War Bond Drive Prospects Reported By Local Posts
After tallying entries on Saturday June 23 at noon the results show Graham Presbyterian church 2 062 500 seat Graham Methodist church 1 000 000 Junior Women's club 328 000 Order of Eastern Star 152 500 St Marys church 57 000 Graham PT AL 50 000 Dudley PtN A 27 500 DB PAT A 15 006 Logs West Graham Community club 12 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B
American Legion
Graham Presbyterian Church
Graham Methodist Church
Sootes
Order of Eastern Star
Mary's Church
Captain Compton Returns From Overseas Far East Service
Capt. Jack E. Compton arrived home June 14 to spend a 30 day leave with his parents at 138 Tulip Street. He served 37 months overseas with an infantry division and took part in North Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany campaigns. He was wounded in France on June 23 1944 and received the Purple Heart. He holds the Silver Star Bronze Star Combat Infantryman’s Medal and the Presidential Unit citation. He has four brothers in service. After leave he will report to Camp Butner North Carolina for reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Compton
R. P Compton
Tulip Street
Compton
First Army
France
Set
R. P. Compton, Jr
Germany
Carl E. Compton
Amp Lee
Donald J. Compton
Aberdeen
Bill Compton
U.S. Navy
Spas
Camp Butner
N. C
Virginia Side Personalities Headed to Washington Bureau
Leta Mae Anderson and Arlene Goosby plan to relocate to Washington DC for bureau employment. Mrs Harold I Kurtz and daughter Carol Lynn of Milwaukee Wisconsin visit Mrs Kurtz parents Mr and Mrs B B Tunnell. Lula B Vaden of Chicago Illinois visits sister Ada Coles at 107 Vinsel Street Fields Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta Mae Anderson
Arlene Goosby
Washington, D. C
Harold I. Kurtz
Carol Lynn
Milwaukee
Wis
Kurtz
B. B. Tunnell
Lula B. Vaden
Chicago
Zepha Richardson
Inton
Rs. Ada Coles
Vinsel Street
Uefield
Auxiliary to Meet at St Mary's Church
The Woman's Auxiliary of St Mary's church will meet at 8 o'clock Tuesday evening at the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
St Mary's Church
Tip Top Soldier Goes to Army Camp After Furlough
Pvt Cyrus Melvin departed Friday for an army camp in California after a 15 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Ames Melvin and family. Local social notes mention Albert Profitt of Keystone visiting the Profitt family, Miss Kate Brewster visiting Richlands and Mr and Mrs W T Proffitt, and Mr and Mrs Walter Mathena in Richlands. Mrs Albert Lowe remains at home with unchanged condition. Mrs George H Bowman and son Jimmy from Miami are visiting the Bundy family. Cyrus Proffitt of Camden N J spent several days with the Melvin household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tip Top
Cyrus Melvin
California
Mrs. Ames Melvin
Albert Profitt
Keystone
T. J. Profitt
Kate Brewster
Richands
W. T. Profitt
Walter Mathena
Richlands
Albert Lowe
George H. Bowman
Jimmy
Miami
Pia
Sam Bundy
Cyrus Proffitt
Camden, N. J
God
James Melvin
Pastors School And Conference Scheduled
The first annual pastors and conference by the Baptist pastors of the New Lebanon association will run June 25 to 29 at Bluefield College. Daily classes cover New Testament, Baptist History with Dr Stinson, and regional speakers. Evening assemblies at College Avenue Church feature visiting speakers including Dr Clyde N Parker Ryland Knight Charles Keraahn and Dr Wade Bryant. Local churches and ministers expected strong attendance from the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Pastors of the New Lebanon Association
Bluefield College
M. Louthan
Stinson
Lebanon
Charles Harmon
Invetcevie Va
Cecil V. Cook, Jr
Bluefield
College Avenue Baptist Church
College Avenue Church
Clyde N. Parker
Petersburg
Virginia General Association
Ryland Knight
Pulaski
Charles Keraahn
Wade Bryant
Roanoke
Cook
Pounding Mill News Courses of Local Visits and Leaves
Pounding Mill residents and relatives list visits and leaves from military service. C. M. Hunter visits hospitalized Captain Hunter at Great Lakes while Malcolm Trayer and family holiday near. Lt. J. Craig completes leave. Lt. Mary Thomas tours south and returns. S Sgt Claude Thacker spends furlough with family. several locals travel to cities like Luray Norfolk Richmond and Baltimore for visits and vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pounding Mill
C. M. Hunter
Captain Hunter
U. S. Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Ill
Malcolm Trayer
Barbara Son
Pred Morme
Abingdon
Pegsy Yer
Bluefield
W. Va
C. H. Trayer
J. W
J. C. Craig
Luray
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Ohio
Richmond
Washington, D. C
R. A. Craig
Mary Thomas
Little Rock
Ark
Claude Thomas
Claude B. Thacker
15Th Air Force
Italy
Hazel Thacker
Clytus Christian
U. S. Navy
Rex. E. Steele
R. Gregory Allen
New York City
Floyd
Kathleen Ringsaff
Richard Roundtree
Baltimore
Freda Mae Johnson
Ocean View
Callie Mulkey
Old Point Comfort
Will Mulkey
E. O. Tipton
Kingsport
Tenn
John Pruett
Hyofid term traced to ancient Romans for mixed boar lineage
The word hyofid was first used by ancient Romans to label pigs with wild boar fathers and domestic mothers, reflecting early classification of hybrid swine.
