Seven Halash brothers join forces in wartime service
The Halash family of East Beckley boasts seven sons of military age in the armed forces. Andrew, Nick, John, Joachim, George, Steve, and Martin Halash serve in the army, coast guard, and navy, with multiple postings from Panama to Florida and Texas. Rosie Halash manages home front duties keeping up with letters and chores as she hopes for a safe return.
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Steve Halash
East Beckley
Raeleigh County
Armed Forces
Andrew
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Fort Clayton
Nick Halash
National Guards
John Halash
Jefferson Barracks
Missouri
California
Seattle
Washington
Alaska
Joachim “Yockey” Hajash
Camp Blanding
Florida
George Hajash
Fort Bliss
Texas
Richmond
Virginia
Steve Hajan, Jr
Martin
Steve
Coast Guard
Camden
New Jersey
United States Navy
Andy
Halash
John
Hajash
Hungary
McDowell County
Rosie
America
Joachim
Raleigh
Yockey
Joe
Elizabeth
Woodrow Wilson High School
Marines
Mrs. Wajash
Register
Calendar Notices From The Register Social Editor
The calendar lists daily and weekly service details for Red Cross groups, church groups, and other organizations in Beckley. It notes times for canteen service, sewing, knitting, surgical dressings, nursing classes, and club meetings across venues including Memorial building, Prince street, and local churches.
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Register Social
Julia Ann Ellison
Prince Street
J. B. Ashley
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Beckley Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Methodist Temple
Singer
Azalea Garden Club
Coca Cola
John Bolen
A. 5S. Johnston
Cicle Girls
First Christian Church
American Legion Junior Auxiliary
Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Metlorlist Temple
Ira Holliday
Tod
Memorial
Red Cross Home
Shady Spring High School
George Daniel
First Baptist Church
Lillian Sheppard
Christian Service
First Methodist Church
Women’s Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Marion Bruster
M. L. Bragg
American Legion Auxiliary
B. E. Silverman
Eunice
Raleigh
Eastern Star
St. Mary’s Guild
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Heber Street
Missinn
Business
FP. McKenzie
Red Cross Sewing Groun
Women's Society of Christian Service
Circle Three
Women's Missionary Society of the First Christian Church
Arthur Rees
George Parker
R. K. Rubush
R. K. Kiddy
Women's Missionary Society of the
Harry Meade
Samuel Tixomson
Park Street
Okey Brooks
Cranberry
A. Moe
McGinnis
Une
Ten Beckley Residents File Final Citizenship Papers
Ten people in the Beckley area filed final citizenship papers before immigration examiner P. B. McHugh in the circuit clerk's office. Named are John Reggs Stanaford John Baksa Glen White Stanley Woroniecki Beckley Robert McNeish Slab Fork John Le gursky Jr Raleigh George Harrison Eccles Frances Frost Eccles Andre Repac Eccles Guy D Arco Beckley Carmelo Cerrato Glen White. Nationalities listed include Italian Hungarian Polish Scotch Rumanian Yugoslavian and English.
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Beckley Area
P. B. McHugh
Immigration Service
Circuit Clerk's Office
John Reggs
Stanaford
John Baksa
Glen White
Stanley Steve Woroniecki
Beckley
Robert McNeish
Slab Fork
John Lee Legursky
Raleigh
George Harrison
Eccles
Frances E. Frost
Rcccles
Andre Repac
Guy D'Arco
Carmelo Cerrato
Louise Veld Weds Sergeant Jesse Gravely in March Ceremony
The marriage of Louise Virginia Veld of Sullivan to Sergeant Jesse H. Gravely was announced by the bride’s parents. A single ring ceremony was held March 14 at Tilden Community church conducted by Rev. W. D. Martin. Gravely, a Shady Spring School graduate and Army Air Corps member, recently stationed at Gowen Field Boise Idaho. Mrs. Gravely will reside with her parents in Sullivan.
