Sugar ration cards issued by county food chairman
W. C. Cook, county chairman of the food administration, will distribute sugar ration cards to merchants Monday morning. Each family will receive a card authorizing three pounds of sugar per person every thirty days, with family numbers punched by merchants. Families cannot purchase sugar without a filled and signed card. War Stamp drive totals show $26,764 raised against Welch’s $60,000 allotment, short due to summer absences. pledges continue as citizens return. Also notes include summer travel for Mr. and Mrs. F. Cook, a move by 3% F. Williams to Riverview, Bishop Gravatt’s visit to St. Luke’s, and visits by J. W. McDermott and ex-Governor Albert B. White amid local movements and summer schooling plans.
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W. C. Cook
The
Food Administration
Welch
Matoaka News Notes Surprise Party and Local Events
A surprise party at the Mattox home honored Renee Neese before his departure for Graham Va and Camp Lee. The gathering included music by Helena Johnson and greetings from Rev Murphy. Other items note a wreck narrowly avoided near the station, a farewell luncheon for draftees, and church notices with Sunday services and Epworth League. Postoffice Inspector F G Hoback visited town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.l Mattox
Catherine Mattox
J. P. Murphy
Renee Neese
Graham
Camp Lee
America
Mr. Furdy
Helena Johnson
Hiawatha
Grace Moore
Dana Jackson
Robert Chrisman
Smokeels
G. Howard Bailey
Giatto
Roc. Eller
Emory and Henry College
Emory, Va
Neese
Murphy
Appeals From Sick Bed for Senator Chilton
From a sick bed R H Batley urges Mercer County voters to nominate Senator William Chilton for the Democratic U S Senate seat, arguing his record aligns with Wilson’s policies and parties must not desert the president. Minn ie Watson Jenkins writes a Red Cross fundraising update and urges a Helping Hand Exchange to support war aid. A Pythian picnic in Monefield Princeton and local coalfields invites participation with a band, prayers, and reduced interurban rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
William &. Chilton
United States
John E. Kenna
Kenna
Watts
David Ek. Johnston
Robert C. McClaugherty
Milt French
John A. Douglas
Southern
Chilton
Wilson
Qhilton
R. H. Batley
T. S. Hamilton
Bland Street Methodist Church
Thomas H. Scott
Bluefield
Princeton
Red Cross
Pocahontas Pythian Lodge
Numerous Visitors From Coalfield Towns in City Yesterday
Ashland residents HM Noel and D A Blankenship joined a stream of visitors from Wise, Berwind, Ritter, Gary, Welch, Redish, Tazewell, Norton, Champlain, and other coalfield towns in the city yesterday. Several travelers were briefed for business, family visits, or medical reasons, with a few noting illnesses and one birth announced as Blanche P Eleanor Frampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM. M. Noel
Ashland
Miss Ate Tickle
Albemarle Street
P. H. Earls
Berwind
D. P. Craft
Wise
John Blankenship
Ritter
D. A. Blankenship
Beckley
W .W. Shumate
Narrows
Thomas R. Rank
Maben
Redish
Tazewell
Mire J. Wi Tlart
Hurt
Chas
Frampton
Blanche Pleanor
Peery
FE. M. Tindhe
D. P. Stovall
North Carolina
R. A. Ayers
Big Stone Gap
Dorothy Overacre
Roanoke
Thelma Snyder
Giles Street
Everett Francisco
White Sulphur Springs
C. W. Fuller
Honaker
E. A. Shugart
Bluefield
Louise
Lillian Speer
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mary Lee Wagner
C. H. Hunt
E. L. Addington
Clinch Valley
W. J. Hayton
Richlands
Jonas
Myrtle Williams
Summit City
Bob Peters
Camp Meade
Lee Anderson
Ray Prince
The Junior Red Cross Fund Drive Hopes for Quick Uptake
Mrs N J Jenkins notes eager youths aim to earn money for the war fund during vacation and asks how to support those lacking access to chickens gardens and berries. She recalls a girl’s remark on thinking up ideas and urges teachers to mobilize in Bluefield for homefund efforts.
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Red Cross
Daily Telegraph
Red Cross and War Fund
N. J. Jenkins
War Fund
Bluefield
Big Manganese Deal in Giles County
John L. Crockett sells his 3000 acre Yarman tract on Walker Mountain in Giles County to Suffran & Company of New York. The deal, kept private, marks a major transaction after Crockett shipped only two carloads to date. New owners plan immediate development and substantial spending on the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Crockett
Suffran && Company
New York
Giles County
Walker Mountain
Pythian Lodges Plan Big Fourth of July
The Knights of Pythias lodges of Mercer county plan a joint patriotic celebration at Glenwood Park between this city and Princeton on the Fourth of July. A program of much interest has been organized for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
Mercer County
Glenwood Park
Princeton
Foreclosure sale of 374 1 2 acres in Nye's Cove Virginia
Trustee W. O. Barnes will sell at the courthouse front door in Tazewell County on July 20 for cash to cover costs and balance on a one to two year credit with interest from sale. Located on Nidy's Branch Nye's Cove. See legal notice for details.
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Tazewell County
Virginia
Nidy’s
Nye’s Cove
W. O. Barnes
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Ors
Brown and Vici
Seesasee
Gingham Wresses
Vici
Joe Women's
First National Bank
Welch News
F. Williams
J. H. Bradshaw
Riverview Addition
Bishop Gravatt
W. J. Gravatt
Diocese of
West Virginia
St. Luke's Episopal Church
J. W. McDermott
Parkersarge
Stephen B. Elkins
United State Senate
Albert B. White
Ackersburg
Keystone
I. C. Herndon and Son
Zeb
Alderson
Rh. Moore Dodrill
Morantcown
Northork
J. Frank Johnson
J. F. Wilams
Marbone Springs
Matoaka News Notes
Larry Payne
Bride
Miss Ashworth
Philadelphia
Newport
Atlantic City
Matoaka
Dr. Clemens
Norfolk and Western
Sarah Ferguson
R. O. Eller
Epworth League
F. G. Hoback
Telegraph
Senator Chilton
R. H
Minnie Watson Jenkins
Monefield
Order and
H. S. Shott
Thos. Priddy
Methodist Church
Junior Red Cross
Kahn’s
Stords
Winston-Salem
Vicinity
Juvenile Department
Kahn S
Waomen
Giles Holdings
Pythian Lodges
Kool
Easley, Anderson & Co
Law and Commerce
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