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with-- Says- THA.T.AI.L THE GUY? LIKE G-ENSpL EISENHOm, and ready to do •hie bidding. ( A., fine,forva.,,gi^’eat ) Bill says -the-'N> C, Boys, in/his camp were:''tbps in everything.-" . Sgt..'Wm. Jenkins with $p^th'E'i, ‘ A/ at -Camp Barclay, Tex. • ,Has-re- 3.ently: passed’board df bxaminbrs;fpr 0. . C.; 'S';' Wm. 'says'he has, been; in service 27 mos. and wouldn't 'be ma'd to' get Put. 'Has been out’''to. West :o-a6t „ and seen planty. Brother, JapX, former ^Tarboro & Davidson ath lete,' now attorney ,with 'goyeirnmerit •cia'fms division in Washington/ Said that^Ed Leggett o,f "Hobgood, nephew of District Atty. Chauncey,, was in ,M:s putfitv , , ‘ ,/ V ' 'Dear Husbands, We have very little- to tell you this month—so many of us .have, been away, on vacations that,wo postponed our Au^ist meeting a,nd Its been too hot to even think. Hqwev^r - business 'is iDicking Up how . and ,xatc ^ are getting started on tentative lians for a’ band caraDa'i'gn to be held, in the Tobacco Warehouses. It' s a Statex'/ide-organizatibn of all men and women who haVe taken part in the bbnd-and-fc^tamp sales- and these people, along with “t^arehousemen, met in Raleigh this'month to get the campaign under x^ay. There ^is still much to consider and de cide upon. - but we can, give you,definite .'news 'in next month’s letter. The local news is pretty dull'-, it's' 'bee/i' so quiet this past month ■Mary Lib Bryan *and Eleanor howard ■ ST!)ent two x^eeks at'Nags. Head, Mac Hov/ell 'just returned from the beach - did v/e tell you that Sally Grey and Herbert Bailey have another 'soh? Becky .V/est has returned home and is working at the Telephone Office. There's nothing more to tell -*ex cept. that we miss , you so much. We*A like’ to submit the follovjlng, how ever, to give/you a clear picture of how efficiently and' competently your wives,are taking care of the situation*here at home. I think that I shall never ^ee A checkbook more confuf^ed than thee. A book whose figures x^rrit in re'd ’ Upset my poise and gray my head,- 'That book now haunts ,my every day And makes me lift my eyes and say- ' ^ “'Dear soldier husband, could you bear i>' to have this prpbl.em in‘.your hair?” Upon my ,doorstep nox^r are lain The bills.tHat subsequently pain. Checks caft be drav/n by fodls like me But .only He could balance'thee. - (By Leah Messenger - with apologies to the author^of'^To^ees" ken fi;‘om September., Womans' Home Companion,) and ta- • ; ■ : Best of luck to all of ^ybu ~ love from, .. ' / : ; - • Your' wives' HART MILL NEWS: Hr, Ed, Baker died recently. ,Mr., Henry Curry was^ killed x^hen hit, by a car on ‘uhe ■Scotland Neck' highxAray ■ This • community x^raa,; saddened by ,x\rord/received by Mp. and' Mrs. G-eorgG' Rawls of the death of their son Jessie' (Buddy) Rawls. He was/killed in,action in France July l^th. Memorial Services were helft for him at the Calvary Chapel Sunday night August 20th. ?fc. Freddie Elrod aiid Pfc. ’Dave , Walker , are • together In Italy. Pvt. William Hyman of U. a Marines ■ uas home on, furlough after tv/o years in Panama Canal Zone Others home on furlough x-/ere: Pvt. 0. F. ThomDsoh, U.:,S. 'Marines: Pvt. ■Jolinnie Pollard, U. 5. -Army,v Pvt.. .Robert Long, U. S. Army; J. R. : Harr ell S/2/C of U. S. Navy; Pvt .’Doris p'Neal, U.. S. Army, Pvt, Oscar" V/al* ker, U. S. Army; Stanley Umphlet .S 2/o. '^U, S;-'Navy. : > RUNNYMSDE' NEV/S: ; Home, on furlough: Pvt. Luther Melton,*- Jr. : ■ Sg't.- 'John- • ■ nie King; Fletcher Daught'ridgc',;-..Doxte'r Acree; who re- -ports to Ft. Meade, ,Md. on His return; Graham Sutler, Jr.'■'home from -Florida;,. Earl Rawls; ,Billi.e Collins s'2/c homeaftdr 1^1- m.ohths forolgn- ssrvice*; -;Ih; |iosr)i,tai:WAC'Chris tine Melton in Georgia; WAG Estelle ' Rawls in Georgia - fractured skull' as result of : automobile: accident Mr. ;,and.r^Mrs. Fletcher Daughtridge, announce birth of son, - Duval Page wounded in France.: Claudeii O'Neal, takes j6b x^^ith J. E. Simmons. Mr. Levy Shax^ died Aug. 22nd. Charlie M-, Clark: in South Pacific. ' Mr:. How a-rd Parker -has moved family' to We^roort NeW£3, Va. Reporter/Mrs.. Edgar : Clark, enjoyed long letter from.Bill: Babcock. • '
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