Three Hurt As Truck Driver Fined For Drunkenness
Fayetteville report says Charles W. Walker drove a 1937 Dodge one ton truck on Route 19 21 when wet shoulder and curb caused the vehicle to overturn into a marsh near the road. Three injured include Walker and two soldiers Grover Holthoiser and Henry Hinkle. Walker fined 10 dollars for drunkenness and released. injuries described as head wound and minor hurts. Holthoiser and Hinkle were hospitalized. both were reported AWOL from Camp Reynolds Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register Stett
Fayetteville
Charles W. Walker
Lane
Charleston
G. T.ravis
Fayette County
Walker
Oak Hill Hospital
Cedar Grove
Ronceverte
Grover Holthoiser
Henry Hinkle
Camp Reynolds
Pennsylvania
Davis
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Oak Hill
R. C. Godsey
Board Reveals Draft Statuses in Local Board Meeting
Ray Gentry, clerk of Local Board No. 2, announced reclassifications from the February 17 meeting. The list includes numerous individuals across classifications with several 4-F and 2-B entries, plus 1-A and other designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville — Dd
Ray Gentry
John Czikora, Jr
Luther M. Painter
Kelly Nottingham
Lawrence G. Nutter
Andrew Fi Ward
Willard J. Moore
Robert Brown
Woodrow Goff
Leon F. Stewart
Harold Brehem
Bernard '. Flint
Jerry A. Stover
James Gillies
Anton
Walter Page
Handford M. Martin
Tom L. Ramey
Herbert F. Pyatt
John B. Watson
John Matulis
Gaylord
Sweggerty
James Ti. Tafferty
Jessie J. Bibb
Garland W. Crone
Curtis Patrick
Oscar C. Tingley
Henry Lopinski
Avarice V. Coleman
Asa E. Martin
James H. Legg
Bernard K. Wasserkrug
Floyd G Evans
William 8B. McCormick
James R. Gilkerson
Andrew Wooten
L. Campbell
Farm Machinery Repair class slated for Fayette County
Sam Croute announces a free repair class at the Hico Farm Machinery Repair Shop in the Santo Domingo garage building starting Thursday February 24 at 7 p m. Instructor J M Hunt will supervise repairs. small parts sold at cost. The government owned shop offers welding equipment and serves county farmers. two programs run in the state, one in each Mercer and Fayette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
Sam Croute
Fayette County
Hico
Sandigo
J. M. Hunt
Crouse
Hia
Mercer County
Coal Mines Seek Labor As War Effort Relies On Coal
The Fayette county coal industry calls for skilled and unskilled workers through the U S employment service, listing dozens of mine related roles. The service urges local men to take jobs at home, stressing coal as the first step in war production and the need for workers to support the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hili
Fayette County
United States Employment Service
Snd
Aautt
Tler
Tippleman
The
Employment Service
Leffer Highlights Bergin Silver Star Citation
A letter from J C Jimmie Nugen in Helville Rhode Island accompanies a mimeographed four page notice The Skeeter featuring Lt jg Edward R Bergin Jr who earned the Silver Star for actions December 1942 to October 1943 on over 0 offensive patrols against Japanese barge traffic The citation praises leadership seamanship and fearless attacks While same base comrades praised Bergin as a man to work with and a credit to the Navy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
J. C.jimmie Nugen
Helville
Rhode Island
Skeeter
Motor ‘Torpedo Boat Squadron
Jimmie
Edward R. Bergin, Jr
Pacific
Bergin
Jg) Bergin
Comdr
Walsh
United States
A. S Carpender
U. S. Navy
Seventh Fleet
Lumberman Will Go Into Service In Navy
PAYETTEVILLE The Wood Crest Lumber Company owned by Harry Miller of Beckwith moves to the Januf old Building in town. Miller has been sworn in as a lieutenant junior grade in the Navy and will report to a Florida naval training base in March. Jimmie Jacobs of Fayetteville will assume lumber yard management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payetteville
Woodcrest. Lumber Company
Harry Miller
Beckwith
Janufold
Miller
Uncle Sam's Navy
Navalraining
Florida
Jimmie Jacobs
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Men’s Chorus Sponsors Musical Program
The Fayetteville Men’s Chorus sponsors a musical program at Fayetteville Methodist Church Thursday at 7 p.m. under Baxter Quaird of Beckley. Pianist Jackie Johnson will provide the accompaniment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
Fayettevile Methodist Church
P.m
Baxter Quaird
Beckley
Jackie Johnson
Rhodes Jailed on Pool Room Theft Charge
