Raleigh County Canning Demonstrations Rally Food Preservation
In Raleigh County farm wives attended demonstrations on pressure canning and food dehydration to stretch rations. Harriet Dotson led a crab Orchard Pemerton session showing beet canning in a pressure cooker and appalachian electric power sponsored home dehydrator experiments built by the Harvey family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Victory
Farm Security Board
Harriet Dotson
Dotson
F. W. Hatfield
W. H. Maddy
W. T. Graybeal
Appalachian Electric Power Company
H. H. Harvey
Appalachian
D. H. Harvey
Harveys
Harvey
Laurel Terrace
Ant
Crab Orchard
Pemberton
G. M. Brammer
Hove
Brammer
Tom Walker
F. M. Comer
Edithe Meadows Becomes Bride of Sergeant Norris Sims
Edithe Meadows of Rhodell married Sergeant Norris Sims of Beav er, United States Army. The single ring ceremony was July 17 at Rev. A H Wilson's home Beckley. The couple planned to reside with Mrs Sims' sister in Beaver while she continues teaching in Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edithe Meadows
M. A. Meadows
Rhodell
Norris Sims
United States Army
Claude Sims
Beaver
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Beckley
Leslie
Sims
Sto‘co High School
Concord College
Athens
Lawton
The
Order of Eastern Star
Fayette County
Sergeant Sims
Detroit
Michigan
Shady Spring High School
Purity Baking Company
Beckley and
Charleston
Army
Tank
Camp Gordon
Georgia
A. J. Lucas
Layland
Many Visitors Gather At Local Homes In Beckley
A wide range of local and visiting people are listed at homes on Woodlawn avenue and Harding street, including Mrs. Nat Berman, Mrs. W. I. Erskine, Staff Sergeant Ralph W. Freeland, Jesse Arthur Crozier, and Elizabeth Taraczkozy. Travelers from Ashland North Carolina Panama Norfolk and West Virginia are mentioned among relatives and friends. several service members and families, plus local residents, are noted visiting, returning, or staying for leaves and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Lewis
C. L. Elliott
Ashland
North Carolina
Harding Street
Mary Lou Lewis
H. M. Kilgore
West Virginia
Beckley
Elinor
Robert Kilgore
Camp Hood
Texas
Mount Tabor Youths Meet In Beckley
The Mount Tabor Junior Baptist Young Peoples Union gathered at Mr. and Mrs. Paul Meadows home in Beckley for a social and devotional session. After the devotional, games and refreshments followed for attendees including Mary Katherine Tolbert John Earl Stanley Bette Jo Reed Woodrow Toney Richard Gillespie Nyla Jean Gunter Frederick Phipps Raymond Ward Mary Jane Phipps Edna Smith Richard Phipps Kenneth Ward Mary Taylor Elizabeth Goodman Freda Reed Reva Meadows and the Meadows couple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Tabor
Junior Baptist Young Peoples Union
Paul’ Meadows
Pike Street
Beckley
Mary Katherine Tolbert
John Earl Stanley
Bette Jo Reed
Woodrow Toney
Richard “Dick” Gillespie
Nyla Jean Gunter
Frederick Phipps
Raymond Ward
Mary Jane Phipps
Edna Smith
Richard Phipps
Kenneth Ward
Mary Taylor
Elizabeth Goodman
Freda Reed
Reva
Jewell Meadows
Paul Meadows
Elite Bowling Alleys Open All Summer Hours
In summer hours the Elite Bowling Alleys announce open times from 7 PM on weekdays and 2 PM to 6 PM on Sundays. The ad promotes extended seating and family night with specials throughout the season.
Women Golf Tourney Opens Tomorrow at Black Knight
Plans for the women’s spring golf tournament at Black Knight Country Club were announced by Mrs. F. G. Kimball golf chairman. The event runs from tomorrow through Tuesday with 16 entrants as of today. Mrs. J. L. Watkins’s team beat Mrs. A. J. Tru man’s team in Friday’s nine hole lead matches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Knight Country Club
F. G. Kimball
Relatives Gather in Beckley Oak Hill and Far Flung Homes
Local notices list relatives visiting Beckley and Oak Hill. Families welcome guests from Baltimore Orlando Charleston Steubenville and Connecticut. Military figures from North Africa and Europe are mentioned along with furloughs training and overseas assignments.
