Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], May 18, 1944, SECTION A, Page 6, Image 6

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LETTERS
FROM OUR BOYS!
'’lease bring or mail us inter
ltng tellers and cards you get
ram your boys in the armed
er rices. Their friends want to
tonr where they are and what
hex are doing!
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May 5, 1944
Dear Mother:
Just a line to let you know I
am well. Hope you all are too. I
received a letter from you today
and one from Leroy. Mother, it
really makes me feel good to ge*
mail over here. I am glad you all
had a swell time Easter. I had as
good a one as could be expected.
Tell Papa to take care of him
self. and that I am trying to do
as he did. Tell Herman I hope he
had a nice Easter Egg hunt. It
i- close to Mother’s Day. By the
time you get this it will be. Even
though I am far away remember
my love is great and strong for
you. All through the day think of
me. On that day, if I am far away,
my thoughts will be of you. Hope
next Mother’s Day I will be with
you to stay.
Jusc a few lines to greet you,
hope you like it. As I can t send
a present, my love is in this poem
to the bottom of my heart and
soul.
God bless you all I pray, and
pray for me.
Good bye,
Your loving son,
.Tames.
One day in May,
As no other day.
Set aside for Mother
Who fills the place of no mother.
Who through all the year
Looks toward you so dear,
Her love never fails you
As a son so true. s~
She remembers you in each prayer
Always having you in her tender
care.
She leads you from wrong
Always doing the right.
Tho’ it seems she is afar,
She always has you in her heart,
There is no other to take her
place
Aftei you find it is too late.
Tho her face has a few wrinkles
And her eyes a sparkling twinkle
Her bands seem to be worn
O' merciful care so warm.
Mother is always near,
There is no reason of fear,
Her heart kindles a light of flame
Her undying love never ends.
Pvt. James G. Whitley, 34851697
Inf. Co. R.,
A. P. O. 15186,
C/o Post Master,
New York, N. Y.
Somewhere In England
May 7, 1944
Dear Mr. Wilson:
Tm a long way from home and
ve”’ lonely for some news from
home. I received your paper until
I came overseas. Now I don’t get
jr anv more. I have been so busy
I haven’t had time to send you
nv change of address. I miss your
paT,t,r very much. I wish you
would please send it to me. If
there is any fee I’ll pay it C. O. D.
Remaining one of your steady
readers, thanks,
Bill.
S'Sgt. William Hedgepeth,
A. S. N. 13032609,
Det. A. 1200 M. C. Oo.
A. P. O. 558
Care Post Master,
New York, N. Y.
Tuesday, 9th May.
He'lo Carroll:
Just a short letter now to lei
know that I am alright. 1
didn’t get my paper last week and
I miss it. I am wondering what is
ye'ritj on back home now. You
don’t know how you miss anything
until it is gone. I have been kepi
busy for the past few weeks anc
I haven’t done much writing
There is another boy over hers
omewhere that gets the Herald
eeause I saw his the other day.
Vish I had taken his address
town now. I only know of one
-.lore in this division from home,
sut I never see him any more. It
is raining as usual today. My pal
in England says he would like to
meet me but he can’t it’s too far
apart. He was operated on for the
appendicitis not long ago. Sure
wish I could be back home for
some of that spring fishing now.
I have a little poem that I am
-mclosing that might help the
tolks back home to write the boys
:n the service. I can send one
every time I write you if you
want them. My wife and I are
always writing short ones to one
another.
Write when you can,
Sincerely,
Cpl- Raleigh B. Sadler.
WHEN YOUR GIRL FORGETS
TO WRITE
Us boys was sitting around this
evening,
Was thinking of the past,
Tust dreaming of our old friends
And some yows that didn’t last:
We was thinking of the future
And how hard it would be to fight
When our minds kept straying
backward
^o the girls who never write.
Course we know they can’t write
often,
As we’d lik^ for them to do.
R"t each Jetter that we get here
~Jelns the;'old red. white and h'ue.
'Cause a fellow often has sorrows
'r'hat should be taking flight
Rut it’s mighty hard to Jo^e them
When your girls forget to write.
£
We know mon and dad will al
wavs
W> things just to let us know
"’hat. thev’re with us to the finish
Down this row we have to hoe.
Rut when girls back home neglect
us.
AA^hen it’s for them too, we fight,
AVe feel kind'of let-down somehow
rA^hen they all forget to write.
"o fret started on that letter
T’o your boy who’s goneiaway.
Uet him know you still miss him
Get, him know you won’t be gay
Until he comes marching home
ward
a'ter he has won the fight.
Won it with the courage that he
Got from the letters that you
write. ^
When you fee] that you must help
) out
, Tn this war as days go by
j t,,„+ p,e(- sfap+ed on that le^epr
t And though often moments fly
! You can write a line to someone
Who has gone away to fight
Someone who’ll be mighty happy
When he reads those lines you
write.
John W. Lupton, GMlc,
C/o F. P. O.
San Francisco, Calif.,
27 April 1944.
Opar Carroll:
Needless to say I appreciate, and
am enjoying the Herald. Reading
'*■ from the headlines to the classi
‘ied advs.
' We are in a spot in New Guinea
‘hat the Hollywood film directors
would have a mean job using for
a romantic setting.
This is the beginning of winter
here, but I don’t think the sun
has realized it, as the temperature
i recalls to mind the weather back
| home during the hot days of Aug
j ust and September. The phrase
“light showers” cannot be applied
j here, as we have torrential down
! pours, leaving us floundering
, around in mud up to our shins 01
I higher. The approaching rain can
] be heard at a great distance com
Young Opera Star Leans to
Pinafores and War Bonds
The young American concert-opera star, Marjory Hess, has her victory
garden rambling over this colorful pinafore apron. It is a life saver for
your party dresses, and fun to make, even for a beginner. Miss Hess sug
gests making several aprons because then, with a minimum of time and
■fifort, you will save enough money to buy extra War Bonds and stamps.
