Frazier Seeks Rotary District Governor Post
Fayetteville resident Harizel F. Frazier seeks the 185th Rotary district governor seat. He is assistant superintendent of Fayette County schools, former Fayetteville Rotary president, and secretary-elect of the club. A 1933 member, he chairs youth and credentials committees, attended all district conventions, and holds multiple Masonic and church roles. He earned an AB from the University of Virginia and an MA from West Virginia University, and has twelve years of teaching experience. He joined Rotary Board No. 312 in Fayette County in 1942.
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Register
Fayetteville
Harizel F. Frazier
Rotary Club
Fayette County
Fayettevile
Rotary
Frazier
la Fayette
A. F
A. M
Sewell
Mount Hope Commandery
Beni Kedem Shrine
Charleston
Williams Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for Omer Williams 50 died at his home from a heart attack three days earlier will be held in Long Branch Methodist church at 2 30 this afternoon with Rev Schiley officiating Burial follows in Knights of Pythias cemetery at Pax He was a war hero from Roseville born July 16 1893 son of Thomas and Clara Lively Williams He is survived by his wife Vivian Williams his parents and numerous siblings and by his children Kathleen Nada Eldridge Janice Carol Phillip Joyce Shirley Rodger and Wayne all at home
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Thomas Wand
Clara Lively Williams
Vivian Williams
Ashley Williams
Dunbar
Noel Williams
Oswald
Carlos Williams
Long Branch
Buster Williams
U. S. Army
Leona Lively
Lewis Hammon
Falls View
Robert Humphrey
Pax
Clara Williams
Helen Williams
Kathleen
Portsmouth
Virginia
Nada
Eldridge
Janice
Carol Phillip
Joyce
Shirley
Rodger
Wayne
Oak Hill Boy Is Given Party
John Huffman of Oak Hill turned seven with a party at his parents home noted for pink and green decor. Guests included Donna Fitzgerald Rita Baumgartner Joan Ellison Shirley Blake Charles Brooks Blanche Dixon Gilbert Huffman Sandra Sue Lucas Jimmie Huffman Bobby Miller and others from Wyoming and nearby areas.
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Oak Hill
John Huffman
J. C. Huffman
Donna Fitzgerald
Rita Baumgartner
Joan Ellison
Shirley Blake
Charles Brooks
Blanche Dixon
Gilbert Huffman
Sandra Sue Lucas
Jimmie Huffman
Boiby Miller
Wyoming County
Clell J. Miller
J. E. Deviese, Jr
Alley, Tech
David L. Deviese
Albequarque
N. ML
Wingfield Promoted to Second Lieutenant at Fort Davis
Thomas F Wingfield of the United States army has been promoted to second lieutenant while stationed at Fort Davis in North Carolina. His mother, Mrs. Riley Defoe of Mount Hope, has been notified of the promotion as Wingfield has returned to Camp Stewart, North Carolina.
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Mount Hope
Thomas F Wingfield
United States Army
Riley Defoe
Fort Davis
North Carolina
Wingfield
Camp Stewart
Oak Hill Mayor May Be Nominated to Ninth Term
Oak Hill reports a city convention in two days to hear nominations for city offices including mayor recorder and seven councilmen. Incumbent Mayor Clauds R. Hill has not announced re election plans after sixteen years in office and could seek a ninth term. Current city recorder FE. N. Goode and council members R. R. Thomas R. E. Kelly A. J. Berry J. S. Trump Clarence Robertson R. C. Woods and Frank Titlow are listed as present incumbents.
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Oak Hill
Clauds R. Hill
City Recorder
Tose
FE. N. Goode
R. R. Thomas
R. E. Kelly
A. J. Berry
J. S. Trump
Clarence Robertson
R. C. Woods
Frank Titlow
Re-Election of Fayette County Tuberculosis Head
Hardesty of Mount Hope was re elected president of the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association at the annual meeting in the circuit court room. Re-elected were W. P. Bittinger as first vice president, S. A. Scott as second vice president, Sheriff Okey Patterson as treasurer, and Grace White as secretary. Board members named include Jack Ridinger, Otway Gunnoe, Grace White, M. A. Moore, Catherine Jones, and J. B. Thompson. Faye Dillon becomes executive secretary from April 1, replacing Ruth Bunker. E. P. Wells of Charleston spoke. a showing of Middletown Goes to War was also featured.
