Chronology of 1941 state and local highlights
A compact year in review with 1941 West Virginia events: court appointments and resignations, highway and mine incidents, influenza closures, wartime shifts, and political changes. Notables include Judge Herachal Rose, Harley Kilgore’s senate swearing in, and widespread public health and labor developments across Charleston, Kanawha and state agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Supreme Court
Herachal H. Rose
Fairmont
W. T. Lovins
Huntington
Haymond Maxwell
Clarksburg
John H. Hatcher
Beckley
Kanawha County
N. R. Henderson
Ben Moore
Court of Common Pleas
Mont Cava i
Howard
Glen Ferris
Lowell H. Moore
Gauley Bridge
Garland Bartlett
Spencer
Harold B. Starcher
Floyd Frederick Hypes
Callie Hoffman
R. E. J. Strider
Episcopsl
West Virginia
Ethel Knorr Stover
Oakmont
Wheeling
James A. Mearns
Summersville
America
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
U.S
Great Britain
Canada
Alaska
Harley M. Kilgore
United States
Rush Dew Holt
Joe L. Smith
Mines Committee
House of Representatives
West Virginia Publishers Association
Robert L. Smith
The
Charleston Gazette
Stxty
West
Kenyan Ashe Joyce
Charleston Catholic High School
Allen Simmons
Mountaineer Boys' State
R. Worth Shumaker
National Americanism
American Legion
W. P. Cline
D. D
Trinity Lutheran Church
Morgantown
Fort Benjamin Harrison
201St Infantry
West Virginia National Guard
John A. Ritchie
China Grove
N.C
John E. Norvell
Shoe Company
Charleston
American Business Club
J. Ross Hunter
J—Charleston Kiwanis Club
Roger Creel
Census Bureau
Legislative Democratic Caucuses
Byron Randolph
Senate
Malcolm Arnold
Boone County
House of Delegates
Hale Watkins
J. R. Aliff
Fayette County
W. L. Stewart
Morgan Lumber Company
Taylor and Turker
Homer A. Hall
Workman's Compensation Commissioner
S State Employment Service
National
21St Regiment
Ind
George W. McClintic
U. S District Court
T. Leslie Burdette
Tax Department
MM. Neely
U. S
Homer A. Holt
Neely
Okey
Summers
Kanawha Valley Bank
Empire National Bank of
Clarkshoro
State Senate
Carlton C. Pierce
West Virginia Selective Service
South Charles
West Virginia Coal Association
JL. Ebersole Gaines
Sayetaville
J. G. Bradley
Wien
Gav. Neely
150Th Infantry
Dravo Contracting Company
U. S. Supreme Court
Beni Kedemiempie
Shriners
Intermediate Court
Edgar C.bourne
Maxine Wilburn Collier
Arthur H. Holmes
Poca District
Ray L. Munson
Hancock County
Marshall
McDowell
Gilmer
Mercer
Kanawha Grand Jury
Roane County
Richard D. Lake
Globe Furniture Company
Florida
M. M. Neely
U. S. Senate
William S. Mason
Mason College of Music and Fine Arts
Carswell
Koppers Coal Company
Welch
George Gallup
New York
Gallup Poll
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha Valley
Harriet B. Jones
Glenvale
House
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Common Pleas Court
Qi Charles E. Carey
Carey Sign Company
Palm Bay
Fla
Hattiesburg
Miss
Ernest A. Agnew
Charrester
London
Eng
Associated Press
Montgomery
Edward Daniels
Edward Burgess
Roy Adkins
Ruth Lively
Esther Virginia Jonez
Margaret Frances Surber
Oak Hill
Del
Stephen J. Russek
Ohio
Julian Bouchelle
Marietta
Point Pleasant
G. C. Robertson
John $. Stump
State Department of
St. Albans
Naval Ordnance Plant
Fayette Circuit Court
Belle
Parkersburg
Huntingon
Lakin
State Industrial School
Pruntytown
