City Gardens Replace Lawns as Plowmen Turnouts Increase
County Agent H. B. Thomas notes a surge in garden plowing with demand high and many workers already booked into mid May. W. R. Taylor reports strong orders as lawns are turned to plots for onions lettuce beets and Swiss chard. One eighth acre costs about 3 75 to plow and garden plots range from five to ten thousand square feet depending on soil and distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Thomas
Thomas
John L. Clay
Rock Creek
W. R. Taylor
Mabscott
Taylor
R. C. Clyburn
Kanawha Street
DPA Clientele Increases in March Reported by County
The county Department of Public Assistance shows 1576 clients in March. Total operation cost 42088.25 dollars with 550 old age aid cases costing 10017 and 542 dependent children cases costing 19542. General relief 8612, administrative costs 3073.77. About seven cents of every dollar covers administration. General relief funds cover medical care hospitalization tuberculosis burial infirmary distribution boarding care and related programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Assistance
E. W. Worrell
Real estate transfers filed in Marsh Fork district
Three transfers recorded in the county clerk's office list W. J. Barbour and C. C. Morgan as sellers to Boyd Pettry for property in Sunset Drive Flats Route 3. Dora B. Lilly and R. H. A. Lilly deeded to George Grimes Jr. two Crab Orchard lots. The Lilly Lind Company conveyed two Beckley Court addition lots to R. G. Pierce.
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Sunset Dream
Tolliver
Marsh Fork
W. J. Barbour
C. C. Morgan
Boyd Pettry
Dora B. Lilly
RH. A. Lilly
George Grimes, Jr
Crab Orchard
Lilly Lind Company
R. GO. Pierce
Beckley Court
Assorted West Virginia Budget Clash Delays Postwar Relief
Budget Director Cleveland M Bailey warns the 1943-45 plan merely postponed the financial headache to 1945 after a review shows extra credits and deficits. He notes $7.7 million moved to the general fund and $2.5 million earmarked for a teacher bonus, with revenue shifts from tax changes likely shrinking income by about $5 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Cleveland M. Bailey
Bailey
Four damage suits total seventy five thousand dollars
Four suits seek a combined seventy five thousand dollars. The actions include a possession suit against E. J. Fourney by Arthur H. du Grenier Inc and two twenty five thousand dollar claims against the Virginian Railway arising from a January 22 1943 crossing accident at Cittsville. Additional suits involve Delmar Wilburn under age twenty one seeking fifteen thousand from Dr W H Dearing and Houston J Holliday and Carlos Adkins under twenty one seeking ten thousand from Raleigh Transit Company. A chancery suit notices estate administrator Ash Mankin against Mackay J Smith Hicks James E Mowery Walter V Ross trustee and Home Owners Loan Corporation.
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E. J. Fourney
Arthur H. du Grenier
Virginian
Beckley
Delmar Wilburn
Branch Wilburn
W. H. Dearing
Houston J. Holliday
Dr Dearing
Holliday
Daniels
C. R. Harless
Carlos Adkins
Cecil Adkins
Raleigh Transit Company
Adkins
Raleigh City
Ash Mankin
Raleigh County
Mary T. Davis Church
Mackay J. Smith Hicks
James E. Mowery
Walter V. Ross
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
United States Corporation
Floyd M. Sayre
Wallace Rites Are Today
Funeral services for Elmer Ray Wallace 31 of Odd are set for 2 PM at Mount Valley Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Philip Groban. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Friday from injuries sustained in a state fall in the C. H. Mear Coal mines. survived by wife six brothers and three sisters and his father C. E. Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Ray Wallace
Odd
Mount Valley Baptist Church
Philip Groban
Sunset Memorial Park
Wallace
C. H. Mear Coal Company
Clifford
Baltimore
Maryland
Fred
United States Marine Corps
San Francisco
George
Kodiak
Alaska
Edward
Clayton
Lonnie
Tough Kenamon
Pennsylvania
Bob Lilly
Glenna Wallace
Nick Laturce
C. E. Wallace
Two Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
County clerk records show two couples filing for licenses. Earl Junior Reynolds, 19, of Dorothy, with Alice Virginia Thomasson, 17, of Dorothy, and August Bowden, 26, Negro, of Cherokee, with Roberta Moore, 26, of Edwight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Junior Reynolds
Dorothy
Alice Virginia Thomasson
August Bowden
Roberta Moore
Edwight
Pinecrest Farm Sanitarium Struggles With Help Shortage
Dr. E. H. Hedrick reports at his second week the Pinecrest sanitarium staff is stretched thin as many rooms remain vacant and 48 more patients could be admitted after cosmetic renovations. A new watchman, former Beckley and Mabscott officer Jim Shrewsbury, joins. two farm workers plow seed potatoes for an expected 2100 bushels. The dairy is being renovated to replace weaker cows with productive new stock as the facility plans to reach full capacity within 50 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinecrest
Scott
Hedrick
Sanitarium
State Officials to Attend Stanaford Services Tuesday
Winners in the state Schools at War scrapbook contest, Stanaford school will receive a Liberty Brick at 11 oclock Tuesday morning. W. W. Trent and E. R. Mowbray will be among visiting notables. If weather permits the outdoor service will acknowledge the Rams. The Stamford school competed with 150 schools to win the award. The Liberty Brick sits in a display case with a bas relief of Independence Hall and is one of 206 year old hand made bricks from England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanaford
W. W. Trent
E. R. Mowbray
West Virginia War Savings Staff
County Board of Education
Mason Anderson
Stamford
Wheeling ‘Union Elemetary
Wheeling Webster
Princeton
Wheeling Fulton
St. Joseph's
Martinsburg
Greeland
Mount Hoe
Grafton
Huntington Gallaher
Warwood
Charleston Negro
Liberty
Independence Hall
England
Maloney Named To OPA Position In Charleston
Governor Neey's office announces Melton M. Maloney of Dunbar as state mileage administrator succeeding Roby Dunman who resigned. A telegram to OPA administrator Prentiss M. Brown in Washington confirms the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
Neey
Melton M. Maloney
Dunbar
Roby Dunman
Dunman
Prentiss M . Brown
Washington
Maloney
Electrical Club Meeting Discusses Insulating Var nishes
Members of the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute will meet at 7 30 p m on April 8 at the Appalachian Electric Power Company building. R W Shoup of the National Electrical Coil Company Bluefield and Columbus will discuss insulating varnishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River and Winding Gulf
Farm Bureau to Meet in Raleigh County Office
Directors of the Farm Bureau of Raleigh County plan a special meeting at Bo Clark next Friday night. The event, held in the office of County Farm Agent H. R. Thomas, will feature District Agent W. H. Roberts discussing the farm labor situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Raleigh County
Bo'clark
H. R. Thomas
W. H. Roberts
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Coal City
W. W
Will) Nugen
America
R. L. Stover
Budget Office
Cinder Block Cinder Block Inc
Roanoke
Neville St
Beckley ‘Theatre Block
Pinecrest Farm
Von
Beckley Drug Co
Main St
OPA
Electrical Club
Tee
Ren
South
Kanawha ST
Eos
Snow
Mickey Mouse
Old Bergen Rd
Jersey City
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