Fayet te county jail holds Carl Rhodes of Boomer to answer grand jury on breaking and entering a Boomer pool room and stealing $29.17 in property. Arrested by Montgomery state police on complaint by pool room owner Joe Abb il. Magistrate Carl Hanson bound Rhodes over after a preliminary hearing. Also jailed were James A McCormick for resisting arrest and Clarence Green for petty larceny and $25 fine default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
Carl Rhodes
Boomer
Fayette County
Okey L.patteson
Rhodes
Montgomery
Joe ‘'Abbil
Carl Hanson
Smithers
James A McCormick
Montgomery Hancock
Clarence Green
Hanson
Green
EF. P. Heynie
Office Meeting Brings Aid Services to Oak Hill
At Oak Hill the U S employment office announces regular visits by a unemployment compensation claim rep every two weeks and by a claims rep for old age and survivors insurance. A state mines board examiner visits twice monthly for miner certificates. Rehabilitation staff from the education department aids handicapped applicants seeking training and work and supports occupational studies with the Selective Service. They also help coal operators obtain deferments for essential workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
United States
Department of Unemployment Compensation
State Department of Mines
Rehabilitarium
State Department of Education
Oals Hill
Selective Service
Fayette Quota In Bonds Made
Fayette County War Finance chairman A B Abbot reports the county subscribed 1 581 500 to the war bond drive with 1 series 1 at 453 000 or five percent of quota. Fayetteville section chair J C Shultz notes 270 425 subscribed toward 174 000 quota and BE series at 103 percent with 178 ANN reported. Deadline February 20 for credited purchases. Dont quit now backs the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
A. B. Abbot
Fayette County
Ann
Shultz
Four Patients Enter Oak Hill Hospital This Friday
Oak Hill hospital admitted four patients on Friday Reta Baiugartner Shirley Dean Warner Patton son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Patton of Oak Hill and Mrs William Pietrawski of Lochgelly. Discharged recently were G J Pinson Ben Wilshire Edna Mae Stewart and Margaret Whitehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Reta Baiugartner
Shirley Dean
Warner Patton
Raymond Patton
Oak Hil
William Pietrawski
Lochgelly
G. J. Pinson
Ben Wilshire
Edna Mae Stewart
Margaret Whitehead
Not Enough Room At Youth Center Age Limit Is Set
About 800 youths visited the Prince street center yesterday with 240 signed in before 8 30 pm and 300 more Friday night. Going into effect last night no one under 13 can enter on Saturdays without a chaperone. The center plans to designate certain days for age groups due to crowding and limited space. Chairs, a pool table, and card tables have been donated to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Street
Bob Navis
Ross Daniel
Two State Schools To Lose Army Training
West Virginia University and West Virginia State College at Institute will see enrollment drops as the army curtails the college training program by April 1. About 110,000 men nationwide to be withdrawn, with 87 and 115 army enrollees reported at the two schools and others on campuses in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control Office
The
University
Negro College
Institute
Alr Corps
Signal Corps
Army
Marshall
Concord College
Athens
Air Corps
Fairmont State
Salem College
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
West Virginia Wesleyan
Bethany
John W. Foy's Funeral Today at Davy Methodist Church
Funeral services for John Westley Foy 36 of Chen Jean will be held at Davy Methodist Church today with Rev Melgar Sol Martin in charge. Burial follows at Jaeger Memorial Park. He died Friday night of a heart attack. He worked as a meat cutter for New River company Glen Jean and was born October 14, 1908 in Davy. Survived by wife Ollie Jones Foy mother Manvie Elizabeth Foy of Davy and siblings Lois Louise Kuapy Thelma Bearre and W P Foy plus two children Janet and Julia Foy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Glen Jean
John Westley Foy
Chen Jean
Davy Methodist Church
Sopom
Melgar Sol Martin
Daleville
Virginia
Jaeger
Davy
Ollie Jones Foy
Manvie Elizabeth. Foy
Lois Louise Kuapy
Tams
Thelma Bearre
W. FP. Foy
Ingram Branch
Janet and
Julia Foy
Emmett Coleman Home on Leave from Canal Zone Duty
