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LEAGUE OPENS MONDAY Softball Teams Here To Start At Roanoke Park A long awaited event will take place in the city Monday night, May 19. This event will be the opening of the first city-wide softball league schedule, in which all the teams of the league are bonafide members of the National Amateur Softball Association. The first game will be played under the lights at the Roanoke Mills Company park, located near the No. 2 plant in the 600 block on Jackson Street. The opening night will see a double header between Roanoke No. 1 and the Rosemary Romancos, the Roanoke No. 2 team anc'i the Patterson Mills Company team.. No special ceremony has been planned. The teams will simply start playing ball, managers o teams have stated. The following night, Tuesday, May 20, the "B”' League will get. underway, a double-header schedul ed for the opening night at the Roanoke Mills Park. The Halifax Paper Company team will hook up with the Rosemary Bees, while the Roanoke Mills team (a combination of players from plants 1 and 2) will meet the Patterson “B” team. Following the two first nights, the teams of the two leagues will meet, for the most part at least, for double headers on the same field. At a meeting this week, officers and directors of the City Softball League adopted schedules for the “A” and “B” teams. The final games were scheduled for August 6.. The schedules will be found on pages 4 and 9 in section B in this issue of the Herald. The winners in the city race will represent the city in the district playoff for the right to enter the st$te tournament. For the past two years, the Romancos, the only team in the league that has been a mem ber of the Softball Association prior to this year, have been state cham pions, representing the state in the national tournament. The winner in the “B” League will be given a team trophy, while the players on the team will receive individual trophies. Heading up the organization in the city are the following men: J. R- Meikle, chairman; F. S. Kemp, secretary; Shearod Crumpler (Roa noke No. 2), James Tucker (Roa noke No. 1), Bill Alligood (Rose mary), J. W. Brank (Patterson), and H. L. Schaaf (Halifax Paper Co.)—directors. H. E. Lee has been selected as the tentative Softball Commissioner for the city. His appointment is ex pected to become official soon. Wilton CScoopy”) Dickens was selected by the board of directors as the head umpire of the “A” League. Today he had employed Clarence Byrd, high school athlete, and Wilbur (“Booty”) Outland, ex pro ball players with several years of experience as an official, to assist him with the games. He ex pects to secure the services of one other man before the week-end, giving each game two officials. This policy is in accordance with the Association ruling. Mrs. Talton O’Briant spent Tues day in Norfolk. Misses Betty and Virginia Gates were week-end guests at their holne in Rice, Virginia. Lt. Graham Dean Remains Very III Word was received here this morning to the effect that Lt. Gra ham Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Dean of this city, remains critic ally ill in a Louisville, Ky., hospital. Having undergone three major op erations on the stomach, the young lieutenant has had an additional op eration performed for glandular trouble in his neck, according to W. J. Norwood, who is associated with the elder Mr. Dean here as a cotton buyer for the Rosemary Manufacturing Company. Mr. and Mrs. Dean remain at Louisville with the patient, who has remained in good spirits despite his condition, according to reports. Second Son Auto Victim (Continued from Page One) Phyllis Hodges of the home. Herbert Hodges, brother of the boy killed last Sunday, was fatally injured on Friday night, Novem ber 2.; when a car driven by Ru fus Gr v of Gaston turned over on tin on-Lawrenceville road about wiles from the Hodges horn it Gray, Donald Gray, Benjamin Moore, and the driver were ail shaken up but not seri ously hurt. Herbert died of a fractured skull. Herbert had obtained a ride with the boys to his home prior to the time the accident occurred. As all the boys were knocked un conscious in the wreck, they said they were unable to explain why the machine turned over. Gets Office in Nfurses' Organization Miss Irene Clark, Roanoke Ra pids nurse, was elected vice-presi dent of the North Carolina Nurses Anesthetists Association at an or ganization meeting of graduate nurses held in Raleigh Saturday. Miss Carrie I. Salmon of the Park View Hospital in Rocky Mount, was chosen as president. Miss Jamie Henley, of Gastonia, was made secretary-treasurer. The organization, which is the first of its kind ever formed in North Carolina, was effected by nine volunteer committee mem bers who met at the Sir Walter Hotel in Raleigh. Mrs. Addie F. Medlin, of Roa noke Rapids, who acted as chair man of the organization meeting, said yesterday that only three states in the Union now remain outside of the anesthetists circle. They are South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland, she added, pointing out that future meetings for the North Carolina group would be held with the Virginia and South Carolina delegations, depending upon the time the latter organizes. Mrs. T. M. Jenkins and Mrs. L. S. Neal spent Saturday in Rich mond. WELDON FINALS FRIDAY On the front page of this issue is a picture of the Weldon High School seniors who are expected to receive their diplomas in the grad uating exercises to be held tomor row night, Friday, May 16, in the high school auditorium. Henry Ellis, Superintendent of Schools in Petersburg, Va., will de liver the address. Class Day ex ercises were scheduled for tonight. The seventh grade exercises were held Tuesday night at the Halifax School Auditorium with Mrs. Anna Kitchen Josey, member of the County Board of Education, as the speaker. