Gary High School Pearl Harbor Commemoration at Gary
Gary High School students held a Pearl Harbor Day assembly in the new gymnasium. Henry Coulon led remarks, Bob Ketter spoke on The Will to Peace, and a skit The Little Patriot featured Mabel Crouse Thomas Mayhew Jean Blanchard Frank Billings Jennie Zachweija Katie Yurkovich.
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Gary
Henry Coulon
Bob Ketter
Mabel Crouse
Thomas Mayhew
Jean Blanchard
Frank Billings
Jennie Zachweija
Katie Yurkovich
Jean Alyce Satterfield
Iss Evelyn Metcalf
Betty To Caudle
Bob Douglas
Joe Magyar
Michael O’brien
Louis Bingham
Daniel Parrish
Charles Jewell
Maurice Fleming
Billy Marinelli
Wallace Roberts
Julia Jaroslawski
Marjorie Cook
Wilma Lou Webb
Cantata “The Manger Child” by William Baines
Gary Methodist church choir will present the cantata The Manger Child by William Baines on Sunday December 17 at Gary Methodist church. The performance features local singers and Christmas music.
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William Baines
Gary Methodist Church
Enters Service Clarence E. Pritts Heads to Army Air Corps
Clarence E. Pritts son of Mr and Mrs C H Fritts of Filbert departed this week for Camp Atterbury Indiana to begin active training in the U S Army Air Corps. Mr and Mrs Fritts accompanied him?
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Clarence E. Pritts
C. H. Fritts
Filbert
Camp Atterbury
Ind
U. S. Army Air Corps
Fritt
Overseas Awards Highlight Local Soldiers In WW II Service
Howard Svetlecih, serving in the south Pacific with the U S Marine Corps, has spent eleven months overseas and wears the purple heart for wounds on Guam. Pvt Carl Svetlecki of Gary, with the military police in England, earns two overseas chevrons marking a year in the European theatre. he enlisted in April 1942 after basic at Kearnsfield Utah and posts at Camp Ripley Minn before joining the Eighth Air Force.
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Howard
South Pacific
U. S. Marine Corps
Guam
Carl Svetlecih
Joseph Svetlecih
Gary
England
Svetlecki
Kearnsfield
Utah
Camp Ripley
Minn
Eighth Air Force Service Command
Britain
Enrollment progress for Junior Red Cross in schools
The campaign reports solid interest as 37 schools from small to large enroll about 6,000 members. Remittances surpass required fees with large sums sent in. Notable enrollments include Coalwood junior high 495 members and $12.95, Jenkin Jones eight rooms and $18, Saeger grade school 10 rooms and $18.87, Berwind junior high 850 students and $15.95. Messages notes Pfc Eugene R Ball in England recovering from injuries. CITED FOR SERVICE Pfc Bill Kovach cited for combat infantry badge with Fifth Army in Italy.
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Red Cross
Nick Grasso
Gary
Coalwood Junior High
Jenkin Jones
Saeger Grade School
Berwind Junior High
Bill. J. Kovach
Susie Kovach
Filbert
First Armored Division
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
War prisoner writes from captivity to Cox family
Mr and Mrs James A Cox of Thorpe received two letters in recent weeks from their son Clarence Cox a prisoner of war held by the Japanese government The messages confirm his status and enduring hope despite captivity.
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James A. Cox
Thorpe
Clarence Cox
Jimmy's Restaurant Serves Seafood in Bluefield
A local note says you can dine at Jimmy's Restaurant in Bluefield for seafood specialties. It mentions a seaside setting in Chesapeake Bay and a recent night sleep before.
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Jimmy's
Chesapeake Bay
Bluefield
Gary church services and community notices in brief
Local church announcements list worship times at Gary Methodist Our Lady of Victory and St Marys St Josephs St Johns Episcopal with pastors and services. Odd Fellows lodge hosts Southern West Virginia Past Grand association December 11 at 7 30 p.m. at Gary lodge hall with officer elections and refreshments.
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St. John's Episcopal Church
A. B. Jones
Gary Methodist Church
Gary Lodge Iqof
Grand Association of Southern
Christmas programs planned at Northfork High and church
The Christian Methodist church board in Keystone opened with prayer led by Rev. A T Stewart. Reports were read by Mrs. R M Goade. Plans for a Christmas program were completed including a December 17 Northfork High School choir concert and a December 24 evening program with the church school classes.