Junior Waves Organized Here to Aid War Effort
Maxwell Hill forms patriotic youth group called Simior Waves with Elizabeth Nunn as admiral. The 17 members collect books for service members and name donors Mrs Wingler Mrs Dillon Larry Shultz and Elizabeth Nunn. They will scrap metal waste fats and hose and raise Red Cross and Raleigh County Service Men's Canteen funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simior Waves
Maxwell Hill
Elizabeth Nunn
5S. S. Nunn
Wingler
Dillon
Larry Shultz
Admiral Nun
Soldier returns from furlough to Hammer Field Fresno
Corporal Posey Rhodes of the United States Army Air Corps returns to Hammer Field Fresno after a week’s furlough spent with his wife and relatives in Crab Orchard. He is owner of the Carolina Super Market in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Posey Rhodes
United States Army Air Corps
Hammer Field
Fresno
California
Jin
Carolina
Beckley
Three Women to Attend Scout Staff Camp in Vermont
Raleigh county trio Myra Williams Betty Barrett and Ann Prillaman will join Myra Luce of Boston to staff Camp Plymouth at Echo Lake Ludlow Vermont for August. Luce directs New England camps and has led Girl Scout programs for over 15 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Ludlow
Vermont
Camp Plymouth
Echo Lake
Myra Williams
Betty Barrett
Beckley
Ann Pril+ faman
Sophia
Myra Luce
Boston
Massachusetts
Camp
Splinter
Richwood
Luce
New England
Plymouth
New Hampshire
Miss Williams
Barrett
Prillaman
Myra Sue Roush
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brammers
Mary Lou
Dotty Brammer
Margaret Walker
H.W. Harvey
D. W. Harvey
Sergeant Norris
Simms
Mrs. Norris Sims
Stallard
Nat Berman
Woodlawn Avenue
W. I. Erskine
Lewisburg
Ralph W. Freeland
Bradley Field
Connecticut
D. A. Freeland
Ewart Avenue
Jesse Arthur Crozier
South Pacific
J. R. Crozier
Seattle
Washington
Taraczkozy
H. B. Blick
United States Navy
Norfolk
Virginia
M. C. Hamm
Paula Alberts
Logan
Beck
Lacey Blick
Ley
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Charlottesville
Joe Taraczkozy
Panama
Elizabeth Taraczkozy
Ohio
James C. Lewis
Panama Canal Zone
J. E. Lewis
Margit
Buddy Starks
Frances
Della
Elsie
Flick
Oak Hill
Teractkozy
Steve
Ola Lee Hatfield
Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
Marceline
Janet Berman
Midge Lee
Marcelle Prince
Rosemary McQuade
Atlantic Beach
North Batnin
Yesteray
J. W. Maxwell
R. L. Maxwell
H. B., Blick
Nancy Duncan
C. M. Blick
T. A., Mullins
Huntingtons
C. M. Flick
Mr. Tabor
Key West
Florida
Andy Cook
Stamaford Road
Rosetta Flint
Eva Redford
Emma Mae Flint
L. E. Flint
United States Naval Reserve
Ray Richmond
North Africa
W. H. Holliday
Mike
Baltimore
Maryland
Elsie Landreth
Clyde Street
Robert M. Nandy
Robert M. Dowdy, Jr
Orlando
FE. J. Dowdy
Riley Street
Sergeant Dowdy
Ellis J. West
Boyd Lilly
Shady Spring
Arthurdale
Hartford
Underwood Typewriter Company
Della Pelle Walker
South Kanawha Street
Jack Michells
Mary Carver
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Lloyd F. Hopkins
Colonial Apartments
William C. Stone
Vine] Street
Silver Springs
James G.foster, Jr
Danville
Kentucky
Darnall Hospital
J. G. Poster
Foster
Lucille Foster
Koppers Coal com+ pm
Kim All
Oral Spry
Bobbie Jean
Bradshaw
Joyce Wood
Barwood Street
Roy Herndon
War
Ida Mae O'Dell
Otho O'Dell
Glenn Bell O'Dell
Oliver Conley, II
Steubenville
Belly Ann Conley
Mercer Street
Houston
Holliday
Callaway Heights
Millinery Department
SCOUT
New England Training Center
Jack MecCreery
Princeton
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