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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jul 31, 1947

Page

4

Heroes Named in Local Dedication List

A long list honors many fallen servicemen including RH McCommons James Whitby Grover Feodrutt Winfield Hasty Daniel J Faison Robert Lee Moore Curtis H West Edgar H King and others in a regional tribute column. The piece preserves many names such as Basil Glover William Moody Frank Harris Wayne Green Lawrence Myrick and John Wayne Thomas among others.

RH. McCommons James W. Whitby Grover Feodrutt Winfield Hasty Daniel J. Faison Robert Lee Moore Curtis H. West Edgar H. King Robert Lee Ingram Thomas A. Cooper Marvin F. Mallins James G. Whitby Thomas H. Cook Ire Bimer B. Chambliss Randall White Robert L. Harris Joseph A Grouch Davie L. Harper Brutus W. Rook Robert R. North John Wayne Thomas Alex Bullock, Jr Frank P. Hunter Geel’ Coburn Wilbur Anderton Latt Harris Shearin

Editorial warns against socialism and defends free enterprise

A Roanoke Rapids merchants speech lauds free enterprise as America's strength and warns that socialism could undermine it. The piece cites retail competition, consumer choice, and officials from the National Retail Dry Goods Association, and quotes Portland's view on private ownership versus public ownership. The editorial urges avoiding socialism to prevent government overreach and mass employment reliance.

Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association Beause America National Retail Dry Goods Association United States The Industrial Review

It's the Little Things Storm Reflections

A reflective prose piece describes watching a late afternoon thunderstorm from a rural setting by a barn and well. The author notes cloud personality, distant lightning, and the soundscape filling Deep Creek Valley as a modernist sky show unfolds.

Thunderstorm Faith and Time in a Cosmic Storm

A reflective meditation on storms as enduring signs of God. The narrator recalls lightning and thunder as symbols of spiritual stability, linking nature to faith, memory, and a quest for inner calm amid modern uncertainty.

You Abraham Gabriel God

Circles of Woman’s Society Meet at Rosemary Methodist

The circles of the Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at Rosemary Methodist Church Monday evening at 7:30. Mrs. Viola H. Summerett returned to Norfolk Sunday after visiting her sisters Mrs. Nelfe Fulghum Mrs. T. J. Cooke Mrs. J. B. Pearson and Mrs. A. M. Powell

Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service Rosemary Methodist Church Viola H. Summerett Norfolk Nelfe Fulghum T. J. Cooke J. B. Pearson A. M. Powell

Town Talk: Local Visits Near and Far

Town residents report travels and visits. Mr and Mrs R C Hensley and Mrs David Taxton returned to Tusculini Tennessee after visiting Rev and Mrs RW Stov nm. Willis Stevens joined them to spend time with grandparents Irene Fortan in Nash eG. Fronds In to Two Luna Miss Baba Colling spent week at Kill Devil Hits. Technical Sergeant Edward Johnson and Mrs Johnson of Fort Knox Ky visit Mrs Johnsons parents J E Pears Wilbert Smallwood returns from Fort Knox to transfer to Camp Teh Va. Albert Poindexter and Lewis Crow visit relatives in Savannah Ga.

R. C. Hensley David Taxton Tusculini Tenny RW. Stovnm Willis Stevens Irene Fortan Nasheg Baba Colling Dward I. Johnson Fort Knox

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