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t ^— -. . ——, III m'*U 1,1,1 rW' i,,Ml||MMi H****! Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr., Robert E. Maj. R. H. McCommom, James W. Whitby,I I 'll ® | ,M W i M,|| , A n <|| ,I1 • . Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Kdgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram,| 1 ill It 1 nl hll 111 |||| 1,1 ]| 111 Ik ' Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook. Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White. UHI ulltti mu nlHIli wmilullllll imilllumilulltll Robert L. Harris, Joseph A. Crouch. „ THE ROANOKE RAPIDS H ERAfn == I I 1^ CAROLINA’S nssi^^ I, # 1“ Subscribers --—— ---e-*- ,____ VOLUME XXX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 4th, 1945 NUMBER 20 | Christmas Greetings Sent To Folks Back Home Somewhere in the Pacific four North Carolina Leathernecks with a crack Marine aviation outfit had a real Christmas celebration. When packages in gay wrappings began coming in the North Caro linians “caught the spirit.” To show their appreciation for the gifts, they devised a scheme to send joint greetings to their homefolk. First they rigged up a Yule greeting on a big cardboard, then had a photograhper snap their picture holding it in front of a dive bomber. “It won’t be a white Christmas here,” said Corp. Luther F. Thortis, 19-year-old son of Mrs. Lucy Thortis, 319 Jefferson street, Roa noke Rapids, “but tell the folks back home that we will have a happy one.” Shown in the group above with Thortis (left) are: Corporal Marvin L. Short, Gastonia; First Lieutenant Royce M. Williams, LaGrange; Private First Class William P. Lawrence, Jr., Raleigh. Twins Covered With Mud On Battlefront Reunited Again rwo nuanoKe Kapias somiers, Marvin and Marion Taylor, 23-year old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Taylor, of Washington street, fighting on the same battlefront in Germany, and covered with so much mud they were hardly recog nizable, were reunited after al most three years’ separation. Marion has been overseas nearly three years, taking part in the in vasion of Normandy on D-Day, after having seen action in the African and Sicily campaigns. Marvin went overseas in Octob er, 1944, as a replacement. It was not long after he was in Europe that he met several soldiers in England, Prance, Belgium and Germany, who said: “Oh, I’ve seen you before, Tay lor. Don’t you remember me? We came over on D-Day. We left the states together." To all of which Marvin replied: “My name is Thylor, but you’ve never seen me before. I have a twin brother over here somewhere, I haven’t seen for almost three years.” ' And with that statement the search for Marion—Marvin’s twin —was on and he was finally found on the same battlefront with his brother They are now together again, both with the First Army in the First Division. Urges Children Be Vaccinated Dr. R. M. Bardin, city health officer, urges that all children be vaccinated against Diphtheria. Dr. Bardin stated that there were sev eral cases of this disease in the community at this time and it is very important that the children be vaccinated as a preventive measure against it. Pfc. Wimbrow Is Wounded Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Wimbrow of Weldon have been notified by the War Department that their son, Pfc. Daniel Smallwood (“Tick ie”) Wimbrow, was seriously wounded in action in France Butler Breaks His Right Arm Dan Butler fell last Wednesday as he was coming out of the main office of the Roanoke Mills Com pany on Jackson Street and broke his right arm in about four places. He was taken to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital where he is still a patient. Sgt. Reaves In General Hospital Sgt. James Reaves of Roanoke Rapids, arrived at Kennedy Gen eral Hospital in Memphis, Tennes see, on December 27, where he is being treated for wounds received in combat against the Germans. “I was wounded once in Normandy when our company was pinned down under heavy artillery fire,” said Sergeant Reaves. “I recover ed from that, but in Luxembourg I was wounded again by machine gun fire during an attack. The fighting was plenty tough there, too. It was fight your way into a place, then fight your way back out.” Sergeant Reaves was seven months overseas in France, Eng land, Luxembourg and Normandy. Garanflo Selects Airport Runways Commissioned k'" ..•_. W. H Pruden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pruden of this city, has recently been commissioned a Second Lieut enant in the air corps and is winner of the silver wings of a pilot. Bill is at home now on furlough. STEPHENSON SAID KILLED OCTOBER 7TH Sgt. Harold L. Stephenson, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. W„ M. Steph enson of Halifax, was killed in action over Germany, October 7, the War Department has notified his family. Engineer and top turret gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress, Sgt. Stephenson has been serving over seas since last August with the Eighth Air Force in England. Sgt. Stephenson entered the service on August 12, 1943. He was graduated from Weldon High School and was employed by Stedman & Co., in Halifax, before going into the service. Survivors include his parents, three brothers, Whit Stephenson, Jr., and Lonnie Stephenson of the home, and John Stephenson of Maribel; four sisters, Miss Lucile Stephenson of the home, Mrs. H. M. Nethery of Halifax, Mrs. Wil liam Mays of Washington, D. C., and Mrs. Jack Hadford of Rocky Mount. ' Pfc. Bailey Is Found Again Mrs. Nessie Bailey, 1023 Henry Street, has received word from the War Department that her son, Pfc. Roland Bailey, is safe after being reported lost in action for a second time. The telegram Mrs. Bailey received reads as follows: “Am pleased to inform you that your son, Pfc. Roland C. Bailey, returned to duty on November 22.” G. E. Garanflo, of Charlotte, .^representing the CAA, was in Roa noke Rapids Wednesday making an official inspection of the site for the proposed Halifax County Airport. Mr. Garanflo made a ten tative selection of a site for three runways of 3,000 feet in length, but location of these runways will not be settled until Mr. Garanflo has had an opportunity to give further study to the topographical map which was recently made by Phillip D. Freeman, consulting en gineer, of Norfolk, Va. A survey of the land held Un der option by the Airport Com mittee, of which Dr. M. C. Mad drey is chairman, has been com pleted and as soon as Mr. Garan flo definitely names the location of these runways these options will be exercised and the actual construction of the Airport can be started as soon as preparations are made. If and when, as Dr. Maddrey ex plained, the construction of the air field begins it will be financed by citizens of Halifax County with the nirl rtf foHoral fnrwle SGT. WILSON IS VISITING HIS PARENTS Staff Sergeant James M. Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Wilson of this city, is at home with his parents for 21 days. Sgt. Wilson entered the service in February, 1S42, going into the Air Corps. He went overseas in June of last year and has been stationed in Italy with the 15th Air Force and has 50 completed bombing mis sions to his credit. Wilson was ih thf invasion of Southern France in August and has also seen act ion over Germany, Austria, Yugo slavia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Greece and Northern Italy. He wears several ribbons and medals for meritorious achievements. While in Italy Sgt. Wilson met his sister, Lieut. Virginia Wilson, and a brother, Lieut. C. R. Wilson. Another sister, Pvt. Elizabeth Wil son, is also somewhere in Fr&nce, and another brother, Seaman I/O R. K. Wilson, is in the Mediteran nean area. After his leave expires Sgt. Wil son will report to Miami Beach, Fla., for further orders. PVT. BAGGETT BADLY HURT Mr. and Mrs. Grady Baggett re ceived a message from the War Department last Thursday stating that their son, Pvt. James F. Baggett, had been seriously wounded on December 6, 1944, in France. Pvt. Baggett entered ser vice in February, 1944, and went across in September. He attended the Roanoke Rapids High School and ha3 many friends here. *
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