Eastern Star Holds Its Annual Election of Officers
Pineville Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star held its meeting on June 3. Mary Childers of Marianna received the degree. Officers and members attended, with Nelie Browning elected worthy matron and George H Bragg named worthy patron for the coming year. Installation is planned for the next stated meeting on June 17.
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Register
Pineville
Order of the Eastern Star
Mary Childers
Marianna
Silas Brooks
Fred H. Shannon
Eloise Braga
George Bragg
Flora Cooke
Netie Browning
Lillian Smith
Ruby Brown
Elizabeth Butler
Luna Worrell
Letah Cook
Adah
Brooks Cooke
Ruth
Lydia Curry
Esther
Mabel Hale
Martha
Zida Chambers Cooke
Electa
Helen Cook
Glenna Tucker
Sentinel
Ruth Blankenship
Judith
Ann Bragg
Ola Brown
Lola Lundy
Hylton
Elizbeth Williams
Rubye
Nelle Colley
Bertha Shannon
Catherine Webb
Juanita Mangus
Worthy Matron
Elect
Bertha Thomas
Algie Ratliff
Marshal
Mars. Brooke
Cooke
Lydia
Curry
Eloise Bragg
Rubye Nelle Colley
Missi Catherine Webb
Pineville Women Session On Dehydration Study
Pineville club members met June 1 at the Lewis home with Mrs. Boxley presiding. Miss Helen Hale from Princeton led a program on dehydration after the business meeting, followed by punch and cookies served by Mrs. Holloway, Mrs. Huffman, and Mrs. Hansbarger. ARLESTON John Atwood denied appeal in murder case. also denials for Umberger and Bailey wage-back appeals.
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Pineville
John Atwood
Register
Avemen’s Club
W. M. Lewis
Rachel Boxley
Lydia Curry
Helen Hale
Princeton
Appalachian Electric Power Company
W. C. Holloway
Fred L. Huffman
Joe H. Hansbarger
Associated Press
Arleston
John = Atwond
Tilden Graham
State Supreme Court
Wyoming County
W. K. Umberger
Dale Bailey
Mercer County
J. W. Humphries Dies In Maryland
J Will Humphries longtime Hinton resident and brother of Harry Humphries died in his sleep at his home in Reistertown Maryland near Baltimore after heart ailment. He worked with Laing Humphries and Co and visited Hinton over 25 years. Services planned in Reistertown with interment in Staunton Virginia. Survived by wife one daughter three sons all in the army and two brothers Walter M Humphries of Birmingham Alabama and Harry G Humphries of Hinton.
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Register
Hinton
J. Will Humphries
Harry ©. Humphries
the National Bank of Summers
Reistertown
Baltimore
Laing, Humphries and Company
Staunton
U. S. Army
Walter M. Humphries
Birmingham
Ala
Harry G. Humphries
Oceana Woman's Club Pyramid Party Held at Beane Home
Mrs L W Beane hosted a pyramid party at her Oceana home Friday for the Oceana Woman's Club. Guests included Mrs Maude Cozart and Glenn Cozart of Mullens, Mrs Lucille Cook, Mrs J A Meadows, Mrs J C Bardhey, Mrs Tennis Kennedy and infant, plus the hostess. The event is part of a summer series by club members.
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Register
Oceana
L. W. Beane
Oceana Woman's Club
Maude Cozart
Glenn Cozart
Mullens
Lucille
Cook
J. A. Meadows
J. C. Bardhey
Tennis Kennedy
Gen
Wesley Cooke to be christened at First Presbyterian
Mrs Dell Cooke spends weekend in Charleston with son and daughter in law. Mr and Mrs Harry W Cooke and small son Wesley will be christened at the First Presbyterian church in Charleston today.
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Resister
Pineville
Dell Cooke
Charleston
Harry W. Cooke
Wy Register
Jimmie Dell Cooke
Lane Cooke
Morris Harvey College
West Virginians listed wounded in North Africa
Private William A. Richmond of Pluto, son of Winston Richmond, is among 32 West Virginians reported by the war department as wounded in action in the North African area. Fern Coleman of West Oceana to attend Concord College summer session as valedictorian of Oceana High School. Private James Dowe Cook of Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio, arrives for a 14 day furlough with his Oceana parents.
