Words at War Gains Praise on Radio Airwaves
Newsweek lauds Words at War as a top summer radio program after four weeks replacing Fibber McGee and Molly. It covers its creation with the Council of Books in Wartime, its wartime book adaptations, and its broadcast schedule featuring Gloria DeHaven and Dick Haymes, plus two-way overseas shortwave participation.
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Newsweek
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Wyoming County Teachers Assigned For 1944 45
Wyoming County board of education meeting in Pineville set opening date for September 5 1944 and approved teacher leaves resignations and allocations. The board faced a thirteen-teacher reduction due to lower attendance and reviewed leaves and a long list of assigned teachers across districts with wartime adjustments.
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Wyoming
Wyoming County Board of Education
State Board of School Finance
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Beatrice Bower
Naomi Whitt
Violet Shields
Marion H. Brooks
Gladys Hatfield
Mare] Miller
Madeline Cook
Elizabeth Scott
Mary Kelly Strong
Annette Cropper
Adkin
Garlin Walker
Aldridge Fork
Iona Brooks
Bailey
Beartown
Berlin McKinney
Blaine
Ray Brown
Ben Dunman
George M. Nolley
Blanche Bowling
Mildred Relay
Annie C. Delp
Hazel Caldwell
Edna McGraw
Lillian Davis
Tott McGraw
Golda Davis
Frances Branham
Lackey Miller
Mabel Reynolds
Frances C. Stewart
Black
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Big Branch
Basin
Philip Graham
Bob Branch
Cora L. Glover
Briar
Clarence Lusk
Hazel S. Goodson
Brushy
Nash Brown
Buck
Bud-Alpoca
A. B. Church
Ruth Mathey
Polly McKinney
Agnes Neely
Mildred Gray
Buffalo
Amos
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Rosa Steele
Bernice Tackett
Theresa Stewart
W. L. Rollins
Conley
Ighm
J. L. Scott
Beatrice Hazzard
Josephine Booker
Beatrice Taylor
Eula F. Bennett
W. Curtis Johnson
Ruth Roland
Vensteine H. Lewis
Clarke Gap
Gilbert Dorsey
Cook
L. D. Harless
Corinne—Lucillle Davis
Donna S
W. F. Staats
Elizabeth Williams
Maxine Davis Cottrill
Mary Ray Canada
Board of Education
Wyoming County Schools
Cannery delays August 1 startup due to boiler issues
G. F. Brown, supervisor, announced the cannery cannot operate on August 1 as planned because securing a boiler is difficult. Arrangements have been made to obtain a boiler from a northern state plant, and operation will resume the week of August 7.
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G. F. Brown
Brown
Rockcastle Baptist session set for Keystone on Aug 3
The forty second annual Rockcastle Association session will meet at Keystone on Thursday August 3 with Rev G P Goode as clerk. Evangelistic sermon by Rev C W Sexton Dublin VA and annual sermon by Rev John R Gillespie Mullens BC. Lectures by Dr E J Wooster Parkersburg Dr John W Elliott Alder son Braddus Dr Hugh D Pickett Parkersburg. Visiting missionary to speak on missions and Rev Hibbs on Country and Rural Churches. Rev S C Blackburns church to host.
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Rockcastle Association
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Keystone
G. P. Goode
C. W. Sexton
Dublin
John R. Gillespie
Mullens Baptist Church
E. J. Wooster
Parkersburg
John W. Elliott
Alderson-Broaddus College
Hugh D. Pickett
Hibbs
Joe C. Hatfield
S. C. Blackburn
Troopers Support Enemy Ore Tory Preparatory to Attack
A fragment reports troopers dropping in on ore preparations before an assault. A soldier wrote to his parents Mr and Mrs J A Sauls of Oceana claiming progress and hope to return to action soon.