Staff Sergeant Emmett Coleman of Company C 156th Infantry is home on a 10 day furlough after over two years in the Canal Zone. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Coleman of Oas Him. Coleman joined the National Guard in 194? and departed December 28 for overseas duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hilt
Emmett Coleman
Canal Zone
Coleman
Company
Tax Returns Decline Warns West Virginia Collector
West Virginia internal revenue collector F Roy Yoke warned there will be no extension past March 15. Only about 40 000 of an estimated 500 000 returns have been filed and he urged early filing to avoid a late rush and penalties. He noted 25 branch offices staffed to assist taxpayers at Wheeling Parkersburg and Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
F. Roy Yoke
Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Yoke
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Curtis W Williams dies at Cranberry at 50
Curtis W Williams 50 died at his Cranberry home at 6 30 am after a two year illness attributed to a heart condition. He was a Raleigh County native son of Elijah and Julia Vass Williams and a Christian Baptist. Survived by widow Maggie Griffith Williams and eight sons, four in military service. Funeral Monday at 2 pm at the home with burial in Prosperity cemetery. Active pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis W. Williams
Cranberry
Raleigh County
Elijah
Julia Vass Williams
Chistian Baptist Church
Maggie Griffith Williams
Baren Williams
Ft. Benning
Ray Williams
South Pacific
Billy Williams
Italy
Robert Williams
Las Vegas
N. M
Edward
Teddy
Dan
Max Williams
Frenchie Williams
Ollie Christian
Piney View
Prosperity
Dunior Lively
James Arthur
Bill Davis
John Arthur
Robert Kesssner
Mike Windsor
Rev Aspinall To Speak Tuesday
The Rev Rowland Aspinall a district superintendent of Methodist churches will speak at a regular meeting of the Business and Professional Women's club Tuesday evening at 7 o clock at the Beckley hotel. The program The Shape of Things to Come will be in charge of Mrs Lucy Donovan and Miss Lucille Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowland Aspinall
Beckley Hotel
Lucy Donovan
Lucille Miller
TNT Club Slumber Party At Hutchinson Home
The TNT club for teen girls hosted a slumber party at Betty Jo Hutchinson’s Harper road home Friday night. Attendees included Cath erine Cantley Francis Cantley Edna Mae Brabben Betty Murdock Matty Neal Alberta Jones Anna Mae Fink Betty Tonelli Daisy Deen Bailey and the hostess. The group also held a party at Daisy Bailey’s Johnstown road home Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TNT Club
Betty Jo Hutchinson
Harper Road
Catherine and
Francis Cantley
Edna Mae Brabben
Betty Murdock
Matty Neal
Alberta Jones
Anna Mae Fink
Betty Tonelli
Daisy Deen Bailey
Daisy Bailey
Johnstown Road
Stevens Rites Set For Today
Funeral services for Harry Ed Stevens 43 of Helen are set for today in the Helen Community Church at o o by Rev. Mr Grites. Stevens died Friday in a local hospital. The body rests at Rose Funeral Home. Surviving are daughter Irene Stevens and son Private Edward Stevens overseas. Pallbearers named. Golden Gate Lodge 142 will conduct burial services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edmare Stevens
Helen
Helen Comeeity
Grites
Stevens
Rose
Fien Stevens
Irene Stevens
Fedward Stevens
Army
Deaner
Oscar
Helmandollar
BN. Short
Woc
Turner
Hor
H. N. Whiterofton
Omer Rushbrook
W. Z. Purner
Golden Gate Lodge 142
Tams
Goins weds Thompson in Riverside First Baptist ceremony
Juanita Genene Goins daughter of L F Goins of Hinton and William B Thompson son of Mrs W A Thompson were married February 12 at six o clock in the parsonage of the First Baptist church. Rev Alvin Cook officiated. The bride wore a navy dress with orchid and red rose buds. Attendant was Mrs Walter G Summers and best man Mr Summers. The bride is a Mount Hope high school graduate and beauty culture graduate. The groom is a US Army Air Forces veteran and Gulf Smokeless Coal Company employee. The couple resides at 207 Fourth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Genene Goins
L. F. Goins
Hinton
William B. Thompson
W. A. Thompson
Fourth,street
Alvin Cook
First Baptist Church
Walter G. Summers
Mount Hope
Summers
Thompson
Mount Hope High School
Morris Harvey School of Beauty
Charleston
United States Army Air Force
Woodrow Wilson High School
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Tams
JC. M. Stewart, Jr
Baltimore
Maryland
Harry N. Richards
Portsmouth
Virginia
Fourth Street
Ed Birch
Lester
Frank Stover
Albany Milam
Saxon
Bess
Slab Fork
Beckley
