EDITOR’S CORNER
Your Editor has requested that I make a few remarks concerning the business end of publishing the Home Front
News. When the idea of the Home Front News was presented to the Rotary Club by Bill Babcock back in the
summer of 1942, it was estimated at this time that it would cost about $6.25 a month to publish it. We are proud
to say that this publication has grown by leaps and bounds and we are now sending out to those of you in the
service between sixteen and seventeen hundred each month and the postage alone runs in the vicinity of $90.00
a month.
Beginning with the November, 1942, issue our expenses had already begun to increase and we found it necessary
to sell advertising space to Jocal merchants in order to help defray expenses and you have probably noticed that
there are about ten or twelve of the larger concerns in Tarboro that have given us a $50.00 ad about once a year,
which has gone a long way in making it possible for us to get out the Home Front News. There are a number of
smaller concerns in Tarboro that are just as interested in seeing to it that this publication gets to those of
you in the service as the larger concerns but have not felt able to purchase a $50.00 ad. However, in this issue,
you will notice in the advertising space a list of smaller local merchants who have contributed from five to
twenty-five dollars for space in this issue. These merchants gave these ads without any hesitation and agreed to
our using all of them in this one issue in order that we may accumulate a little extra money for this and future
issues.
As most of you know, practically all of the work done on this paper is on a voluntary basis but there are
certain necessary expenses, such as stamps, paper, envelopes, stencils, etc., which must be purchased. The intent
of this article is not to make you feel that we are complaining about the cost but we would like to let you know,
the concerns and individuals who have helped us finance this publication. First, I would like to thank all of the
advertisers, both past and present; second, local people and organizations who have made outright donations; third,
the local Merchants Association and Chamber of Commerce for raising funds through scrap iron and paper drives;
fourth, civilians who have subscribed to the Home Front News ailj0.^t-_MXYM."-^§j;JLCp^_a J3pl.a)_Brown, who has
done more for the Home Front News in a financial way than any other person by giving and delivering to the Staff
15T^Fe^Home^F^ont~N^TTO~ev^r^pTcture'Wat'has evei’T)een puBIisTied and"sen't out to those or'ybu iii the service.'
Your Editor and every member of the Rotary Club join me in thanking the above for their financial and moral
support they have given us to keep this organization going. ^
Dail Holderness,
Business Manager.
CHAPLAIN’S CORNER :
M. W. MANESS, Pastor
St. James Methodist Church, Tarboro, N. C.
"The heavens declare She glory of God.” Psalm 19: 1
The glory, beauty, goodness and truth of God are revealed in his universe. God speaks to men through the
orderly processes of his world. One with a spirit of sensitiveness to the Father’s creative beauty and love can not
look at the stars, the moon, and sun without feeling His presence. The psalmist expressed the deep feeling of
his heart when he said; “The heavens declare the glory of God.” As he looked up he was reminded of the love and
presence of a kind heavenly Father.
A soldier, in a camp hundreds of miles away from his wife, wrote her:
“In the evenings I like to go out and look up at the stars. They are familiar to me, and I know that you, looking
up, can see the same stars, though many miles away. I like to remember that a star in the East brought the'glad
tidings to the world two thousand years ago. I like to think that we are never really alone, because I can take
Christ with me and leave Him there with you. The stars of the night, untouched by anything earthly, show the
great orderly plan that God has for us. Stars make me sure of God. They tell me that He is omnipresent, even
as they are always present. Disbelief, like filmy clouds that sometimes hide the stars, may shut us away from Him
for a time, but the light of His love is never put out.
“The stars are quiet, calm, peaceful. They shine upon all alike, just as God’s love does. Amid the darkness—
sorrow, discomfort, distress—the stars of God’s love shine as penetrating rays of light into the souls of men—
if they will but look up!”
PRAYER
0 God, our Maker, may we ever walk by the light of Thy stars that will guide us onward and upward into the
light of a new day. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
EDITOR: GEO. EARNHART
MANAGER: DAIL HOLDERNESS
ARTIST: ALICE EVANS
PHOTOGRAPHER: M. S. BROWN
CONTRIBUTING REPORTERS
Mrs'. G. W. Peebles
Mrs. John Varnell
Mrs. Edgar Clark
Mrs. J. A. Viverette
Mrs. Joe Eagles
Mrs. F. F. Tucker
Miss Mildred Worsley
Mrs. S. B. Klttrell
Miss Josie Howell
Miss Josephine Daniels
Mrs. Dee Taylor
Rev. L. W. KeSsIer
Mr. J. C. Powell
TYPISTS AND WORKERS
Miss Josephine Arnold
Miss Mary Minter Ausbon.
Miss Josephine Bailey
Mrs. Viola Babcock
Miss Dolores Cobb
Mrs. Tom Collins, Jr.
Mrs. George Earnhart
Miss Mace Edmondson
Mrs. Margaret Edmondson
Miss Virginia Hagan
Mrs, Lurline Harrell
Miss Phoebe J. Harris
George Heath
Mrs. Bisco Howell
Miss Lucille Henderson
Mrs. Beulah Hoard
Dave “Lightning” Lee
Miss Ann Lovelace
Miss Margie Martin
Miss Mary McDaniel
Mrs. Katherine Miller
Mrs. Lucy G. Mills
Miss Eloise Owens
Miss Myrtle Prescott
Miss Elizabeth Ruffin
Miss Daisy Smith
Miss Margaret Savage
Miss Carrie Lee Walters
Mrs. Glennie Weeks
Miss Estaline Page
Miss Lila Mobley
Mrs. Alice Kent
Miss Edna Moseley
Mrs. Margie Wilson
Mrs. Sam Sheffield
ASSEMBLY AND MAILING AGENTS: THE ENTIRE ROTARY CLUB
This Page Courtesy of M. S. BROWN, Secretary-Treasurer
TARBORO COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., Inc.
Tarboro, N. C.
who sends Greetings and Best Wishes to all Service Men
from Edgecombe County.