Okes Triplets In Contract With Milk Company
The two months old triplets of Mr and Mrs Carl Okes of Ellison's ridge are under contract with a national evaporated milk firm which will provide canned milk for the children for one year in exchange for advertising. Born October 19, Wilda Mae Wilma and William Hugh weigh five and one quarter pounds at birth. The mother keeps the girls in different colored dresses to tell them apart. The family includes three other children, Lester Carl Ray and Nancy Indy. The milk company rep notes similar triplet cases in his territory and a previous Tyree triplet family featured in national ads. Two vases of milk per month are provided with ration books issued by the Hinton war price and ration board.
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Ellison's Ridge
Uder
Ehildren
Wilda Mae
Wilma Ay
William Hugh Okes
Juby Okes
F. L. MecNeer
Hinton
Ellison’s Ridge
Theamily
Lester Carl
Ray
Nancy Inday
K. A. Atkinson
le Milk Company
George Tyree
Winona
Atkinson
Finnie Lee
Ruth Ellen
Katie Louise Tyree
Okes
Ualtinson
Summers County Model Schools Rated by State Bulletin
The West Virginia educational bulletin lists twelve Summers County elementary schools with ratings of A B or C. Greenbrier and Central elementary earn A ratings, led by principals Josephine Gardner and Minnie Cox respectively, with several named teachers. B-rated schools include Lincoln Lowell Pisgah Sandstone Meadow Creek Bellepoint River View and more, with listed principals and staff. C-rated Talcott Peace Springs Brooks show smaller facilities with 4 rooms, and staff such as A F Ken Blanch ms Melvina Miller Mary Jesler Evelyn Duncan and others.
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Y Register
Hinton
Summers County
West Virinia Educational Bulletin
Greenbrier Elements
Centrel
Ese
Josephine Gardner
Greenbrier
Elva Milt
Nina Harrison Beulah Meads
Opal Neely
Mildred Urrell
Katherine “Guhride
Uline Bowling
Mae Dodd
Riverew
Lillie Zick
Cynthia Fredeking
Peace Springschool
Evelyn Duncan
Ellie Wallace
Azel Hedrick
New Year Day Office Closures Across County Areas
Register Staff Writer reports government offices including draft boards and the U S element office will open tomorrow while most merchants and banks close for New Year s Day. County offices will be closed along with post offices and stores in observance.
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Register
Hinton
Draft
Ram Board
United States
Elinent
Arrow
Raymond Cooper Receives Silver Star for Gallantry
Raymond F. Cooper is awarded the silver star for gallantry while serving with the 3th regiment, 34th Red Bull division under Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark's fifth army. He and a comrade manned a machine gun and fired eight boxes of ammunition to hold German forces until his company could regroup for a counterattack. Cooper's home address is Route Three, Hinton.
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Register
Summers Schools To Open Tuesday
Summers county schools will reopen Tuesday January 2 after an extended holiday break that began December 13 due to heavy snow blocking highways. Only two of six lost days must be made up, and teachers will be paid for all days missed as stated by State Superintendent W W Trent. Cyclones form in the ocean near the equator and gradually become vast whirlwinds with calmer centers.
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Register
Hinton
Summers County
W. W.trent
Greenbrier County schools rated model elementary schools
Three Greenbrier County elementary schools earned model status in the West Virginia Educational Bulletin with ratings of B or C. East Rainelle and White Sulphur schools received B marks, Rainelle has seven rooms. White Sulphur has 16 rooms. Rainelle principal Roy Coffman and teachers listed. White Sulphur principal J H Reed and staff listed. East Rainelle has 10 rooms and principal Herbert Harr with staff including Charles L Hall and others.
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3y_Reatster
Wester Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
West Virginia Educational Bulletin
East Rainelle
White Sulphur
Herbert Harr
Charles L. Hall
Maymie H. Amick
Ruby R. Marlin
Zelma Watts
Ada RB
Gillespie
Georgena Gillespie
Polly Graybeal
Rebecca Martin
Pearl
Johnson
Margaret Crickenberger
Rainelle
Roy Coffman
Blanche Knight
Eleanor W. McCall
Alice O. Gilmer
Agnes Haynes
Grace M. Moore
J. Lucy L. Whitman
Miss Loudermilk Weds Staff Sergeant Reynolds at Cadletsburg
Caldwell announces the November twenty ninth nineteen forty four marriage of Velma Loudermilk to Staff Sergeant Dale Reynolds Jr both of Caldwell. The couple wed in Cadletsburg Kentucky with attendants Phyllis Ann Bailey and Lea Holliday. The bride wore pale blue with white rose corsage. They are White Sulphur Springs graduates. The bride worked at an Elkton Maryland war plant. Reynolds serves in the paratroops and is stationed at Fort Benning Georgia.