Emmett J. Mann
Margerine
Harper Road
Howard Mann
Eastern Air Lines
Miami
Florida
Raymond Lures
Appalachain Electric Power Company
Beckley Hospital
East Maln Street
Miss Fielding
James Fielding
Beckley Area Residents Report Health and Travel News
Local notices list ill residents and those traveling or on leave. Dr Harwood James improves at Neville Street home. Mrs Virginia Morris with influenza shows gains. many service members and families move, visit, or return from duty with updates from Beckley and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harwood James
Neville Street
Brenda Cole
J. H. Cole
Burgess Street
W. E. Webb
C. H. Feller
Ellison Avenue
Huntington
Webb
United States Naval Reserve
Kenneth E. Hebb
Camp Blanding
Florida
Elsie Boyd
Temple Street
C. M. Compton
Eva Houchins
Helen Compton
C. C. Compton
Ohio
John Wiliams
A. H. Scottah
Harper Road
Beckley Hospital
Virginia Morris
Garfield Street
Nathan Pickus
Woodlawn Avenue
al Prostic
James F. Hodgin
Ashford General Hosppital
White Sulphur Springs
C. C. Cotrill
Maxine Davis
Glen Rogers
Chicago
Ilinois
Lieutenant Cotrill
United States Naval Reserve Dental Corps
Great Lakes
Wesley Wilkes
Bedford City
Virginia
J. H. Wilkes
Beckley
Ross L. Phipps
Jimmie Moorefield
Camp Walters
Texas
T. C. Moorefield
Prince Street
J. P. Bonner
Wanted Advert for Hard of Hearing Seekers
A period ad seeks men and women hard of hearing to try a home method claiming to restore hearing with a simple test. Respondents hear better after the test or receive a money back guarantee. Drops available at Cohen Drug on Neville Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohen Drug Co
Neville
Miss McKulic Weds W. C. Ewing in Sprague ceremony
Announcement from Sprague states Miss Mary Margaret McKulic weds William Clifford Ewing of Layland in a family ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Mike McKulic. the groom is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Mor Ewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
M. McKulic
Sprague
Mary Margaret McKulic
William Clifford Ewing
Layland
Mor
New Tibetan Lama Is Enthroned
CHUNGKING The tenth Panchen Lama a seven year old boy found at Hsunhwa in Chinghai province was enthroned at Taerh temple on Feb 8 attended by over 100 000 people. The ninth Panchen Lama died Nov 3 1937 and the new lama is regarded as reincarnation of his predecessor by mystical signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chungking
Tibet
Hsunhwa
Chinghai Province
Taerh Temple
China
Kuominstang
Central Executive Committee
Dalai Lama
Bohisattva
Buddha
Lingerh La-Mu-Tan-Chu
Lhasa
Fog
Experience Not Needed for Jobs Openings by U S Government
The notice invites men and women aged 16 to 56 with no experience to apply for trainee machine operators and trainee card punch operators at 1580 dollars per year including overtime. Typists and stenographers are offered 1752 dollars annually for roles in the Federal Security Board in Baltimore and Washington. Interested persons should visit the local employment office at 300 South Fayette Street on February 21 and 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Oital Security Board
Baltimore
Raleigh Girl Named President of UNC Greensboro Physics Club
Miss Shirley Smiley daughter of Mr and Mrs R R Smiley of Raleigh Weights has been named president of the Physics club at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Greensboro She is a Needham Broughton High School alum and a sophomore majoring in chemistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Smiley
R. R. Smiley
Raleigh Weights
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Miss Smiley
Needham Broughton
Raleigh
North Carolina
University
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Fayette
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New York City
Fla
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St. Joseph
Curtis Williams
Aspinall
Sam Lilly
J. Leonard Baer
George P. Goodson
S.te. Lilly
Rhodell
Goodson
W. A. Wykel
Prince St. Dial
Juanita Goins
William E. Thompson
Susan Hogg
C. W. Hogg
Wickham Avenue
Joe L. Smith
Washington
Rt. S. Williams
William MclQuadelouchins
United States Navy Air Force
Memphis
Tennessee
Glen Morgan
Pensacola
Elmer Clark, Jr
W. H. Rader
Camp Polk
Loui
Beckley Optical Co
Prince St
Neat Bus
Back of Court
Rouse
H. Ewing
Prince
C. M. Cope
Elkton
Slveda M. Lidas
Wilmington
Delaware
Girl Heads University Club
Cy Pigs
Beckley Ice & Feed Co
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