British Wives and Children Of Fayette Veterans Reach New York
British wives and children of Fayette veterans, including Orville Ward and his 14 month old daughter, arrive in New York aboard the Queen Mary the next day. Ward will welcome them at the docks as they plan to settle with his sister in Oak Hill until housing is found. The Red Cross notes more families, including Sidney Lucas and his one year old son John, are among the 2,329 arrivals, with plans to travel to Oak Hill where they will live with relatives until a dwelling is secured. Another wife and infant, Mrs. Eileen Absher and five month old Diedre, accompany James Absher’s family.
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Register
Chile
Orville C. Ward
North Central Avenue
Oak Hill
New York
Ward
Boston
Barbara A. Ward
Leicester
Mary L
Ada
C. R. Taylor
Red Cross
Sidney C. Lucas
John C. Lucas
Lucas
Thurmond
States
Ada Lucas
Fant
Fayette Seeetyleehiany
Eileen M. Absher
Diedre J. Absher
James Absher
Ansted
Boles Rites Held At Cotton Hill
Funeral services were held at Cotton Hill Baptist Church for Mrs Mary-Lou Boles of Fayetteville Route 2. The Rev W M Lusk officiated and burial followed in Arthur Cemetery. She died April 1 at age over 80. born February 22, 1868. Survived by husband Henry S Cole, siblings Major Blake, Lina Meadows, Clyde Boles, C A Boles, three daughters and nine grandchildren plus four great grandchildren.
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Register
Fayetteville
Cotton Hill Baptist Church
Mary-Lou Boles
W. M. Lusk
Gauley Ridge
Arthur
Oate
Henry S. Cole
Major Blake
Cliffton
Lina Meadows
Scarbro
Clyde Boles
Winona
C. A. Boles
Beckwith
W. Gentry
Charleston
Richards Burnette
Park Smith
Three Re classifications by Fayetteville Selective Service Board
The Fayetteville Selective Service Board Two reclassified three registrants at yesterday’s board meeting. They include C Warren, Jr., Samuel W. Withrow, 4-F, and Rodney E. Bing, 1-A.
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Fayette
Register
Fayetteville
Selective Service Board
Selbert, C. Warren, Jr
Samuel W. Withrow
Rodney E. Bing
327 Additional Acres Bought For 4-H Camp At Beckwith
Fayette County Court buys 327 acres near Beckwith for Fayette 4-H Camp development. Projected facilities will handle about 300 people at one time. cost reported as $72,000. The current camp cost about $15,000, with last year net income of $1,000 beyond operating expenses.
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Beckwith
Aegister
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Fayette
Thomas Belling
E. O. Wiseman
Wiseman
May Tea Plans For Oak Hill Garden Chapter
Oak Hill garden club members met at Mrs F W Dickinson home to plan a May 22 tea. Spade and Trowel will run the program with Horticulture handling refreshments. Mrs John Harsanny named Mrs Lottie Johnson to assist Civic forsythia orders and shrub care. Nine members and two guests attended as Mrs Daugherty and Mrs Lam Allman presented a program on The Culture of Wild Trees Shrubs and Flowers In Our Locality.
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Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Garden Club
F. W. Dickinson
John Harsanny
Lottie Johnson
Daugherty
Lam Allman
Virgil Smith to Undergo Exams Before Induction
Fayetteville high school star athlete Virgil Smith left for Huntington to take his pre induction medical exams for the armed services. A senior, he may be called after the May school closing. Other locals listed for pre induction exams include Clyde Davis and many area residents. New registrants signed with the Fayetteville Selective Service Board are Carl Edward Crouse and William Robert Blevins.
