VJHITaKSHS I-'EW^: I-Irs. R, H, Ladd received a., notice from the
•War Department trja.t Bernard had been. r0.i.'^h"'3,v
wounded in action. A; d.ajs later''Mrs. Ladd heard from Ber
nard. .He was' in a hospital getting 'goo dr, at te.-it ion. We are bu1~,
lin^.? I'i8-.i-*d- for, you, Bernard,/• (rood luck and, best ,‘'\>she'>^ to yoU'
Bessie Hudd Smith v&s married- to Robert Vernon Cob'b on Jan. 19.
The Brasv7ell‘s received a card from Homer ;iast' week, It V'as
written in July. He had fj;ottan letters from home,'.at last, ■'-ve
hope . our boys who are prisoners on the Philro^.^lnes wi.ll soon'
know McArthur is back. ~A. G-, Kayo and his-brother have'bought.
the old brick building, aeross the railroad from the 'sawmill and
fixino/; it up^ for a pulp mill. Jack Carter has 'Uha i:''ord,Ag9j"i’cy
and a garage in -arboro and p>lans to move his ' family I'here as
soon as he can find a place t;o live.’ Joe 'iamirton. s^ciont the
week-end at home recently,. ^ , ,,
SPSED KSW3: \ Pvt. Clarence Vick;- s'^ent .a 3~^s.y;rass with
his parents. He has . recently been transfer
red to Fort Riley, Kansas. ,?fc. Lynwood Jones ' ^’has recelyed a-
Medical. Discharge from, the-Army af-t.or 'servin.-^ 2-p yr.s, in Nqrth-.
ern .Africa and , Ital5% Home on leave: .'Tu.rner Burnette and Stan
ley Vick. 'B-:'rt. Jame?? Norris has returne.d to the 'States and is
spending a • 21-day, leave at home with his. wif/3 and :oarents. Mrs,
Eben Jones has gone to' Utah. to .see . her husband/ Ist-Lt. Eben
Jones, v;ho has recently , returned from the. 3. Pacific, and is
stationed at .a hosprtal^ there. '
CONSTOE KEW£; Home ,on Leecve: Pfc. Earl ■ M, Worsley, Pvt .
, V/m. Stall,ings, Willie.-,.. Dail, '• USO(r, Sylvanius
Dail, USOC-, Cadet Pai.il S, Warr.^n, Pvt. Lent is Lewis, Billy.Mpr.n-..
ing, USlM, .S'gt. Jessie. Brown -,.-and 'Ruf fin' 'Sd'mo'ndsori', '• USHS. Sgt.
Jesse Brown' • was home for thirty. days, after being in., the South
west . Pacific for 26 months. 'This ; boy'has seen some action, and
says its wonderful . to be • home again'.' He is now stationed at .
Cherry Point.' Pfc. Clarence. Harris was in Southwe.dt Pacific and
became ill with jungle rash, . He was ; flown to, the hospital-in
Hawaii and is much better new. .'Pfc, Sari M. Worsl'ey was home
for .fifteen days from, Camip Gr.oT.rGter .and has recently gone over
seas, J. T-. Wiilia-ms'^... USH, was 'killed when his'ship wss sunk, in
the t^^phoon. ■ Mrs. Err^e-st Everet't and Kr.Fi. William; Henry Sulluck,
underwent, oijerations at Edgecombe ' Hospital 'and-' both are doing
fine. Hrs.' Thad Lewis received the President's Citation for' Ha*
eon' who • v;asj .killed'''.in July on Siaoaiv I.sland, .
RO((kY MOUHT'NSWB: , William B.. Harrison has, been named recipient-^
- of the'' Distinguished Servipe Award pi’esentsd''-
annually by the local Junior Chamber of' ;"Commcrce' to thp yo.ung-
men of the ccmniuni'uy. who ,hcis made the most but standing oon^tribu-••
tion to the■ community during the . year. Tm'*ee -local, hasp.itals-;
The A. C. L. Hos-tiital, Park "View Hospital,''and The .Rocky I^ount,
Sanitarium }'.ave been, awarded ■full a'orroval .by-.the Ampri'pan ..Col
lege of Surgeon s fOi* the 'year . J. H.' Fox was ' installed'.'mon
arch of the . Mohammed G-rotto., Thom*as J. Pearsall has' been namod,
President of ,the Agricultural :Eoundatipn, Inc. Hae^ Mangum, ^ 'e.
pre-medical * .student ,■ at Princeton- University, ' has- been. elected
one of the three renresente.'tiver of ,the - Class of- 19—.
Marriages.: Miss Frances Henry, to France Hays Critohenfield, Jg
USHR,: of Pittsburg' G-lassport, Penn.; Hiss Betsy; D^vis to ,S/3
G-eorge Lawrence Peterson, ■ Smi'uhfield, -b, C, ; . Hiss:guby Drummond
to - Pvt. Ernest .G-ardner of Hashville,, H. 0. &'Biloxi, I4iss. ;
Miss ■Eliz.abeth. Low to 'Donald Hill Cole,: Jr., ,'USHH -.of. Wiimin'gloii.
K. C.,;' Miss_ Margaret Lucille Revels of Hingg-'idu.ntain to ..Ja;mes
Russell Herringr „Hiss EveljTi Bpyd to Elbei'’,t Boykin Taylor, USHR,
of Tarboi'^o,H. C.;' Miss Ann Dorsett to James Cribson Bro.wn.of
V/est.minlsuer, 3. C.; Ca^ot. Robert D,. :Kornegay , to'^Hi'Br. Anne De..-
nis, of Dunn,, H.-,C. Deaths:' ’ P. ••A. . Mosley, .Mrs, Emma Hou.se, Mrs
Luna Kel,ly,„ J., Edge.rton and I'g ’ B. Temj-')i.e . ■ Leaver:: Erie Aus -
tin, Jr. , CTn>, Julian S’, Brock, Ersign- V Vernon S, Felton, Pvt .
Herm.an-Joyner, Bgt. Tom. H. Anderson from* s-.Mediterrynean Theatre
of operations, .-hadiomah ‘-Cecil V'illis, Jr, , Jam*es.--i, Moore from-
European Theatre, and William C. v.Toodard.