Delegates 60 to Huntington Selectees Sent Yesterday
Members of the Mercer County selective service group reported yesterday for final physical examinations before induction. Most were teens who recently finished high school. Leader Richard Prazier Stowers and assistants named. Several men transferred to other boards and two failed to report. A colored group heads to Huntington on Thursday. Many listed names and transfers to boards in Roanoke Philadelphia Johnson City Welch Portsmouth and Sumter among others.
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Huntington
Mercer County Selective Service
Armed Services
Bluefield
Fort Thomas
Richard Prazier Stowers
Luther Yakley Millsap
Leon Garland Yates
Lewis Drayton Mitchell
Millard Winton Robbins, Jr
Possey Adrian Altizer
Charles Moricle
Harry Flin Macon
Philadelphia
Delphin Delmos Littoral
Roanoke
Joseph Ray Anderson
Johnson City
Tenn
Clifford Dills Bailey
James Adrian Eubank
Ellis Hoge Thomas
Ballard Phillips
George Edward Foresman
James Dillard Thomas
Russell Edmond Sumpter
Lawrence Bowens
Donald Stewart Adkins
Ralph Ramey
Hunter Coleman Harris
Lyman Preston Bowes
Willian L. Ridinger
Harvey Shaman
William Lowe
Charles Randolph Reed
Herbert Leon Ratcliffe
Walter Snider
Robert Franklin Cox
Mishawaka
Ind
Franz Klauber
New York
N. Y
Cyril Blake Basham
Elkins
W. Va
Samuel Garfield Wright
Lewisburg
Henry Joseph Goodman
Bradford
George Washington Hamiter
Sumter
S. C
Morris Conway Owen
Portsmouth
Kenneth James Davidson
L. B
Robert E. Lee Woods
Welch
Jimmy J&mary Hunter Morris
Masonic Meet in Virginia District Tonight
The grand high priest of Masons in Virginia visits chapters in Tazewell Bluefield and Pearlsburg for an 6:30 banquet at Bluefield chapter No. 102 OES with C E Webber of Salem expected to attend. Wade H. Frazier presides and speakers include John Wharton Gillespie Carl Magrill and Rt Wor J Livingston Dillon. Birds bathe daily and rely on occasional crumbs.
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Masonic
Masons
Virginia
Tazewell Bluefield
Pearlsburg
C. E. Webber
Salem
Norton
Bluefield
W. Va
Webber
Wade H. Frazier
John Wharton Gillespie
Carl Magrill
J. Livingston Dillon
Flag Week Meeting At Bluefield Business Men’s Club
Friday evening at 6:15 the Bluefield Virginia Business Men’s Club hosts a Flag Week program featuring Rev. H S Cummins on The Flag and song by Miss Ruby June Stowers. President Wade H Frazier urges members to attend and bring a new member.
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Business Men's Club
Bluefield
Virginia
H.S. Cummins
Memorial Baptist Church
Ruby June Stowers
Wade H. Frazier
Miss Cosby Louthan and Holliday Family Ties in Bluefield
Pioneers of Bluefield, Virginia recall Miss Cosby Louthan. The Holliday couple, W. A. Holliday and Miss Louthan, raised six children, lived in Kimball and Huntington, and prospered in business. Mrs. Holliday widowed years ago. visiting Bluefield to see her sister Mrs. C. B. Bailey on Tazewell Avenue, who remains ill with little improvement.
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Bluefield
Cosby Louthan
Feeding and Caring for Birds Through the Seasons
The note suggests feeding big birds in summer and crumbs to birds in summer, plus scratching in winter. It emphasizes a balanced diet and providing a bathing place, observing birds as they bathe.
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O. T
Christian duty debated amid war and catastrophe talks
The Bluefield Virginia Woman's Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. George Reynolds's home to discuss relief duties during war. The program titled Flower Mission and Service to Others featured hymns, devotionals, readings from John Haynes Holmes, army chaplains, and letters about soldier blessings. Members approved evening meetings next quarter and shared reports on service books sent to soldier boys.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
George Reynolds
Tazewell Avenue
E. L. Holsapple
Mark
W. K. Graves
B. L. Holsapple
John Hayne Holmes
New York City
W. J. Crockett
H. J. Stowers
J. E. Wagner
Bluefield sees steady improvement as Peery handles light docket
Bluefield Virginia shows progress as Judge Albert Peery presides at county court in city hall on Tuesday with a light docket. He confirms the earlier report regarding the woman who killed her husband and the girl on Kent.
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Bluefield
Albert Peery
Judge Peery
Kent
Bluefield Notes Highlight Local News and Church Plans
Community happenings include Graham Presbyterians vacation church school starting June 21 with Miss Mary Jane Crenshaw directing and Rev. J S Jones assisting. Greater Bluefield playgrounds attract more visitors with competent instructors on hand. O T’s newspaper photo appreciated by Mrs. Thomas and other letters from readers and townsfolk.
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Graham Presbyterians
Mary Jane Crenshaw
Assembly
Richmond
J. S. Jones
Jesus
Greater Bluefield
All-Rail Coal Shipments Into New England Drop
Washington June 15 Secretary of the Interior Harold D Ickes said all rail coal shipments into New England for the week ended June 5 fell about 17 percent from the prior week due to first week month stoppages. Total shipments reached about 300000 tons with most being bituminous and anthracite along with a year over year gain in overall output.
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Washington
New England
Harold D. Ickes
Four Prisoners Break From Randolph County Jail Still At Large
Four inmates escaped Randolph County Jail in Elkins with three recaptured earlier in the day. Jailer Dallas Pritt identified the three recaptured as Lacy Leonard Small 20 Cecil Lucas 29 and Howard Edward Hessel. Those at large are Porter Melvin Walker 45 Oltie Williams Ennedy 19 Robert Charles McGee 18 and Thomas Yokum 17.
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Elkins
W. Va
Randolph County
Liberty
Dallas Pritt
Lacy Leonard Small
Howard Edward Hessel
Cecil Lucas
Lumberport
Pritt
Porter Melvin Walker
Hancock County
Oltie Williams Ennedy
Grafton
Robert Charles McGee
Thomas Yokum
Huttonsville
Youths Accused Of Forcing Boy To Walk On Glass
Huntington police questioned two junior high boys after 10 year old Jay Bur ton Colliflower accused them of beating him and forcing him to walk barefoot on broken glass to illustrate how Americans were treated by the Japanese. A physician said the ordeal lasted over an hour and left the boy with nervous collapse and badly cut feet. The youths allegedly kidnapped the boy and slapped him repeatedly and at one point confined him in a small room and turned on the gas. A witness turned off the gas.
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Huntington
W. Va
Jay Burton Colliflower
Colliflower
Jay
Commissioner Interprets Sales Tax on Food Items
State tax commissioner George P. Alderson announces that starting July 1 the sales tax will apply to all food items including bread and milk with a 50 cent absolute exemption per sale and a 5 cent basic exemption for other goods. Exemptions do not apply to hotels restaurants or similar vendors or to candies tobacco beer and soft drinks. Barbados is noted as the easternmost Windward Island.
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George P. Alderson
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