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THE TRTON BALLY BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28
TBYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, AUG. 5. 1942
COMMUNICATIONS
Bridgehampton, L. I., N. Y.
August 3, 1942. s
ar Mr. Vining:
he Bulletin in recent months
!fas had so many interesting re
ports from the various “fronts”
that I wondered if a report from
this sector might not be of some
little interest. What with serving
as a port of debarkation for
saboteurs and various rumors con
nected therewith, this old “East
End” of Long Island has been
much in the news lately. Some folks
may think we are a sort of sec
ond front out here and that life
is a series of what Mil. Shake
speare called “alarms and ex
cursions.”
On the contrary, life goes on
surprisingly as usual. Of course
there is rationing, but in that
we are not unique; and there are !
dimouts, but there too we have a
lot of company. We occupy a
unsition with regard to the Battle
■rathe Atlantic much like a small
on the outside of the fence at
a baseball game. We know there
is something going on but we
don’t see much of it. Planes and
blimps go by at all hours. People
on the beach sometimes see flares
at night far at sea; sometimes by
day a group of planes appear and
begin energetically to bomb and
strafe an unseen object. Maybe
it was a sub, maybe only target
practice; nobody knows. Some
times there are what stage di
rections call “sounds off”; but
what it’s all about we don’t know.
The beaches are well-patnolled, es
pecially by night. In the daytime
they are open as usual, but after
nightfall a stroller there is apt
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SERGEANT JACKSON OF
LYNN DIES IN IRELAND
Sergeant Raymond C. Jackson,
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H/
Jackson of Lynn, has been report
ed by the War Department to
have been killed.
The War Department stated in
its message that young Jackson
came to his death by gunshot
wounds while on duty in Ireland,
but did not state from what
source the soldier received the
wounds.
Jackson was promoted to a ser
geant while training at Fort Jack
son. He went in the army about
two years ago, and Tuesday was
the first word that Mr. and Mrs.
Jackson had heard from their son
in many months.
Sergeant Jackson was the only
one of his family in the armed
forces until Monday, when a
brother joined the navy.
No announcement was made as
to plans for services for the
young man.
Sergeant Jackson is survived by
his parents and several! brothers.
Former Pastor A Chaplain
Rev. Henry J. Davis, formerly
pastor of the Tryon Finst Bap
tist church, in 1927-28, is now a
chaplain in the army, and has
been stationed at Camp Croft,
Spartanburg, for about two weeks,
according to news received by the
W. C. Wards. Chaplain Davis was
a charter .member of the Tryon
Kiwanis club and was active in
civic affairs while here.
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