Sampson Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachael Ann Sampson of Edmond will be held at 2 p.m. today at Edmond Baptist Church with Rev. B. L. Jones of Seckley officiating, burial in Janette cemetery at Lookout. She died Thursday in Oak Hill hospital after a three week illness. Born February 3, 1870 at Russelburg, she was the daughter of Abel and Frances Holi day. She had two husbands, both deceased, and was a Baptist and Ladies Aid member. Surviving are three brothers Jack Holliday Rainelle Joan Holliday Beckley Joe Holliday Corliss, and children Emory Jones Whipple Crona Jones Edmond O M Jones Edmond, B W Jones Edmond, Mrs Mae Stone Charleston, Mrs Grover Hatcher Lookout, Mrs Frank Wynes Washington DC, and 45 grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Or Register
Edmond
Rachael Ann Sampson
Edmond Baptist Church
B. L. Jones
Seckley
Buria
Janette
Lookout
Sempson
Oak Hill
Russelburg
Abel
Frances McGraw
The
Baptist Church At
Ladies Aid Society
Jack Holliday
Rainelle
Joan Holliday
Beckley
Joe Holliday
Corliss
Emory Jones
Whipple
Crona Jones
Lansing
O. M
B. W. Jones
Mae Stone
Charleston
Grover Hatcher
Frank Wynes
Washington, D. C
Pneumonia Fatal To Henry Rapp
Henry Rapp, 72, of Oak Hill died in Oak Hill Hospital after a two week illness from pneumonia. Funeral services set for 2:30 PM Monday at Oak Hill Methodist Church with Rev. J. S. Tyler and Rev. Gilmer H. Cross officiating. Burial in Highlawn Memorial Park. Born in Pomeroy Ohio in 1871 he had lived in Oak Hill several years. Survived by a daughter and Raymond of Roanoke Virginia, Mrs. John B. Blake of Oak Hill, three brothers, five sisters and nine grandchildren. He was a member of Oak Hill Methodist Church and Longdale lodge 20-AF and AM of Winona.
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Register
Oak Hill
Henry Rapp
Methodist
J. S. Tyler
Gilmer H. Cross
Highlawn Memorial Park
Rapp
Pomeroy
Ohio
Longdale
A. M
Winona
Raymond
Roanoke
John B. Blake
Nadine Burnside Leaves Fayette for Charleston Office Promotion
Nadine Burnside, longtime Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone employee in Fayette, accepts a promotion to the revenue and accounting department at the Charleston office. She starts January 1, leaving a loyal local team and many friends who will miss her cheerful service.
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Register
Fayetteville
Nadine Burnside
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company
Revenue and
Charleston
Miss Burnside
Aunt Til
Nadine
Pax Branch Women Meet To Organize Farm Club
Sy Register Staff Writer Pax women are called to a December 28 meeting at 7 p.m. to organize a Farm Women's club for the Pax Branch area. All women are urged to attend, whether or not they plan to join.
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Sy Register
Pax
Pooling Of Labor and Machinery In Fayette County
Fayetteville leaders urge 400 farmers to prep for the 1944 crop season by cleaning and repairing machinery, ordering supplies early, improving soil, salvaging waste, and planning contour farming to prevent erosion. They advocate swapping labor and pooling resources to save time and mileage, emphasizing war-effort benefits.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
J. MM
Dews
Victor
W. L. Neal
Ansted
P. A. Ramsey
Ramsey
Ralph Fagan
Mountain Cove
C. 0. White
Clifty
Cavendish
Lansing
H. B. Tully
Edmond
E. B. Nedrick
Lookout
A. P. Bays
Russellville
B. J. Amick
Coriss
W. H. Cavendish
Lees Tree
A. R. Rodgers
Landisburg
E. §. Anderson
W. C. Fitzwater
Layland
E. W. James
Backus
D. A. Griffin
Meadow Bridge
G. E. CaHlson
Springdale
RB. N. Fox
Crickmer
Walter Skaggs
Romont
W.S. Cavendish
Hico
B. A
Aliie Amick
Dempsey
W. C. Warner
Beckwith
H. S. Clench
Belva
G. §. Kinser
Kincaid
Fayette Children Salvaging Paper Drive Progress
Fayetteville's grade school children have gathered about 11000 pounds of paper for a scrap drive announced by Principal E B Eskew. The drive will resume after holiday vacation as students return to school. News also notes a Fayetteville high school glee club Christmas carol performance at the Rotary Club and a Mount Hope Navy V-12 trainee home on Christmas leave, with a brief cultural aside on monkey fur in Ethiopian dress history.
