Fifty Girl Scouts Attend Camp Campbell on Greenbrier River
Raleigh county Girl Scouts begin camp life at Camp Campbell on July 15 under Miss Myria Williams. Miss Pauline Alderman leads the older girls unit and Miss Helen Lucey Cunningham the younger group with junior counselors Doris Scott Annabelle Laing Mary Lou Laing and Adelaide Barnell. Myra Sue Roush directs music. Thora McFilrath and Lucy Lee Williams supervise the camp shop post office and secretary duties. Read list includes Evelyn Fritz Athaline Pate Helen Smith Betty Birchfield and many others. Camp closes July 29. Early cosmetics noted as 5000 B C.
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Raleigh County
Camp
Campbell
Greenbrier River
Myria Williams
Pauline Alderman
Helen Lucey Cunningham
Doris Scott
Annabelle
Mary Lou Laing
Adelaide Barnell
Myra Sue Roush
Thora McFilrath
Lucy Lee Williams
Evelyn Fritz
Athaline Pate
Helen Smith
Betty Birchfield
Margaret Terry
Margaret Sharp
Nancy Lee
Ashworth
Carolyn Dee Black
Marlene Smith
Carolyn Vance
Geraldine Nobble
Mary Alice McClung
Janell McCutcheon
Flora Bell Grant
Barbara Paige
Margaret Caudill
Betty Jo Cooper
Margaret Anne Stafford
Betty Lou Allen
Sonia Silverburg
Rita Cook
Sally Lynn McGinnis
Maxine Cannaday
Margaret James
Betty Wipperman
Anne Ballenger
Alice Ann Wilities
Clara Morris
Rose Harvey
Rose Ellen Grohovac
Martha Teel Ware
Helen van Kirk
Martha Jane Whitt
Gertrude Farley
Louise Malone
Betty Lou Whitt
Sally Laren
Lyla Mae King
Kathleen King
Sue Ann Walker
Sally Matz
Visitors and servicemen relatives fill Beckley area
Mrs. June Cumbow plans to visit her parents on South Kanawha Street while her husband Navy Petty Officer Second Class Tommy Cumbow is stationed in Seattle. Numerous relatives travel from Clarksburg Shinnston Chillicothe and Florida to visit. others return home after illness or bereavement.
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June Cumbow
John Peters
South Kanawha Street
Cumbow
Seattle
Washington
Tommy Cumbow
H. R. Brown
North Kanawha Street
Ivan Smith
Clarksburg and Shinnston
Virginia Halstead
North Oakwood Drive
Chillicothe
Ohio
Leslie H. Pugh
Veterans Hospital
A. J. Pugh
Wyoming
A. C. Cline
Beaver Avenue
Freland Ball, Jr
Freland Ball
Sprague
Ball
Fort Dix
New
Emma L. Rogers
Glen Morgan
Jack Wills
Jumping Branch
Estel Lilly
Wills
Whitesville
Kentucky
Charles B. Webb
Tommy
Baltimore
Maryland
Ernest L. Webb
Fifth Street
Margaret Plum
Crab Orchard hosts first food preservation demonstration
Ruth Cook, Raleigh county canning specialist, supervised a Crab Orchard school kitchen session with about 25 housewives and a few husbands as beets and green beans were pressure canned. More demos are planned including fruits and vegetables drying and pure cooker canning demonstrations on upcoming Fridays and Tuesday at Prosperity.
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Crab Orchard Victory
Crab Orchard
Ruth Cook
Raleigh County
Miss Cook
Prosperity
Porters Son Graduates Navy Hospital Corps School
Robert William Porter, son of Mr and Mrs Frank E Porter of Winding Gulf, graduates from a navy hospital corpsman school at Camp Pendleton Oceanside California. The 18 year old Raleigh County native finished Collins high school in 1943 and enlisted last December after farm work. Corporal Charles C Farmer Jr visits Raleigh from Camp Hood Texas. Private John Kenneth Allen returns to Camp LeJeune after furlough with his mother and wife in Raleigh.
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Robert William Porter
Frank E. Porter
Winding Gulf
Navy
Camp Pendicton
Oceanside
California
Raleigh Countian
Collins High School
Glen Rogers
Ellie Thomas
Pickshin
Garnet Wood
Tams
Ruby Minor
Eccles
Wanda Bailey
Lester
June Bailey
Cranberry
Lee Miller
Adwight
W. W. Acord
Glen Fork
Johnny Mack
Beckley
H. FE. Waddell
Raleigh
Charles C. Farmer, Jr
Camp Hond
Texas
C. C. Farmer
North Kanawha Street
John Kenneth Allen
Camp LeJeune
North Carolina
Lilly Allen
Earwond Street
Juanita Allen
Summer frock pattern 8611 for multiple fabrics
A slim dainty dress pattern No. 8611 suits sun and suds fabrics from cottons to rayon. Available in sizes 10 to 20 with short sleeves, requires yardage for main and contrasting collar, plus machine trimming. Send 15 cents and 1 cent postage with name and address.
Lydia Pinkham's Compound Promoted For Women
Lydia Pinkham's Compound is advertised as free of opiates and habit forming ingredients. The text claims thousands of girls and women report remarkable benefits from using the product.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Affinity Man Pleads Guilty in Bus Clash at Mabscott Bridge
Buford Thompson Affinity Nesra was arrested and pleaded guilty to reckless driving after a collision at Mabscott overpass June 29. Edward Snodderly, driver of the other car, swore Thompson ran a red light, causing extensive damage. Thompson paid a $25 fine plus costs. authorities booked him at the local pattern house before transport.
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Mabscott Overs Head Bridge
Buford Thompson
Affinity Nesra
Edward Snodderly
Thompson
Roy Hodge
Trenton Stover
Smith Names Arrangements Chief for Demo Convention
Rep. Joe J. Smith of Beckley Democratic state chairman announced Charles G. Peters Charleston attorney as chairman of arrangements for the party's state convention in Charleston on July 24. He said 1,115 delegates will meet at Charleston High School starting at 10 a.m. A temporary chairman and other key posts will be named in a few days.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Joe J. Smith
Beckley
Charles G. Peters
Smith
Pastor Leaves by Resister Statt
Captain Howard Snautfer, pastor of St. Andrews Episcopal Church, left Mullens to go to Charleston for survey work during Captain Pollonik’s absence.
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Resister Statt
I Mullens
Howard Snautfer
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
Polloni¢k
Charlestant
Stimson Praises U S Troops on Front Lines
Rome, after touring the fifth army front U S Secretary of War Henry L Stimson said American troops display an invaluable quality and desire to engage the enemy The spirit and appearance of our men are magnifi cent and he is encouraged by progress He warned this is no time to let up and declined to discuss his audience with Pope Pius XI.
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Rome
Fifth Army
U.S
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Cherbourg
Europe
Pius XI
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