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Fayetteville
E. McK. Hardesty
Mount Hope
Fayette County
Fayette Farmer Finds Maryland Work Through FSA Help
Clell Toney of Notamine, Fayette county, is placed on a Maryland dairy and farm work through the Farm Security Administration. He reports good wages, housing, and meals, and asks for his wife and baby to join him. The program moves families, arranges transport, and matches employers. incomes range from 50 to 100 dollars monthly.
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Fayetteville
Clell Toney
Notamine
Maryland
Farm Security Administration
Sam J. Crouse
FSA
Toney
Fayette County
Crouse
F.S.A
Bond Sales Double Goal In Less Than Three Hours
In Payette Idaho students at the local high school doubled a 2000 dollar war bond and stamp drive in under two and a half hours toward buying an ambulance for the armed forces. Two students from each class helped supervise while Miss Helen Nelson led the effort. The drive continues for two weeks with a town booth and proceeds may go to the county drive. surplus is not yet planned.
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Payettevisile
Helen Nelson
Nelson
SGT David Deviese Visits Parents
Technical Sergeant David L. Deviese of the United States Army visits his parents Mr and Mrs J E Deviese Sr of Oak Hill Iowa. He has served 13 months and is assigned to the Army Air Corps training depot in Albuquerque New Mexico.
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Oak Hill
David L. Deviese
United States Army
J. E. Deviese
Oak Will
Teeh
Deviese
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Army Depot Training Station
Army Air Corps
Athequarque
N, M
Fall Off Tipple Injures Workman at Coal Mine
William Evans of Semet Solvay fell from the tipple of a local coal mine early yesterday. He was rushed to Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery in critical condition, according to officials.
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William Evans
Semet-Solvay Company
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Slate Fall Fatal To Henry Haney
William Henry Haney 42 longtime New River Consolidated Coal motorman and driller killed by slate fall about 5 30 Friday at Kaymoor mine. Born August 17 1900 in Greenup County Kentucky survived by wife Gracie and three sisters and two stepchildren. funeral Monday 2 pm at Kaymoor Community church Garten burial Fayetteville cemetery.
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Kaymoor
William Henry Haney
New River Consolidated Coal Company
Greenup County
Kentucky
Mickey H
Mary Hall Haney
Gerten
Fayetteville
Gracie Haney
Helen Harmon
Ruth Harmon
Austin Haney
Anna Bryant
Garten
Grace Hall
Cora Hedrick
Denver
Colorado
Hit-Run Case To Be Re opened
Fields Claude Hutchens faces re opened police court on Wednesday night with an additional driving without proper license charge. He is accused of striking Betty Lou Meadows eight and injuring her legs before leaving the scene after his truck knocked over a fire hydrant on Neville street. Hutchens was arrested yesterday after a radio alert. An unidentified woman aided the injured child home. she was not seriously hurt but unable to attend school. Hutchens appeared in police court last night as case records were continued for several witnesses and other defendants.
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Fields Claude Hutchens
Hutchens
Betty Lou Meadows
Ray Meadows
Cedar Street
Roberts
Mutthens
George L. Ballard
Lawrence
Jones
Four Welders Leave for Jobs at Shipyard
Joe Ellison and three others from Odd and Omar left after welding tests to work at Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard in Baltimore. D. K. Shroyer accompanied them and paid travel. Seven more Beckley college welding graduates are due at yards this week, including D O Facley, production welder earning 137.40 last week, who notes many Beckley alumni in the shipyards and good progress.
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Joe Ellison
Odd
Varnice Farley
Gordon Smith
Omar
Maron Farley
D. K. Shroyer
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Shroyer
Beckley College Welding Scadges
Shrover
D. O. Facley
Our City
Beckley Ollege
Beckley
Old Grade Card Reveals History
A half century old grade card for Nellie Collins, mother of John C Ward, shows 1891 classes at a local high school. Teachers included Sawyers, Leach, Harvey, and Talia ferro. Subjects listed were orthography grammatical United States history geography arithmetic and physiology. Her average across subjects exceeded 93 percent with behavior grades of 100. Collins later married Columbus Ward and died in 1910 when her baby was one month old.
