Pendleton Boy Named Best WV Poultry Raiser of Year
Marion Pendleton county teen Raymond Swadley, 17, Franklin High School, earned West Virginia's top vocational agriculture poultry raiser honor after netting 1,900 dollars in costs and 2,822 dollars from selling 4,000 chicks last year. He was selected from 4,000 Future Farmers of America members to represent the state in the North Atlantic regional contest in New York on August 16, with a banquet to follow August 17 hosted by the New England Poultry Producers council. James McDonald of Martinsburg, 17, was runner up with 548 dollars in yearly profits. past state winner Paul McElroy of Bruceton Mills placed first in the regional test spanning 13 states.
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Raymond Swadsey
Pendleton County
West Virginia
H. N. Hansucker
Hansucker
Future Farmers of America
Swadley
Franklin High School
PFA
New York
New England Poultry Producers Council
James McDonald
Martinsburg
Paul McElroy
Bruceton Mills
Parsons Jr. of Mil ton in famed B 26 unit cited by FDR
Lt L M Parsons Jr son of Mrs L M Parsons and late Mr Parsons of Milton and Logan serves in a B 26 Marauder group that has twice earned Presidential citations for outstanding duty. His mother resides in Pennington Gap Va and aunt Mrs Pearlie Hughes lives at 1121 Lee St. He wears the Distinguished Unit ribbon. The Marauders bombed Ostiense Rome and Florence rail yards with concentrated patterns to spare cultural targets.
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Lawrence M. Parsons, Jr
L. M. Parsons
Mr. Parsons
Milton and Logan
Roosevelt
Pennington Gap
Pearlie Hughes
Lee St
Mediterranean
Ostiense
Rome
Florence
Marine Veterans Plan Formation of League
Marine veterans announce plans to form a league in Charleston with a charter meeting set for Monday August 14 at 8 p.m. at the marine recruiting headquarters in the Federal building. State commander American Legion and WWI marine veteran T HR McGovran says the detachment could be among the largest in the state and urges all ex marines to attend.
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Charleston
Marine Corps League
T. HR
Pat) McGovran
American Legion
Marine Recruiting
Federal Bldg
McGovran
Democratic Club Meeting At Court House Monday
The Kanawha County Woman's Democratic club will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow in the county courtroom. President Mrs. Fannie Field notes the club is one of West Virginia's oldest political organizations and has grown from 12 to more than 1 908 members.
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Democratic Club
Court House
Kanawha County
Do You Remember Charleston Es yesterday and long ago
A collage of local memories recalls the St. Albert hotel on Kanawha Street built by John A. Truslow, its 31 rooms and January opening with a horse warming and dance. It later burned, and other notices recount a 1868 baseball tie, May 9 1918 Red Cross relief work, C and O rail events on Morris Street, and early Charleston musical life led by Edward Kenna and the Charleston Improvement League with a 1919 debut of the citys symphony and a large orchestra.
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St. Albert
Kanawha St
John A. Truslow
H. H. Wood
Charleston
Live Oaks
Gallipolis
Valley
Edward Wilson
William F. Goshorn
F. McKinney
Cornelius White
James Brown
W. J. Goshorn
Charles Truslow
J. M. Laidley
Johny
Cotton
Red Cross
Federal Building
U. S. Army
Potomac Division
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Morris St
Harry van Buren
Addie Cummings
J. W. Estep
W. D. Childers
L. M. Knight
South Ruffner
Kanawha and Michigan Railway
New York Central
Draft Board 4 Seeks Addresses of 17 Men
Roy B Reed chief clerk of Kanawha county selective service board No 4 said registrants will not be classified delinquent if they do not report present addresses at once. Names listed include Arley R Hizeinbotham Toseph J Ajman Willard T Arms Vernon Perry James O Baker Pritchard R Arnold Harry C Wentwine Billie E Lang William Pool Walton Mullins Samuel D Holmes James E Carpenter Ellis R Steirs Robert L Tucker and signers Robert S Yours Jack W McBrayer and John F Smith.
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Roy B. Reed
Kanawha County
Students Register At Tech Summer School 93
Montgomery August 5. Enrollment at West Virginia Tech summer session shows wide distribution among counties Fayette 58 Kanawha 14 and others Greenbrier Clay Nicholas Boone Grant Raleigh Roane Summers and Webster Virginia each sent one student totaling ninety three individuals registered. While smaller than prior summers the decline is less steep than regular school year losses.
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Montgomery
West Vinigo Tech
Fayette
Kanawha
Ttteon
jGreenbrier
Clay
Nicholas
Boone
Grant
Ee Raleigh
Roane
Summer
Jashur
Webster
Virrginia
Montgomery Sailor Learns Aerial Camera Operation
U S Navy photographer Alan Gunter from Montgomery graduated from Fairchild Camera and Instrument aerial camera school in New York. He was among 37 in the graduating class from services and civilians taught operation and maintenance of aerial cameras.
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Montgomery
Alan Gunter
U.S. Navy
Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp
New York
Exchange Club Luncheon to Feature Floyd Rules talk
The Charleston Exchange club will hear Floyd Rules of the Pure Oil Co at a Friday luncheon in the Daniel Boone hotel. Secretary Joe C. Brown announced the plan yesterday.
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Exchange Club
Floyd
Pure Oil Co
Charleston Exchange Club
Daniel Boone Hotel
Joe C. Brown
Auxiliary Will Elect at Legion Session
The auxiliary of Jonn Brawley Fest No. 20 American Legion will elect officers at 8 pm Thursday during its regular business session at the legion hall on Kanawha Blvd.
