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TAPS FOR A lUJiWE By Tora Forney It is trulj'’ an honor to be privileg'ed to pay tribute to a fine, brave young ms.n, who his life for his country. Often vie read of the brave deeds of menbers of our fifjhting forces. Jc aro proud that we arc members of the same nc-tion as those coura£,eous men. It is then, v;itl'' spccipj. pride, that vie can say thf.t from our o\ni coirimunity these brave fighters. VJe are '• proud to state th:t he v;orkcd tliis Company. ; brave younf; maun, to r/hom, vje pay tribute v/as Pfc. Hildred Canipc, of the United States Marines. A few days ago his parents vjcrc notified that Kildred i/as killed in action on Guadacanal in the Solomons. Wc, who knew Kildred knovj that he must have been a good marine sjid one who sought alv;ays to do what, ho could to help in the fight for the preservation of Americpji ideas and ideals. VJhile ho v/orked here, Hildred tried alvjays to carry out to the fullest possible extent the instrvictions of his employers. He always tried to do his job well..- Moreover he sought to learn new things and to advance in his work. Hildred lived in Fallston, North Carolina. Ho was the son of Mr. o.nd Mrs. Tom Canipc. Ho graduated from Fallston high School ’;ith good grades. Pie attracted the spccial cttention of Mi’. V/. R. Gary, principal of the Fallston High School. Hildred got his job in the Dye Plant of Cleveland Mill md Power Company chiefly upon his OTvn persistence and upon the; special recomnendf.tion of Mr. Gary, who had great faith in Hildi-cd. The Foremen \;ith whom Hildred i.'orked, stated thr.t he v.'as one of the most outstanding of all employees v/ith whom they had associated. It is with f,reat sorrow th .t learn that Hildred cannot be with us in body any longer, but the spirit of Kildred is the spirit of /■j-.iwrica, and that spirit lives forever. It is ;vith great, but pardonrl'le pride th; t wo say that Hildred was one of us. i/e can be sure that as long as our fighting forces arc made up of such men as he, v/e are certrin to '.;in out to eventual victory. We are proud to have Icncwn hii.i and to Imow that he gave his all as a M?.rine for his country. After Hildred entered the service and after the war started, Mr. Gai'y received a letter from Hildred, in which he stated that he v;as fight:5jig for his fajnily, his friends, rjid his country. He stated also that he had chosen the service in the Karine Corps and that would see it through. Thr.t expr>.ssion is a demonstration of the type of fello\; Hildred was. He was v/ell \/c>rthy of the uniform of the United States Marinos. V/e have an assurance that Hildred and his companions \;ho gave their lives on Guadalcanal, were merely transferi’cd from the Solomon's tropic clime to Heaven's Celestial scenes, ;;hcrc you'll find the sti’ects are guarded by the "United Stc:tes Marine," came one of particularl; Tdth us for
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