Alexander Gregory
Kimball
H. S. Ellison
Union
W. M. LaFon
Ernest L. Bailey
Burr H. Simpson
West Virginia Sand and Gravel Company
Standard Brick and Supply Company
Mission Hollow
Kahawha City Company
F. K. Lowen
A. M. Vickers
George Biessing
Akron
Thomas Nichol
George P. Alderson
VUS
Ernest K. James
Diamond Department Store
State Planning Board
H. S. Whetsell
Preston County Journal
Kingwood
People’s Store
Wilbur Stone Jones
R. E. Kelly
State Liquor Commission
Matthew Edminston
Bucahannon
Raleigh County
Carl G. Bachmann
Dell White
Madison
W. A. Hannig
F. M. Peters
Gov. Neely
Homer B. Waods
Ritchie County
R. Carl Andrews
Hilda Neely Brown
Robert G. McClure
Loyal Order of the Moosey Building Committee
Sacred Hearts High School
Maj. Joseph Chilton
R. Carl
Andrews
Robert F. L. Liston
Davis and Elkins College
A. J. Lyons
Simpson Mortuary
Garzette
Mercer County
G. H. Crumpecker
Department of Public Safety
J. Buhl Shahan
Elkins
J. J.D. Preston Ate
Public Service Commission
Stanley Dadisman
Winifred Woods
Harrigville
Supreme Court
Homer .B. Woods
Edith Mahler Sweet
Citizens Party
JH. Knapp
People
Lieut
Edgar C. Bourne
Raymond Kenny
Gratton
State Department of Public Assistance
A. W. Garnett
l—Giov
WEA
Eva Collett Littlepage
Adam Littlepage
H. Clare Hess
M. E. Ketchum
Wayne County
Leo Callison
Clifton FL McClintie
State Penitentiary
Arthur E. McClue
Elinee A. Jones
Cablit Creek Junction
Nitro
Parkersbutg
American Viscose Corporation
Mercer Coury
State
Liquor Control Commission
Charles J. F. Sattler
Frank W. Snyder
H. D. Vaughan
Keystone
Leonard R.gseman
Morris Harvey College
Charleston Executives Club
Howard M. Gare
John W. Bosworth
Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
E. B. Pennybacker
J. J D. Preston
Bess Harison
Iris Davis
C. Ray Morgan, Jr
Bp.oe
State Defense Council
Louisa A. Johnson
Wilbur Meanor
West Virginia Society of Ate
Cantimud
Samuel Albn Moore
Ernst Joachim
Lutheran Church
Lincoln County
Homer Hall
Ove Hill
Elza B. Adkins
Maj
H. W. Shawhan
State Conservation Commission
Army
R .N. Ott
West Virginia Public Land Corporation
Atlas Coal and Dredge Company
Columbus
Pere
Ohio River
Moundsville
Unemployment Compensation Department
Chelyon
Pineville
Hinton
C. F. McClintic
Caanskan Hills
Elk River
Albert Wessel
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Mattie A. Rust
Prin- Liftcatn Grace School
Parkureburg Iron and Sier] Company
Louis H. Marx Toy Company
Glendale
Interwater Hosiery Company
Martinsburg
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
St. Lawrence River
Albert Aaron
Kleeman-Frankenberger
Summers Steret
Moving Picture
L. M. Cunningham
John Davisson Sutton
Braxton County
Sit- Ten
N. P. Rhinehart
State Mines Department
W. J. H. Knapp
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Edith Bower
Sweet
G. H
Walter M. Given
D.D
Charleston National Bank
AFL
Charleston Building Contractors Association
Anchor
Hocking Glass ‘Corporation of
Lancaster
Federal Power Commission
Sandyville
Jackson County
Riverview Terrace
Hyman c. Cohen
Department of Public Assistance
Leslie E
Kanawha Court of Common Pleas
Ben Magtc
E. I. duPont de Nemours Company
Thomas N. Tracy
West Virginia University
B.S. Winfrey
B—C. P. McKenna
Serice
State Board of Control
Young Moore and Company
Widmann
Hulzman
Cincinnati
D. J. Rogers
U. S. Marshal
Huttonsville
Simon Fr. Hubithen
Normin H. Baker
