West Virginia Wacs exceed May enlistment quota
West Virginia May WAC enlistments soared to 120 percent of the quota, marking a new recruiting record. Capt. Mary Louise Connor announced the figure from the local army headquarters, noting Maj. Gen. James L. Collins sent congratulations to staff and the women serving. The May surge followed a 52.38 percent rise over April, and Connor stressed that June’s quota will be even larger.
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West Virginia
Mary Louise Connor
Army
Connor
James L. Collins
5Th Service Command
Cook Drug Co Emerges as Full Interest Store
Roy Bird Cook has purchased O O Older’s share in the Older Cook Drug store at 923 Quarrier Street. Prominent Charleston pharmacists, they opened the store as partners in 1924 and operated it as Older Cook. The Quarrier Street shop will be renamed Cook Drug Co.
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Roy Bird Cook
Older-Cook
Quarrier St
O. O. Older
Charleston
Older Cook
Older
Hale St
Cook Drug Co
Property Transfers Drawn From Multiple Districts
Numerous transfers recorded across Dunbar, Charleston, Nitro, and surrounding areas. Names include H Bobbitt, L A Koontz, Imms K Gillispie, Charlene Burford, B Williams, G H Ewing, Jesse Bailes, Emma Martin, Montrose, Crescent City Addn, Nitro, Kinnaird, Sherman Stephens, London Cabin Creek, Mt. Albans, Lillian Burdette, James Wilshide, A B Darnold, Butler Realty, Crescent City Addn, Jerold Grockton, Laura G Gaseley, Port Hill Realty, Harrison Stricklen, Zimo Fisher, Armatrang, Walnut Yatey, Carl de Jarvis, L T Halstead, A Lawsrence, Ann Goetz, and more. Includes parcels in Glenwood Addn, Jefferson Dist, Union, May include a title mortgage chain. No explicit sale prices or dates provided.
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H. Bobbitt
L. A. Koontz
Wees Addn
Dunbar
Imms
K. Gillispie
Emma Gene Gillispie
Glenwood Addn
Charleston
Charlene F. Burford
B. Williams
A. G. Willams
Barney Willams Co
Tefferson
Ir. Norvell
George H. Ewing
Armours Creak
Union District
Jesse L. Bailes
Emma EH. Martin
J. C. Massey Park
Montrose
South Charleston
Titie Mortgage& Discount Co
Eva May Fowler
Crescent City
Nitro
M. OR
Kinnaird
Sherman R. Stephens
Jolin, Dunbar
Title Mortgage & ‘Discount Co
Butler Realty Co
Tok
Marlingadde
M. A ‘Title Mortgage & Discount Co
James Ysenerd Fowler
Aatin
Laura G. Gaseley
Jerold N. Grockton
Robert H. Brown
George Gay
Lote
Malden
Goldie
Lynn
Margaret M. Lance
Oretewood
Capitol Realty and Investment Co
Port Hill Realty Co
Lota
Jefferson Dist
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