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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1945
Page
10
Missionary Society to Meet at Mulkey Home Thursday
The Christian Missionary Society will hold a meeting Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock at the home of Mrs. W. E. Mulkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian Missionary Society
W. E. Mulkey
Clinch River W.S.C.S. Meet at Union Church
The Clinch river W S C S will meet Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 in the Union church with Mrs apne y and A N Sparks as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinch River
W.S.C.S
Union Church
Pounding Mill 4-H Club Previews Summer Events
The Pounding Mil 4-H clubs hold regular meetings on Mondays in the school building. Plans include a canning demonstration in July and a picnic at the August meeting.
Richlands High School grads honored by Sunday class
Mrs W H McGee's Sunday school class hosted a Saturday evening event honoring Gillespie and Elizabeth, recent graduates of Richlands High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. McGee
Gillespie
Elizabeth
Richlands High School
Personal Notices Highlight Local Reunions and Arrivals
Roscoe Lineberry returns home on furlough from the South Pacific with wife and children visiting New One and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Bearer Jr and Samuel Robinett. Callie Mulkey from Old Point Comfort arrives Friday for vacation. George Sao spends time with his sister Viens Balancee and others note a special course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Lineberry
South Pacific
Ana Mr. Bearer, Jr
Samuel Robinett
Callie Mulkey
Old Point Comfort
George ' Sao
Area Service Men From Miami Beach and Camp Carson
Privates George E. Eanes and James O. Bowling are listed with overseas service and current postings. Eanes, 21, of Ashland, returned to Miami Beach redistribution for next assignment after seven months with a chemical warfare unit in the Southwest Pacific and recipient of the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon. Bowling, 406 Prince Street, Princeton, is at Camp Carson General and Convalescent hospital. 1st Sgt. Lewis W. Gibson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, is on 14 day leave and to return to Camp Shelby. T/4 Orlan E. Shumate of Athens earned the Bronze Star for bravery near Zig Bag pass while serving with the 38th Division as a medical aid man in hostile fire. Shumate has 17 months overseas with prior service in Hawaii, New Guinea, Samar, and Leyte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
George E. Eanes
E. L. Hawks
Ashland
United States
Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station
Eanes
Corps of Chemical Warfare
Ashland Coal and Coke Company
Armed Forces
Camp Carson
Colo
James O. Bowling
Prince Street
Princeton
U. S. Army General and Convalescent Hospital
Lewis W. Gibson
W. R. Gibson
Camp Shelby
Miss
Bland County
Grundy
Mrs. Gibson
Charles Daughty
Orlan E. Shumate
Athens
Zig Bag Pass
Olongapo
Manila
Shumate
152Nd Infantry
Hawaii
New Guinea
Samar
Leyte
Navy and Army honors listed for West Virginia service members
William R. Prazier on 12 day furlough visits parents in Princeton while stationed at Camp Balding Florida with 175 points and two brothers in Europe. Pfc. Tommy Boyd earns European theater ribbon and two Bronze Battle Stars. Clemen Andrew Boone, 22, ship's cook second class USNR of Hinton, awaits destroyer assignment in Norfolk after 21 months in the Atlantic area with sinking two German submarines. his ship served in multiple theaters and he wears ribbons. Roy B. Barr, 33, Sophia, motor machinist’s mate second class USNR aboard a cargo ship, receives Good Conduct Medal after three years with five major amphibious operations including North Africa Sicily Salerno southern France and 32 months at sea. Barr joined in 1942 at Norfolk after naval yard work. two brothers in the Army and Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Prazier
South Pacific
J. H. Frazier
Athens
Princeton
Camp Blanding
Fla
Europe
Clemen Andrew Boone
Cook
Hinton
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Atlantic
Boone
North Atlantic
Ireland
England
Scotland
Gibraltar
North Africa
Mediterranean
James Boone
Green Sulphur Springs
Ralph
Army Tank Corps
Italy
Navy
Meadow River Lumber Company
Rainelle
Roy B. Barr
Sophia
USNR
John Barr
Barr
Sicily
Salerno
France
Norfolk Navy Yard
Army
Gide
Marine Corps
Military honors cited for Luzon campaign units and sailors
Six Infantry Division honors note the 706th Ordnance Company led by Whit ney G Seyphersreceives a Meritorious Service Medal for outstanding devotion to duty during the Luzon campaign. Seaman Aaron C Yost spent leave in Keystone after a year aboard in the South Pacific. Boatswain's Mate Clarence E Shelton returned to San Diego after a week with family, while brother Robert W Shelton Jr. heads to the Pacific with an infantry unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Infantry Division