West Virginia State
Denali Society
James H. Straughn
Pittsburgh
J. B. F. Yoak
F. L. Shaffer
M. C. Miles
W. M. Given
B.D
Methodist
Atlanta
J. McK. Bodimer
St. Lukes Protestant Episcopal Church
Vitae
St. Mary's
Winnemucca
Frankenberger's
East Washington Street
Sara Canfrey
Sherman Peyton
Margaret Hann
Ray Dunbar
Lester Perry
J. Blackburn Watts
Ariel Goldburg
John T. Mogan
Gipsy Smith
Kanawhe Valley
J. W. Hartigan
McKendree Safe Emergency
Norman G. Patterson
John C. Blackrood
Kanawha County Court
Pennsylvania Central
U. S. Navy
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Pran Pleasant
Walter A. Windsor
Reilly Tar and Chemical Corp
Indianapolis
South Ruffner
C. BE
Walter
Charleston City
Kanawha
West Virginia, Allied Trades Conference
J. Ralph Layfield
Scottish
Beni Kedem Temple
William Holroyd McGinnis
State Merit System Council
C. P. McKenna
State Employment Service
J. Alfred Taylor
Fayetteville
State Liquor Centre) Commission
William E. Hughes
Helen Rippetse
I—J. EB. Lewis
Robert Orth
Chesapeake and Potomac’ Telephone Company
Fiagmen
Congress
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Committee
Clendenin
Gauley River
Big Bend
Greenbrier River
Burnsville
Issu Tor Morris Harvey College
Women's Civic Council
Kanawha County Board of Education
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. Maurice Bodkin
Harry W. Adams
Justice of the Peace of Charleston
Edwin S. Watson
John T. Sydnor
Omar
Braker and Combs
Poca
Ray J. Munson
Lawrence B. Moss
Emma Jordan
Sdeayiest
D. L. Salisbury
Dunbar
Ben F. Morris
Marmet
Roy McCuskey
West Virginia Wesleyan College
W. B. Fleming
Jack Lee
William Teel
Thomas Moses
U. S. Steel Company
Mine Inspectors' Institute of America
Bluefield
du Pont
Jor L. Smith
S—Wheeling Machine Products Company
D. E. Wilkinson
C. Howard Hardesty
Earl H. Smith
Julius Cohen
David Gideon
C. Freemont Davis
Jean Stulty
Brooks Cottle
Cowen
Morgantown Ordnance Works
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Denver Brown
Girls
Tno
American Legion Auxiliary
Boys’ State
Edgar B. Sims
Charleston National Mortgage Company
J. ¥. Bouchelle
Circuit Court
W—Lions Clubs
Lincoln County School Board
Rush Tia
Helen Froelich
Lawrence A. Christy
Putnam County
State Board of Public Works
Larry Allen
Gideons
C. L. Helberlin
William S. Wysong
Webster Springs
Walter R. Thurmond
Arthur B. Koontz
Fred J. McIntosh
C. E. Waller
J. Harmon Sites
Huth R. Ferrell
Grover C. Robertson
William W. Downey
Harmer W. Hanna
Syly
Jacksonville
Philip E. Holz
Bmrs
John J. Cornwell
L. E. Lantz
Wetzel County
State Election Commission
Grover C. Worrell
Mulfens
Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board
Robert L. Bland
Charles J. Schuck
William E. Eubank
Harold B. Cornwell
John W. Handlan
Paul D. Clejar
Albert B. White
Kaenawha Valley Restaurat’ S Association
State Liquor Control Commission
Roosevelt
Col. CF. Foriney
Kanawha River
South Charleston
N. E. Robertson
Paul J. Carr
Charleston Military District
Charles S. Robinson
Lawrence Moss
Moronr
Atty
C. W. Meadows
J. B. McLaughlin
C. J. F. Sattler
E. M. Sunley
Hope Natural Gas Company
George W. Summers
Charleston Lodge
Elks
Philadelphia
Harry Friedman
Grafton
Hussian
Richard Wayne Alexander
Henry Tillman Booth
James C.smith
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
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