DAR Luncheon Highlights War Efforts and Heritage
Mrs. Millary T. Sisler Morgantown state regent spoke at the Ka nanwa Valley DAR luncheon in Charleston praising war bond Red Cross and blood plasma drives and plans to buy an ambulance with plasma gear for the armed forces. She noted resolutions from the New York Continental Congress condemning social insurance and immigration limits. The event drew 93 attendees with state officers and DAR leaders from Huntington Pt Pleasant Morgantown Parkersburg and Charleston. A retiring chapter regent received a service pin for 4000 hours of war work and an invitation was extended for a Daniel Boone meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the American Revolution
Millary T. Sisler
Morgantown
Kanawha Valley
Charleston Woman's Club
DAR
Continental Congress
New York
J. Eagar Hoover
FBI
Soialine
Mesdames H. H. Daniels
Huntington
Keith McClung
Mr. Smith
Charleston
Beckley Man Awakened by Invasion Buys Bond
Beckley June 6 Charles W McCormick a paperhanger and painter woke at 3 am and decided to be first in line at the Beckley Post Office to buy a $50 war bond. He has two sons in service and notes kinship to Ensign Blaine Kinzer whose plane was lost in the Pacific May 7, 1942. A Liberty ship was named for Ensign Kinzer.
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Bond Beckley
Charles W. McCormick
McCormick
Beckley
Kyle Kinzer
Blaine Kinzer
Pacific
Ensign Kinzer
Genealogical Society Chapter Installs Officers
At a June 14 hotel meeting the chapter installed new officers led by regent B Kemp Littlepage and other elected officials including 4H. H. Cammack as vice regent and Richard Moon Jr as recording secretary. Members voted to buy a $100 Fifth War Loan bond and donate $25 to the Canteen Center at Elkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisler
B. Kemp Littlepage
H. Cammack
Richard Moon
J& W. van Horn
W. B. Posson
Wilbur Carnes
Florence Calvert Kuhn
Virginia Cork
Elkins
King's Daughters Host Silver Tea Gathering
Over 50 members and guests attended a silver tea yesterday afternoon hosted by the Silver Cross circle, King's Daughters, at Mrs. Charles A. Haviland's Kanawha Avenue home. Mrs. J. F. Hardesty presided, with Mrs. M. A. Wildman introducing. The program featured vocal selections by Mrs. Ernest Bartels and piano solos by Mrs. Haviland and Mrs. E. F. Hiner. Several ladies acted as tea-table hosts, with arrangements of pastel flowers completing the decor.
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Silver Cross Ui Cle
King's Daughters
Charles A. Haviland
Kanawha Ave
J. F. Hardesty
M. A. Wildman
Ernest Bartels
Haviland
E. F. Hiner
W. T
Nurse's Aides Name Officers At Annual Meeting
Members of the Volunteer Nurse's Aide corps met at the Daniel Boone hotel to re elect officers for the coming year. Pres Mrs Howard Chernulf VP Mrs C L Shilliday Sec Treas Mrs Alma Busir and Miss Alma Corbett as chairman of the professional advisory committee were noted for their work. Mrs Steele Trotter of Virginia St is convalescing from an appendectomy at McMillan hospital.
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Nurse's Aide Corps
Daniel Boone Hotel
Howard Chernulf
C. L. Shilliday
Alma Busir
Alma Corbett
Steele Trotter
Virginia St
McMillan Hoal
Tolley Awarded Bronze Star for Guadalcanal Service
Pfe. Walter Z Tolley of Rand received the Bronze Star for meritorious service during January 1943 at Guadalcanal on the Solomon Islands. The army cited his role in establishing and maintaining a battery observation post communications link on Mt Austen under enemy fire and for delivering mortar ammunition to front lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Salomon Islands
Pfe
Walter Z. Tolley
Rand
Army
Mt. Austen
Russians Hail Yenks and American Airmen in Europe
The article recalls Russian hospitality toward American airmen, noting gifts and warm welcomes from civilians in England and Russia. It highlights a Arkansas navigator trading gifts, a Alabama pilot’s praise, and mutual respect between Allied aircrews and Russian support services as Maj McCreary reflects on making copy and a teddy bear mascot wish.
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Alabama
McCreary
U. S
Arkansas
Airforce
England
Bth
RAF
Russia
Germany
Maj. McCreary
The Man from Mohammet The Texas Ranch Mystery
Chris Young an army pilot visiting Alpine learns Bill Stone vanished from a Kilgore ranch. Marion Kilgore guides him to Esau a desert ranch hand who may know Bill. A night on the Big Bend ranch ends with a shocking discovery as a body drifts in the river and Elusive clues deepen the mystery.
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Chris Young
Texas
Bill Stone
Chris
Bill
Marion Gaines
Pat Kilgore
Esau
Marquisa de Vina
Kilgore Ranch
Army
Marion
Ruth
Alpine
Kilgore
Pat
Mesa Ranch
Here
Hank Sanders
Christsvid
Marlon
Man's Bee Stabbed Back Sparks Swift Investigation
The scene unfolds with a husky remark about a backstabbing, a dog at a dead man, and Marion's alert question as a body is found. The event prompts a continuation, while an unrelated note reports Sgt Owen Sloan of Cottage Grove receiving a $185 pork sale check from St. Louis stockyards, misaddressed to a Leadwood farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Esau
T. Leonard Wood
Owen Sloan
Cottage Grove
Ore
St. Louis
Leadwood
Take It Easy Warning At Memphis Dance
An unidentified girl at an informal Memphis dance wore a paper on her dress reading Take It easy, I am sunburned as a warning to others, highlighting a lighthearted incident at the event.
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Memphis
Oklahoma A and M students ride fire trucks for summer fun
In Stillwater Oklahoma on June 5 volunteers are invited as Fire Chief Ray Pence calls for help during the summer. Students at Oklahoma A and M college can ride fire trucks with room linens breakfast and laundry included as a new program offers recreational activity and service during vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Ray Pence
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Worth Tryin
Lydia E. Pinkhams
Wivley Benitijul
Svvece
Vera
Nisley
Quarrier Street
Calvert
America
THE
House OF Blends
Nyc
Blende
Walter ‘Tolley
SERIA
the Man From
Mohammet
Mery Gi
Bellen
Texas Moon
Ani
Lavoptik
al Draggiste
BRAGN
Rinerbank
Frankenberger
Lingage Center
UI Nain
Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca
Minnehaha
Walhonde
YMCA
John Laing
Kaynee
Palm Beach
Jeep
Gabardine
McGregor
Poplin
Scout
Scout Haversacks
Camp Oxfords
Cash
Dads
BOY Scouts OF America
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