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| News About Company "B"
105th Medical Regiment
On Active Duty In Army
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(By St. Sgt. Janies T. Martin)
The people of Roanoke Rapids
4 should really be proud of the fine
bunch of young men that make up
this company. They are really go
ing places, doing splendid work,
and gaining commendations from
the commanding officer of the reg
iment. We are proud of them, and
I can personally say that never
have I seen a better group of
young men to have working for you
than the boys here. I am very
proud of them, and to be able to
say it in this column. To date we
have the finest group of non-com
missioned officers in the entire
30th Division.
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Our Commanding Officer, 1st Lt.
Martin L. Sebastian, and the whole !
entire regiment feels the same
way. These boys should be given j
credit for what they are doing, be- |
cause they have a very heavy load
upon their shoulders and they are 1
carrying it like real soldiers. Our
non-commissioned officers at the
present are: Sgt. John J. Brantley,
Sgt. Ellwood L. Goodfellow, Sgt.
Clunet R. Wilson; Sgts. Robert E.
Walsh, Robert L. Shaw, Emory A.
Vaughan, Astor C. Richardson,
William R. Burton, Randolph E.
Stephenson; Corporals James E.
Shaw, Wells D. Tillery, Benj. D.
Barnette, George S. Wood, Muscar
W. Turner; and our splendid Com
pany Clerk who is bearing the
brunt of the office work—Corporal
James R. Taylor and Sgt. James T.
Martin.
These boys are doing their best.
In other words they are like the
mock war that a bunch of new se
lectees were telling about.
It goes something like this: The
selectees in battle maneuvers car
ried broom sticks for guns and
were told that when they yelled, |
“Bang”, it meant that they were
firing a rifle. “Bang-bang” meant
machine-gun firing. “Swish” meant1
a bayonet attack. One man made
an attack on another in the woods,
yelling first, “Bang” then “Bang
Bang”, then “Swish”. He demand
ed that the other give the signal
that he was killed.
Said the second man, “You
stoopid lummix. Didn’t you hear
me say “Chug-Chug? I am a tank!”
So go these boys. They are driv
ing on ahead like tanks. Never
stopping to look back to see if
they are stopped. Let’s give them
all the encouragement we possibly
can, so that in years to come Roa
noke Rapids will have something
to boast about and be proud of.
Also we are just as proud of our
young privates, and privates first
class. We have some very smart
boys. They each rate according to ,
their aptitude and the way they
carry themselves as soldiers. For
example, in our Medical Technician
class we have Pfc. Rudolph A.
Welch, Mahlon B. Hughes, Abe E.
Journigan, Jack I. Butts and oth
ers. In our Surgical Technician
class we have James W. Webb,
Jeff Matthews, John C. Connor,
Robert A. Powell, Wilson T. Lanier.
And in the Sanitation Technician
class there are Clarence L. Holmes,
Edward Clary, William Hodges, and
many more brilliant young boys.
As for our privates we have some
fine up-and-coming boys, too, who
some day will fill all our positions.
That is our principal purpose here
now: to train these boys to fill our
places, so that in turn they can
train others.
Hobbies
One of the main hobbies of the
boys here is pictures. Just about
everyone has a camera, taking
pictures of the different parts of
the Fort. Some have fine collec
tions already, and still adding to
them.
The old Medico ball team is do
ing splendidly now. Getting a late
start and just getting organized,
they have started functioning now.
Getting good support from the
boys, they are really getting hot
under the capable leadership of
Ted Dixon, of Co. 1 of this regi
ment. We are sure that we can
turn out a very good team and give
stiff competition to the opponents.
Local boys that are slated for
furloughs next week are: Corp.
James R. Taylor, Sgt. Randolph
Stephenson, Pvts. Rudolph Welch,
A. W. Thomason, Howard Innes,
J. L. Wood, D. E. Whitt, H. L.
Joyce, P. R. Newsom, C. L. Wise,
G. R Tilley, R. L Johnson
We would like to extend invita
tions to the families of the boys
and their friends to visit them at
the Fort some time while on their
vacations, or on the week-ends.
The Fort now has a very nice ser
vice club, with guest rooms which
are very reasonable. These guest
rooms are reserved for visiting
families and friends to stay over
night at the Fort. So, make it a
Doint to visit some of the bovs at
some early date. We will be very
giad to have everyone inspect the
company and meet the other boys.
Also, make a tour of the Fort. Some
very interesting points are to be
observed, and I am sure that you
would enjoy the trip. Write to the
boys or direct to me, and I will
make the necessary accommoda
tions as far as possible. This wel
come goes out from every man in
the company, and our officers.
Once again I would like to say:
Do your part in keeping the mo
rale of the boys going. You can do
it. And it won’t be any effort on
anyone’s part. Just drop them a
card or letter, encouraging them in
their work. Or better still send
them books, papers cut out these
clippings and send them to the
boys. We don’t have enough of
them to give every boy one. And
they all like to save them. They
aren’t much, but they will make a
splendid scrap book in remem
brance of the company and the
boys. So, let’s everyone do their
part in helping the boys. They are
here in behalf of their country and
are now doing their part and work
so splendidly. That all we can do
it to be proud of them for their
effort, and to thank them for their
splendid co-operation to the com
pany, the officers and non-commis
sioned officers.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Katie Hollidia celebrated her
eighth birthday Tuesday afternoon
at her home in Gaston. Cake,
strawberry jelly, ice cream and soft
drinks were served at a birthday
party in her honor to the follow
ing:
Linwood Martin, Robert Beard,
Vernon Whitby, Marvin Deberry,
Louise Brantley, Mickey Johnson,
Gerald Dean Deberry and Katie
Hollidia.