Luzon
Whitney G. Seyphers
Minnie Seyphers
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield
706Th Ordnance Company
C. E. Hurdis
Comany
706Th
Pacific
Clarence E. Shelton
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
R. W. Shelton
Princeton
Robert W. Shelton
Log Run Lumber Price Established in Appalachian Region
The Office of Price Administration set a new price for log run lumber in the Appalachian hardwood area. Previously tied to the lowest grade, many small mills marketed without graders now sell by log run grade. OPA defines a small mill as producing over 1.5 million ft of hardwood or over 4 million ft of mixed softwood and hardwood in any 12 month period since Oct 1941. Maximum prices per thousand board feet are $36.50 for 1 inch thick, $33 for 1.5 inch, and higher rates for thicker cuts beyond two inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. VA
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Paratrooper Sgt Robert Davidson Freed and Safe
Liberated Sgt Robert Davidson, formerly with the 17th Airborne Division, is now under VA care. His wife of Bishop Virginia has been notified. He was reported missing in action January 8 1945 and was liberated in late April. He writes he is well and expects to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Davidson
Bishop
17Th Airborne Division
Sgt Tolbert Receives Bronze Star and Commendations
Sergeant Edd R. Tolbert, in Germany, is awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in combat and receives a second commendation for outstanding mess sergeant duties during the Roer crossing and Rhine advance. His parents, Mr and Mrs E W Tolbert of Rocky Gap Virginia, note his four years of service and a brother training in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edd R. Tolbert
Germany
E. W. Tolbert
Rocky Gap
Bryant E. Moore
Sergeant Tolbert
Moore
Louis J. Dughi
Roer River
Rhine
Tolbert
Wiley Tolbert
U.S. Navy
Camp Peary
Panels and magazines forwarded on written request overseas
Copies of newspapers and magazines addressed to Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel overseas will be forwarded after July 1 if sent by written request. Postmasters will require the publisher to include a certificate: Mailed in conformity with P. O. D. Order No. 2851 else returned. The Navy urges clippings in letter mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Navy Department
Postoffice Partment
Soldier Killed in 1943 Colorado Maneuvers Remembered
Private Cecil 8 Dennis was killed June 6, 1943, in Nashville Tennessee. A letter from General C. B. Hodges to his mother Minnie Dennis notes his service in the 5th Division during the 1939 40 training at Fort McClellan Alabama the April 1940 IV Corps maneuvers at Fort Benning Georgia and the May 1940 Sabine River area maneuvers in Louisiana with about 70 000 troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Cecil
Dennis
Nashville
Tenn
U. S. Army
C. B. Hodges
Minnie Dennis
5Th Division
Fort McClellan
Ala
IV Corps
Fort Benning
Sabine River
Increase in second class matter burdens overseas mail
The item notes a rise in second class mail with 91 176 sacks sent overseas in January 1944 and 160000 in January 1945. Magazines and newspapers arrive old and are often discarded by addressees to ease overseas post. Directory service hours to provide deliverable addresses strain limited postal staff. This mail occupies cargo space better used for first class mail.
Marines May Obtain New Discharge Certificates
The Headquarters Marine Corps announces that all Marines discharged on or after March 1 1945 with an Under Honorable Conditions certificate and eligible for an Honorable Certificate may obtain them by contacting the nearest Marine Corps Recruiting Station. Former Marines in West Virginia should forward their discharges to the U S Marine Corps Recruiting Station Cabell County Courthouse Huntington where they will be exchanged for the Honorable Discharge Certificate if entitled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Headquarters, Marine Corps
Marine Corps
West Virginia
U. S. Marine Corps
Cabell County
Huntington
Browning to Speak at Grace Church Tonight
Dr. J. T. Browning, superintendent of the Bluefield Methodist district, will discuss Life in the Light of Eternity at Grace Church tonight at 7:45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Browning
Bluefield
The
Methodist Church
Grace Church
Browning
Service Men Club Hosts Fifty-Two Guests From Twelve States
Service men and four accompanying wives visited the Service Men's club yesterday. Phillip Hylton donated ten pounds of cheese. Mrs. W. C. Bone chaired the breakfast committee assisted by Mrs. E. N. Dudley and Mrs. R. D. Harry. Mrs. A. B. Thompson led the remainder with P. M. Shrewsbury, Mrs. W. Perkins, Mrs. Nancy Taylor and Miss Grace Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Service
