New NYA Interviewer Appointed in District
Mrs. George Newby of Rocky Mount becomes the NYA representative, replacing Mrs. Callie Dunnagan. She will meet youths weekly on Fridays at 11 in the U S Employment Office Roanoke Bank building to arrange training in radio work sheet metal acetylene welding aircraft woodwork and machine shop with room board laundry medical care and 15 90 monthly. Courses last about 60 weeks to 3 months at NYA centers in Scotland Neck Durham and Raleigh with placement in defense industries after completion.
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National Youth Administration
George Newby
Rocky Mount
Callie Dunnagan
Newby
U. S
Roanoke Bank
Scotland Neck
Durham
Raleigh
Jernigan Enlists at Navy Pre-Flight School in Athens
Cadet Curtis Doyle Jernigan reports to the U S Navy Pre-Flight Training School in Athens Georgia for naval aviation training. The program includes three months of physical conditioning and academic and military instruction before transfer to flight centers for further air training. Jernigan is the son of C C Jernigan of Roanoke Rapids and is a 1941 Roanoke Rapids High School graduate who trained at Augusta Military Academy and Staunton VA.
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Athens
Curtis Doyle Jernigan
U. S. Navy
Navy
Jernigan
C. C. Jernigan
Madison Street
Roanoke Rapids High School
CAA
Augusta Military Academy
Staunton
Vivian Archer Parks Chosen Supt Sunday School at Mars Hill
Vivian Archer Parks Jr son of Mr and Mrs V A Parks of Halifax was elected Sunday School superintendent at Mars Hill College during the B S A election. A freshman accounting major at Mars Hill he serves as chorister and director of the Euthalian men's chorus and sings tenor in the glee club and church choir. He is a first honor roll student and a Scriblerus Club member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Archer Parks
Mars Hill
Vivian Archer Parks, Jr
V. A. Parks
Halifax
Mars Hill College Sunday Schools
Parks
Park
Lex
Colze
Euthalian Literary Society
theEuthalian Men’s Chorus
Scriblerus Club
Weldon Club Meets For Blood Plasma Fund Drive
Mrs Stirling B Pearce hosted the Weldon club meeting with Mrs Charles Emry urging county wide support to raise funds for a mobile blood plasma unit. A one month drive was set for contributions by all residents and groups. Mrs Howard Bounds was named chairman to coordinate assistance.
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Weldon Club
Stirling B. Pearce
Charles Emry
Howard Bounds
W. J. Edwards
Fleet Today
Kendall Banning
G. H. Nash
N. J. Shepherd
Wife Returns To Camp With Pfc. Robert Rogers
Pfc. Robert Rogers spent several days on furlough in the city visiting friends and his parents in Halifax this week. He returned to Camp Howze Texas on Tuesday with his wife who will live there. Rogers is a former Halifax Farmers Supply Co. employee.
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Pfc
Robert Rogers
Halifax
Camp Howze
Texas
Rogers
Halifax Farmers Supply Co
Mrs Jackson Visits Family Roles and Wedding News
Mrs J M Jackson returns to her city home from Albany Georgia where she attended the wedding of her niece Elizabeth Young. She then visited her daughter Aux Virginia Jackson at the WAAC Training Center in Daytona Beach Florida.
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J. M. Jackson
Albany
Georgia
Elizabeth Young
Aux
Virginia Jackson
Waac Training Center
Daytona Beach
Fla
Brother of F. S. Kemp Dies at Balto Home
Alexander B. Kemp, younger brother of F. S. Kemp, died Thursday afternoon at his Baltimore home where he lived with his mother Mrs. F. S. Kemp. Funeral services were held Saturday at St. Marks Catholic Church in Catonsville. He leaves five brothers and three sisters and was well known in the area.
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Alexander B. Kemp
F. S. Kemp
Baltimore
St. Marks Catholic Church
Catonsville
Portsmouth Man Cox Improves at Norfolk Hospital
T. E. Cox, formerly of this city and now a Portsmouth resident, has been a patient at Norfolk Marine Hospital for eight weeks. He is improved and planned to return home at 618 Surrey Street, River Park, Portsmouth, Virginia, on Friday of last week. H. T. Brock of Rocky Mount visited the city on Wednesday.
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T. E. Cox
Portsmouth
Norfolk Marine Hospital
Surry Street
River Park
Town Talk Notables Attend Relatives and Friends Gatherings
Local society notes list relatives and friends visiting and traveling. Mrs Hawkins and Mrs Etheridge attended a funeral in Hertford for Mrs Hawkins’s brother. Many others, including Miss Margaret Joyner and Cpl Leburn Mills, are visiting Brookyn, Reidsville, Washington, Camp Lee, and Quantico for family events and weekend stays.
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H. W. Hawkins
D. W. Etheridge
Margaret Hines
Meredith College
J. H. Hines
Sara Matthews
Helen Matthews
Washington, D. C
George Fisher
Jack
Benny Statler
Reidsville
W. B. Statler
Benny
Herbert Taylor
Williamston
K. M. Jenkins, Jr
Camp Lee
T. M. Jenkins
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Geo. Newby
C. D. Jernigan
Robt
Mrs. Jackson
Daughter
WAAC
Balto
H. T. Brock
Robert Tritt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Wainwright
W. F. Joyner
Margaret Joyner
Goldsboro
L. B. Brown
James Schriver
Pearlie Byrd
Buarrel
Aineomeebies
Cupid
Bamby
A & P Grape
Bot
Sunnyfield
Peg
A & P Super Right Meats
Les
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