Lions Sponsor Indoor Circus In Mount Hope
Mount Hope Lions club to sponsor an indoor circus January 28 at the Mount Hope auditorium to aid Fayette county show funds. The event, led by Jimmy Hetzer, features a dog act and other acts. Ensign Henry Banner and Ensign Danner, former Mount Hope members, spoke of naval training at Great Lakes and upcoming Princeton training. A. E. Gordon joined the club as a new member. A board meeting will be held at the Mountainair hotel Sunday at 2 p.m.
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Register
Mount Hope
United States Navy
Aliff Services Today At 1 P M
Funeral services for Alice Aliff, 19, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Aliff of Scarbro, will be held today at 1 PM at Advent church Scarbro with Rev. Henry S. Smith officiating. Burial follows in Rineheart Cemetery. She died at home Thursday from pneumonia after a week’s illness. Born May 29, 1924 in Westerly. Survived by parents, two brothers Edgar and Curtiss, and three sisters Goldie Snufefr, Katheleen Holmes, and Freda Alif.
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Register
Ecarbro
Va Aliff
Andrew Alexandra Aliff
Scarbro
Advent Church
Henry S. Smith
Beckley
Rineheart
Alice
Westerly
Pre
Edgar Aliff
United States Army
Iceland
Curtiss Aliff
Goldie Snufefr
Ingram Branch
Katheleen Holmes
Freda Alif
Bailey Named Bible Class Head at Mount Hope
Ralph W. Bailey will serve as president of the Mount Hope Presbyterian Church Men’s Bible class for 1944. Other officers include vice presidents F. J. Furin Tom Twaddle E. W. Seibert Frac W. Friske song leader Dr. G E Teel secretary L. G. Fitzgerald treasurer FE. C. Amick pianist Mrs. C. J. Evans.
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Mount Hope
Ralph W. Bailey
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
F. J. Furin
Tom Twaddle
E. W. Seibert
W. Friske
G. FE. Teel
L. G. Fitzgerald
FE. C. Amick
C. J. Evans
Negroes Ordered to Army Induction Centers
A list shows Negro men to report for induction at Huntington on January 10. Names include Alonzo Thomas Crowe of New Castle Delaware, Frank Robinson of Fayetteville, Bernice Remand Wats Sprague, Frank Marshall Canada Switchback W V, Henry Cornelius Jones Stirrat W Va, Alec MeZannie Moon Raleigh, William Austin Garland Stenaford, Cladys Hayes Minden, Carl Ardeen Debose Carlisle, Herman Spradley Brooklyn, John Albert Martin Concho, Edward Lean Smith Hinton, Edward Toles Nuttalburg, Percy Burke Columbus Ohio, Forest Lee Tolbert Red Star, and Thomas David Carter.
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Fayetteville
Helen Fink
Incal Board
Huntington
Alonzo Thomas Crowe
New Castle
Delaware
Frank Robinson
Bernice
Sprague
Frank Marshall
Canada
Switchback
W. Va
Henry Cornelius Jones
Stirrat
W. Way
Alec MeZannie Moon
Releigh
William Austin Garland
Stenaford
Cladys Hayes
Minden
Carl Ardeen Debose
Carlisle
Herman Phillip Spradley
Brooklyn
John Albert Martin
Concho
Edward Lean Smith
Hinton
Thomas David Carter
Edward Toles
Oak Hill
Percy Burke
Columbus
Ohio
Forest Lee
Tolbert
Red Star
Oak Hill Seaman Visits Family
Connie Persinger, just completed his basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois, arrived in Oak Hill on Friday to spend a few days with his wife and family.
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Oak Hill
Connie Persinger
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Miss Elsie Rose Visitation With Mother in Gatewood
Miss Elsie Rose formerly of Gatewood now in Washington D C arrived Friday night to spend a few days with her mother Mrs Marilyn Rose of Gatewood Beckley visitor Mrs Frank Suber of Scarbro was in Beckley on Friday Rome's Colosseum finished by Titus in 89 A D held 100000 spectators
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Oak Bill
Elsie Rose
Gatewood
Washington, D. C
Mirs Marilyn Rose
Beckley
Ty Register
Oak Hill
Frank Suber
Scarbro
Beckeley
Rome
Colosseum
Titus
Frank Love Seeks Judgeship for Fayette County
Fayetteville and surrounding area gears up for a busy election season as Frank Love announces his candidacy for judge of the circuit court covering Fayette and Nicholas counties. Love, 46, a Republican and local attorney, traces a career from Greenbrier Military School to Washington and Lee University and back to Fayetteville, where he practices with his father in Love and Love.
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Rewster
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Frank Love
Charleston
Fayette and
Nicholas
Love
Montgomery
Fayettevile
Greenbrier
Owisburg
U.S. Army
Washington and Lee University
Washington and Lee
Earl Gray
BB. Rocke
Petit Jury To Resume Trials in Fayetteville
The Fayetteville petit jury will reconvene to hear felony indictments from last week's grand jury session. Reported charges include shooting, breaking and entering, larceny, rape, attempted rape, fraud, assault, and murder across several local stores and properties. Judge Meadows thanked the jurors, noting no misdemeanors among the felonies.
