Men Pick Navy For War Duty
Fayetteville readers learn that the following men from board number two have chosen the Navy and will depart March. William Nelson Davis London Luther Martin Quinwood Kelly Nottingham Portsmouth Va Woodrow Golf Fay etteville Leon Francis Stewart Oak Hill Harold Brehm route one Mt Hope Bernard Thomas Flint Minden Denzyl Duart Smith Lochgelly Jerry Alfred Stover Long Branch James Fillies Kilsyth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson Davis
London
Luther Martin
Quinwood
Kelly Nottingham
Portsmouth
Woodrow Golf
Fayetteville
Leon Francis Stewart
Oak Hill
Harold Brehm
Mt. Hope
Bernard Thomas Flint
Minden
Denzyl Duart Smith
Lochgelly
Jerry Alfred Stover
Long Branch
James Fillies
Kilsyth
George James Richardson
Hilltop
Anton John Baggis
Eccles
Wheeler Francis Harrah
James Anderson Gollilough
Garten
Egbert Wilson Henley
Route One
William Edward Tufts
Rodney Garten Armstrong
Draft Changes Made By Board
Fayetteville records clerk J Ray Gentry announces reclassifications for local draft categories. Several individuals move to 1-C Ind or 1-A, others to 4-F or 2-B, with a final entry about William J. Berry receiving a modification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
J. Ray Gentry
General Freeman
Thomas J. Dooley
Albert L. Epperley
Gordon L. Dempsey
Marvin E. Farrey
John H. Crawford
Okey J. Tolley
Monroe B. Adkins
Troy Thorn
Homer Lawhorn
Percy A. Hooper
Raymond W. Akers
Raymond E. Miles
Ralph M. Dowdy
Anderson Harris
Buster B. Allen
Carlos Lively
Harry B. Davis
Andrew F. Ward
Julian P. Stinnett
Ira S. Boyd
Ed P. Jones
Woodrow T. Wilson
Richard N Bibb
Wallace V. Amick
John A Miller
Harry B. Bays
William J. Berry
Davis Funeral This Afternoon for Ernest F. Davis
Funeral services are held at 2 p.m. for Ernest F. Davis 43 of Mount Hope who died Friday in a Beckley hospital. Dr. W W Pharr will officiate at Mount Hope Baptist Temple with burial in Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Surviving are his widow two sons Kenneth and Curtis serving in the navy and air force two brothers G E Davis F M Davis and G E Davis and a half sister Mrs Minnie Thompson Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Mount Hope
Ernest F. Davis
Beckley Hospital
W. W. Pharr
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Phyllis
Kenneth
U. S. Navy
Curtis
U. S
Ladies And Men Play Basketball Lions Club Women To Assist Library
A benefit basketball game to aid the city library will be held at the local gymnasium on Wednesday at 8 15 p m. featuring Oak Hill Lions club and Junior Women’s club teams with referees Anna Hatfield and Lee Brazier. Players include Margaret das per Sue Scott Nancy Hannabass Marianna Crandall Thelma McCoy Hazel Patton Louise Tully Alice Burgess Kitty Godby Jesse Perkins and many Lions Club and Junior Women’s Club members such as John Scott Ernest McCoy Paul Mackey John Frisk Raymond Patton Frank Thomas J B Thompson C P White Gene Dawson Rufus Hurt and Paul Fulks.
Boys Ill After Eating Pokeberry Roots Near Hendricks
Six boys aged three to seven were hospitalized after eating pokeberry roots in a newly plowed field near Hendricks. The incident began when one boy tried the root thinking it was sassafras, and within a half hour all were violently ill. Doctors said the prognosis is hopeful. The Cooper and Graham families have two children among the victims, with a sixth boy identified as Jimmy Kockenderfer.