Tazewell Board Plans Induction Calls For Selectees
Tazewell County draft board No 1 schedules pre induction exams for 109 white registrants on July 9 and 48 white plus one colored on July 10 and an induction for one colored on July 17. Board No 2 reports 1 652 into service with 326 nonregistrants and 225 discharges. Local history notes show about 135 county service members have died from enemy action, accidents or disease. Virginia reports 7 200 military deaths to date. A social session and brief business ended the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board No. 2
Historical Committee For
Virginia
Opening of Bass Season Delayed by Muddy Tazewell Streams
Bass season in Tazewell County opened Wednesday but heavy rains left streams muddy, limiting activity to a calendar start. Waters in Clinch Little rivers and Preestone Valley stream have seen some state stocking. Trout season near closure proved very successful with plentiful natives and a large stock of two year stock 15 to 18 inches released. Falls Mill dam on Mud Fork, under club control, is in good condition and well stock ed.
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Tazewell
Clinch
Little
Preestone Valley
State Commission
Falls Mill
Mud Fork
Health Dept Reports Low Communicable Disease Levels
Tazewell county health department reports for last month show low rates of communicable diseases with two chicken pox cases three measles five scarlet fever and one typhoid case. Venereal disease clinics held nine with 77 treated. Dr. W E Baker visited to oversee venereal disease control. Three tubercular patients sent to sanitarium one returned for supervision. Six summer roundups educated 108 pre school children. Immunizations given for toxoid and smallpox. Two crippled children taken to orthopedic specialists. Sanitary officer made 35 home visits 19 school visits inspected 18 water supplies three dairies 44 food establishments three roadside operations five miscellaneous inspections eight complaints investigated and two nuisances abated. Helen Olsen nutritionist from Richmond advised county nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell County Health Department
W. E. Baker
Helen Olsen
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Richmond
DAR Fort Maiden Spring Chapter Hosts Honoring Washington Visitor
The Fort Maiden Spring DAR chapter held a special Tuesday afternoon session at the Tazewell Country Club with hostesses Mrs J H Huffman Mrs C R Moss and Miss Margaret Harman. The meeting honored Mrs B H Dykstra of Washington DC, a descendant of a local Tazewell parent who joined the chapter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Maiden Spring
Dar
Tazewell Country Club
J. H. Huffman
C. R. Moss
Margaret Harman
8. H. Dykstra
Washington, D. C
Tazewell
Army worm inflicts damage on Burkes Garden farms
Farmers report an army worm invasion striking Burkes Garden fields including a fifty acre tract owned by Jack Davis and parts of W R Smith’s Joe Meek farm. Paris green spraying and ditch trapping are noted controls while birds and parasites usually limit outbreaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burkes Garden
Jack Davis
W. R. Smith
Joe Meek
Rocky Mountains
Tazewell-North Tazewell Business Men's Dinner Meeting
The monthly dinner of the Tazewell North Tazewell Business Men's Association met at Hotel Tazewell Tuesday evening. Committee reports summarized the year’s activities and noted the vanishing probability of the Goodrich rubber plant construction here due to V-E Day, per company officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazewell-North Tazewell Business Men's Association
Hotel Tazewell
Goodrich
Barbecue on Rosenbaum Farm Cites Sewage Plant Plans
