Teachers Since 1944 Push to Refill Raleigh County Roster
Raleigh County has lost 219 teachers since 1941-42 including those entering the armed forces, Superintendent E. Mel Ashworth said. Emergency certificates rose from none to 49 in 1943 then to 47 in 1942 during the current session. Many hold emergency certificates after earlier declines in certification. Fifty nine substitutes hold emergency certificates. About six additional college hours will be taken by many to raise certificates. Draft boards will pause principal vacancies until the end of the current session. A meeting of elementary principals is planned at Beckley Junior High School Friday at 7:30 p.m. with discussions on supervision in Raleigh County schools.
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Raleigh County
E. MelAshworth
Beckley Junior High
Ashworth
Concord College
SL. McGraw
Concord
Beckley Junior High School
Elementary Principals’ Association
de Law
Norval Cooke
James B. Deck
Sophia School
Dewey Bone
Petius
Bess N
Slab Fork
Women May Take Sheetmetal Class At Raleigh Vocational School
The Raleigh county vocational school will start a short aircraft sheet metal course to prepare women for jobs in aircraft plants with wages up to 50 per week. No educational requirements. The government pays transportation. Courses available day or night. Registration Tuesday February 1 from 10 to 4 and 7 to 9 at night, through U S employment service channels.
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Raleigh County
Stuart Angell
Angell
United States Employment Service
Regis ats From Cities Are Healthier Than Farmers
Rural sociologist A. R. Mangus of Ohio State University cites selective service data showing farm youths aged 18 and 19 have higher rejection rates than city youths due to health defects. He urges rural health plans, better medical services, and attraction of physicians to improve rural health and hospital access after the war.
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Associated Press
Olumbus
A. R. Mangus
Ohio State University
Mangus
Leonard G. Rowntree
Journal of the American Medical Association
Leary Service Is Set Tonight
Rosary services for Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Leary 57 of 433 Woodlawn avenue will be at 6 p m at the Caffee Funeral home chapel with Rev Father John Halpin in charge. Funeral will be at 9 a m tomorrow at St Francis de Sales church. Burial in Hightawn cemetery Oak Hill. Survived by husband Dennis M Leary two daughters Mrs RE Olson and Mrs G K Williams two sons Dennis Leary Jr Navy overseas father John Vincent Leary and John Alexander of Covington six sisters and six brothers. Pallbearers listed.
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Annie
Elizabeth Leary
Dennis M. Leary
Woodlawn Avenue
Caffee Funeral Home
John Halpin
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Hightawn
Oak Hill
Leary
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Beckley
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
The
Catholic Daughters and
Altar Society
Lonaconaing
Maryland
John
Elizabeth Alexander
Bernard
Alexander
Washington
D. C
W. A. River
Akron
Woodshorne
Lock Haven
Pas
Evelyn Johnson
Washington, D.C
W. C. Beaver
Washington, D
Reed Reusey
Huntington
M. T. Smith
Philadelphia
Charles Lynch
Earl EF. Bailey
Otta C. Caldwell
F. Cain
Norvell Metlen
Te McDermott
EL Ot. Fourney
Tennis Group Plans Bond Benefit for War Loan Drive
New York tennis stars led by Lt. Don Budge and Cadet Jack Kramer will headline a charity match to boost bond purchases for the fourth war loan drive. The event aims to raise about 2.5 million dollars.
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Associated Press
New York
Don Budge
Jack Kramer
Coast Board Academy
Public notice of partition suit in Raleigh County West Virginia
The Raleigh Register reports a circuit court partition order in Raleigh County West Virginia instructing all named defendants and unknown claimants to appear within one month after first publication. The order directs protection of interests in the lands of the late A McVey Thompson and names many McVey heirs and associated parties. The notice requires publication weekly in The Raleigh Register and is signed by Clerk Van Hunter and attorney Charles T. Ross.
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Charles Hawley
S. Army
Glen Daniel
West Virginia
Rabins County
Harper
Mm Chan Zov
Burrow
McVey Thompson
Raleigly County
Westria
C. W. Mercham McVey
Kamee McVey
Frank W. McVey
Mainevale
McVey Richey
Ger MeVey Snapp
Mary Lome So
Crystal Cuckter Mahan
leVey
Leslie Bo McVey
T. C. Airet McVey Lowe
David
Patsy McVey Wilson
Johnogre
Harry Clement
Anna McVey
Linda Ellen McVey
Robert A. Lowe
Caterine Watkins McVey
Robert Wilson
Hershel Truce
William M. Cook
Walter M Saunders
F. A. Shackeltard
Myrtle Wedrick
Joe Muskwity
Mary Wo Halstead
Daisy Simms
Frank Syums
Hutshands
Anette McVey Rickey
Gertrude McVey Sharpe
Brookie Hedrick Foster
Dora Herrick Shap Nodig
Warried
Isham McVey
Ik Ay
Circuit Court
Raleigh Register
Raleigh County
van Hunter
Gireult
Charles T. Ross
Amttorney
Missing Fortress Engineer Sgt Jennings Reported
Mrs M jl Jennings of Beckley reports her son Sergeant Lowery B Jennings 21 an aerial engineer on a B 17 Flying Fortress has been missing in action over Europe since January. He joined the Army Air Force in October 1942 was educated in Marion Virginia and worked in a war plant in Bristol Virginia prior to enlistment. His brother Private Earl D Jennings has been fighting with American troops in Italy for several months.
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Beckley
Sergeant Lowery B. Jennings
Aclion
Europe
Jennings
England
Army Air Force
Marion
Virginia
Bristol
Earl 2D. Jennings
Italy
Appeal Grants Bakery Workers Terms in Miami Clamivston Hearing
C Russell Turner says a regional panel upheld a contract revision granting across the board wage increases to about 75 percent of bakery workers in two local plants. The decision, criticized for intra plant inequality, moves next to Cleveland for regional approval and then to Washington for national WLB consent.