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Associated Press
Parsons
Hendricks
Hach
Johnny
Lowell
Joseph
Bobby
Shirley Cooper
Danny Graham
Fay Graham
Cooper Lads
Jimmy Kockenderfer
Miles Kockenderfer
Fayette U M W Local Endorses Judge Meadows
United Mine Workers Local 7118 declared they have been betrayed by Rush D Holt and others and endorsed Judge Clarence W Meadows of Beckley for governor in the West Virginia Democratic primary. The resolution, signed by local officers, pledges wholehearted support for Meadows with Holt Watts and McPeek opposing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Longacre
United Mine Workers
Rush D. Holt
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
Clarence Meadows
John Howard
Sam Berry
Gus Ryberg
West Virginia
Meadows
U. S
Holt
Weston
House of Delegates
Lewis County
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Grayer Goldfields McPeek
Paden City
Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens In Fayette County
Fayette county plans for a Red Cross War Fund drive from February 28 to March 15 with a quota of 40000. Campaign kicks off in Minden Caperton Fayetteville Oak Hill and My Hope with local chairmen named and a speakers bureau listing community leaders and sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Fund
Fayette
Register
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Minden
Caperton
C. R. Hill
Frank Love
Fayetteville
Love
W. EB. Bundy
F. E. Brown
W. H. Haynes
J. W. Jones
My Hope
H. E. Dillon
C. L. Garvin
BD. Morton
C. P. White
J. E. Lewis
W. Thompson
Falls Dist
Otway Gunnoe
Truslow Waldo
G. C. Musick
Gauley Bridge
Geo
State to duplicate canning centers across counties
The education department launches a three point plan to aid family food supply, garden layout, and preservation techniques with at least one canning center in each of 53 counties. Eight centers already operate in Raleigh Berkeley Barbour and Preston counties providing instruction and equipment for canning processing and dehydration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
John M. Lowe
Philipp Lowe
Lowe
Raleigh
Berkeley
Barbour
Preston
Martins Plant Hires Thirty-Two Workers From Area
Thirty two persons from this parca have been hired by the Glenn L. Martin company at Baltimore Maryland. Names include Ethel M Hall Iola Mecpmick Nancy Quesenberrs Violet Scott Charles Richmond Raw Richmond George McCon Neil Alfred Dew Kenns Hall and others from Rackley Marion Sweeney and Anaachim Haigh both of Fast Recklaw Rachel Clark Jerry Wat y AoW Milfred Wasdell Irene Wade and Flarente Shirkey among Beaver Coy Neaves at Coat Ridge Mertle Bryant of Sonbies Edward Billines and Minee Billings both of Glen Rogers Edward Haga of Statesbire Beta Cole of Fawithi Attie Till of Sullivan William Sumner of McMews Russell Adkins and Helen Whiting both of Piney Views Woodrow Rogsees of Sun Aial Cora Canaday and Frma Canacay both of Lester Stella Certlett of Cranberry Nellie Eton of [tmann Workers hired by the Social Security board for Washington and Baltimore are Cora Petty Dorothy Wayne Irene Sydner and Girtha Marshall of Beckley Ruth Hager and Beatrice Parker of Clear Creek and Stella Lawson of East Beckley Arthur M Johnson of Stana ford has been hired for a position at Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Maryland
Loral
Fthel M. Hall
Iola Mecpmick
Nancy Quesenberrs
Violet Scott
Charles Richmonds
Raw Richmond
George McConneil
Alfred Dew
Kenns Hall
Rackley
Marion Sweeney
Anaachim Haigh
Fast
Recklaw
Rachel Clark
Jerry Wat ~Y Aow
Milfred Wasdell
Irene Wade
Ae Flarente Shirkey
Evai Seino
Neaf
Beaver Coy
Neaves
Coat Ridge
Mertle Bryant
Edward Billines
Minenie Billings
Glen Rogers
Edward Haga
Statesbire
Beta Cole
Fawithi
Attie Till
Sullivan
William Sumner
McMews
Russell Adkins
Helen Whiting
Woodrow Rogsees
Sun- Aial
Cora Canaday
Frma Canacay
Lester
Stella Certlett
Cranberry
Nellie Eton
Tmann
Social Security Board
Washington
Cora Petty
Dorothy Wayne
Irene Sydner
Girtha Marshall
Beckley
Ruth Hager
Beatrice Parker
Clear Creek
Fstella Lawson
East Beckley
Arthur M. Johnson
Stanaford
Pearl Harbor
Chaplin Fails In Effort To Nullify Jury Indictments
LOS ANGELES Actor producer Charles Spencer Chaplin failed in efforts to quash grand jury indictments charging him with Mann act violations. Judge J F T O Connors set March 21 for his trial on transporting Joan Berry to New York for immoral purposes. Chaplin pleaded not guilty to both counts. Defense sought to strike indictments claiming juror panel invalid and that Mann act covers trafficking not individual acts. further charges accuse Chaplin and six co defendants of conspiring to deprive Berry of civil rights by leaving California after a quarrel.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Charles Spencer Chaplin
J. F. T. O'Connor
Little Carneclian
Joan Berry
New York
Chaplain
Miss Berry
Hollywood
Jerry Giester
Chaplin
Giesler
Mareh
California
Harry Lantina Dies in Action at War
Miss Loretta Lantina of Oak Hill learned today that her brother Private Harry Lantina was killed in action somewhere overseas. She was summoned to the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lantina in War, West Virginia, by local grocery store employee Loretta.