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Payetteville
Virgil Smith
Fayetteville High School
Huntington
Armed Services
Smith
Clyde Edward Davis
Garten
Harold Ray
Hayes
Route 1
Fayetteville
Marvin Franklin Hipes
Whipple
James Corbett Hughart
Mount Hope
Charles Arthur
Calvin Eldridge Lee
Ingram Branch
Rufus Roy Christian
Brooklyn
Godfrey William Lightner
Elverton
Louis Joe Kania
Lochgelly
Eugéne Morton Givens
Mount Trope
Roy Lee Massey
Ralph Waldo Ellis
John Sam Toney
Dothian
Edgar Sidney Hall
Faye
Resister Stalf
Selective Service Board Two
Carl Edward Crouse
Robbery Case Headed To Grand Jury In Fayette County
Fayetteville grand jurors heard evidence in the case against Robert Sims charged with breaking into the Ganey Mountain Coal Company store on March 23. Magistrate W S Kessler set April 1 preliminary hearing and Sims was bound over to the grand jury after arrest by Deputy A H Buchanan. He allegedly entered the store unlawfully and stole items valued at 332.85, with indictments expected to be returned today.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Robert Sims
Ganey Mountain Coal Company
W. S. Kessler
Ansted
Sims
A. H. Buchanan
Grand Jury
Pirrung Files For School Board Post In Fayette County
Harry E Pirrung of Montgomery officially filed as candidate for the unexpired term of W J Vickers on the board of education. Vickers died during the winter. Pirrung was appointed to fill the post until the next election. The unexpired term will be about four years. Pirrung, an insurance man, is well known in Fayette County.
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Y Register
Fayetteville
Harry — E. Pirrung
Montgomery
W. JH. Vickers
Board of Education
Pirrung
Vickers
Prrrung
Fayette County
Lookout Area To Get Telephones
Lookout area will install about 400 telephones within the year, announced by E J Stromp district manager of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company at a Lookout Civic Organization dinner at Nuttall High School. The meeting aimed to improve telephone communications and foster better ties between Fayetteville and Lookout, with road improvements among goals. Speakers included H F Frazier J R Diviz Dan H Perdue Mary Miller Fletcher Cook B J Amick Mrs Bill Lovy H J McCutcheon Charles Shackleford and M L Garvey.
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Register
Lookout
E.J. Stromp
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Lookout Civic Organization
Nuttall High School
Stromp
Fayetteville
Lookout Area
H. F.frazier
J. R. Diviz
Winona
Dan H. Perdue
Farm Bureau
Bill Lovy
H. J. McCutcheon
Charles Shackleford
M. L. Garvey
19 Guests Invited To Club Luncheon
Oak Hill High School Library Club invites 19 prospective members to a luncheon tomorrow. Recipients include Drema Smithson Janet Gaye Math Geraldine Acord Mary Jane Frye Max Harris Nancy Blake Sarah Jean Ashley Charles Mora Betty Wallace Gary Johnson Mary Sullivan Jackie Newell Paytus Dawson Betty Ann Ranp Nyla Kincaid Bea Jarrell Clara Vivian James Kitty Bosursox Norma Cline. Oak Hill senior class meets with West Virginia Wesleyan College delegate Beigh Lev.
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Register
OAK Hill
Oakill Hich School Library
Clb
Drema Smithson
Janet Gaye Math
Geraldine Acord
Mary Jane Frye
Max Harris
Nancy Blake
Sarah Jean Ashley
Charles Mora
Betty Wallace
Gary Johnson
Mary Sullivan
Jackie Newell
Paytus Dawson
Betty Ann Ranp
Nyla Kincaid
Bea Jarrell
Clara Vivian James
Kitty Bosursox
Norma Cline
Advises Housekeepers To Do Pre Canning Work Now
Fayette County home demonstration agent urges housekeepers to ready canning gear as gardens are plowed and planted. She stresses pressure cookers must be in top condition, gauges replaced, and warns dealers will have limited supply. Offers demonstrations and trade in on victor canners, plus detailed preuse prep steps for safe first canning.
