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in action. Overseas only two months. -His-Dare nts, Hr.&Mrs,. Willie Pigg are grief stricken/ 'fe all wish ^ooa.luck for Tlios.; Edw,, and hope that good he-rs... Kill soon say he is safe. ■ V. .S; Sc. H. M. Fountain. really renovating Brid.c^ers Building, cor ner Main Pa Church St8^ An, impp’sihg site and -wili soon .be' motiva ted. Ij. S, Garter, FroD. of ‘Croodyear Store', old -Fii-'st iMatl. . Bldg, L. E. .Lee. now 'bneratihg Leaton's old. , stand^at de.:^o't,' ■ Mack’S' ...Drive Inn still vacan.t./. ht. G-aston Pender , is''awarded Er.onze ' Star in Euror)ean'-heatre-• was ^resent at Bel'glum- Bulge- ■ and says it was hell, 'Frank Jenkins now ermoloyed by' Siramons---Fur niture- Co. ■ Is former servic'e ma'm-,' serving.'overseas -and the wir.'~ ner of .Bronze Star . ' Married Etta l^hite of Tarboro. '' .Has. me'dical . discharge, attributed to shell ..S-iock,.■ A fine' cha.^). ■ ' A •splendid- r^icture a-ooears in F., .C., Churchman,. Episco^^al 'oubliGa. = tioh, xiTith ChaBlain... F, ..li. Board alongside Bishob Braddely. of Melmessia,,. Board wels aa.sistant rector here to Rev. .Bertram Brown ^ The picture was taken at .'•'^ladalcanal. -'' It, -is wi’ch regret tha!t v.re' i.nfoi’m-'‘you of . the death of Blowaid Thoap so n', hu sband ’ o f . Be-s'.s i.e Lou , J o he s. ' Howard :Was a pa'rat r oon.er ' and'was'killed in'action in B..0lgiu.m 'on- Januarv- 61th;was; a na tive . of Indiana' and had only been married to Berele Lou a shbi’t- w.hile bef6re :^oing. ■ overseas/ .' Bes'sie Lou ,is bu^ervj sor: in the ..traffic de'oartmer;t ■' of the Cait>'linji vel. ^ Go,,, has the symoathy of many, many frit^nds and\ altliou.gh we -had. I never met Howard, w.-e know- he’^was a-4'.ine boy-'to have been’her selection.' y' -' V - AIR-POnT CimTTErl: BTGEOnOS ?. :m^CH. '•’‘ ■V The local. airnort was the .c-v.nter of' , attraction this'.'-ra'st weekend; for those interfe-ated-- ia,^ f3,.ying.^ One woV-ld have' thought to see ' '-the : crowds of . r^ebole and' do-?.ens of ' cars t.ri£it, the scene, was-a St'atp^ ;Fair,. ' Autos were' lined up., for a mile. ^ ^ Two ;iocal air. minded yo.ut}iG , Son^iny Brown and. Harris Arnold, >jeis 'the; first -fledglings; to, ^olo off-. th'>. nev^ ■aii-'nort. -'.Quite .a crowd- .;were on hand to witness the event, and both.-boys put; their ■inr- ■"iStructor in. the " 'dog-house for -jiiakiiig. beaut.|fu3^ landings. . Al though Civi]^ Air Rules, 'and Eegulatione ' e.mpha.size t>;iat students must;have;- at least eight full ^ hour's- of Duel instruction before . ;being allowed -to fly solo-/ .both bovs x/ere': very much- readv -after ■ five' hours instruction, '^he... folks oh hand gave. , them, quite an ovation; upon landing'. . Gentleman' farmeib Rorraihe .Howard has abo.ut six hours ., of fli.git time'to".his credit-.a;ad ivS about ^j'eady to take of f on his'own.The instructor’s■■ Dlggest -troub.le - with Kolriaine .is-.-ke.eping his ..mind oc- -6 up led on flying-.-instead; of’what, is going on . down below. It ;so happens that ex^ery,.tine; we.'plrcle. .the field, for .'lan^'ding Homaine-. get'S a b-irds,^ eycj.; view of what'the- farm hands are doing.. . Yester- .•4ay he found■ a new- tobacco bed; he , ,didn ’t-' know ,existed. - ’Hr. - Ben .Mayo has^.now :had- two'hours of -duel; fliPi’ht- instruc'i^.ion'and is-tak: ing to if like a,duokvdoes to waterBen will be soMng down'to .Finehurpt before: ve'x’rr/longgto see how those- trotters of his. are- - getting :a.long,. l^e.s, *. we -aretrail-;ing bilot'Ss whose ago,s range .-from sixte.en .t© -sixty,. '. ' ./. ' The Lions Club' Are elideavcring -to form^ a Flying Club, several members are I'^^ady 'to commence., with their duel; instruction. Don’ t -be- surprised^-GO see one of the hiew hangers-with the LIORS ILSIG-^- .KlA on it.'.:':^ ' ■ .' ' , ■ ' ■ ■ ^ -■ i' ^ This week ^will see'; electric'.Ilgh1};s installed ' 'and the. gasoline equipmient for ,the,.n)lane's.TeleT)hp-n.e .. and. water were 'put..in , some • tim.e ’ago. -.All- cem,ai.it.^ fouhdatiorK^.:; .are fi.nished and wprk .has.-crom.-• menced on manufacturin-g. the ce.memt,i''ricks> Cp;r“oerters 'are busy completing the ^,roo.f which i's' two . hiuidrod and'’ j'ift-v four feet in- length. ' -
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