Posey Rhodes Married in North Carolina to Avilean Honaker
The marriage of Miss Avilean Honaker of Matoaka to Corporal Posey E Rhodes US Army Air Corps is announced by their parents. The ceremony was read by Justice V L Mc Lean in Dillon North Carolina on April 11. The bride wore a blue gaberdine suit with red rose corsage. Rhodes, a 1935 Walnut Cove High School graduate, owns Carolina Super Market in Crab Orchard and has served seven months in the Army Air Corps, now stationed in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avilean Honaker
T. A. Honaker
Matoaka
Posey E. Rhodes
United States Army Air Corps
W. W. Rhodes
Crab Orchard
Justice of the Peace
Rhodes
Spanishburg High School
Corporal Rhodes
Walnut Cove High School
Walnut Cove
North Carolina
Carolina
Army Air Force
California
Farewell Dinner for Soldier Heading to Army Air Corps
A farewell dinner was hosted Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Stover in Gray Flats for Howard Hamilton who leaves for Fort Thomas Kentucky to enter the army air corps. Attending were Mrs. J. A. Buckland Mrs. RB S Koontz Mrs. Annie Hamilton Miss Mildred Toney Miss Evelyn Stover Miss Freda Peterson Miss June Hamilton Mr and Mrs W H Hamilton George Hamilton Ensign Boucher Boyd Jackie Stover and Mr. and Mrs. Co B Stover and other guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Stover
Gray Flats
Howard Hamilton
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Army Air Corps
J. A. Buckland
S. Koontz
Annie Hamilton
Mildred Toney
Evelyn Stover
Freda Peterson
June Hamilton
W. H. Hamilton
George Hamilton
Ensign Boucher Boyd
Jackie Stover
Co. B. Stover
Numerous Military Families Visit Beckley and Area
A long list of visitors and service members arrives in Beckley and nearby towns. Navy and Army personnel train or report for duty in Mississippi California and Montgomery while relatives travel from Washington D C Huntington Radford Beckley Park Avenue and other streets to visit parents spouses and siblings. Several residents relocate for work at local stores and air base posts while others recover from illness or return home on furloughs.
Navy WAVEs enlistment drive attracts Raleigh county women
Twelve young women from Raleigh county attended a Navy Mothers club meeting at Beckley Women’s Club on Park Avenue to learn about WAVEs. Commander Edith Clemens spoke and introduced singers, while Ensign Dart Watson and Yeomen Terry Phillips detailed WAVEs benefits and duties. Local recruiters and officers spoke, refreshments followed, and numerous guests were listed as attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Navy Mother's Club
Beckley Woman's Club
Park Avenue
W.a.v.e.s
Navy
Edith Clemens
Bernice Henry
Gladys Hargrove
Irene Hambrick
Madge Richardson
Virginia Crawford
Geneva Laren
Lampern Renis
June Davis
Kitty Thomasson
Jennie Bsharah
Mary Bsharah
Evelyn Alley
Hilda Holtz
Victor Vaughn
R. F. Gilliam
Robert Conner
Rose Pickus
Ewla Bragg
Private Shrewsbury Honored With Home Dinner Return
Private Ray H. Shrewsbury returned home from Camp Butner North Carolina for the first time since enlisting on March 13. A dinner party was held at the home of Mr and Mrs Roy Shrewsberry in Oak Grove with many relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury
Butner
Ray H. Shrewsbury
Camp Bugner
North Carolina
Roy Shrewsberry
Oak Grove
Shrewsberry
C. W. Riddick
Rachel Shrewsberry
Beckley
Paul Day
Odd
Robert Weston
Besaco
Tom Shrewsberry
Lewis Wilson
Henry Shrewsberry
Joe Kobor
Killarney
Local WAC Private Pauline Brown Visits Parents
Private Pauline Brown of the Women's Army Corps visits her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown of Fireco during a furlough. After seven and a half months in the women's branch she trained at Fort Des Moines Iowa served at Jacksonville Florida Camp Polk Louisiana and Westover Massachusetts where she now works in clerical duties. A Stoco high school graduate she studied at Appalachian State Teachers College before enlisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Brown
Women's Army Corps
C. D. Brown
Fireco
Womens
Army
Brown
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Jacksonville
Florida
Camp Polk
Louisiana
