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Troop 8 Seniors Embrace Navy Lives and College Paths
Roanoke Rapids Troop 8 marks a turning point as many seniors graduate in 1944 45 with six earning top honors. Members enter Duke NC State Greensboro College Converse and Navy postings while pursuing nursing teaching and beauty careers. Notable ties include Jane Burgess Margaret Taylor Libby Beckwith Elizabeth Fahey and Mary Jane Smart guiding peers toward WAVES and civilian roles.
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Mary Jane Smart
Margaret Jin
Betty Hawkins
Virginia Lee Thorne
Martha Lee Johnson
Libby Beckwith
Elizabeth Fahey
Picky” Webb
Halen Hasty
Marie Harbour
Jane Burgess
Margaret Bennett
Josephine Draper
Carolyn Hudson
Elladeane Lee Jean MacKenzie
Margaret Taylor
Hiladeane Lee
Marjorie Webster
Washington
Duke
Sandals
Margaret
Katherine Wood
Katherine
Troop 8
Jane
Miss Smart
P. E
Margaret Martin
St. Mary’s
Raleigh
Carolina School of Beauty Culture
Betty
Lady Fair
Duke University
Virginia Lee
Martha Leigh Johnson
Greensboro College
Converse
Spartanburg
S. C
Libby
Navy Department
Elizabeth
Potomac
Jo Draper
Webb
Texas
Los Angeles
California
Lockhead
Consolidated Aircraft
Miss Webb
Biltmore Theater