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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
12
Theodore S. Johnson announced a simplification of OPA rules in Eastern North Carolina allowing a person who owns meat after slaughter to receive it free for household consumption. Conditions require farm supervision or purchase 60 days prior with one third farm visits, with brief visits sufficient.
North Carolina farm labor reports show a rise in family workers this fall despite fewer hired hands. Observers note school dismissals, reliance on family harvest labor, and patriotic calls for home front effort as factors, with no precise figures released.
Private Floyd A. Stokes 25 of Roanoke Rapids is among soldiers in an Armored Field Artillery unit in England preparing for invasion. The unit uses the M-7 105 mm howitzer on a medium tank chassis and relies on fire direction, radio nets, forward observers, and spotter planes to guide bombardment from distant ranges.
Sam Lewis a staff sergeant in the U S Army paid a hurried visit to friends in the city on Wednesday and Thursday. A former pharmacist at Rosemary Drug Co he is now stationed in California. Mrs Lewis joined him on the west coast recently and did not make the trip this time. Mrs P C Luter Jr Mrs Barry Jones and Mrs Bruce Johnson spent the weekend in Columbia S C attending the wedding of Miss Lois Batts and Lt John C Connor Jr
Mrs. Jessie McGaw Bonney died at her Littleton home on November 22. Burial was in Forest Lawn, Norfolk. Survived by husband H F Bonney, four daughters, four sisters, one brother, and three grandchildren. A club meeting featured a talk on Present Day England and upcoming English Art exhibit planning.
The Study Club gathered Friday afternoon with Mrs. D C Clark hosting and Mrs. Matt presiding over the business session.
Mrs. Lew Yerger hosted the Wednesday Club at her Patterson Apartment home. Mrs. Clyde Liske achieved the high score and received defense stamps as a prize. Guests included Mesdames D. E. Bennett, L. B. Brown, H. A. Cole, Wilmer Collier, Wyche Land, Clayton Gur ley, E. H. Graves, Roderick Meikle Thornton Wilson Jr., Don Tillar, and W. D. Hall.
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Pendleton Grizzard hosted the Contract Club and welcomed house guest Mrs. Joe Bryant. Mrs. W. S. Dean won the club prize and Mrs. Wilbur Anderton captured the high guest prize. The honoree received a gift and a sweet refreshment course followed.
Mrs. Joe Bryant, guest of her sister Mrs Pendleton Grizzard for ten days, left Monday for Alabama where her husband is stationed. Cpl Thomas M Jenkins spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs T M Jenkins.
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