Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume], July 05, 1945, SECTION A, Page 10, Image 10

About Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1931-1948

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Marvin L. Floyd
Is Commended
T/3 Marvin L. Floyd, 32, son o
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Floyd, Sta
Route, has been commended fo
outstanding work while on dut;
at the Anti-aircraft Artiller;
School in Fort Bliss, Texas.
The citation reads:
“1. This is an unsolicited lette:
of commendation.
“2. T/3 Floyd has served witi
the CQ Subsection of the Auto
matic Weapons Department fo:
more than two years. During thii
whole period, undersigned has hat
had opportunity to observe th<
performance of Sgt. Floyd.
‘‘3. The comment of 1st. Lt. Johr
H. Watson, who for many month!
has been in charge of the Auto
matic Weapons Department Tar
get Subsection, is: ‘T/3 Floyd i:
probably as good as, if not bettei
than, any OQ radioman in th<
country. His loss is a great blow
to the section.’
“4. Undersigned concurs in Lt.
Watson’s opinion, and desires to
commend T/3 Floyd for superior
and faithful discharge of his
duties in the Gunnery-Firing Sec
tion of the Automatic Weapons
Department, Antiaircraft Artillery
School.”
KENNETH G. MERRIAM,
Lt. Col., CAC,
Chief, Gunnery & Firing Sect.
Head, Automatic Weapons De
partment, 1st Ind. Antiaircraft
Artillery School, Fort Bliss, Texas.
To Whom it May Concern:
I concur in the above commen
uituon.
RILEY E. McGARRAUGH,
Co'.onel, OAC,
Department Head.
T/3 Floyd entered service in
March of ’42 and received his
basic at Fort Eustice, Va., and
from there to Texas where he re
mained until recently when he was
shipped overseas to the Pacific.
Prior to his entrance in service he
was a supply clerk in Roanoke
Mill No. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Owens and
baby, Bolivia, and N. H. Owens
of the U. S. Navy, Norfolk, spent
the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.
Ashley Vick, 326 Monroe St.
Mrs. Lewis Grimmer is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gaddy in Char
lotte.
I Heads Kiwanians
'HAMILTON HOLT ~~
Hamilton Holt, nationally known
granite manufacturer and newly
elected president of Kiwanis Inter
national, declared today that 2,300
Kiwanis clubs throughout the
United States and Canada will con
tinue to actively support the war
against Japan until victory has
been achieved.
Elected at a wartime council
meeting in Chicago, Holt succeeds
Ben Dean, Grand Rapids advertis
ing executive, as president of the
service organization which em
braces 150,000 members in the two
b-UUli bl X V o.
Holt, who resides at Macon and
is president of the Associated In
dustries of Georgia, has long been
active in southern business circles.
He also is a member of the Gov
ernor’s War Council and the State
Commission to Revise the Georgia
Constitution, a trustee of Mercer
University, Macon, Ga., and vice
chairman of the Committee on
Group Cooperation for the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers.
In his inaugural address, Holt
urged Kiwanians to throw their
weight behind the San Francisco
charter for a. world peace organi
zation, to care for returning ser
vice men and women, and “to do
everything possible to protect and
maintain our democratic form of
government.” «•
FIRST
METHODIST
CHURCH
ROANOKE RAPIDS
SUNDAY SCHOOL
NEWS
W. GRAHAM LYNCH, Supt.
By: JIMMIE RIDOUT
Our Sunday School program was
beautifully given by the Church
school teachers and pupils. It
showed how anxious children are
to learn, if taught. Why -not bring
them to Sunday School and Church
so they can be taught in a good
manner.
The public is cordially invited to
attend Sunday School at 9:45 A.
M., and morning service at 11
A. M.
Shearins Moving
Back To County
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shearin and
little son will soon move into their
home on the Littleton Highway
near the William R. Davie High
School.
Since leaving Halifax County
in 1934, Mr. and Mrs. Shearin
moved to Jacksonville, N. C.,
where Mr. Shearin was Superin
tendent of the C. C. C. Camp that
was located on the Hofmann For
est, and Mrs. Shearin was
Recreational Supervisor for Jones,
Onslow, Craven and Pender Coun
ties. In 1937, Mr. and Mrs. Shearin
moved to Franklin, Va., where
they made their home until the
first of the year and since that
time have been living in Wake
field, Va.
Mr. Shearin is a former member
of the Jacksonville Kivvanis Club,
the Franklin Lion’s Club and was
Scoutmaster of troops number in
Jacksonville and Franklin. He is
a charter member of the Suffolk
Shrine Club, a thirty-second de
gree mason and mcmner of Sudan
Temple Shrine. Mrs. Shearin was
Girl Scout Leader of the Franklin
Troop, member of the Franklin.
Literary Society and the Wakefield
Woman’s Club.
Mr. Stearin will engage in
surveying and timber appraisal
work in Halifax and adjoining
counties.
Mrs. O. G. Horton spent tho
week-end at Virginia Beach.
Card of Thanks -
We wish to thank our many'
friends for the kindnesses shown
us during the illness and death of
our husband and father, W. H.
Woodruff.
Mrs. W. H. Woodruff and
Mrs. Cehron Jordan
CLARA DAWES
BEAUTY SHOPPE
WILL BE
CLOSED
WEEK OF
JULY th
FOR VACATIONS
We also wish to announce we are adding
to our staff
MRS. ROSENELL STOKES
Formerly of the Village Court Hairdressers
Shoppe, Pinehurst, N. C.
Our other expert beauticians are
Clara Mooney—Aileen H. Butler
We’ll be most happy to serve you when we
open again on Monday, July 16.
Phone R-509-1 for Appointments
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