\s ^ jl jl who h-?,d their names weights,heights etc, in the
Inst Issue of the Home Front News sure got a deluge of .Mail. Ten
young ladies received a total of 75 letters and the * re'still com
ing, From^Ye'Editor* s»G-allup poll it was ,discovered that fighting
men like their women light in weight'if-.not in the head* Miss Do
ris price, present zoeller Soda Jerk got the most mail with a to
tal of 19 letters and none,got less than three.It seems that si
nce the last issue of the HFN there have been more strange sol
diers 8c Sailors, in town than ever before. • .Maybe they came to see'
what the HFN tried to describe,•
n
Theadore B, Perritt, son of Ollin. Perritt recently
an Airplant Mechanic at Keesler Field, Miss, Karl.B
received his silver wings as a flying officer & has
sioned a 2nd Lt, in the Army Air Force, Pvt, Hubert
Camp Santa Anita Cal., is attening Bakers & Cooks
Fletcher Wilson graduated from the.Engineer Offic
School At Fort Belvoir, Va *a.nd is now a 2nd Lt.; hi
former Marjorie Hagans. ■
graduated as
, Miller has
been Commis-
R* Thomas of
School. rEobt.
ers Candidate
s wife 'is the
Miss Mpry Stamps Howard is now'
Staff Asst,,American Red Cross
& will go overseas in recreat
ional. Work for Service Men. W%
Mack Cratch, USN has completed”
his course ^t the Navel Train
ing Station & is now a MM 2/c,
Lt Frank Sanders is in a,Comp
any m?^de up of an equal number
of Northerners & Southerners &
the, debate never ends. The Sou
therners use the HFN as proof
thifit the South looks after its
service, men better than North.
Curtis Norfleet is now a Lt, Commander & has been transferred to
Elizabeth City, 'N. C, Sgt. Charles Lewis is a. Radio Control Tow
er Operator in Texas. Nancy Christenbcrry has Joined the W,A;A.C
Bud Shook has ref)orted to Fort Bragg from U,;s. N, for induction
Sgt.Roy Weaver teaches administrative work to a platoon of North
ern'Negroes & is, ho complaining. Pvt, James' L.Johnson is in ^Aust
rplia. Cpl^‘Raymond W. Pitt of Fort Dix, N, J. .complnins that he
has been in the Army two years & hasn*t anybody yet. Cpl^
Charles Newell is in North Africa. * ; ‘
Theadore C. Robinson Jr.' U. S. N,.
says Tarboro will ^oon have many
Sailor visitors who copied glrl*s
addresses from the Aprli HFN, Lt,.
Henry Hyman Philips of .Africa ad
vises that in his, six months over
■seas duty he has traveled many
thousands of milds & come in' con
tact with soldiers from every na
tion and has yet to see any sold
lor from any .land who had any
thing similfir to or that could bo
compaTed with the H. F. N.'calls
it »a timely & interesting period
ic'al» Cp4.. James E. Hai'rls is, Jji,'
North,Africa. Cpl. James L.
Harroil says he reads the
H.F.N. & finds his pals
in interesting places
but where he is is no
thing but -dGSert’ san
d and rock;hot in the
day 3c cold at night.- •
PRISONER'
Pvt, Oscar Carl Varnell of
Rt. ,iAjo. 1, Madclesfield.,.
has bpe,h previously report
'ed pissing in action in-
the :African Theatre, It is
now confirmed that he Is a
prisoner of the enemy,
MARRIED: Miss Rosemary Me
,Lean to Ensign G-eorge Kt’a-
of the Destroyer
THE SHORTEST
STORX EVER
■ ■ "Yes'
BEDTIME
TOLD
"I Just wanted you to know that I'm 'd6lng with-ut . _
eaten ft first class tin can in weeks. Am reduced to sissy grug
like grass,clover etc.with an occasional ■:^s
but tin cans are definately out. But I do th y
a contribution to the war effort.^