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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
6
City Salvage Chairman J. R. Meikle announced the scrap paper collection is indefinitely postponed due to unsettled weather. He apologized for prior failures and urged residents to save scrap for future drives once weather settles as government plans proceed.
Mr and Mrs George Massey announce the birth of a daughter named Linda Lee on January 10 1944 in their family circle.
Roanoke Rapids WAC Recruiter Lt Pegram visits weekly on Fridays and Saturdays to discuss opportunities with the Women Army Corps. Local women may contact her at the post office. Mrs Phillip Reaves of Norfolk Va comes to assist related to sister Miss Beulah Gibson’s illness. Group life insurance sales now surpass small weekly payment policies as total in force nears industrial insurance totals.
Social notes from Emporia Warrenton and Newport News mention Mr. and Mrs. Garland Hart and Mary Ellen of Emporia visiting G R Jones. E R Kidd and party guests stayed with W W Kidd in Warrenton. Jane West returns to Greensboro College after a New Year party at Pilot Mountain. George Marks visits his ill mother in New York. George E plans S F 2 C of Norfolk on furlough in St Louis. Francstheridge and Blanche Ellis visit Newport News to see Hubert Etheridge and Sergeant Vernon Whitehurst at Fort Eustis.
The Christian Science Society invites the public to attend Sunday services at 11 a.m. and Wednesday at 8 p.m. The Reading Room is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 3 to 5 p.m. Topic for Sunday is "Trutte."
Miss Katherine West has returned from a visit to Southern Pines and is expected to resume social activities locally.
D. H. Moody argues dairies face wartime strain but maintain sanitation standards. He cites producers in Roanoke Rapids Welden Scotland Neck Enfield and Garysburg and notes Longview pasteurized milk sales in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon with A R Dixon also mentioned.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Padgett of Weldon announce the marriage of their daughter Margaret Sincis Padgett to Edwin C. Tritt son of Mrs A B Tritt and the late Mr Tritt of Roanoke Rapids on January 14 at the Methodist parsonage with Rev Paul H Fields officiating. The couple currently reside in Weldon.
Staff Sgt. Rufus Smith with his wife and son from Camp Butner visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Smith for the weekend.
Pfe Oakley Here Pfc C T Oakley Jr of Cherry Point and Mrs C T Oakley and son Tommy of Richmond visited over the weekend with Mr and Mrs C T Oakley in town.
Pvt Lefty A Downing son of Mr and Mrs R H Downing 106 Monroe St is here on a three day pass from Marine Base at Cherry Point.
Harry L. Hall of Company 1/C is in Torpedo School at Newport Rhode Island. He left Friday for New London Connecticut to report for submarine duty.
Camp Gordon Georgia resident Charlie E. Tudor spent the weekend in town with his wife and sister George Massey.
Health Department permits selling grade C raw milk in Enfield only during declared emergencies. The policy outlines limited distribution and safety checks to ensure public health safeguards during a crisis.
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