Navy Officer Surprises Raleigh Worker with Two Medals
Bill Bryant, back at his Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Company job as traffic clerk since January after wartime service, received the Navy Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal from Lt. J. B. Berkey during a surprise office visit. The citations praise his heroism over Ishigaki Shima during a June 1945 photographic mission despite heavy anti-aircraft fire and damage to his plane. His brother Charles E. Bryant has served 14 months in the Army and is now in Manila.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Bryant
Feft
Raleigh Smokeless Fuel Company
J. B. Berkey
Huntington
Bill Bryant
Navy
Bryant
Bill
W.H. Bryant
Lillybrook
Durgin
Okinawa
Pacific
Berkey
Ishigaki Shima
Nansei Shato
United States Navy Service
Ssir
Charles E. Bryant
Army
Manila
West Virginia ROTC chapter hosts Col Hearne address
Col Julian G Hearne Jr commanding officer of the West Virginia Military District will speak tonight at 6:30 p.m. to the Gen Alfred Beckley chapter of the Reserve Officers Association at the Beckley Hotel. He is accompanied by 14 Col John Timbrell Huntington district commander, Beckley’s district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian G. Hearne, Jr
West Virginia Military District
Alfred Beckley
Reserve Officers Association
Beckley Hotel
John Timbrell
Huntington District
Beckley
Hen Has Easter Spirit
Betty Jean Rennick’s pet black hen laid a six ounce egg yesterday in South Gate California. The feat involved an egg seven and a half inches around the middle and nine and a half inches long. The Associated Press notes a curious aside on wartime chemical basics.
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Associated Press
South Gate
Calif
Pudgy
Betty Jean Rennick
Youth Waives On Shooting Charge Near Rainbow Lunch
Jimmie Carey a 17 year old Beckley resident was released on a $300 bond after being charged with shooting Richard Stanley at the Rainbow Lunch near the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station. Police say Stanley, treated at Beckley hospital for a gunshot wound to the leg and facial lacerations, allegedly cursed the restaurant owners after entering intoxicated. Captain W J Trail notes the confrontation occurred Tuesday around six PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Carey
Beckley
Richard Stanley
Eccles
Stanley
Beckley Hospital
Corley
Chesapeake and Ohio
W. J. Trail
Man’s death casts shadow on safety contest win
Edwira J. Crawford of Bellaire, a foreman for Rail and River Coal Co., led his six man team to victory in the All-Ohio Safety Congress first aid contest as he learned his father Joseph, 67, was killed in a state mine fall at Indian Run Coal Co. near Bellaire.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Edwira J. Crawford
Bellaire
Rail and River Coal Co
All-Ohio Safety Congress
Congress
Crawford
Joseph
Indian Run
Coal City Residents Demand Local Doctor
Coal City residents urge a physician is needed as a neighbor's appendicitis and other illnesses go untreated. Taxi operator Anthony Smolsky spent hours trying to locate an available doctor, spending fifteen dollars without success.
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Register
Coal City
Anthony Smolsky
Betty Philpott
Frank Philpott
Enat
Emaline Gillespie
Abney
Bil Holt
Smolsky
Holt
Killarney
Whitby
Odd
Pemberton
Ross P. Daniel
Beckley
Gillespie
Smalsky
Safety Improvements At Edwight Coal Mine Noted
Bureau of Mines report on Raleigh Wyoming Mining Company in Edwight details improvements after inspector F J Furin visit. The mine with 308 workers and 2000 tons daily adopts incombustible stemming line braces better haulage tracks trolley wire guards cable reel safeguards and other measures. Weekly gas checks dust control smoking ban safety goggles and a check in out system urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
F. J. Furin
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Seven County Men Released By Navy
Seven county men have been discharged from the naval service at three separate separation centers, according to center press releases. Discharges from Bainbridge include Harold F. Richards of Sophia, William A. Cole of Lillybrook, Monroe M. Milam of Edwight, Walton Bedwell of Crab Orchard, and Columbus D. Meadows of Blue Jay. Lt. (Jg.) Norman W. Shumate of Beckley received his discharge in Washington, D. C., while Sammy B. Morris of Pemberton, USCG, was discharged in Detroit, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Service
Sbainbridge
Harold F. Richards
Navy
Sophia
William A. Cole
Lillybrook
Monroe M. Milam
Edwight
Walton Bedwell
Crab Orchard
Collumbus D. Meadows
Blue Jay
Norman W. Shumate
USNR
Beckley
Washington, D. C
Sammy B. Morris
USCG
Pemberton
Detroit, Mich
Hale Family Relocates to Georgia for New Job
L. W. Hale and his family moved from Coal City to Georgia after accepting new employment. Hale previously worked for Lillybrook Coal Company at Lillybrook. His oldest son Eugene stays in Coal City to live with his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Dickerson, and attends Collins Junior High School.
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L. W. Hale
Georgia
Register
Coal City
Hale
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lillybrook
Eugene
Ella Dickerson
Collins Junior High School
Navy Man Hitchhikes By Air From China To See Ill Dad
A son, Robert Wardsen, second class aviation machinist's mate, traveled from Chungking, China, to Los Angeles to visit his ailing father at the Anderson Warden home. After a 15 day journey with little rest and 19 pounds lost, he arrived in time to find his father improving as the family awaited further recovery.
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China
Anderson Warden Hame
Anderson Warden
Robert Anderson Warsden
Chungking
Navy
Beckley
Robert
Efe
Guam
Warden
Los Angeles
Mrs Rogers to Be Interred Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs Ellen Bell Rogers age 52 who died yesterday at her brother Walter Bells home in Sophia after a lengthy illness will be held tomorrow at 2 p m at Coal City Community Church with Rev J L Callahan officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Survivors include two children Charles Rogers of Sophia and Mrs Gladys Morrison of Huntington her mother Mrs Josephine Bell of Sophia two brothers James Bell of Otsego and Walter Bell of Sophia and two sisters Mrs E S Smallman of Cedar Grove and Mrs M C Neeley of Otsego Active pall bearers are C R Taylor Quenton Bell Emory Bell Walter Alderman Lewis Jessup and Roy Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Ellen Bell Rogers
Walter Bell
Sophia
Coal City
J. L. Callahan
Charles Rogers
Gladys Morrison
Huntington
Josephine Bell
James Bell
Otsego
E. S. Smallman
Cedar Grove
M. C. Neeley
C. R. Taylor
Quenton Bell
Emory Bell
Walter Alderman
Lewis Jessup
Roy Hughes
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Col
J. G. Hearne, JR
Sultissrom
Howard Cara
Cohen Drug Co
Ritety
Asdia
Howard Cay
Burtone
WCEFC
Miner
Bor Men
Watben Cohen
Becklay
W.va
eoMarie’s
Custer
Coats
oMarie
Neville Street
George King
Locust Street
King
Beckley Jewelry Store
Heber St
WW. Va
Beaster
Nans BS
Maxwell House
Igc
Ther
Vanills
Housewives Consolidated
Carolina Super
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