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Register
Oak Hill
Loretta Lanuit
Loral
Pfc
Harry Lantina
Thil
Sam Lantina
War
W. Va
Robert James Home on Leave from Navy School of Music
Robert Ikey Taine, a U S Navy musician student at the Navy School of Music in Washington, D C, is home on a seven day leave in Oak Hill with his parents Mr and Mrs George James.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
OA Hill
Robert
Ikey" Taine
U.S. Navy
George James
Oak Hill
Navy School of Music
Washington, D.C
Lochgelly Man Enlists in U S Navy March 7
J F Smith store manager reports for induction in the U S Navy on March 7. He is replaced by Kary Webb, long connected with the New River company stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Lochgelly
J. F. Smith
U.S. Navy
Kary Webb
New River Company
Tax Delinquent State Property Hits New Lows
West Virginia’s delinquent state land reverted to the state at a decade low, dropping from 45,766 to 4,998 parcels between 1932 and 1942. Auditor Edgar Sims cites more money in circulation, Tax-conscious owners, and tighter sheriff collections as causes, with roughly 150,000 tracts restored for use and $10,000,000 collected in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Edgar B. Sims
G. W. S. Grove
Auditor’s Land Department
Grove
Morgan
Tucker
Greenbrier
Kanawha
Mercer
Raleigh
Summers
AAA Interview Program Set Across Fayette County Dates
Fayetteville area talks outline arrangements for A. A. Argabright to interview farmers about the 1944 program. Dews, county committee chair, lists stations and times from March 1 through March 16, urging interested persons to meet Argabright in each community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rorister
Fayetteville
Joseph F. Dews
Fayette County
A. A. Argabright
Pax Branch
Hilop Church
Pax City
Oak Hill Farm Bureau
Dothan
Painter's
Mill Farm Bureau
Sumemrlee
Pete Fraser
Kincaid
Gatewood
Wickline
Salem
Linkswire
Dempsey School
Berkwith
Scarbra
Chest Clinic to Be Tuesday
Fayetteville town report says the monthly chest clinic by the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association will be at the county health department Tuesday from 1 to 3 p.m. Eligible attendees include referrals from local physicians suspects from prior clinics ex sanitarium patients and their families and those with symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revrcer
Fayettevilile
Fayette County ‘Tuberculosis Association
Courty Health Department
Aviation Cadet James Arrives in Povyin Texas for Training
Navy style Army Air Force report notes cadet David V. James, son of Mr. and Mrs. John James of Oak Hill, arrives in Povyin Texas to begin a nine week basic school course in a 450 horse power trainer aircraft with combat craft handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
David V. James
Povyin
Texas
Army Air Force
John James
jOak Mill
Local notices of residents visiting, travel, and illness
A long list of short travels and health updates from Beckley and surrounding areas. Names include Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Palmer, Miss Mary Marlins in Florida, families visiting in Jen Seaman and Catherine Cantley homes, and many military personnel on leave or station changes. Also notes measles cases and patients receiving care at Raleigh General Hospital and Great Lakes training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Palmer
