Majorette Lyda Earehart Enters Baton Twirling Event
Lyda Earehart head majorette of Woodrow Wilson High School Band will compete in the baton twirling contest at the National High School Music Festival in Chicago. Finals judging by Jonn T. Totillas and Stanfor Ay Conn, undefeated in 122 contests, with a morning exhibition at Soldiers Field. Beckley’s band departs by train for the festival at 8:29 am, two air conditioned cars and a diner arranged.
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Chicago
Lyda Earehart
Woodrow Wilson High School
Soldiers' Field
Jonn T. Totillas
Stanfor Ay Conn
Soldiers’ Field
Beckley
Prince
Glenn Sallack
Price changes announced for fresh produce in five counties
The District Office of Price Administration issued flat pricing for Boone Fayette Kanawha Putnam and Raleigh counties effective today. Lemons onions and sweet potatoes are listed with updated prices while other fresh fruit and vegetables stay at previously announced levels.
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Boone, Fayette
Kanawha
Putnam
Raleigh
District Office of Price Administration
Underwood Completes Army Medical Technician Training
Pvt. Charles C. Underwood, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Underwood of Mount Hope, finished several weeks of training as a medic technician at the Medical Department Enlisted Tech School Fort Lamy Houston, per an announcement received here.
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Charles C. Underwood
Mar
Charles Underwood
Mount Hope
Medical Department
Enlisted Tech School
Fort Lamy Houston
Murphy Employees Outing At Babcock State Park
About 130 Beckley G C Murphy company employees spent the afternoon at Babcock State Park. A Murphy girls softball team lost 18 to 5 to an East Rainelle squad of Murphy workers. Three busloads left Beckley at noon for the park with games, contests, swimming and a picnic dinner served at 4 pm.
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Babcock State Park
Sbeckley G. C. Murphy Company
East Rainelle
G. C. Murphy
Beckley
John Piziak Weds Massachusetts Girl
John Piziak marries Edith May Comerford daughter of Mr and Mrs John Comerford in Cambridge Massachusetts. The ceremony was at Emanuel Baptist Cambridge with a reception at the Smith House in Cambridge. The bride attended Cambridge schools and the groom studied in Raleigh County and served in the army for four years.
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Edith May Comerford
John Comerford
Cumin Fee
Ma‘s
Aedlaiak
Stanaford
Emanuel Baptist Cambridge
Smith House
Cambridge
Piziak
Raleigh County
Shower Honors Mrs. Paul Brown
Myra Sue Roush and Mee Markham organized a miscellaneous shower for Mrs. Paul Brown formerly Mary Martin. It was hosted at the home of Mrs. C. P. Martin with guests including Violet Earle Snead, Mary Ann Putman, Joan Hardin, Julia Johnston, Mary Lou Keyser, Betty Lee Mullins, Elizabeth Lamb, and others.
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Myra Sue Roush
Mee Markham
Paul Brown
Mary Martin
Mrs. Brown
C. P. Martin
Violet Earle Snead
Mary Ann Putman
Joan Hardin
Julia Johnston
Mary Lou Keyser
Betty Lee Mullins
Elizabeth Lamb
Daisy Dean Bailey
Als. C. P. Martin
Lon Ann Canterbury
Genevieve Daniel
Gerald Walker
Gleyn Justice
Curtis Hale
Miss Rouss
Markham
Rehabilitation program aids Betty Parsons and others
The West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation opened its ninth office in Beckley under Director W. W. Lovel to provide counseling training and job placement. Betty Parsons, advised against nursing due to perceived weakness, received training at Charleston School of Commerce after a $37 monthly income and later worked as a secretary, becoming self supporting.
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Co Raria Eeere
Nelly Louw Juersens
Heekies
Auim
Charleston School of Commerce
Incidents In The Lives Of People You Know
Miss Martha Ellen Snider visits a Bible camp on the Greenbrier River with Mary Ellen Fischbach. Charlie Teague returns to Chanute Field IL after furlough with his mother at Calloway Heights and plans to depart August 1 for embarkation. Mrs. Morgan Rees and niece Ruth Ann Teague visit relatives in Beckley and Coal City. Roy D Webb and daughter Pamela of Mansfield LA depart after two weeks with Beckley Prosperity and Baltimore. Jean Monica and children return to Belleville ML after visiting ill relative at Beckley Hospital. Clarence Doss Chicago IL called home by illness of mother Mrs. C. M. Doss. Dogs and J R Richards host guests as Charles Bonner and children May David Walter visit Simco Ontario. Mrs. Bonner sister to host. Mrs. C. M. Doss recovering after major operation at Raleigh General Hospital. H B Craft and Mrs. W F AleConihay of Mullens visit Natural Bridge in Virginia. D N Maxwell from Huntington visits Veterans Administration Contact Office regarding training facilities. Patients under care at Bretsey hospital include Meredith Hose of Mount Hope Louis Farley of Lillybrook and Walter James Campbell of Layla. Mr and Mrs H Vandeville and daughter from Pittsburgh visited Beckley.
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Martha Ellen Snider
Ear O. Snider
Beaver Avenue
Mary Ellen Fischbach
Greenbrier River
Charlie C. Teague
Chanute Field
Beatrice Teague
Calloway Heights
Morgan Rees
Ruth Ann Teague
Baltimore
Beckley
Coal City
Roy D. Webb
Pamela
Mansfield
Prosperity
Jean Monica
Belleville
William Speake
Beckley Hospital
Clarence Doss
Chicago
C. MM. Dogs
West Virginia Street
J. R. Richards
First Avenue
Charles Bonner
May
David
Walter
Simco
Ontario
Canada
Bonner
C. M. Doss
Raleish General Hospital
H. B. Craft
W. F. AleConihay
Mullens
Natural Bridge
Rockbridge County
Veterans Administration
Huntington
D. N. Maxwell
Bretsey Hospital
Meredith O Hose i
Mount Hane
Lonis Farley
Lillybrook
James Campbell
Layla
H. Vandeville
Pittsburgh
False Teeth Rock Slide or Ene Teeth Waste
Fragmentary OCR notes mention false teeth and possible damage or disposal. No clear event, date, or named entities are readable.
Local Officials Consider Noise Rules After Complaints
Residents report repeated awakenings from nighttime noise in the city. Officials weigh an ordinance to curb disturbances, while questions rise about who would enforce it and how.
Women’s Council to Stage Play at Crab Orchard Church
The Women’s Council of the Crab Orchard Brethren Church plans a play titled An Old Fashioned Methodist. The event is set for Friday evening with ticket sales and a prize drawing. Members and the community are invited to attend.
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Churel
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Underwood
Army
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Mido
Bulova
Kord
Benrus
Gruen
Redit Jewkeolrer
Neville Street
Beckley Theatre
Hotel Hill Bldg
Oak Hill
John Piziak
Massachusetts
Betty Parsons
EMS
Huis Ins Napisy
Doamtel Becker
Swan Beauty Shop
Robbie and
Velma Moore
Helene Curtis
Del-Mar
Oasis
Grant
Geage Recowood
Orward
Necipe
Great Brook
Pohyg
Mcike
Women’s Council
Council of Charely
W. B. Ware
Dexter Ayers
Ralph Steedy
Anon
Christian
Raymond’s
Beauty
LASCA
Pepper Boffling Co
Mabscott, W. VA
Ly Price
Loblowie
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