Roscoe Petitt Dies of Silicosis at 55 in Oak Hill
Roscoe Petitt, 55, of Oak Hill died Friday at 12:30 a.m. from silicosis after two years of illness. A coal union leader at Summerlee, he was born in Ellitsville Kentucky and belonged to United Mine Workers local 6048. Survived by wife Lara and children Nancy, Chester, Thelma, Myrtle, Phillis, and several stepchildren, plus siblings and a half-brother. Funeral at Church of God Oak Hill with Rev. Rice and Rev. Peyton. burial in James Cemetery Moorehead Kentucky.
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Oak Hill
Roscoe Petitt
Summerlee
Ellitsville
Kentucky
United Mine Workers
Lara Petit
Nancy Petitt
Chester
Thelma
Myrtle
Phillis Petitt
Ashland
Dorothy ‘Taylor
Church of God
Charles Rice
Harry Peyton
James Cemetery
Moorehead
Nuttall Game Club to Discuss Fox Squirrel Stocking
Nuttall Rod and Gun Club led by HICO H L Sandige calls a January 4 meeting at 7 30 PM in Squire Kountz office. Over 200 members expected to discuss county game stocking plans including fox squirrels while noting last year’s strong coon hauls led by Charlie Nickel and Fletch Carte with nine catches each.
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HICO
H. L. Sandige
Nuttall Rod and Gun Club
Squire Kountz
Charlie Nickel
Fletch Carte
Fayette County seal sale drive continues appeals for donations
Fayetteville officials report Christmas seal contributions still arriving at the Fayette County Tuberculosis Association office. Chairman L Ebersole Gaines urges responses from those who did not acknowledge seals, noting funds support nursing, cases, clinics and tuberculosis education. 231 West Virginia women joined Red Cross nurse corps by December 1, exceeding a 179 quota.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Associated Press
Alexandria
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West Virginia
Nurse Corps
Armed Forces
Fayetteville Doctor Heads to Los Angeles for Nine Months
Commissioned Dr William R R Ballard of Fayetteville sails to Los Angeles California to study and work for nine months before reporting to a Pennsylvania army post He is a first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps and a University of Maryland College of Medicine graduate He attended Mount Hope High School and West Virginia University and is a member of Sigma Chi and Nu Sigma Nu He is brother to Attorney George L Ballard of Beckley
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Fayetteville
Los Angeles
Cal
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W.R. Ballard
Medical Reserve Corps
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College of Medicine
Baltimore
Mount Howe High School
McKell Coal and Coke Company
West Virginia University
Sigma Chi
Nu Sigma Nu
George L. Ballard
Beckley
Local Births Announced for Nine Newborns in Raleigh General Area
The Raleigh General area reports multiple births: eight pound daughter Sheila Ann to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson of East Rainelle, eight pound daughter Nelda Joyce to Luke and C V McGraw of Winding Gulf, nine pound daughter Mary Ellen to Ira and Mrs Craddock of Glen White, seven and a half pound daughter Carol Sue to Everette Anderson of Sophia, eight pound daughter Ruth Ann to Albert Mullens of Sophia, nine pound son to Rio Campbell of Crab Orchard, seven pound nine ounce son Ralph Lee to Howard Miller of Beesley, and eight pound son James Edwin to John and Mildred Holliday of Fayetteville, with full birth times and parental notes where available.
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Charles Jackson
East Rainelle
Shelia Ann
Raleigh General Hospital
Fayetteville
James Edwin
Holliday
Mildred Parks
W. C. Parks
Oakwood Avenue
Beckley
Carol Sue
Ruth Ann
Albert T. Mullens
Sophia
Rio Campbell
Crab Orchard
Campbell
Pound Son
John Garris
Draftees to Leave Tomorrow for Huntington Induction
Fayetteville dispatch lists Negro men bound for the Huntington induction center from Board No 2 on Monday January 3. Names include David Reed Garten Harry Dixon Avella James Hodges Halifax Henry Muse Whipple Wilmer Spinner Covington Russell Matthew Garten Sylvester Fleming Minden Arthur Blake Mount Hope Jessie Griffin Youngstown Albert Kelly Guk Hill Lee Turner Youngstown George Evans Appomattox Robert Collins Lochgelly Eugene Belcher Long Branch Louis Summerlee Julius Edwards Chirence Wade Hilltop James Carter jr Brooklyn and others.
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Weller Fayetteville
Huntington
David Reed
Garten
Harry William Dixon
Avella
Penna
James Edward Hodges
Halifax
Virginia
Henry Hunter Muse
Whipple
Wilmer Spinner
Coyington
Russel
Lee Matthew
Sylvester Fleming
Minden
Arthur Blake
Mount Hope
Jessie James Griffin
Youngstown
Ohio
Albert Kelly
Guk Hill
Lee Turner
George Washington Evans
Appomattox
Way
Robert Collins
Lochgelly
Eugene Franklin Belcher
Long Branch
Louis Otis
Summerlee
Julius Elvin Edwards
Chirence Grover Wade
Hilltop
James Arthur Carter, Jr
Brooklyn
Lilly Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Carolyn Sue Lilly eighteen month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Lilly of Route 1 Mount Hope will be held at the home at 2 p m with Reverend John Williams of Mount Hope in charge Burial will follow in Givens cemetery at Sand Branch The infant died at 1115 p m Friday of pneumonia after an illness of 18 hours She was born at Swenneyburg Surviving are her parents one sister Joyce Louise and one brother Gary Wayne both at home
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Mount Hope
Carolyn Sue Jilly
Ernest Lilly
Route 1
John Williams
Mont Hope
Givens
Sand Branch
Swenneyburg
Joyce Louise
Gary Wayne
State on Spot During Coming Bond Campaign
Charleston reports State Chairman A C Spurr warns odds favor defeat of the fourth war loan drive when it opens January 18. He notes West Virginia led the nation last fall in quota sales and urges full organization to mobilize shock troops and heavy artillery the moment the campaign starts. He says national organization will limit official reports early. aims to repeat the prior victory, though not guaranteed.
