Owls Defeat Seaboard Nine In Roanoke Rapids
The Roanoke Rapids Owls beat Seaboard 16 to 5 for their seventh win against three losses. Moseley led with four singles as Warren earned the win on the mound, while Stewart Howell led Seaboard with a double and a single. The Owls next host a home game on July 4, hoping to entertain a service team. A General MacArthur Garden Medal and Green Thumb Certificates will be awarded to Boy Scouts for garden efforts under National Victory Garden Institute programs.
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Roanoke Rapids Owls
Seaboard
Owls
Moseley
Owl
Warren
Stewart Howell
Hughes
R. Howell
National Victory Garden Institute
Boy Scout Council
Norman L Dives Granted Army Discharge
Norman L Dives son of Mrs. Mary Merritt Route 1 has been discharged from the army. He entered in June 1940 and served overseas for 34 months earning the ETO with eight stars and arrow head the American Defense and the Good Conduct Medal. He farmed for Sandy Glasgow in Weldon before service and attended Weldon High School.
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Norman L. Davis
Mary Merritt
Army
Sandy Glasgow
Weldon
Weldon High School
Made Sergeant Clifton W Shearin Promoted to Sergeant
Clifton W Shearin of Roanoke Rapids Route 1 is promoted to sergeant with the U S First Army Ninth Division. He is married with two children and lives with his wife’s mother in Littleton. He joined Rose Mary Manufacturing prior to service in May 1944 and went overseas in October 1944. A letter from him to his mother recounts homesickness, prayers, and memories of his mother and family amid combat in Germany on May 22, 1945.
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Clifton W. Shearin
M. W. Shearin
Roanoke Rapids
Clifton
U.S. First Army
Littleton
Shearin
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Germany
Tues
Mum
Ruby
Maude
Mother
Cullom Writes He's Been Lucky In Regensburg Photo
Pfc. Ray Cullom and a buddy, H. E Smith, pose near Regensburg Germany on April 24 1945. He describes a seventy mile advance to the firing position, camouflage nets overhead, and a nearby pup tent rarely used. Kirshdorf Germany June 3 1945 notes accompany the image and vivid battlefield memories.
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Pfc
Ray Cullom
H. E Smith
Ragensburg
Germany
Cullom
Mr. Wilson
Regensburg
Clifton bids farewell in warm family message
A heartfelt note from a son signs off with loving regards, saying goodbye for now and sending love from Clifton to a parent, expressing affection and familial warmth. The message reads as a personal, intimate farewell from a son.
Soldier writes from Third Army praising luck and sending photo
Pfc. Ray Cullom of Btry A 662nd F. A. writes that his unit has been fortunate in the Third Army, thanks supporters, and requests his photo be published. He mentions receiving Heralds via A N Martin and shares sorrow for fallen comrades, asking the paper to forward the picture to his wife at 1319 Hamilton Street.
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A. N. Martin
Hamilton Street
City
Pfc
Ray Cullom
Btry
F. A. Bu
New York
N. Y
Do You Suffer From Muscular Aches And Pains
An advertisement touts D.M.C. COMPOUND No 49 as quick relief for rheumatic and muscular pain. It promises prompt effect with a money back guarantee if not sold, offered by Rosemary Drug Co with price listed at 3.00.
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D.M.C
Rosemary Drug CO
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Norman L. Dives
PINE
W. H. Daughtry
Kirshdorf
Third Army
Roanoke Ave
Chockoyotte
W. L. Manning
Geo. L Kerr
P. O. Box
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