Miss Charmaine McIntosh Marries Lt. C. E. van Cott
Miss Charmaine Virginia McIntosh wed First Lieutenant Clarence Elwood van Cott of the United States Army Air Force in New York City on October 22. The ceremony honored by Rev. James W. Wilson featured a black velvet suit and orchid corsage for the bride, with Delene Cost as maid of honor and Walter Knight as best man. The couple plans to reside with van Cott’s parents in Lansing, Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Trail
Freeman Street
Beckley
Charmaine Virginia McIntosh
Roy Neil
Thelma ‘Toney McIntosh
Clarence Elwood van Cott
United States Army Air Force
Harold van Cott
Lansing
Michigan
James W. Wilson
New York City
Delene Cost
Birmingham
Alabama
Walter Knight
Service Echoes From Beckley Area During Thanksgiving Break
A compilation of local notices lists Private Jeannette Elaine Williams on leave from Camp Lejeune, Corporal Ray A. Gwinn visiting family in Mount Hope, and Lieutenant Hulett Smith returning to Washington. Other items note pledges, commissions, and travels of area residents, along with a death notice for Staff Sergeant Norman McAtee and various family visits across Beckley and nearby towns.
Birthday Party Honoring Norma Jean Richmond Held
A birthday party for Norma Jean Richmond was hosted by her parents Mr and Mrs R T Belcher at 109 Miller Street last night. Prizes went to Carl Linkous Matilda Terrico and Sybil Carney. Refreshments served to a long list of attendees including Vada Ann Ogle Harry Lewey Hubert Baldwin and Nancy Mitchell. Ruby and Ruth Copeland could not attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jean Richmond
R. T. Belcher
Miller Street
Carl Linkous
Matilda Terrico
Sybil Carny
Vada Ann Ogle
Harry Lewey
Hubert Baldwin
Benny Carney
Sybil Carney
Nancy Mitchell
Pearl Daniels
Ramona Meadows
Janice Meadows
Margaret Farjles
Peggy
Betty Foster
Miss Thompson
Ruby
Ruth Copeland
Elks to Hold Memorial Service Tonight
Members of Beckley Lodge 1452 Elks meet in the lodge room on Prince Street at 7:30 PM to conduct a memorial service for departed brothers. D. D. Ashworth, local lawyer and Elk, will deliver the principal address as lodge officers conduct the ritual. The service is open to the public and to Elks and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Beckley Lodge
Prince Street
D. D. Ashworth
The
Elks
Coal City Couple Wed Here Last Week
Edith Virginia Booth of Coal City married Private First Class James Lacy Callahan Jr. in a Tuesday evening ceremony at the bride’s home attended by close family. The groom, stationed in Columbus Mississippi, and the bride plan to unite soon, with a post ceremony buffet for relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith VA
Booth
James Callahan
Coal City
Edith Virginia Booth
W. M. Booth
James Lacy Callahan
United States Army Air Force
J. L. Callahan
R. H. Dean
Callahan
Collins High School
Army Air Base
Columbus
Mississippi
D. P. Hall
H. F. Bownson
A. F. Miller
Lorene
Louise Burke
James Conroy
Edgar Bowyer
Austin B. Privett
Portland
Oregon
Evelyn Elliott
J. A. Elliott
Ruth Shelor
D. B. Peters
Dodd Keaton
Oak Hill
Wesley Cooper
Roxanna Nugen
F. B. Gillispie
Claire DeHart
H. D. Clark
Carson Booth
7. C. Lilly and Son
Great pianists to be discussed at Monday Music Club
Great pianists will be discussed at a meeting of the Monday Music club at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the home of Miss Lois Edmundson of Croft Street with Mrs. M. C. Banks as program chairman. Pianists include Josef Hoffmann Arthur Rubinstein Robert Casadesus Vladimir Horowitz and Jose Iturbi. Program aides and assisting hostesses are listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monday Music Club
Lois Edmundson
Croft Street
M. C. Banks
Josef Hoffmann
Arthur Rubenstein
Robert Casadesus
Vladimir Horowitz
Jose Iturbi
Isabel Morton
Earl Snead
Violet Cook
Herbert Stansbury
T. 8. Williams
Thomas Wickham
Joe L. Smith
Gaston Caperton
Austin Camperton
H. E. Phipps
J. M. van Winkle
Dupuy
Yo-Ag Classes Forced To Close In West Virginia
Vocational agriculture departments in five West Virginia high schools have closed since the term began due to a teacher shortage. State supervisor John M. Love said declines in qualified teachers threaten more closures, with 41 Yo ag teachers leaving since July 1942 for military duty war work or other teaching jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State
John M. Love
Yo Ag
Lowe