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Louse Virginia Veld
Sullivan
Jesse H. Gravely
Artie F. Gravely
Louise Veld
W. D. Martin
Tilden
Shady
Spring High School
Sergeant Gravely
Spring
Army Air Corps
Chanute Field, Mechanical School
Panama
Gowen,Field
Boise
Idaho
Gravely
Sergeant
Louise Virginia Veid
Louis Veid
Beckley Victory Gardens Struggle for Garden Tools
Local gardeners rush to start the season as hardware and department stores report all surplus stock sold and new orders late or short. Managers note limited plows hoes rakes and spading forks while a April release may ease supply. harvests promise larger yields to support Food for Victory in Raleigh County communities.
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Victory
E. E. Bibb
Beckley Hardware & Supply Company
Beckley Hardware
Montgomery Ward & Company
Barrow
W. K. Millbaugh
Henry Conway
J. G. Foster
Conway
Raleigh
Two Apply For Permits To Wed In County Clerk Office
Marriage license applications filed yesterday list Cecil Hutchinson 21 Kilsyth Mae Jennings 18 Armes Meadows Virginia Griffith 21 Cook Ridge and Pluto 22, as well as Virginia Griffith 21 Cook Ridge.
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Cecil Hutchinson
Kilsyth
Mae Jennings
Armes Meadows
Pluto
Virginia Griffith
Cook Ridge
Festive Basque Pattern No 8253 For Summer Sewing
Pattern No 8253 offers a hug me tight top and dirndl skirt in Basque style with heart neck and festive trimming. Sizes 10 to 20 include 314 yards of 30 inch material and trimming braid. price 15 cents plus 1 cent postage, order to The Raleigh Register pattern service in New York. Also announced first issue of FASHION a new book of patterns and sewing information priced 60 cents.
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Rileigh Register
7Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Way to Make Good Garden Revealed in Victory Planting
G H Pohlman of West Virginia college urges proper site selection with good drainage and fertility. He recommends soil testing for lime needs, spreading manure at ten tons per acre, and applying the Victory garden fertilizer 3 8 7 at planting.
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G. G. Pohlman
Agronomy
West Virginia College of Agriculture
Pohlman
Agricultural Experiment Station
Morgantown
Agronoist
New Road Opens Connecting Route to Coal Tract
An eight mile shale surfaced highway from state route 41 near Stanaford to Garden Ground Fayette County has been completed by the State Road Commission. The upgrade replaces a mud prone country road with regraded sections and new culverts. The road leads to a large coal tract once owned by William McKell now held by the New River Company. Surveyors have been seen and a mine may follow when equipment is secured.
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Stanaford
Garden Ground
Fayette County
State Road Commission
William McKell
New River Company
State Commerce Body Rules Out Miner Pay Hikes
The West Virginia state chamber of commerce predicted no wage increase for bituminous coal miners in New York negotiations. It argued payroll data show prior excess gains and that Washington plans to stop wage runs, despite miners seeking a $2 daily rise and unionization efforts.
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Associated Press
Charleston
New York
State Chamber of Commerce
United Mine Workers
Appalachian
West Virginia
Washington
Chamber
Workmen’s Compensation Department
State of West Virginia
U. S. Department of Commerce
U. S
Navy Seaman Jack Treadway Visits Home on Leave
Seaman Jack Treadway of the U S Navy is on a twenty day leave with his mother Mrs Mabel Treadway in Mount Hope. He enlisted June 22, 1938 and will report for destroyer escort duty from Norfolk Virginia. He saw service at Wake Island and in North Africa and served on the U S S Joseph F Hughes and on the Hammond, both sunk.
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Jack Treadway
United States Navy
Mabel Treadway
Mount Hope
Treadway
Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
Wake Island
North African
U.S. S. Joseph F. Hughes
Hammond
Mystery on a Mexican island headline tale
A navy diver probes a sunken Nazi submarine off a Mexican island while a powerful Irish ruler looms over the place. An American girl, betrothed to a future suitor, becomes entangled in the island’s perilous plots as a fast moving mystery unfolds aboard the upcoming serial.
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Mexico
Amenee
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Jacksonville
Corpus Christi
Kingsville
Shady, Spring High School
Georges
Nick
Hajash’s
Raleigh County Navy
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
United States
Bessie Carroll
Service Men
Sergeant Jesse Gravely
Beckley’s
Victory Gardens
William T. Riffe
Crab Orchard Road
Hoover Vacuum Cleaners
E. F. Denner
J. Morrison
Fiepalta
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