Seven Women Enroll In First Raleigh Home Service Class
Seven women enrolled in Raleigh County's first home-service class announced by Mrs. P. B. Barwood. The program runs three times weekly for eleven lectures with two hours per session, and certificates are awarded on completion. Miss Theresa White led the inaugural class. Miss Abby Brent of the Red Cross is expected to conduct a future session.
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P. B. Barwood
Home Service
Raleigh County
Abby Brent
Red Cross
Barwood
T. C. Moorefield
C. A. Smith
George Bright
Johns
Vet
Harry Sessions
D. C. Wade
F. L. Banks
Walter Clarke
T. M. Boxley
Austin Caperton
S. C. Catron
Home Service Corps
O. D. Compton
Rhodell
R. L. Dietz
Edwight
Elizabeth Bird
Fast Gulf
W. H. Myers
Colcord
C. W. Pendar
Franklin Gould
Dry Creek
Shirley Smith
Leevale
Davidena McNair
H. M. McCue
Beckley
Wilson
B-V
George Rector
Mr and Mrs St George Boxley Return From Visit
Mr and Mrs St George Boxley have returned from Louisa Virginia where they visited relatives over the holidays.
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St. George Boxley
Louisa
Virginia
Missionary Society Votes $100 to Church Fund
The Hollywood Missionary Society of MacArthur Baptist Church met last night and voted to give $100 to the church fund. Mrs. of Beckley’s Women’s Christian Temperance Union spoke on Temperance. After business, 15 members and two guests enjoyed a pot luck supper. The society will meet with Mrs. C. F. Price on February 6.
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Hollywood Missionary Society
MacArthur Baptist Church
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Beckley
C. F. Price
Special Red Cross Program Tonight on CBS
Mrs S H Bridge publicity chairman for Raleigh county Red Cross says Major Bowles illness leads Chrysler to give the Red Cross a 30 minute CBS slot Thursday from 9 to 930 EWT. Tonight The Man Behind the Gun will be aired and next Thursday We the People both specials with guest Red Cross representatives. No commercials.
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S. H. Bridge
Raleigh County
Red Cross
Major Bowles
Chrysler Corporation
American Red Cross
CBS
E.W.T
We the People
Willing Workers Form Two Circles in Mullens
Willing Workers split their Mullens group into an afternoon and an evening circle due to a 40 member size. Mrs. O W Andrews Jr presided, with Mrs. Harry Layton and Mrs. Gilbert P Cook assisting. Andrews to chair the afternoon circle, Cook to head the night group, both to follow a New Testament story format.
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Register
Mullens
J. S. Gravely
South Mullens
O. W. Andrews
Harry Layton
Gilbert P Cook
Andrews
Gilbret Cook
Wyoming Board Of Education Faces Snow Day Pay Debate
The Wyoming Board of Education will decide whether to compensate teachers for days lost to the snow storm. The meeting is set for Monday, January 15, announced by Harley Christian, chief clerk, and will be held in Pineville.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming County Board of Education
Harley Christian
Death Valley Sinks to US Record Low Elevation
Death Valley in Inyo County California lies 276 feet below sea level the lowest point in the United States.
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Death Valley
Inyo County
California
United States
Pattern for a playful kids dress and overalls
Pattern No. 8725 offers a gay dress and overalls for ages 1 to 5 with puff sleeves and bright flower applique. Requires small yardages of 35 or 39 inch material plus patterns and accessories. Send 20 cents and details to Sue Burnett Raleigh Register NYC.
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Fry
Sue Burnett
Raleigh Register
Sixth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Rutherford Named Wyoming Game Protector in Pineville
Pineville William Rutherford, a former deputy sheriff and school board employee, is appointed Wyoming county game protector by Conservation Director Jack K. Shipman succeeding L. A. Anderson who served twenty years.
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Register
Pineville
William Rutherford
Wyoming County
Jack K. Shipman
Rutherford
School Board
L. A. Anderson
Waves of returning servicemen fill Beckley area
A long list of servicemen and relatives, including Thomas F. Garrett Jr in the South Pacific with the Third Marine Division, Ralph Marquis in Camp Stewart, and Gooley Miller with the Army Air Corps in Texas, arrive or depart for leaves and duties. Families from Sprague to Beckley host visits and attend funerals or resume studies at Richmond and Greenbrier.
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Thomas F. Garrett, Jr
T. F. Garrett
Sprague
Garrett
South Pacific
Third Marine Division
Marie Garrett
Medical College
Richmond
Virginia
A. G. Bowles
Glen White
Huntington
Ada Bowles
Ralph Marquis
Camp Stewart
Georgia
Manuel Marquis
Sunrise Avenue
F. T. Lowe
Hunter R. Lowe
Camp Rucker
Alabama
Beckley
United States Coast Guard
Garland Martin
T. M. Boxley
K. D
Louisa
Augusta
Mae Jenkins
Stanaford
B. T. Settle, Jr
Layland
Mark V. Skaggs
Delmar Lewis Craft
Augusta Military Academy
Julia Craft
C. L. Allen
South Kanawha Street
Gooley Miller
Army Air Corps
Pampa
Texas
Bill B. Richmond
Carlisle Barracks
Pennsylvania
Army Medical Corps
Washington, D. C
B. B. Richmond
North Kanawha Street
Weather Eases Fuel Gas Shortage in West Virginia
Rising temperatures eased a critical fuel gas shortage in Central and Northern West Virginia. Hope Natural Gas in Clarksburg raised supplies to industrial users, allowing Pittsburgh Plate Glass and Hazel Atlas Glass plants to resume production after a 50 percent curtailment.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Hope Natural Gas Company
Clarksburg
Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Hazel Atlas Glass
War Production Board
Hope
Missing WWII Pilot Fisher Over Germany Since December
Lieutenant Marshall Fisher, pilot of a Mustang fighter, son of Dr. R M Fisher of McAlpin and Mrs Fisher of Oriental North Carolina, has been missing in action over Germany since December 13 per Dr George W Johnson of McAlpin.
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Lietenant Fisher
Marshall Fisher
R. M. Fisher
McAlpin
Fisher
Oriental
North Carolina
Germany
George W. Johnson
Beckley Sailor Graduates From Norman Training Center
Elija Durham Armstrong Jr., son of Mr and Mrs E D Armstrong of 112 College Avenue, was graduated December 23 from the naval air technical training center in Norman Oklahoma He is now rated as seaman first class.
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Beckley
Elija Durham Armstrong, Jr
E. D. Armstrong
College Avenue
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Norman
Oklahoma
Armstrong
Redstar Officer Promoted to First Lieutenant
Robert Worth Stanly of Redstar, serving in the infantry, has been promoted from second to first lieutenant per a dispatch from the War Department.
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Register
Redstar
Robert Worth Stanly
Infantry
War Department
Swifts and Swallows as Aerial Acrobats
A compact note highlights Swifte and swallows as agile aerial performers in the bird world, emphasizing their nimble flight and acrobatic feats among avian species.
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Swifte
Swallows
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