Births: Kessler and Healey announce new children
Mr and Mrs Hoten L Kessler of Calloway Heights welcome Nancy Martha a seven and three quarter pound daughter born November 30. Mr and Mrs James Healey of Beckley announce a five pound eleven ounce son Paul born December 1 in Beckley hospital. Healy is Beckley FBI agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoten L. Kessler
Calloway Heights
Nancy Martha
James Healey
Beckley
Paul
Beckley Hospital
Mr. Healey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ground broken for pipeline construction in Tennessee
A giant steam shovel gouged the first dirt for the Texas to West Virginia natural gas line. President Richard Wagner of the Chicago Corporation, building the 1,200 mile pipeline, dedicated the project to the service of America at war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Richard Wagner
Chicago Corporation
America
Richardson Rutherford Wedding Remains Local Honor Today
Miss Glenna Marilyn Richardson daughter of Mr and Mrs Roscoe Richardson of East Beckley wed Private Andy Panmas Rutherford United States Marine Corps son of Mr and Mrs Silas Rutherford of Eccles at 6 o clock Wednesday evening November 24 in the home of Rev Paul J Smith who officiated The bride wore a beige dress with brown accessories and was attended by her sister Hazel Richardson The couple who attended Beckley schools now plan to reside apart while Rutherford serves with the Marines at New River North Carolina where he returned last Saturday after a brief stay away
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Ethel Lively
Amanda Lively
Charles Lively
Glen Daniel
Thomas Walls
Gallipolis
Ohio
Justice of the Peace
R. C. Queen
Walls
Norton, Virginia
Stallard’s
Jeannette Elaine Williams
United States Marine Corps Womens Reserve
Camp Lejeune
New River
North Carolina
J. R. Williams
Willy Apartments
R. R. Wengert
J. O. Fox
Summers Street
Beckley
Toodlee
Utah
Ray A. Gwinn
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
Emily Gwinn
Mount Hope
Robert Hodge
Constable
Roy Hodge
Raleigh General Hospital
Edgewood Drive
Ira Williams
Crescent Street
Ernest L. Webb
Hulett Smith
Washington, D. C
Marjorie Rombeau
Caramel Rambeau
Johnstown Road
Kappa Beta Phi Soriority
Bowling Green
George L. Johnson
Terry
Johnson
Holloran General Hospital
Staten Island
New York
John Peters
Richmond
Virginia
Kenneth Cunningham
Cunningham
Norman McAtee
Cincinnati
McAtee
Ennis Crouse
Becklage
Freeland Ball, Jr
Freeland Ball
Sprague
Brage
Camp Swill
Texas
Kepper's Coal Company
Stanaford
J. J. Dunlat
Charles Leonard
South Charleston
J. L. Hamlet
Sophia
Nelson Thornhill
Akron
Mike Windsor
Thomas Mackey
Stotesbury
Virginia Windsor
Goodyear Aircraft Corporation
Glenna Marilyn Richardson
Roscoe Richardson
East Beckley
Andy [Panmas Rutherford
United States Imarine Corps
Silas Rutherford
Eccles
Paul J. Smith
Hazel Richardson
Rutherford
Bill Nace to Address Women Tomorrow Night
Bill Nace will address members of the Women of the Moose at an 8 o'clock meeting tomorrow evening in the Moose lodge hall. A toy shower for Mooseheart, the Moose home in IHinuvis, will be held and all members are invited to donate toys. Mrs. M. V. McCollum and Mrs. Gay Pilliteri will present the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nace
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Mooseheart
Ihinuvis
M. V. McCollum
Mouseheart
Gay Pilliteri
Mousehaven
Moose Women to Hold Card Party at Local Moose Lodge
Beckley Women of the Moose plan a benefit card party at 8 o clock Tuesday evening in the local Moose lodge hall. Bridge set back and 400 will be played with a door prize and other awards. Refreshments will be served. Reservations to Mrs Allen Warren, Mrs Bessie Carroll, or Mrs C E Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Allen Warren
Bessie Carroll
C. E. Davis
Cotillion Club Holds Dance
The Junior Cotillion club of Beckley held an informal dance from 7:30 to 9:30 pm at Beard's School of Dancing. Attendees included Pat McCollam, Betty Dunbar, Patsy Lively, Jerry Keatly, Teddy Cannoday, George William McCollam, Robert Vincent McCollum, Harold Haver, Howard Silverman, Jimmy McBrayer, Bob Fisher, Paul Young, Harold Harris, Richard Davis, Judy Walz, D. D. Baxley, Joan Hutchison, Estella Jo Gagatis, Phyllis Bledsoe, Jean Wilson, Billy Bowman, Hal Price, Joane Young, Ann Lilly, Charles Dance and Maurice Tabor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotillion Club
Beckley
