Thornburg May Be Deputy Clerk
Fayette county politics stir as Okey Patteson nears sheriff exit and potential appointment as state police chief by Governor Elect Clarence Meadows. Lacy Neely contemplates personnel, with Ellery Thornburg likely chief deputy. other offices consider retentions and replacements across assessor, clerk, and prosecuting attorney staff.
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Register
Payetteville
Okey L. Patteson
Fayette County
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
Democratic Committee
Patteson
J. F. Reed
Montgomery
E. W. “Eddie” Kelly
Montegomery
Reed
Lacy Neely
Ellery Thornburg
A. R. Long
Irene Johnson
Ethel Radford
Elmer Daniels
Beckenheimer
K. K. Warden
Thornburg
Howard W. Carson
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Carson
Fayette County Bar Association
Lasv
12Th Judicial Circuit
Fayette
Nicholas Counties
Dillon
Ben D. Keller
Fayette County National Bank
W. H. Haynes
Mae C. Crouse
Nick
Patricia
L. S. Tully
C. H. Mexwell
Betty Myles
C. B. Vickers
Smith
Fayette Men Headed for Army Pre Induction Tests
Fayetteville readers learn that several local men from Board No 1 and Board No 2 will depart Monday morning for pre induction examinations at Huntington. Names include Johnston Summersfield Stull Parker Pine and others with hometowns Fayetteville Glen Jean Oswald Mt Hope Oak Hill and more. Manuel Rodriguez transferred to Detroit Michigan Board.
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Register
Fayetteville
Huntington
James Joehenry Johnston
Pete Paul Summerfield
Robert Cecil Ball
South Charleston
William Hubert Spra«dlin
Glen Jean
John Daniel Stull
Berlin Hamilton
Mr. Hope
Warren Harding Parker
Tipple Edward Hudnall
Oswald
Pasquale Pine
Mt. Hope
Edward Lee Schoolcraft
Harold Thomas Foard
Oak Hill
Robert Ray Light
Winston
Ernest Dale McGuire
Robson
Ray Douglas Rhodes
Minden
Omer Roy Newbert
Roanoke
James Dow Johnson, Jr
Robert Ray Settle
Minden Geerald Milton Kincaid
Thurmond
Charles Edward Stover
Whipple
John Kemlock
Raymond Foster Af Page
Manuel Rodriguez
Detroit, Michigan
Oak Hill Man Aids Air Force Supply
Private First Class Sidney C. Lucas of Oak Hill serves at an England ordnance depot under the Air Service Command. He helps keep trucks and jeeps in top order for the air forces. He is married to Mrs. Bery Lucas and previously worked as a railway clerk for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway before enlisting November 27, 1942 in Thurmond.
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AIR Service Command
Ordnance Depot
England
France
Sidney C. Lucas
Oak Hill
Lucas
Air Service Command Ordnance Depot
Bery Lucas
London
Chesap Peake and Ohio Railway Company
Thurmond
Oak Hill Names Three Generals in Bond Drive
Oak Hill marks its Sixth War Loan drive with three store generals led by Kathleen Dickerson manager of the Wool company store. Generals Virginia Fox Audrey O'Brien Carolyn Fox and Nancy Fox have each sold at least $5 000 in bonds begun November 20. Fayetteville’s A B Abbott chairs county effort with C L Carvin co chairman of Oak Hill wings.
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Winter Oak Hill
FLW. Wool Company
Kathleen Dickerson
T Store
Virginia Fox
Audrey O’brien
Carolyn Fox
Nancy Fox
A. B. Abbott
Fayetteville
Fayette County
C. L. Carvin
Hill
Oak Hill
Pas I
Oak Hill Officer Promoted to First Lieutenant in England
W White 24 of Oak Hill West Virginia elevated from second lieutenant to first lieutenant at an Eighth Air Force aerial reconnaissance station in England. He serves as a photo pilot for a squadron mapping German troop movements and targets for Allied strikes. He is married to Helen Compton White of Beckley and son of Willie E. White and family. White joined the army December 7 1942 after work at Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone in Beckley and graduated Nuttall High School Lookout West Virginia in 1938.