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Gelling War Letters Board
United Construction Workers
Clamivston
C. Russell Turner
Turner
Charleston
Paul Cole
Raleigh
Pind Payne
Purity Baking Company
Loxan
Fred Heistip
Miller Farley
Wy LL
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
ATR FORCE DROPS COLLEGE TRAINING
The Army Air Forces will end college and civilian contract pilot training programs. Current students will finish courses, but no new AAF trainees will be admitted as the War Department follows General Arnold’s plan to shift focus to replacements. Colleges listed include Lynchburg Virginia, West Virginia University, and West Virginia Wesleyan.
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Washington
Army Fair Forces
War Department
A. A
Department
H. HM. Arnold
AAF
Lynchburg
Virginia
West Virginia University
West Virginia Wesleyan
Six Beckley Firemen Take Civil Service Exam
Six Beckley volunteer firemen took the civil service examination at city hall for a list of eligibles. Those not passing were Aulda Clay, C D Perkins, Albert Allen Jr, Kelly Thompson, K E Fox, and Allen Warren. The Civil Service commission will grade papers early next week and name eligible candidates to fill vacancies created by Bostic and Mandeville. If Army calls reduce force, new eligibles will fill posts. otherwise another exam will be held.
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Beckley
Beckley Fire Department
Civil Service
City Hall
W. H. Weidensall
Aulda Clay
C. D. Perkins
Albert Allen, Jr
Kelly Thompson
K. E Fox
Allen Warren
Allen
Jerold Bostic
Tor
Beckley Civil Service Commission
Fire Department
Harry Crawford
D. Crawford
J. W. Givens
Weidensall
Bostic
Harmon Mandeville
Bernard Martin
Otis Lyons
Huntington
State Schools Top War Bond Quota in West Virginia
West Virginia school children surpassed the wartime bond quota with 2,233,958 raised across 400 counties. State Superintendent W. O. Trent credited Mercer county lead and listed Greenbrier, Monroe, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming counties among top contributors. The drive ran mid October to Christmas, described as a significant wartime effort by students.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
W. OW. ‘Trent
Mercer
Mercer Elementary
Princeton
Beaver High School
Bluefield
Bramwell High
Greenbrier
Mercerair
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Trent
School Bands Counteract Jazz Conductor Claims
High school bands counter the jazz age view per Dr. Frank Simon formerly with John Philip Lou. He conducted Glenn Sallack's band and emphasized two days of practice proving the band's potential, with solo and encore performances and a two-part program featuring Sousa and classical selections.
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Frank Simon
John Philip Lou
Wilson High School
Dr. Simon
Glenn Sallack
Sallack
Simon
Frangkises
Schaefer
Sousa
Boyer
Strauss
Rachmaninoff
Guadalcanal Veteran Joins WVU Instruction Staff
Capt. Paul G. Hedstrom, 46, of Bismarck North Dakota, a Guadalcanal veteran, has joined West Virginia University as part of the army instruction staff. He served four months in the Solomons with North Dakota National Guard units and fought in the battle near Henderson Field before malaria sent him to Fiji and back to the U.S. Lt. Frank B. Hobden of Dallas, West Virginia, also joined, representing the adjutant general's department.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
Guadalcanal
West Virgini Ia University
Paul G. Hedstrom
Bismarck
N.D
James Fr. Mortis
Frank B. Hobden
Dallas
Vex
Hedstrom
Army
National Guards
North Dakota
Henderson Field
Fiji
United States
Lt. Hobden
England
Adjutant General’s Department
Rockefeller, Foundation
Garrett County
Alderson Slumber Party Hosts Miss May Aman Da McThenia
Miss May Aman Da McThenia daughter of Mr and Mrs A W MceThenna entertained Friday evening and night with a slumber party guests included Miss Ann Kholer Miss Sue Rowe Miss Isabel Lob ban Miss Glenna Mace Grose and Miss Eleanor Hines in Alderson.
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Alderson
May Amanda McThenia
A. Wi MceThenna
Mary Amanda
Ann Kholer
Sue Rowe
Isabel Lobban
Glenna Mace Grose
Eleanor Hines
Overture and March Names in Night Club Program
A program listing includes Overture by K L King, Three Blind Mice at a Night Club Floor Show novelty by Frangkiser, The Thunderer March by Sousa, Moonlight On The While Valse Oriental by K Or King, and Semper Fidelis March by Sousa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. L. King
Frangkiser
Sousa
K. Or. King
Two Raleigh Men Wounded In Action
War department reports two Raleigh county soldiers wounded in action among six West Virginians on the casualty list. Private First Class Lester E. Scarbro and Corporal Antonio N. Sanchez were noted as serving in the Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific respectively. Also, First Class Seaman Sammy Ferris has returned to his Coast Guard base in Grand Haven after furlough with his parents in Pemberton and a Manhattan Beach signal school graduation on January 15.
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Raleigh County
War Department
West
Sammy Ferris
Coast Guard
Grand Haven
Mich
J. W. Ferris
Pemberton
Manhattan Beach
20000 English Miners Idle As Pay Dispute Spreads
Discontent over a new national minimum wage for miners led to about 20,000 English miners idling. Some 38 pits across Lancashire, Staffordshire and South Wales were affected while many workers stayed idle due to a lack of work or shift to other mine jobs.
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London
Lancashire
Staffordshire
South Wales
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Fortress Engineer
Lowery
BR. Jennings
ATR
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Lilly Tee & Bottling Works
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