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headed, boys, and purty as a SDeckled pup.) Fine letter of Cpi, Maude. Lee Sykes to L. Hellbroner -Dubllshe'd in Southerner. ACL warehouse at Greenville burns- loss llOC",000.00. Pfc, Willie T Edwards in C-erraany hears of death of Jas. Henry Ste.llin-^^-B and Joe ^ Sexton, friends of hie, through HFI3. Is located near P. W. CamiD The Boy^Sprouts held a local camporee back of Central School- '' 5/11. n-reat crwd- cooking, r)layirig, etc. Brother, was it coldi Said one to me, "Like to froze my hips off last night." Said they even had to take in cheir brass monkey that ni^jht. Southerner publishes splendid letter to HFN from Lt. VJn. A. Alexander, v;ho was_ a G-erman prisoner. It was a ruasterpiece. Junie Johnson is P-4-7 Thunderbolt Pilot with 9th Army in 'Euro’^-e. •Jud.'^e‘Don G-il- liani addresses FBI district meeting hero 5A0- Meeting headed by Sd Scheldt, Carolina cJiief and guest of Police Der>t. through ef forts of Chief Worsley. • V/ar mt5ther6 to be guest of Service V7ives at tea, Community House, Mother's Day. R. P. Cherry advanced to'Vice-Prest.,Security Natl Bank. Was Trust Officer. Ca'ot Billy Bryan is Manila ' hunting mosquitos from a^plane. Said he heard Adolnh and Goebbels had committed Cutty-Belly. Also saya he is tired of being PineaTiple Com.mando. In letter to his t/ife he r^3fers to native girls looks, dances, cabarets, etc. Mary Lib says sounds like about time for him to come on home. Gov. Gi-egg Cheriy speaks to Parent Teachers at S. Edgecombe. Introduced by "Geo, M. Fountain. Mrs* R. W. Is- ley, Prest., extended vrelcom.e. Stage curtain o^’esented by N. F. Lovelace- accepted by Lt. Willis Cobb. Scout Camporee Judges were Harry Hull> L. P. Piornthal, Lewis Heilbroner. Mrs. Mary God frey headed up the nrograra, assisted by Ed Fov/lkes, Noah Baker, Jr., Rev* McNair, Geo* Heath. Sam Brown wounded Kuror)ean veteran talked to the group at camr? fire. Pfo. Jas. F, Taylor v;ina Good Conduct Medal with 32nd Inf. on Luzon- formerly wounded, Irvin J. Price, #1/C with Amiohib LSM outfit. Lt. Willis F. Cobb, Jr., returns from ETO on rotation. Beautiful V-Day P-aver pub lished by Southerner yi2 and by Rev. E. C. Durham. Mr. W. A. Dicken, father of Mrs. H» L. Laughlin, Jr., dies at Cape Charles. John R, Porter elected Chairman of Car. Tel, Board and Luke W. Hill elected President, Jeff Tooley gets discimrge from service on -Doint plan. Leonard Raby at Home after J, yrs. in Pacific, looks like real soldier. Capt. Bill, bnotter, is doctor nov^ in Germany. Their dad v/as Lt. (Dr.) in V/orld VJar I and vrent over seas. Great family, these Rabys. Supt. Bill Maliler has r)rocured Coach and physical instructor for City Schools. The death of Mr. Henry Johnston was shock to everyone. A great' fellow xv'ith a splendid sense,of humor-will be missed by all, Mrs. J. T, Sad ler, W.F.C. Chm., Misses Polly Edmondson, Lena Stancill, Sue Anne - Sadler and Johnny Sadler and Sonny brown attended launching of SS Simon at VJilmington. Polly was maid of honor and Mrs. Sadler v:ar bond record included her ih ceremonies. ,E. Frank Andrews reiooats as Jefferson Standard leading agent for 19^5* Swimming Pool opened May 15'th. Mies Lois Pryor Cbach-Mgr Seventh War Bond rally held at Colonial Theatre 5/15, all store's closing one hour at 9'00 A.H. Motion picture on U. S. Navy shovm Dail Holderness in charge, recogni^.ed Polly Edmondsoh, school sales leader last drive, Capt. Sugene Simmons made a solendid talk endorsing the drive. School Tax Levy for Tarboro passed by 5 to 1 majority. Theo. Levy and wife, Emma Wood, reside in Rocky Mt., he being manager Rosenblook-Levy there. Also Ixas jewelry store and dress ohoD in Glintoh. Fred M. Hill won in lot drawing over 0, 0. Boykin forCoramiesioner Third Ward. Dr*awing conducted- at Board meeting 5/--^f Marilyn Gray, daughter of "Tootsie" Mayo, selected winning capsule containing Hill name, (Boykin gave her big assortment candy and gum. Hill gave her $5*00). Picture of Jean Cherry in Southerner, as senior attendant at May Q,ueen exer cises at Greensboro College. Methodist Church sponsors CubScout tKDp. U. S, Senate confirms Don Gilliam as Federal Judge on 5/15* Justice Dept, then preoares commission, only to be signed by President Truman. Capt. Don^ Gordon, husband of Alyce Weeks, 104rth Div, F. A. in Germany airarded 3ron7.e Star citation- gallan try in action beyond call of duty, HFN really salutes Caot, Don- a prince of a fellow.
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