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Register
Fayetteville
E. B. Eskew
Ila Mae Hodge
Cordelia Ritime
Marjorie Wood
Lanche McAvoy
Mary Virginia Darnall
Russeline Walters
Mary Ellen Allen
Fayetteville High School Glee Club
Stanley Eskew
Roary Club
Xmas Uy Register
Mount Hope
William F. Smith
Navy
University
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Blanche Smith
Oak Hill Boy Becomes State Hi Y President
Oak Hill high school senior Paul Bobbitt was elected president of the state Hi Y clubs at the Charleston convention. Fourteen delegates attended the meeting with two Oak Hill participants Harold Willson and the new president.
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Register
Oak Hill
Charleston
Paul Bobbitt
Paul
Harold Willson
Oak Hill Students Home for Xmas Holidays
Miss Amelita Cartelle Miss Marguerite Allman Miss Esther Allman and Miss Sue Willson, all WVU Morgantown students, arrived Wednesday night to spend the holidays with their families.
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Register
Oak Hilia
Amelita Cartelle
Marguerite Allman
Esther Allman
Sue Willson
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Theda K Hobbs Commissioned in Army at Oak Hill
Oak Hill nurse Theda K Hobbs has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army Norse coins. She will report to Billings General Hospital Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis Indiana on January 2. A Logan General Hospital nurses school graduate. Also mentions Lt Ben Burnside Navy returning to submarine duty and a Women's Society of Christian Service meeting at Oak Hill Methodist Church next Tuesday at 1 pm.
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Register
Oak Hill
Theda K. Hobbs
United States Army
Billings General Hospital
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Indiana
Logan General Hospital
Ben Burnside
United States Navy
B. C. Burnside
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Oak Hill Methodist Church
Fayette County War Fund Short in Oak Hill
Oak Hill faces a $2,400 Fayette County War Fund quota with about $100, short of the goal. Chairman K. Garvin reports a current total of $2,? and urges citizens to contribute to push the fund over the top. A special committee works to raise the missing funds as of today. Also, Cor poral Allen Baumgartner is transferred from Fitzsimmons General Hospital to Camp Reynolds in the Replacement company.
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C. K. Garvin
War-Community Chest Fund Committee
Oak Hill
Garvin
Nevister
G. A. Baumgartner
Corporal Allen Baumgartner
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Denver
Colorado
Camp Reynolds
Pennsylvania
This Week's Calendar for Beckley Area
Calendar notices list daily events for Beckley including Service Men's Canteen on Prince Street led by groups and clubs, Methodist Temple programs, Red Cross knitting and surgical groups, Girl Scout activities, tea and investiture services, and church choir rehearsals with times from Monday through Sunday. Local organizations include Business and Professional Women, Women of the Moose, First Baptist Church, and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.
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Madge Richardson
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Prince Street
Methodist Temple
Tom Hess
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Sophia
Carlton Wrightson
Anna Lee Trent
inBome
Beckley Business and Professional
Beckley
Eugene Huffman
Dirty Dozen
Chib
Heber Street
Sara Tones
O. C. Flint
Sersvive
First Baps List
Bessie Woodrum
T. D. Darby
Brotherhood of Railroad
D. W. Bryson
Civic Club
Service Men
Urges Support Of Health Dept
Fayetteville sanitation officer Z H Legg urges continued public health cooperation to keep milk and water supplies safe. He stresses container sterilization, pasteurized milk, and sanitary bottling as key to preventing disease, noting typhoid cases are now rare due to national and local health efforts.
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Register
Fayetteville
Z. Hlegg
Fayette County
Legg
America
Carolyn Hill Returns Home For Christmas Holidays
Oak Hill Miss Carolyn Hill daughter of Mayor and Mrs C R il of Oak Hill arrives to spend Christmas with her parents. A Hollins College Virginia student she traveled here with Mrs RB F Puckett after visiting Mrs Puckett's son Forrest in Gulfport Mississippi. Private Joyce Morris of the Signal Service Washington DC has returned to her station after visiting her parents in Oak Hill. Morris is a member of the Women's Army Corps.
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Register
Oak
Wesler
Ma In Law Puts A Whole Town to Work
Adelaide Kerr profiles Mrs. Sandbach of Slater Missouri who turned a small town into a wartime crystal factory workforce. She recruited teachers to train others, started with 14 staff, and grew to 450 workers including professionals’ wives serving as nurse and secretary. Wages begin 40 cents an hour rising with merit, with 10 percent saved for war bonds.
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Adelaide Kerr
Annie Rodgers
Sandbach
Uncle Sam
Slater
Kansas City
Randulph Walker
Aircraft Accessories Corporation
Los Angeles
Walker
Sandbatch
New York
Slater Factory
Slater News Rustler
Crystal Laboratory
Flite
Mrs. Sandbach
Goebbels Hopeful for German Victory in Christmas Speech
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels told Germans in a Christmas eve address that they still hold hope for a victorious future. He cited a forthcoming western test of arms and claimed the enemy underestimates German resolve as the war enters a renewed phase.
