Gen W B Smith Elevated as Key Army Planner in Europe
Lt Gen Walter Bedell Smith known as Beedle serves as Eisenhower's chief of staff and shadow commander with duties across Europe. His record shows sharp organizational skill, blunt honesty, and a long rise from private to lieutenant general through WWI and WWII. He balances hard service with social duties and remains a central figure at supreme command despite ulcers and periodic medical issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bedell
Beedle” Smith
Dwight D. “Ike
Eisenhower
Beedie
Ike
Gen. Marshall
Marshall
Beedle
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Smith
Europe
Gen. Smith
West Point
France
Chateau Thierry
Churchill
Ately
Scotland
London
Supreme Command
Mary Eleanor Cline
Washington
Kimball Notes and Navy Family Update
Mrs. T E Organ led a missionary net meeting in Kimball on Friday evening with Mrs. M J Jones absent as circle chair. After devotional and business, guests enjoyed refreshments for a ninth birthday celebration with gifts for the boy. Scott, son of Mr and Mrs 8 A Scott, has been named chief petty officer after seven years in the navy and a period overseas. his wife Beatrice Nance and their daughter reside in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie
Richie Larese
Billy Lackey
Johnny Magtini
Edward Mosko
John Lee Anderson
Jackie Knea
Sammy Joe Ametri
Gien Jones
Scott
A. Scott Orn
U. S. Navy
Navy
Beatrice Nance
Vivian
New York
Guests Visit From Florida and Beckley Musicians to Return in September
Mr and Mrs John Grego hosted over the weekend Horace Ett of Florida Ve Rduce and his sisters Misses Mary Geneva and Joan Verduce of Beckley. Bennet and Verduce, a pianist and vocalist, have been at music school in Chicago and will go back there in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grego
Horace Ett
Florida
Uale
Verduce
Mary Geneva
Joan Verduce
Beckley
Bennet
Chicago
Class Meets The Young Adult Bible Class At Houston Methodist
The Houston Methodist church hosts a Young Adult Bible class gathering. Members join weekly sessions for study, discussion, and fellowship led by church educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Houston Methodist Church
Service Men Wives to Be Honored by Local Church
At Salley home Potts ormnies De Bailey regular meeting included a Bible lesson read by Mrs. C R Jewell and a talk on The Bible in Education by Mrs J Will Bailey. Rev L E Crowson offered prayer as Dale Blevins led the business in Mrs Travis Parsons absence. The class planned a buffet supper on August 16 in the church dining room to honor service members wives.
Births in Foster Falls and by the Roberts family
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Akers of Foster Falls Virginia celebrate the birth of a daughter named Shirley Louise on July 27 at home. Mrs. Akers is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Garland Ashworth. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Roberts announce the birth of a daughter named Elizabeth Ann on August 3. The Roberts have two sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. B. Akers
Foster Falls
Shirley Louise
Akers
Garland Ashworth
Jimmy Roberts
Elizabeth Ann
the Roberts
Social Notes Move Through Bluefield and Nearby Towns
Local social roundup lists numerous Akron and Bluefield residents visiting relatives and guests across Roanoke Boissevain Sylvatus and Goodwin's Virginia as well as Williamson and Kimball. Families include Marshalls Wrights Ritcheys Leedys Hensleys Wood Poage Crute and others with travels to Camp Campbell Roanoke Chatam Bel Air and Fort Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Lee Cooke
Kimball
Richard Weiser
Bluefield
Goodwin's
Eddie Lee
E. E. Cooke
Jimmy Parrish
Jean
Violet Ashworth
Roanoke
J. M. Price
Sol Kaufman
Baltimore
Doris Lee Belcher
Princeton
Gertrude Crute
H. J. Crute
Fortunato Grego
Mary Virginia
Joan
J. E. Brown
Bel Air
Grego
Pfc
Bryant W. Brown
Fort Jackson
8. C
Betty Booth
Evelyn Elliott
Parkersburg
Sally Poage
Marlington
Miss Booth
Births and Meeting Notice From Worth West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Thomas welcome a six pound daughter born Friday at home. James D Green and Mrs Green announce a son born July 28 at the home of Mrs Green’s parents Teddy Clinton. The father is stationed in France. Worth women’s club meeting announced with urged full attendance at Mrs J D Tyas home.
Community Notices Highlight Local Visitors and Illnesses
Stewart, Ga. arrived for a ten day furlough with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Browning and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson. Preston hosts guests including the forture's mother. McCormick ill at home. Dalton returned to Daniel Field after a ten day furlough. Tate admitted to Stevens clinic. Edgewood visitors including former residents Stephan and Ann. Fender and Kenneth Large spent the weekend with the Fender home. Montgomery improving after appendectomy at Bluefield sanitarium. Grind staff and family visited Elizabethton. Roberta Biggs transferred to Pocahontas Fuel payroll at Bottom Creek. Dudley and Davidson of Cherokee serve as bookkeepers at Rolfe store during Bowles' Colorado Springs vacation. Fender treated at Bluefield sanitarium. Ritter resumes duties at Rolfe store after vacation. Paul Dalton visited grandmother. Walthall and son Dickie visited Givens home. Mrs. Pratt to return after Cone Island visit with Patsy Stevenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Dalton
Daniel Field
Augusta
Furis
P. W
Tony Tate
Stevens Clinic
John Stephan
Ann
Edgewood
Fender
Kenneth Large
Concord College
F. E. Fender
Alma Montgomery
Bluefield Sanitarium
Charles Grindstaff
Elizabethton
Tenn
Roberta Biggs
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Bottom Creek
Nancy Dudley
Frances Davidson
Cherokee
Rolfe Store
Eloise Bowles
Colorado Springs
Colo
James Ritter
Rolfe
Paul Dalton
Longacre
P. W. Dalton
Richard Walthall
Dickie
Princeton
Nicolas Appert and the birth of canning
Nicolas Appert, a French innovator, proposed heating foods and sealing them hermetically in containers to preserve them, laying the groundwork for modern canning techniques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicolas Appert
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W. B. Smith
DMC
Taylor’ S
Princeton Ave
Wirt Marshall
Akron
Ohio
A. R. Marshall
G. Wright
Frank Smith
Camp Campbell
King - Casewell
Glen Ritchey
Glen, Jr
Boissevain
Js. E . Ritchey
Lazelle Surrett
Wash Damon
John G. Leedy
C. A. Hensley
Helen
Jim
W. E. Booth
Betty
Frida
Shirley Wood
Joe Knea Yerman
Raymond Kestner
England
Vetemn
Barbara Jean
Core
Sylvatus
E. L. Meadows
Margaret
Virginia
Chatam
George Arthur
Ane
E Bailey
An. RB Curry
Ronceverte
H. L. Gray
Williamson
Charles
H. L. Gray Tuesay
Tren Eo
Slim Casuals
C. S&s
Chris
J. D. Ty
John T. Sheets
Camp Houston
Eewn
A. Scott
Charleston
Z. T. Phillips
Phillips
L. C
Lucas
Leon
Edgar Cook
Iachia
J. R. Cook
Louise Ashworth
Omar
Vivian M
Washington, D. C
Virginia Meadows
Viv
Ereta
Joy Ellen Parsons
Travis Parsons
Montgomery Ward
Federal St
Dial
James Givens
John Pratt
Coneiss Neidawning
Tazewell
Patsy Stevenson
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
the Commercial Bark Member
Bluefield, W. VA
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