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dJonn Brawley Fest No
American Legion
the Legion
Kanawha Blvd
College To Offer Gardening Course In West Virginia
A six day gardening course will be held August 14 to 19 by the division of cooperative extension service at West Virginia State College. Instruction covers garden insects control and plant demonstrations. Led by B L Goode and D derivatural agent with home demonstration aides Mrs Julia H Lowery and Mrs Ruth Powell. Attendants include H McGovran Vir Frooy A W Curtis R W Jame Taney and others from Kanawha county and state extension staff. Garden clubs and victory gardeners are invited.
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Division of Cooperative Extension Service
West Virginia State College
B. L. Goode
D. Derivatural
Mercer and
Wyoming
Julia H. Lowery
Ruth Powell
H. McGovran
Kanawha County
Vir
Frooy
A. W. Curtis
West Virginia College
R. W. Jame
Used Car Buyers Must File Gas Transfer Certificates
Frank J. Blair, chairman of Kanawha price and rationing board No. 35-20.1, reminded yesterday that OPA transfer certificates must be accurately filled and filed before gasoline purchase. In the past week 80 certificates were filed and about half were incorrect. Blair urged buyers to reveal make, model, body type, equipment and price to prevent overcharging and ensure price ceilings.
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Frank J. Blair
Kanawha Wat
OPA
Visiting Nurses Appoints Emily Nesbitt as Director in Charleston
Mrs. Emily Nesbitt Nes bitt, BR N, assumes duties as director of the Visiting Nurses Assoc of Charleston. She brings wartime overseas nursing, a six month Peabody College course, and prior roles in Savannah Greenville and state boards. Nesbitt aims to expand education in marriage prep, child care, and health training while nurses continue home visits under medical supervision.
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Emily Passmore Nesbitt
BR. N
United States
Liberty Magazine
Readers Digest
McCall's
Mra
Nessbitt
Turkey
Russia
Greece
Army
Navy
Family Welfare
Community Fund
Physicic S Aviation
Getter
Navy Ballot System Completed by Nimitz
Pearl Harbor announces a Navy ballot system enabling every eligible Pacific voting man to cast a ballot. Capt. Marion Eppley heads the effort with fleet unit and shore base commanders as supervisors. Ballot request postcards will be sent to sailors via voting officers to obtain ballots from state secretaries. Navy ballots for federal candidates require sworn nonresponse by October 1 from secretaries of state.
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Pearl Harbor
Ang. &W
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Marion Eppley
Newnott
R. 1
Nimite
Pacific Fleet
Navy
Taylor Blake Winners In Branch Aviation Camp
Meredith Taylor won first prize in aeroplane construction and Harry Blake took the prize in aeroplane navigation at a summer camp run by the branch. John Britton, the youngest camper, was recognized as the most improved swimmer at the service center opening by the Army and Navy Mothers club. A goodwill trip failed when a boy impersonating a west guide looted a tire shop, ending the trip.
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Taylor
Blake
Meredith Taylor
Harry Blake
John Britton
Army and Navy Mothers’ Club
Denver
Boy Li
Pass It On Hymn and Life of Henry Burton
Henry Burton born on an English farm became a Beloit college graduate in 1860 and chose preaching as his life work using pen and pulpit. The piece details his rise, early faith, joining Frances Willard’s circle and his contribution as a hymn poet and preacher.
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Henry Burton
Beloit College
Wisconsin
Mr. Burton
Henry
Burtons
America
Miingis
Wisconsin Line
Frances Willard
Bur
Hymn Writer George Stebbins Composed Pass It On Music
A fragmented reminiscence describes the hymn Pass It On born in 1883 with lyrics by an American minister and music by George Stebbins. It notes the writer's journey from Dakota to England, his army chaplain role, and later return where many songs were penned across the Atlantic.
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England
George Stebbins
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Ruth Gor
India
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Arthur C. Sprague
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Oswald G. Villard
Martin Cumberland
Lord Halifax
Charles L. W. Halifax
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Heinrich Mann
Rubert D. Skidmore
Philip W_ Wil
Si-Oze Co
Chicana
Quarrier St
Medical Arts
MFG. CO
Summers & Vigimia
L. M. Parsons, Jr
FDR
Marine Veterans Plan
League
American Detectives, Inc
West Va
Merchant Police
Capitol and
Virginia Streets
Geo. T. Swain
T. C. Simmons
Tedecal
Focal Tunes
Lewis Hobbarg Corporation
Raye Pow Openia
E. D. Allen
National Bank of Commerce
Mrs
Billie Richardson
Om Maren
W. Mason
Henri Schultze
Richmond Houston
Willie Schultze
Arthur Huriin
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Fresno
Cal
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Milwaukee
Wisc
Hospital Dietician
Edward Parrish
U.S. Miliary Hospital
Parrish
Portland
Dr. Barrish
Broadway
N. Y
Moy and
Nimitz
Christ
Monroe
Dakota
Alliance of Friends
Ontgomeremorial Park
London
W. WA
Montgomery Memorial Park
Thind Ave
Montgomery, W.A
Mitt On
Erigrets
Fuber
Silverfisn
Farmer’s Hardware Co
Virginia Street
Kanawha Optical Service
Murniver
DR. W. B. Stevens Optometrist
Chrysler Division
Chrysler Corporation
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