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered Sunday by Rev. H. B. Porter of the First Methodist Church, Wilson. Finals for the Roanoke Rapids Schools will be held June 5. The difference in closing dates of the schools nearby and the local schools is due to the fact that the Roanoke Rapids schools are operated for a nine months’ term, the last month being supported by a supplement. Hardy Rites At Corinth Sunday -- Funeral services for Mrs. Annie Ellington Hardy, 80, widow of S. T. Hardy, were held Sunday af ternoon at 3 o’clock at Corinth Church, near Littleton. Mrs. Hardy died Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. D. Insco. Sur vivors are the following Sons and daughters: J. P. Hardy, Houston, Tex.; Mrs. W. G. Bobbitt, Winston Salem; Mrs. J. M. Riggan, New York City, Mrs. Nannie Insco, Mrs. G. D. Insco and Mrs. B. F. Morris, all of Littleton, and two brothers, E. T. Ellington, of Hollister, and J. E. Ellington, of Columbus, Ohio. Out-of-town people attending-the funeral were Mrs. J. M. Riggan of New York, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bobbitt, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Webster, Miss Emily Franklin, Mrs. John Shoah, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bobbitt, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Bobbitt, Kenneth and Ag nes Bobbitt, all of Winston-Salem; Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Nelson of Ettrich, Va.; Mr. nad Mrs. W. R. Hardy of Nashville; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hardy of Durham; Bonney Morris of Warsaw; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Morris of Richmond, Va.; Miss Virginia Inscoe of Anderson, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Partin of High Point; Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Lovelle of Columbia, S. C. Mrs. George Hostess A lovely party was given Tues day evening when Mrs. A. O. George was hoste^g to her bridge club. The home was lovely with arrangements of spring flowers. Mrs. H. E. Gibson won second prize and Miss Edna Wafford high. For refreshments, Mrs. George ser ved a salad course with coffee. Guests included Mesdames T. N. Adams, Bill Alligood, Sam Bunn, Ivey Mohorne, George Pappendick, E. B. Snoot, M. F. White, H. C. Wirtz, H. E. Gibson, J. D. Edwards, Jimmie Curran, and Miss Edna Wafford. Nice Assortment of Childrens SUN SUITS 10c and 25c Assorted Styles in Ladies PURSES 10c, 25c, 50c and 59c I Injured In Wreck Gaston Highway Francis Curry of Roanoke Rap ids was treated at the hospital here Sunday night for injuries re ceived when a car driven by Jun ius Johnson, also of this city, col lided with a car driven by Mrs. Nellie Harris of Garysburg. The accident occurred a few hundred yards north of Gaston post office late Sunday night. Curry received a cut on the head. He was not ad mitted to the hospital. No arrests had been made in the case this morning. Mrs. Harris told officers that Johnson was driv ing on her side of the road with out lights when the accident oc curred. Johnson is said to have de nied this, however. Both cars were practically demolished in the head on collision. Hospital Patients from Ouf-of-Town Among the out-of-town patients at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital this week are Mrs. W. T. Clary of Brunswick, Va.; B. C. Clary of Lawrenceville, Va.; Mrs. E. L. Delbridge of Skippers, Va.; Miss Sarah Grant of Jackson; Boy Melvin Lassiter of Milwaukee; Clifton Moore of Garysburg. COTTON WEEK IS PLANNED Merchants Ready With The Latest Styles, Materials Merchants in Roanoke Rapids are planning to participate in the ob servance of National Cotton Week from May 16 to May 24 and Mayor Bernard Allsbrook has issued a proclamation, officially proclaiming that period to be National Cotton Week in the city. The Merchants Association is sponsoring Cotton Week among the merchants, all members having re ceived posters and banners for dis play purposes. The stores are planning to have cotton displays in their windows and all ready-to-wear establish ments are well prepared for the week with attractive cotton mer chandise. Practically every type of wearing apparel will be offered in cotton during the week. Several of the merchants have just returned from New York, where they purchased the latest in cotton styles and materials in prep aration for the week. Fannye has been in New York for two weeks — Shop ping and Buying for YOU. Fannye has covered the Gar ment Market searching for Clothes and Accessories that are Different, Individual, ‘Smooth’ and ‘Oomphish.’ Treat yourself during Cot ton Week with a visit to . . .
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