Coast Guard K ids celebrated in Roanoke Rapids letter
A Roanoke Rapids reader passes along a morale boosting item from 1945 about Coast Guardsman Clabrone E. Page earning a First Class Petty Officer rating in the South Pacific. The note includes a hometown plea for publication and a war poem by shipmate H. Hamna, praising Coast Guard service and listing fellow crew from various states.
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S. Capitol St
Washington
D. C
Carroll Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Wilson
Coast
Page
Coast Guard
Wil Zon
Diverse group of home agents from across the nation meet
A gathering of home agents and club leaders includes participants from New York Boston Virginia Frisco Indiana Chicago Florida New Jersey and more. Mrs Bryant and Mrs Newsome oversee training and district guidance as 12 clubs attend totaling 35 attendees with hot spiced apple juice and cookies served at the close.
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W. M. Bryant
Newsome
Bryant
Hobgood
Mary’s Chapel
Weyman
Daniel Chapel
Home Demonstration Council Hears 1945 Plan Updates
The Home Demonstration County Council met January 6 at 11:00 a m in the Home Agents Office. President led, minutes read, 1944 finances settled. R V Whitworth outlined the 1945 program and a committee was formed to finish year plans. Fannie Newsome trained officers on duties of office.
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Home Demonstration County Council
Home Agents
R. V. Whitworth
Fannie T. Newsome
Charlotte Brady and George Speight wed in an intimate parsonage ceremony
On December 26 Miss Charlotte Virgil Brady married George Randolph Speight of Roanoke Rapids and Columbia. The Rev Lucius B Marion Jr officiated in the parsonage living room with close family and a few friends present. The bride is the daughter of Mrs Samuel Virgil Brady and the late Mr Brady.
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Speight - Brady
Charlotte Virgil Brady
George Randolph Speight
Roanoke Rapids
Columbia
S. C
Lucius B. Marion, Jr
The
Baptist Church
Samuel Virgil Brady
Brady
Roanoke Rapids Couple Plans Move to Columbia
A Roanoke Rapids High School graduate, now a Johnston High School alumna and Coker College sophomore, was active in Beta Club GI Club Forensic League and won state debate in 1942. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C H Speight of Roanoke Rapids and has worked at Tidewater Supply Co. in Columbia. After mid January they will reside in Columbia S C.
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Johnston High Sch
Coker College
South Carolina
Speight
C. H. Speight
Roanoke Rapids
Tidewater Supply
Cooke Promoted to Pfc at Davis-Monthan Field
Louie D. Cooke of Roanoke Rapids has been promoted to private first class at Davis-Monthan Field in Tucson Arizona. He joined the service in June 1941 and now serves as a cook with a heavy bombardment crew training base.
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Davis-Monthan Field
Tuscon, Ariz
Louie D. Cooke
Thomas H. Cooke
Jackson St
Roanoke Rapids
Pfc. Cooke
Mr and Mrs N M Shearing Move to York Penn
Mr and Mrs N M Shearing have left to make their home in York Penn. The move follows their residence elsewhere and establishes a new address for their family.
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Mrs. N. M. Shearing
York, Penn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Armed Services
H. Hamna
G. M
New Guinea
Marines
Navy
Army
Hell
Guadalcanal
Douglas Monroe
Atlantic
Pacific
Kentucky
Hart
Sully
Hicks
Texas
Iowa
Britton
Caroline
New Orleans
Craig
Chick
New York Town
Boston
Paul Palmer
Vic
Virginia den
Jerry
Frisco Way
Reff and
Dale
Penn
Indiana
Chicago
Bill
Sunshine
Florida
Brack
Futch
Jersey Kid
Negro Home Agent
Gardner
Velvet
Gardner’s Dairy Products
Rocky Mount
Goldssoro
Cooke
Pfc
A&p
South America
Aes Oic
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