Wilson edges Elm City in baseball.

Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.), 14 August 1948.

Many of the Wilson Eagles baseball team lived in the Daniel Hill community.

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  • Bobby Farmer
  • Bill Lucas
  • Willie Neal — in 1945, Willie Lee Neal registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 15 June 1927 in Nash County, N.C.; lived at 611 Norfolk Southern R.R. Street, Wilson; his contact was Lola Bell Neal; and he worked for Southern Dairies.
  • Harvey Scarborough — in 1945, William Harvey Scarborough registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 September 1927 in Wilson County; lived at 511 West Walnut Street, Wilson; his contact was Festus Scarborough; and he worked for Casters Beauty Supply.
  • John Wooten — probably: in 1944, John Henry Wooten registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 September 1926 in Pitt County, N.C.; lived at 513 South Warren Street, Wilson; his contact was Hattie Lee Wooten; and he worked for American Tobacco Company.
  • Robert Scarborough — in 1941, Robert Edward Scarborough registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 19 February 1920 in Wilson County; lived at 511 West Walnut Street, Wilson; his contact was Mary Parker Scarborough; and he was unemployed.
  • Larry Thomas — in 1945, Larry Thomas registered for the World War II draft in Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 7 June 1911 in Wilson County; lived at 604 Warren Street, Wilson; his contact was wife Marcella Thomas; and he worked for Liggett-Myers Tobacco Company, Wilson.
  • Austin Leach
  • William H. Vick
  • L. Cobb
  • Lathan, Davis, Bowden, Wynn, Barnes
  • George McNeal
  • Y. Tarry
  • Robert Knight

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