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LETTERS FROM OUR BOYS! Please bring or mail us inter esting letters and cards you get from your boys in the armed services. Their friends want to know where they are and what they are doing 1 *_ _ ______ __ August 20th. Somewhere in France, Hello Carroll: Just a few lines to let you know I am still around. I have been out of action three times, but they can’t kill me, although I have seen lots of times that I wished I was dead. I haven’t got my Herald this week, but I got two last week so I can’t kick. The Germans had some pretty good Ford cars but they lost them when we moved in. Now we are driving some Fords. We have beat them in every trick that they tried to pull yet. They can’t even fight like a good soldier. I wish that I could write up a good story on this front but it would never pass the censor. I ran low on writing paper so I went to a German pill box and found this stuff, so I am using this. I have a 10 Franc note which I am sending you for a keep-sake. It is worth about 20 cents in good old American money. The French in this part of the country treat us real nice, and the young girls are real pretty (hope the wife doesn’t . get mad), but they still can't beat the girls back in the states. If you save stamps just let me know and I can send you some German stamps with old Adolph's picture on it. I have a speaker we took from a pill box and we hook to a radio in another section, now we get the news every day. It sounds good too. We now have two bronze stars in our ribbon and still fighting. I had better close now and write some more letters. A friend, Cpl. Raleigh G. Sadler. r England, Aug. 18, 1944 Dear Mother: Just a few lines to let you know how I am getting along. I am getting along Okay. It is a whole lot quieter here in England than it was in France and it sure is good to be back where there is neaee and quiet for a change. Mother, I was wounded in my shoulder and my right arm is broken. I have some one else writ ing this because I am not able to write. If I get any worse I will let you know and please take care of Little Linda for me. Give all my friends my address and tell them to write to me and send Sallie and Willie my new ad dress. Tell everyone hello for me and write soon. With love, Your son* Pvt. Clyde W. Pulley, 34854115, Hosp. Plant 4191, A. P. O. 209, C/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Birdsong Infant Dies On Friday Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Birdsong announce the birth and death of a daughter September 1, at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Funeral was conducted by Rev. Marshall White-Hurst, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 at a local funeral home. In terment followed in Roanoke Rap ids cemetery. Mrs. Birdsong is the former Miss Mary Campbell of this city. Moody - Olmstead Announcement has Been made of the marriage of Ruth Olmstead, daughter of Mrs. R. E. Olmstead, of Belmont, N. Y., to Woodrow W. Moody. The wedding took place in Richmond, Va., on August 31, with Rev. McCray performing the cere mony. Only close friends and rel atives were present. ___ Little Boy Dies In Portsmouth Jerry Howard Garris, 2-months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garris, former residents of this city, died last Saturday at Kings Daughters Hospital, Portsmouth. Funeral services were conducted here Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Edmund Berkeley. Interment was in the local cemetery. Mrs. Garris is the daughter of J. R. Edmund son of this city. Morris Finishes Basic Training Pvt. Marvin L. Morris has fin ished his basic training at Fort Bragg and is now at home with his wife. He will report to Camp Hood, Texas, for further instruc tions. Finishes "Boot" At Camp Peary A/S John S. Shaw has finished his “boot” training at Camp Peary and is now at home on leave witlj^ his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shaw. He will report back to Camp Peary. TOWN TALK Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bass and Mr. and Mrs. Esmond Carter spent Sunday at Virginia Beach. Mrs. Marvin Collier left Mon lay night to join her husband in Birmingham, Ala., and go on to rexas for a visit, where he is be ng transferred. Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Wilson have •eceived word that their daughter, L.t. Virginia Wilson, and son, Lt. J. R. Wilson, have arrived safely n France. The top air ace of the War, 2 member of the Red Army Ail Force, flies an American designed and American built airplane. He is Lt. CoL Alexandre Pok ryshkin, who, according to recent reports, had piled up fifty-nine victories over Nazi flyers—far and away the. best individual 'pilot rec ord in the War. Tfce ship he flies now is an Army P-39 Airacobra built by Bell Aircraft -Corporatioi of Buffalo, New York. Earlier ir his career he is said to have flovvr a Russian built plane, and some of his victories were recorded at that time, although exactly how many is not known. While commanding a squadron of Airacobras last fall. Col. Pok ryshkin was decorated by Presi dent Roosevelt with the Distin "uished Service Cross. Promoted Pfe. James Grady Pearson has been promoted to Corporal. Cpl. Pearson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Pearson and his wife is the former Miss Wilke Harris. --- - « In addition to this American decoration, Pokryshkin has twice been awarded the decoration of a Hero of the Soviet Union and wears other Russian decorations for his exploits in the air. He is said to be the youngest of four brothers, and recently married a Russian VVAC at the battlefront. Col. Pokryshkin began his air battle career over Rumania in 1941, when he was 28 years old. According to reports from Russia, Pokryshkin’s skill as an Airacobra pilot has made him dreaded by all Nazi flyers. It is said that when he flies into a Nazi formation, the Red Stars of his fifty-nine victories gleaming on the fuselage of his plane, Nazi squad ron leaders are apt to shout: “Achtung, Achtung, Pokryshkin!” —or, “Watch out, watch out, Pokryshkin!” | ; Sergt. Jenkins <<r Receives Wounds Sgt. Henry E. Jenkins was wounded in action in France on August 8, according to a mess|£re received from the War Depart ment this week oy ms wife. Sgt. Jenkins is confined in a hospital overseas with one of his feet in a cast as a result of being struck by shrapnel. \ NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA, HALIFAX COUNTY Pursuant to order of the Bo^d of Commissioners of the City of Roanoke Rapids, the undersigned will on Saturday, October 7th, 1944. in front of the Municipal Build ing in the City of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, at 12:00 o’clo^t, ^ Noon, offer for sale and sell to the highest bidder for cash at public auction all the certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the City of Roanoke Rapids, County of Hi|j fax, State of North Carolina, and more particularly designated and described as follows: Lot No. 100 (ONE HUNDRED) on the East side of Jackson Street in the City of Roanoke Rap.Js, said lot fronting thirty (30) feet on the East side of Jackson Street and extending back between paral lel lines one hundred and forty (140) feet to an alley twenty (20) feet wide, being the identical pr'Ji erty conveyed to the City of Roa noke Rapids by T. Justin Moore and J. T. Chase, Trustees, by deed dated February 21, 1936, recorded in the Office of the Register of Deeds for Halifax County, Nc^.h Carolina, in Book 452, Page 3?9. This the 6th day of September, 1944. RUBY W. MINCHER, 4t City Clerk. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FURNISHED HOUSE for rent. Apply Box 502, Halifax, N. CV. ll-ch JEWELRY and Clock and Watch repairing at Kidd’s Jewelry Store, 129 West 10th Street. Roanoke Rapids, N. C. 11-2-ch TOP RUSSIAN AIR ACE FLIES AMERICAN FIGHTER These are U. S. Army P-39 Airacobras built by Beil Aircraft Corporation, which are the planes Hawn by the top air ace of the war, Lt. Col. Alexandre Pokryshkin, of the Red Army Air Forces. OM. PLAN FOR CHARM linea of beauty artfully fashioned ... mahe the perfect ensemble as sketched . . . black patent leather . . . cut out, open toe and shank. High heel . . . for that very dressy occasion. Narrow and med ium widths. I_ MARKS SHOE STORE 1031 ROANOKE AVE. MARKS SHOES — TOO SMART FOR WORDS RIGHT for making your casual moments smart and comfortable ones are these new fall casuals. Step-ins, pumps, oxfords and *■ sandals are yours for the choosing—and no Ration Stamp required! Come in and make your selection today. MARKS SHOE STORE 6 [ 1031 ROANOKE AVE. MARKS SHOES — TOO SMART FOR W ORDS ^ P
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