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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1946
Page
6
Local recruiting sub-station announces that men honorably discharged or released on or after May 12 1945 may enlist in grades from private first class to technical sergeant if enlistment is completed by June 30 1946. The grade depends on MOS held and rating at discharge. Bring WD AGO form 100 and discharge to the recruiting station for details.
Mrs Laura Barnes Powers died at her Littleton area home after a several day illness. Funeral services were held at Corinth Methodist Church with interment in the church cemetery. Surviving are two sons Carey and Willie Powers and a daughter Blanche Neville, plus siblings. Mrs Susan Read Bradley, 71, died in Elm City while visiting her daughter. She and her husband had farmed near Enfield, with later years in Halifax. Funeral services follow.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at 3 oclock in the Branch Funeral Home chapel with Rev. C W Kreamlex of Halifax and Rev. Ross A Cadle of Enfield presiding. Interment followed in Elmwood cemetery. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Brown of Elm City Mrs Russell White head of Enfield and Mrs Jack Whitehead of Halifax. one son Walter C Bradley of Emporia Virginia. and one sister Mrs W F Flye of Tarboro.
Representing four generations, Mrs. Alice Jones hosted a Sunday gathering on March 17 with guests from Roanoke Rapids Norfolk and Virginia Beach. Attendees included Mrs J W Baeckman and her two daughters Joan and Betty Jean along with Cpl W S Davis recently returned from Moore General Hospital Swananoa after major surgery. Davis will report back after a 45 day leave.
Mrs. Mattie Witherspoon and others visited Rocky Mount last Friday. Mrs. Verlie Lynch and Joe White spent the weekend in Norfolk with Mrs. C R Collier.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports over 1 76 million dollars in aid for the school year through February to provide hot lunches for North Carolina children in 923 schools 224 204 students and 3 796 394 lunches in January. Participation expanded to 99 of the state's 100 counties versus prior year. The program pays sponsors up to nine cents for Type A meals and smaller amounts for other types, supporting local farm products and farmer prices while aiding community projects. News notes weekend visits from Rosa Clyde Bryant and others in Rich mond and Garysburg.
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