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AUGUST, 1946 PAGE THREE •M«6>UiV*vww^-.', Shown above is T. E. “Shorty” Hamrick, High Diving at the Rocky Mount Municipal Swim ming Pool during the August 10 outing. ‘‘Shorty” was cheer ed loudly as he completed his three dives. Posted—No Fishing Allowed In This Pond Dave Nelms, N. C. Cooper and 0- B. Solmon invaded posted property recently for a fishing expedition. Of course the pond Was privately owned and evident ly these fishermen had not been invited to participate. All of these conditions prompted the fisher men to keep a careful watch for n surprise visit from the owner ef the fishing pond. It seems that Nelms was attempting the art of Casting while Solmon and Cooper did guard duty. Realizing that Nelms was becoming more and more skeptical concerning the ad- ''isability of fishing there. Cooper signaled Solmon and yelled, Look out, here comes someone.” At this same moment, Nelms had Cast for the six pound chub. Ex actly how he managed to reel in Lis line and have all fishing tackle ^nd himself 100 yards distance Loin the' fishing site within 5 Seconds—^this we cannot explain ^or describe. After rapidly reach ing a safe distance of 200 yards, i^ehns turned to look on the Lightful scene he had left only |c find Solmon and Cooper roll ing over and over in fits of laughter. Caromount Teams Lead (Continued from Page One) Caromount defeated the Inde pendents 7 to 4 in the first game played on the new softball field cn Friday, August 9. In this out standing game of the season for Caromount, Elwood Inscoe and waiter Thompson stole the show two home runs for Inscoe ^iid one homer for Thompson. Caromount and the A. C. L. teams played possibly the hottest Contest of the softball season re cently when a seventh inning tie 7 to 7 carried the game into the eighth inning. Caromount put the pressure in this eighth mning, scoring three runs there- Weaveshed Team Ready With John Young as manager the men of the first shift weaving department have entered a team in the interdepartmental league, having defeated the Barnhill Bra ves in their only game with a score of 20 to 6. In this game Mose Ezzelle, “Popeye” Land and Hub ert Sutton were outstanding for their performance as fielders. 0. B. Solmon and Vernon Wood were the homer kings for this game. Sol mon scored 2 home runs and Wood scored 1 home run and 2 hits. ^ The lineup for the weaveshed team includes: Herbert Taylor, p; Owen Solmon, c; Vernon Wood, 3b; Hubert Sutton, ss; Rommie Perry, 2b; Luther Rowe, lb; J. D. Winstead, If; John Young, cf; Jim Speight, rf. Umpires were A1 Inscoe and Ray Bass. These teams are scheduling ad ditional games at present. It is hoped that other departments in the mill will form teams to partici pate in these schedules. by winning with a score of 10 to 7. With the second half well underway as of August 20 Caro mount and Rocky Mount Mills were tied for first place with both teams undefeated. There are a total of twelve games scheduled for the second half. The South- side team withdrew from the city softball league before the begin ning of the second half and ac cording to the forfeits of the Jay- cees they evidently have discon tinued playing. The Pepsi Cola team joined the ranks for the second schedule and the Pro- tanes, having no sponsor for this period, are now known as the Independlents. The first half closed on August 2 with Rocky Mount Mills in first place, Protanes placing sec ond, and Caromount standing third. The Caromount team roster in cludes: Frank Shelton, p; Dick Brown, c; Vernon Wood, lb; Clyde Evans, 2b; Edmond Creek- more, ss; Al Inscoe, 3b; Walter Thompson, If; Ted Peters, cf; Bernice Inscoe, rf; Ray Bass, of; Elwood Inscoe, of. As of August 21 the game standings in this league are as follows: W. L. Pet. Caromount 6 0 1.000 Rocky Mt. Mills... 5 1 .833 Independents 4 2 .667 Pepsi-Cola 2 3 .400 Jaycees 1 4 .200 A. C. L. 1 5 .167 Southern Dairies .. 