Camp Freedom Director Named for Charleston Catholic Boys Camp
Russ Parsons, athletic director and head coach at Charleston Catholic High School, was named director of Camp Freedom for Catholic boys opening June 1 at Fort Lee near Banbar. The program will host 50 boys per two week period with one week options at ten dollars. A Monday meeting at Charleston Catholic cafeteria will discuss plans and registrations at once, with mail and parish channels for signups across Charleston and allied towns.
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Russ Parsons
Charleston Catholic High School
Camp Freedom
Fort Lee
Banbar
Parsons
P. O
Charleston
South Charleston
Coalburg
Kanawha City
Dunbar
St. Albans
Girls Backing Bomber Drive Broadcast by Rainbow Girls
The Order of Rainbow for Girls has launched a 175000 bomber bond drive and will broadcast a program on WCHS at noon tomorrow from the old post office stand. A bomber outline billboard will rise on the post office landing, and the top seller to date will blackout the total amount sold. Each day the leading seller gains the privilege to blackout a portion of the bomber.
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Order of Rainbow For Girls
WCHS
Fidelity Receivers Appeal Moore Order
H Isaiah Smith and Arthur P Hudson state receivers appeal Judge Ben Moore's dismissal of Fidelity's attempt to reorganize under bankruptcy law. They object to withholding 210 826 of Fidelity funds held by Central Trust Co as a trustee pending dispute over legal service allowances.
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H. Isaiah Smith
Arthur P. Hudson
Fidelity Assurance Assn
Wheeling
Ben Moore
Fidelity
Edgar 3B. Sims
Bate
Moore
Central Trust Co. Federal Court
Women's Group to Hear Child Labor Expert Tomorrow
Gertrude Shermerhorn regional child labor consultant of the U S children bureau will discuss Problems of Teen Age Boys and Girls in Our Community during War Times at 8 p m tomorrow in city hall during a Charleston Women's Civic council meeting.
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Mias
Gertrude Shermerhorn
U. S. Children Bureau
Charleston
Harris to become president of Charleston Lions Club
J. Roy Harris will assume the Charleston Lions Club presidency July 1, succeeding Earle R. Probasco and a closing year led by C. Penney store manager. Harris is vice president, with A. T. Stanley as vice president, Henry W. Hank Diefenbach as secretary, and Dr. Ashby Blackwell as treasurer. Lion tamer and tail twisters are appointive.
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J. Roy Harris
Charleston Lions Club
Earle R. Probasco
C. Penney
Harris
West Virginia Steel Corp
Precure
A. T. Stanley
Henry VY
Hank) Diefenbach
Ashby Blackwell
West Virginian Soldiers Wounded in Action
The War Department released a list naming five West Virginians wounded in action. Pvt. Raymond R. Burgess of Kistler, Pvt. Hubert Keeton of Blue Creek, Pte. Richard L. Smith of West Union, Spt. Ernest Taylor of Wilmington, and Pvt. John E. Toney of Clear Creek, all serving in North Africa.
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West
John E. Toney
Nora M. Toney
Clear Creek
North Africa
Sugar users must report April May sales to War Price Board
Institutional sugar users including drug stores registered on industrial forms must report gross revenue and number of customers served in April and May to the War Price and Rationing Board. Kanawha board No. 307 810 executive secretary T Bruce Cooper said filings must be made before July and August allotments can be set, with applications starting.
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War Price and Rationing Board
T Bruce Cooper
Kanawha Board
Cooper
Penalty Due Soon on 1942 Real Taxes
Sheriff N R Henderson announces that after June 30 a $1 penalty will be added to all 1942 real taxes unpaid by the deadline. Taxes assessed for 1942 are delinquent if unpaid. the charge covers listing, publishing and posting costs. Taxpayers are responsible whether they receive a statement.
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N. RR. Henderson
Sheriz Henderson
School Patrol System Ends Successful Year
Charleston's school patrol system sponsored by the Southern West Virginia Automobile club ends another year without a traffic fatality. Grace QC, Austin reported yesterday. A complete report of the club's activities has been forwarded in the American Automobile Assoc by President Virgil L. Fon. Officers and directors of the club will meet at the Daniel Boone hotel Wednesday noon.
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Charleston
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
Grace QC
Austin
American Automobile Assoc
Virgil L. Fon
Clail
Daniel Boone Hotel
Twenty Two Die In West Virginia Road Accidents May
The West Virginia State Police Prevention Bureau reports twenty two fatalities in May from highway crashes, down four from May last year. The five month total reaches eighty three deaths, a notable drop versus 1949. Officials note overall traffic declines help explain the improvement.
