War Bride Questions Money and Marriage
Dorothy Dix replies to a war bride who saved $600 in five months and faces a tight husband. She warns that financial independence clashes with peonage and suggests exiting if debt disputes persist. Another letter advises a 23 year old to flee a polygamous, unstable home and avoid an untrustworthy stepfather and nurse. The 16 year old is told youth should wait for maturity, not force romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss DIX
J. R
the Treasury
Yale
Cadet Nurse Corps Recruiter Visit Planned in Bluefield
Mrs Golda Davidson Tetlow deputy student nurse recruitment officer for the Cadet Nurse Corps will be at the West Virginian hotel Bluefield on Tuesday June 26 and Wednesday June 27 from 3 to 6 p m to assist high school graduates enroll in Cadet and Non Cadet nursing programs and schools in southern West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golda Davidson Tetlow
R. N
West Virginia
United States Public Health Service
West Virginian
Bluefield
Local Personal News and Family Visitors
Captain D O Helms and Mrs Helms with children Vida Peter and Joseph visit the Byrds on Maryland avenue. Captain Helms, now in the First army air corps as flight surgeon, will make Richmond his home soon after transfer from Connecticut. Raymond Oliver returns to Lynchburg college for a summer course after a two week vacation. Dee B1110 Virginia avenue Bluefield daughter undergoes tonsil operation at St Luke’s hospital. Mrs J A Richards and children visit their grandparents E C Stone. Capt John E Stone medical corps also at his parents home. Mr and Mrs John Shupe and children Nancy and Larry back from ten day Virginia Beach trip. Mrs Bernard Wilkerson, formerly of this city, hospital patient at Mercy Portsmouth after appendectomy yesterday. Mrs R B Stowers Bluefield discharges after hospital stay June 8. Mr and Mrs D E B Cannon and son Jimmy return home from graduation at St Marys School of Nursing Huntington. Mrs W E Blackwelder and daughter Mrs Richard Shumate visit Concord and Charlotte NC.
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D. O. Helms
Dee
D. H
Virginia Avenue
Bluefield
St. Luke's Hospital
J. A. Richards
Washington, D. C
E. C. Stone
John E. Stone
Medical Corps
John Shupe
Nancy
Larry
Virginia Beach
Ews
Bernard Wilkerson
Mercy Hospital
Portsmouth
R. B. Stowers
Bluefield Avenue
Bluefield Sanitarium
D. EB. Cannon
Jimmy
Wythe Avenue
Jo Ann
St. Marys School of Nursing
Huntington
W. E. Blackwelder
Richard Shumate
Concord
Charlotte
N. C
War Bonds and Taxes Fuels WWII Victory Effort
The United States spent 275 billion dollars in taxes and through War Bond sales to defeat Germany and wage war against Japan up to V-E Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
Japan
Gold Star Mothers Honored at Appalachian Auxiliary Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary gathering at the Appalachian featured a patriotic table, entertainment by Mrs. Crockett Thompson and others, and reports from A S Booker on the Clarksburg Legion meeting. A push for compulsory military training drew statewide support. New members Betty Booth Mollie Booth Pred Edwards welcomed.
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Ular
le. Stelnee
Dora Liddle
C. A. Thornton
Victor DeVault
Crocketthompson
EB. C. Catron
T. L. Gillenwater
Thompson
George Foresman
Fred Edwards
Catron
A. 5. Booker
The
Legion Auxiliary
Clarksburg
Louis Johnston
T. E. Vass
Huntington Hospital
Betty J. Booth
Mollie J. Booth
Pred Edwards
J. W. Counts
D. E. Arney
Shaw spends nine years writing before income
George Bernard Shaw toiled for nine years to earn a living from writing, accumulating total income of 30 dollars in that period.
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George Bernard Shaw
Tin Can Matinee Benefits Salvation Army Tonight
The Greater Bluefield junior chamber of commerce and the Salvation Army sponsor a tin can matinee at the Colonial Theatre on July 9 from 1 to 3 PM. Each child delivering 75 cleaned cans or 20 prepared cans earns a free ticket. Proceeds support Salvation Army relief efforts.
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Greater Bluefield
Miss Garrett and Pvt Thacker Wed in Double Ring Ceremony
In Gaithersburg Maryland on June 6 Miss Lan Hastett Garrett married Pvt Ernest Thacker of the U S Army in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore powder blue crepe with white accessories and a white Bible headpiece. The groom is from Norton Virginia and stationed at Fort Meade Maryland after entering service in 1943. A reception followed at the Casino Royal in Washington with limited guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Haynes
Welch
Betty Eads
William Belchee
Bess Hodges
Bluefield
Charlene McNew
Pulaski
Dexter Blankenship
Pvt
Francis Early
J. J Bassett
Roy Campton
U.S. Navy
Prank Hodges
J. D. Elkins
Woody
Aver Springs
Saarmasening
Lan Hastett
Ernest Thacker
U. S. Army
Roy Litton
Park, Md
Henry Thacker, Jr
Wington
K. Garrett
Lane Va
Lebanon High
West Virginia Cars College
George Washington
Washington
Department of State
World Trade Division
Norton
Fort Meade
Casino Royal
If Washington
Supply drives for medical kits and war materiel
The article urges rapid production and delivery of medical supplies, machinery, munitions, and other essential items needed for soldiers. It emphasizes mobilization of industrial capacity and national effort to equip fighting forces promptly.
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First Methodist
Marjorie Lou Davis
Paul Davis
Riverside Drive
John Miltones
United States Army Air Corps
J. N. Gen
Rosseau
McClung
Earle Layne
Frank Beamer
Burl Harman
Jaeger
Davis
J. N. Hodges
Hardy Dudley
Clarts
Kingsport
Tenn
John W. Blakely
Earl Eads
Denver
Col
Hodges
Lowfield
Welch High School
Radford College
Radford
Delta Sigma On
Cotillion Club
Bee Hive
College
Switzerland
John Milton Hodges
VOGUE
Federal Street
Furriers At
Baker’s
Baker’s Furs
Commerce St
Granade Theatre
Dorothy Dix
Sup
Stepather
Marcella Dee Whitlock
Fort Story
D. T. Whitlock
Peachs Street
Miss Whitlock
Army Convalescent Hospital
East End
D. T. Whitlock, Jr
Boston
Mass
Firestone Company
Frank Oliver
Princeton Avenue
Cadet Nurse Corps
Jissy
Eau de Cologne
Buckley’s
Vincent Paoliello
Tarewel
W. Va
Huff Printing Co
Coal & Coke
Bluefield, W. Va
Gruen
Precision
Foxholes
Bluefield Clevelry
Henry Rodin
Princeton Ave
W.va
Jean Lambie
Fairmont
State Assembly
Rebekah
Miss Garrett
Pvt. Thacker
Kate Kiddies
Aralight
Aralac
Bland St
Bradley
American Loan
Woolworth's
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