Two Grose Sons to Be Ordained Tonight at First Baptist Beckley
The two sons of Rev Earl L Grose pastor of First Baptist Beckley will be ordained by their father at 7 80 tonight in the church. Earl Robert Grose Bucknell graduate will begin senior year at Crozer Seminary this fall and aims to be a navy chaplain after graduation in 1944. Raymond Edward Grose Bucknell attended Bucknell and Crozer. ill and at home, he will enter Concord College tomorrow for summer work and then pursue theology. Tonight also marks the last Sunday for Rev Earl L Grose as pastor before he joins Harvard to enter the U S Army Chaplains Corps as a first lieutenant.
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Earl L
Grose
First Baptist Church
Beckley
Earl Robert Grose
Bucknell University
Crozer Seminary
United States Navy
Upland Baptist Church
Chester
Pennsylvania
Raymond Edward Grose
Bucknell
Crozer ‘Seminary
Concord College
Earl L. Grose
Harvard University
Chaplains Corps
United States Army
Farmers Asked To Save Cows From Slaughter
A U S Department of Agriculture program to prevent dairy cows from going to slaughter has been launched in Morgantown as part of war food production efforts. State Farm Security Administration director R G Ellyson says the plan covers 35 counties with labor shortages. Three methods include securing labor to keep herds on farms, directing buyers to dairymen needing cattle, or FSA supervisors purchasing cattle with drafts on CCC funds.
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Associated’ Press
Morgantown
U. S. Department of Agriculture
R. G. Ellyson
Ellyson
Farm Security Administration
FSA
Two Families Win Honors in Golden Horseshoe Contest
In Berkeley County West Virginia the Golden Horseshoe annual contest honors repeat winners. Wanda Frye Mary Kate Frye and Virginia Rae Frye share county awards with Marvin Wayne Strickler and Delford Strickler. Frye children are from Arden and Strickler brothers from Bedington.
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Associated Press
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Berkeley County
Frye
Wanda
Mary Kate
Virginia Rae
Stricklers
Marvin Wayne
Delford
R. W. Frye
Arden
Strickler
Gustav Strickler
Bedington
Wanda Frye
Marvin
Wayne Strickler
Beckley College Opens Tenth Annual Summer School
Beckley college begins its tenth annual summer session on Monday June 7 with on site registration in the main building. Large classes are expected especially in commercial subjects and teacher renewal courses. The six week regular day program runs June 7 to July 15 while the ten week night program runs June 7 to August 13.
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Beckley College
G. E. Hartman
O'Dell Funeral Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs Icie O'Dell 83 to be held at First Methodist Church with Rev S Paris Bell Jr officiating. She died Friday at 107 Hill Street Beckley after hip fracture. Survived by six sons two daughters one sister and one brother 44 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren. Grandsons will pallbear. Also notes birth of Alfred Wayne Blake and Anita Goodwin hired as junior clerk at Farm Security Administration.
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Icie
O'Dell
First Methodist Church
S. Paris Bell, Jr
Hill Street
Beckley
Nicholas County
Raleigh County
B. H
N. A
Hills Lop
M. F
J. C
Bruce
J. A
W. B. O'Dell
St. Petersburg
Florida
Clyde Lemon
Charleston
A. P. O'Dell
Homer Collins
Week's calendar of meetings and Red Cross events
The column lists daily church and civic group gatherings in Beckley including Red Cross sewing and surgical dressing sessions, knitting groups, social clubs, and family church activities. Notable items: Raleigh County chapter Red Cross meetings at Memorial building, Girl Scout and Baptist church activities, and the Southern District Singing Convention at Pineville on Sunday.
