School years, milestones and family stories, with the original sources and qualifications.
Dan
A Thanksgiving wedding for Dan and Pamela
Thanksgiving brought a wedding as well as a family gathering in 1977. Dan Roling married Pamela Louise Henke at St. Joseph Catholic Church, with Father Don Lammers performing the ten-thirty ceremony. David stood as a groomsman, Ronnie served as an usher, and Timmy Roling was the ring bearer. Paula Henke was the flower girl.
About three hundred guests attended the reception at St. Joseph Catholic School, with friends of the families helping. Dan and Pamela then took a wedding trip to South Dakota. The newspaper described Pamela as a 1977 Salisbury High School graduate working at Merchants and Farmers Bank, and Dan as a 1975 graduate who was farming.
Source: “Miss Henke, Mr. Roling married Thanksgiving Day,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, December 8, 1977, page 7. Original newspaper page.
Related family photograph: A photograph of Joe and Ida Roling’s LeFevre Street home in Salisbury identifies it as later owned by Dan and Pam Roling. The photograph’s date is unknown.
Dan and Greg in the senior portraits
The newspaper’s May 15, 1975 senior-portrait page brings together two familiar faces: Dan Roling and Greg Asbury. Greg is the second portrait in the top row; Dan is the first portrait in the fifth row. Each is identified by the printed name beneath his photograph.
The page announced commencement for eight o’clock on May 20. Two years later, Greg would marry Dan’s sister Betty.
Source: Senior portraits and commencement announcement, Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 15, 1975, page 5. Original newspaper page.
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Twenty-two points for the Jaycees
Dan had a good game on the basketball court in a February 1975 men’s league report. He led the Jaycees with twenty-two points in their 73–39 win over C.Y.O.
Source: “Penn Packers Lead League With Perfect Record,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, February 13, 1975, page 4. Original newspaper page.
Dan and Greg join FFA
Dan and Greg Asbury received the Greenhand Degree in 1971 as part of a group of 26 vocational-agriculture students joining the Salisbury FFA Chapter. The newspaper pictured them together in the front row. Greg would marry Betty in 1977.
Source: “Received Degree,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, October 7, 1971, page 13.
The printed caption identifies Greg second and Dan third from the left in the front row. Open the original newspaper clipping. They later appeared together on the 1975 honor roll.
Dan on the track
Dan placed third in the two-mile race at a meet in Centralia on March 21, 1972. His points helped the Salisbury Panthers finish second overall in the three-school meet with Centralia and Paris.
Source: Paul Sturm, “Sports,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, March 30, 1972, page 5.
Dan’s First Communion
Dan was one of 23 children who received First Communion at St. Joseph parish on May 10, 1964. The newspaper listed him among the children taking part in the seven o’clock Mass that Sunday.
Source: “Twenty-Three Children Take First Communion,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, May 15, 1964, page 6.
Dan and a future brother-in-law on the honor roll
Dan made Salisbury High School’s third-quarter honor roll as a senior in 1975. Another senior on the same list was Greg Asbury, who would marry Betty two years later.
Source: “Honor roll listed for third quarter,” Salisbury Press-Spectator, April 10, 1975, page 4; Betty and Greg’s wedding report, September 8, 1977, page 7.
Dan helps bring a father and son to safety
A day on the North Carolina coast became a rescue story when Dan Roling and John Fuemmeler helped save Chaplain Rod Stilwell and his son Joe from a riptide. The newspaper clipping calls it “Local men save two people along east coast.”
Betsy S. Humphries of Sumter, South Carolina, sent photographs and a note to the Press-Spectator thanking the two men. The visible article gives June 26 as the day of the rescue; the year is not shown.
