Juveniles Sentenced or Placed on probation in Fayetteville court
Fayetteville judge H E Dillon Jr presided over 20 cases with 29 juveniles. Only two received reformatory terms. others were placed on probation ranging from one to five years. One girl was placed on probation and several cases were continued due to illness or navy service.
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Fayetteville
H. E. Dillon, Jr
State Reformatory
Pruntytown
Thayer
Cunard
Oak Hill
Hugheston
Montgomery
Dairyhale
U. S. Navy
Hawks Nest
Sun
Scarbro Soldier Killed in San Antonio Plane Crash
Aviation Cadet William F. Kennedy 22 formerly of Scarbro died in a San Antonio air crash on July 22. He recently finished basic training in the U S Army Air Forces. Survived by wife Betty Jo, father Pete, mother Minnie, and brother Patrick. Funeral in Morgantown Tuesday at 2 p m.
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Scarbro
William F. Kennedy
United States Army Air Force
San Antonio
Texas
Kennedy
Air Force
Baptist Church
Betty Jo Kennedy
Morgantown
Pete Kennedy
Whipple
Minnie Davis
Patrick Kennedy
Richard E. Boyd Reported Killed in Navy Service
Mrs. Vivian Boyd of Mount Hope received word that her son Richard E. Boyd was killed while on foreign duty with the United States Navy. He enlisted in 1941 at age 16 after leaving Mount Hope High School and serving at Bradley drug store. He was a member of the Methodist church.
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Register
Mount Hope
Vivian Boyd
Richard E. Boyd
United States Navy
Boyd
Navy
Mount Hope High School
Bradley Drug Store
York Infants Rites Set Today
Funeral services were arranged at the residence of Mrs. today for her granddaughter Linda Lou York aged three months Elia Herron at Eccles at 2 00 p m who died there Friday at 9 30 p m The Rev R B Underwood to officiate Burial in Clay cemetery A half brother Lawrence Fugene Hobbs survives with the parents Mr and Mrs Walter B York of Koppers town who hadill from birth
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Linda Lou York
Elia Herron
Eccles
Walter B. York
Kopperston
R. B. Underwood
Buriay
Clay Cemetery
Lawrence Fugene Hobbs
Family Weekend Gathering in Alderson Evokes East Coast Visits
The Alderson McDowall family met in Alderson for a weekend gathering. Mrs Sadie Alderson returned Thursday from Mt Hope where she had stayed with her sister Mrs Fred Lamberton. Mrs Jarvis and Mrs McDowall arrived Friday from Baltimore and Chicago respectively to join the group.
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Alderson
Vandall Named Principal After Cavendish Resigns
Fayette County dimisses veteran F C Cavendish after a paralytic stroke ending a 25 year Montgomery High School tenure. W K Vandall, previously Lookout High principal, succeeds Cavendish after a career starting in World War I era Mount Hope schools.
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Fayetteville
Montgomery High School
West Virginia
F.C. Cavendish
Fayette County
Cavendish
Mount Hope
Montgomery
Red Cross Pleases Soldiers with Service Kits
Fayetteville report shows army air force thanks for kit bags shipped from the local Red Cross chapter. The Boca Raton unit says the kits are handy and valued by post personnel. The Fayetteville production room faces a $576 quota to equip equal kit numbers, funded by voluntary gifts of one dollar per kit.
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Fayetteville
Army Air Force Technical Training Command
Boca Raton
Fla
H. Be Dillon
County Red Cross
Red Cross
Anniversary Gift At Mt Grove Baptist Church Wyco
The Mt Grove Baptist Church Wyco honored Pastor Rev Henry Dubois with a purse of 145.55 at the close of his anniversary celebration. The Vacation Church School of Ebenezer reported 73 enrolled with named workers and leaders, and other community notices cover visits, revivals, and church events across Beckley and nearby towns.
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Ella Finney
Detroit
Michigan
Gladys
Philip F. King
H. C. Nabrit
L. B. Dandridge
Elsie English
Mary Jackson
Lula Dinard
Nathaniel Vaughn
Robert Mitchell
Samuel White
Cleo Blakey
Olivia Wright
Pidgie Wright
Ada Robinson
Ruth Scott
Mabel Beverly
H. C. Naorit
Elaine Moss
Silvia Mae Price
Lola Moss
Joan Clark
Charlotte Wright
Welen Watkins
Ellen King
Ruth Dandridge
J. 5. Butts
Eloise West
Toledo
Ohio
W. B. Hendricks
Gladys Rumsey
Mich
Alabama
Georgia
Memorial Building
Lester
Ale
G. W. Patterson
H. J. Wooding
Eckman
A. Burke
St. Matthew's
St. Matthews Church
New
Raleigh Road
West Virginia
Jubilee Singers
Glen White
Fay Farley
Lawrence Dow
Hone
Beatrice Spencer
Cine
Fayette Board Classifies Men At Last Meetings
Fayetteville report lists registrants across boards one and two identified as classified or re classified. Designations include Class 1-A tentative I A and Class IV F with names such as Mike Lukie Walter Tracy Ralph Allen James Fountain and Romulus Gentry among others.