Hargrove Street
Palmer
Mary Marlins
Florida
Vivian Keller
Junt- Inzion
Frances
Catherine Cantley
Austin Avenue
Jen Seaman
Harper Roue
Raleigh General Hospital
Marc Front
Nathan Matz
Beckley
Morgantown
Max Caplan
Front
Martz
J. G
N. Joe Rahall
United States Naval Reserve
Nick Rahall
Fast Main Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Doris Jean Pennington
Willard Pennington
Sprague
James Ray Hogan
Georgia
Belle Hogan
Eccles
J. P. White
Raleigh Heights
Tommy White
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
J. F
Martinsville
Virginia
Peggy Ritter Weds Marine Pfc Pat Pine in Skelton Ceremony
Peggy Ritter daughter of J. Fred Ritter of Skelton married Private First Class Pasquale Pat Pine of the United States Marine Corps Reserve at 9 pm Tuesday January 18 at the home of Rev. William H. Foard on Johns town road. The bride wore a soldier blue gabardine suit with black accessories. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Bill Martin of Mount Hope. The bride, a 1941 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, will continue her job with New River company in Skelton. Pine, a 1940 Mount Hope High School graduate, previously worked for Koppers Coal at Stamford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie J. Caldwell
J. A. Caldwell
Skelton
Fort George G. Meade
Maryland
Camp Fannin
Texas
Mark Cook
Topeka
Kansas
Leota Tinnish
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Edgar Stover
Glen Daniel
Bill A Hutchinson
M. G. Btry
14Th Airborne AA Bn
Camp Stewart
Georgia
Tommy Hutchinson
Beckley
Earl Hutchinson
J. B. Hutchinson
Alley
Edna Pennington
Earl EB. Hawley
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Hinois
Margaret Hawley
Harper Road
J. H. Chambers
Nadine Worley
Winding Gulf
Princeton
Margie Hope
Coal City
Deem Rahall
Fast Main Street
Detroit
Michigan
Lowell Davis
Glendale
Mr. Davis
T S. Williams
Woodlawn Avenue
Ed McCarus
Charleston
John McCarus
Jimmy Moorefield
Camp Wolters
T. C. Moorefield
Paul Fourney
E. J. Fourney
Blue Jay
Lou Scherer
L. L. Scherer
Granville Avenue
J. O. Lively
Elkins Street
Leary
Germaine Burke
Marguerite Eckley
Ann Powell
Doris Midkiff
Huntington
Carlos Harmon
Roy Lee Harmon
Peggy Ritter
J. Fred Ritter
Pasquale Pat Pine
United States Marine Corps Reserve
Carather Pine
Mount Hope
William H. Foard
Johnstown Road
Minstrel And Revue To Be Held Here Tuesday Night
Beckley junior high school presents its annual Minstrel and Revue in two performances at 8 p m Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon in the school auditorium. Directed by Mrs Macie Williams and Miss Christine Clay with the school orchestra led by Glenn Sallack and pianist Shirley Mulherne. Eadmen include Billy Sigmund James Crews Charles Massinopie Nickie Rahall Mike Smiley and David Thornton. About 125 pupils take part with girls and boys choruses backing solo song and dance numbers. Ushers named Gladys Snuffer Nancy Bowden Margaret Daniels Marianna Young Patsy Griffith and Margaret Farley. Committee chairs cover costumes properties stage make up tickets posters spotlight and stage management.