0 4 .000 Requiring speed and coordina tion, the tliree legged race prov ed to be popular at the picinc. In this picture the women con testants are shown nearing the finish line. 1,500 Attend Picnic (Continued from Page One) Ertie Edwards and Mrs. Tellie Coley; quartet contest: Tom Bled soe, Clyde Pridgen, Ruby Bledsoe and Hubert Sutton; waiter race for women: Mattie Draughan and Dorothy Sturtevant; waiter race for men: H. N. Taylor and Roscoe Thomas; three leg race for wom en : Myrtle Price, Marie Striek- land, Lina Everett and Ethel Po land; three leg race for men: Clif ton Joyner, Alvin Joyner, Raleigh Evans and Ray Bass; walking race for women: Lina Everett and Ma rie Strickland; walking race for men: Wesly Smith and James Modlin; suit case race: Mrs. Mat- tie Draughan and Cleveland Walk er, Mrs. Gladys Whitley and E. H. Suessmuth. Winners in the contest for chil dren were: Balloon blowing; Evangeline Bledsoe, Joyce Taylor, Thomas Jones and Harvey Eng lish; cracker eating: Maggie Lee Conway and Doris Ellis; wheel barrow race: Harvey English, Jerry Fry, Morris Ward and Pete Thompson; softball throwing: Harvey English and Dalson Mor ris; children singing: Max Ward and the Stith sisters. Caromount Scout Troop 13 un der the direction of Scoutmaster Perry English presented a skit and singing that was most entertain ing. James Moore, Clarence Rog ers, Harvey Hoggard, Robert Hamilton, Prebble Poland, and Eddie Lee Bedgood of the Air Squadron of Scout Troop 112 served as life guards along the river front during the afternoon. The contests between the Caro mount Orchestra and the Hill Billy Band was halted because of rain. Dancing with music furnished by the orchestra and band had been planned but this too was canceled due to the weather. The lightning bug is brilliant. But it hasn’t any mind; It wanders through creation With its headlight on behind. Braves Keep Promise The Barnhill Braves softball nine lived up to its name on Aug ust 14, by facing the tried and tested Weave Shed team. The lat ter team was leading the city league at that time. Frank “Smoke Ball” Shelton started the hurling for Al Inscoe’s team. After three innings, the score being tied, the Weave Shed team came to life and managed to put across three tallies to give them a win of 59 to 49 (Verify this score with Al Inscoe. There may be a typo graphical error). Barnhill stated that he was well satisfied with the performance of his team and that the next game would be much better. Herbert Gay, the nine year old first baseman for the Braves, proved to be the outstanding player of the afternoon by clip ping “Smoke Ball” Shelton for a total of three for four. Barnhill was forced to use Gay after his regular first baseman was injured by a line drive which he tried to stop with his nose. Although the Braves lost this game, they were compensated with the satisfaction of sending Frank “Smoke Ball” Shelton to the showers in the second inning. Manager, Al Inscoe, took over the mound duty for the Weave Shed in the second inning and after tLe Barnhill Braves scored six tallies, retired the side. Playing for the Braves are: Doc. Lancaster, c; Mose Ez zelle, lb; Floyd Hedgepeth, 2b; Lee Dickens, ss; Horace Hudson, 3b; Vester Land, If; Raymond David Daniel, rf; Wesley Smith, cf; Ray Barnhill, p; Reserves— Herbert Taylor, Kinchen E. Joy ner. Standings For Women Although losing several games early in the season, the Caromount team for women gradually gath ered momentum and gained strength under the enthusiastic and faithful leadership of Miss Johnnie Bell Harris, manager. Congratulations to this fine team for a job well done. At the end of the second half the standings were as follows: W. L. Caromount 5 1 McLellans ..._ 4 2 West Edgecombe ...... 3 3 Kress 0 6 LOST—About 600 bottles of various kinds. These bottles were lost or thrown away at the picnic. The contents can be kept by finder but bottles need refilling. There is a bottle shortage.
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