Home Economics
Teachers Begin
Duties Here Early
Miss Martha Rob Cherry, form
er vocational Home Economics
teacher, and Miss Evelyn Gwalt
ned from Hiddnite, N. C., vocation
al Home Economics teacher, and
new in Roanoke Rapids this year,
have started work for the school
year.
The vocational teacher has a
varied program including: pupil in
struction, direction and supervis
ion of student Home Projects,
conducting adult classes, if com
munity is interested in having
such a program; and participation
in other community activities
which have as their purpose the
betterment of home living. The
class room instruction includes:
training in child development,
family relationships, better buying,
Home Deauuncauon, 11ea11.11, pei
sonality development, foods and
nutrition, clothing and other re
lated units in Home Living.
When school is not in session,
the teachers devote their time to
visiting, community activities, im
provement of Home Economics
Department, planning a program
of work for the year, supervision
of home projects, and teaching
adult classes. Miss Gwaltney and
Miss Cherry will be glad to give
any assistance to anyone if they
will call the high school.
Lieut. Dickens Is
Back From Europe
First Lieut. Fletcher P. Dick
ens returned last week from the
European Theatre of operations
and arrived in Enfield on Thurs
day for a thirty-day leave. He and
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Nichols, Jr.,
are spending sometime at Virgi
nia Beach with their families.
Lonnie Vaughan
"Plank Owner"
•When the destroyer escort ves
sel on which he is now serving
recently celebrated its 1st anniver
sary, Lonnie Thomas Vaughan,
Ship’s Service and Laundryman
Third Class, USNR, of 93 Jackson
Street, was numbered among the
“plank owners” of this Atlantic
Fleet ship. Comprising about two
thirds of the crew the “plank
owners” are those men who served
aboard the ship when she was
commissioned into the Naval ser
vice a year ago.
SSML3/C Vaughan entered the
navy on December 1, 1943, in Ral
eigh, and was stationed at Bain
bridge, Md., before he was placed
aboard the ship he is on now,
where he has been for the past
fourteen months. He is the hus
band of the former Mildred Odom,
and she and their two children,
Lonnie Alvin and Threasa, reside
at 93 Jackson Street. He has two
other brothers in service. They are
Cpl. David Vaughan and Pfc.
James W. Vaughan, both in the
army.
Prior to his entrance in the
navy, Vaughan was employed by
the Roanoke Mills Co.
Wearer of the American and
European Theatre ribbons, Vaugh
an is also authorized to wear a
bronze engagement star on the
American Theatre Campaign rib
bon for participating in the de
struction of an enmy submarine.
Register For
Piano Friday
Miss Kent Bentley will be in
the high school auditorium on
September 7, 9:30 until 11:30 a. m.,
to register and schedule piano
students for the coming year_
tacks. The few that dared to fly
out to the Task Force never re
turned.
Mrs. Everette Spikes of Bur
lington, is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Vaughan.
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