Burgess Jr Promoted to War Correspondent for AP
Arthur E Burgess Jr of Bluefield and Princeton has been promoted to war correspondent for the Associated Press. He will depart from San Francisco for the Pacific theater soon after two years as Tacoma bureau manager and prior experience in Seattle and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. FE. Burgess, Sr
Bluefield
Princeton
Arthur E. Burgess, Jr
Associated Press
West Coast
Tacoma
Washington
San Francisco
Calif
Beattle Jap
Burgess
Daily Telegraph
Beaver High School
Duke University
Concord State College
Newport News
New York City
New York Journal of Commerce
Seattle
Wash
Ledger- News Tribune
Arthur E
Art) Burgess
North “E” Street
Tacoma AP
Pacific War Theater
Guadalcanal
Sanancisco
Hipple
Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
William L. Worden
Aleutians
North Carolina
Dage University
Durham
N. C
Athens
W. Va
Burges
Catherine E. Hines
Kay
Annie Ae Seminary
Mr. Burgess
West Virginia
George Frederick Hines
North 6Th Street
Welch
A. E. Burgess, Sr
Service School Building Opens for Negro Navy Recruits
A $200000 naval service school building for Black sailors was dedicated at Great Lakes Illinois before about 1000 Negro bluejackets. Capt R R M Emmet praised the effort while turning over the building to Capt H R Harris. The site trains machinists mates amid other trades with a second Negro school at Hampton Institute Virginia offering carpenter and diesel courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Service School
Great Lakes
Ill
United States Navy
R. R. M. Emmet
H. R. Harris
Emmet
Hampton Institute
N. Va
Bramwell High School Graduates and Local Social Notes
Among Bramwell graduates are Albert West Alma Mahaffey Dorothy Shrader Betty Jean Chumbly and Betty Ann Bennett. Mrs T M Johnson of Mullens visited daughter Hedley Shrader of Cliff Yard. Miss Ruby Jones attends Vacation school in Belfield. Jack Myles returns to Great Lakes naval base after visiting his mother Mrs Tom Myles. Mr and Mrs Richard Shrader visited friends in Crystal. Pred Foster son of Charlie Foster returns from navy to visit family. Wells Gilmore returns to Great Lakes base. Shultz family learns their son Paul is a prisoner of the Japs. David Fred son of Mr and Mrs Fred Shrader has been ill this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Shrader
Crystal
Pred Foster
Charlie Foster
Navy
Wells Gilmore
Great Lakes
Shultz
Paul
David Fred
Fred Shrader
Bottle-shaped rock silos mark early Australian wheat storage
The first wheat silos in Australia were built at Cockatoo in 1839. They were carved from rock and fashioned to resemble large bottles, reflecting early colonial ingenuity in grain storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Cockatoo
Young Girl's Club Holds Weiner Roast in Vivian
The Young Girl's Club of the Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Miss Glenna Lake Martin's Vivian home on Wednesday. Doris Ann Mattox served as vice for the program with a nature talk by Marie Williams, a poem "June," and a song "For The Beauty of the Earth." New members Ruth Lindsey and Marie Winton were welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Vaughan
Lilian Early
Ruth Lindsey
Marie Winton
Doris Ann Mattox
Doris Belcher
Nancy Testerman
Florence Douglas
Katherine French
Marjorie Powell
Eleanor Gregory
Marie Williams
Jeanne Vaughan
Virginia Nan Curry
Olga Hawks
Matoaka
Birthday Party Honors Fifth Birthday At Mrs McDaniel’s Home
Mrs J H McDaniel hosted a Friday afternoon party for her son’s fifth birthday with LaVerne McDaniel directing games and refreshments. Guests included Louise Larese Tommy Harris Thomas Hudson Shirley Woodyard Shirley Mosko Cecelia and Amelia Council Patty Grass Jackie and Peatie Doss Betty and Josephine Serreno Buddy Donchatz Sanders Mills Jackie Nance Bunny Shrader George Barry Grogan Ray and LaVerne McDaniel. The honoree received numerous gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McDaniel
LaVerne McDaniel
Louise Larese
Tommy Harris
Thomas Hudson
Shirley Woodyard
Shirley Mosko
Cecelia
Amelia Council
Patty Grass
Jackie
Peatie Doss
Betty
Josephine Serreno
Buddy Donchatz
Sanders Mills
Jackie Nance
Bunny Shrader
George Barry Grogan
Ray
Young Adults Bible Class Meets at Mosko Home
The Houston Methodist church Young Adult Bible class gathered Friday for a cover-dish dinner at Mr. and Mrs. John Mosko home. President Mrs Travis Parsons led the business session with the Lord's Prayer. They planned the next meeting at the J Will Bailey home with a weiner roast and listed members and guest Mrs John Knea of Superior as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Methodist Church
