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TOUR RED CROSS IS AT KB SIDE The wwfc of the Rsd Cross is so well known and its appeal to a* universal that it is uiuiaeaMerr to mpfcasixe-*at appeal But white the work of the Sad Croas is known geaeraTy, many Americana do not paderstand the magnitude of that work and are nwfawriHar with its details. The Aaesten Bad CtoM Stood shoulder to with oer fighting forces in tke past twelve months could ever ha covmted. TWae *>»■«*« lifted loads of worry and fear —or just plain boredom—from the hearts of mea in our military and naval hospitals on tend sad sea. Red CtoM hospital social workers, with imdwr standing skill, resolved worries that retard a man's rocewy, white recreation workers and Gray Tiadlae, with music, movies, games, and banter, relieved homesickness. Other Red Cross hands assisted discharged, disabled men through readjustment to civilian life—« growing task. Still other hands offered a quick, competent "lift" to able-bodied soldiers in pereanal difficulties. Many extended an American welcome at clubs and other Red Cross facilities to our amiss, soldiers, sailors, marinas, coast guaxdmen, nurses, Wscs in foreign landa. Others brought refreshment and entertainment to men at isolated stations by c'ubmobiles and in aereclubs. They helped collect millions * of pints of Mood for life-saving plasma. They worked at packing those heartening priaoasrs at war cartons which other Red Crass hands canted, with clothing, medicines, and other necessities, to prison campe in enemy countries. Many thousands of nurses were recruited by the Bed Ooes for service inthA Army and Navy Nurse Corpa. A hundred thousand volunteer nnrw!i aides served in veterans' aad civilian hospitals. Gray Ladies and hospital visitors —irialimi in to army and, navy, and pital wards. Dietitian's aides Volunteered for civilian hospital work. Red Cross production workers mads hundreds of millions of surgical aH'iilUgHy lalUM. IHMtvlTf IM OXO0T comfort articles as official.y requested by the aimed fences, sewed milliens of relief garments, and sewed and packed millions of kit bags. Quid hand* of the Junior Red Cross fabricated comfort articles for Through Bed Oosa'camp and 1 pital CoomQi, many citizens chat ed comfort aad recrcation aids to our men. ' Other hands, after courses ot training in 8,756 Bad Croaa chapters, served tirelessly in the nine corps of Volunteer Special Services. They drove can, ambulances, «ad trucks. They served, msny ; thousand mass troops and eivilworkera helped of themsn and forces when to BIRO CLUB NCKBB8 ;« is a queen mottling of dull hroerniati and gray white Jel the colors of deed and decaying wood. His fart and teg* are small and j ly developed but since they do little walking that it not much imj The wings are long and well ed. They flit about near the over pastures aud fielda late in the afternoon—for more insects fly then. The head is broad.aad large but the bill is email, however, when its mouth k open it ia very deep enabling it to catch and swallow even June bugs and large beetles. It whistles "Whippoor-will" from dusk to dawn without seemingly to pause for breath and usually aits on top of a house or other buildinw to sins. ™b Whippoorwill does not build a neat. It simply selects a spot on die ground, In the brush or woods and lays its eggs without the trouble of making a depression in the ground. The reason may be because it » so near hsr own color that she can fed safe from being caught while brooding. Betsey Lockamy and Margaret Andrews ware welcome guests. «:30 P. M—B. T. U.-- Marjorie -> 7:30 P. M.—Evangelistic Hour. wS 7:80 P. M. — Wednesday — Prayer PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Rot. J. R Boberta, Mar 11:00 A. M.—Morning WS&f on f£~j Second Sunday*. ■ C, _ ;%r:5 rf ' * v f CATHOLIC CHURCH Father Arthur J. Raoette 9:80 A. IL-Hoty Mass—Each Sunday morning. »■ ■■■■•* *r~y —< A writer says oner's thoughts are his companions, which perhaps explains why so many are lonely. • KODAK FILMS PROCESSED • 6 Prints for 25c — 2 Day Service YOUR PHOTOGRAPH MADE Appointments for Sittings — 7:00 P. M. to 11:00 P. M. Three Prints and One 8x10 Enlargement for $1.00 HAND PAINTED PORTRAITS In Oil, Life Size, Natural Colon, Beautiful Finishes — $50.00 to $150.00 — • H. N. BATTON 108 South Greene St ' Farmvifle, N. C. ;§ y i -.w -' --tffBj^pMV';i ' rV*j* »£**£'' "Hie City of Dependable Stores" ■ Farmville Retail Yard LUMBER, BOUGH AND , .VfJ DRESSED. Windows, Doors, Roofing, Gypsum Products, Celotex Wan Board md Celling. — I^one 302-1 — «-! Ucidl Near Norfolk Southern Depot — Fsrmrillo. N. C. ■h^NM _—,—.—— PARAMOUNT I THEATRE 1 THE HOMEOF BETTER INTEBTAINMENT 1 'ii ■ ii Week of p FRIDAY—-LAST TIME K%i Claire Trevor and Albert -■ Dekker-ta 'X, , 'Woman Of The Town' News of the 0*7. Marine* at Tarawa—Technicolor Special. "OUTLAWS OF STAMPEDE g&ktf ' PASS" A Gobi of A Jam—Comedy. Chapter No. 11 et "MASKED MARVEL" ^ti¥^*ubieet ta the | May 1944. |: Yow Vete an<
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