Weekend visitors and travels of local residents
Local residents and visitors are listed visiting friends and relatives across North Carolina and Virginia. Names include Walter Baucom, Henrietta Price, Grace Clark, O Dowd, Elizabeth Lang, Doris Hedgepeth, J B Barrett, C C Cannon, K Hodges, M H Hedgepeth, Clara Hearne, Doris Hedgepeth, Margaret Garriss, Thelma Garris, George S Greggs, L O Ennis, Ivery Lee Bolton, Jesse Johnson, Haywood Pearson, Florine Pearson, Robert Futrell, Grady Pearson, Cornelia Smith, Hubert Speight, Mary I Cameron, J P Little, Ella Cameron, H E Gibson, Loftin Moody, Sgt L W Morris, W D Hall, R M Bardin, I E Ready, S A Harvey Jr, Sarah Cox, W O Thompson, George Culpepper, W E Murphrey, R Allen Welch, Elaine Welch, Wayne Rogers, Buck Rose, Lucy Walston, Majorie Fleetwood, J Bunn, Edward Turner, Mable Williams, Betty Shaw, C T Oakley, Annette Van Dyke, John Cox, Clara Mace Pierce, W C Williams, Clyde Camp, Rev W C Wilson. Many travel to Richmond, Rocky Mount, Dunn, Jacksonville, Elizabeth City, Chesterfield, Langley Field, Durham, Greenville, Decatur Alabama, and Wilmington for visits, business, or events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Baucom
Chapel Hill
T. M. Jenkins
Henrietta Price
Richmond
Grace Clark
Raleigh
O. Dowd
Greenville
Ruth
Viola Glover
Elizabeth Lang
Farmville
N. C
Doris Hedgepeth
Staunton
J. B. Barrett
C. C. Cannon
Charlotte
K. Hodges
Goldsboro
M. H. Hedgepeth
Rocky Mount
Clara Hearne
Red Cross
Margaret Garriss
Thelma Garris
Margarettsville
George S. Greggs
Burlington
Greggs
Elatives
Yeoman
L. O. Ennis
York Town
Ivery Lee Bolton
Jesse Johnson
Creeksville
R. L. Bolton
Haywood Pearson
Norfolk
Pearson
Florine Pearson
Petersburg
J. E. Pearson
Robert Futrell
Grady Pearson
Jimmie
Cornelia Smith
Hubert Speight
Littleton
Mary I. Cameron
J. P. Little
Cameron
Dunn
Ella Cameron
H. E. Gibson
Jean Howell
Savannah
Loftin Moody
Sgt
L. W. Morris
Nettie Morris
Langley Field
R. M. Bardin
I. E. Ready
S. A. Harvey, Jr
J. B Browning
Sarah Cox
City
Decatur
Ala
W. O. Thompson
Georgia
South Carolina
George Culpepper
Elizabeth City
George Pappendick
W. E. Murphrey
Willis Murphrey
Georgia Tech
Wayne Rogers
Buck Rose
C. N. Rose
Lucy Walston
Washington, D. C
Mesdames
J. H. Kennemar, Jr
Majorie Fleetwood
Jackson
J. B. Bunn
U. S
Edward Turner
Wilmington
T. J. Alford
Kentucky
Mable Williams
Mac Whitehead
Cpl
Betty Shaw
C. T. Oakley
Cherry Point
Rosemary Methodist Church
Local veterans return home and families visit during leave
Sgt. Gilbert Brown and Lt. George Wood return with discharge from the U S Service. Their wives are respectively Miss Sarah Crawford Towe and another wife. They plan to settle locally. The Garners visit Macon Georgia while son Pfc Raymond Garner is at Camp Wheeler. They will visit Oliver General Hospital and Columbia relatives. Mrs. Omara Daniels and family visit Richmond. Mrs. Maurice Ford and son visit Port Chester. Cpl Meade and Cpl Smithers from Camp Lejeune visit J T Garner. Sgt Leburn Mills and wife spend weekend on Skyland Drive. Miss Josephine Johnson visits Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wood
U. S. Services
Sarah Crawford Towe
J. T. Garner
Macon
Pfc
Raymond Garner
Camp Wheeler
Augusta
Clifton Everette
Oliver General Hospital
Columbia
S. C
Omara Daniels
Richmond
L. B. Allen
Betsy
Jay Thompson
F. R. Kendrick
Maurice Ford
Michael
Port Chester
N. Y
Margaret Hudson
Carl Meade
David Smithers
Pvt Abbott Assigned to Leavenworth From WAC Training
Pvt Annie W. Abbott of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina has left the First WAC Training Center to report for duty at Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The WAC program expands through Clark’s and typing courses to meet demand as women serve in 250 Army jobs across 48 states plus overseas theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Annie W. Abbott
R. L. Wilkins
Vance Street
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Women’s Army Corps
First Wac Training Center
Army
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Wacs
States
District of Columbia
Europe
Pacific
Nurse Corps officer Daisy McCommons assumes Seventh Army director post
Lieut. Col. Daisy M. McCommons assumes duties as Director of Nurses Medical Section Headquarters Seventh Army in Heidelberg Germany. She is the daughter of Robert L. McCommons of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina a Roanoke Rapids High School Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing graduate. She earned the Bronze Star Medal in March 1945 and was commissioned July 30 1936. Her service includes Fort Benjamin Harrison San Juan Walter Reed Camp Barkeley and the 15th Hospital Center overseas through 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Army
Western Military District
Heidelberg
Germany
Daisy M. McCommons
McCommons
Robert L. McCommons
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Philadelphia General Hospital School of
Japs Threaten Atomic Bomb Strike Warning
A bold, tense warning states that if Japan develops atomic bombs and delivery planes they will strike major American cities without warning, reflecting wartime fears and the urgency of deterrence.
Congress urged to keep America strong despite costs
A fragment urges lawmakers to maintain national strength irrespective of expense, warning against treating future babies as expendable. The message emphasizes enduring power and readiness as essential for the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
America
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W. D. Hall
Gilbert Brown
Pvt. Abbott
Leavenworth
Mary Drug Company
Philadelphia
Conti
Ental Distilling Corporation
Hia
Bacardi Imports, Inc
N.Y
Pdale
Rosemary Glass CO
Roanoke
Pantas
Roanoke Rapids Oil CO
Roanoke Eee
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