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Associated Press
London
Joseph Goebbels
West
Berlin
Goebbels
Churchill Making Steady Progress After Pneumonia
London reports Prime Minister Churchill is making steady progress and gathering strength after a pneumonia attack. A No. 10 Downing Street bulletin stated the condition shows improvement as doctors monitor his recovery.
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Churchill
Associated Press
London
Buletin
No. 10 Downing Street
Local residents share Christmas visits and travels
A parade of visitors gathers across Beckley and surrounding towns for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Farris Rahall of Cleveland arrive to spend Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Rahall in East Main Street. Mrs. Rahall is the former Edna Bassett of Milan Michigan. Several families host relatives from Virginia North Carolina and Kentucky for Christmas. Private Jack Canterbury visits from New Orleans while Joedd Chambers returns from Duke University for a 72 hour leave. Others spend Christmas with relatives in Beckley Lynchburg and Huntington as R L Dew enters Huntington Veterans Hospital for treatment.
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Farris Rahall
Cleveland
Ohio
Nick Rahall
East Main Street
Rahall
Edna Bassett
Milan
Michigan
Emily Gwinn
Mount Hope
G. C. Birt
Birt
Austin Avenue
H. B. Hall
Cartier Street
Roanoke
Virginia
Hall
Arthur Jiannine
Pulaski
P. B. Kyle
Glen White
Kyle
Teg McCormick
Lucille Cunningham
Petts
Cunningham
Norfolk
E. L. Buckland
Piney View
Winon B. Moran
Millboro High School
Millboro
Jack Canterbury
New Orleans
Louisiana
Bert Canterbury
Bolt
Joedd Chambers
Duke University
Durham
North Carolina
Harry D. Chambers
Whitesville
Matthew Corey
Camp Lee
M. M. Corey
First Avenue
George Smith
Fort Belvoir
M. B. Smith
Beckley
Harry L. McCreery
Hill Park Drive
W. C. Adams
Moundsville
Mabel Il’. Taylor
Katherine Raffolovich
Lynchburg
Dennis Lilly
Point Pleasant
Edwards Street
Augusta Bidwell
Charleston
Suzie Lanier
Danville
Kentucky
W. H. File
B. F. Stout
Franklin Avenue
W. H. File, Jr
Martha, Wriston
June Wriston
Washington, D. C
Robert Wriston
Neville Street
Carlos Harmon
Roy Lee Harmon
Huntington
R. L. Dew
Valley Drive
Veteran's Hospital
Today pattern ad for Raleigh pattern service
Pattern No. 8564 offers a scalloped yoke apron with a snug waist and flared skirt in sizes 12 through 20 and 40, 42. A size 14 bib top requires 17 8 yards of 32 inch material. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage to The Raleigh Register Pattern Service with name, address, pattern number and size. Also promoting a 25 cent issue of Fashion, a 52 page fall sewing guide available by order.
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Raleigh Register
7Th Avenue
New York
N. Y
Former Beckley Girl Weds Ohio Telegraph Operator
Mr and Mrs W H Hudson of Columbus Ohio announce the marriage of their niece Miss Virginia McTavish Williams to H Bernard Wilson Jr son of Mr and Mrs H B Wilson of Columbus. The ceremony was November 29 in Lancaster Ohio with no attendants. The bride has lived with her uncle and aunt for four years. Wilson works as a telegraph operator for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Columbus. They reside at 14914 South Oxden Avenue Columbus.
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W. H. Hudson
Columbus
Ohio
Virginia
McTavish—Williams
E. D. McTavish
Beckley
H. Bernard Wilson, Jr
H. B. Wilson
Lancaster
Wilson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Company
South
Oxden Avenue
Charleston man struck by car on US Route 60
Frederick M. Thomas aged 62 of South Charleson was fatally struck by a vehicle while crossing US Route 60 at Suburban Spring Hill. State police reported the injury and death occurred today.
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Charleston
Frederick M. Thomas
South Charleson
Spring Hill
Visit Parents Pineville Holiday Gathering
Mrs Myrtle Petiry visits sister Mrs P G Hurst in Satcher over the holidays. An average number of phone calls is noted as being made in this country each day.
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Register
Pineville
Myrtle Petiry
P. G. Hurst
Satcher
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Fayette
Oak Hill Boy
Association
Fayette County War Fund Short
Register Social
Wildcat
Madeline Shorter
Pax High School
Emma Jean Dickerson
Frances Lowry
Helena Lester
Kingston High School
Mountaineer
Health Dept
Fayette Sanitarian
Mik Supply
Carolyn Hill
Tinne Orth
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Marine Corps
Masad
Ur. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Helene Curtis Cola
Violet’s
First Baptist Church
Violet Allenbaugh
Bone
China
Spode
OFEN
White Cross Pharmacy Geentepe
Brug
Main
North Kanawha
Gert Hans von Gontard
Adolphus Busch
St. Louis
F.B.I
New York City
International
Marguerite
Main St
Coats
Neville
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