Virts Installed Head of Eagles Lodge Officers Named
Frank G. Wirts was installed as worthy president of the local Order of Eagles Aerie No. 2389 with Jerry W. Criss as vice president and Leland Price as secretary. Other officers included John E. Frey treasurer C. W. Hauk trustee Herbert Hovatter inner guard and W. R. Snodgrass outer guard. Past president Dorsey A. Shingleton officiated. A District Valley meeting will be hosted Sunday at 2 p.m. with a large class of candidates to be inducted and a social session followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prat Order of Eagles
Aerie
Leland Price
District Valley
Frank G. Wirts
Jerry. .W Criss
John E. Frey
C. W.hauk
Herbert Hovatter
W. R. Snodgrass
Worthy
Dorsey A. Shingleton
Several Hundred 4-F's To Be Called In July
Charleston dispatch reports selective service director Carl ton C. Pierce said several hundred 4-F draft registrants aged 18 to 25 will be called in July for examinations. They will be assigned to limited service if passed, in addition to the regular July pre induction call. The July preinduction call will proceed as scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Selective Service
Carleton C. Pierce
Pierce
Thomas J. Fowler
Rose
Mont
Wilson Fowler
Maple Avenue
Wilson
Lucinda Nichols Fowler
Virginia
Una Bell Jenkins
Dorsey
Charles Fowler
Rosemont
Grafton
Jenny Jones
Clara Mitchell
Bertha Jones
Galloway
Jessie Pitts
Wolf Summit
Methodist Church
Order of United American Mechanics
Bartlett
Baileytown Methodist Church
Norris of
Buckhannon
LO. O.F
Baileytown
Pees
Ard
Samuel B Keener Dies of Heart Attack at 51
Samuel B Keener a 51 year old B and O employee from Grafton Route 1 died suddenly this morning after a heart attack. He was born March 13 1894 in this state to George and Nora Keener. Survived by his wife Mary Virginis Keener and several brothers and sisters including Harry in the U S Army William Clarence James Amos and others. Funeral services were incomplete late today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel B. Keener
Grafton
George and
Nora Hardin Keener
Mary Irginis Keener
Harry Keener
United States Army
William and
Clarence Keener
Robert Keener
Virginia
James Keener
Fairmore
Amos Keener
Myrtle Kinter
Pairmont
Nellie Trader
Rachel Griffith
Lonnie Mowder
Wheeling
Bell McWilliams
Surviving Air Force Trio From Crash Reach Fire Valley
The trio Lt John B McCollum Sgt Kenneth W Becker and Cpl Margaret Hastings survived a C-47 crash on May 13 near a 17000 foot mountain wall in a remote valley. They reported burns and shock but asked for supplies as natives watched from sentry posts and the party described a pig gift from Lt Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAC
Margaret Hastings
Patrick J. Hasting
McMaster St
Oswego
N. Y
Far Eastern Airforce Service Command
John B. McCollum
R. 8. McCollom
Park St
Trenton
Air Corps
FEASC
Kenneth W. Becker
Cort Clair Becker
West Main St
Kelso
Wash
PEASC
McCollum
Victor R. Myers
San Antonio
Tex
Board issues only pre-induction list for June draft
Seven men named for June pre-induction call with six white volunteers including five Grafton residents and two in the 18 year old group. One colored man, Joseph Ellington, leaves June 15 for Huntington for final induction. Final white call due June 28, likely small and for 18 year olds. Lt. McCollom comments on safety as planes circle the area. Paratroopers reached crash survivors within about 90 minutes, others walked three days to the site. Funeral plane arrived May 26 as sun lit the canyon walls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Dale Robert Anderson
Baltimore
Dorwood Junior Keener
Grafton
Charles Alfred Patterson
Lawrence Roscoe Humphrey
Robert Lee Poling
Creed Richman
Albert Davitt Fulton
Fremington
Joseph Hillard Ellington
McCollom
Hellandia
Lt Helen Wise In Philippines News Brief
Second Lt. Helen L Wise Army Nurse Corps daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hupp of Walnut Street served in the Philippines since April She entered ANC last September trained at Fort Benjamin Harrison and was assigned to Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge Ohio before overseas duty A Davis Memorial Hospital Elkins graduate class of 1942 also worked at Youngstown Hospital prior to military service Also noted Private Walter S Brown on 30 day furlough after 14 months with 12th Air Force in Corsica France Italy Visiting here Pfc and Mrs John Edwards Camp Rucker Ala Juanita Robinson formerly of this city Hawaii update Bruce Werri Jr son of Mr and Mrs Weese West Bluemont Street arrived in Oahu Hawaii entering Army September 1943
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Wise
Army Nurse Corps
Lawrence Hupp
Walnut Street
Philippines
ANC
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Davis Memorial Hospital
Elkins
Wise
Youngstown
Youngstown , Hospital
Pfe. Richaird Dempsey
U. S. Maine Corps
Atlanic
H C. Dempsey
Blueville
Young Dempsey
Grafton High School
Th Marines
Walter S. Brown
Mrr
Clyde W. Brown
Country Club Road
Pvt
Brown
12Th Air Force
Corsica
France
Italy
Spokane Army Air Base
Spokane
Washington
Pfc
John Edwards
Barbara Louise
Camp Rucker
Ala
Hawaii
Pfr
Bruce Werri Jr
Weese
Grafton Residents Welcome Navy Officer and Brothers in Service
Et Cmdr Murphy arrives from Pacific duty to visit his mother in Grafton before joining wife and children in New York. He trained as a surgeon at Bellevue and NYU, graduated from Grafton High in 1924 and WVU Medical in 1928, then entered the Navy in 1942. Cpl Paul Boyles returns from England to spend a short leave as five brothers serve in RAF, Army, and Navy across Europe and the Pacific.
Two Gages Appear Before Jeffreys
Denzil Robinson of Grafton paid a 5 dollar fine plus costs after charges of assault on Virgil Eagle of Pruntytown were heard by Mag. Ona C. Jeffreys. Rol m pled guilty to related charges. Tom Sloan faced intoxication charges and received 20 days in jail and a 10 dollar fine. nonpayment could lead to thirty more days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denzil Robinson
Grafton
Mag
Ona C. Jeffreys
Virgil Eagle
Pruntytown
Rol m
Justice of the Peace
Tom Sloan
Mag. Jeffreys
Tom Will
Main Street Speeder Fined In Police Court
O. R. Funk of Fairmont was fined $6 after speeding on West Main street. He posted cash for appearance but failed to appear for trial this morning, leading to forfeiture of the bail. Patrolmen Woodford and White filed the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
O. R. Funk
Fairmont
West Main Street
Woodford
White
In Memoriam for Ira Marquess Jr. in Louisa Va
An In Memoriam note marks the one year anniversary of the passing of Ira Marquess Jr in Louisa Virginia. Mr and Mrs Ira Marquess are listed as the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenn Ira Marquess, Jr
Louisa
Mr. and
Mrs
Ira Marquess
Paris Welcomes 25000 North Americans in Khaki Era
The article notes 25000 North Americans arrived in France as tourists in khaki uniforms. It cites Kathleen Windsor's writing on Forever Amber with hours read and pages written, and mentions Harry F Berd, a Virginia senator, and Colonel Wilner Byer TI who founded Rechmon¢e in 177.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oace
France
Kathleen Windsor
Amber
Harry F. Berd
Virginis -Sinor
Aivae
Oracendant
Wilner Byer TI
Rechmon¢e Tin
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