Westover Army Air Base
Massachusetts
Stoco High School
Appalachian State Teachers College
North Carolina
Mrs. Trumans Team Wins Golf Match At Black Knight
Mrs A J Truman's team defeated Mrs J W Watkins's in nine hole team matches among women golfers at Black Knight Country Club Friday. Mrs L Scherer won the low putts prize. the flag tournament is set for Friday the 16th with first second and third prizes to be awarded, announced Mrs P B Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Truman
J. W. Watkin
Black Knight Country Club
L. &. Scherer
P. B. Kimball
Furloughs and Visits Across States From Maine to Virginia
Staff Sergeant Charles Adams of Presque Isle Maine visits his parents in Coal City on furlough and plans aBarbour Springs camping week. Dorothy Fans and son Swanson Miss Winojean Seymour and Miss Edna Noel from Glen Morgan will join. Connie Lee Yates and aunt from Norfolk arrive to visit Orchard Avenue parents for the summer. Private First Class Boazy Lilly returns to Leesburg Florida after a seven day furlough with local friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Adams
Presque Isle
Maine
Mrs. C. W. Adams
Coal City
Dorothy Fans
Swanson
Winojean Seymour
Edna Noel
Glen Morgan
Barbour Springs
Connie Lee Yates
Victor Smith
Norfolk
Virginia
Miss Yates
E. P. Yates
Orchard Avenue
Mrs. Smith
Boazy Lilly
Army Air Corps
Leesburg
Florida
Leona Ballard Weds Thomas Lee Gray in Gal lipolis Ohio
Miss Leona Mae Ballard daughter of Mr and Mrs K L Ballard of Crab Orchard and Thomas Lee Gray son of Thomas Gray of Danbury North Carolina were married by Justice of the Peace Robert Queen at 6 oclock Tuesday evening May 10 in Gallipolis Ohio. The bride wore a pink crepe street length dress with white accessories and white rose corsage. Attendants were Mrs Claude Minor and Mrs Nina Blair. The bride is a Maloaka high school 1939 graduate and has worked at Carolina Super Market in Beckley. The groom is a 1940 Walnut Cove high school graduate and also works at Carolina Super Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leona Mae Ballard
K. L. Ballard
Crab Orchard
Thomas Lee Gray
Thomas Gray
Danbury
North Carolina
Justice of the Peace
Robert Queen
Gallipolis
Ohio
Claude Minor
Nina Blair
Gray
Maloaka High School
Carolina Super Market
Beckley
Walnut Cove High School
Walnut Cove
Ethel Taylor Weds Odell E Jessup in Mabscott
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Fisher Mae Taylor of Beckley to Odell E Jessup of Prosperity. The Rev H B Fisher officiated at 3 30 p m Thursday June 26 at his Mabscott home. Attire was a powder blue two piece suit. Both graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School class of 1942, they work for Beckley Feed and Supply Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher Mae Taylor
O. R. Taylor
Fairview Lavenue
Beckley
Odell Fr. Jessup
G. M.jessup
Prosperity
H. B. Fisher
Mabstor
Mabscott
Jessup
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Feed and Supply Company
Army Nursing Recruiters Seek Enlistments Here
First Lieutenant Ruth Ann S Lowe of the United States army nurse corps visits Beckley to recruit local nurses for the nurse corps. She notes a national quota of 38,000 by end of 1943 and says West Virginia is meeting targets but needs more nurses from the southern part of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Ann S Lowe
United States Army Nurse Corps
Beckley
Army
West Virginia
Taulenant Lowe
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Columbus
Mildred Wieden
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Virginia
Beckley G Ald
Red Cross
L. G. Houser
Raleigh County
Miss Wieden
Harvard
England
London
Thheir
Wales
Mises Wieden
United States
Verda Pannell Weds Corp Robert L Evans in Beckley
The marriage of Verda Pannell daughter of Mr and Mrs 4 H Pannell Sprague to Corporal Robert L Evans US Army was announced. The ceremony occurred Thursday July 1 at Rev W O Ford's Beckley home with attendants Mrs Lawrence Pittman and Miss Lois Parnell. Mrs Roads attended Beckley schools and works Franklin's Dairy. Evans attended local schools and served two years in the armed forces. he is stationed at Camp Bower Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verda ‘Pannell
