Hight Farm Practices Selected for 1949 Plan
The county planning committee of the Agriculture Adjustment Agency lists eight soil building and conservation practices to recommend to the Morgantown state committee for adoption in 1949. First is lime on cleared land and phosphate on permanent pastures. farmers urged to use the federal allowance mainly for lime and phosphate. Last year’s distribution was 12,377 dollars, with hopes for an increase in 1949. Other practices include cover crops, contour strip cropping, diversion ditches, stock water development, mowing pastures, planting trees or shrubs, and drainage. Funeral services for 2nd Lt. David Reece Totten, 25, of 109 Flai son Avenue, killed April 14, 1945, will be at First Baptist Church Sunday at 4 p.m. The Rev. Alvin J. Cook will officiate. burial in Sunset Memorial Park. American Legion Post 32 will handle graveside rites. Body to Cal fee Funeral Home upon arrival, then to residence Saturday Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. Pallbearers named. Totten, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.O. Totten, born Elkins, N.C., Feb. 19, 1921, graduated Woodrow Wilson High School in 1938, studied at University of North Carolina and Marshall College, entered service Nov. 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Morgantown
Kelly Farmer
2Nd LA
David Reece Totten
Flaison Avenue
Bth Air Force
England
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
American Legion Post 32 J
Cal
Fee Funeral Home
Bill Barrett
Aubrey Halstead
P. D. Alderson
Glenn Webb
Bill Harris
Melvin Wood
D.0. Tatten
Elkins
N.C
Wood‘row Wilson High School
University of ‘Nert Carolina and
Marshall College
Rites Set Sunday For War Victim S-Sgt Shrewsberry
Funeral services for S-Sgt. Varney C. Shrewsberry who died March 14 1944 in Italy will be at Flat Top Baptist Church at 2 pm Sunday. Born November 23 1918 he was drafted July 9 1941 and served with the 509th Parachute Infantry. Interment will be in the American Legion Cemetery Beckley with Legion rites. He survived by his parents Mr and Mrs B W Lilly Rhodell and Richard Shrewsberry Fla Top, one sister Mrs Vilda Hall Princeton and two brothers Mac Shrewsberry East Gulf and Bill Shrewsberry Rhodell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varney C. Shrewsberry
Carino
Italy
Flat Top Baptist Church
Richard Shrewsberry
Fiat Top
Cleve Young
American Legion
Beckley
Legion
Carlton White
Roy Hambrick
Quentin Justice
Darrel Craddock
Cooper White
Mike Marcinto
Infant of Dale Cook To Be Buried At Shady Spring
Burial services for the stillborn son of Mr and Mrs Dale D Cook of Shady Spring will be held at 2 p m today in the family cemetery at Shady Spring The infant is survived by the parents and his paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W R Cook of Marmet Also mentions Jarrolds Valley social note with Gertrude Zornes hosting Earl W Morris on Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Dale D. Cook
W. R. Cook
Marmet
Jarrolds Valley
Gertrude Zornes
Earl W. Morris
Colcord
Missing Boy Returns After Seeing Country
Billy Philips, a 13 year old from Mabscholt, is home after more than three weeks missing. He traveled by hitchhiking to Kentucky, worked on a farm, and then returned, saying he had a good time and would not leave again, promising his parents Emil and Mrs. Phillips he would stay home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Philips
Mabscholt
Kentucky
Mr.t
Emil Phillips
Seven Area Men Enlist in Army
Seven Beckley area men enlist in the Army per Captain Raymond E. Burns of the Beckley U S Army and Air Force recruiting station. Enlistees with no prior service go to Camp Kilmer New Jersey while those with prior service go to Fort Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area
Army
Raymond E. Burns
U. S. Army and
Air Force
Beckley
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Navy
Ft Dix
Robert Lynch Miles
Lidybrook
Paul Irving
Hefner
Richard R. Lepes
Lewisburg
24Th Infantry Division
Far East
Charles §. Brown
Handley
First Cavalry Division
Ft. Dix
William Halbrook
Constable Fills in For Town Officer in Whitesville
Whiles Town Patrolman Henry Snodgrass is on vacation Constable Fort Sapp performs duty. Sapp and his family left Sunday for a weeklong trip through northern West Virginia. The Rev Leslie M Gilpin of Jefferson Iowa spent the past ten days visiting Whitesville and nearby areas. He was pastor at Ferndale Church of God for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Whitesville
Fort Sapp
Henry Snodgrass
West Virginia
Leslie M. Gilpin
Jefferson
Iowa
Whitessville
Ferndale