John Mosko
Travis Parsons
J. Will Bailey
C. D. Eddins
Bobbie Mason
C. R. Jewell
R. A. Goad
J. R. Phillips
J. H. McDaniel
Mosko
John Knea
Superior
Circle No 2 Women’s group meets for June program
Circle No 2 of the Woman's with Mrs. Paul K Jackson met Thursday evening at her home for the June meeting. Ethel Vaughan led the devotional with scripture by J Will Bailey and a prayer by George M Curry. A solo by J E Herndon and readings by Vaughan and Curry closed the program. Mrs. Paul Bailey chaired the meeting. A closing party plate was served to Rev. George M Curry and others listed with Mrs Jackson assisting three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Paul K. Jackson
Ethel Vaughan
J. Will Bailey
Phillipians
George M. Curry
J. E. Herndon
Vaughan
Marvin Taylor
Breakfast Shower Honors Mrs. Travis Parsons on Bailey Lawn
Mrs J Will Bailey and Mrs Paul Bailey hosted a Tuesday morning breakfast shower on the Bailey lawn at 9 o'clock honoring Mrs Travis Parsons. A picture was awarded to Mrs Vergie Brown who tied with two others for the most hidden gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Will Bailey
Paul Bailey
Bailey Lawn
Travis Parsons
Vergie Brown
Parsons
Paul K. Jackson
L. C Lucas
E. N. Watson
W. FE. Booth
R. C. Goad
Oars Ge Bien
R. F. Lyons
Bobbie Mason
J. H. Mc
Hostesses Named in Local Event By Various Ladies
Daniel and several local ladies including Mrs. C. R. Jewell Mrs. Bell Mrs. J. W. Scott Mrs. E. Organ and Mrs. Troy Sawyers organized the event serving as hostesses for the gathering in the community center.
Local residents depart on visits and back to family homes
Mrs Virginia Harris and Mrs Non Rector leave for Camp Campbell Kentucky to visit their brother and husband Lieutenant Non Rector then to Fort Smith Arkansas for a month. Billie Griffith visits Filbert with uncle Robert Ryder and family. Various local families spend weekends with relatives in Sylvatus Virginia Bristol Tennessee Roanoke and other towns. Miss Olga Hawks visits Matoaka while Gladys and Rose Sinscropes travel to San Marcos Texas. Mrs Harry Franklin and daughter June head to Fort Lauderdale Florida to visit N H Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Harris
Non Rector
Camp Campbell
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Billie Griffith
Filbert
Robert Ryder
L. V. Belcher
Anet Ray
W. E. Booth
George Eddins
Conway
Patty
Spnt
C. D. Eddins
Doris Lee Belcher
J. M. Shaffer
Roanoke
Bob Becheler
T. J. Eads
R. B. Testerman
Nancy
Bobby Testerman
Bristol
Moody Wyatt
A. S. Bailey
Tommy
Sidney
Jaeger
T. E. Organ
Ward Miles
Fred
Marion
Mr. Miles
J. H. Miles
Pine
Beckley
J. M. Price
Johnny
Bluefield
Archie Price
Alfred Isherwood
Powhatan
Ed Isherwood
Ed Isherwood, and Mrs. Isherwood, Miss Doris Ann Mattax
Olga Hawks
Matoaka
W. Va
Gladys
Rose Sinscrope
Felix Sinscrope
San Marcos
Ladies Aid Meets at Mrs Fugate Home Berwind W Va
June 5 Berwind West Virginia report shows the Ladies Aid Society gathering at Mrs M B Fugate home. Notes include Mrs Frank Melly returning to Baltimore, Dr and Mrs J L McCarty back from Florida, Betty Jo Rankin home for summer after Berea College, Lottie Boyd going to Maryland to work in a defense plant, Mrs J E Stafford Jr recovering from Bluefield Sanitarium, Irene Martin spending summer in Denver, and a curious line about the average Lapp family needing 100 reindeer for maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwind
W. Va
Ladies Aid Society
M. B. Fugate
Frank Melly
Baltimore
John Branson
J. L. McCarty
Florida
Betty Jo Rankin
Berea College
Lottie Boyd
Daily Doings Of Area Men In U S Service
Area men in the U S armed forces are noted in this roundup. Ben Hawes on three day pass visits his wife on Rogers street from Camp Bunner North Carolina. Alfred Crawford returns from Bluefield to Pacific coast base after eight years away. Several others gain promotions and transfers across Fort Dix New Jersey Keesler Field Mississippi Camp Grant Illinois and various air bases in Delaware Texas and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corp
Ben Hawes
Camp Bunner
N. C
Rogers Street
Corporal Hawes
Dillion Family Returns Home From Trip In West Virginia
Mr and Mrs Lacy Dillion and daughters Sarah Maye and Sharon Gaye have returned to their Herndon West Virginia home after a trip. June 5 report notes the family’s arrival and readjustment details from E L Shelton regional correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon, W. Va