Lawrence Pittman
Lois Parnell
Roads
Beckley
Franklin
Corporal Evans
Camp Bower
Texas
Visiting Army Nurse Makes Canteen Stop Look See
Visiting Army nurse Lieutenant Helen June Wilburn visited the Darby canteen run by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. Service members and officers shared donuts, coffee, ham, pie, and sandwiches while praising the canteen’s hospitality. Corporal Earl Allen and Corporal Henry N. Roberts spoke of the helpful, morale-boosting meals and the good impression the facility left on troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. 20
Darby
Roammilfee
Brotherhood of Railroad
Earl Allen
Helen June Wilburn
Daniels
U. S. Army
Wilburn
Camp Atebury
R. W. Geisinger
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Virginia
Henry N. Roberts
Crouch Twins Are Honored At Party
Mr and Mrs Ed Crouch of Sophia hosted a small afternoon party at home to honor their twins Ted and Joan on their second birthday. Guests included Betty Butterworth Dean Joan Hunt Douglas Ballard Betty Jean Halsey Walter Shirley Edwards Christine Halsey Lewis Shrewsbury Barbara Ann Blevins Miladine Blevins Norma Jean Hill Mildred Mann Juanita Taylor Phyllis Ann Butterworth Lars Jean Richards Lanny and Dreama Ballard Norman Rhinehart Dante Davis James Davis and Ann Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Crouch
Sophia
Ted
Joan
Betty Butterworth
Dean
Joan Hunt
Douglas
Jerry Ballard
Betty Jean Halsey
Walter
Shirley Edwards
Christine Halsey
Lewis Shrewsbury
Barbara Ann Blevins
Miladine Blevins
Norma Jean Hill
Mildred Mann
Juanita Taylor
Phyllis Ann Butterworth
Lars Jean Richards
Lanny
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Posey E. Rhodes
Helen Darby
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Mrs. T. D. Darby
Beaver
Joe Shank
Richard and
Joe, Jr
Huntington
A. J. O'Neal
Reservoir Road
Jack O'Neal
United States Navy Air Corps
Alice Olinger
Radford
Howard Combs
Mike
Bluefield
O'Neal
Olinger
Orpha Williams
Greenwood
Mississippi
Air Corps
Joe M. O'Neal
Montgomery
Alabama
Dora Mae Wills
Bertie Wills
Oi Beaver
W. C. Brannen
Bristol
Tennessee
Paint Street
Brannen
W. T. Grant
W. H. Alston
Charlotte
Eddie. T. Wood
Topeka, Kansas, Army Air Base
Beatrice Teague
H. D. Clark
Bob Dillon
William Page
Netroit
Michigan
Harry Thompson
Jackie and
Eddie
A. Maher
Cincinnati
Edith Arnold Mays
Elkton
Maryland
Triumph Explosives Company
Nettie Arnold
Johnstown Road
Ester Yaple
Nan Williams
Organ Cave
Miss Yaple
E. L. Kirk
Mary Carol
Louisville
J. A. Sharp
North Fayette Street
Miss Kirk
Sharp
Ruth Bennett
Bardstown
Donald Sharp
Camp Butner
Allen Bonds
Stamford
Beckley Hospital
Ninth Street
East Beckley
H. C. Buckland
Judy
Youngstown, Ohio
T. R. Walker
Thomas
Mary Walker
Givens Apartments
Johnstown
Alma R. Martin
Washington
Oregon
Helen Martin
Paul Mannix
J. M. Mannix
North Kanawha Street
Chicago
Linois
San Francisco
Andrew F. Amick’ and Daughters
Charleston
D. Howe Johnston
Wickham Avenue
Bill Barrett
the Register
W. T. Williamson
Barrett
Pioneer
Bluestone Presbytery
Fayette County
Beckwith
Elsie Zofer Hicks
Sergeant Troy Hicks
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Belly Zofer
Dayton, Ohio
Robert Boucher
R. A. Boyd
South Kanawha Street
Boyd
Ensign Robert Boyd
Donald Boyd
Violet Houchins
Grather Copley
Marie Lilly
Rosalie Wiley
White Sulphur Springs
Enos R. Crouse
Patricia
Fayetteville
Pansy Riffe
Crawford Street
Trving Goldstein
Beaver Avenue
Gilbert Daniel
Camp Carson
Colorado
Eva Daniel
Howe Johnston
Robert K. Hall
J. W. Hall
Miller Street
Cleon Sarandon
South Heber Street
Mr. Sarandon
Nick Soler
Earnest
Welch
W. A. Lewis
Red Hill
William
Raleigh County Bank
W.aves
Woman's Club
W.A.C
Mrs. Truman
Burwell Ware
Dexter Avenue
LASCA
Siven
SALON
Rero
Foater Hardwate
RIFFE
PHOME
Virginia Strret
Homer W. Rifpe
Brackley
Ethel Taylor
Odell E. Jessup
Odelle
Mr, and
Mrs. Jessup
MOOSE
Women of the Moose
Marguerite
Corn Agtepina Ff Canventen
America
Verda Pannell
Corp
Robert L. Evans
Robert Ll, Evans
Crouch
James Wells
Beckley Hotel
Spode
White Cross Pharmacy
Beckley's
Main & Kanawha Ste
Dial
Penneis
AIOE
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