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Reelstey
Fayetteville
Petit Jury
Freel Boyd
Bill Thompson
Fran Childers
New River Company
Henry Edward Ennis
Bred Jackson Fartey
Koppers Company
Serp
Thomas Davkson Given
Hoppers
Elkridge
Gunds
Chris Gore, Jr
Frank Hubbard
James Gwinn
William West
James Bi Henley
R. Cy Smithy
James Jones
Atc
United
Pint Dolson
Raymond Bender
Chester Twiggs
Gene Carter
al Jen Janey
Meadows
Rev Clyde L West Becomes Scarbro Baptist Pastor
Scarbro WV The Rev Clyde L West former pastor of Starcher Baptist Church Charleston and Naoma Baptist Dickinson has accepted the Scarbro Baptist Church pastorate He will preach this morning and this evening West succeeds Rev Waldoch son who became missionary for the Kanawha Valley Baptist association West raised in Upsher county near Ruehamman and studied at Moody Bible Institute and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary He is a former moderator of the Kanawha Valley association and currently its clerk He also served as president of the ministerial association
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Rowtster
Scarbro
Clyde Leland West
Starcher Baptist Church
Charleston
Naoma Baptist Church
Dickinson
Scarbro Baptist Church
West
Waldo Dlson
Kanaawha Valley Baptist Association
Upsher County
Ruehamman
Moody Bible Institute
Sostern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
Kanawha Valley Baptist Association
Ministerial Associaion
Fayette County Lumberman Dies in Mount Hope
Funeral services for Thomas Evans 75 of Mount Hope were held today at Simpson Funeral Chapel Charleston. Evans a life long Mount Hope resident who came from Wales as a boy died in a Beckley hospital Friday night. He is survived by three daughters, one son and two sisters. Sophia Wright is his widow.
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Mount Hope
Thomas Evans
Vopom
Simpson Funeral Chapel
Charleston
W. A W. Pharr
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
Evans
Beckley Hospital
Wales
Presbyterian Church
Gordon Thompson
Beckley
Harry Lee Pugh
Danville
Plingis
Mig. Norburn
Harrisburg
Virginia
Richard Evans
Charlestons
Jack Adkins
Oak Hill
Mary Finimere
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Resaster
Sophia Wright
Jack Coleman
Fayette Teacher Struck by Mumps Reported at Home
Fay ettev ille teacher Mrs Ad radine Duncan of Fay ettev ille elementary is reported to her home with mumps. The illness, along with flu and other diseases, has reduced school attendance in several county schools but none have closed yet. A sentence about the U S Army air Forces is noted but not essential to the local report.
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Fayetteville
Adradine Duncan
Fayettevile
Woodrow Waugh Visits Wife After Training
Woodrow Waugh just finished his hoot training at Great Lakes and arrived at Oak Hill to visit his wife Mrs Mary Waugh.
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Ity Register
Westere Oak Hill
Woodrow Waugh
Great Lakes
Mary Waugh
State draft calls to be lower next month
West Virginia officials say February draft calls will be slightly under recent months due to new regulations effective February 1. Final physicals will precede induction with no preinduction furloughs, allowing centers to handle the workload and begin March on equal footing.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Selective Service
Carleton C. Pierce
Piesee
Army
Navy
Pierce
Clarksburg
Huntington
Startling Draft Status Reclassifications Across Ranks
Fayettville Selective Service Board No. 2 releases updated draft classifications for numerous men. Names span 1-A, 4-P, 2-B, and 1-C designations, with several listed under new status groups such as 1-Az 2-B and 4B, reflecting reassignments and new category assignments.
Roy Recovering After Major Surgery at Laird Memorial
William Bellow is recovering from major surgery at Laird Memorial Hospital in Montgomery. His father has been appointed a member of the Incal police force. Cotton seed, once wasted, is now a vital material in many products.
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Ty Bemster
Oak Hilt
William Bellowin
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Negro Activities Club Meets The Maids and Matrons
The Negro Activities Club meets at Mrs. Josephine Armstead's home on Heber Street with Miss Rosetta Payne as hostess. After a brief business meeting, members play games and enjoy a salad course.
