Sophia Chamber of Commerce eyes town expansion and new facilities
Sophia Chamber of Commerce elected 1948 officers led by O A Phillips. The group seeks to extend corporate limits toward Soas Creek and possibly Midway, establish the town in Slab Fork district, and explore banking and hospital services. Planned projects include volunteer fire protection sewer system growth and better telephone service. A Feb 6 joint meeting with West Virginia Water Commission will discuss sewer options for Sophia and nearby Sorbia Lester. Immigrants admitted to the United States rose from 38119 in 1945 to 108721 in 1946.
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Sophia
Sophia Chamber of Commerce
Max Wender
Chamber
Wender
Soas Creek
Midway
Slab Fork
Nea
Sorbia- Lester
West Virginia Water Commission
Sewer Petitions Now Available for City Projects
City Mayor Hedrick says a sewer must be petitioned by a majority of property owners before construction. petitions are available at City Hall. Financing will be by assessments on adjoining property owners in 10 equal yearly installments. The council may defer projects if costs are too high. Local CAP gains shortwave radio, aerial photography gear, and a Link Trainer. trainer to be used at Beckley Mt Hope airport. Cadets 15 to 18 may join. seniors welcome. joint meetings for cadets and adults.
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Grover C. Hedrick
Hedrick
Jedrick
Willam P. Laren
CAP
Beckley Civil Air Patrol
Robert E. Ellison
American Legion
Ellison
Charleston
Beckley-Mt. Hope
Sabine Society Welcomes Mrs James Jones as Member
Mrs James Jones is introduced as a new member of the Bellemead Ladies Aid Society of Sabine during a meeting at Mrs Veto Bartell s home. Mrs Earl Dooley presided with refreshments served to multiple members including Mrs James Dematties Jr and Mrs Louie Caraban.
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Register Stall
Sabine
James Jones
Bellemead Ladies Aid Society
Veto. Bartell
Earl Dooley
James Dematties, Jr
Earl Burleson
Clyde Brown
S. Delph
Louie Caraban, Jr
iLon Stewart
Louise Miller
Jones
Edith Harlee
Bartell
Guidepost on world order and urges for alliance
The piece discusses two worlds, Anglo American and Russian, democratic land and communist, arguing Communists cannot live with capitalism. It urges uniting with Russia and praises Churchill for offering an alliance in 1941 while noting the 1939 failure to do so.
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Anleell
Hon
Lamb
Britain
Churchill
Russia
Chamberlain
Spirit of Jefferson Advo cate merger announced
The Jefferson County weekly papers the Spirit of Jefferson and the Farmer's Advocate will publish jointly after March 1 as the Spirit of Jefferson Advocate. The Spirit of Jefferson, founded in 1844, is West Virginia's oldest weekly newspaper.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Spirit of Jefferson
The
Farmer's Advocate
Spirit of Jefferson Advocate
West Virginia
Hollywood Star Recounts War Ration Plight in London
Loretta and Tom Lewis describe a London rationing nightmare with seven heavy sweaters taken by a priest, workers starving, and scarce food like bacon once a bite in two weeks. They note 75 pounds of food sustained ten people for six months aboard the Queen Mary voyage.
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Tom Lewis
London
Aim
Tom
Loretta
Mary
Slogans and shifts in 1840s US campaigns and farm population
The text traces Whig and Democratic slogans in 1841 and four years later, noting Harrison and Polk campaigns with taunting tunes and symbols such as the raccoon, followed by the Fifty Four Forty or Fight stance. It also cites a decline in U S farm residents from 31.2 million in 1920 to 30.4 million in 1940.
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Harrison
van Buren
James Polk
Henry Clay
Britain
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SIZS
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Sharp &Dohme
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S.S.S
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Lance
Roland
Cohen Drug
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