Seven White Men Accepted At Fort Bragg
Seven white men were accepted at Fort Bragg for military service in the largest Halifax County contingent to leave during the present war. Inductees passed physicals and departed Friday, March 3, including Edgar Lee Morgan, Harold Sagner Jones, George Robert Lancaster, Warren Vaughan Dickens, Herbert William Nowell, Leslie Graham Shell Jr., Clifton Whitaker Shearin, Thomas Clayton Jenkins, John Burns Reen, and many others in a long list led by these names.
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Fort Bragg
Halifax County
Edgar Lee Morgan
Harold Sagncer Jones
George Robert Lan»caster
Warren Vaughan Dickens
Herbert William Nowell
Leslie Graham Shell, Jr
Clifton Whitaker Shearin
Thomas Clayton Jenkins
John Burns Reen
John Bynum Reid
Hubert Edward White
Lewis Wilbur Collins
Ed Loris Carpenter
John Willian Waters
Robert Cliford Rogers
Curtis Elvin Lyles
Earnest Waylon Lee
William Joseph Landon
Wilmer Moncure Lee
Clarence Dowall Coburn
Charles Edwin Woodruff
Curtis Blocker
James William Hobbs
David Iron Wall
Horance Lee Spence
Linwood
Thomas Gates
James Forest Johnson
Millard Ransom Bakery
William Sherman Batton, Jr
George Washington
Cooper
Jeff Daniel King
William Claude Leonard
Wilbur Jackson Best
Raiford
Carl Green
Washington Woodrow “Amencer
Town Talk notes arrivals, visits, and local moves
Community items list Lt John W Martin Jr arrival in Italy and several weekend visits and relocations among Roanoke Rapids and nearby towns. People include Mrs Katie Cozzens taking a Roanoke Rapids Hospital lab technician post and multiple families visiting or traveling between Newport News Richmond Lawrenceville and Jackson.
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John W. Martin
John W. Martin, Jr
Italy
Francis Starke
Katie Cozzens
Columbia
N. C
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
F. G. Parrish
Newport News
J. B. Batton
W. M. Ray
Portsmouth
B. T. Ferguson
Carlton Taylor
O. G. Horton
Lawrenceville
J. B. Norwood
Lewis Wall
Winnie
Sarah
Jackson
Lloyd Allen
Richmond
Clifton Massey
Wilmington
Tommie Hodges
W. G. Bunch
Billy
Local Residents Visit Relatives in Richmond Virginia
Hazel Rice visited their uncle Mr E T Medlin who is hospitalized in Richmond. Chief Petty Officer W F Matthews and family from Suffolk spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Geo Pappendick. Navy man Frank Grissom was home for the weekend from Bainbridge Maryland. Mesdames Fulghum Smith Cook and Clyde Fulghum spent a Thursday in Richmond on business. R H Parrish came for the weekend with his wife and little girl. Seaman Wyatt Garner from Bainbridge Md visits relatives here. Mrs Paul Ray and Mrs M H Hedgepeth are spending time in Richmond with relatives.
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Hazel Rice
Richmond
E. T. Medlin
Richmond Hospital
W. F. Matthews
Suffolk
Frank Grissom
Navy
Bainbridge, Md
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