Rehabilitation clinic aids many with medical training referrals
The 64 register rehabilitation clinic operated with interviews led by F. Ray Biggs and staff from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. Interpreters and interviewers included James Crockett and Leroy Meeker. Most cases sought medical treatment and training, with follow up planned by the division.
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Ann Glin
Priiday
Bluefield
F. Ray
Biggs
James Crockett
Leroy Meeker
L. E. Hendrickson
H. Biggs
Joe B. Walthall
D. W. Prampton
West Virginia
Switchback Guild Meeting Aims At World Tour Program
Mrs Connie Hughes hosted the Wesleyan Guild at her Pe a home on Thursday evening. Mrs J C Callaway and Mrs Eleanor White presented the program. The group discussed plans for a trip around the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Hughes
Wesleyan Guild
J. C. Callaway
Eleanor White
Maybeury Methodist Church Hosts Weekend Institute
The Maybeury Methodist Church hosted a weekend institute with registration Friday afternoon and a supper on the school lawn. Sessions occurred both morning and afternoon Saturday, followed by a 6 o'clock banquet by the Woman's Society of Christian Service. The event concluded with an evening service in the Maybeury school building with Rev. O. E. Mercer of Princeton as speaker.
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Maybeury
Couple from Switchback Wed Welch Marriage
Cpl. Woodrow O. Newman and Miss June Jaanita Crigger of Switchback were quietly married at Welch courthouse on Wednesday June 6. Newman is stationed at San Marcos Texas and returned to base Thursday morning.
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Cpl
Woodrow O. Newman
June Jaanita Crigger
Switchback
Court House
Welch
Newman
San Marcos
Texas
Navy brothers meet at sea aboard Pacific ships
Daniel Quizenberry of the U S Navy and his brother Cox Hayden Quizenberry, a 35 year Navy veteran, met when their ships pulled alongside each other in the Pacific. Both Elkhorn High School graduates. Hayden has seen major battles and Daniel participated in Iwo Jima. Funeral services for Henry Perdue held at Coaldale Methodist Church. Burial at Woodlawn. Perdue killed in a wreck near Maybeury. Vacation Bible School progress at Maybeury Methodist Church led by Mrs. J C Callaway and C H White. Office abandonment of Switwick branch of Railway Express Agency approved by the Public Service Commission in Charleston on June 1.
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Frank Quizenberry
Mayberry
Daniel
U. S. Navy
Cox
Hayden Quizenberry
Pacific
Hayden
Sic
Iwo Jima
Elkhorn High School
Henry Perdue
Coaldale Methodist Church
Lucado
Lear
Woodlawn
Perdue
Maybeaury
Vacation Bible School
Maybeury Methodist
J. C. Callaway
C. H. White
W. H. McComas
Switwick
Railwayress Agency, Inc
Elkhorn
Public Service Commission
Charleston
Circles of Woman's Society Set to Meet Friday
Circles of the Woman's Society Christian Service will meet Friday afternoon at 2:30 June 4. Circle 1 led by Mrs. C B Moore with ts F H Rumions Maybeury. Circle 2 led by Mrs. C E Thompson with Mrs. E B Johnson Maybeury. Circle 3 led by Mrs. M D Loar with Mrs. H H Widener Switchback.
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Woman's Society Christian Service
C. B. Moore
Ts. F. H. Rumions
C. E. Thompson
E. B. Johnson
M. D. Loar
H. H. Widener
Bailey Serviceman Recovering at Home in Switchack
Woodrow W. Bailey, patient at Harman General Hospital Longview Texas, spends several weeks at home of his second Earl Bailey in Switchack. Sst Robert Cunningham re-
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Woodrow W. Bailey
Harman General Hospital
Longview
Texas
Earl Bailey
Robert Cunningham
Matoaka Kiwanis Meet Sets June Plans in Church Hall
Matoaka West Virginia June 9 The Kiwanis club met Tuesday evening in the Methodist church banquet hall chaired by President Be E Tomilson who outlined committee talks about Red Gibson and Saunders who owe a plea for more churchgoing The Donald Duck visit with Audray Bailey at Rock is planned for next week and Roland Bailey will lead the program The Matoaka Methodist church opens its daily Vacation School June 11 at 9 30 am inviting all town children Mrs C S Butte acts as general superintendent with fifteen teachers Father’s Day service set for June 10 at 11 am at the Matoaka Christian church with Rev J S Foley conducting the service
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Matoaka
W. Va
Matoaka Kiwanis Club
Methodist Church
BE. E. Tomilison
Red Gibson
Saunders
Donald Duck
Audray Bailey
Rock
Roland Bailey
Matoaka Christian Church
J. S. Foley
Weekend visits across states and towns
Tenn spent the week-end with Mrs. Shelor in Switchback. Mrs. W. W. King left Friday for Charleston to visit Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wooten. Pvt. Daniel Frederick spent Wednesday with friends at Blacksburg Virginia. Miss Naomi Foster returned home after visiting her grandmother in Spray North Carolina. John Horn left Friday for Charleston to spend the week end.
