Service Canteen Receives Broad Community Help
The Service Canteen in Helen reports a strong aid response from local residents and nearby communities. Households contributed bushels of wood canned foods eggs milk lard and potatoes along with three hams while four women canvassed door to door. Affinity and Coal City groups donated fruit vegetables coffee and sugar and miners unions gave 584.10 in money with plans to create a 500 monthly standing fund to sustain canteen operations through spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WA. Burke
Ehabemien
Helen
Reirn Blevins
Elsie Miles
Allie Mulling
Myrtle Selly
Leonard Baker
Edgar Cook
James Hite
Affinity
Burke
Coal City
Herman E. Johnson
Stamford
Raleigh
Beckley Women Set 73000 Dressings Target by April
Becketly women, volunteers at Raleigh and Eunice groups, aim to produce 73000 bandages by April to support European invasion relief. Mrs Rubush, counting chair, notes county quotas of 30900 for January 40000 for February and 45000 for March, with production running daily in shifts from 1 to 4 and 7 to 10 pm Monday through Thursday. Volunteers are urged to wear wash dresses and bring hair ties. groups meet in Raleigh School and Eunice resumes work after losing their former room.
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Beckley
Eport
Europe
Raleigh
Raleigh School
James Bibb
Eunice
Rubush
Local teachers to lead extension classes at Beckley junior high
Miss Pearl Fankhouser of Concord college will teach juvenile literature at Beckley junior high school Monday at 7 p m. Harry F. Toutman of Concord and J B Deck of Sophia elementary will conduct sociology and curriculum war time adjustment classes at 7 p m Tuesday. Dr Carl M Frasure of West Virginia university will offer graduate courses in international relations at 4 40 p m and modern dictatorships at 7 40 p m tomorrow, with Dr A D Baldwin also teaching educational sociology at 4 40 p m and public school finance at 7 40 p m Tuesday. Fifteen students have enrolled in the latter class.
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Pearl Fankhouser
Concord College
Athens
Beckley
Harry F. Touthman
Concord
J. B. Deck
Sophia Elementary School
Carl M. Frasure
West Virginia University
A. D. Baldwin
Lt Henry Herring Wins Distinguished Flying Cross
First Lieutenant Henry Herring, with the United States Army Air Forces in England, has been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He enlisted in March 1942, trained at Santa Ana, California, earned his wings at Williams Field in Arizona, and completed about 30 raids by February 1. He is the son of Mr and Mrs N J Herring of Clyde Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry H. Herring
United States Army Air Forces
England
N. J. Herring
Clyde Street
Herring
Army
Santa Ana
California
Williams Field
Higley
Arizonia
Spangler Rites Set Today for 89 Year Old Widow
Funeral services for Mrs. Jane Spangler 89 will be held at Hubert Spangler’s home in Peterstown at 2 30 p m with Rev. Jasper Chambers and Rev Lynn Clanster officiating. Burial will follow in Peterstown cemetery. She died Friday at her daughter Mrs E P Lilly’s home 302 Maplewood Lane. She had lived with her daughter since the death of her husband Rufus four years ago. Surviving: two daughters Lulu Gillespie of Charleston and E P Lilly of Beckley. sons Edgar and M F Spangler of Beckley W B Spangler of Norfolk Virginia and Hubert Fred and Clarence Spangler, all of Peterstown. Eighteen grandchildren thirty great grandchildren and ten great great grandchildren also survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Spangler
Hubert Spangler
Peterstown
Jasper Chambers
Lynn Clanster
Burail
Rufus Spangler
Lulu Gillespie
Charleston
FE. P. Lilly
Beckley
Edgar
M. F. Spangler
W. B. Spangler
Norfolk
Virginia
Hubert
Fred
Clarence Spangler
Ichildren
Beckley Lacks Weather Observer As Icy Conditions Persist
Beckley still lacks a dedicated weather observer after the death of L A Mauck. W R Fugitt of the chamber lists four candidates and potential last-resort stations near Memorial building. Temperatures ranged from seven to fourteen degrees above zero with an inch of snow, roads slick and a Rose Funeral Home ambulance delayed by icy hills en route to Glen Rogers.
