Beaver High to Remember Pearl Harbor Program
Beaver High students gather for a Pearl Harbor assembly featuring a skit There Are No Little Things and a Victory Council meeting to discuss the bond drive and ring plans. Prizes for a patriotic poster contest are awarded as stamps and War Savings stamps go on sale along with a new bond booth and two clubs sponsor a Sunday ticket chance.
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Beaver High School
Pearl Harbor
Victory Council
Debonaire
Beta Gamma
Beaver
Patriot
Privateers
Ramplers
Beavers School
Miss Helen Housman To Sing At College Vesper Service
Miss Helen Housman daughter of Mr and Mrs B B Housman Albemarle street will be one of the soloists in Madison College Glee club annual sound service Sunday She will also take part in special trio selections with two other students The program features old and modern carols and selections from various Christmas orations
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Helen Housman
B. B. Housman
Albemarle Street
Madison College Glee Club
Miss Housman
Family Reunion At Rives Jones Home
A reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rives R. Jones Sr. brought together four generations. Attendees included Rives Jones Jr with family in Ashland Kentucky Wilson E. Jones Jr and son Randolph from Paintsville Charles Goodman Jones and Mrs. Jones of Great Bend Kansas and Mrs C A Feuchten sberger. A WWII era note cites U S railroads carrying 100 percent more passengers in 1943 than 1918.
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Rives R. Jones
Rives . Jones, Jr
Rives
Ashland
Wilson E. Jones
Randolph
Paintsville
Charles Goodman Jones
Jones
Great Bend
Kan
C. A. Feuchtensberger
Mrs. Jones
U. S
Garden club events fill Thursday calendar
Club activities list for Thursday include Intermediate Fellowship at Brand Street Church 5 30 p m and Business Women's circle at First Baptist Church 5 30 p m. Allegheny Garden club holds an executive meeting with Mrs W 8 Owen Main View Avenue at 2 00 p m then a 2 30 p m session on Mountain Ee Avenue. Ramsey ie oa ve bead meet 7 45 p m. Loyalty Ries 94 meets at IOOF hall. Wingfield Watts Bible Ass Christmas party at Bland Street Church Ham Sto pall.
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Va . Garden
Brand Street Church
First Baptist Church
Allegheny Garden Club
Owen
Main View Avenue
Mountainee Avenue
m.Ramsey
Formal Initiation Of New Members By Sorority
The Sigma Theta sorority at Bluefield College held formal initiation Tuesday evening at the home of N Clar ence in Bluefield Virginia with Miss Arlene Goosey as hostess. New members include Dottie aoe mag a Pt Eleanor neler Anna ree Holcomb Bertha Gray McNeil agga Huffins and Virginia Plans were made for a Christmas party at Miss Betty Crowell home on December 32 Names were drawn to exchange gifts and a show is planned to raise funds A next meeting will be at Miss Shirley Mahood home in Bluefield Virginia.
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Sigma Theta Sorority
Bluefield College
N. Clarence
Shirley Mahood
Bluefield
Religion's Importance Pastor Speaks at Preston PTA Meeting
The Rev. C. G. Eastwood of Trinity Methodist spoke on religion's role in American life at the Preston Street PTA gathering held at the school Tuesday afternoon. President Mrs. William R. Peraldo led the meeting, with Miss Margaret Easily noting Red Cross work and waste-fat and paper salvage efforts.
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C. G. Eastwood
Trinity Methodist Church
Preston Street
Eastwood
William R. Peraldo
America
Margaret Easily
Red Cross
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Susan Burnette
Nancy O'Keefe
Mary Ann Stahler
Rebecca Hogsette
W. C. Tulloh
Worker's Conference Dinner Meet At Bland Street Church
The Sunday school workers dinner at Bland Street Methodist Church was led by J. T. Harvey with devotional by Mrs. Kenneth Addington. Frank Stowers spoke on What I Like About the Sunday School and Miss Desir Gilmore on What Our Sunday School Needs. Departmental meetings followed with the Board of Christian Education closing the evening.
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Bland Street
Board of Christian Education
Mercer County War Activities Reported by Local Leaders
Mrs. E. W. Harris heads Mercer County Women’s War Activities as Mrs. Chester Cooke reports November sales of 104 550 through personal solicitation. A miner’s family of eight buys stamps weekly and bonds are sold in each drive. Henry Morgenthau Jr. honors Cooke with a formal citation. Local booths under Women’s War Activities promote Buy Bonds and Stamps for Christmas with sites at American Legion auxiliary F W Woolworths Kresge Moose Bluefield Garden Club Victory Exchange 617 Raleigh Street and Beaver High School Girl Reserves sell Warsages.