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Fayetteville
Mike Lukie
Walter Tracy
den Jey McGraw
Ira James Hagee
George O'Dell
Berttran Pace
Andrew Walker
Arnold Kraft
Carmen Delu¢a
Lucy Aliff, Jr
D Joseph Goins
James Alderman
William McGhee
Randy Dearing
Julus Horch
Clyde Woolwine
Fred White
Milton Holstein
Thomas Davis
James Fountain
James Sauch, Jr
Herbert Holstein
Henry Pittsenbarger
Edgar Crews
Ralph Allen
Warren McKinney
Paul Young
John Drake
George Bowyer
Audrey Duncan
George O'Neil
Luther Treadway
Andrew Leighton
Ienry Crawford
William Berry
Romulus Gentry
Amos Reedji
Marion Wilson
Oscar Nolan
Joseph Bondza
Edward Kincaid
Gasoline Book Issuance Reaches 8500 Totals
About 8500 basic gasoline ration books were written yesterday, bringing county totals to 8500. Not all have been mailed yet as 9800 applicants submitted forms with errors or incomplete data. Estimated county automobile registrations total 9800 and processing will take another week to finish.
Beckley Girls Attend West Virginia Youth Conference
Ruth Gladys Ing Eye and Janet Koch attend the senior assembly at West Virginia Wesleyan College for the West Virginia Methodist youth conference. Ruth serves as assembly secretary. Rev. Walter S. Overstreet of Spencer is dean and Rev. Jarvis of Rumney is manager.
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Gladys
Ing Eye
Janet Koch
West Virginia Methodist Youth Conference
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Walter S. Overstreet
Spencer
East Beckley
Anniversary closes Faith Chapel ALE Church services
Miss Louvenia Davis visits her aunt Mrs Bertha Harris in town for a church anniversary. Services began Monday night and close tomorrow with choir in charge and a guest speaker. Local ministers joining Rev Mitchell Rev Lewis Rev Jennings North Beckley Rev Burks Rev Maxwell Rev Norris. Also notes on residents, private Lonzo M Ross promoted to corporal, and a Mount Hope First Baptist mortgage bond sale to raise funds.
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Alabama
Bertha Harris
Faith Chapel
Mitchell
R. A. Lewis
Jennings
North Beckley
Or. A. Burks
J. H. Maxwell
J. G. Norris
J. A. Jackson
Iillarney
Alvs
Cordelia Clay
Meade
Jackson
N.C. Lewis
James Baldwin
Pulaski
George Mead
Baldwin
East Beckley
Lonzo M. Ross
First Baptist Church
Mount Hope
First Baptist House of Worship
Second Jury Fails to Convict Man in Moonshine Case
In U S district court Judge Ben Moore dismissed a jury that failed to reach a verdict in the case of Giles Johnson Phillips 43 charged with operating a moonshine still at Ghent last December This was Phillips second failed trial at Bluefield federal court The judge indicated the verdict hinged on identifying the man who fled when officers surprised the distillers Also slated for trial tomorrow John Edward Adams a Charlestown Negro preacher faces charges of evading the selective service act Maxine Jones of McDowell county faces flighting a constable Myzence Miller a moonshiner was released on bond Dale Reaves and Frank Pollard of Charleston face Mann act violation trials at Lewisburg term Other attorneys and staff remained in Beckley over the weekend
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U. S. District Court
Ben Moore
Giles Johnson Phillips
Ghent
Phillips
Bluefield
Moore
John Edward Adams
Charleston
Jehoval’s Witness
Maxine Jones
McDowell County
Frank Miller
Lewisburg
Laurel Creek
Wyoming County
Hugh Ferrell
Dale Reaves
Frank Pollard
Farl R. Cavender
Ing Beckley
Succumbs To Injury In Mine In Amigo Coal Mine
Harry Allen Hollins 35 of Corrine dies in a local hospital after an Amigo Coal Company incident. Survived by wife Hazel and three children, plus siblings and in laws. Funeral at Corrine Church Tuesday 2:00 p.m. Rev Blankship officiates. Burial in Sunset Memorial Cemetery.
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Harry Allen Hollins
Corrine
Amigo Coal Company
Amigo
Amos Holling
Princeton
Hazel Hollins
Margaret
Betty
Harry Alten
Parris Hollins
Alton Junction
George Hollins
Everette Hollins
U.S. Army
Raymond
Silas Hollins
Charles Dalton
Alpeca
George Edwards
Corrine Church
Blankenship
Sunset Memorial Cemetery
Harper Road
Refunds Totals For Raleigh County Refrigerators
Carl Drewry of the price division reports $1 356 in refunds issued over 69 years in Raleigh County for overcharged used refrigerators. Two dealers initially objected but settled before court. More refunds expected as ceiling-price violations are corrected.