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Beckley
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Weather Ovserver
L. A. Mauck
Parkersburg
Weather Bus
Weather Bus Reau of the U. S. Department of Commerce
J. Roy Fuller
Beckley Post-Herald
Beckles Newspaper Corporation
Mexwell P. Ol
Highland Avenue
W. H. ‘Weidensall
R.C. Swim
Woodlawn Avenue
Fugitt
Weather Bureau
Memorial Building
South Kanawha Street
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Bowling
Flat Top
Road Commission
Raleigh
Rose ‘Funers
Glen Rogers
Beckley Hospital
Bolt
Skin Poplar Gap
Wyoming
60 Per Cent of Trading In Stamps May Be Ended
Ration tokens will be used as change in Raleigh county starting February 17. Tokens worth ten points replace stamps for meat fats processed foods, aiming to cut 60 percent of food stamps in circulation. Tokens come in red and blue with no expiry, packed 250 per box, and banks and Beckley merchants will distribute them.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Banks
Ubanks
Berkley National Bank
Dedication Service Tonight At East Beckley Church
The Rev. Rowland Aspinall will conduct the dedication sermon at 7:30 PM for the newly erected bell tower and bell at St. Mary’s Methodist Church in East Beckley. Dave Johnston funded the memorial in honor of his father, Eri Johnston, one of the church founders. The church’s history traces to meetings led by Rev. H. M. Boyd and the late Rev. H. S. Anvill during construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Aspinall
Beckley
St. Mary's Methodist Church
East Beckley
Dave Johnston
Eri Johnston
Frj Johnston
Dave
Killarney
H. M. Boyd
Johnston
East Berkley
H. S. Anvill
Mr. Johnston
Cool Ridge Youth To Pay Damages In School Property Case
Ulysses Lilly an 18 year old Cool Ridge youth agreed to pay the cost of a globe and stand damaged at Midway school. The case was dismissed by Magistrate J P Meadows after Lilly agreed to cover 4 50 for the article and pay court costs. Ray Bennett principal of the school had secured a warrant alleging destruction of 10 dollars worth of board of education property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Lilly
Cool Ridge
Midway School
J. P Meadows
Ray Bennett
Lilly
Shady Springs High School
Board of Education
Meadows
Voluntary Dressings Drive Urges Raleigh County Help
75 000 Red Cross surgical dressings must be produced and shipped to meet the April 1 quota in Raleigh County. Volunteers are needed at Memorial Building production rooms with hours 1 to 4 PM and 7 to 10 PM Monday through Thursday and 9 AM to 12 PM and 1 to 4 PM on Friday. Mrs. R K Rabush chairs the volunteer special services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Raleigh
Memorial Building
R. K. Rabush
Absentee Ballots Not Published For Primary Election
Circuit Clerk Van Hunter ordered publication of absentee ballots for all candidates but later rescinded when no legal provision existed. The first ballot publication will occur two weeks before the May 9 primary, while ballots are printed and distributed without candidate review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Hunter
Register
Merchants to View Token System Demonstration
The Raleigh County Retail Grocers Association will host a 3 p.m. meeting at the Coca-Cola Bottling plant on South Oakwood Avenue to view an O P A token system film. George W. King and an O P A representative will answer questions as Mercer and Bluefield merchants are invited to learn how tokens speed ration stamp transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.P.A
Raleigh County Retail Grocers Association
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
South Oakwood Avenue
Paul Cole
Cole
Washington
Chicago
Gardeners warned to burn brush early
The spring brush burn deadline is March 20 before the fire season opens. Wade H. Trump notes strict limits will apply, with season running March 20 to May 20, to protect food production while allowing gardening. A district meeting in Charleston outlined a new patrol plan and names to safeguard forests and gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Wade H. Trump
Kanawha
Trump
Conservation Department
Daniel
D. B. Bonebrake
Charleston
West Virginia
O. O.nutter
Charmed
Greenbrier
A. R. Pitser
Kanawha State Forest
John Hammond
Ansted
Fayette County
FE. N. Winston
Prosperity
Raleigh
B. C. Snidow
Mercer County
Hanse Stowers
Madison
Boone County
B. F. Morris
Marmet
William Francis
Lotan
G. O. Martin
Minden
Frank H. Halstead
Beckley
New River Company Forester
Abe Hubbard
Fred P. Clay
Raleigh County
Jack Shipman
State Conservation Commission
Vecellio Purchases Leary Residence in Local Deal
Mrs. Enrica Vecellio of 501 South Kanawha street has purchased the seven room D. M. Leary residence at 433 Woodlawn avenue at the Woodlawn and Claris street corner. The house, built in 1933, is owned by her husband G. E. Vecellio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enrica Vecellio
Kanawha Street
D. M. Leary
Woodlawn Avenue
Woodlawn and
Claris Street
Winding Gulf Man Arrested For Drunken Driving
Anthony Kell of Winding Gulf was arrested by city police Friday on South Oakwood Avenue and charged with drunken driving. He posted bond and was released from jail pending a police court appearance this week, according to a police report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Kell
Winding Gulf
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Miss Fankhouser
Mose
Home Insurance Agency, Inc
C. A. Phillips Publican
Cong
Lt. Herring
Wie
Alia
Syracuse and Vulcan
Henry Conway Hardware
Wrville
R. A. Shackelford
Beckley Mercantile Board
Mary Jo Smisko
Beckley National Bank
Vecellio
Leary
Bank OF Ralfigh
Beckley Optical Co
Prince St
Court House
Vilage
Neville St
Ken
Shrover
State Superintendent of Free Schools
Beckley College
Pol. Adv
Mrs. Morgan
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Croming
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