War Fund Subscribed 100 Percent in Roanoke Rapids Meeting
The Roanoke Rapids Community Chest and War Fund trustees met at the Municipal Building on December 9 with President H. B. Speight. They reported full 1943 campaign data and unanimously pledged 7000 to the United War Fund, placing Halifax County in 100 percent status.
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Community Chest and War Fund
H. B. Speight
Thomas L. Martin
United War Fund
Halifax County
War Fund
Peter M. Denges
John W. Martin
Cmmunity Chest
Community Chest Office
Frank C. Williams
I: Budget Committee
Community Chest
R. L. Towe
Edward H. Cameron
Ross L. Hdwards
J. R. Meikle
Howard Pruden
Thornton Wilson
Carl Rehill
Speight
Roanoke Rapids
Uncle Sam
Roanoke Rapids Community Chest and War Fund
Ill With Pneumonia
Jacquelyn King Johnson daughter of Mr. and Mrs R H Johnson has been confined to her bed since last Friday with double pneumonia. She is beginning to show some improvement and Jacquelyn wants all of little friends to tell Santa not to forget her.
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Jacquelyn King Johnson
R. H. Johnson
Jacquelyn
Santa
War Bond Guidance Amid Wartime Rationing
A wartime public message urges citizens to calculate how much beyond 10 percent of family income to invest in War Bonds each payday. It stresses personal sacrifice and suggests readers determine an appropriate share for their finances and future security.
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Hitler
Mary O. Tripp Dies After Long Illness in Tarboro
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary O. Tripp 35 died Friday at Edgecombe Sanatorium were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at her brother’s home with Elder J R Bass officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Cemetery Tarboro. A Tarboro resident most of her life she was well known in the community.
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Mary O. Tripp
Edgecombe Sanatorium
J. R. Bass
Rocky Mount
Greenwood
Tarboro
Tripp
Tripp Services Held for Mrs Stokes Tripp
Mrs. Stokes Tripp of Tarboro died leaving husband Johnnie Tripp and five children Carlton Ray Mad Mary Elizabeth Spencer Bass Johnnie M and Dolores Gayvelle Tripp. Also surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs Guy H Stokes of Roanoke Rapids two sisters Mrs Lester Bass and Mrs Harle Everette and five brothers Woodrow Henry Alva Grover and Pvt Floyd A Stokes U S Army stationed in England.
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Johnnie Tripp
Tarboro
Carlton Ray
Mad
Mary Elizabeth
Spencer Bass
Johnnie M
Dolores Gayvelle Tripp
Guy H. Stokes
Roanoke Rapids
Lester Bass
Elizabeth City
Harle Everette
Pinetown
Woodrow
Henry Stokes
Utica
Alva
Grover Stokes
Elizabeth
Christmas Pageant “The Other Shepherd” at Rosemary Church
The Young People of Rosemary Baptist Church present a Christmas pageant titled The Other Shepherd on Sunday evening at 7 30. The event invites families to attend and enjoy the seasonal program.
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Rosemary Baptist Church
Top Kick Sgt Johnny Lassiter Visits Mother in Texas
1st. Sgt. Johnny Lassiter, stationed at Camp Swift Texas, arrives this week to visit his mother Mrs Emma Lassiter at 223 B Monroe Street. He was promoted to top kick in November.
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Johnny Lassiter
Emma Lassiter
Monroe St
Camp Swift
Texas
Gwendolyn Lowe Marries Marine Private Merritt
Mr and Mrs W F Lowe announce the marriage of daughter Gwendolyn Paulette to Private William Jesse Merritt United States Marine Corps. The wedding was solemnized in Emporia Virginia on December 13 Mrs Merritt resides with her parents at 326 Madison Street and Private Merritt has returned to his base in San Diego California.
J W Crew Honors Roanoke Rapids Hospital Staff Dinner
J W Crew hosted a large hospital dinner in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital dining room on a Wednesday evening. Barbecue and country ham with sides were prepared on the Northampton County farm of Mr. Crew for doctors nurses and staff and their wives in appreciation for the care given to his family and associates at the hospital.
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J. Crew
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Northampton County
Crew
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R. R. Community Chest
Stokes
the Church of Latter Day Saints
Top Kick
Sgt
J.W. Crew
Young Men's Shop
Lee and
Knox
All-Wool Service
Trge
Rabhor
and Glover
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