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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1945

Page

6

Social notes show residents visiting and traveling

Miss Collie Grant and Miss Nellie Stuart Taylor are in New York City. Several locals visit relatives in Danville Richmond Norfolk Washington and Petersburg. Many attend welfare meetings and vacations to Nags Head Virginia Beach Cape May and Augusta with family and friends.

Collie Grant New York City Nellie Stuart Taylor Katie Lester Harkey Danville, Va Lewis Johnson J. M. Rice G. M. Smith Charlie Speight Elizabeth Clark Nags Head Mack L. Younce W. G. Rinch Lincolnton N. C M. H. Hedgepeth P. W. Ray E. M. Bidgood Norfolk Richmond A. C. Zollicoffer Ruth Williams Faulkner Joe Williams J. E. McGee Johnson Weathers J. B. Barrett Henderson Petersburg Marjorie Kiff Washington, D. C Willie Coggsdale Dorothy Nicholson E. G. Nicholson Bernice Hitchens Ahoskie Hugh Cobb Cobb J. L. Cobb Bernard Woodruff Weldon Minnie Turner Wilber Earl King C. A. Adams Johnie B. Shearin Ann Johnson Newport News Ralph Allen R. V. Sturgeon Langley Field Lewis Langston Leo Burton Shirley Jimmy Burton Hazel Cobb Curtis Rook Franklin Pete Hux Sally Burton J. M. Cole Betty Lizzie Cole Bracey Alice Cole Cpl Richard V. Fahey Boston Mass Quantico Elizabeth Fahey H. L. Fahey James P. Price Maxine Maurice Kathleen Crowley Dora Dean Insco C. S. Marks Virginia Beach Bruce Johnson Mike Salt Lake City Utah Johnnie Raye Height Jane Edwards Columbia S. C Ned Hyman T. W. Mullin Mary Clark Harold Brake Macon Edward Smoot Baltimore Antionette Stephenson Roanoke Rapids Hospital Dewitt King John Priest C. G. Grant W. J. Chambliss Portsmouth W. R. Stevens Raleigh Tennessee W. T. Price Spring Hope Mary Cole Sanford S. J. Bounds John Bounds Everette Stainback Cape May N. J Robert Edwards Olivia Grant E. B. Smith Darlington W. H. Proctor Daniel Hux E. R. Hawkins B. E. McCrary F. G. Jarman Daniel Rader Nita King Augusta Ruby Williams Carolina Beach

Richard Webb At Ellington Field

Flight Officer Richard C. Webb, 23, veteran navigator and son of Mr and Mrs Benjamin S Webb of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina, reported to the AAF Training Command. He flew 21 combat missions as navigator with the 8th Air Force and the British based 491st Bombardment group from December 1944 to May this year, earning the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters. Webb later worked for Patterson Mills in Roanoke Rapids and as a procurement inspector of textiles in the Quartermaster Depot at Jeffersonville Indiana.

Llington Field Texas Richard C. Webb Benjamin S. Webb Roanoke Ave Roanoke Rapids N. C AAF Training Command 8Th Air Force 491St Webb Patterson Mills Company Quartermaster Depot Jeffersonville Ind

Navigator Webb Receives Wings After AAF Training

Flight Officer Webb earned his aerial navigator wings at Hondo Texas Advanced Navigation School in June 1943 and later studied navigation developments at Ellington Field AAF Central School. His wife resides at 306 Harwell St La Grange Georgia.

Hondo (Texas AAF Advanc Ellington Field AAF Central School For Navigation Webb Harwell St la Grange

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Mrs John C. Conner Richard Webb Esso Standard Oil Company OF Jersey Gardner Velvet Rocky Mount Area the Postman Gardner’s Dairy Products Rocky Mount and Goldsboro
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