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Eighth Air Force
Tion
England
W. White
Oak Hill
W. Va
Leutenant
Col
Beverly Hills
Calif
Helen Compton White
Monroe Avenue
Beckley
Willie
Fayette Couples Seek Licenses
Applications for marriage licenses filed with county clerk include pairs from Pax Carbondale Smithers Mt Hope Beards Fork Kincaid Clarksburg Montgomery Gauley Bridge Beckley Menden Cannelton Beckwith Oak Hill. Names listed: Lacy Aliff Jr and Bellie Paschal. George Brooks and Laura Dickinson. Alfonso Cantalupo and Pauline Brown. Clarence Dolin and Mary Winston. Dennis Davis and Audry White. Herbert Metheney and Juanita Wellman. Marvin Price and Lena Thomson. Harry Ropers and Genevieve Wellman. George Rowley and Vernie Walker. Daniel Smith and Allie Gravely. William Summers and Nellie Woods. Herman Smith and Loretha McKinney. Howard White Jr and Gila Dyer.
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Fayetteville
H.R. Beckelheimer
Relerk
Lacy E. Aliff, Jr
Bellie Lois Paschal
Pax
George F. Brooks
Carbondale
Laura Mae Dickinson
Smithers
Alfonso Cantalupo
Pauline Brown
Mt. Hope
Clarence Dolin
Mary Q. Winston
Beards Fark
Dennis Davis
Audry Irene White
Kincaid
Herbert H. Metheney
Clarksburg
W. Va
Juanita Mylar Wellman
Montgomery
Marvin Bernard Price
Lena Thomson
Beards Fork
Harry L. Ropers
Hien
Genevieve Step
Gauley Bridge
George Con Rowley
Vernie Lowtise Walker
Daniel Lee Smith
Beckley
Aliie Mae Gravely
Minden
William Carvel Summers
Cannelton
Nellie Mae Woods
Gatley Bridge
Hereman Jennings Smith
Loretha McKinney
Beckwith
Howard
White, Jr
Scarbro
Gila Mae Dyer
Oak Mill
Five Fayette County Men Reported Wounded in Europe
Register staff writer reports five Fayette county men wounded in the European battle area. Names listed include S-Sat. Victor K. Lane, S-Sxt. Charles R. McCutcheon, 2nd Lt. Walter R. Peyton, Cha W. Herndon, and Pyi James K. Scntt, with mothers named for each.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Victor K. Lane
Elsier
Campbell
Charles R McCutcheon
Mt. Howe
Elizabeth I. McCutchins
Walter R. Peyton
Glen
Ferris
Neto J. Peyton
Pie
Cha W. Herndon
Clifflop
George Bowles of Garten Dies at 72
George Bowles 72 of Garten died at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery on Thursday. Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Garten with Rev Richard Ferry of Hilltop officiating. He is survived by his wife Dora Rowles and children John Rowles Fayetteville Aloise Rowles Garten Erma Pave Garten and Geneva Brown Fayetteville along with 12 grandchildren.
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Garten
George Bowles
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Thureday
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Richard Ferry
Hilltop
Dora Rowles
John Rowles
Fayetteville
Aloise Rowles
Erma Pave
Geneva Brown
Woman Fined for Failing to Attend as Witness
Mrs May J Thins of Beckley was fined four dollars and costs in Fayetteville court yesterday for contempt of court after failing to attend as a witness when summoned last October.
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Fayetteville
May J Thins
Beckley
Negro Boy Saves Fayette Lad From Burning Gasoline
Flaming gasoline spilled from a bucket nearly cost Benny Radford his life. A Black boy acted quickly to rescue the child, receiving minor burns himself and leaving him unidentified as Benny remains under medical care in Fayetteville.