Lacy Dillion
Sarah Maye
Sharon Gaye
Men in World War II service and injuries listed
Private Charles W Walk was slightly wounded in the North Africa theater on May 6. His mother Mrs Carrie Lenora Walk of Bluefield was notified by the war department. Walk, a Graham High School student, was drafted October 15, 1942, trained at Fort Belvoir and left for abroad in February. He serves with armored engineers in North Africa. His wife’s family at Fort Leonard Wood also has draft history. Georgia M Massie of the WAAC is visiting Des Moines on furlough from Drake University where she is in the first women's Military police corps. Reginald L Winesetter, formerly of McComas, now serves with a coast artillery barrage balloon battalion at Camp Tyson, with wife Leona June Winesetter visiting Bluewell. He awaits overseas orders and could not secure a furlough. Prior to December 1942 induction, he worked for Pocahontas Fuel at McComas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall W. Greene
U. S. Navy
R. L. Greene
Bluefield
Africa
Jenkin Jones
Greene
Emmett W. Greene
Searchan
Navy
Marshall
Emmet
Sat
Vernon E. Greene
Camp Butner
N. C
Raleigh Emerson Tabor, Jr
Falls Mills
Greenville
Miss
Napier Field
Dothan
Ala
Tabor
Army Aviation
Charleston
Atchmond
Nashville, Tenn
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Tuscaloosa
Adet Tabor
Graham School
Los Angeles
Calif
Army
Charles W
Billie) Walk
Carrie Lenora Walk
War Department
Washington, D. C
Walk
Graham High School
United States Army
Fort Belvoir
Armored Engineers
North Africa
Fort Leonard Wood
Georgia M. Massie
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
M. C. Wyatt
Rogers Street
Drake Univiversity
Des Moins
Iowa
Women's Military Police Corps
Miss Massie
WAAC
Columbus
Ohio
Port Des Moins
Fort Des Moins
Des
Reginald L. Winesette
McComas
Coast Artillery
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Leona June Winesette
Bluewell
E. B. Hale
Winesetter
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Local Families and Visitors Across Towns
A string of visits and travels connects Charleston Beckley Lewisburg Princeton Mullens and Tampa as residents spend summers with relatives and military families report promotions in the Navy. Mrs Pedneau announces her husband’s promotion to EM2C in the U S Navy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. E. Burgess, JR
Bramwell
Mas
J. F. Thornton
Bluefielder
Kimball, W. Va
A. ‘ Rose
Circle NO
Ast
U. S
Alfred Crawford
Fookatan
Whatan
J. C. Crawford
Lee Street
Mercer County
Pacific Coast
U. S. Marine Corps
Donald A. Tabor
Ordnance Department
Fort Dix
N. J
S. J. A. Tabor
Maryland Avenue
Claibourne G. Helmandollar
John S. Helmandollar
Rolling Street
Keesler Field
Jesse H. Anderson
Margie Anderson
Vinestreet
Corporal Anderson
Greenville Army Air Base
8. C
Pvt
Morris J. Por
Augusta Street
Medical Department
Camp Grant
Thomas R. Brown
United States Army Air Forces
Newcastle Army Air Base
Wilmington
Del
Tyeant Brown
Coalwood
William F. Stowers
Camo Maxey
Texas
Ed Stowers
Bastion, Va
James Gray
L. F. Gray
Frederick Street
Miami Beach
Fla
U. S. Army Air Corps
E.R.C
Bluefield College
Marvin C. Linkous
H. J. Linkous
Princeton Road
New Orleans
Bernard McBride
Gordon McBrice
Aes. Os
Ride
Little of
Set
F. Edward Patterson
Bowman Field
Dunellon
United States Army Air Base
Patterson
Medical
John Lawson Whitworth, Jr
Pocahontas
Sherman
Tex
Foster Field
Whitworth
San Antonio
Sweetwater
Mab. E. L. Shelton
J. M. Bondurant
Highland Avenue
United States. Corp
James W. Bondurant
India
Joseph E. Bondurant
Norfolk
Curtis Rolin McCoy
C. B. Witten
North Tazewell
United States Marine Corps
McCoy
Tazewell High School
William and Mary College
Williamsburg
Marines
Lace Med Arbury
Amelia Arbury
Bishop, Va
Pama
Canal Zone
Thomas Fred Brown
W. E. Dixon
Widemouth
Earl Dean Mullens
The
United States Army Aviation Engineering Company
Spokane
W. E. Mullens
Doran, Va
Pierce E. Stevenson
Camp Houze
Mrs J. M. Stevenson
Prince Street
Charles E. Blankenship
L. E., Blankenship
Abe” Wyatt
Timmy Lee
Wyat
O. A. Peters
Wyatt
Stanford
Zella Lusk
Lewisburg
Leslie Cole
Bobbie Karéen
Emory White
Karve Lynn
G. H. Meador
Mullens
Meador
Mary E. Meador
G. E. Meador
Richard Pedneau
Prank Hart
Claude Lesler
Dayton
Elmer Shelton
Marie Underwood
Federal ST
Bluefield, W. VA
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