith O'Neal and Doris Everette YOU MY JOIN LSG-ION NOW Adjutant R, P. Cherry of Eason Tiney Post No. 113 of the local 7’^rp^racan. ^I^eglpn ad^dis^sj^lmt- ' end bf war mati'cal 1‘y' make s men still in service elibible for membership in Legion. The local post, already has about 100 members from World War II. TARBORO AIRPORT ^G-eo. Hatch employ's Miss Ellen Croxton of Wilmington to in struct local citizens in the .art of Hying. The airport al so ■ employs ex-army mechanics John Sellars and Macks Harper Among other services the Air port offers crop dusting. Air minded local citizens as Ben Mayo and Romaine Howard, both plane owners, are constantly in , the air and Horseman Ben even flys to his horseracinge in G-OvShen, N. Y, SPORTS Bo Carpenter was injured by shra;pnei and a fall while see- yring^-action in the E^ro|jean-TWar / \bt;Xt } expect s.,,tA be .Gomj|l6 tely- well by nQXt fall,'He' exnects to go to Wake Forest and where ever he goes v;e'expect football headlines from this boy. LIQ,UOR RAIDS Local ABC Board Raleigh detectives who,as plajn clothes men purchase ”corn‘* from Edgecombe bootlegg era and thereafter become the witness against the .sinners. Twenty five fell into the net and include both white, and colored. DS mo- CCQHT Cox, RoCxky Mt. Ernest Bellamy of Leggetts shot and killed Willie Pryor and got 3E to 25 yrs, in state prison, Earl Marine cut Charrlie Wms, and gets 3 to 4 yrs. sta- Prison.' C. M. Price got 5 to 7 yrs. for assaulting . B. F, >^ess- oms vjith intent to kill. Willie Harris & Eddie B. Farmer.color ed tenants of Sara Clark vvere making "whiskey. S# L. McDuffie local i^BC Officer vjas on the way to the discovered still* The whiskey makers take a shot at McDiiffie with No. 4 shot. Mc- carries some of the shot_ under his skin but the serving road sentences. ' Uiss Mne Leith Penn, reporter covering Tarboro’svdra meet had her po- by Leon (Buddie) Taylor, Leon got 18 mos. on two Duffie still t'wo bad men are News and Observer cketbood larcenied Vhe rds.
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