Captain Edward Peters Identified as Roanoke Rapids Native
The Roanoke Rapids area confirms the pictured "Captain Edward Peters" is actually Captain Peter Koolwyck, a former resident who later changed his name after returning from Holland. Peters Koolwyck served as a staff sergeant at Fort Jackson and previously worked for Patterson Mills and Roanoke Mills during the 1930s.
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Edward Peters
Peter Koolwyck
Peter
Fort Jackson
S. C
Roanoke Rapids
Flushing
Holland
United States
America
Captain Peter
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Kinston
London
Captain Peters
Johannesburg
South Africa
113Th Field Artillery
Peters
Greensboro
Antwerp
England
32Nd Infantry
New York City
Hudson River
North Carolina
Lingerie Expert Visits Leggetts Next Tuesday
Leggett's Department Store announces a visit by Miss Rachel Strickland Barbizon stylist of New York City to demonstrate the Do's and Don'ts of lingerie buying. Strickland has spent years studying how women should select correct items in lingerie.
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Miss Strickland
Leggett’s
Leggett's Department Store
Rachel Strickland
Barbizon
New York City
Strickland
Reserve Officers Ordered to Report by March Fifteenth
Fourth Corps Area headquarters releases War Department directive calling all Regular Army Reserve to active duty from February 15 1941 Those not defered and not reporting will be recorded as AWOL and dropped as deserters on March 15 1941 Those who failed to report are subject to military law from the date ordered to active duty and should report at the nearest Army post or recruiting station.
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Regular Army
Fourth Corps
War Department
Regular Army Reserve
Lorene Lola Mitchell Weds Burgess Johnson in Emporia Manse
Mrs. W L Mitchell of Emporia announces the marriage of her daughter Lorene Lola to Burgess Fenton Johnson of Roanoke Rapids. The ceremony occurred February 20 at the Presbyterian Manse in Emporia with Rev. James A. Milland Jr. Officiants and families planned to reside in Roanoke Rapids.
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W. L. Mitchell
Empora
Lorene Lola
Burgess Fenton Johnson
Roanoke Rapids
J. W. Norwood
Gaston
Emporia
James A. Milland, Jr
Johnson
Bennie Griffin and wife visit relatives in Boykins Virginia
Mr and Mrs Bennie Griffin spent the week end with relatives at Boykins Virginia based on local social notes listing visits and travel details.
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Mrs
Bennie Griffin
Boykins, Va
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City
Fort Jackson, S. C
Fred Forest
General Contractors
N. C
Leggetts
Hollywood
Universal
VOGUE
Tucker Fayed Sanitary Market
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Hollywood Beauty
Standard Grocery Co
Johnson - Mitchell
Oleo
Sunnyfield
Golden Maid
Pack
IONA
Standard
RITZ
Ibi
Hockless, Ib
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