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Civic Club
Prince Street
Raleigh
Blue Jay
J. &. Ham- Yet
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wildwood Cemetery
A. H. Wilson
Graves
Rmdal
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Eunice
Beckley Ministerial Association
Presbyterian Church
Monday Music Club
Beckley Hotel
Methodist Temple
Singer Office
R.M.I
Sophia
C. T. Prijlaman
First Christian Church
Singer
First Baptist Church
Business Woman's Group
Roy Brash
North
Kanawha
Eastern Star
RMI
Dirty Dozen
Heber Street
Red Cross Sewine
Cirele
Floyd M. Sayre
John Tanner
H. Meador
J. C. Lively
Virginia Street
W M. Bales
Fourth Street
P. m
Clean Sarandon
P.m
F. F. Keyser
Dexter Avenue
WE. S. McCormick
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Memorial Baptist Church
W. T. Walker
Raleigh Road
Thomas Elswick
Frinay
Fimnice
Tio
Busy Workers
Trap Hill High School
Glen Daniel
He. U. Sloan
Pineville
Eighteen Nurses Aides Graduate Here Friday
Beckley marks its third Red Cross Nurses Aides class graduation at the Woman's club on Park Avenue. Eighteen graduates received caps as Mrs. W Eugene Holcomb of Charleston delivered the welcome address. The ceremony included solos by Mrs. L E F Shrewsbury and prayers led by Dr. Ritchie Ware. Caps were given by instructor Mrs. B Harwood James and stripes earned by members of the first two classes for fifty plus hours of service. 참석자 included graduates Mrs Vernon Rowe Mrs Anna Cook Mrs Bess Milstead Mrs Frances Dixon Mrs Alma Godbey Mrs Mae Coats and others. Raleigh County peers were listed among additional aides in training.
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Beckley
Red’ Cross
Beckley Woman's
Park Avenue
W. Eugene Holcomb
Charleston
B. K. Peter
America
Vernon Rowe
Ritchie Ware
L. EF. Shrewsbury
R. R. Bunton
Nurses’ Aide Committee
M. M. McGuigan
Ware
Anna Cook
Bess Milstead
Frances Dixon
Alma Godbey
Mae Coats
Mary Parker
Geneva Woalwine
Anne Jane Clay
Nell Rand
Janet Snydich
Evelyn Muir
Virginia Vines
June Atkins
Doris Martin
Sue Paris
Ruth Webb
Helen Bolt
Raleigh County
Margaret Taliaferro
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ann Caffee
Wilda Bailey
Verna Winchell
Ida Carroll
Ardath Short
Carolyn Smith
Mary McCully
Mary C. Malone
Mary Morganstern
Helen Farris
Shipment of WAAC Panties Causes Panic in Aleutians
AWF dispatch reports a local scare as U.S. troops in the Aleutians react to a shipment described as WAAC panties. The incident, amid tense wartime conditions, underscores morale concerns and the impact of clothing items on troops in remote bases.
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WAAC
Aleutians
Army Diary Echoes Frost and Jungle Camouflage Front
A wartime chronicle notes strange contrasts from distant fronts. It describes jungle camouflage gear and river jungle huts, a barren island off Kiska with a poster of Italian soldiers, and WAAC gear provoking panic for lack of nearby women. Alaska camps turn camouflaged by summer dwellings while natives welcome Arctic attire. Lt. William Harold Lough of Weston, West Virginia, listed as missing in a Navy casualty report.
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Eman
Japhele’ Kiska
Seale
England
WAAC
Alaska
New Caledonia
Associated Press
Washington
William
Harold Lough
William O. Lough
Weston
W. Va
Navy Department
Beckley Bride Becomes Sergeant McManus Wife in Beckley
Esther Tiller of Beckley married Sergeant Benjamin McManus in a Beckley ceremony at 6 30 p.m. Thursday officiated by Rev David I Rees. The couple, unaccompanied, planned a Seattle wedding trip before he returns to duty and she to Beckley with her parents.