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E. W. Harris
Mercer County
Chester Cooke
Cooke
Henry Morganthau
United States
American Legion Auxiliary
F. W. Woolworth Company
Women of the Moose
Kresge
Bluefield Garden Club
Victory Exchange
Raleigh Street
Beaver High School
Holiday Visits From Local Families Mentioned
Miss Lucille M Roach visiting sisters Mrs A O Garland Landgraff and Mrs C E Prancis Jr Wilcoe. Mrs J M Roach guest at daughter Mrs C E cis y jr Wilcoe. J Hye Conrad engineer N and W will visit daughters in Douglas Ariz during Christmas holidays then return to Bluefield. C E Francis returned from Charlottesville Va after operation at University of Virginia hospital.
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Lucille M. Roach
WAVE
Island
Calif
A. O. Garland
Landgraff
C. E. Prancis, Jr
Wilcoe
J. M. Roach
Stirrat
C. E. Cisy, Jr
J. Hye Conrad
Bluefield Avenue
Pocahontas
Norfolk and Western
Arizona
R. L. Chalk
Douglas, Ariz
Hannigan
Douglas
Bluefield
C.E. Francis
Third Street
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Hospital
Francis
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Military personnel from Bluefield and nearby towns are noted for recent promotions leaves and assignments. Seaman first class Frank T. McQueen completes training at Norman and Lt. Charles Goodman Jones visits before overseas. Others include Lt. James Tate McClung promoted, Cpl. Ernest Bertok at Richmond for checks, and Pvt. Henry Patrick Jr. at Aberdeen with expert rifle medal.
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Frank T. McQueen
Wanda J. McQueen
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield
Naval Air Tech Training Center
Norman
Henry Patrick, Jr
H. M. Patrick
Newell, Va
Army Service Forces Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Patrick
Tazewell
Government urges fats drive as 1943 oilseed output climbs
Farmers answer the government plea by boosting oilseed crop production 73.8 percent ahead of 1941. The 1944 cooking fat goal targets 23 million pounds for housewives, equating to about one pound per family per month.
Dorothy Dix advice on wives, money, and home life
Column discusses how wives influence husbands through money use and social life, warns against overpraising a husband, and contrasts homebound duties with outside socializing. Includes reader questions on teenage independence, adolescent love, and parent child misunderstandings with Dorothy Dix responses.
Service Men's club hosts 56 guests and 3 accompanying wives
Daily Doings Of Area Women notes the Service Men's Club hosting fifty six service men with three wives as guests. Contributions included jam from Mrs. H L Bowling Jr and juice glasses from several donors. Mrs. L D Mattox was chairman with co chair Mrs C W Pace. Workers listed among area women.
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Service
Service Men's Club
H. L. Bowling, Jr
W. M. Currie
Charles Musser
Carl Henderickson
Norman Crawford
W. A Pankey
L. D. Mattox
C W. Pace
William Pool
Ethel Linkous
R. L Shelton
Nancy Taylor
FP. L. Black
Cleon Heller
Grace Pearman
Jimmy's Oyster House Featured in Chesapeake Bay Dining Ad
An old ad promotes Jimmy's Aurant in Bluefield for seafood lovers. It touts dining today and night service with Chesapeake Bay seafood specialties.
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Chesapeake Bay
Bluefield
Free Ammunition Program Seeks 130000 More Workers
War Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt announced a stepped up ammunition drive requiring more than 130,000 additional workers. About 84,000 will join artillery and mortar plants, 46,000 for small arms. Women are urged to fill many roles as facilities expand across Region IV with key sites in Baltimore Charleston Morgantown Wheeling Lynchburg Radford Pulaski Roanoke Winston Salem Greensboro.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Baltimore
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Beaver High
Rives Jones
American Institute of Laundering
Araid
Preston Pta
Bland Street Church
Princeton Ave
Giles St
DIAL
Anderson
Anderson Construction Company
Army Air Forces
Helen Hale
North Street
Tech
Donald F. Turner
Panama
Ethel Turner
Avenue
James Tate McClung
5. B. McClung
Wyomin Street
McClung
Naval Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
Southwest Pacific Area
Ernest F. Bertok
Grace Bertok
AAFP
Richmond Va
Bertok
Bramwell High School
William D. Clayton
W. J. Clayton
College Avenue
Provisional Aviation
Roswell
Dorothy DIX
Poverty Street
Hey
Johnny
Mamie
Susie
Miss DIX
Shen
Hepcat
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Prytannia Street
New Or
Louisiana
Cuticura
Opticians
National Optical, Stores Co
SMC
Bluefiels
West VA
Mangels ‘Apparel
Femin
David
Owens & Minor
Richmond
Vincent Paoliello
Tazewell St
Biuvefielad W. Va
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