Beard's School of Dancing
Pat McCollam
Betty Dunbar
Patsy Lively
Jerry Keatly
Teddy Cannoday
George William McCollam
Robert Vincent McCollum
Harold Haver
Howard Silverman
Jimmy McBrayer
Bob Fisher
Paul Young
Harold Harris
Richard Davis
Judy Walz
D. D. Baxley
Joan Hutchison
Este
Hanson Reports To New WAVE Post In Charleston
Adele Hanson, yeoman third class and daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert H Hanson of Sophia Virginia, reports for duty at the Charleston South Carolina shore patrol base. A Oak Hill high school graduate, she attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg and worked as a stenographer in Estill Kentucky before joining WAVES on July 10 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Aviation Corporation
Dorothy Ann Carr
Norfolk, Va
Delbert A. Freet
Washington, D. C
van Cott
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
Strayer College
Bolling Field
D. C
Alfred Walmurnis Reven
Virginia Adele Hanson
Robert H. Hanson
Sophia
Charleston
South Carolina
Oak Hill High School
Yeoman Hanson
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Virginia
Estille
Kentucky
Woman's Day at First Christian Beckley
Woman's Day program at First Christian Church Beckley begins at 7 30 pm with a prelude Reverie organ solo and processional Softly Now the Light of Day The program includes invocation hymn a devotional talk a vocal solo a quartet and a play The Last Best Hope by Eva Ray Baird presented by the Women’s Council as part of World Woman’s Day observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Women’s Council of the Church
Zimmerman
Earl Snead
Jésus
W. B. Ware
Metntosh
J. &. Shrewsbury
A. H. Wilson
Lord Jesus
Finlandix
Sibellus
Douglas Meakin
J. A. Sharp
G. C. Hurt
Ray Sigmund
Eva Ray Baird
Senators Propose Global Broadcasting Posts Postwar Aid
The Associated Press reports Senators Brewster and Mead urged establishing broadcasting stations worldwide as part of the postwar world. Speaking before a Senate subcommittee on appropriations, the lawmakers, who recently visited war fronts, pressed for overseas operations funding in hearings on the 1944 supplemental wartime defense appropriations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Brewster
R-Me
Mead
DNY
Senate
Appropriations
Office of War Information
Meeting Scheduled for Monongahela Valley Coal Institute Dinner
Morgantown reports the annual dinner of the Monongahela valley coal mining institute is set for December 11. Secretary E D Gall announced the plans today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Morgantown
Monongahela Valley Coal Mining Institute
E. D. Gall
Local wedding party plans a music filled ceremony
The text lists participants including Edith Lamb Mrs Randolph Norton and Miss Carolyn Trail with a choir directed by Mrs Oscar Williams providing musical background. The benediction will be given by Rev A H Wilson followed by a recessional and organ pieces led by Mrs A H Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Tart
Edith Lamb
Randolph Norton
Karolyn Trail
Oscar Williams
A. H. Wilson
Kits Made Here Bring Joy To Officer And Crew
Local Red Cross chapter dispatched 1 080 kits whose first recipients in Endoxed area wrote heartfelt thanks. Lieutenant J C Lawson and crew praised the kits as the workers’ effort appreciated. Each kit cost about one dollar and donations continue to arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
T. C. Moorefield
J. C. Lawson
Neutenant
Red Cross To Meet In Raleigh County Chapter
The executive committee of the Raleigh County chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its regular meeting on Thursday December 9 at 4 p.m. in the production room of the Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
Memorial Building
Vesper Planned by World Wide Guild Girls
The World Wide Guild Girls of Maxwell Hill Baptist Church announce a vesper program tonight at o oclock. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper
World Wide Guild Girls
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
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Miss Charmaine McIntosh
Lt. C. E. van Cott
LASCA
Salon Scrip
Maly St
Foster Hardware
Marguerite Our Guarantes
Jerite
Main
Glenna
Marilyn Richardson
Pvt
Andy Rutherford
Andy Thomas Rutherford
MOOSE
Arrieved
Hanson
New Wave Post
NAVY
Brown
Hood
Christian Church
ASK
Payne's
E.m.payne
Beckley’s Department Store
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