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Fayetteville
Lucile Hudkins
Fayette County
Miss Mudkins
Miss Hudking
Miss Hudkins
Eleven Men Leave For Service Induction
Fayet teville residents and others accompany a group of seventeen men departing for induction into the armed forces. Names include Herman Lee Bennett James Edward Newton William Raymond Hayslett Harlen Ralph Waugh Lyndon Sanford Givens Leslie Orval Smith James Howard Hatcher Kenneth Lee Campbell George Lendall Arthur Robert Lee Underwand Andy Kozma Clarence Ray Brown Sr Robert Tee Tredways Belle Arthur Hayes Allen Jr George Henry Thomas Jr Jackson Theodore Jennings and James Allen Coba from Oak Hill Scarbro Fr Cunard and Hilltop areas.
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Fayetteville
Huntington
Herman Lee Bennett
James Edward Newton
Oak Hill
William Raymond Hayslett
Harlen Ralph Waugh
Brooklyn
Lyndon Sanford Givens
Elkton
Leslie Orval Smith
James Howard Hatcher
Harvey
Kenneth Lee Campbell
Mount Hope
George Lendall Arthur
Kussyth
Robert Lee Underwand
Andy Kozma
Clarence Ray Brown
Hilltop
Robert Tee Tredways Belle
Arthur Hayes Allen
Scarbro
George Henry Thomas, Jr
Pax
Jackson Theodore Jennings
Cunard
James Allen Coba
Alien Servicemen Urged To Seek Citizenship Papers
Special privileges for alien servicemen expiring December 31 1946 urge veterans to file citizenship petitions under Section 701 of the Nationality Act of 1940. Fayetteville clerk Mrs. L S Tully notes expiring benefits and warns petitions filed after January 1 1947 must rely on other naturalization provisions. Naughtier is born Mullens Mullens Paul and wife announce birth of a six and a quarter pound daughter at 12:39 am Tuesday in Wylie Hospital.
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Fayetteville
L. S. Tully
Circuit Court of
United States Naturalization Service
United States
Tully
Naughter
Register
Mullens
Paul Phillips
Wylie Hospital
Fayetteville Appoints Bryant Dogcatcher for Drive
Phillip Bryant of Fayetteville, who previously served as a dogcatcher, will again hold the post after appointment by the Fayetteville City Council. The council set rules to impound stray dogs after April 15 and require owners to pay a release fee each time a dog is impounded. A survey of dog population was conducted by town police, and sewer-extension estimates for the Huse Addition were noted with instructions for a similar survey in the Sunset Addition.
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Piva Oorle Wendl
Fayetteville
Phillip Bryant
Bryant
Talien
Huse
J. H. Hambrick
Sunset Inn beer license revoked in Fayetteville
Fayetteville announces revocation of Sunset Inn beer license owned by Enina Janney effective April 6, along with eight other licenses and suspensions. Roger's Place at Deep Water and Gauley Tavern at Gauley Bridge also affected with varying effective dates.
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Nexister
Payetteville
Sunset Inn
Enina Janney
Fayetteville
Fred
Watkins
Roger
Church Class To Honor Veterans At Dinner Friday
Oak Hill Methodist Church will honor veterans with a dinner at 6 30 p m Friday. Dr J T Browning of Bluefield will be guest speaker. Dinner served by the Women’s Society of Christian Service. Men's Bible Class president H J Van Camp.
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Sergranl Sigg
Oak Hill
Brewer Returns to Florida After Pensacola Visit
Aviation Machinist Mate Second Class and Mrs Albert Johnson Brewer and daughter Jammie Catherine have returned to Pensacola Florida where he will be reassigned after visiting his parents in Minden He served 19 months in the South Pacific and met his daughter for the first time now about 11 months old His wife Mary Catherine Bryant has been living with her parents in Pensacola Brewer has five years and two months service.
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Florida
Register
Minden
Albert Johnson Brewer
Jammie Catherine
Pensacola
J. P. Brewer
South Pacific
Mary Catherine Bryant
Brewer
Army Day Proclamation Declared in Oak Hill
Oak Hill Mayor C. R. Hill issued a proclamation designating Saturday April 6 as Army Day 1946. The document calls citizens to honor the U S Army, observe appropriate exercises and display the national colors, with the mayor's seal affixed as official notice.