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Register
Hinton
William A. Richmond
Winston Richmond
Pluto
War Department
Concord
Oceana
Fern Coleman
West Oceana
Athens
Concord College
Coleman
Oceana High School
James Dowe Cook
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
Howard Cook
Farm Workers To Get Insurance Policy For Volunteers
The West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service reports a new low cost accident insurance policy for youth volunteers in the 1943 emergency farm labor program. The plan covers medical expenses up to 250 dollars and provides death or disability benefits, available without medical examination. Applications are from county agents. participation is voluntary but advised for first time farm workers.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
Victory Farm
West Virginia Agricultural Extension Service
VFW
C. R. Dorsey
Special Grand Jury Selected to Meet Soon in Pineville
Sixteen grand jurors and fifty petit jurors were drawn for a special circuit court term in Pineville set to begin June 14 led by Circuit Clerk John S. Lambert and juror commissioners H. F B Crews and Lewis G Bolen. Jurors include Van Toler J J Bailey John Banks Virgil Spratt John Kelly G P Goode Jeff Jordan Fred Riffe and others with petit jurors listed for service at the regular session starting July 13.
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Pineville
John S. Lambert
H. F B. Crews
Lewis G. Bolen
van Toler
Baileysville
J. J. Bailey
Loman Blankenship
Crumpler
D. Akers
Basin
John Banks
Negro
Alpaca
Virgil Spratt
Rockview
John Kelly
G. P. Goode
Jeff Jordan
Simon
Fred Riffe
Hanover
Wood Conk
Jesse
John FR. Shumvaie
F. EF. Lampton
Mullens
Rodney Shannon
Bailey
Glen Rogers
Maceo Early
Glen Morrison
Bert Woolwine
C. Jh. Harvey
Hubert Shields
Lloyd Shields
Ora Adams
Chas
Kelly
Lacy Dillon
Herndon
Tracy Wyatt
Elbert Cook
Corinne
Phillip Graham
John Warren
Stephenson
Brady Church
Bud
A. Adams
Virginian Railway Company
Covel
Fergie Scott
Vaughn Stewart
John Bowman
Lacy Conk
Shube Smith
Keyrock
Herbert Morgan
Walf Pen
A. Oley Cook
Verner Morgan
Clear Fork
Hugh Bradbury
Clearfork
L. J. Morgan
Guyan
Bernie Short
Leslie Walls
Dee Conley
Joe Mallory
W. P. Alifft
W. B. Toler
Charley Stewart
George Nolley
Miner
Wyco
Joe Ellis
War Gardens Fill Kenova Vacant Lots in Victory Drive
In Kenova West Virginia the chamber of commerce led a campaign to convert about 150 vacant lots into victory gardens. Landowners granted plots, land was plowed and harrowed, hot beds prepared, and seeds donated. Gardens must be cultivated with a range of vegetables and not sold. free plants are offered to Tri-State residents who pledge to grow them.
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Associated Press
Kenova
Burgers
Chamber of Commerce
O. E. Hauprock
West Virginia
Mountain
Hallbrock
Haubrock
Haybrook
Ashland
Huntington
Charles Howard
Haub
Nature
Tri-State
RE BACK HOME
Mrs BE Curry and her two children Earl and Kay have returned from visits to relatives in Morehead Kentucky and Portsmouth Virginia.
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Sy Register
Pineville
Visitor Belma Dunbar Guests in Marmet Home
Miss Belma Dunbar of Marmet, guest in the home of her sister Mrs. T. E. Painter and family in Marmet, becomes part of a light local note. A Longmont man finds a dollar fluttering down on the street when a paper dropped from a bird-assisted breeze.
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Oceana On Register
Oceana
Belma Dunbar of
Marmet
T. E. Painter
Longmont
Colo
Venereal Disease Rate Prompts West Virginia Education Push
In Parkersburg fifty six of a thousand white men tested for selective service were infected with venereal diseases, higher than state and national averages. Fulton urged social protection education in high schools, citing Wisconsin’s program. Police Chief Hulbert said prostitution is being controlled and military reports show few infected soldiers.
