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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
7
A Maryland tale from the Eastern Shore recalls The Lady in Grey haunting a rose garden, sightings by multiple generations, a marriage in peril, and a doctor grandson whose wife faints upon seeing the ghost. A closing commentary questions wartime pay and the human cost of conflict.
Louis Sobol compares modern glamour girls to past beauties with striking contrasts. Feature appears in the March 16 issue of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY distributed with the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AMERICAN and sold at newsstands.
A stark meditation on the toll of conflict asks what price is paid for a soldier's death and a baby's life, framing the human cost beyond the headlines. The reflection centers on loss, sacrifice, and the lasting impact on families and communities.
Mrs. Helen Harrington visits her daughter in Kinston while John Sledge of New York visits his mother Mrs. John Sledge. C G Tilghman returns from Florida with Mrs. C G Tilghman. Dutch Seifert from Chapel Hill spends weekend with parents Mr. and Mrs. D W Seifert. Pattie Harding returns to Norfolk after days with sister Mrs. Z Stringer. Mrs. Milton Underwood returns to Norfolk after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. D C Johnson. Mrs. Ellsworth Jones and son of Franklin Virginia spend a week with Mrs. R P Morehead.
Friends report Miss Mabel Barnhill is ill at her home on Elm Street. Mrs S D Knight visited her sister in Wilson last week.
Walter W Durant 59 died at his Weldon home after a several week illness. He ran a jewelry business in Weldon for years. Funeral service was held at Weldon Baptist Church, with a Raleigh service to follow and burial in Montlawn Memorial Park Raleigh. Surviving: widow three daughters Virginia Durant Janie Durant and Mrs B T Duncan and two sons Charles Durant Alton Durant.
Mrs. Annie M. Walls 56, wife of Frank E. Walls of Melrose Massachusetts, died at Roanoke Rapids Hospital Saturday night after illness aboard the trip home from Florida. She was taken to the hospital Saturday morning in Emporia Virginia. Burial was in Melrose Massachusetts with the body shipped from Roanoke Rapids to Boston. Survivors include her husband and two sisters Charlotte Greenlow of Melrose and Mrs. Sarah Lovill of Walnut Hill Maine.
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