Home Economics Teachers Begin Duties Here Early
Miss Martha Rob Cherry and Miss Evelyn Gwaltney, new Roanoke Rapids Home Economics teachers, start the school year with vocational and classroom programs. Vocational duties include pupil instruction, student home projects, adult classes, and community activities for better home living. Classroom work covers child development, family relations, nutrition, clothing, and home beautification. When not in session they plan activities, supervise projects, and visit the community. They invite calls to the high school for assistance.
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Martha Rob Cherry
Evelyn
Lieutenant Dickens Returns From Europe on Leave
First Lieutenant Fletcher P. Dickens arrived in Enfield for a thirty day leave after service in the European Theatre. He is spending time at Virginia Beach with Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nichols Jr. and their families.
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Fletcher P. Dickens
Enfield
A. C. Nichols, Jr
Virginia Beach
Lonnie Vaughan Named Plank Owner of Destroyer Escort
Lonnie Thomas Vaughan USNR Third Class Ship's Service and Laundryman, 93 Jackson Street, identified as a plank owner aboard the destroyer escort now in Atlantic Fleet. He joined the Navy December 1, 1943, served at Bainbridge Maryland, and has been aboard for fourteen months. He is married to Mildred Odom with two children and has two brothers in the service. Previously employed by Roanoke Mills Co. Vaughan holds American and European Theatre ribbons and is authorized a bronze engagement star for the destruction of an enemy submarine.
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Lonnie Thomas Vaughan
USNR
Jackson Street
Naval Service
Vaughan
Navy
Raleigh
Bainbridge
Mildred Odom
Lonnie Alvin
Threasa
Cpl
David Vaughan
Pfc
James W. Vaughan
Roanoke Mills Co
Register For Piano Friday
Miss Kent Bentley will be in the high school auditorium on September 7 from 9 30 to 11 30 a m to register and schedule piano students for the coming year.
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Kent Bentley
Calvin Gleming Aboard The Essex In Pacific War
Calvin Gleming, 19, steward’s mate, second class USNR of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina serves aboard the USS Essex near Tokyo with Task Force 38. The carrier launched planes at dawn as hundreds of Japanese aircraft were destroyed on the ground during the final days of the war.
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Pacific
Calvin Gleming
USNR
Jessie Gleming
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Tokyo
Fleets of Courageous Flyers Face The Task Force
A fragment recalls a handful of brave pilots who ventured to the Task Force but never returned, their fates remaining a silent echo in a perilous mission.
Burlington Woman Visits Vaughan Couple
Mrs. Everette Spikes of Burlington is visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Vaughan.
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Mrs. Everette Spikes
Burlington
W. P. Vaughan
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Dickens
Europe
Lonnie Vaughan "Plank Owner
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Roanoke Ave
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