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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
10
Mrs Pearl Conner receives a poem from her husband Pfc Hughlette J Conner in this division. The verse extols the timberwolf unit and its soldiers, noting training in Arizona and tough service, ending with a line about reporting for duty after serving in hell.
A hen belonging to Mrs. Lillian Rook in Northampton County laid an egg with a large perfect outline of the Rising Sun on its shell. The mock symbol sparks chatter but the bird faces no punishment. The writer insists the Rising Sun will never rise over the United States.
One new sugar stamp and ten blue and red food stamps became valid May 1. Sugar Stamp No. 36 blue stamps Y-2 Z-2 A-1 B-1 C-1 cover processed foods and red stamps Q-2 P-2 S-2 T-2 U-2 cover meats and fats, each ten points. Mrs Everette Whitman of Dunn and S J Parker of Norfolk visited Mrs A W Bryant recently.
Pictured above Pvt James H Carter and Pfc Robert W Carter colored sons of Zeb Carter. James joined September 1942 trained at McClellan Alabama and went overseas December 1942. Robert joined August 1942 trained at McClellan and went overseas December 1942. James in South Pacific and Robert in Italy. Edith Pritchard returns to Hickory from visit with Jones and Duke family friends. Susie Conner returns to Baltimore after visiting her parents in town.
Pfc William R King son of Mrs Fannie D King Rt 1 box 43 Roanoke Rapids aided in hauling a record load of more than one million tons of bombs ammunition and supplies for the invasion Air Forces in 1944 He serves in the Combat Support Wing Air Service Command's trucking unit whose trucks traveled over 30 million miles on British roads despite fog and storms delivering men and material for the air war against the Nazis.
Carl G Edwards of Roanoke Rapids is announced to Staff Sergeant at the Infantry Training Center. Edwards is assigned to Company 92nd Battalion serving as squad leader and instructor. His three brothers Lloyd Clyde and William reside in Roanoke Rapids.
Mrs. R. E. Patterson II resigns from her position at Roanoke Rapids Hospital and departs last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Patterson Jr. to make their home in Paoli for the time being.
Mrs. W. H. Jones spends a week in Portsmouth visiting her daughter Mrs. E. M. Bidgood. Mrs. J. T. Killebrew Mrs. W. T. Cooper and Norman Payne attend the funeral of Mrs. J. W. Semlin in Durham.
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