Beckley Manpower Committee Eyes Air Force Enlistment Drive
Raleigh County moves to issue 100 juror summons while Beckley Manpower Committee launches February Air Force and WAF enlistment push. Captain Robert G. Wilson and Sgt Ralph Marcum will visit local groups to collect prospective enlistees and promote a high school completion emphasis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Isaac McKinney
Brooks Adair
Frank Abbot
Samuel A. Abram
Ipave Amey
Wade S. Bailey
F. A .Barker
Boucher A. Boyd
Marion Brown
C. C. Burdine
Nunelly Cook
Joe Dutton
J. §. Edmundson
J. S. Ellison
Robert Z.ellison
John W. Eye
H. Felter
W. M. Forest
Irving Goldstein
L. C. Gunter
Clarence Hambrich
H. T. Hantcock
G. L. Hash
Logan T. Hel‘fetes
Curtis P. Johnson
Luther Johnson
Gene Keatley
Elios Lilly
Virgil T. Lilly
Harold C
Lively
D. C. Lynn
Arnold J. Massie
Clyde D. McCoy
Lawrence D.pack
John B. Parsons
M. O.peters
L. N. Powers
Thomas 5.Rice
Jasper Richards
O. C. Riner
Vernon J. Shrewsbury
William J. Sisson
Earl O. Snider
Charles E. Spade
Hampton JJ. Spangler
Fred B. Stout
Beckley
Omer Acord
Arnett
Frank Alilf
Eccles
John Bero
Wilson Boyd
Crab Orchard
Cecil
R. Bray
Prosperity
Fred Burleison
Saxon
James F. Calle
A. F. Campbell
Glen Morgan
C. R. Clay
Pettus
Charles W. Cox
A. B. Dew
MacArthur
Floyd Ifurrow
Shady Spring
M. E. Gillespie
Skellan
E. T. Godbey
Rl. 1
Mt. Hope
Orla P. Griffith
Daniels
Charles G. Gwynn
Coal City
T. E Harris, Jr
Edwight
C. &. Holt
Luster
G. H. Miller
H.C. Lilly
Beaver
Fred Manning
Fairdale
William Modespaugh
Cranberry
Lillybrook
C. ¥. Oakes
Cherry Creek
Ben W. Pendleton
Ww. OM
Pennington
Masseyville
J James Perry
Raleigh
J. K. Peters
Zoe Ridee
J &. Persinger
Harbor Road
John Phipps
Sand Lick
Dennis Price
Dry Creek
Lawrence Pruitt
Clarence Pugh
Arthur Reed
George E. Reed
Mabscott
A. H. Richmond
Sam €. Robinson
Colcord
A.W. Russell
Willow Lane
H. B. Sawyers
Pemberton
Charles Simpson
Tams
Omer J. Smith
Blue Jay
Charles Snuffer
Bolt
Frank R. Snuffer
H. P. Slantey
Bareless Thompson
Ghent
C. E. Tolley
Glen Daniels
Gilbert C. Tucker
MacAlpin
Byron B. Udy
Affinity
P.H. Valentine
Willis Randall
Milton Webb
Pine Knob
L. W. Webb
Cody F. Wiley
Naoma
Ray Willams
Robert G. Wilson
Ralph Marcum T
Edwin Ratcliffe
William F. Watts
Air Force
Three Enlistees Join Air and Army at Beckley
A Beckley recruiting station filled out papers for three enlistees. David A. Wood, 20, of Tazewell Virginia, enlisted for four years in the Air Force and will go to Lackland Air Base Texas. Raymond P. Dial, 24, of Caretta, re enlisted for three years in the regular Army and will be stationed at Fort Knox Kentucky. Dial previously served five years and re enlisted as sergeant first class.
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United States Army
Air Force
David A. Wood
Tazewell Avenue
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Raymond P. Dial
Caretta
Fort Knox
Dial
Army
Female Recruiter Inspects Army Enlisting Station
First Lieutenant Avis Ferris WAC and WAAF recruiting officer for Maryland Delaware Virginia and West Virginia visited the local United States Army and Air Force Recruiting Station to inspect WAC and WAAF processing under Sgt. Helen Tauses chief recruiter of Beckley area women. She joined a luncheon hosted by the local Military Manpower Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army and Air Force
Avis Ferris
WAC
WAAF
Maryland
Delaware
Virginia
West Virginia
Helen Tauses
Beckley
Ferris
Officer to Attend Recruiting Meeting in Baltimore
Capt. James C. Mathis, commander of the Beckley Army recruiting station, will attend a West Virginia Virginia Maryland and Delaware district recruiting meeting in Baltimore today and return to Beckley Saturday.
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Army and Air Force
West Virginia
Polio Drive Gift From Marita Kay Totals 8 Dimes
A three year old girl Marita Kay Wurter of Woodlawn Avenue saved Roosevelt dimes for the March of Dimes polio drive. She broke her pink shoe bank and gave 46 dimes and four others to Miss Mary Syner, co chair of the Business and Professional Women's committee. The nurse mother inspired the act and Marita smiled as she handed over the coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavita Kay
Marita
Mavrita Kay
G. C. Wurt
Woodlawn Avenue
Litte Bionde Enchantress
Marita Kay
Mary Syner
Business and Professional Women’s
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Syner
Beckley Chamber Names 10 Membership Drive Teams
Sophia Soldi named to lead Beckley Chamber of Commerce half membership drive as 10 teams to solicit new members across town. Edwin Ratcliffe and Arthur Gundy announce goal 600 members, 130 from last year paid dues. Breakfast launch Tuesday 8 am at Beckley Hotel with Ratcliffe presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Soldi
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Edwin Ratcliffe
Arthur C. Gundy
Cundy
Beckley
Ratcliffe
Air Force clerk-typist from Sophia to Itazuke Base Kyushu
Corporal Jerry Eanes, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Eanes of Sophia, has been assigned to Headquarters Squadron, Bth Air Base Group at Itazuke Air Base Japan as a clerk-typist. A 1948 Sophia High School graduate, he enlisted Feb 1949 in Beckley and trained at San Antonio before arriving in Washington Bolling Field.
