Hedricks Honor Visitor Leaving for Huntington Bridge Party
Mrs Grover C Hedrick Jr entertained last night at the Hedrick home on Park avenue with a Bridge party to honor her guest. Six tables were played with high score going to Mrs Clark Kessel and runner up Mrs Norman Shumate. The gathering included many local residents and hostesses. Mrs Hedrick will depart for Huntington soon to visit Mr and Mrs Joe Shank before returning to Kansas. Captain Hedrick is serving with the army medical corps in North Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Hedrick, Jr
Grover C. Hedrick, Sr
Hedrick
Park Avenue
Captain Hedrick
Army Medical Corps
North Africa
Clark Kessel
Norman Shumate
Helen Farris
Evelyn Mae Muir
Lucille Foster
Eleanor Johnson
Mary Alice Bruster
John Gorsica
Natalie Bailey
Lee Summers
Emmett Phipps
Leslie Carter
John Beckley Campbell
S. Stewart Dupuy
H. E. Ames
L. FE. Shrewsbury
Lillian Sheppard
Henrietta Marquis
Morell Ralston
Clement Schulte
Erland Hedrick
Walker Jordan
Earl Martin
Robert Davis
Local Girl and Army Sergeant Wed in New York
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Mary Zell Lyall of Beckley to Staff Sergeant Wilson Canaday of Ghent. They wed in Watertown New York on July 22. Mrs Canaday graduated Woodrow Wilson high, formerly with J C Penney in Beckley. Sergeant Canaday, Shady Spring graduate, worked at Cooper Transfer before joining the army and is stationed at Pine Camp New York. The couple plan to live in Watertown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Zell Lyall
Ina Lyall
Beckley
Wilson Canaday
William Canaday
Ghent
Watertown
New York
Canaday
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. C. Penney Company
Sergeant Canaday
Shady Spring High School
Cooper Transfer Company
Army
Pine Camp
Advanced Pupils to Give Recital Tuesday Evening
Four advanced pupils of Mrs. T. S. Williams will present a recital of music Tuesday evening at the Beckley Presbyterian church. The program includes Finlandia and Etude, piano solos by Marceline Berman and Betty Ashworth, organ duets, vocal and orchestral pieces, and a Beethoven? style variety. Mrs. Habeeb is a Peabody voice graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Williams
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Chopin
Schumann
Mary Ashworth
Habeeh
The
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Oma L. Maxie Is Promoted Corporal in WAC
Oma L. Maxie daughter of Simon Maxie of Surveyor has been promoted to corporal in the Women’s Army corps. In service ten months she trained in Des Moines Iowa and has been stationed in Portland Maine and Camp Polk Louisiana. She is now in Orlando Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oma L. Maxie
Simon Maxie
Surveyor
Women's Army Corps
Maxie
Des Moines
Iowa
Portland
Maine
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Orlando
Florida
Rainelle Soldier Marries Ohio Girl in Mount Lookout
Miss Bonnie Cline of Navarre Ohio becomes Mrs. James H. Patton of Rainelle after a July 25 ceremony at Mount Pleasant church in Mount Lookout Nicholas county. The bride attended Nicholas county high school and works in Ohio. Corporal Patton serves with the coast artillery at Fort MacArthur California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
Mount Lookout
Nicholas County
Patton
Nicholas ‘County
Ohio
Corporal Patton
Coast Artillery
Fort MacArthur
California
Methodist Youth Sign for Camp
Fifty three Methodist young people aged 12 to 14 will depart tomorrow for the Beck ley District Christian Adventure camp at Camp Beckwith near Fayetteville, continuing through Friday. Registrants include youth from Methodist Temple, First Methodist Beckley, MceAlpin, Hilltop, East Gulf, Kil larney, Eccles, Madison, Mount S Hope, Fayetteville, Oak Hill, Gauley Bridge, with names listed for each congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley District
Camp Beckwith
Fayetteville
Methodist Temple
Charles William Flint
Dick Smith
Helen Hope Whittaker
Nancy Jane Whittaker
Bill Phillips
Don Miller
First Methodist Church of
Beckley
Hallie Eye
Maurice Tabor
Peggy Daniel
Talmadge Jarrell
MceAlpin — Ellis Royal Hughes, Jr
Ralph Bornheim
Jean Blake
Drema Joyce Neal
Bill Goode
Helen Owens
Gauley Bridge
Teddy Stewart
Campbell Basham Vows Exchanged In Beckley Church
Miss Lillian Grel tis Campbell, daughter of Mr and Mrs Allen Campbell of Logan Ohio, wed Sergeant Giles Henry Basham Jr US Army Air Force son of Mr and Mrs Giles Henry Basham of Oak Hill. Rev John G Shirley officiated at St Stephen s Episcopal rectory Beckley on Friday July 23. The bride wore a gold suit with brown and beige accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Campbell
Logan
Ohio
Oak Hill
Lillian Greltis Campbell
Giles Henry Basham, Jr
United States Army Air Force
Giles Henry Basham
Oaks Hill
John G. Shirley
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Beckley
Social notes of Beckley area military and visitors
Beckley residents and families host and visit servicemen and relatives from Camp Wolters Camp White Gowen Field Camp Beale Camp Edwards and various cities. The page lists named individuals including Moorefield Hutcherson Rahall Segle Gwinn Shultz O Neal Corey Neff and others visiting or traveling between Beckley Raleigh Huntington Cleveland Boston and Miami during furloughs leaves and holidays.