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John Harper
Charleston
J. A. Sauls
Oceana
Fifth Sunday Meeting at Rockcastle Baptist Church
The Baptist fifth Sunday meeting will be at Rockcastle Baptist church Rockview on Sunday July 30 with a Saturday 8 o clock evening service. Dr Alvan J Cook pastor of Beckley First Baptist will preach at 830 Saturday evening. Rev B H Stevens of Matoaka will preach at 1120 Sunday morning and Rev Delbert Murphy of W H H Cook Memorial Baptist will preach at 215 afternoon. Pineville quartet and visiting groups will sing and a luncheon will be served at noon. Everyone is invited.
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Rockcastle Baptist Church
Rockview
Alvan J. Cook
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
B. H. Stevens
Matoaka
Delbert Murphy
W. H
McKinney Reunion Set for Bas Bas Sunday
The McKinney Reunion association will hold its annual homecoming at reunion grounds on Hiram Little place Bas Sunday August 6. The program includes sermons by well known ministers singing by choirs and quartets and music with Pineville quartet and Mullens quartet invited. The public is invited to bring a lunch basket and spend the day.
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McKinney Reunion Association
Hiram Little Place
Basin
Pineville Quartet
Mullens
Pine Grove Baptist Church Announces August 13 Program
Pine Grove Baptist church at Ravencliff announces a Sunday service with a special program on August 13. Rev. Dewey A. Wilson will preach in the morning, and Judge D. M. Eailey and Judge R. D. Bailey will speak in the afternoon. Dinner will be served at noon. J. Lewis Sizemore made the announcement.
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Pine Grove Baptist Church
Ravencliff
J. Lewis Sizemore
Dewey A. Wilson
D. M. Eailey
Bluefield
R. D. Bailey
Pineville
Hines Daughter Weds Worth Taylor Jr at Camp Perry
Mrs James S Hines of Baileysville announces the marriage of her daughter Molly Hines to Worth Taylor Jr of the United States Navy stationed at Camp Perry Virginia. The ceremony occurred July 16 in South Carolina. They honeymooned briefly and now reside in Portsmouth Virginia where Molly works at a U S Naval Ammunition Depot. Molly, Baileysville High School class of 42, has been employed in Virginia for two years.
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Baileysville
Molly Hines
Worth Taylor
Virginia
Hazel Cook in Bluefield sanitarium for tumorous growth
Mrs. Hazel Cook who has been very ill is now in Bluefield sanitarium for treatment of a tumorous growth. She is said to be resting fairly comfortably at present.
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Hazel Cook
Bluefield Sanitarium
Alpoca Visitors From Santa Fe Stop at Town
Pvt. and Mrs. Ralph Street of Santa Fe New Mexico are visiting their Alpoca relatives and friends. Mrs Street is formerly Edith McAllister. They have lived in Santa Fe near Pvt Street’s duty station.
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Alpoca
Ralph Street
Santa Fe
N. M
Street
Edith McAllister
Miss Sylvia Ellis Visits Mrs Brogan in Alpeca
Mrs. Tom Brogan of Alpeca hosted Saturday guest Miss Sylvia Ellis Washington government office employee since Bluefield College graduation. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ellis of Herndon.
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Tom Brogan
Alpeca
Sylvia Ellis
Washington, D. C
Bluefield College
J. H. Ellis
Herndon
First Sgt Denny Knuckles Visits Texas Family
First Sgt. Denny Knuckles of Camp Hood Texas visits his mother Mrs Rosa Knuckles in Bud. He is a nephew of W B Belcher of Bud. Light scorch marks should be rinsed in clear water and then placed in the sun to bleach.
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Denny Knuckles
Camp Hood
Texas
Rosa Knuckles
Bud
W. B. Belcher
Lighted cigarette blamed for $1000 house fire at Ramsey Street
Firefighters responded to a 4 10 a m blaze in a living room at 212 Ramsey Street. O H White occupied the apartment owned by M B Postlethwaite. Building damage estimated at 750 furniture 250. Furniture not insured. Fire confined mostly to one room. Tenant reported smelling smoke around midnight.
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Ramsey Street
O. H. White
M. B. Postlethwaite
Postlethwaite
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