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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1944
Page
3
Fayetteville report states Charles Reynolds, once summoned for jury duty, was called to military service and left before reporting. The abrupt shift ends his obligation to serve in the local jury pool.
Fayetteville staff writer reports J Haynes Miller and Rachel Ferguson along with Miss Clifton Dotson and Fouy H club agent, returned Friday from Morgantown praise for the convention. They spent days of lectures inspections and demonstrations with dinners and entertainments sponsored locally. About 200 county extension workers from nearly every West Virginia county benefited and returned to posts.
An Associated Press dispatch notes an air base in northeast India where at least 63 American air crew members who parachuted into jungle Burma are listed as part of the Walkout club. Many endured torture days and nights, with some missing after third jumps. rescue services by the air transport command aided their return. Members include Cpl. Carl L. McConnell of Kingston, West Virginia.
United States Employment office in Oak Hill announces a Baltimore shipyard representative will be in Oak Hill Monday and Tuesday to interview applicants for shipyard work. No experience required. trainees are paid and advance with training. Experienced workers welcome, higher pay. Dozens of jobs with good wages and advancement. Government apartments nearby, from 34 to 38 dollars monthly, utilities included. Bring social security card and birth or baptismal records if available.
Mrs. Damon Frlna Settle 19 died Thursday at Pinecrest sanitarium of tuberculosis after six months illness. Funeral services 2 p.m. Tuesday at Blakely Baptist church conducted by Rev. Webb Boster. Burial in Blakely cemetery. Survived by mother Mollie Workman of Blakely, brothers Carmel Workman and Herman Workman, sisters Geneva Lanham Dorothy and Se Hert Workman, husband Ralph Settle, daughter Janet Faye, and Private Luther Workman in England. Cleveland Ohio resident Herman Workman also listed.
Miss Norma Sue Duncan left 7 Oak Hill last week for Miami Florida to visit relatives and friends.
Oak Hill relatives receive notice from Secretary of War that Second Lieutenant Lee H Adkins Air Corps was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart after his death on his sixth mission over Haly November 28 1943. The Adkins family has four other sons in military service and a fifth preparing for aviation cadet training.
Ruby M. Scarbrough a minor suing by Violet Lewis seeks divorce from Ralph B. Scarbrough represented by Vickers and Thrilt Mamie Meszaros sues C. B. Fox admin of Thomas Sopke estate with all creditors and unknown heirs W. H. Haynes counsel Floyd Sergent seeks divorce from Ethel Sergent represented by WH Haynes
Fayet te County Tuberculosis Association reports ongoing Christmas seal drive led by L Ebersile Gaines, with New River company and Koppers Company Beards Ford employees contributing 1024.95 and 150 respectively. Gaines says seal dollars work all year and urges residents to support the campaign amid growing need.
Oak Hill report says Mes Dennault and her son Gene departed Sunday evening for Miami Florida to spend ten weeks. She will join her husband there during his service furlough, the family planned.
Harvey Heath 87 former resident died at his daughter Mrs W E Blume s home in Lewisburg after a three year illness He was born in Elizabeth PA and affiliated with the Episcopal church Survived by siblings Enoch Heath Mrs Carl Donaldson Miss Anna Heath and children H H Heath Emmett O Heath Harvey E Heath Jr Miss Mabel Heath Charleston Sally Heath Mrs H L Darnell and Mrs D C Rapp Funeral services by Rev John A Wilson at Thomas funeral home Oak Hill Sunday at 2 30 with burial in the Hill Cemetery
Funeral services for the Rev. Elhie Doster 80 minister of the Church of Christ who died Friday in Welch hospital of heart disease will be held Monday at 1 p m at the Church of Christ with Rev C C Thompson of Piney View officiating Burial will follow in the K P cemetery at Pax He was a native of Blue Sulphur Springs and is survived by brothers and sisters Levi Dosier Lewisburg Elavond Dosier and Mrs Etta Stone Alderson John and Daniel Dosier Mrs Nettie Miller and Mrs Maggie Smith all of Columbus Ohio The wife he married and the family he had reared both preceded him in death
Rita Jo Woodrum entertained friends at her Oak Hill home to celebrate her ninth birthday on January 13. Guests included Barbara Lou Miller, Dolores Ann Miller, Kay Woodrum, Patty Caldwell, Mary Shipe, Nancy Tennant, Martha Kay Mason, Leah Jane Lone, Billy Sue Bowyer, and Rita Jo Woodrum.