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Air Force
Jerry E. Fanes
W. G. Eanes
Sophia
Nome
Kyushu
Cpl
Eanes
Bth
Itazuke Air Base
Sophia High School
Beckley
San Antonio
Fox
Bolling Field
Wash
Ensure the Right Insurance Beneficiaries Are Named
A cautionary guide urges policyholders to designate clear beneficiaries and contingency marks for life and group policies. It explains naming contingent heirs, directing shares to multiple people, and appointing guardians for beneficiaries under 21 to ensure proper, orderly distribution of death benefits.
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Beckley Insurance
Banes Arrives in Japan Postwar Assignment History
Banes arrived in Japan in November 1949 aboard the USAT Sultan and joined the Fifth Air Force, the occupation air force for Japan. He was reassigned to Itazuke Air Base, home field of the combat ready Eighth Fighter Wing.
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Japan
Banes
Fifth Air Force
Itazuke
Eighth Fighter Wing
Destitute Needs to be Discussed in Raleigh County Meeting
Raleigh County social welfare assembly will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Room 10 Memorial Building. Gus F Walker president said reports from the emergency committee will be heard and the group will aid the Build A Better Community Council in surveying Beckley recreational needs.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Social Welfare Assembly
Memorial Building
Gus. F. Walker
Build A Better Community Council
Beckley
Tamargo Funeral Set for Tomorrow
Burial for Mrs. Anna Tamargo, 153, of Beckley, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Sunset Memorial Park. She died at noon Wednesday in a Welch hospital. The body was to be moved from Caffee Funeral Home to the residence of her son, Jimmy Chamorre, on Vance Drive at 2 p.m. today.
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Anna Tamargo
Beckley
Sunset Memorial Park
Welch Hospital
Jimmy ‘Chamorre
Vance Drive
Rhodell Seaman To Graduate Soon From Navy School
Rhodell Seaman Bare a naval fireman apprentice will graduate January 27 from the Naval Electricians School at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Donald Bare of Rhodell. During the four week course Bare received instruction in operation and maintenance of generators motors and other shipboard electrical equipment. The program combined practical work and classroom study of electricity mathematics and related subjects.
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Depatd BR. Bare
Naval Electricians ‘School
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Donald Bare
Rhodell
iBare
Hunger Drives Men to Steal Copper Wire in Glen Mine
Jefferson Tucker and Aniarew Allen of Glen White faced petty larceny charges over copper wire from the Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine at Glen. Tucker, 62, and Allen, 47, both pleaded guilty citing unemployment and hardship. Magistrate T. N. Thurman fined each $10 plus costs and sentenced them to 20 days in jail.
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Glen
Jefferson Tucker
Aniarew Allen
Glen White
T. N. Thurman
Ing
Allen
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Eckley Manpower Committee
WAF
Civic
Ang
Avis M. Ferris
K. Baltimore
Air Force Base
Little Blue-Eyed Mite
March of of Dimes
Kanawha
Johnstown
Cecil Lovell
J. Earl Lilly
E. van Dorsey
C. Marshall Johnston
Karl J. Klaus
G. C Porter
Main Street
Fayette Streets
Frank N. Gans
Phil Bsharah
P. T. Davis
H. D. Etheridge
Carradl Hutchinson
E. L. Norris
Prince Streets
Piney Avenue
D. O. Means
C. S. Bepler
George W. Bright
R. S. Burton
Spaimer Farley
Arthur Goldstein
A. J. Lucas
Heber and
Neville Streets
First Avenue
Ee.bibb
Joe Fazio
Ted George
Dewey Isley
Darrell Kg
H. Neal
Eric Rosenbaum
Central
City Lavenues
Prince Street
Orkwood Avenue
R. B. Armestrout
A. K. Canterbury
John Wirte
R. EB. Hicks
B. C. Minter
G. A. Mohler
W.M. McCutcheon
W. M. Reeser
Fay- Jette
Heber Street
C. C. Farmer
Ned Regland
Roland Hinckley
Harry May
Fisher
Fred Tinder
Harry Anderson
Jay Woods
East Beckley
Johnstown Road
George W. Ballard
Grady Allen
Kyle Kinzer
J. D. Tubsiler
Glen Evans
A. A. Ross
James Lowe
Sprague, Beaver
Phill A. McDaniel
Edgar Mohler
Larrick
Joe L. Smith, Jr
Fred Davis
Cary Houchins
George W. Hodel
H. Hopkins
Hoke Monroe
Secon
Vallernaté
Bay
Insurance
Tamargo
Purina
Laird Office Equipment CO
Main ST
Vce
Gehry
Aly Chen
Toe
Thi B
Sane
Ashort
Imdrin
Imdren
Monty
Ata
Cohen Drug CO
Beckley, W. VA
Lsten
Gabriel Heatter
Umdgine
Tertern Sunderd
Central Stenderd
Mowntate
Pacific
Gu Yoor Bocel Mutual Stetien
Ah Cohens
AAI
Les LaLidlee Lhd
Pea UG Stores
Neville St
Purina Research
Aare
Rey
Usha
Prince SE
Altend
New River
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