Service Men’s Club
Phillip Hylton
Club
Yes
W. C. Bone
E. N. Dudley
R. D. Harry
A. B. Thompson
P. M. Shrewsbury
W. Perkins
Nancy Taylor
Grace Pearson
Lavender Sargeant Receives Meritorious Service Unit Award
8 SGT Robert E Lavender now in Italy member of battalion awarded the Department Meritorious Service unit award. Parents Mr and Mrs J K Lavender Abbs Valley Va notified by battalion captain Maurice Fleisch. Letter recalls June July 1944 actions including laying lines establishing posts and aiding rapid Rome northward advance. Lavender inducted April 10 1941 and went overseas December 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lavender
Italy
Department
J. K. Lavender
Abbs Valley
Maurice
M. Fleisch
Rome
War Department
Lavender
Mullens Women Offered Use Of School Sewing Room
Mullens West Virginia June 9 women may use the high school sewing room daily after 9 a m during the summer. Mrs Woodrow Cook home economics teacher said the department will be open for Mullens women with Mrs Cook on hand to assist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
W. Va
Woodrow Cook
Women’s Society study on The Word of His Grace begins
The Women’s Society of Christian Service sponsors a three part study titled The Word of His Grace. The first session is Thursday June 7 at 7 30 with Mrs E P Hughes in charge. The second session is Monday June 11 at 7 30 led by Mrs C R Bright. A fee is to be paid by Miss Browning on June 1st at 7 30. Lectures are in the Friendship Hall of the First Methodist Church of Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Society of Christian Service
E. P. Hughes
C. R. Bright
Miss Maude Stone Ill in Washington Service
Miss Maude Stone, employed by the government service in Washington, D. C., has been ill for some time according to a report from her father, Troy Stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Maude Stone
Washington, D. C
Troy Sto
Furlough for Pfc Hubert Vest Returns Stateside
Pfc Hubert Vest son of Mr and Mrs B O Vest of Corrine is home on a 62 day furlough after serving overseas since May 1942. He was captured by Germans December 6 1942 and held in Italian and German camps for 9 and 19 months respectively. He describes harsh conditions including long work days and scarce food, and was liberated April 14 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States
Hubert Vest
B. O. Vest
Corrine
Ft. Knox
Italy
Germany
Mullens Chamber Cancels Summer Meets
The Mullens chamber of commerce voted to discontinue the chamber for the months of June and August. The group will meet on June 20. Stores began closing on Wednesday afternoons last week and will continue until the last Wednesday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Enters Navy Harold Brammer Receives Boot Training
Harold Brammer, with his father T F Brammer, left Huntington on Tuesday after enlisting in the navy. He will travel to Great Lakes Illinois for boot training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NAVY
Harold Brammer
T. F. Brammer
Huntington
Brammer
Great Lakes
Visits in Washington by Mrs Pearl Kemp and Miss Susie Shrader
Mrs Pearl Kemp and Miss Susie Shrader visited Roy Kono in Washington DC last week. The note records their trip to the capital and meeting with the named individual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Kemp
Susie Shrader
Roy Kono
Washington, D. C
Soldier on 30 Day Leave From Army Hospital
Pfc Clifton Lambe brother of Mrs W R Shrader Mullens is on 30 day leave from an army hospital He wears five battle stars earned before a December 1944 wounding in Belgium He went overseas in 1942 landed at Casablanca France was hospitalized two months then sent to England He returns to Camp Atterbury Indiana convalescent hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
R. H. Turner
Army Air Corps
France
Brest
Verdun
Monte Carlo
Mediterranean
Italy
United States
England
Edinburg
Scotland
Eighth Air Force
Pratt
Kan
Clifton Lambe
W. R. Shrader
Mullens
Belgium
Casablanca
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Mutter Brothers Receive Promotions In Army Service
Pvt William C Mutter son of Mr and Mrs W C Mutter Mullens has been promoted to private first class while stationed somewhere in Germany after oversea service of six months His brother Quartermaster 1/c L C Mutter also serves in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Mutter
W. C. Mutter, Sr
Mullens
Germany
Quartermaster
L. C. Mutter
Marine Corps Reserve Cpl Burgess Killed in Action
Cpl Eugene D Burgess of the U S Marine Corps Reserve is reported killed in action. He was previously listed as wounded on the casualty list for August 12 1944. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Burgess Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Eugene D. Burgess
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