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Register
Caldwell
Loudermilk
Velma Loudermilk
Dale R. D. Reynolds
Dale Reynolds
Cadletsburg
Kentucky
Phyllis Ann Bailey
Bluefield
Lea Holliday
North Carolina
White Sulphur Springs High School
Elkton
Maryland
Reynolds
Paratroops
Fort Benning
Georgia
Calendar Set For January Term Of Circuit Court
Summers county circuit court calendar for January term was announced by Judge Mark L. Jarrett. Grand jury convenes January 9, petit jury January 10. Cases include The First National Bank against W.F.P. Williams and Williams against Penn Casualty. State vs Willie Judson Hamm. Roosevelt Dick. Mel ford Cecil Richmond. Sydney Ellis. O. Okey Wills. Juli as Dok? Wills. Calendar shows a four day term with added indictments on January 12.
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Register
Hinton
Circuit Court
Summers County
Mark L. Jarrett
Lewisburg
11Th Judicial District
First National Bank
W.fp. Williams
Willard Zickafonse
Penn Casualty
Local Restaurateur Shaken by Greece Family News
George Soter of Beckley West Virginia, owner of the Swan restaurant on Main Street, received surprising word from Greece via an American sailor. The message linked his brother Bill in Athens to Soter through a Mount Hope couple, Betty and John Smith, confirming all family members were alive and well. Soter, overseas eight months, recalls the saying It’s a small world as he shares details of the wartime family connection through LST crews and a Navy contact in Piraeus.
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Robert Ripley
Garcia
George Soler
Swan
Main Street
Athens
Greece
Soter
Mount Hope
Mr. Soter
Weill
Betty Smith
Bill
George Soter
Sater
Beckley
LST
Tay
Smith
Brooklyn
West Virginia
Private Lester in Stark Hospital at Pence Springs
Private Everett Lester, recently back from nine months in the European Theater, lies in Stark General Hospital Charleston before transfer for definitive treatment. He wears the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Ribbon, and the European Theater of Operations ribbon, and plans a gift for his wife Dorothy Lester at Pence Springs.
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Register
Pence Springs
Everett Lester
Dorothy Lester
Lester
Stark General Hospital
Charleston
South Carolina
Army
Monroe County Places Two Schools as Model
The West Virginia Educational Bulletin lists two Monroe County elementary schools as model. Linside Elementary, with three rooms, earns an A rating under Principal AL E Cantsberry and teachers Lockie Raines and Ruth Long. Hollywood Elementary, two rooms, earns a B rating with Principal Charles Boothe and Elva Wallace teaching.
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Register
Alderson
Monroe County
West Virginia Educational Bulletin
Linside
Injured In Fall On Icy Pavement
L. L. Gooch is confined to his home at 1801 Temple Street with a back injury from a fall on icy pavement. He received treatment at Hinton hospital. Several persons also suffered broken bones in falls during the two days of snow, including Mrs. Dora Cales and Mrs. C. G. Gill with broken wrists.
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Hinton
L. L. Gooch
Temple Street
Hinton Hospital
Per
Dora Cales
C. G. Gill
Miss Alene Blake Hosts Guests At Home
Miss Alene Blake daughter of Mr and Mrs C L Blake of Central avenue entertained several friends at her home recently Guests included Patty Backus Eddie Kessler Joan Wilson Emmett Heath Jr Esther Allman James Titlow Joan White Jr Barbara Ann Perry Pete Proctor Joyce Blake and Richard Mullens.
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Register
A Hill
Alene Blake
C. L. Blake
Central Avenue
Patty Backus
Eddie Kessler
Joan Wilson
Emmett Heath
Esther Allman
James Titlow
Joan White Jr
Barbara Ann Perry
Pete Proctor
Joyce Blake
Richard Mullens
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