Beckley Woman Chosen for American Airlines Training
Rosalie Terry of Beckley has passed examinations and is enrolled in American Airlines training school in New York City for eight weeks. She ranks among 25 selected from about 1,000 interviewed and will wear a stewardess uniform with silver wings after graduation. She is a Woodrow Wilson High School and Davis and Elkins College alumna who previously worked as a bookkeeper for a construction company in Elkins. her brother Norman Terry serves in the United States Navy in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosalie Terry
Hazel Terry
East Main Street
Beckley
American Airlines Training School
New York City
Miss Terry
American Airlines
Woodrow Wilson High School
Davis and Elkins College
Elkins
Norman Terry
United States Navy
Pacific
Ted Fiorito Orchestra to Play for Birthday Ball Here
Ted Fiorito and his 20 piece band are tentatively scheduled to play at the President's Birthday Ball Thursday evening in the Black Knight Country Club. A telegram from a New York booking firm confirmed Fiorito's appearance pending his confirmation. Local officials note the troupe is in demand as few top bands remain available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Fiorito
Fiorito
W. A
Gene" Burke
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Raleigh County
Moose Club
Commanders Orchestra of
Charleston
Elks Club
Bob Davis
Woodrow Wilson High School
Glenn Salley
Nlutisom
Stoco High School
Three Hurt As Tank Explodes In Train Crash
The gas tank of a trailer truck exploded after it was struck by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Wheeling. The blast started a fire, injuring three people and causing more than $10,000 in damages. The train, traveling from Kenova, West Virginia to Pittsburgh, collided with a truck at a crossing, delaying cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wheeling
Baltimore and Ohio
Kenova
W. Va
Pittsburgh
Ny Wei Street
Howd You Like A Postcard From Berlin 2
Now's the time to dig deep and buy another War Bond. The drive urges citizens to fund guns and tanks to save soldiers' lives and hasten the end of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Youth Center Seeks Furniture For Prince Street Center
Beckley citizens are urged to search homes for furnishings to outfit the Prince Street recreation center. Volunteers will accept donations 2 to 5 pm this week. needed items include floor coverings curtains chairs tables lamps games and records. Cash gifts may be sent to H L Crawford at Bank of Raleigh. The building interior is freshly painted and officials hope to open soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Prince Street
H. L. Crawford
Bank of Raleigh
Blaze Flares as Gasoline Floods Street in Wheeling
The blaze after an explosion scorched several passenger cars while the Wheeling fire department fought the flames that endangered nearby houses as gasoline flooded the street. Pennzoil officials estimate trailer truck damage at over $10,000 though railroad spokesmen have not yet estimated locomotive and car damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheeling Fire Department
Pennzoil
Phil Conley To Speak Here Woman's Club Meets Set
Phil Conley of Charleston editor of the West Virginia Review will speak to Beckley Woman's Club Home and Garden group at 3 pm Friday in the Park avenue clubhouse. A folk dance by Wapagashrck Camp Fire Girls will be featured and tea hostesses are named. A Civic department social at 8 pm tomorrow will include a talk by Mrs. S. A. Ford and a solo by Mrs. A. H. Wilson with hostesses listed. Randolph Norton will discuss Greece at 8 pm Tuesday for the Junior Woman's Club with Miss Louise Davis in charge of arrangements and hostesses named. Members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Phil Conley
Charleston
West Virginia Review
Beckley Woman's Club
Conley
Home and Garden Department
Park Avenue
West’ Virginia
Wapagashrck
W. E. Frank
J. G. Foster
C. H. Gaston
C. H. Graham
F. S. Harkleroad
FE. B. Hawkins
C. C. Helm
C. M Higgins
Wayne Reynolds
Randolph Norton
The
Register
Greece
Louise Davis
Paul Phipps
Fred Jasper
Mary Jo Smisko
Phoebe Bledsoe
W. C. Barnard
William Smith Banks
M. B. Smisko
Prince Street
Red Cross
Memorial
Memorial Building
Singer
Raleigh
Raleigh County Medical Society
Coca Cola Boiling Works
Cline
Ian
First Baptist Church
Women's Council of the
First Christian Church
H. A. Shaffer
Raleigh Heights
P. Ma
Beckley
K. D. Bowers
Dirty Dozen
Heber Street
Degree of Honor Lodge
First Methodist
South Heber Street
D. F. McKenzie
Group 18
Brotherhood of Railroad
White Pine Lodge
Women's Missionary Society of the
Women’s Council of
B. D. Carper
Clyde Cook
Frank Pettit
Teter
Women's Council of
Hame
Harry Meade
R. K. Rubush
Bessie Wood
Rum
Military and Civilian News: Local Service Leave List
A sprawling roster lists Gunner's Mate First Class Paul Fink on leave with his Beckley parents, while numerous service members and relatives in Beckley and nearby areas are mentioned for furloughs, visits, and hospital stays. Names include Wanda Patterson, Jean Archer, E L. Christian, W. A. Boggs, Herman Hal, Carl Price, and Dan Adkuns, with associations to Norfolk, Indiantown Gap, Fort Bragg, and Washington, plus local relatives and convalescents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fink
United States Navy
Brooklyn
New York
Willard Fink
Beckley
Wanda Patterson
Raleigh General Hospital
Edgar Thompson
Fourth Street
Jean Archer
Washington, D. C
G. Archer
Jetta Archer
Crab Orchard
R. FE. Wilson
