Marvin L Floyd Commended for Outstanding Service at Fort Bliss
T/3 Floyd 32, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Floyd of Star Route, is commended for superior duty in the Gunnery Firing Section at the Antiaircraft Artillery School Fort Bliss Texas. Lt Col Kenneth G. Merriam and Col Riley B. McGarrugh sign the unsolicited commendation noting Floyd’s two plus years with the Auto matic Weapons Department and high regard from Lt. John H. Watson. Floyd entered service March 1942, trained at Fort Eustis and in Texas before overseas duty.
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Marvin L. Floyd
J. H. Floyd
Fort Bliss
Texas
Floyd
Automatic Weapons Department
Sgt
John H. Watson
Watson
Antiaircraft Artillery School
Kenneth G. Merriam
CAC
1St Ind. Antiaircraft Artillery School
Riley B. McGarraugh
Fort Eustice
Pacific
Roanoke Mill No. 2
Kiwanis International names Holt president amid wartime rally
Hamilton Holt, renowned granite maker and new Kiwanis International president, vows continued U S and Canada club support for the war against Japan until victory. Holt succeeds Ben Dean after wartime Chicago meeting and leads 150,000 members across the United States and Canada in backing a world peace charter and veteran care. He is Macon Georgia industrial figure, Mercer trustee, state constitutional reformist appointee, and National Association of Manufacturers group chair.
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Hamilton Holt
Kiwanis International
United States
Canada
Japan
Chicago
Holt
Ben Dean
Grand Rapids Advertising
Macon
Associated Industries of Georgia
Governor's War Council
State Commission
Georgia
Mercer University
National Association of Manufacturers
Sunday School Invitation by Church Teachers and Pupils
The Church school teachers and pupils presented a fine program showing children eager to learn when taught. The public is invited to attend Sunday School at 9 45 A M and the morning service at 11 A M.
Shearins Moving Back To County
Mr and Mrs J C Shearin and their young son plan to relocate to a home on Littleton Highway near William R Davie High School. The couple previously lived in Halifax County, Jacksonville and Franklin and hold multiple civic and professional memberships. He will work in surveying and timber appraisal across Halifax and nearby counties. Mrs O G Horton spent the weekend at Virginia Beach.
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J. C. Shearin
Littleton Highway
William R. Davie High School
Halifax County
Shearin
Jacksonville
N. C
Hofmann Forest
Franklin
Suffolk Shrine Club
Sudan Temple Shrine
Card of Thanks for W H Woodruff
The family thanks friends for kindness during the illness and death of husband and father W H Woodruff. Mrs W H Woodruff and Mrs Cebron Jordan express appreciation.
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W. H. Woodruff
Cebron Jordan
GE Plans 8 Million Postwar Research Laboratory
General Electric approves an eight million dollar Research Laboratory to expand its 550 member staff. The facility aims to translate wartime discoveries into peacetime advances in x ray, electricity, metallurgy, electronics and chemistry. It will push pure science and build on Dr Whitney and Dr Steinmetz’s legacies to create more goods for more people at less cost.
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General Electric
America
Whitney
Steinmetz
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