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Negro Boy
Fayette Lad
Fayetteville
Benny Radford
Hattie Radford
Benny
Fayette Farmers Meet December 7
Fayetteville county agent J Haynes Miller calls a county meeting for December 7 at 10 30 a m in his office. G N Weis kiseher from the Charleston OPA branch will explain OPA methods for slaughtering grading and merchandising beef and pork.
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Fayetteville
J. Haynes Miller
G. N. Weiskiseher
Charleston
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Three 4 H Clubs Organized In Fayetteville Area
Fayetteville report announces three new 4 H clubs forming for the year bringing total ready for business to 27. The Nuttall Do Lots include 25 members led by Betty Hatcher with Betty Ann Upton and Jean Kesler. meetings at Nuttall high school. Cotton Hill Willing Workers have 14 members plus 4 boys led by Dolly Richardson and Virginia Beasley with Effie Renick guiding. meet the third Friday 3:30 PM at the schoolhouse. The Danese Hustlers Senior have 16 members led by Pat Wright with Mildred King as secretary and Willian Shuck as reporter. meetings are the third Thursday at the Danese schoolhouse.
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Register
Fayetteville
Clifton Dotson
Nuttall Do
Betty Hatcher
Look- Out
Betty Ann Upton
Hico
Jean Kesler
Virginia Wade
Lookout
Mabel Davis
Aindisburg
Hugh Cavendish
Danese
Willian Shuck
Landisburg
Danese School
Fayetteville Men Attend Meeting on Job Training School
Fish er of Fayetteville and B. J. Amick of Rainelle will attend a county committee Triple A meeting in Morgantown to discuss a job training school, beginning December 14.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fisher
B. J. Amick
Rainelle
Morgantown
Mount Hope Veteran Charles Blackburn Dies at Pinecrest
Charles Franklin Blackburn 47 of Mount Hope died Friday morning at Pinecrest sanitarium. Born September 13, 1896 in Jefferson North Carolina he lived in Green Cove Virginia and Mount Hope. A World War I veteran his body rests at Mount Hope then Green Cove for funeral Monday at 3 p.m. Burial in Green Cove cemetery. Survived by wife? (not stated) sons Carl Fred James Kitra Barney Lee and Dale Blackburn all of Mount Hope daughters Carrie May and Lola Marie Blackburn of Mount Hope and siblings Minnie Chamber Ed Gilliam Fred and Arthur Blackburn of Mount Hope.
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Sy Register
Mount Hope
Charles Franklin Blackburn
Pinecrest
Jefferson
North Carolina
Green Cove
Virginia
Lester Blackburn
Carl Blackburn
Italy
Fred Blackburn
France
James, Kitra
Barney Lee
Iromer Dale Blackburn
Carrie May
Lola Marie Blackburn
Minnie Chamber
Konnarock
Ed. Gilliam
Arthur Blackburn
Lawsuit Seeks 10000 in Injuries From 1943 Taxi Crash
Lonnie Legg files in Fayetteville circuit court for 10000 damages claiming injuries from a November 1943 accident in Smithers when a Civita Taxi rear ended a parked trailer truck driven by Atlantic Trucking and Divita Taxi. Attorney Salisbury Hackney Lepinsky represents Legg.
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Register
Fayetteville
Lonnie Legg
Benny Divita
Montgomery
Divita ,Taxi
Atlantic Trucking Company
Smithers
Civita
William Griffith
Legg
Salisbury, Hackney & Lepinsky
Charleston
Draft Heads In 10 County Meet Here Tomorrow
The first two of seven regional West Virginia selective service board meetings will occur in Beckley and Charleston on Monday. Presenters include Director Carleton C. Pierce Lt Col Daniel O Omer Lt Col Henry C Cox and Capt Roger W Scott with about 120 reps from Fayette Monroe Nicholas Potomac Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties. The talks cover re employment and rehabilitation under the GL rights bill for returning veterans.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Selective Service Boards
West Virginia
Beckley
Carleton C. Pierce
Pierce
Huntington
Clarksburg
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Romney
Daniel O. Omer
National Headquarters
Henry C. Cox
Roger W. Scott
Aubrey Smith
Focal Draft Board No. 1
Fayette
Monroe
Nicholas
Potahontas
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Fayette One And Two Room Teachers To Hold Meetings
Fayetteville education news reports H F Frazier, county school superintendent, calling a series of meetings for elementary teachers. Fifty eight one room and ten two room schools under his supervision will pause noon sessions for travel. Meetings run Dec 5 Meadow Bridge High School to Dec 16 Fayetteville board of education office with sessions at multiple high schools and finally Fayetteville.
