Merchants and Buyers Week Set for January 1945
Preparations for the Fifty-first Semi-Annual Merchants and Buyers Week at the West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield run January 8 to 11 1945. Displays open Monday January 8 with hours 9 to 5 daily. The event features 75 members with varied lines from Ready to Wear to Furniture and Gift Goods. A ballroom dance is planned January 9 and the meeting runs amid wartime shortages and production updates.
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Merchants and Buyers Week Association, Inc
West Virginian Hotel
Merchants and Buyers Week
Bluefield
America
Christmas Guests and Local Movements in Jenkin Jones
Christmas visitors and departures fill Jenkin Jones area as Huntington and Baltimore guests stay with relatives. Army and navy personnel including Dork Moore Reginald Deeweese Lt Clifford Murphy and Lester Mahaffey return or depart for service. Local families attend the funeral of Betty Lou Blayback and plan breakfast preparation tips follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Jones
Maxine Bane
Huntington
Charlies Mallory
Mallory
Lois Pressley
Baltimore
J. ™. Pressley
George Huff
Charleston
Huff
Levana Pressley Vickers
Pauline
Aileene
Lucille Nelson
Boston
Fr. F. Nelson
Nancy Holder
H. L. Wright
Martinsville
Roscoe Bennett
Nashville
Coy Mahaffey
Joan Wood
Woods
Ferne Murphy
Virginia Oldist
Helen Blankenship
Amanda
Oldist
Switchback Schools Set to Open Tuesday After Snow
Switchback West Virginia announces all schools will reopen Tuesday morning January 2 at the usual hour after a longer than expected vacation caused by heavy snowfall. Maybeury grade school students who drew names for the gifts exchange should bring their presents Tuesday for the party.
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W. Va
Maybeury
Miss Margarite Duff Weds Pfc Sigmon Sharpe in Simple Ceremony
In a Saturday evening rite at the bride's home the couple united in marriage with Rev. M. D. Lear officiating. Miss Duff is Elk Horn High School graduate and has served as assistant best mistress at Maybeury. Groom is a service member, recently stationed at Walter Reed Hospital and expected to return there soon.
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M. D. Lear
Margarite Duff
Pfc
Sigmon Sharpe
C. G. Duff
Elkhorn High School
Maybeury
Armed Forces
Alaska
Walter Reid Hospital
Washington, D. C
Grandson receives Bronze Star and Purple Heart for D-Day service
Mrs. M. K. Farmer of Maybeury reports her grandson First Lieutenant Charles Tom Primm, now in Germany, earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service and the Purple Heart for wounds. Primm served in France on D-Day after completing high school in Mullens Switchback and military training in New Jersey. His wife lives in Los Angeles, his mother in Starke Florida.
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M. K. Farmer
Maybeury
Charles Tom Primm
Germany
Primm
France
Switchback
Mullens
New Jersey
Los Angeles
Calif
John Washburn
Starke
Fla
Ellwood Atkinson Visits Town in Past Week
Ellwood Atkinson formerly of Mulberry called on friends here during the past week. The sergeant is a graduate of Elkhorn High School and previously lived in town before entering the service.
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Ellwood Atkinson
Mulbeury
Sergeant Atkinson
Elkhorn High School
Local Men Leave for Huntington Induction
Tuesday morning a group from board No. 3 departed for Huntington for induction into the armed forces. Harve P. Gibson Andrew J. Graley of Moorefield formerly of Switchback Delmar Weaver Frank Wade of Caretta formerly of Switchback Alex Lawson Frank Arl Yost.
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Huntington
Armed Forces
No. 3
Harve P. Gibson
Andrew J. Graley
Moorefield
Switchback
Delmar Weaver
Frank Wade
Caretta
Alex Lawson
Prank Arl Yost
Wesleyan Service Guild Set Meeting With Mrs Callaway
The Wesleyan Service guild will meet Thursday evening at 7 30 with chairman Mrs J C Callaway.
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Wesleyan Service Guild
Thursda
J. C. Callaway
Christmas Visits From Military Families
Thomas Foote of the Navy based Hoboken N J returned home for Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs A T Foote. Pfc Smith Faw of the U S Army visits his parents Mr and Mrs H Faw Maybeury. Pvt Roland Dillon a patient at Ashford General Hospital White Sulphur Springs visited friends here last week. Pvt Earl Clark of Camp Pickett Va spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs W W Clark Switchback. Joe Nunn S K 2 c stationed at Norfolk Va spent Christmas with his parents Mr and Mrs A Nunn. Sgt Vance Weaver and Mrs E H Weaver. Mr and Mrs O E Thompson and sons Carl and Don spent Christmas with relatives at Ham
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Thomas Foote
S 2 c
Navy
Hoboken
N. J
A. T. Foote
Pfc
Smith Faw
U. S. Army
H. Faw
Maybeury
Roland Dillon
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Earl Clark
Camp Pickett Va
W. W. Clark
Switchback
Joe Nunn
S.K. 2-c
Norfolk, Va
A. Nunn
Vance Weaver
E. H. Weaver
O. E. Thompson
Carl
Don
Ham
Hughie Agnew
Amonate
Claude Agnew
A. J. Graviey
Judy
Gary
H. H. Widener
Eleanor
Wayne Powers
Elaine
Bishop
John Chitmar
Ross Francisco
Tennessee
Jim Francisco
Steve Kaluk
ITI
Kaluks
Youngstown
Ohio
Clarence Wooten
Barbara
Rickey
Charleston
Ella Mae Dunagan
Narrows
Jeff Dunnagan
C. M. Thacker
Maybeurg
Davis
Fredericksburg
Dickie Nowlin
Johnson City
Yipsilanti
Mich
Howard White
Mississippi
Gladys Bruce
Mary Catherine Scott
Keystone
Margie Nunn
Ralph Ford
Great Bend
Kas
Ford
Bristol Tenn
Grant DeBusk
Christmas Holiday Visiting Across Switchback Area
Local families and friends shared Christmas visits across Switchback and nearby towns including Norfolk Virginia Portsmouth Roanoke Richmond and Glade Springs. People hosted relatives from Amonate Bishop Narrows Youngstown Detroit and Philadelphia as travel and holiday customs were noted.