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Gary P. T. A
Gary P.T. A
Gary
Don Brandon
Welch
Myrtle Wood
Christine Carr
Keystone
W. Va
Board of Christian
Methodist Church
Trummer
A. T. Stewart
R. M. Goade
Northfork High School
H. Mitcell
Discu
Attendees Named at Bland Street Methodist District Meeting
Among those at the district meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist church held in Bluefield at Bland Street Methodist church Tuesday were Mesdames FP P ee, Ben ar H H ag A. Neal, W. B. Bourne, H. P Meadows, Bet Dorton, N. B.
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Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Bluefield
Bland Street Methodist Church
Mesdames FP. P. Ee
Ben Ar H. H. Ag A. Neal
W. B. Bourne
H. P . Meadows
Bet Dorton
N. B
Local Notes From Gary and Ghent This Week
In Gary Harold J. Keith Jr son of Mr and Mrs J H Keith is a patient at Welch hospital with an infected ear his father is serving in the armed forces in Hou nd Luther Bingham and family from Macon Ga are visiting while Luther is stationed with the U S army air forces Mrs Joe Tuell and Mrs Orville Lilly visited their parents Mr and Mrs G W Canaday at Ghent over the past weekend.
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Woodrow Crabtree
R. V. Shanklin
Cincinnati
Ohio
Huntington
Dick Shanklin
Robert Cooper
New Orleans
Pfc
George N. Novince
Fort Meade
Gary
John Dudas
Mary Alice
Chicago
Welch
Claude Banner
Harold J. Keith, Jr
J. H. Keith
Welch Hospital
Hound
Luther Bingham
Bingham
Macon
Luther
U. S. Army Air Forces
Joe Tuell
Orville Lilly
G. W. Canaday
Ghent
Local Youth Work Chair Seated in Bluefield District
Mrs. Stewart is elected to chair the youth work for the coming year in the Bluefield district. Ep. A, ip, Gonde Goade, the Rev. and T. Stewart are noted in the report as key figures in the arrangement.
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Ep. A, Ip
Gonde Goade
T. Stewart
Stewart
Local notes on military moves and family visits
A stream of brief items lists service members stationed overseas or moving to new posts including Bowman in Florida, Joe Elliott in Saipan, and Lee Wallis transferred to Asheville after furlough. Relatives visit Bluefield, Peterstown, Welch, Honaker, and Huntington as family ties persist during the military era.
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Peterstown
T. C. Palmer
Bluefield
Harry Quennon
Huntington
Rudolph Gordon
Massachusetts
O'Brien
Sgt
Ray Walls
Visi
Walter Buckland
Lee Wallis
U. S. Army
Parfama
Asheville
N.C
Welch
Honaker
Otto Mansfield
A. R. Peterman
Sybil
Gp Skveusty
Billie
Jeece
Cnet Ohio
C. E. Elliott
Moon Gender Across Languages
The moon is described as feminine in English French Latin Greek and Italian while Teutonic languages assign it masculine gender. This reflects differing linguistic gender systems across language families and historical usage.
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Gary, W. Va
Gary High School
Pearl Harbor
Charles Kertesz
George Kertesz
Germany
Gary No. 6
Fort Bragg
N. C
Belfrad H. Gray
B. Hampton Gray
J. P. Byrd
Mesdames Melba Cannady
Fihe Collins
Gladys Belcher
Elbert P.T. A
Elbert Parent-Teachers Association
John Pavilion
Katherine Phillips
Bartav
Ruth Reynolds
Metcalf
Gary Red Cross
D. L. Barr
H. E. Swan
E. Conner
Edward Kantorik
E. Clemens
R. H. Moore
Bridge Club
Luther Easter
Grace Hospital
J. Prances _ LA a
Mrs. Gordon
James Reid
Harry Reid
U.S. Army Air Corps
Lincoln
Neb
Jane Coulon
U .S
Nurse Corps
Adele Coulon
N. F. Coulon
David
Dean L. Barr
Vicks
Coucn
Junior Red Cross
L. M. Ball
Wilcoe
Eugene R
Jack) Ball
Montgomery Ward
Federal ST. Dial
Hoten
Hoten Manchoukuo
Keystone, W. VA
Reen Ben-Gay Quick
Sovran
Thos. Leeming & Co., Inc
Gelique Baume
Milo Ben
Gay Eres
Telia
Niflentromery Ward
Federal ST
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