Letters from Our Boys Draw Warm Gifts and News
Readers share messages from servicemen abroad and at sea including a Roanoke Rapids sponsor sending 10 for Community Chest. Letters describe life in Wyoming, Pacific ports, Christmas plans, family longing, and a soldier’s tribute poem to his mother.
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Graham Lynch
Roanoke Rapids
Winfield
Fort F. E. Warren
Wyo
Mr. Lynch
Wyoming
Herald
Joe
Community Chest
Winfield Branch
P.S
Soldier's Letter From Overseas Longs For Home
A soldier writes of leaving home to cross the sea and serve in a war torn world while praising the kindness of locals. He says his heart remains in the United States where his mother stays.
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United States
Roanoke Rapids Couple Wed In 1943 ceremony
Miss Mae Sledge and J Vester Finch of Roanoke Rapids united in marriage on November 20 1943 at the home of Rev J W Pritchard pastor of The Church of God Following the ceremony the bride was entertained with a bridal shower at the home of Mrs H J P Finch of this city
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Pacific
O.K
America
Miss Mae Sledge
J. Vester Finch
Roanoke Rapids
J. W. Pritchard
Church of God
H. JP. Finch
Navy man on nine day furlough visits family
Vernon E. Whitley, U. S. N. R. of Baingridge, Md., is spending a nine day furlough here with his parents. He spent the weekend in Durham with relatives and friends.
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Vernon E. Whitley
Baingridge
Durham
Phillip Reaves
Norfolk
Cpl
Woodrow Aycock
Camp Davis
James Carter
W. C. Carter
Lucille Beam
Raleigh
Cora Carter
Ruth Bell
Betty Selby
Phoebus
Daniel Hart
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clifton Duke
Fort Meade
W. E. Lane
Effie Hawkins
Agnes Hawkins
Hopewell, Va
Herman Jordan
Camp Pickett
Johnie Jordan
Christmas Gift Sale at Rosemary Methodist Church
Circle Four of the Women’s Society of Christian Service invites attendance at a Christmas Gift Sale featuring gifts pies cakes and candy. The event takes place at the Auto Supply Store on Saturday December 11.
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Women’s Society of Christian Service
Rosemary Methodist Church
Auto Supply
Town Talk Hometown Visits and Furloughs Across States
Local notes list servicemen and civilians visiting relatives or staying with friends in towns across Virginia North Carolina and Florida during holidays and furloughs. Names include S Sgt Atwell Taylor Pfc Leslie Allen Annie Tudor and many others with home towns such as Florence Raleigh Emporia Petersburg and Norfolk.
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Atwell Taylor
Florence Air Field
Florence
S. C
Leslie Allen
New York
Annie Tudor
Richmond
A. D. Waters
Mary Bray
Marion Hudson
Butch
Wilmington
Del
B. C. Padgett
Brooks Jeffers
Petersburg
Dewey Waters
B. B. Woodruff
Minnie Turner
Garysburg
Pat Robert Hartoson
Camp Rt
Fla
Francis Hux
Viola Davis
Branchville
Belle Harrison
Raleigh
Robert Carlyle
Loftin W. Wright
Betty Dean
Judith
Emporia
A. M. Wrenn
J. B. Parker
Suffolk
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Armed Services
Robert C. Hasty
Fleet Post
San Francisco
California
Robert
W. L. Hasty
Vance St
Love
Owren
P. S
Owren Baird
Engr
Calif
U. S. Army
Finch
All America
Halifax Paper Co. Inc
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Airtel UL
Janie Parker
Jack Livesay
Atlanta
Dick Taylor
Richmond, Va
Mrs. Taylor
Walter Taylor
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Milton Herrin
Camp Stewart, Ga
J. F. Her
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