Many outdoor games were en
joyed by the young folks, and Ka
tie received many anniversary gifts.
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Mr. and Mrs. Douis G. Travis anu
daughter. Ann, have returned to
Winston-Salem after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Travis.
Edward Travis returned to Scot
land Neck Wednesday after spend
ing ' about ten days here with his
grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L>.
Travis.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shannon
house of Elizabeth City were guests
of Mr and Mrs. J. A. Dickens for
a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bass, Jr and
daughter, Shirley, of Cumberland,
Md., are spending the week here
with Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bass, Sr
| Mrs. Will Jones, Jr. and baby of
I Macclesfield have returned home
j after spending a week with Mr. and
Mrs Z. T. Cox.
Mrs. Sam Padgette and two child
ren of Washington, D. C-, are
spending some time here as the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Read.
Mrs. C. P. Vincent and son,
Charles Read, were week-end guests
of Mrs. Mary Read and family.
Mrs. Wilson Hart and Miss Polly
Perry of Norfolk spent the week
end here.
Mrs. A. L. Hux, Mrs. Fred Cates,
Mrs. W. R. Candle and Miss Sarah
Frances Hux spent last Thursday
in Richmond.
Mrs. Ferrell Millikin, Mrs. Raiph
Landing, Mr and Mrs. Edward
I Carlyle, Eddie Carlyle and Charlie
Coppedge spent the week-end at
White Lake.
Mrs. N. L. Stedman and grand
son, Jack Boyd, of Gainsvilie, Fia.,
visited here last week.
Haynes Gregory, of Virginia
Beach spent the week-end at home.
Miss Lucy Butts of Lumberton,
spent last week here with her pa
rents.
Mrs. Fred Cates, of Durham,
spent last week here with her pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Hux.
Mrs. Mary Read, Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Read and Milton, Jr., spent
Friday at Ocean View and Norfolk.
Privates Marvin Whitley, Louie
Millikin, Charles Hall, Lacy Morris
and Wallace Twisdale all of Fort
Bragg spent the week-end at home.
Mrs. L. H. Pearce and daughter,
Glenda, are visiting Mrs. C. P.
Vincent in Murfreesboro.
Walter Flemming Marks of Fort
Davis spent the week-end with his
mother, Mrs. R. H. Read.
First Methodist
Church
Rev. Daniel Lane, Pastor
Sunday, August 17, 1941
9:45 Church School
11:00 Morning Worship. Sermon
topic: “Penalty of Hate”.
7:00 Youth Fellowship
8:00 Evening Worship. Sermon
topic: “The Second Mile Christian”
FFA Group In
Halifax Goes
On Long Trip
Eight students of the vocational
agriculture department of the Wil
liam R. Davie High School attend
ed the Tom Brown Future Farm
ers of America Camp at Barnards
ville in Buncombe County August 4
through August 9.
The Barnardsville Camp is own
ed and operated by the Tar Heel
Association of the Future Farmers
of America, each local chapter be
ing given the opportunity to attend
camp for a period of one week
each summer. Camp facilities in
clude the following, which are run
on a competitive basis: baseball,
softball, volley ball, badminton,
horse shoes, ping-pong, shuffle
board, camp spirit, daily education
al tours and general citizenship.
In addition to the regular sched
ule of athletic events, the William
R. Davie students visited the fol
lowing points of interest: Cherokee
Indian Reservation, Biltmore Dai
ries, Asheville Recreation Park,
Valley Springs School Cannery,
Skyline Drive (Clingman’s Dome,
Newfound Gap, Gatlinburg, Tenn.),
Craggy Gardens, Lake Lure, Chim
ney Rock, and Hickory Nut Falls.
This was the first trip of this
kind for the members of the
Wiliiam R. Davie Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America, the
chapter being recently organized.
The boys are showing much in
terest in such educational trips
and are planning to attend the
White Lake FFA Camp for a week
during the summer of 1942.
Those attending camp this sum
mer are Lynn Smith, Leonard
Hockaday, George White, Ervin
Davie, E. J. Wall, W. R. Cole,
Frank Hudson, Grady Shearin, and
J. S. Liles, teacher of agriculture.
CLASS MEETS
The Fidelis Class of Rosemary
Baptist Church gave its annua' nic
nic Saturday afternoon at the homo
of Mrs. I. B. Leslie on the Litue
ton Road. Thirty members with
their teacher, Mrs. P. L. Matthews,
were present.
IN NAVAL RESERVE
The Naval Recruiting Station at
Raleigh announces that Sanford
M. Cooke, 21, of Roanoke Rapids
has enlisted in Class V-6 of the
Naval Reserve for mechanical
training.
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