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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
15
The piece honors the American infantry, the doughboys who fight on foot and endure harsh conditions. It highlights their endurance, discipline, and pride in their division, regiment, company, and squad, praising their sacrifice for liberty and country. Hats off to them.
Misses Morris entertain the Presbyterian Business Girls Circle at their Bolling Road home. Mrs. Fannie Hayes presided with prayer and reports from treasurer Lelia Murray and secretary Margaret Tomlinson. D. C. Clark urged prompt consideration for service members and led Bible study in a busy evening of reports, quiz, and refreshments.
Miss Kathleen Kidd has returned home from Greensboro to spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Kidd.
The next regular meeting of the Nurses Association Wilson District No. 8 will be held Tuesday June 13 at 3 00 PM. The gathering takes place in Washington NC at the Nutty Pine Inn per notice from Mrs Fayetta Gaskill corresponding secretary.
The business and professional Women's Club will meet Tuesday, June 13, at 7 p.m. at the club house for a picnic style supper and important business including elections for first and second vice presidents. Several members attended the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment in Asheville last weekend.
Four city playgrounds including Roanoke Rapids Bunker Hill Rosemary Central and Patterson are open for children. P B Britton supervisor says interest and attendance are strong and teachers and supervisors are doing a fine job. The swimming pool will open next week.
Mrs. F. L. Starke has returned from a visit with her husband at Fort Bragg. The trip included time spent with the serviceman and family.
A terse notice says they will call to arrange visitation and mention current work underway in Roanoke Rapids. No dates or names are provided.
James F Lowe 22 of Roanoke Rapids is promoted from private first class to corporal by the Ninth Air Force Service Command in England. He is an Air Corps Radio Mechanic, son of Mrs D D Lowe of 315 Madison Street. Former Shell Furniture salesman, he enlisted in August 1942 and went overseas in 1943.
Mr and Mrs C H Speight and family spent Sunday in Capron Virginia with Mrs Speight s brother R M Francis
Reverend Dwight L. Fouts of Weldon Methodist Church will preach at First Methodist Church Roanoke Rapids Sunday evening at eight. His wife Mrs Fouts who directs youth work in the Rocky Mount district will address the church youth at 7 15 urging all young people to attend.
A group of boys and girls enjoyed a hayride to Slagle's Lake near Emporia last Sunday and a picnic later in the day. They left around ten in the morning and returned about five. Names of participants include Margaret Gibson Ivey Lee Bolton Agnes Hawkins Marie Hudson Ruth Suddeth Carolyn Baggett Doris Ogburn Pauline Newsome Eileen Myrick Janie Wynn Margaret Moseley Sally Bolton Silas Baggett Alton Savage Bug Evans Harold Carawan Charles Pullen L W Pullen William Padgette Ruby Moseley Linwood Williams Harold Hux Sam Sanderford and O B Overton.
Joe Fields son of Rev and Mrs Paul H Fields of 800 Jackson Street is a patient at Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
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