Thompsons Honor Son Home After Panama Service
Thirty six family members gathered at the Fourth street home for a pot-luck dinner in honor of Captain C C Thompson returning on furlough from the Panama Canal Zone and Corporal Lee Holliday home from Mountain Home Army Air Base. The gathering included many relatives and all twelve of Mrs. Thompson's children except two were present. Lieutenant Maxine Hill and sister Louise were visiting friends in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. ‘Thompson
W. A. Thompson
Fourth Street
Gilbert ‘Hompson
Dickie
Don
Bob
George
Wayne Reynolds
Frank Davis
Harriett
Ee Holliday
C. Thompson
Betty
Ann
Virgil Thompson
Mary @Hen
George Thompson
Arthur Thompson
Charlie Thompson
A. R. Gwinn
Carol Ray
Waller Summers
Mr. Summers
Mrs. Edgar Parsons Wins A B Degree at WVU Morgantown
Mrs Edgar Russell Parsons formerly Miss Evelyn Mae Meade of Beckley received a bachelor of arts from West Virginia University at Morgantown. A Woodrow Wilson HS graduate she studied zoology at Lindenwood College and WVU, joining Delta Gamma. She plans to visit Camp Sibert Alabama with Lt Parsons after a weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Russell Parsons
Evelyn Mae Meade
Beckley
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lindenwood College
St Charles
Missouri
The
State University
Delta Gamma Social Sorority
Parsons
North
Kanawha Street
Camp Sibert
Alabama
United States Army
Quill Report Circle Meet at First Baptist Sophia
Name Quill Report Circle Meet Item Work being done on a name quill was discussed at a meeting of circle four of the First Baptist church of Sophia on Friday evening in the home of Mrs Homer Hughes, Midway. The devotional period was in charge of Mrs Clarence Montgomery and was followed by a brief business session. Refreshments were served to five members. The next meeting will be held at 7:30 o'clock Friday evening, September 17 in the home of Mrs John Sorrell. More than 7 billion of assets of enemy on enemy-occupied nations are now under freezing control of the Alien Property Custodian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Four
First Baptist Church of
Sophia
Homer Hughes
Midway
Clarence Montgomery
John Sorrell
District Nurses Elect Officers With Beckley Leader
Mrs Stella Moore of Beckley was elected president of the West Virginia Nurses association district at a regular meeting. Other officers include Miss Pauline McCelland Welch vice president, Mrs Ina Daniel Glen Morgan secretary treasurer, Miss Blanche Thompson Switchback, Mrs Lucille Baker Hinton, and Mrs Madelyn White Beckley as board members. Retiring officers are Miss Helene Gratte Bluefield president and Mrs Fisa Check Pocahontas Virginia secretary treasurer. Beckley hosts 40 members and guests. program featured Star Spangled Banner, Lords Prayer, Dr Henrietta Marquis on Paid For Victory, vocal numbers by Idabelle Pendleton and Grace Lynch, and a patriotic dance by Joan Price and Elsie Vogt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Moore
Beckley
West Virginia
Henrietta Marquis
Idabelle Pendleton
Grace Lynch
Joan Price
Elsie Vogt
Information Center Opened By Salvagers On Woodlawn
Salvage and civilian defense tasks move to the Burleson Motor showroom on Woodlawn Avenue with Mrs Rich presiding as Raleigh County chair. She urged participation in winter salvage drives including fats, hose, and cans while noting a 240 pounds fats tally and seven Beckley zones unreported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Services Committee of Civilian Defense
Burleson Motor Company
Woodlawn Avenue
Rich
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Beckley
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hedricks
Huntington
Kessel
Mary Lyall
Mrs. Canaday
Rainelle Soldier
Bonnie Cline
Roy Cline
Navarre
Tui
James H. Patton
W. L. Patton
Rainelle
L. A. Dorsey
Livesay
Corporal
Mrs
Methodist
Beckwith
T. C. Moorefield
Camp Wolters
Texas
Jimmie Lee Moorefield
J. W. Persinger
Mickey
Betty Davis
Washington, D. C
W. A. Hutcherson
Camp White
Medford
Oregon
R. T. Hutcherson
Glen White
George Rahall
A. Rahall
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Bernard Farley
Baltimore, Maryland
Mrs. Farley
Roy Eye
Mr. Eye
Mercer Street
Lawrence Sampson
Camp Butner
North Carolina
W. L. Sampson
North Oakwood Avenue
Margaret Ann Segle
Ruth, Segle
Washington, DC
W. T. Givinn
Jimmie
Ottawa
Illinois
Mr. Gwinn
W. J. Williams
Raleigh Heights
J. W. Shultz
J. S. Shultz
Paint Street
Eugene O'Neil
W. 3. Farr
Gowen Field
Boise
Idaho
P. W. Burkes
Mary Linda
Burkes
Lynchburg, , Virginia
Herbert Webb
Parkersburg
Wesley Hedrick
South Oakwood Avenue
Lewisburg
John Wowington
Marine
New River
C. T. Anderson, Sr
C. T. Anderson
Carl Neff
Camp Beale
Constantine Corey
Cleo Corey
First Avenue
John
Buster” Smith
Camp Edwards
Boston
Masschusetts
Ann Ware
John W Smith
Fred Cook
Springfield
W. E. Meachum
Granville Avenue
Alice Rahall
Bowling Green
Mary Elam
Sam Elam
Bradenton
Tapsy O'Dell
East Main Street
Hattie van Zandt
Ross A. Hunton
Patty Ellison
Miami
John H. O'Dell
South Fayette Street
Lascar
Gerip
Main &T
Foster
Thompsons Honor Son
Panama
Lieutenant Maxine Hill
Louise
Indianapolis, Indiana
Edgar Parsons
Printzess
Woodlawn
Chicago
L. G. Houser
Miss Grotte
Hinton
Maud Campbell
Temple Street
Clariece Hurt
Paul B. Shaffer
Glen Ferris
A. A. Edwards
North Kanawha St
Dinl
Marguerite
Nat