Enfield Camporee Hosts Scouters From many Areas
The Weld held Patrol Camporee in Enfield was the year’s most successful scouting event with over 300 scouts and leaders from Halifax Northampton Hertford Bertie counties and towns including Littleton Roanoke Rapids Gaston Halifax Enfield Scotland Neck Hobgood Windsor Ahoskie and Murfreesboro. Patrol 129 Ap ksie led with 884 points top Pine Tree 144 Roanoke Rapids 881 points Indian 147 Roanoke Rapids and Wolf 85 Littleton 860 each.
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Enfield
Weld
Enfield Lions Club
Frank Pittman
Halifax
Northampton
Hertford
Bertie
Littleton
Roanoke Rapids
Gaston
Scotland Neck
Hobgood
Windsor
Ahoskie
Rreesboro
Ted Speight
Cubs Enjoy Camporee and Negro Scout Camporee Planned
Cub leaders from this district and Roanoke Chowan held a Cub Field Day at the high school athletic field after a parade. A Negro Camporee is planned for Ahoskie on May 25 26 and 27 with scouts from Halifax Northampton Hertford and other towns anticipated to attend.
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CUBS
Ed Berkley
Roanoke- Chowan
New Preacher to Attend Negro Camporee in Ahoskie
Ahoskie will host the Negro Camporee on May 25 with more than 200 Negro Scouts expected to participate. Local church leaders announce the event and coordinate the turnout.
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Ahoskie
Sgt C C Simmons Enrolled in Scott Field Radio School
S/Sgt Clarence C. Simmons of Roanoke Rapids N C has been enrolled at Scott Field Army Air Forces Training Command for radio school. Completion of training will qualify him for further duty as a radio technician and possible advancement within the field.
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Scott Field
Ill
Clarence C. Simmons
C. J. Simmons
Jefferson St
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Army Air Forces Training Command Radio School
Scott Field graduates serve in bomber crews and RAF roles
Veteran graduates of Scott Field join American bomber crews at RAF ground stations and units of the Army Airways Communications System. The piece cautions against engaging with those lacking reputation or funds and notes that someone with nothing to lose may lie without restraint.
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Scott Field
Army Airways
Allied soldiers and diplomats on peace and memory
A reflective meditation on peace efforts and memory asking why private and public minds differ in what they recall and what they forget, suggesting closer ties between soldiers and diplomats might ease conflict.
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Court OF Honor
Board of Review
Advancement Committee
Chas. Fitts
Nathanial Lyles
Roanoke Rapids Community Chest
Rocky Mount
Weldon
Jackson
Murfreesboro
Church of God
Eighth Street
Floyd A. Boger
Idaho
Sgt
C. C. Simmons
Fayetteville
Crimson
Trailways
Carolina
Tata
Japan
Pearl Harbor
National Trailways
Carolina Trailways
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