BAT^’L'^BORO \‘Je regret to re^oort that Hr. ez Mrs, Ixsnnie
- pQpe received messasce in Mar^h stating that
their son Jack was missing in action in France. Our sympathy
goes out to them* ?fc; Albert G-ainor is imnroving from injury
received in action in Jan. in Belgium, Congratulations are due
1st lit. Lawson G-. Katthews vjho is now Capt, Matthews. He is
with Rig, Ser. Div. in T=]ngland. He was a former teacher here
are happy to report that ’Battleboro went over the top in Red
Cross Drive by a hundred or more dollars. Roger F.theridge was
rejected at 'Port Bragg because of jaundice. Ve hope he will not
be recalled. Farmers are very busy this lovely inreather but la
bor shortage makes farming this spring rather hard, T/^ J.A.
Viverette, Jr. writes he is in G-ermany under G-en, Bra(?le5^’s com
mand with 1st Army -'says they are really moving in a hurry
Hopes that it will ;ill be over in G-ermany by June.
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?1ACCLF?^FIELD NHT.’"S: CaPt, !), J. Moore is at port of embarkation
to return to the front. returned 12
Mo. ago from two years service in the South Pacific. He will be
■located in the "European theater this time, Horace Jefferson,F
C, 2/q is at home on 30 day leave. He has served in several ma
jor battles in the Pacific. 5gts, VJillie Phillips and Walter
Phillips who have been in the South Pacific with marines are at
home on leave. Bgt. ¥illie has married an attractive South Car
olinian since on ieave. P’f’c, "Freddie Ellrod is still in a hos~
'pital somewhere in Europe, He is suffering from.back injurymd
hand wounds. Pfc. Raymond 'Gardner who has had a foot injury is
about ready to return to the front. Mr, H, Hearne is serious
Vy ill in a Tar boro Hospital, The three ye’^r old daughter of Mr
and Mrs,Frank Bridgers was recently burned to death from catch
ing her clothes afire in a field brush fire.
VJh iTAprSRS NE’.'7S: G-eo'rge Tucker, Ph. M 1/c sPent last week-end at
home. Hp is stationed at the N. A, S;ilspensary,
in Norfolk. The Milton Marks have heard that Charles has ar
rived somewhere in the South Pa.cific,^"il8y Bradley is • overseas
by Hew York way, and "Elizabeth is with her parents in Enfield.
Joel Price and Alex Battle have opened a peanut shelling shop
in the building next to the MayC^r's Office. Joel Hamilton spent
several days at home and had treatments for an injured eye. Mrs
Sam Anderson's father, ^r. Jones, of Richmond, ■ Va. died last wk
The new cannery at the school was put into use for the first
time this week when V/ill Powell and Alex Battle butched a calf
and canned it. Two men ff>om State College came down and super-
Vi sed.
L~^G-G-FTT June Koonce is back overse-a.s after having sp
ent a thirty day furlour^h at home. Joe Cherry
is now in ^rance. A. T. Cherrj'" has been B.vTarded the Combat In
fantry Badge. Robert Lee OTeil v:as married ^ri.,March l''^th to
Ruby Fverett. Sambo Crimes is ho;Tje on tv^o weeks furlough. John
Mac Powell, Jr. is bf^ck at home after having spent some time in
the hospital in Tarboro. Mr. J, T, Ba.v/rence, '^r, is at home af
ter spending several days in the hospital, Thomas Lawrence,Jr
is improving after his recent illness inthe hospit,*^l,Mrs.Arthur
T^ountein is out after having had flu. Rill \llsbrook has finish
ed the mid-v/inter term at State Colleere and has stopped school
to join the Mavy, Mrs, C-raham C-ulley is now living in Mississip
pi where Oraham is stptioned. Mr, and Mrs, G-askill Anderson an
nounce the bii’th of a son David G-askill,Jr, born ^eb. 21st at
Bass Hospital. Mr, nnd Mrs. J, T. Lawrence, Jr, announce the
birth of a son, Joshua Thomas Lawrence III, on Sat, March 17th
at Edgecombe Gen, Hospital, ^ememberj Sara v;as your former HFN
Reporter,
ROCKY MOUNT NEWS: This month marks the third anniversary of the
SMC Booth at the Railroad Passenger Station,
Local jewelers have formed the Rocky Mount Jev/elers Fellowship
Club with J, M, Fox as president. Pfc. Wm, Minter awarded
Purple Heart. S/Sgt, G-ilbert Strickland awarded Bronze Star.
Wm, B, Harrison was elected Pres, of Jr. Chamber of Commerce