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Esther Tiller
Beckley
Benjamin ‘McManus
Esther ‘Tiller
S. M. Tiler
Benjamin Tu, McManus
June L. McManus
Skelton
Beckley Presbyterian Church
David I. Rees
Thomas Elswick
Beckley College
United States Army
Seattle
Washingon
Benjamin L. McManus
McManus
S. M. Tiller
Sergeant McManus
Joe L. McManus
Register
Button front house dress pattern sale and FFA delegate limits
Good looking vote 34 48 dress pattern No 8367 offered in sizes 34 through 48 with short sleeve option. Send 15 cents plus 1 cent postage to The Raleigh Register Pattern Service New York for pattern details. Also notice Future Farmers of America charter delegates limited to one per chapter at West Virginia convention August 16 18 Buckhannon or Jackson's Mill.
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Raleigh Register
Tilt Avenue
New York
N.Y
Associated Press
Charleston
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia
N. Hansucker
Neit Eice
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Jackson’s Mill
Soldier From Buffalo Plans West Virginia Settlement After War
A Buffalo youth who visited Raleigh county Service Men’s Canteen says he will return to West Virginia to settle after the war. He will seek work in Beckley or Beckley area towns before choosing where to live. Center volunteers and weekly committee chairs are listed, with donations from many local individuals and groups helping sustain the canteen.
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Buffalo
New York
Raleigh
West Virginia
Stover Funeral This Afternoon At Lawson Church
W. H. Stover aged 65 of Monteval died Thursday night in a Charleston hospital. Survived by wife, one son Noah Stover Ameagle, daughters Mrs Monroe Carr Motomne and Mrs Delbert Hornsby Elkridge, 5 stepchildren, 1 brother F Stover Dawes, 3 sisters, 18 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. Funeral at 2:30 this afternoon at Church of God Lawson, Rev Mont Carr officiating. Burial Union Cemetery Lawson.
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W. H. Stover
Monteval
Charleston
Noah Stover
Ameagle
Monroe Carr
Motomne
Delbert Hornsby
Elkridge
Pearl Massie
Millan
Marie Scarbra
Hansford
Dencie Hall
Kincaid
Union Cemetery
Lawson
Infection Fatality Warning for Babies and Children
Tuberculosis infection is described as almost certain death for babies and children by Grover C. Hedrick president of the Raleigh county Tuberculosis association after reviewing a Dr James F William article. Hedrick urges parental responsibility to protect children from contact with TB and ensure proper nutrition to help fight infections. He notes infants have the lowest infection rate but once infected can live for years yet face near total fatality.
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Grover C. Hedrick
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
James F. William
Hedrick
Injury fatal crash kills Wade Vineyard at 45
Associated Press reports Wade Vineyard died in a Spencer hospital after an automobile accident. His son Ralph was injured in the same crash and was listed as recovering.
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Associated Press
Spencer
Wade Vineyard
Ralph
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Robert Grose
O’dell
Alfred Wayne
Vercil A Blake
Blake
Gracie Lilly
Anita Goodwin
Woodlawn Avenue
Ward Irwin
Register Social
Women’s Missionary Society of the
American Red Cross Disaster Committee
American Legion Auxiliary
A. Ray Fink
James Kirk
Mabscott
Connie Haines
Tintapin
Ested
Sonnie
Jack Supple
Hollywood
Calif
Eugene Burns
U.S
Father Williams
Von
Beckley Drug Co
Main St
Beckley Moose Lodge
Jimmie Hetzer
Fayne & Foster
Chicago
Miami
Toots Brooks
WLW
NBC
LERD
the Frog Man
Jimmie Jewecl
Jay Woods
Moose Ballroom
Blatefield
Riley Groseclose
Aft
B. M. Weaver
B. E. Silverman
Carl Price
R. B. Callison
L. C. Dickenson
Agnes Givens
Beckley Junior Woman’s Club
Mark Twain High School
E. Walker
P- H. Reardon
C. W. McCormick
J. I. Holliday
Fayetteville
R. L. Fadeley
Mary Zuchick
Lucy Donovan
Billye Bowyer
Cain
Lewisburg Ice Cream Company
T. L. McCreery
Reservoir Road
Stover
Lows Brothers
Hill-Rohrer Lumber Co
Central Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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