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Register
Fayetteville
H. F. Frazier
Frazier
Meadow Bridge High School
Layland High School
Nut
Tall High School
Board of Education
Ansted
Gauley Bridge
Fayette County Soil Value Highlighted By Agent
Fayette county agent J Haynes Miller stresses topsoil importance for food, water, and life. He notes widespread erosion losses nationally and in West Virginia and urges farmers to learn about and join soil conservation efforts. information available free from his office.
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Fayette County
Register
Fayetteville
J. Haynes Miller
United States
West Virginia
Miller
Beckley Soldier Escapes From Italian Farm House
Corporal Claude E. McCormick of Beckley escaped from an Italian farmhouse after a day under heavy shelling while attached to the 34th Red Ball Division's forward observer unit. He and his crew moved to their jeep as German bombardments eased. His wife, Mrs. Virginia McCormick, lives at 205 Riley Street, Beckley.
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Fifth Army
Claude E. McCormick
Beckley
McCormick
Mark W. Clark
Pvt Lilly of Daniels Reported Missing in Action
Private Danny C. Lilly of Daniels is listed missing in action in France after October 19. He wrote his wife from England and France in October and February while unaware of his missing status. He joined the army in October 1943, trained at Camp Wheeler, served in Iceland, and later returned to France before reassignment to truck work in France.
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Danny C. Lilly
Alene Lilly
Daniels
War Department
France
England
Lilly
Camp Wheeler
Georgia
Iceland
Fayetteville recoveries update from Oak Hill Hospital
Joe Lawton of Lawton near Fayetteville is recovering well at Oak Hill hospital and may be released around year’s start. Mrs. Rachel Ferguson Fayette County Home Demonstration Agent is recuperating at her Ansted home after a Charleston hospital operation.
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Joe Dawton
Fayetteville
Joe Lawton
Lawton
Oak Hill Hospital
Ferguson
Register
Rachel’ Ferguson
Fayette County
Ansted
Charleston
Mrs Bowers Named Red Cross Volunteer Staff Chair
C G Peregoy announces at 908 Woodlawn Avenue that Mrs. Douglas K Bowers succeeds Mrs D G Polly as chairman of the Red Cross volunteer staff. Polly led the unit since 1940. Bowers has led the Woman's Club as president and chaired literary programs and the bond drive.
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Douglas K. Bowers
Woodlawn Avenue
D. G. Polly
Red Cross
C. G. Peregoy
Christmas Meet Set For Tuesday
SUMMERSVILLE The Baptist Missionary Society will hold the annual Christmas meeting and party at Mrs. Lee Fitzwater's home Tuesday evening at 8:00. The gathering ends with a luncheon and gift exchange after visiting.
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Summersville
Register
Bers
The
Baptist Missionary Society
Lee Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Beaver Man Dies Of Broken Back In Coal Mine Injury
Newton Wood 35 of Beaver died at his home after a long illness from a back injury suffered in 1941. Funeral at Little Vine church in Beaver with Rev. Nichols and Rev. Lilly. Burial Mount View cemetery Cool Ridge. Survived by wife Nellie and children Jo Ann Delores Edward Wilma Jewel, mother Mrs Arminta Wood, siblings and half siblings. Pallbearers listed.