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Parkersburg
Thompson R. Fulton
Fulton
Social Protection Division
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Service
Wand County
Wisconsin
West Virginia
C. W. Hulbert
Hulbert
Non-Layers Are Like Bad Apples in Poultry Advice
West Virginia University expert J. B. Smith urges culling non layers and diseased birds to boost flock efficiency during summer. He cites a hen that never lays as costly and describes visual signs of a poor layer. Milwaukee police thrice recovered stolen cars before owners noticed.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
J. B. Smith
West Virginia University
Smith
West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
Revival leading minister ends series at Naz arene church
Reverend Gerald Bright of Muncie Indiana conducts daily revival services at the Church of the Nazarene on Johns town road since May 27. The series ends Sunday with a 7:30 p m service and special music led by Rev M J Gray and his wife. A Sunday school rally is set for Sunday morning with Bright delivering the morning sermon. Public invited tonight at 7:39.
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Gerald Bright
Muncie
Indiana
Church of the Nazerene
Johnstown
M. J. Gray
Bright
Church OF God
Broadway Street
East Park Rider
W. A. Tresenwriter
Vireginia Powell
Good-By to the World Through Prayer on the Hill
A sermon reflects on Jesus retreating to the hill to pray after feeding the multitude and sending the disciples away. It urges modern readers to say goodbye to distractions, seek solitude, and seek the gifts of wisdom love and eternal life through ongoing prayer with God.
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Jesus
Moffat
John Newton
Christ
Mark
Halford Luccock
Esus
God
Jess
Community Church and Bible Center Schedule roundup
A wide slate of church services is listed with times for Sunday school at 9:45 to 11:00 a.m. Morning worship spans 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Evening services vary 7:00 to 7:80 p.m. including revival meetings, youth groups, and prayer sessions across multiple congregations in McAlpin, Beckley, and nearby communities.
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Hcalpin Community Church
Francis Wilson
McAlpin
R. P. Richardson
Young Peoples
Bic
Church OF the Brethren
First Methodist Church
South Heber St
Paris Bell
A. md
C. Gingrich
South Fellowship
ES Community Church
Stwood Anderson
Methodist Temple
Aou South Kanawha
Glenn W. Stewart
Rundel
Piney View Community Church
Finley Prewitt
Prewitt
B.Y.F
Bluestone Baby 1St
Charles Bo Walker
Reesie Woodfumn
Fayetteville Baptist Church Service Schedule
Rev. Dr. James F. Frame leads Sunday school at 10 80 a m and sermons at 11 00 a m and 2 00 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday at 8 00 p m at 700 p m.
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Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Glen Daniel
Virgie Harvey
Virgil Harvey
Becket
Alble Clase Wacher
Prana
Hollywood Baptist Church
McArthur Rey
Sam C. Smith
Pater
Praver
First Baptist Church
Glen View
Shirley Welenh
Taco Am
Mount Hope Baptis
Temale
Clarence Figeatt
Schooet
Ina
AwKop
Oak Hill Baptist Church
de, Als, Kelley
Schoo
Serman
Ega
Ane al Iron m
Fayetteville Baptist Church
James F. Frame
Colored Churches and Faith Leaders Meet Across Raleigh and West Virginia
A fragmented church directory lists multiple congregations led by pastors in Raleigh and West Virginia. It notes morning and evening worship times, Sunday School schedules, and missionary or guest programs. A women's day program is set for Sunday night June 6 under the Missionary society. Names include Rev M D Spiller and Rev Henry Clarke, with various pastors and superintendents named for local churches.
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Matthew A. M
Raleigh
We G. Harris
Walster Moraing
Annie Armstead
J. S. Butts
Tit P. Om
Guests Will Leave For South America
Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Lone and Mr. and Mrs. 1H. M. Mann hosted guests this week including Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Osborne of Washington DC. May and Mrs. Osborne plan to depart soon for Argentina and Chile, South America, to work for the United States government. Also visiting were KF Osborne of Clendenin West Virginia.
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Lindside
M. Mann
F.C. Osborne
Washington, D.C
May
Osborne
Argentina
Chile
South America
United States
Sylvia Lang
Long and Mann
KF Osborne
Clendenin
West Virginia
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Raleigh Junk CO
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Main St
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R. D. Watts Insurance
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Prince St
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Kester Cleaners
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Beckley, W. VA
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Black Knight Industries
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Gast Amere Gas Utilities
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Lawton Jasper Motors
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