Letter From Gilbert Draper Describes Pacific Service
A serviceman at Fifth Air Force Service Command Headquarters APO 710 in the Philippines writes of appreciating the Herald, his Roanoke Rapids roots, and life overseas. He recalls Finschhafen Hollan dia Mindoro Lingayen Manila and the challenge to Filipino civilians after Japanese occupation, and hopes to return home to North Carolina when the war ends.
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Air Force Service Command
APO
Philippine Islands
Mr. Wilson
Herald
Pacific
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Peoples Theatre
Finschaffen
Hollandia
New Guine
Noemfoor Island
Netherland East Indies
New Guinea
Philippines
Lingayen
Luezon
Mindoro
Manila
American Red Cross
Fifth Air Force Service Command
Gilbert Draper
Scouts Sponsor Scrap Paper Drive In Sea Gate
Scout troop 143 led by Scoutmaster Clarence M. Wall will hold another scrap paper drive in the South Rosemary and William R. Davie School districts on Sunday at 2 PM. Despite the end of the Eisenhour campaign, the scouts will collect paper from lawns and front porches in Sea Gate.
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Boy Scout
Clarence M. Wall
Rosemary
William R. Davie
Sea Gate
Bible Schools To Be Held In June
The Episcopal and Rosemary Baptist Churches sponsor a Vacation Bible School from June 18 to 29. It will be held at Rosemary Baptist Church with other city churches hosting parallel programs for children ages 4 to 12 urged to attend.
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Episcopal
Rosemary Baptist Churches
Rosemary Baptist Church
Islander Bible Note On Black Marketing Rumors
A terse item cites rapid transit for Islanders and a Bible note about an evil work not being speedily executed. It quotes Dr Schofield and references complex biological terms like amoeboid movements and protoplasmic neurospongium. The passage ends with skepticism, calling the content probably nuts.
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Sons of Men
Frank Ridenour Promoted to Captain in South Pacific
Mrs. Franklin M. Ridenour reports her husband Captain Ridenour has been promoted to captain while serving in the South Pacific. He has eight years in the Army, previously with the Quartermaster Corps in Alaska, and recently transferred to the Air Corps. He and Mrs. Ridenour with their son Franklin Jr reside here with her mother Mrs. J. H. Lyerly Sr.
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Franklin M. Ridenour
Captain Ridenour
South Pacific
Army
Alaska
Quartermaster Corps
Air Corps
Ridenour
Elizabeth Lyerly
Franklin, Jr
J. H. Lyerly
Baltimore Woman Returns Home After Visit with Lyerly Family
Mrs. E A Taylor of Baltimore has returned to her home after visiting her mother Mrs. J H Lyerly Sr last week. Mrs. Taylor is formerly Miss Vernie Lyerly.
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E. A. Taylor
Baltimore
J. H. Lyerly
Taylor
Vernie Lyerly
Notes on poker and social costs of gambling
A reflective note argues it is foolish to waste hard earned money in poker It dismisses playing with strangers as lacking pleasure and suggests reluctance to take money needed by friends.
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Armed Services
U.S. Marine Corps
William J. Baker
Topeka
Kan
Bougainville
Guam
Civil Affairs Section
Marine
Henry L. Larsen
Island Command
Frank Ridenour
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