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Mes
We . M. Winn
Winn
Iss Jerry Ann Scott
Shreveee la
Stellaer
James Harmon
University of Ohio
J. J. Harmon
John Luski
New York
Suski
Eustace
Tiffin Horton
Bainbridge
J. H. Horton
Cpl
Henry Steele
Clyde Steele
Maybeury
Oscar Duff
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Sgt
Ellwood Farmer
W. H. Farmer
Powers
H. H. Widener
Gloria Lawrence
Washington
Eleanor Widener
Darlington
D. C
Wayne Powers
Margaret King
Haze K
Miss King
Baltimore
Sam Shelor
Oak Ridge
Fishing Club Prepares Season At Falls Mills
Workmen and painters ready Falls Mills Fishing Club for opening day June 16 announced by R L Longworth. Directors may close membership. applicants urged to apply soon. He notes higher catch this year as lily pads diminish allowing fishing in three quarters of the dam.
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Falls Mills
R. L. Longworth
Longworth
War Casualties List Details Army Navy Reports
Casualty notices outline communications for status changes or errors and confirm that final authority rests with the last wartime telegram to next of kin. Army liberated prisoners of war in Germany include Bailey James RR Prt and several others with addresses and family ties listed.
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Bureau of Relations
War Department
Office of Public Relations
Navy Department
Washington 25
D. C
Germany
Mbert
Ernest H
Pie
Micnottte R. Lambert
Pineville
Sipos
John
Sophie Montelli
Gary
Stover
Glennie
Port
Nellie G. Stover
Harper
Beckiey Army Liberated
Allen
Thomas
Lewis
Military service casualties and a Neolithic China artifact note
The notice lists multiple individuals with military ranks and family details, including Allen, Tsaban, Bailey, and others, noting their parentage and addresses. It also mentions a Neolithic pottery find in China with rice remnants dating to the end of the third millennium B C.
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China
Women of Moose of Matoaka Elect Officers for Regu lar Meeting
The Women of Moose of Matoaka elected officers at the regular session led by Senior regent Sallie Scott and junior regent Cora Lee Hedrick. Additional officers will be appointed at the next meeting on Monday June 11. Pollyannas names were drawn. Missionary Society of the Christian church met with program leader Mrs. R C Gillespie.
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Moose
Matoaka
Sallie Scott
Cora Lee Hedrick
Alva Burkett
Anna Schultz
Emma Wood
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits From Schnectady to Lebanon
Miss Jeanie Bond of Schenectady New York visits Miss Betty Jo Thompson and Miss Sarah Gilmer of Lebanon. The casual gathering shows neighborhood social ties and regional ties among young women in the area.
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Jeanie Bond
Schnectady, N. Y
Betty Jo Thompson
Sarah Gilmer
Lebanon
Virginia social notes mention local visitors and returns
The column lists residents and relatives visiting Matoaka Atkins and Carbondale. Betty Jo Thompson, Frances Wood, Rome Nett, Garfield Wiley, Bud Star family, Mrs Foley and son Sylvester, Lillian Terry, Beid family, Luther Johnson, and others are noted traveling or staying with relatives.
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Betty Jo Thompson
Matoaka
Frances Wood
Maye Robinette
Atkins
Romenett
Pfc
Garfield Wiley
Narrows
Bud Star
Foley
Sylvester
Pulaski
Lavoptik Eye Comfort Promises Relief for Irritated Eyes
Lavoptik presents a boric acid based eye rinse claiming to soothe tired inflamed and burning eyes with itching and granulated lids. The advertisement targets daily eye irritation and urges purchase at drug stores.
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