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Newton Wood
Beaver
Slab Fork
Rose Funeral
Arminta Wood
Little Vine Church
Franklin Wood
South Pacific
Dorsey Foster
Beckley
Cyrus Clark
Edward Cooper
Pemberton
Marion Stone
Lewis M. Wood
Parkersburg
W. B. Wood
Dod
Bert Callaway
Eugene
Oregon
Viola Hatcher
John Nichols
James Nichols
Henry Lilly
James Deeds
Fred Cook
Carl Wood
E. A. Redden
Howard Redden
Mrs. Dietz Dies At Dry Creek
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Deitz 62 of Dry Creek died at 5 30 p m yesterday at her home after a six month illness. Born October 23 1882 in Hematite Virginia she was the daughter of the late Nathan C Posey and Maria Posey. She was a member of the Claremont Methodist Church. Surviving: Edna Deitz Reginald Deitz Wesley Deitz Norman Deitz four brothers Erastus Posey Abraham Posey Nathan Posey George Posey and three grandchildren. The body was taken to the Caffee funeral home with arrangements to be completed on arrival.
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Mary Elizabeth Deitz
Dry Creek
Philip Deitz
Hematite
Virginia
Nathan C
Maria Posey
Methodist Church
Claremont
Edna Deitz
Reginald Deitz
Edwight
Wesley Deitz
Beaumont
Texas
Norman, Deitz
San Francisco
Erastus Posey
Charleston
Abraham Posey
Oak Hill
Nathan
George Posey
Hen ‘Atite
Caffee
Argentina Decree Orders Periodic Medical Examinations
The Associated Press reports a new Argentine government decree requires periodic medical tests for all Argentines. The article notes U S railroads have invested 12 billion dollars since 1991 in cars locomotives signaling terminals and related transportation improvements.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
America
Summersville PTA to Meet Monday in School Hall
Summersville PTA will hold its monthly meeting at Summersville Graded School on Monday December 4 at 8 00 pm The Nicholas County High School Drama Class under Miss Mary Ault will present a patriotic short play Pearl Harbor New officers elected at the last meeting will be installed and Youth Center progress reports given Parents and teachers are invited to attend
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Register Stat
Summerville
Parent Teachers Association of
Summersville
Nicholas County High School
Mary Ault
Pearl Harbor
SGT Hill Takes Ten Day Furlough Before Detroit Duty
Staff Sergeant Herbert Hill, son of Mrs. Cole Hill, arrived in Summersville on Thursday night for a ten day furlough. He has served at Savannah Georgia for fifteen months and will report for duty in Detroit Michigan at the end of the furlough.
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Register Staf
Summersville
Herbert Hill
Cole Hill
Savannah
Georgia
Detroit
Michigan
Yeoman Fitzwater Guest of Parents Summersville
Eloise Zitzwater will spend the weekend as the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Lee S. Fitzwater in Summersville. She is stationed in Washington, D C with the Waves.
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Register
Summersville — . Au
Eloise Zitzwater
Lee S. Fitzwater
Washington, D. C
WVU Man Assisting In Holly Marketing
Morgantown aide from West Virginia University helps Nicholas County with Holly marketing. Holly sells for 1.50 per box of twelve sprays and wreaths 1.25 prepaid anywhere in the country, orders via Garden club or county agent, with delivery starting December 11. Families are instructed on pruning to avoid tree damage.
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Rgister
Summersville
William F. Strunk
Morgantown
Aiticulture
West Virginia University
Nicholas County
al Allison
Garden Club
Summersville 4-H Club Holds January Meeting
Summersville Self Starters Four Club gathered at Buzzie MecCuche home for a monthly meeting. About fifteen members attended as plans were made for a New Years party on January 3 1945 at Anne Pugh home with Miss Mary Ault guiding the session.
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Register
Summersville
Summersvile Self Starters
Buzzie MecCuche
Anne Pugh
Mary Ault
1000 Eggs in Every Hen Plan Promises Poultry Profits
An advertisement from Trafford's 1000 Egg Hen Plan promotes profitable hen care and breeding to sustain egg production for up to five years. It claims higher yields per hen and offers a free copy of the plan by mail from Penn Poultry Service in Philadelphia to readers who keep six or more hens.
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Het Tratford
Davies
Trafford
Frafford
Naive
Penn Polltry
Norm 1Th St
Philadelphia
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