GASTON
NEWS
Mrs. Austin Bray returned to
her home in Florida after a visit
with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Moody vis
ited her mother, Mrs. Camp.
Mrs. Cebron Jordan recently
visited her mother, Mrs. Robert
Price.
Miss Irene Moss visited in Roa
noke Rapids Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Legion of
Emporia visited her parents Mr.
sjid Mrs. B. W. Rook here.
Miss Francis Wrenn of Rex
Hospital in Raliegh visited her
home here.
Mrs. E. P. Hyman visited Mrs.
W. A. Vincent.
Chapter Sponsors Lee
Jackson Program
Enfield—On Wednesday morn
ing at 10:30 o’clock in the High
School Auditorium here, a Lee
Jackson Day program was spon
sored by the Frank M. Parker
Chapter, U. D. C. Due to inclem
ent weather and the schools hav
ing to be closed, the exercises
had been postponed.
In the absence of Mrs. S. C.
Whitaker, program chairman, S.
C. Whitaker was master of cere
monies.
“The Star Spangled Banner” was
sung, after which' Alice Clarke, a
member of the Enfield Blues, C.
of C., gave a reading entitled
“Lee-A Pattern.”
It was announced that the local
chapter has offered a $5.00 prize
for the best essay on “The Con
federate Navy” written by a High
School pupil—the contest to close
hi Commencement, 1946.
Mr. Whitaker presented Rom
Parker, an attorney of Enfield
who made a very entertaining and I
instructive talk on the lives of ]
Generals Robert E. Lee and
Stonewall Jackson.
In closing the exercises “We
Are Renting Tonight On the Oid
Camp Ground” was sung and T.
O. Hickman, principal of the
school, led in prayer.
Clyde H. Garris
Aboard 'Dauphin1
ON THE USS DAUPHIN —
Clyde H. Garris, pharmacist’s
mate, third class, USNR, Route 1,
Roanoke Rapids, N. C., served on
this assault troop transport dur
ing a part of her war cruise in
the Pacifio.
The DAUPHIN has been engag
ed in “Magic Carpet” duty —
bringing veterans home from ov
erseas bases. Previously, she par
ticipated in the Okinawa opera
tion, and visited Japan at Sasebo,
Iiiro Wan and Yokohama.
Freddy Parks
Headed for Home
ABOARD THE USS BLOUNT —
Freddie Lewis Parks, seaman,
first class, USN, Roanoke Rapids,
N C. served aboard this Fleet is
sue ship during the later stages
of the Pacific war.
The BLOUNT served as a Fleet
issue ship for Allied forces in the
Pacific during the war and then
was converted to a general cargo
ship following the Japanese sur
render.
The ship is returning to the
United States for unloading and
decommissioning.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Enfield—Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert
J. Powell of Newport News, Va,.,
announce the birth of a daughter,
Mary Ann, on January 23, 1946.
Mr. Powell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John R. Powell of En
field.
the day pleasantly, they melt.and vanish like the
frost before the sun. And when your cheerfulness needs
strengthening, there’s inspiration to be found in a
chilled bottle of 7-Up. For 7-Up is bright and cheer
ful itself ... a quality you will notice with the first
sip. You'll notice, too, how clean and fresh in flavor
it is . . . how it gives you a “fresh up”. “Fresh up”
with 7-Up at any store displaying the 7-Up signs. —
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WCBT, Roanoke Rapids, and 239 other Mutual network stations,
"The Fresh-Up Show” a musical comedy program.
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