Letters From Our Boys From War Zones Reach Roanoke Rapids
Readers share messages from service members in 1944, detailing life in the Hawaiian Islands and the Southwest Pacific. Pfc Henry H. Lyles Jr writes from Oahu about action in Attu and Kwajalein and requests hometown news. E S Goodfellow in New Guinea notes long overseas service and hopes for return, mentions local paper Guinea Gold and hoped USO troop changes.
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Hawaiian Islands
Mr. Wilson
Roanoke Rapids
Herald
Oahu
Honolulu
Waikiki Beach
Attu
Aleutians
Marshall Islands
Kwajalein Atoll
Romance Ball Club
Letters From Our Boys and Guinea Gold Arrive
Tech Sergeant H L Goodfellow writes to The Herald from the South Pacific in a brief Letters From Our Boys item. He forwards a copy of the Southern edition of Guinea Gold, a service men's newspaper four columns wide by ten inches long, filled with news, war dispatches, and sports from the states.
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Tech
H. L. Goodfellow
South Pacific
The
Herald
Guinea
Town Talk Fractured Weekend Visitor Notes
Richmond VA resident St Rudolph Williams visited the city for a weekend. Local guests included C C Cannon and family from Burlington and Warren ton. Several residents returned from Florida and Wake Forest events with others visiting Rocky Mount.
Local residents travel and visitors noted in Richmond trip
King and Mrs. Graham Lynch spent Friday in Richmond. Rev L I Stell former pastor here visited in the city last week now living in Mexico Mo. Miss Marie Cates of Norfolk visited her parents. Pvt F L Starke returned for a weekend at home. Multiple visitors and travelers from Norfolk Portsmouth Greenville Savannah and Washington joined in weekend gatherings and family visits.
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Portsmouth
Mary Jane Smart
Norfolk
Honolulu
Raymond Pritchard
New Orleans
J.W. Pritchard
Ella Cameron
Greenville
Bob Green
Margaret Ella
Monroe Cameron
Overton Cook
Helen Crawford
Doris Harrison
H. B. Gibson
Savannah
J. Rightmeyer
R. J. Rightmeyer
H. E. Gibson
Georgia
Cpl
B. R. Bullock
Thurman Bullock
Howard Long
T. M. Bullock
L. B. Bullock
Suffolk
C. O. Boykin
Wilson
Wiley Connell
Franklin Ridenour
Richmond
Russell Wrenn
Camp Butner
R. L. Wrenn
Bowers
Smith
New York
Edward Hobbs
Durham
Hobbs
Pvt
Mary Clark
Washington, D. C
Ted L. Cochran
Washington
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Local Seamen Complete Naval Training At Sampson NY
Harry H Weathers of 902 Monroe Street and Albert Dempsey Wheeler of 224 Washington Street Roanoke Rapids both seamen second class finished naval training on March 7 at Sampson New York They will get leave then back at Sampson pursue further assignment that could qualify them for petty officer rating.
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Harry H. Weathers
Monroe Street
Albert Dempsey Wheeler
Washington Street
Roanoke Rapids
Sampson
N. Y
Weldon Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Miss Helen Collins spent the week end in Washington D C. Mrs Hugh Mosely and Miss Elizabeth Holmes are visiting in New York. Miss Elizabeth Harvell of Greensboro spent the week end at home with guest Miss Anne Jones of Greensboro. Mrs Rudolph Northington and her young son leave for Albuquerque New Mexico to visit her husband. Mrs Ben Collins and son Donald spent a few days in Columbia South Carolina. Tommie Boone returns to Baltimore after visiting her parents. Miss Margie Collins of Raleigh visited Weldon over the weekend. Miss Lucile Wallace of Enfield spent the week end at her home here. Miss Mary Pierce Johnson of Raleigh spent the week end here. Miss Lucile Oakes of Greenville was guest of her parents. Corp and Mrs Eugene White head of Portland Maine guests of Mr and Mrs J A Vaughan. Miss Frances Buck of Greensboro was guest of her parents over the week end. Miss Mabel Bean of Greensboro spent a few days with Mrs J H Powell.
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St. Rudolph Williams
Richmond
C. C. Cannon
Harry Cannon
Burlington
Duke Jones
Warrenton
E. A. Tellega
Arnold
Jonesboro
Corrinne Satterthwaite
Wake Forest College
Alvin Pitt
Stewart Ferguson
Dennis Armstrong
Tarboro
Pfe
James Grady Pearson
Fort Benning
Sam M. Thompson
Madison Street
Florida
C. S. Thompson
David Field
Orlando
Fla
J. B. Barrett
J. J. Thompson
Jay
T. Johnson
Rocky Mount
T. W. Mullen
Pfc
Pearl Cross
E. J
Helen Collins
Washington
D. C
Hugh Mosely
Elizabeth Holmes
New York
Elizabeth Harvell
Greensboro
Anne Jones
Rudolph Northington
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Ben Collins
Donald
Columbia
S. C
Tommie Boone
Baltimore
H. A. Hardison
Margie Collins
Raleigh
Weldon
Lucile Wallace
Enfield
Mary Pierce Johnson
Lucile Oakes
Greenville
A. W. Oakes
Audrey Taylor Weds Forrest Caker in North Carolina
Mr and Mrs R B Taylor announce the marriage of their daughter Audrey to Forrest Caker of Richmond Virginia. The ceremony was held Sunday afternoon February 27 in South Milky NC. The couple will reside in Richmond. Miss Betty Gates visited Richmond Saturday.
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R. B. Taylor
Audrey
Forrest Caker
Richmond, Va
South Milky N. C
Richmond
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Armed Services
Henry H. Lyles, Jr
U.S. Army
Care
San Francisco
Calif
New Guinea
APO
the Herald
Sirs
Southwest Pacific
United States
Colonel Taylor
Thomas J
Middle West
States
L. H. Taylor
38Rd Surgical Hospital
Robert M. Coppedge
USO
E. S. Goodfellow
Rytt Taco
Pepei-Cola Company
Long Island City, N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Littleton
Weldon News
Betty Gates
Saturn
Atlantic
Ale
Weer
W. Second St
Dial
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