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Charleston
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Spurr
Ocobey
West Virginia
Aten
Weekly civic and Red Cross calendar events in Beckley
This week lists service duties for the Civic club, Red Cross knitting and sewing groups, Girl Scout activities, and church group meetings across Beckley from Monday to Sunday. Highlights include service at the Service Men's Canteen on Prince Street, knitting in Memorial building rooms, and nurse aide meeting at Beckley Presbyterian church.
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Civic Club
Prince Street
R. R. Bunton
Red Cross
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Singer
Monday Music Club
J. Q. Hutchinson
North Kanawha Street
Ross Daniel
Sophia
Skelton
Earnest McClung
Presbyterian Church
First Christian Church
First Baptist Church
Raleigh County Navy Mother's Club
American Legion
C.F. Davis
Women of the Moose
Methodist
Singer Office
Dirty Dozen
Heber Street
Raleigh County
Beckley Presbyterian Church
John Boray
Wlfe. Cremens
Bessie Woodbrum
Beckley
Beckley Woman's Club
Park Avenue
Fred Canterbury
Lee Holliday
Prince Streel
57 Tons Of Paper Saved In Fayette
Fayette county salvaged more than 57 tons of scrap paper and 13.5 tons of tin mainly by schoolchildren. S. R. Mills urged continued salvaging to aid the war effort, noting a 25 percent cut in wrapping paper could save over 250 000 tons annually and enable production of V boxes and blood plasma packaging.
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Wiclter
Payetteville
Fayette County
S. R. Mills
Mills
Roanoke and Morgantown Students Head Back to College
A local roundup lists students returning to campuses and others ill or hospitalized after holiday breaks. Peggy Williams resumes studies at National Business College Roanoke. Merle Williams heads to Morgantown WVU. Wanda Patterson remains ill in Raleigh General Hospital.
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Peggy Williams
National Busines College
Roanoke
Virginia
A. W. Williams
Skelton
Merle Williams
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Wanda Patterson
106
Fourth Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Jean
Elizabeth Milam
Cincinnati
Ohio
O. L. Milam
Hill Street
Herbert W. Stover
Tattres Terrace
Stover
State Hospital
Camp Davis
North Carolina
Geraldine Flanagan
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Freda Shuff Weds Elmer Menefee U S N in St Louis
The ceremony took place December 15 at a Missouri Methodist church. Freda Jane Shuff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Shuff of Piney View, married Elmer L. Menefee of Decatur Winds and a U S Navy member. The bride, a Welch Emergency Hospital graduate, will return to Montgomery County Hospital in Quinery Maryland where she has served since last April.
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HW. E. Menefee
Decatur
Winds
Charles M. Crowe
Methodist
St Louis
Missouri
Freda Jane Shuff
Roy Shuff
Piney View
Elmer L. Menefee
Community Notes of Travel and Homecomings
A roundup of residents returning home from visits and travels. Families from Ellison Virginia Lithicum Heights Mabscott and Baltimore share holiday guests including Elwynn Oswald Chilton Gwinn. Others attend funerals in Charleston and missives from Washington D C. Military personnel return to Ithaca Kingsport and Washington while influenza recovery and hospital treatment update readers.
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Rifle
Ellison
Virginia
Jay Gwinn
Lithicum Heights
Maryland
J. E. Gwinn
Mabscott
Kermit Cook
Arnett
Dodge Kyle
Glen White
Art Jiannine
Ensign Jiannine
Pulaska
Ensign Jiannine Iis
Ithaca
New York
Cornell University
Jiannine
Fresh Shine As East West Tie In Charity Game
In a rain soaked 19th annual charity football game East and West tied 18 to 13 before about 60 000 fans. Three freshman stars Herman Wedemeyer Bob Hoernschemeyer and Dean Sensonbaugher led the backfield for the West. Sensonbaugher’s 56 yard run set up Wayne Williams’ six inch TD plunge and John Lavener added the extra point.
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San Francisco
Herman Wedemeyer
St. Mary’s College
West
Bob Hoernschemeyer
University of Indiana
Dean Sensonbau
Man Fails New Year Resolve to Reach Plant on Time
Albert Supplies of Buffalo tried to reach an airplane factory six miles away by bus trolley and cab. The bus broke down a trolley collided with a milk truck and a cab brakes locked. He arrived half an hour late after spending 3.85 in fares.
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Buffalo
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Albert
Penn State coach sought tips from army corporal
Penn State soccer coach Bill Jeffrey received advice from Corp. R. L. Izzy Richter who offered tips on teaching soccer to soldiers. Also mentions a new adhesive that makes weather proof paperboard boxes water resistant for 24 hours.
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Bill Jeffrey
Penn State
Bermuda
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R. L
Izzy” Richter
Jeffrey
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