George
Laing
W. J. Smith
McGinnis Street
Earl Yates
Orchard Avenue
Yates
Jennie Claypool
Fort Springs
LE. Christian
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Mer
I. Christian
Sprague
Jean Edwards
Maryville
California
Coralee Clair Smith
Marcelle Pringe
Cieneva Beasley
Lighland Street
Camp Butner
North Carolina
W. A. Boggs
United States
Norfolk
Virginia
East Beckley
Herman M. Hal
United States Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Mar
J. W. Hall
Miller Street
Louise Miller
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
Maryland
Ot Miller
Temple Street
Julia W. Clay
Beckley Hospital
Burgess Fleet
Jane Klein Engaged to SGT Christian in Atlantic City
Mr and Mrs Max F Klein of 1271 South Connecticut avenue Atlantic City New Jersey announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Jane Klein to Technical Sergeant James Douglas Christian United States Army Air Force son of J D Christian of Keeles No date set for the wedding Milks Klein holds a clerical post in the War department in Atlantic City Sergeant Christian a Stoco high school graduate worked at Keeles before entering the service He has served three years in the army and was stationed in Atlantic City before being transferred to Blythe California
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Carl Price
Fort Bragg
California
Hargrove Street
Jack Ellison
Troy
Ohio
Beckley
Lyle Rader
Patty June
Raga
Singis
Imi
Florida
Dan Adkuns
W. J. Faylor
Beckley Hospital
Polly Joe McCullavd
T Lexington
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
John Howard McCuloch
Will Ofson
Kentucky Military Institute
Linden
Seitom TM. Miller, Jr
United States Army
Miller
L. FB. Miller
Stansbury Street
Edward Roper, Jr
Army Medical Corps
Fooh. Summers
Ray Fairchild
Lorene Wallace
Blanche Wallace
W. G. Dividen
Odd
J. G.rolen
Mullens
Ella Mae Scott
New Jersey
Eccles
Max F. Klein
Connecticut Avenue
Atlantic City
Jane Klein
James Douglass Christian
United States Army Air Force
J. D. Christian
Keeles
Milks Klein
War Department
Christian
Stoco High School
Blythe
Cox Funeral Is Set Today
Funeral services for Claude Howery Cox 57 will be held at Mount Tabor Baptist Church at 2 p m. He died Friday at his Feeles home of cancer and will be buried in Caffee cemetery. He was born October 28 1886 in Pocahontas Virginia and lived in Eccles eighteen years working as a supply clerk for Crab Orchard Improvement Co. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles and Knights of Pythians. Survived by widow Margaret Lena Ralston Cox two daughters Mrs J P Falin and Mrs I H Lowery two sisters Mrs O S Powers and Mrs S S Bowman and seven grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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Claude Howery Cox
Feeles
Mount Tabor
Caffee
F. L. Lowery
Clarksburg
Eccles Baptist and Community Churches
Cox
Pocahontas
Virginia
I. H. Lowery
Eccles
O. S. Powers
Bluefield
S. S. Bowman
Chilhowie
J. L. Pruett
Roy Keesee
L. D. Miser
Garner Phipps
L. T. Gay
Floyd Minor
Monroe Minor
City Planning Group to Meet in Memorial Building
Beckley chamber of commerce city planning and zoning committee will meet Wednesday at 7 30 pm in Room 8 Memorial building Collis Amon chairman will preside The board of directors monthly meeting follows on Thursday at Memorial building President A J Truman in charge Also notes a local family return from extended visit in Washington and California Judy Darrell King
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Collis Amon
A. J. Truman
Darrell-King
Judy
Westwood Drive
Washington
California
W. A. Thompson
Prince Street
Red Cross
Presbyterian Church
Singer
First Christ
Dorothy Lange Becomes Bride of Pfc Hereford
Announcement of the September 18 marriage at Alliance Christian Church of Dorothy Lange to Private First Class George B. Hereford. Attendants included Donna Hendricks and Otto Lange. Lange is a 1942 Alliance high school graduate, Hereford attended Woodrow Wilson high school and is stationed in Northern Ireland with the army parachute infantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lange
Otto Lange
Yellowstone Avenue
Alliance
Nebraska
George B. Hereford
J. B. Hereford
Valestret
Beckley
Alliance Christian Church
C. L. Livingston
Donna Hendricks
Otta Lange
Wed In Reno Sahara Is The Arabic Word For Giderness
A brief note explains that the phrase Wed In Reno Sahara translates to the Arabic term for giderness, clarifying a linguistic curiosity without further context or details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara
Beckley Weekly Calendar Notes Church Groups and Red Cross Activities
Beckley calendar lists daily service canteens, Red Cross sewing and surgical dressing groups, Girl Scout and Women’s club meetings, and church mission events across Prince Street, Raleigh area, with leaders, times, and venues for Monday through Sunday activities.
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Iiss Kusale
Terry
Sophia- Stoco
Burke
Stratton High School
Unter den Linden
Beckley Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose
Woman’s Club
Elks
Jack Lee
Revie
Mount Hope
Wyoming
Fayette
Ringling Brothers
Barna and Bailey and
Cole Brothers
Jane Klein IS
Sgt
Pfc
Hereford
West
Neville Street
Delbert Aliff
Weidensal
Reno
Violet Daniel
Walter J. McNeer
Berkeley
C. M. Alten
Nevada
Register Social
Bessie Carroll
Group 14
Beckley Leadership
Methodist ‘Temple
Eugene Suffman
Madge Richardson
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Group 32
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