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John Co.’ Ward
Circuit Court
Nellie Collins
W. H. Sawyers
Hinton
Bockiey
F. Leach
Jennie Harvey
Annie Taliaferro
Circuit Court Jurors Drawn for May Term
Jurors for the May term start Monday May 17 have been drawn by jury commissioners Jackson Smith and Fred J. Bair. The first day is set for motions, with jurors not required to report until the date of appeal cases. The list includes Rufus Ashworth Beckley Joe Ashworth Beckley H B Atkinson Beckley and many others from Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Circuit Court
Jackson Smith
Fred J. Bair
Rufus Ashworth
Beckley
Joe B. Ashworth
H. B. Atkinson
Willie Bone
Pine Knob
Carl Buckland
Burnside
Dry Creek
Horace Clark
Coal City
Hubert Clay
Ecceles
Lacy Clay
Pettus
Homer Clay
Posey
S. C. Capellari
Coal production drops in week ended April 7
The Associated Press reports soft coal production in the week ended April 7 fell to the lowest level since January 9. Fuels Coordinator Ickes said the slackening was probably due to many bituminous miners observing April 1 as a holiday, the anniversary of …
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
Mother WAAC gets word of 2nd son death in war
Corporal Madge Harvey Bryant of Helen and her husband Floyd Bryant of New Richmond face two more losses as their sons Floyd E. Bryant and Frank Bryant die in service in Europe and North Africa. Corporal Bryant, a postal clerk in Fort Des Moines, plans to resume duty April 27.
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Madge Harvey Bryant
Helen
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Floyd E. Bryant
Frank Bryant
War Department
Bryant
Floyd Bryant
New Richmond
Wyoming County
Robert Bryant
Sergeant Bryant
Robert
Corporal Bryant
W.A.A.C
Fort
Quit Claim Deed Recorded In Shady Spring District
Winfred A Couch filed a quit claim deed to W E Clark for any claim to a 60 acre tract in Shady Spring. Boundary disputes were noted. The filing also records five additional land transfers in Beckley and Shady Springs including transfers to Lucille Rider and to Cameron and the Kidds.
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Winfred A. Couch
W. E. Clark
Shady Spring
McMillan Land and Finance Company
Lucille Rider
Lilly Truck
Book Allotment To Be Reduced In West Virginia
Budget Director Cleveland Bailey said Monongalia and Marion counties will see reduced marginal school aid for a nine month term due to transfers from the dog tax funds. Monongalia moved 11,300 to a courthouse construction fund and Marion 4,500 to the general fund, affecting their aid. In recent years Monongalia received 13,000 and Marion 12,400 in marginal school aid, designated for counties unable to fund a nine month term.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cleveland M. Bailey
Monongalia
Marion County
Bailey
Monongalia County
Marion
Anthracite Production Figures Show Weekly Variation
The report notes eight hour contract terms and estimates total output near 11.15 million tons, with a week-over-week drop to 1.4 million tons. Pennsylvania anthracite production climbs to 1,357,090 tons from the prior week’s 1,941,000, indicating mixed weekly shifts in coal output.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia Farmers See 1942 Cash Income Rise
Wartime prices pushed West Virginia farm cash receipts to 64.614 million in 1942, up from 51.485 million in 1941 and 41.009 million in 1940. Livestock and related products provided most of the income, totaling 46.934 million, with about 15.085 million from crops and 2.595 million from federal soil and conservation payments. Average income per farm of three acres or more reached 643, reflecting strong profits amid higher prices.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Brewer
Commerce Group To Have Meeting
Paul G. Hoffman of South Bend Ind chairman of the National Committee for economic development will address the West Virginia chamber of commerce annual one day meeting here June 4. Speakers will stress post war problems of American economy. The state chamber listed four delegates to the U S Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in New York April 27 23. Delegates include Jesse A Bloch Wheeling George T Fonda Weirton Arthur M Hill and Hayes Picklesimer both of Charleston.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Paul G. Hoffman
South Bend
Ind
National Committee For
West Virginia
George T. Fonda
Weirton
Arthur M. Hill
Hayes Picklesimer
London Air Alert Amid War Time Scare
An air alert sounded in London around 5 p.m. eastern war time today. Last alert was earlier in the week when raiders approached along the Thames estuary and gunfire was heard on the city outskirts. Also noting San a Yemen population around 50 000 on a high plateau.
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Associated Press
London
Thames Estuary
San‘a
Yemen
Arabia
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Henry Haney
Kyle Cook
Arnett
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Beckles
Roy L. Chambers
Camernon
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L. B. Goss
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Naoma
J. P. Perdue
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L. B. Phillips
Patt
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M. W. Powers
John Prilliman
Affinity
Arthur Quesenbury
Sand Lick
Arthur Reed
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Roy J. Smith
Sarton Stover
Cranberry
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Prosperity
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Naoiia
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Hot Coal
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Henry McKinney
Sophia
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R. A
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Harpers
the Practical Welding School
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Reid
Boone County
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Beckley Ice & Feed Company
Prince Street
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