Four-H Club Aims for Thousand Seats Repaired in NYA Plan
Raleigh County schools will repair hundreds of old chairs under an NYA project. Superintendent E M Ashworth says the process will save the board thousands of dollars. Seats are torn down at Beckley and rebuilt with paint and sandpaper as the only board cost. New seats cost $5 to $7, while rebuilt seats may cost about $1 each.
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Raleigh County
N.Y.A
Board of Education
E M. Ashworth
Beckley
Board, of Education
Ashworth
Four-H clubs in Raleigh County seek 1000 member goal
Raleigh County now has 38 Four-H clubs with nearly 1000 members as Director Elve Souk announces a 1942 calendar aiming for 40 clubs, 80 percent project completion, and active war effort support, including defense bonds and Red Cross help. Two new clubs, Mount View and Happy Harmonizers at Eccles, bring total to 38 with leaders named and enrollment listed for existing clubs.
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Raleigh
Elve Souk
Hoopes
Mount View
Happy Harmonizers
Eccles
Mount View Club
Leona Burns
Affinity Adventurers
Edna Sanderson
Beaver Boosters
Mary Frances Houchins
Cirtsville
O'Possum Hunters
Ruth Clark
Cranberry Crusaders
Eilen Sledd
Crab Orchard Cherokees
F. C. Stover
Daniels Hustlers
Basil Anderson
Egeria Sherwood Glutz Club
Corda Walker
Busy Brownies
Mrs. MacKenzie
Ghent Yankies
L. V. Harvey
Glen
Pemberton Hop- To Its
H. R. Sawyers
Price Hill Hustlers
Joy Angle
Raleigh Workers
Nancy Ruth Johnson
Rhodell Trail Blazers
Fultz
Shady Tigers
Glenn Winchell
Shady Shiners
T. F. Bartlett
Skelton Golden Dawn
Elizabeth Schwank
Stamford Pathfinders
Opal H. Carr
Stoco
Mary Boggs
Sophia Wide Awake
Virginia W. Vines
Sylvia Troopers
Thomas Bostick
Land Branch Faithful Workers
Board Names 56 Men About to be Inducted
A wartime town selects 56 men for imminent induction under Class 1-A. Chief Clerk Fred Kellman lists 23 white and 33 Negro inductees from the Town District board, with 154 Class 3-A deferments for dependants. He notes changes to February 16 registration rules and urges accuracy to avoid misunderstandings.
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Fred Kellman
Kellman
Garland Leon Garten
Peace Springs
Ralph Berto Molina
Miller Street
Edward Earl Lilly
Sophia
Compton Wadsworth Curmings
Mabscott
Gaetano P. Amato
Pemberton
Carl Lee Pennington
Ray Roscoe Sydenstricker
Sprague
William James Sneddon
Price Hill
James Azel Cook
Harper Road
Dewey Kyle Moore
Fast Beckley
Russell Grover Adkins
Greenville
Garland Leroy Smith
Hinton
James Robert” Clemons
Terry
Robert Milton Brown
Paint Street
Willie Pink Neal
Lego
John Livingston Parker, Jr
East Beckley
Raymond Paul Trent
Alfonso Woody
George Major Levert
Tamroy
Elbert Skipper Farmer
James Edward Painter
Beckley
Kenneth Edwon McClanahan
Affinity
William Henry Parker
South Kanawha Street
Welton James
Wiley Edward Poindexter
Cranberry
Wilbert Wilson
Willie Holloway
Carl Johnny Brown
Skelton
Nathan Burks
Vaska Carlean Sweeney
Howard Sylvester Ross
Glen White
Thomas Pernell Tuck
Stamford
Charleston
United States
Rondeau Perry Ballengee
George Bogusky
Russell Brown Snyder
Paul Mechalek
Lawson Craddock
Pettigrew Wright Burks
Basil Hasty Burleson
Wesley Ray Biggs
Robert Douglas Bragg
Charley Everett Edwards
Forrest Richard Rose
James Buford Swain
Fred McFields
Elvet
Kenneth Allen
Richard Thewes
Russell Miller Wilson
Everett James Collins
Johnny Eldridge Greer
Joe Andrew Haynal
Clarence Franklin Foster
Ernest Dillard Meadows
Randolph Lee Buckland
Raymond Lee Fox
Charles Howard Phillips
Edward Zemerick
Ernest Roscoe Akers
John Britton Parsons
Clarence Albert Sanderson
Ralph James Simmons
Otio Carden
Theodore Roosevelt Goff
Otha Asble Rountree
Namon
Arthur Fox
Herbert Aulbert McKinney
Richard Gullie McVey
Fred Phillips
Ernest Fred Wood
William Goldman
David Lee Haga
William Robert Cooper
Harold Lee Thompson
Walter Taff Cobbs
Carl Henry Shrewsbury
Marion Howard
Dowell
Robert Preston Richardson
Russell Clifford Patton
Curtis William Miller
Thomas Walker Oglesby
Posey Eulace Rhodes
Luther
Junior Red Cross Seeks Books for Armed Services
The Raleigh County Junior Red Cross launches a drive with the United Service Organizations to collect ten million books for U S Army Navy and Marine Corps personnel. Donations may be left at the Board of Education offices or the Red Cross in the Bair Building. the effort runs throughout the war.
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Red Cross
Armed Services
American Red Cross
United Service Organizations
Beckley Chapter
Garnett Reynolds
Raleigh County
Junior Red Coss
United States
Amy
Navy
Marine Corps
U.S.O
Board of Education
Bair
Chicago Board of Trade Greets Minute of Silence
The world’s busiest grain market in Chicago paused at 11 a.m. today for one minute, its trading pits hushed as traders briefly stopped shouting and waving arms. The moment marked a solemn pause amid the day’s activity at the exchange.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Numerous Cleve lands Named Towns Across the Country
A regional survey counts 23 towns named Cleveland nationwide, highlighting the commonality of the name in multiple states and the potential for confusion in mail delivery and local history references.
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Cleveland
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