War Victim to the Inferred Sunday
Funeral services for Pic Reeves of Tams will be held Sunday at 12 p m at Helen Community Church with Rev Cleve Young and Rev J H Powell officiating Reeves was killed in the June 1944 invasion of France He was born April 13 1919 at Worth and enlisted July 9 1941 serving in Company E 12th Infantry Division He is survived by his parents two brothers and three sisters The remains will move from Williams Funeral Home Sophia to his parents home at 4 p m tomorrow American Legion post of Sophia to act as pallbearers and conduct graveside services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pic
Lewis Reeves
Tams
the Helen Community Church
Cleve Young
J. H. Powell
Reeves
France
Worth
12Th Infantry Division
L. J. Reeves
Tams Fountain
Claude
William
High Point
N. C
Mazel Jones
Helen
Virginia Blackburn
Tams Mountain
Ethel Williams
Davy
Williams
Sophia
American Legion Post
Titler Warns About Fake Advertising
George J. Titler, president of District 29, United Mine Workers, cautioned firms about election year schemes selling fake union endorsements. He urged firms to demand credentials proving labor endorsement and said the UMW has not endorsed such agencies and likely will not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Titler
United Mine Workers
Titler
UMW
Vets Reinstate Service Insurance After Reinstatement Day
Thirty seven area veterans applied for reinstatement of National Life Insurance last Saturday the Veterans Administration announced. The effort allows reinstatement without a physical examination and in the state 396 applications were filed for a total of 2 610 500. S L Lilly obtained a building permit from the city recorder for a one story limestone building at 110 Vance Drive with estimated construction cost of 4800 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Life Insurance
Veterans Administration
S. L. Lilly
City Recorder
Vance Drive
Enrollment at WWHS Set for August 9
Enrollment at Woodrow Wilson High School will be held August 9 from 9 am to 12 noon, Principal C. G. Peregoy announced. Only new movers into the school area or students who dropped out and plan to re-enter may enroll. pupils transferring from Glen White and Beckley junior high schools and last year’s high school students are excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson Iigh
C. G.peregoy
Glen White and
Beckley
Pair Declared in Contempt of Court
Circuit Judge Ben H Ashworth found two Raleigh County men in contempt. James Henry Parris faces August 28 for failing to deliver a property division to his divorced wife Gertrade Parris. Frenchie Clay also faces August 28 for failing to make payments to his wife Jemina Clay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh
James Henry Parris
Gertrade Parris
Frenchie Clay
Jemina Clay
Beckleyan Assigned To Japan Army Post
Roscoe Alfred Smith of Beckley has been assigned to the 58th Signal Battalion in Kyoto Japan. The unit handles installation operation and maintenance of signal communications in the first corps zone. Savith entered the army on Sept 30 1946 and completed basic training at Fort Bragg NC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Alfred Smith
Beckley
58Th Signal Battalion
Kyoto
Japan
Ptc
Savith
Army
Fort Wragg
N.C
Death notice for James Mason Gilkee former Raleigh Countian
Death of James Mason Gilkee formerly of Stanaford Lake Lindsey Florida where he had lived for four years. Born March 30 1876 in Greenbrier County son of Isaac Gilkeson and Sallie Erwin Gilkeson. Survived by wife Martha ten children Mary Kidwell Maude Zofer Blanche McCabe Bessie Gilkeson Emmitt Cole John Ned and others grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral attendance listed with family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mason Gilkeeson
Stanaford
Lake Lindsey
Fla
Greenbrier County
Isaac Gilkeson
Sallie Erwin Gilkeson
Martha
Mary Kidwell
Maude Zofer
Blanche McCabe
Providence
R. L
Bessie Gilkeson
Akron
Emmitt @ole
Beckley
John
Eagle
Ned
John Hoglund
Mra
Emmitt Cole
John Gilkeson
W. D. ‘High, Jr
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Hight
David Totteney
Prince St. Beckley
Court House
Beithe Carters
Orn
Dean
Hee Alka Selizer
Tse
B.c.stanback
Ingraham
Colgate
Kodak and
Ansco
S.S
Bayer
Nesternine Leather Zipper Bilfields
Thermos
Dr. Schell
Raleigh Ry
Sey
Siberian
Moscow
Pravda
Omsk
Talaiskaya
Kuznetsk-Ural
Waco Army Air Field
Tex
Westover Field
Molyoke
Mass
Madrid
Faisanes
Bidasoa
Spain
Beckleyan
Jews Focusy Furniture
Lewis
Great Savings
Lewis Furniture Company
Neville Street
Pers
Nat
Coco Mats
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