Miss Maxine Rhodes of Oak Hill married Corporal Leslie Bower, formerly of Scarbra, at the Fayetteville home of Mr and Mrs C F Gladswell on January 9 with Dr W H Foglesong of the Fayetteville Methodist church officiating. Bride and groom attended Oak Hill high school. Mrs Bower has returned to a defense plant in Detroit and Corporal Bowyer reports to Camp Barkley, Tex.
United States Marine Corps sergeant James Woods returns to Quantico Virginia after leave with relatives in Oak Hill. He was transferred to Quantico from the Virgin Islands.
Charles L. Hop Phillips declares candidacy for county clerk on the Republican ticket. He was the party’s 1938 nominee for the post but lost to incumbent H. R. Beckelheimer.
Mrs. H. P. Thomas and her daughter Jean traveled to Huntington this week due to the critical illness of Mrs. Thomas’ father, Samuel Binns. The family seeks prayers and support as they await further updates on his condition.
HR McNeer deputy collector for the internal revenue service announced that persons seeking help in preparing their 1943 income tax return must bring two papers. Form 1125 statement of tax liability and payment on servant of individual income tax return for 1942 and form W-2 statement of wages paid and tax withheld by the employer. Assistance is in Rooms 5 and 7 of the post office building opened January 1 for this purpose.
Beckley Kiwanis hosts installation ceremonies at Presbyterian church as Fugitt, a World War II veteran, is installed as district governor. He notes retirement from the U S Army after three weeks on payroll, with Beckley named home club. Lt governors from five divisions installed. festivities include musical numbers and an inaugural ball at the Moose Club.
Oak Hill corporal Allen Baumgartner, son of Mr and Mrs G A Baumgartner, has been promoted to sergeant in the medical corps. The announcement notes his new rank and continues to highlight his family background in Oak Hill.
Beginning this week a group of price panel assistants, all Raleigh county residents, will start checking with retail merchants to determine whether they stay within OPA price regulations. Sixteen assistants have been appointed, with a total of 30 planned. They will visit stores near their homes and report violations to the rationing board. The first checks focus on meats, with prices set by government inspectors' grades.
Beckley City Street Commissioner Sterling Lee appealed to local business operators to deposit trash in trash cans rather than gutters. He noted sweeping runs from 3:30 a.m. and that refuse swept into gutters worsens by 9 or 10 a.m. Snow and coal dust complicate cleaning, with the sweeper covering three to five miles daily.
A Railroad Retirement Board representative will be at Oak Hill United States employment office Tuesday from 12:30 to 2:30 to interview workers for railroad jobs. Applicants already employed in coal, lumber, or other essential sectors need not apply.
Private Paul Smathers has returned to his station after a furlough spent with his mother Mrs James Smathers in Oak Hill.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Thomas returns to Virginia Intermont College in Bristol after holiday visit with Oak Hill relatives. In May, Ruel D. Farley, a 30 year old electrician, was fatally crushed by a culling machine at Holden 21 mine of Island Creek Coal Company. his widow and two children survive.
Seven year old Frank Saunders, a Negro child from Mabscott, was struck by a freight train while walking home from school with his sister. His left leg was amputated at the knee. the other leg was badly mangled. Doctors at Raleigh General hospital report he remains in fair condition and may need further amputation.
Mrs. Nannie Cecil 87, wife of John Cecil, died in a Minden hospital Friday at 11 a m after a three year heart illness. Funeral at Minden Community church Monday at 2:30 p m conducted by Rev B C Jennings. Burial in Turley Cemetery at Oak Hill. Survived by husband, three children Mrs Joe Snell of Minden, Mrs Murl Yourk of Charleston, Charles Cecil of Baltimore Md. Brother Sam Walk of Dorothy and sister Mrs Becky Gusnay of Huntington.
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