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West Virginia
Raelice Preident Prevention Bureau
Ward B. Ty- Tee
Water supply on ocean liners for passengers
Fresh drinking water is carried aboard ocean liners on each voyage and a machine is provided to convert salt water into fresh water for emergency use.
Trade School Program Nears Capacity in War Training
Kanawha county school system’s trade and vocational division operates near capacity as war industry training continues. Director Henry F. Knight reports 2,714 men and women placed in armament plants since the program began two years ago and 3,000 workers have taken evening classes to boost skills in machine shop welding aircraft and drafting. Applicants should file at the U S employment service office 814 Kanawha Blvd.
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Kanawha County School System
Henry F. Knight
Knight
U.S. Employment Service Office
Kanawha Blvd
Neely names committee to select West Virginia poet laureate
A three member committee headed by Dr. Joseph Rosier president of Fairmont State College was appointed by Gov. Neely to judge about 300 entries in a contest for West Virginia poet laureate. Other members are Katherine Wehler professor of English at Marshall College and Fred Smith professor of poetry at West Virginia University.
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Joseph Rosier
Fairmont State College
Neely
West Virginia
Katherine Wehler
Marshall College
Fred Smith
West Virginia University
OPA Volunteers to Run State Mailing Center
West Virginia district Office of Price Administration staff will volunteer one night weekly at the Charleston high school cafeteria mailing center. Carl M. Frasure announced more than 100 OPA workers will contribute three hours weekly to dispatch war ration books. Full operation begins Monday with mailing to start June 20 and finish by July 21.
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West Virginia
Office of Price Administration
GPA
Charleston
OPA
Office of
Civilian Defense
Carl M. Frasure
Local Hero Kenneth Carpenter Killed in Action
Mr and Mrs R S Carpenter of Reedy were informed by the War Department their son Kenneth B R Carpenter, among the first armored divisions in North Africa, was killed in action on April 27. Two brothers, Walter J Carpenter in aviation at Champlain Miss and Paul Leon Carpenter a cadet at Seymour Johnson Field NC, also serve the country. A fellow resident Stuart P Armstrong also resides here.
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R. St Carpenter
Reedy
Kenneth BR. Carpenter
North Africa
Walter J. Carpenter
Aviation
Chreeammooud
Air Buee Ani Pte
Pauk Leon Carpenter
Aviating
Seymour
Do You Remember Charleston War Industry and Legion History
Do You Remember recaps Charleston wartime sites and veterans groups. It notes a Navy ordnance plant near Charleston with a 25 million dollar cost, 1940 expansions costing about 50 million, operated by Carnegie Iron and General Machinery Ordnance Corp with about 4 000 workers under Navy lease, establishing Charleston as a key war production hub. It highlights the American Legion’s Charleston branch, its 23 year history, large post with over 1 000 members, and leadership figures from 1930s conventions. The item also touches railroad reorganizations, coal mining development near Coalburg in 1953, and a 1895 Kanawha county bridge crossing privilege tied to W S Lewis.
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Carnegie-Hhinois Steel Co
General Machinery Ordnance Corp
Navy Department
Charleston
American Legion
Nicholas Barth
John Brawley
United States
Legion
Ben
West Virginia
T. H. McGovran
Phil M. Conley
N. A. Barth
C. G. Dawson
Lee Hay Smith
E. F. Veader
8. B. Andre
Coalburgh
Kanawha County
Flagg
Old Dominion Coal Co
Kanawha and Ohio Coal Co
Col Wiliam
Edwards
Kanawha
W. 5. Lewis
Clendenin
Charleston Jewish Feast of Weeks Observances
Charleston Jewry to observe the Feast of Weeks from sundown Tuesday to sundown Thursday. Memorial and regular services listed at Bai Paceb Synagogue and Virginia St. temple with rabbis Samuel Cooper and Ariel Goldburg. Confirmations include Arnold Barrack and others. Choir, led by Arthur McNeul, to perform special music. The service notes Ruth’s biblical story as part of the observance.
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Charleston
Bai Paceb
Samuel Cooper
Virginia St. Temple
Ariel Goldburg
Ruth
Road bids asked for 20 projects across 11 counties
The state road commission issued a call for bids on an 11 county road improvement program involving 20 projects with an estimated total cost of 148000 dollars. Projects include a half mile concrete segment from state route 25 to the Nitro Plant area and 133 miles of surface treatment and leveling across 19 projects. Bid opening set for June.
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State Road Commission
Nitro Plant
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George T. Fonda
Weirton Steel Co
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Hope Natural Gas Co
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Jane Eyre
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Margaret O'Brien
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U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant
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Tom Toledo
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U. S. 21
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Clarence J. Henson
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