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Heber Street
Rosetta Payne
Mesdarmes
Hattie Lee Austin
Mabel Beverly
Corella Briggs
Josephine Crawford
Ruth Dandridge
Dorothy Evans
Ifels
Winssie Monroe
Ada Robinson
Beree
Frances M. Flippen
Azel M
W. A. Tressenwriter
Church of God of America
Hast Park
Lily of the Valley Holliness Church
Edith Robinson
Ellen Dillard
Slab Fork
Later Walton
Patricia
John Walton
Julian Marshall
Madgerine Bolling
James Fugale
Toledo
Ohio
Eugene Belcher
H. J. Watkins
Terry
First Baptist Church
C. W. Thomas
East Park
Selina
Albania
Henry Phillips
Grace Thompson
Elkton
Maryland
Edith ‘Turner
Paint St
Lawura Hairston
Daisy Robinson
Fast Beckley
Margaret Withers
Bluefield
Candidate Shaffer Visits Fayetteville for WV Superintendent Race
Kenneth Shaffer of Kingwood Preston County a Republican candidate for West Virginia state superintendent of schools spoke in Fayetteville Friday. He is a past president and member of the Superintendents Association.
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Kenneth Shaffer
Kingwood
Preston County
West Virginia
Shaffer
Superintendents Association
Weeklong Service Men's Canteen Calendar Notes
The calendar lists daily and Saturday events for service men canteens in Beckley. Groups, Red Cross knitting and surgical dressings meet at Memorial Building production rooms and Singer Office, with hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities include Baptist missionary groups, Girl Scout troops, Moose Lodge chapter meetings, and First Christian and Methodist church gatherings led by named organizers.
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Missionary Ladies Baptist Group
Prince Street
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Beckley Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Singer
Grouns
Raleigh
Ladies Guild of
St Stephen's Episcopal Church
Girl Scout
of Sophia
Chaminade Music Club
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Leslie Williams
Alma Burdette
Women of the Moose
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The
Cirl
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Girl Scout Council
Daniels Building
P. U
Methodist
Carl Price
Frida
R. B. Callison
Trap Hill
Glen Danis
First Bapalist Church
Bessie Woodrum
Beckley
J.B. McGinnis
U P
Bessie Carroll
Christian-Weaver Nuptials Held Here Christmas Day
The marriage of Miss Virginia Christian and John P. Weaver was performed at the bride’s home on Christmas day with Rev. W. UH. Foard officiating. Attendants were Rosie Christian and Eugene Weaver. The bride, a Piney View native, taught at Raleigh county schools and Pinecrest Sanitarium. The groom, a Cranberry native, is a Woodrow Wilson high school graduate employed by Crab Orchard Improvement company. They plan to reside with the groom’s parents until he enters the U.S. army on January 26.
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Piney View
John P. Weaver
BE. L. Weaver
Cranberry
W. UH. Foard
Johnstown Road
Rosie Christian
Eugene Weaver
W. H. Foard
Gillette to lead broad probe on blended gas use
Sen Gillette of Iowa announced a congressional inquiry into alcohol blended gasoline. He said petroleum interests block development while praising alcohol use abroad, and noted funds would be sought in 1944 to expand the synthetic rubber program using grain alcohols.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gillelle
D-Juwa
Gillette
Agriculture Subcommittee
American Petroleum Companies
Layland School Nearing Completion After Fire
Layland reports the new brick school building for elementary and junior high is near occupancy in February. Replacing the fire-damaged structure from February last year, it features eight large rooms, fireproof construction, and interior plastering. Clara is principal.
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Layland
D.id. Clara
First Air Raid by Chinese Major S. T. Wang on Formosa
Chinese Major S. T. Wang led the first air raid in history against Japan in Formosa, dated six years ago, marking a notable early aerial strike in wartime history.
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S. T. Wang
Japan
Formosa
City Cleans Up After Charleston Fire Damage
Fire swept through a downtown business section in Charleston, damaging property worth about 100000 dollars. Firefighters and volunteers fought flames for over six hours, leaving one four story building largely destroyed. Western Union and Postal Telegraph offices faced disruption as crews salvaged equipment and rerouted service. Fire Chief Louis Mebane said the cause was not yet determined and losses would not exceed 100000 dollars.
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Charleston
Telegraph Company
Huntington
Postal Telegraph
Western Union
Louis Mebane
Luce Frames Roosevelt Era as Bloody Failure in Rally
Rep Clare Booth Luce lashed the Roosevelt administration at a Republican rally, predicting history will mark FDR’s era as humiliating and blood stained. She warned the 1944 election could seal that fate as she toured nationwide speaking against Roosevelt’s policies.
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Los Angeles
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America
Texan Maverick Named VP of War Production Board
Maury Maverick of San Antonio former Texas representative was named vice chairman of the War Production Board overseeing the Smaller War Plants Corporation. He has led W P B division work and is expected to become SWPC chairman, a position to be decided by the five board members.
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Washington
Maury Maverick
San Antonio
Texas
War Production Board
War Plants Corporation
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W. Pp. B
Germans Begin Clearing Berlin Under Nazi Direction
Propaganda Minister Goebbels announced a Nazi led effort to clear Berlin using salvaged materials. Troy and copper will go to war melting pots, building materials to repair damaged homes and aid the homeless with temporary quarters.
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Stockholm
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Uneder
Nazi Party
Storm Troopers
Berlin
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