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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1945
Page
23
Returning veterans and others may need help choosing a field or a definite job. The Bluefield United States Employment Service now has a Vocational Counsellor to assist with assessments, training, and placement. Joe E. Walthall Jr. urges interested individuals to visit the office for an interview.
The Bluefield National Reemployment Service office opened October 10 1933 at the Municipal building with manager Jeff Cartwright and staff of three. By 1934 it became Welch district headquarters, expanded staff, and itinerant service across Mercer McDowell Pocahontas Greenbrier and Monroe counties. In 1943 it moved to the present location and the unemployment compensation program began.
The article notes a wartime shift in USES functions from placing men to filling jobs, with Altizer leaving as manager on Jan 1 1943 and Atkins succeeding, leading a seven member staff including Bailey Spangler and Akers as interviewers plus Kahle Rice Leedy and Walthall. It also mentions the Shetland Flying Boat as the largest British airplane to fly, and that Canadian armed forces members receive a War Service Gratuity based on service length and location.
Records show six Bluefield trained workers now hold administrative roles in regional, state, or local offices. Named are John O. Crawford state clearance officer Dabney M. Trice Jr supervisor of training Agnes Wells Beckley office manager John A. Altizer manpower utilization analyst Ches ter A Cawley placement specialist and Helen B Atkins Bluefield office manager with one notables in Washington DC region IV training.
The Wood Processing Company on Roanoke Street in Bluefield West Virginia makes mop handles and pike poles for the Navy. Pike poles come in brass fitted sections with a brass hook used to handle communication wires on battlefields. The small plant employs 24 workers and can manufacture 120000 poles annually. Company owners George McCulloch and D L Shires, along with the U S Employment Service, have expanded from six workers in 1944 to current staffing and meet Navy production schedules.
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