Suitable patterns may be obtained at your local pattern store.
U. S. Treasury Department
arge trench mirror for a grass
^ocketbook. The pocKetbood, I
later found out, 'was made in New
Jersey.
A spot near here presents a
dream for the housewife, wh(
rinds deserts a problem. In an
a,-ea less than an acre, I found
iconuts, lemons, limes, mangoes,
'•ananas, oranges, raspberries and
■'herries, all of which require no
rWul of ration points.,
I’ve seen quite a bit of activity,
aving been in one of the great
est pushes a chow line ever had.
Net results—beans for breakfast.
1 would write more but my
'":iend the censor is trying to get
Medical Survey on account of
is eyes, and I don’t care to be
n accessory to the fact.
Back home you are getting a
nore accurate account of the war
n the Pacific than we are, so I’ll
'-ave that to the commentators.
My regards to all back home and
thanks again for the Herald,
Sincerely,
John Lupton.
I
Tires, Tubes, Cranks, Fend
ets, Braces, Bearings, Mir
rors, Paint, Pedals, Axles,
Seats, Seat Covers, Saddle
Bags, Reflectors, etc.
EARMAN'S
Western Auto
*
Store
ing thru the jungle and palm
■ees setting up a whirring sound
hat reminds one of a pea thrash
er.
Of course we have our diver
sions — not exactly sponsored by
the USO club. There is the sport
of trying to put a halter on some
of the tamer mosquitos that ven
ture into camp during the day
time. Also a nightly foot race be
tween the Seabees and the lizzards.
seeing who can get in the same
sack or cot first. I manage to win
the race occasionally, but I have
to start early.
The Natives here hold the spot
light of attention, they are of the
Melanesian race—short and well
built. Some of them have been
taught English by the traders and
missionaries. They speak a broken
English—Didgin language I think
it is called. According to the way
they work, they must belong to
a union—no work after sundown.
As the sun dips they take on the
characteristics of a WPA worker
stop what they are doing and head
for the hills. I think some of us
axe as queer to them as they are
to us. There is one incident when
one of our boys took out both
plates of his false teeth in front
ir
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: AT PROMONTORY POINT,UTAH, ON MAY IQ 1669, A GOLDEN
: SPIKE WAS DRIVEN INTO THE LAST TIE, LINKING THE EAST
AND WEST Si RAIL. THIS ENDED A BACE BETWEEN THE UNION
(sp: PACIFIC, WHICH BUILT WESTWARD, AND THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
P’"1. ' WHICH BUILT EASTWARD 1HE CENTRAL PACIFIC WON By A
SMALL MARGIN.-—' '
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JOSEPH PRIESTLEY'S &Y Wl&, women had
THEORIES WHICH LED To HlS . SECURED THE EIGHT TO
DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN ,THE UFE- 5 VOTE IN A DOZEN STATES.
PRESERVING Constituent of air thf'
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OF A VAT OF BEER IN A BREWERY
HE CAME TO AMERICA FROM ENGLAND
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of a group of natives. They fell
back in bewilderment and just
couldn’t comprehend such magic.
The following night it must ha-jj
been campfire talk, as throughout
the next day natives came to the
job, singled out the Seabee and
pointed to his mouth and sajd
“do.” Well, Bill Wolhar wouldn’t
have kept that boy on his job thjtf
day. The Seabee was a one-man
show to the natives.
They are crafty traders with
principles compared to one of our
Main Street Jews. I recently made
what I thought was a good swa|
After a half hour of jabber witr.
the black I managed to trade a
SOLDIER VOTE
To the Editor:
It is an insult to the intelligence
of the American people for servi^
men and women to be denied the
greatest privilege a real democracy
offers—the right to vote.
Aren’t all true American citiz
ens allowed to vote? Just because
a man or woman is fortunate 0
unfortunate enough to be in the
armed service, does that auto
matically disqualify him as a cit
izen of the country for which ha
is risking his life, his future? Ap
parently it does and nothing cou^f
be more absurd!
In my opinion, the Republican
party ought to be willing for ser
vice men and women to vote just
for the sake of righteousness even
though it would mean a Dem<f_
cratic President for four more
years.
The greatest ambition of every
soldier, sailor and marine is to'
win this war and as quickly as
possible. They know it would br
unsafe to elect a new, inexperi
enced President now — in the
greatest crisis in the history of
our nation when the future and
security of everyone is at stake.
I am sure that Mr. Roosevgtt
looks on a fourth term for hiim
self with terror and dread. He is
the type, however, who puts
country before self. I think he
would accept a fourth term if the
people want him bad enough. R
is quite natural for the Republ®
can party to want a chance at
the White House, and they’ll get
it sooner or later and with suc
cess, but they shouldn’t be so un
American as to deny service men
and women the privilege of voting
BILL SANDERSON.
Clayton,
Trercsf erred
William H. Evans, son of MrC
J H. Evans, of this city, who
was formerly stationed at Camp
Hood, has been transferred to
Camp Chaffie, Arkansas.
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Mr. and Mrs. William Harve>7
of Newburgh, N. Y., announce the
birth of a daughter, Mary Ann,
May 9. Mrs. Harvey is the former
Miss Kathryne Coburn of this city.
T. J. Alford is attending a
hospital convention at AshevilE*
this week. *
Mrs. John Clark is ill at her
home on Washington street.