Leaders Named To Run Charleston Playground Areas
The Charleston park and recreation commission released a list of leaders supervising activities at the citys 19 playgrounds opened June 12. Names include Mrs. C Paul Heavener recreation director and several volunteers across neighborhoods such as Littlepage Terrace Tiskelwah Dunbar and Stonewall with additional helpers listed from Cabell Robins and Watts Till districts.
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Charleston Park and Recreation Commission
C. Paul Heavener
Federal Recreation Building
American Legion Field
Tina Rose
Walker E. Hundley
Robert Dennie
Littlepage Terrace
Sarah Huskey
Tiskelwah
Clara Williamson
George Pierson
Dunbar
Eunice James
Cabell
Carl Watson
Robins
Esther
Dutfield
Stonewall
Robert L. Blu
Giueh
Lincoln
Betty Jeane Schillinger
Donald Moses
Watts Till
Virginia Conner
Emma West
Rute Johnson
Playground activities and service announcements from Gharleston Gazette 1944
Highlights of the first week at Watts Hill and Washington Manor playgrounds include a student-run newspaper, softball teams, and painted picnic benches. Attendance totals reach 2,353 at Elk River, with socials planned weekly. Local youths join military service, receive wings, or transfer to training at Hondo Texas and Great Lakes.
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Watts Hill
Washington Manor
Elk River
Heavener
Watts Hil
Kanawha Bilod
Robert Merrill
Paul Stone
Dan M. Mohler
Melvin Anderson
el River
Cabell
Moore to Lead Delegation to 4th Judicial Conference
Federal Judge Ben Moore will head a delegation from southern West Virginia to the 4th Judicial Conference in Asheville North Carolina. The Charleston and Bluefield attorneys include R S Spilman Homer Holt Wise Lave Dayton L E Given U S district attorney Herman Bennett Milton Ferguson J M B Lewis Joseph Sanders Kemper Jr and others.
Air base returns and service highlights for veterans
Four servicemen are noted for recent leaves and assignments. Edwards of Kingston, after a leave with parents, returns to the air base at Lincoln Nebraska, a former bombardier trained at Kirtland field in Albuquerque. Lt Edward Harrison, after 15 months in Australia and New Guinea, reports to Tinker field Oklahoma City. Adren D Ervin of Bansford finished basic training and earned a sharpshooter medal at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Pvt James N Johnson, son of Mr and Mrs W Johnson of Page, completed an aircraft mechanic course at Keesler field and is stationed at Ypsilanti Michigan.
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Leroy G. Banelei
W. H. Bane
Robertsburg
Camp Wheeler
James Mitchell
Inez Mitchell
Marmth
Edwards
Lincnin
Neb
C. W. Edwards
Kingston
Kirtland Field
Albuquerque
N. M
A. Corps
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Edward ©. Harrison
Australia
New Guinea
L. A. Harrison
Nancy St
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Adren D. Ervin
Bansford
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt
James N. Johnson
W. S. Johnsson
Page
Pan
Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Ypsilante
Mich
Truckers Urged to Apply for Third Quarter Gas Rations
Frank J. Blair, Kanawha war price and rationing board No. 5-20.1 chairman, said second quarter truck gasoline coupons are valid through June 30 and urged truckers to apply now for third quarter rations. He noted some garages refused newer coupons and warned against actions lacking justification. Applications received by June 21 will be processed to deliver coupons to operators by July 1. late arrivals may miss timely delivery.
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Frank J. Blair
Kanawha
Blair
Willkie Says America Lacks Moral Foreign Leadership
Wendell L Wilkie argues the U S has failed to defend freedom abroad and aligns with fascist elements unwisely. He urges a unified, modern Republican platform embracing a UN council and global cooperation to safeguard sovereignty and strategic interests.
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America
Willkie
Wendell K. Whitkie
Wendell L. Wilkie
Associated Press
Committee of Liberation
United States
Republican Party
Sacchuan
London
Bombay
Oslo
Melbourne
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Roosevelt
Far Pacific
Haly
Russia
France
Ameriga
Remarkable for stomach trouble
A fragmented advertisement notes stomach trouble relief with Cleveland tablets offered by Al Cohen Bros Drug Stores. It mentions tablets and dieting or time away from work as possible benefits, urging readers to obtain the product at the drug stores.
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Cohen's
Tomach Aurtaces
Cleveland von
Drugais
al Cohen Bros
One German rocket bomb hits southern England cricket field
A German rocket plane bomb exploded near a cricket field in southern England today, leaving a large blast while the match and players continued. The report links the event to wartime unrest and calls for international cooperation and tariff reform in U S policy debates.
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London
England
Flier Survives Night Emergency Jump
Cpl. Harold S. Osborne of East RaineUe makes an emergency parachute jump at night after his aircraft was badly holed. He remains keen to fly and is among the few in his unit to survive the perilous descent.
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Harold S. Osborne
East RaineUe
Cpl
Osborne
West Virginian Aides on 500 Bombing Missions
Lt Eben Willey of Maukawai Hewat ordered Cpl. Osborne to bail out during a dusk landing after anti aircraft fire hit his plane near Anzio. Osborne refused to abandon the mission, later completing over 500 bombing missions as a reliable runner and ground observer. He is the son of Robert Osborne of East Rainelle and a Rainelle High School graduate who entered the army May 9 and plans to stay in service after the war.
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Iby
West
Eben Willey
Maukawai
Hewat
Osborne
Cpl
Robert Osborne
East Rainelle
Rainelle High School
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