Navy Department
Disa
Lawrence Burgess, Mullens
Lieutenant Millar on 30 Day Home Leave With Frances Newsome
Lieut John A Millar is spending a 30 day furlough with his wife the former Frances Newsome of Mullens Their meeting occurred in India where he served for two years They were married there on September 14 1944 Millar trained at Fort Dix Camp Lee and earned his commission in September 1942 He entered the army in August 1941 His home is East Orange New Jersey He will report to Atlantic City New Jersey after leave Mrs Millar a Mullens High School graduate 1938 attended Raleigh General Hospital School of Nursing and went to India in February 1944
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Millar
Frances Newsome
Mullens
India
Millar
Air Mechanical
Fort Dix
N. J
Camp Lee
East Orange
Atlantic City
Birth of Daughter Dickie Nell Kidd in Mullens
Mr and Mrs Richard L Kidd of Mullens announce the birth of a daughter born June 6 at Raleigh General hospital Beckley The baby named Dickie Nell marks a family addition in Raleigh General Hospital records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Kidd
Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Dickie Nell
Local Navy Notes Highlight Mullens Servicemen
Flight Officer L C McGraw son of Earl and Mrs McGraw spends a fur lough at Mullens home while stationed at Santa Maria California Farley seaman first class son of D C Parley Mullens promoted to radio technician third class and stationed in Hawaii Sir Bill Parmer son of J E Farmer Mullens serves in South Pacific after training at Great Lakes Little Creek Fort Pierce Now Chief Petty Officer Carlisle Russell spends 30 day furlough in Mullens after 25 months overseas service Navy career three years boot camp Norfolk St Louis Alameda with Aleutians Marshalls Pearl Harbor Guam Coxswain James Morrison Snarks transferred from Cherbourg France to Plymouth England overseas 18 months nephew of Tom Brogan Alheca
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. McGraw
Earl McGraw
Mullens
Fourth Army
Santa Maria
Carl FE
Farley
D. C. Parley
Hawaii
South Pacific
Sir Bill Parmer
J. E. Farmer
South Mullens
Great Lakes
Little Creek
Fort Pierce
Fla
Carlisle Russell
States
Navy
Norfolk
St. Jovis
Alameda
Calif
Aleutians
Marshalls
Kicka
Pearl Harbor
Guam
James Morrison Snarks
Herbourg
France
Plymouth
Fneland
Tom Brogan
Alheca
Vacation Church School Convenes in Mullens Tams and Sophia
Catholic church hosts a summer vacation school in Mullens Tams and Sophia. Classes run mornings in Mullens and afternoons in Tams and Sophia. The program ends with a confirmation service at Hol Cross church in Tams on June 24 at 3 o'clock administered by Bishop John J. Swint. Apostolic sisters of Monongah conduct the instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Tams and
Sophia
Hol Cross Church
Tams
John J. Swint
Sonhia
Apastolic Sisters of
Walter N. Clarke Reported Killed in Germany
Telegram received by his mother states Walter N. Clarke was killed in action in Germany on April 27. The notice gives no further details about his unit or the circumstances of the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T-Set
Walter N. Clarke
Germany
Local Hero Jamnet Clarke Missing In Action
Mrs Jamnet W Clarke of Mullens reports her husband Jamnet Clarke is missing in action. He graduated Mullens High School in 1943 and joined the service in March 1943. He served overseas since September 1943 in North Africa Italy France and Germany earning the Combat Infantryman badge Purple Heart Good Conduct Medal one Oak Leaf Cluster and four battle stars for the European theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamnet W. Clarke
Mullens
Mullens High School
North Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Camp Robinson
Ark
Ashland Residents Share Visit News From Family Members
Mrs Beatrice Hickok returns to Ashland after days with E E Davis in Bud Mrs Hickok attends Ashland business college. Miss Agnes Jane Holland and Polly Hoge travel to meet Cadet Marian Telford at Lewis Gate hospital Roanoke Va. Mrs George Caldwell of Maben visits sister Mrs Clarence Warren Peterstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice Hickok
Ashland
E. E. Davis
Bud
Hickok
Mary Spradling
Mullens
Owensburg
Louisi Mick Nors
Bunty
Washington, Pa
Marion Griffin
Marian
Greta Grey
Lynchburg
Sidney Burcham. Jr
H. S. Burcham. Sr
Evelyn of Mullens
Cpl
Sidney Burcham
Armored
Virginian Railway
Agnes Jane Holland
Polly Hoge
Marian Telford
Tewis Gate Hospital
Roanoke
George Caldwell
Maben
Clarence Warren
Peterstown
Her
Drinretan
Peterson's Ointment Offers Quick Relief for Eczema
Simple remedy claims to ease itching from eczema pimples and red blotches. It also soothes tired feet and cracked toes with quick results. Priced 35¢, available with money back guarantee if not delighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
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