Local blind man holds typist job in Washington
William N. Burchfield, born blind in Bluefield, has worked as a transcribing machine operator and clerk-typist for the Solid Press Administration in Washington, D. C. His education spans Beaver high School, Bluefield College, and a BA from Kentucky in 1941, with training at Virginia Business College and the Dictaphone School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N
Billy) Burchfield
Billy
Washington, D. C
Bluefield
Solid Press Administration
U.S. Employment Service
Clementary Schedt
Beaver High
Bluefield College
Kentucky
Tional Dictaphone School
The
Dictaphone Corporation
New York
Usds
Billy Hs
Bill
Bluefield Hosts War Manpower Week Seeks Coal Job Recruitments
Bluefield and the War Manpower Commission held a July War Manpower Week featuring a downtown parade and a radio broadcast. The drive brought 671 people to the Employment Office seeking coal mine and war plant work with support from local clubs and civic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sec Ute U.S. Employment Server Manpower Commission
Bluefield
Sair ‘Brum and Bushe
U Corps
Walter G. Francis
Area V
War Manpower Commission
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
WAVES
WACS
Frank Roberts
Lucile Bailey
Bluefield Ice
E. R. Lazear
J. B. Belcher Lumber Company
God Bless America
Kiwanis Club
Lions Club
Rotary Club
American Legion Auxiliary
Princeton
Bramwell
WHIS
T. R. Yeater
United States Civil Service Commission
Office
United States Employment Service
Commerce Street
Noy Dickerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Telegraph
Sunset News
A. 8
S. F
Washington
Army Service Forces
Mary Ellen Flora
Brown & Wright
General Contractors
Princeton, W. VA
Bluefield, W. Va
United States
Employment Service
W. Va
Bluefield Produce
Mullens