Bristol return marks daughter’s work propels in air plant
Mrs Callie S Miller returns to Bristol where she is employed in an aircraft plant. Christmas holidays were spent with Mr and Mrs Ernest Miller and Mrs A J Graley and children of Moorefield West Virginia were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Grant De Busk Thursday. Bascom Rouse of Norfolk Virginia visited his parents Mr and Mrs P M Rouse during the holidays.
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Bristol
Callie S. Miller
Ernest Miller
A. J. Graley
Moorefield
W. Va
Grant DeBusk
Bascom Rouse
Norfolk
P. M. Rouse
Christmas Party Seen By Matoaka Women Group
The Woman's Society of Christian Service and Mary Sue Wright Bible class held their annual Christmas party on December 21. Ruth Mayberry sang with piano accompaniment. gifts were exchanged and a pot luck meal was shared. Also noted is the marriage of Ruby Kegley to Sgt. W C Laxton in a Bowling Green ceremony with attendants Bill Lyle and Mrs. Margaret Repass. Sgt. Laxton has served in Europe and is with the military police at Camp Campbell Kentucky.
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Matoaka
W. Va
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Mary Sue Wright
C. S. Butte
Ruth Mayberry
S. W. White
F. Mayberry
T. H. Hilman
Lashmeet
Ruby Kegley
W. C. Laxton
Rufus Laxton
Widemouth
Adtock
Bowling Green
Bill Lyle
Margaret Repass
Personal notes of holiday visits across towns
Miss Mary Bailey of Galveston Kentucky visits her parents Mr and Mrs James E Bailey. Mr and Mrs Joe Jaber and children visit Lynchburg Virginia this week. Mrs A J Madar of Washington DC visits her parents Mr and Mrs J A Kennedy, the former Marie Kennedy. Lieut A J Madar returns to Camp Meade Massachusetts after a short leave with his wife. Mr and Mrs Floyd Toliver host Christmas day guests, their parents Mr and Mrs B F Toliver.
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Mary Bailey
Galveston
James E. Bailey
Joe Jaber
Lynchburg
A. J. Madar
Washington, D. C
J. A. Kennedy
Madar
Marie Kennedy
Camp Meade
Floyd Toliver
B. F
Irene Stephens
Kingston
B. H. Stephens
Huat Bailey
Baltimore
Matoaka
C. B. Allen
Martha
Latta
D. C
Martha McComas
Buddy Haywood
New Point
Christiansburg
Weldon M. Harloe
San Francisco
John Hariloe
University of Virginia
W. W. Harloe
Thelma Maines
Kingsprot
Tenn
C. C. Liddle
Widemouth
J. D. Hartwell
Estil Ratliff
Radfort
Roy Hawkes
Columbus
Ohio
FE. L. Phillips
Charleston
Bucy Sneed
Bruce Bailey
Chicago
Til. S. K
Carl £. Compton
Harry Sisk
Allen Gay Wyatt
E. M
Nas
Beckley
New London
Conn
Clifton Bailey
Catherine
Set
Douglass Dunaway
New Year's Dinner at Jimmy's Famous Restaurant
The piece touts a New Year's dinner at Jimmy's, described as a legendary restaurant across the two Virginias with a distinct atmosphere and moderately priced meals. It notes national fame spanning a third of a century and mentions Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt as a possible dining companion.
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Jimmy
Two
Virginias
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Christmas Visitors From Town And Country
Families and relatives from Matoaka Kingsport Baltimore Chicago and Charlottesville shared Christmas holidays with kin in Matoaka and nearby towns. Movements include Winters in Beckley Charleston and New Point Virginia with military personnel from Washington DC and California visiting.
Williamses Welcome Visitors During Christmas Season
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Williams of Narrows Virginia host relatives and friends over Christmas while Ralph S. Bird of the U S Army spends a 30 day furlough in Longview Texas and nearby Athens. Miss Dorothy Lancaster of Washington D C visits her parents Mr and Mrs J C Lancaster. Mrs Murrell Lancaster and sons Jay Charles and Mormar from Blacksburg Virginia visit J C Lancaster Mrs L O Quillen and daughters Doris and Margaret Ann of Kingsport Tennessee join the Christmas gathering.
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H. T. Williams
Narrows
Ralph S. Bird
U.S Army
Longview Hospital
Texas
Athens
Dorothy Lancaster
Washington, D. C
J C. Lancaster
Murrell Lancaster
Jay Charles and
Mormar
Blacksburg
J. C. Lancaster
L. O. Quillen
Doris
Margaret Ann
Kingsort
Tenn
Holidays with Mrs H I Quillens mother and relatives
Not enough readable details to identify events or individuals. The fragment mentions holidays with Mrs H I Quillen, his mother, and relatives, implying family gathering or observance. No dates, places, or organizations are clear.
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