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Beckley Junior High School
Macie Williams
Christine Clay
Glenn Sallack
Shirley Mulherne
Emma Sirocca Beard
George D. George
Jimmy McBrayer
Ead
Billy Sigmund
James Crews
Charles Massinopie
Nickie Rahall
Mike Smiley
David Thornton
Gladys Snuffer
Nancy Bowden
Margaret Daniels
Marianna Young
Patsy Griffith
Margaret Farley
Ferne Phipps
Edith Locke
Lois Edmundson
Rossile
Kathryn Vargo
Edna Earle
Grant
June Conley
Shower Honors Mrs Eileen McCormick in Beckley
Mrs. Eileen McCormick of Beckley was honored in a household shower hosted by Mrs. Celia Burnside at her home on Thursday. Refreshments welcomed many guests, with gifts sent by numerous attendees and a note on scrap metal trade mentioning butter buried seven years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen McCormick
Beckley
Celia Burnside
Rebecca Bradley
Jack Burnside
Robert Burnside
Mont Peliry
Casper Bradford
Dora Bradford
Jane Bradford
Sarah Asbury
Carl Asbury
Nan Gunnoe
Georgia Gunnoe
Howard Gunnoe
Dora, Bone
Melba Bone
Giles Pennington
Parthenia Jarrell
Morris Carver
Charles Carver
Thelma McCormick
Okey Cantley
Nelson Cooper
Dover Daniels
McNeil
Irene Meadows
June Lewis
Youth Center Opens With 4000 Registrations In Ten Days
More than 4,000 people register at the Royal Youth Recreation Center during its first ten days of operation officials report. Mothers of the day say they enjoy their work and run the center during duty hours with full autonomy. Chaperone schedules for the week are listed with multiple volunteers across time slots. The piece closes noting famous biblical examples of water as a weapon including Noah Joshua and Moses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toyal Youth Recreation Center
Beckley
Ross Daniel
J. M. Goneh
Brackman
N.I. Pugh
F.S. Witts
M. B. Harvity Tinit
Dp. White
Hazel Underwood
R. A. Boyd
J. KE. Otto
Plow. Bu
Noah
Joshua
Jordan
Moses
Red Sea
Beckley Women Sought to Join Marines March Contingent
Women in Beckley aged 20 to 36 are urged by the U S Marine Corps to apply for the March 1 West Virginia women’s reserve contingent. Captain C S Boyles Jr said inquiries by mail or in person will be considered. Recruits will receive six weeks of basic training at New River North Carolina and then be assigned to duty or receive further schooling in a trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
United States Marine Corps
West Virginia
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
C. S. Boyles, Jr
Charleston
Big Marine
New River
North Carolina
Moose Women to Hear Frank Gains at Lodge Meeting
Frank Gains, entertainer and speaker, will feature a Women of the Moose meeting at 8 tomorrow night in the chapter rooms of the Moose lodge hall. The ritual committee will run the program with Mrs. Bullace as ritual chairman. Initiation of candidates will take place and a string orchestra will provide music. The affair is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Gains
Women of the Moose
Moose Lodge
Bullace
Mount Hope Soldier Graduated From Artillery School
Private First Class Lewis H. Maynor Jr. of Mount Hope has graduated from the seacoast artillery school at Camp LeJeune North Carolina and received a certificate for completing the course. He is available for assignment to a Marine Corps combat unit or for advanced training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Py Register
Mount Home
Lewis H. Maynor, Jr
Mount Hope
Seacoast Artillery School
Camp LeJeune
New River North Carolina
Marine Corps Combat
Fac
Wilshire Remains Very Ill After Oak Hill Move
R. F. Wilshire, previously removed from Oak Hill hospital to his Lochgelly home, remains very ill as his condition does not improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
F. Wilshire
Oak Hill Hospital
Lochgelly
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Fayette County News
Navy
Ania Larbert Shuler Ata
Shady Canning Center
Martin Plant
C. D. Whitehey
Troy
N.Y
Billy
Robert James
Cohen Drug Coo
Neville
AAA
Joseph H. Dews
Texas Post
Patylan
Ola Seidman
STYME
APA Prine Stu
Marine Pfc
Pat Pine
Mrs. Pasquale
Parris Island
S. C
H. Shriver
R. R. Bunton
C. W. .Brown
J. Q. Hutchinson
C. F. Cain
D. C. Totten
W. W. Kite
R. G. Richards
Frances Higgins
R. E. [Ehlens
G. C. Stallings
Evelyn Thompson
Ann Cook
W. P. Hiner
Carlyn Bibb
Phoebe Bleesoe
Frankie Corley
Jane Sehwank
Jessie Lipscomb
S. H. Bridge
J. M. Mannix
Elizabeth Garnette
Jennie Bsharah
W. W. Bales
F. H. Halstead
Eec. A. Terry
Sara E. Rader
Richmond
Marines
Gans
R. F. Wilshire
Sandlers of
E. M. Payne
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