Bluefield man recovering after truck crash near Raven
Terry Tibbs of Bluefield Va returned home Sunday from Clinch Valley hospital where he had been treated since Friday afternoon for injuries from an auto accident three miles west of Raven. He drove a Nehi Bottling truck that left the road, turned upside down, and fell 75 feet. Tibbs suffered a fractured rib a mashed chest and shock as the truck was badly damaged.
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Terry Tibbs
Bluefield
Clinch Valley Hospital
Raven
Nehi
Tibbs
CAP Drive To Sign Air Cadets Progresses
Charleston West Virginia July 31 The West Virginia Civil Air Patrol drive to sign up 3800 air cadets by the end of 1944 approached the half way mark. The effort seeks rapid enlistment to bolster wartime Civil Air Patrol enlistments and support local defense programs.
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CAP
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
Anne Adams Patterns For Country Weekends Offer New Book
Anne Adams introduces a larger two page pattern book with summer styles. Pattern 4588 includes shorts and shirt for sports and an Ada skirt for street wear in sizes 12 to 42. Shirt requires 2 yards of 35 inch fabric and shorts 1 yard. Send fifteen cents plus name address to Pattern Desk in New York.
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Bluefield
Ohn
New York
Anne Adams
Directors of State War Fund sure of campaign success
West Virginia war fund directors in Wheeling express confidence in duplicating 1943 results. Chairman Carl O Schmidt notes last year raised over 1.65 million for USO and county drives and the national fund. He says four million volunteers nationwide will join the fall drive and that local chests combine with the national appeal. The 1943 tire figure and other numbers are cited as context.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Carl O. Schmidt
Schmidt
National War Fund
Seven Bluefield Men Initiated Into Eagles Aerie 857
The Fraternal Order of the Eagles Aerie No. 857 marked its grand opening with seven Bluefield men initiated Sunday. Crockett J. Thompson Addison D. Pendleton Noble H. Wilson Ernest Melvin John C. Farmer Lewis H. Cook and John J. Hall joined after the initiation led by the aerie degree team. A banquet for about 100 guests followed the ceremony with Jack Cumby as buffet chairman.
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Order of the Eagles
Aerie No
Bluefield
Crockett J. Thompson
Addison D. Pendleton
Noble H. Wilson
Ernest Melvin
John C. Farmer
Lewis H. Cook
John J. Hall
Jack Cumby
Claims Court Acts On Several Cases
The West Virginia Court of Claims, in a 2 to 1 decision, recommended $2,070.97 to Sam G. Polino and Co. for extra work on a Belington NesTorville highway project, including $1,920 for an extra berm and $150 for pipe. Judge Bland dissented. The court also ruled it lacked jurisdiction over Homer Basiden’s $5,000 penitentiary work claim. Dr. W. E. Mace sues road commission for $101.79 over rock damage on O S 19 near Cotton Hill.
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Charleston
W. Va
State Court of Claims
Sam G. Polino and Co
Monongah Construction Co
Polino Company
Robert L. Bland
Road Commission
Bland
Homer Basiden
State Penitentiary
Buckhannon
W. E. Mace
Mace
Cadet Corps Expands with 1500 Registrations Endorsed
Col H H Stark, state CAP wing commander, announced that more than 1 500 cadets have registered and noted plans to establish new units in Williamson Keyser New Martinsville Welch Logan Lewisburg Weston Richwood Buckhannon Grafton Sutton Burlington Elkins Moorefield Romney Spencer Gassaway and other communities.
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H. H. Stark
Col. Stark
West Oe
Williamson
Keyser
New Martinsville
Welch
Logan
Lewisburg
Weston
Richwood
Buckhannon
Grafton
Sutton Burlington Elkins
Moorefield
Romney, Spencer, Gassaway
Places
Stark
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