The T. E. Rosenbaum farm hosts the annual barbecue on August 14 with ticketed admission. A committee report promotes the association’s objective of a sewage disposal plant and urges intertown unity on postwar project adoption. A nominating committee elected C. B. Robinson as president and others to lead the forthcoming term beginning July 1, with five directors named. Visitors include Miss Minnie Harmon of the Red Cross staff and Mary Baldwin College student Miss Carolyn Voight visiting from Maryville Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Rosenbaum
C. B. Robinson
Gra
M. Mullin
R. Bowen Royall
Herbert Ward
J. A. Dunaway
T. A. Pabst
C. B. Givens
Ww. FE Hughes
E. 8. Wallace
Minnie Harmon
National Headquarters
American Red Cross
Washington
Tazewell
Carolyn Voight
Mary Baldwin Collee
Maryville
Harry Lee Thompson
R. W. Shermantine
Baltimore
Rachel Painter
Pulaski
Sidney Vaught
Bristol
J. Arthur Peery
Marion
Obsequies and Travels Mentioned in Local Notices
The column lists obsequies for Charles F. Peery and several residents visiting relatives or traveling. Names include Miss Prances Tice departing for Seattle, Mrs. T. C. Bowen returning from Richmond, and Mrs. Leon Bishop visiting relatives in Tazewell. Also noted are Miss Mortimore on vacation from Harrisonburg, Sgt. E. L. Howard and Mrs. Howard visiting family, Miss Helen Gillespie on vacation from Washington, and Robert W. Harman planning a July return to Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Peery
Prances Tice
Seattle
Wash
T. C. Bowen
Richmond
Leon Bishop
Tazewell
5. B. Ward
Mortimore
College
Harrisonburg
Sgt
E. L. Howard
Moore Field
Mission
Tex
W. G. O’brien
Ella Bowen
Montreal
N. C
W. A. Scott
Dorothy Scott
Sammy Scott
H. V. Lancaster
Farmville
Local notes on visitors and postwar travel plans
Miss Sammy Scott enrolls for summer term at Duke University in Durham North Carolina. Mrs G A Van Lear visits friends in Tazewell and reports Dr Van Lear improving after a fall and hopeful to resume duties at Jackson's by September. William R Hess and wife return to Sioux City after a week at their parents in North Tazewell. Paraguay and Brazil plan rest houses and auto stations to lure postwar US tourists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Scott
Duke University
Durham
N. C
G. A. van Lear
Tazewell
van Lear
Jackson
Pfe
William R. Hess
Sioux City
Iowa
R. R. Waddel
W. S. Hess
North Tazewell
Berwind Social Notes Show Local Visits and Travel
Berwind on Tuesday C W Lith of Chicago visited on business. Mrs John W Baley and son Neil visited relatives in Washington in the last two weeks. D R Kindley was in Charleston Friday and visited kin in Huntington Saturday. Mrs S W Duncan of North Tazewell stayed with her sister Mrs Richard Price and Mr Price this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwind
C. W. Lith
Chicago
John W. Baley
Neil
Washington
D. R. Kindley
Charleston
Huntington
W. Duncan
North Tazewell
Richard Price
GIs Sue Over Non Shatterable Sunglasses for Depth Judgments
American service members sue over plastic sun glasses claimed to be non shatterable and prone to slight color variations that allegedly affect accurate water depth judgments during landing operations.
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Capt
Jack Compton
Tip Top, VA
Glenwood
Cowboy Ray and
the Skip
Per
Bird of the Air
Eben Holden
Christ
Bluefield Monument Company
A. G. Wright Vera L. Wright
Bluefield, VA
Lee
Ren Peck
Toran MG
Roddy Pere Rat li
Tazewell News
Tazewell Board
Moss Vgin
R. Dett
Dea
San Francisco
Health Report
Bill Johnson
Yen Barret
Celenial
Auth
Wat
Mike
Port Acie al Aeds
Hea Atte PT
Hamilton
Phil Baker
Edward Ryan
Marjorie Maslow
San Fernando
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Jean Porter
Colonia
Paraguay
Brazil
South America
United States
Berwind, W. VA
Nan
Army
Air Forces
Joan Fontaine
Arturo DE Cordova
Richard Arlen George
Gabby) Hayes
Bing Crosby
Betty Hutton
DIAL
George Zucco
Andy Devine
Rosert Warwick
House OF
Frankenstein
Boris Karloff
Chaney
John Carradine
J. Carrol Naish
Paramount News
Gen. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Avenue
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