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Oak Hill
C. R. Hill
United States
T. C. BR. Hill
City of
Mullens Man Injured By Cow At Barn Side
Mullens resident Mullens Hill man Tilley suffered a lacerated left hand after being knocked against his barn by a cow. He required 10 stitches after catching his hand on a nail. He was treated at Wylie Hospital yesterday. Mrs Eddie Acard of Grentork was also admitted for treatment yesterday.
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Mullens
Register
Emery Tilley
Mullens Hill
Wylie Hospital
Tilley
Eddie Acard
Grentork
Oak Hill Tri-Hi-Club to Attend Elkins State Meet
Five Oak Hill High School Tri-Hi-Club members plan to attend the state conference in Elkins this weekend. Sponsor Mrs. Sue Scott announced the event noting older Hi-Club members previously attended a Huntington gathering. Attendees include Mary Lee Bishop Jean Bishop Norma Jean Skaggs Betty Gay Milter and Mary Lou Scott, club president.
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Elkins
Resister
Wesler Oak Hill
Oak Hill
Two New Homes For Rent To Discharged Vets In Mullens
Mullens reports two new houses under construction to rent to returned World War II veterans. One, on Florence Street, will offer five rooms upstairs and a three room basement apartment for a second family, aided by federal funds via attorney Fred T. Kingdon, a discharged veteran. The second home is built by Trevor F Brammer for his son Charles Brammer, also recently discharged from service.
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Florence Street
Mullens
Trevor F. Brammer
Charles
Otsego Man Jailed On Three Charges
Otsego man Henry Yates, 20, is jailed in Wyoming County for 30 days after a Monday hearing before Magistrate R. M. Stovall. He faced charges from Mullens City Police of destroying a parking meter resisting arrest and drunkenness. He had earlier been fined for public intoxication and ordered to stay out of town.
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Register Statt
Mullens
Henry Yates
Otsego
Wyoming County
R. M. Stovall
Yates
Stovall
Alex D. Beavers
Plan Evangelistic Program To Begin Sunday In Mullens
Mullens plans a two week evangelistic campaign at First Baptist Church starting Sunday April 7 with nightly services at 730. The Rev J R Gillespie will be joined by the Rev John Howard Whitt a Lexington Kentucky chaplain and Burma missionary who served in World War II and traveled 25000 miles in Europe. Whitt seeks veterans to discuss problems. prayer meetings are set for midweek at the church H S Burchams and C H McKinneys. The public is invited. Citizenship was extended to all Indians in the United States by an act of Congress in 1924.
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Mullens
First Baptist Church of
J.R. Gillespie
John Howard Whitt
Lexington
Kentucky
Mer. Whitt
Tennessee
Carson Newman College
Jefferson City
South Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Burma
East St. Louis
Ilinois
59Th Ordnance Group
Ninth Army
Normandy
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Europe
West Virginia
H. S. Burcham
C. H. McKinney
United States
Congress
Annual Tuberculosis Clinic Set For April 15 in Wyoming
Dr Ward Wylie, county health officer, announced the State Health department will hold its annual tuberculosis clinic at Pineville starting Monday April 15 for three days. X rays will be given 9 am to 4 pm with no charge. Appointments available in early April. priority to known cases, suspects, contacts, and certain groups including students and adults in jobs like teachers and food handlers.
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Wyoming
Mullens
Ward Wylie
State Health Department
Pineville
Texantinalians
Health Department
228 New Hymn Books Donated For Church Revival
The Adult Department of the First Baptist Church in Mullens sponsored the purchase of 228 hymn books with Gosnel hymns for the revival. The books were dedicated at a special ceremony Sunday night and will be used during the Evangelistic Campaign starting next Sunday.
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Church Re
Mullens
The
First Baptist Church
School Officials Attend Athens Meeting
Superintendent of Schools D. W. Bryson and assistants James B. Deck and C. D. Munson Jr. travel to Athens for the Southern Area School Supervisors Association monthly meeting and are expected to return late this afternoon.
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Athens
D. W. Bryson
James B. Deck
C. D. Munson, Jr
Southern Area School Supervisors Association
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