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Raleigh
Carl Drewry
O. P. Drewer
Helen
Drewery
Robert Webb Named New Manager at Hinton Kroger Store
Robert G. Webb, formerly assistant manager of the local Kroger store and two years manager at the Lewisburg Kroger, has taken over as manager of the Hinton Kroger store replacing D. W. Barksdale who moves to Beckley. Both Webb and his wife are longtime Hinton residents.
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Hinton
Robert G. Webb
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Kroger
Lewisburg
D. W. Barksdale
Beckley
Mr. and
Alvs. Webb
Morale of Guadalcanal troops praised by Soldier on leave
Jess Hall of the U S Army recounted an eight day service on Guadalcanal where he and fellow soldiers enjoyed high morale and ample provisions. Billie Davis covered Bean Caribbean defense for 24 months, and a canteen crowd remarked on turkey fried chicken West Virginia meals. The canteen committee listed names and served a wide menu including pies and cakes.
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Jess Hall
U. S. Army
Guadalcanal
Hall
Berkley
South Carolina
Billie Davis
West Virginia
John Pachute
Mary Higginbothan
Roy Arthur
Crawford
Heddy Hurt
George Walker
William, Waddell
H. E. Mellon
John Wilkes
William Hurt
Yankee Heroic Intercept Over North Africa
Second Lieutenant John T Hanton of South Minneapolis, detached from his squadron due to engine trouble, engaged and shot down a German Messerschmitt Me 109 that attacked a formation of B 17 Fortresses bound for Foggia. He then escorted the bombers back to the African base, reporting his actions after the mission.
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Register
North Africa
Haly
John T.hanton
South Minneapolis
Air Force
Hanton
Italy
Foggia
Capri Penta
Sign Painter Geis Seamen
R Stevens, 62, hired to prepare recruitment posters, was accidentally locked in the basement of the maritime service headquarters. He called military police who sent him to city police then fire department. Firemen finally rescued him through a transom after he recruited two seamen by telephone.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
R. Stevens
Maritime Service
Stevens
Fire Department
Singing School Begins Monday At First Church Of God
Singing school instructed by Oliver O Dell opens Monday at 7 p.m. in the First Church of God Lester. Public invited. Charleston dealers warned to observe price ceilings set April 26 or face treble damages for overcharges. Mullens Pfe and Mrs Alvis 1 Spade announce the birth of a son at 10 p.m Friday at the home of Mrs Spade's parents weighing seven pounds three and four tenths ounces.
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Oliver O'Dell
First Church of God
Lester
Charleston
State
P. A. Price
George H. Hand
Red Commercial Motor Vehicle
Mullens
Pfe
Alvis
Spade
Paul Brammer
Saunders Home Lt John Saunders Returns From Louisiana
Lt John Saunders former Stoco and Trap Hill high school teacher now with the signal corps is home on furlough from Louisiana. He spends his vacation with his parents at Rectes.
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Saunders
John Saunders
Stoco
Trap Hill
Louisiana
Signal Corps
Rectes
Kinney to Interview Hoover on Sunday Radio Program
Gordon Kinney of Hin ton son of Mrs J P Fitzsimmons, now with the Office of War Information in Washington, will appear on a Blue Network radio program with J Edgar Hoover at 1:00 Sunday afternoon. Hoover directs the Federal Bureau of Information.
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Hinton
Gordon Kinney
J. P. Fitzsimmons
Office of War Information
Washington, D. C
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Information
Blue Network
Soldiers speak on war zones and service wishes
Emory Cole recalls Guadalcanal four months and dislikes returning to the South Pacific while open to Europe. Edward Seco notes Navy travels to Cuba and Brazil. Ralph Davis, five months in service with four in hospital, expresses frustration at being kept from duty despite repeated applications.
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Emory H. Cole
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Edward Seco
U. S Navy
Cuba
Brazil
Ralph Davis
Pineville Teacher to Attend FFA Camp at Camp Caesar
G. F. Brown, a national agriculture instructor at Pineville High School, is slated to attend the Future Farmers of America camp at Camp Caesar in Webster County from August 9 to 11. It is expected a delegate from the local chapel will accompany him.
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Register
Pineville
G.F. Brown
Pineville High School
Farmers of America
Camp Caesar
Webster County
Bond Election and County Finances in Raleigh
The document explains a certificate filed with the Attorney General to approve Airport Bonds. It notes that district bond payments have been diverted to general county expenses, requiring replacement to avoid taxpayer shortfalls. State of West Virginia Raleigh County notice.
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West Virginia
Raleigh
Towit
Harry Anderson
Raleigh County
General County
General County Fund
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