Birth Of Twins Blessed Event Soldier Learns
Private Howard Payne stationed in Detroit proposed a leave after learning his wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, Friday at their Central avenue home in Oak Hill. The telegram only stated he was a father of four. a call to home confirmed twins. Payne previously worked at Payne Brothers grocery before enlisting in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
OAK Hill
Howard Payne
Detroit
Martha
James Albert
Sonny
Howard
Payne
Payne Brothers
Mount Hope cadet earns aircrew wings in Miami
Calvin Persinger, 19, son of Mr and Mrs C L Persinger of Mount Hope, completed combat flight training as an aircrewman at the U S Naval Air Station in Miami Florida. He enlisted July 7 1943 and trained at Great Lakes Memphis and Hollywood before qualifying in aviation radio and aerial gunnery. He is a Mount Hope High School graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Calvin Persinger
C. L. Persinger
U.S. Naval Air Station
Miami
Fila
Great Lakes
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Naval Air Gunners’ School
Hollywood
Fla
Mount Hope High School
Eccles Man to Appeal Decision
Gash C Caudill of Eccles appeals a judgment finding him guilty of threatening to kill Mrs Bell Lowe also of Eccles The hearing was held in AiI court last week Caudill posted 500 bond to keep the peace and is represented by James K Edmundson Mrs Lowe’s attorney is J Q Hutchinson The Caspian Sea covers 169000 square miles and is the world’s largest inland sea
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gash C. Caudill
Eccles
Bond
Oley Alls
Bell Lowe
Ail’ Court
Caudill
James K Edmundson
Flying Ensign Ralph Navicki Funeral Set For Monday
Oak Hill Navy Ensign Ralph Navicki 25 who died in a plane crash off the North Carolina coast April 9 is to be buried at Highlawn Memorial Park after funeral services Monday at 2 p.m. at Whipple Catholic Church. Navicki son of Mr and Mrs Frank Navicki of Hilltop enlisted in the navy June 28 1942 after graduating from Concord College in Athens where he led the college band as a saxophonist. He also played with a Bluefield orchestra. He is survived by his wife Rose Salino and his parents and three brothers and a sister. He was born August 18 1918 in Black Lick Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hill
Ralph Navicki
North Carolina
Whipple Catholic Church
Father Francis
Highlawn Memorial Park
Frank Novicki
Hilltop
Navy
Concord College
Athens
Bluefield
Virginia Beach
Curtiss Beach
N. C
Navicki
Rose Salino
Brooklyn
N. Y
Set
Frank Navicki
Florida
Pfe
Leonard Navicki
California
Lawrence
Della Navicki
Washington, D. C
Black Lick
Glen Rogers High School
Stone wall hides eye sore near lumber yard at Janutolo Park
Fay etteville resident C G dJanu tolo builds a native stone wall along his property opposite the lumber yard just below Janutolo Park to cover a run down area. Years earlier he improved a Fayette Station road corner by clearing debris and planting shrubs and trees, enclosing the area with a rustic log fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
C. G. dJanutolo
Janutolo Park
Rover Arunginhyls JaAnp
Yaol
Fayette Station Road
Selective Service Status For Fayette Men Revamped
Fayetteville clerks announce re classifications of selective service registrants after board meetings. Board one lists numerous 1-A and other classifications including 2-A and 4-F with multiple names. board two shows further 1-A, 4-F, and 1-C designations among many individuals.
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Fayette
Walter Fayetteville
Selective Service
A Chas
L. Smith
Jas. F. Williams
William Cumbow
William R. Elswick
Edwin O. Hannah
Walter C. Farmer
Earl T. Wilson
Joseph Pytka
Frank L. Wilkerson
Sanford
Scott
Raymond Buckland
Alvin C. Bennett
Charles IV. Hoge
John J. Martin
John P. Zorio
William G. Dover
Gilbert R. Toney
Charlie R. Massie
Cather V. Claytor
Othar Payne
Dover
Humphrey
Thomas G. DeQuasie
James R. Dickinson
George V. Miller
Charles W. Payne
Sterling A. Nelson
Charles F. Sedlock
James E. T
Arlanda A.calloway
Thomas W. Gilkerson
Ind
Harold E. Stinnett
Vincent R. Gilvert
Women Honor Mrs Bays At MacArthur
The Hollywood Missionary Society hosted a surprise shower at Mrs B T Graham’s home to honor Mrs F T Bays as she moves to Shady Spring. Many members and guests attended and gifts were sent by others. The Moose Women plan a meeting tomorrow night at eight in the Moose lodge chapter rooms with officer elections set for a special June 20 gathering.
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Hollywood Missionary Society
B. T. Graham
MacArthur
F. T. Bays
Shady Spring
Harry L. Stevens
C. 5. Price
Alton Marlin
O. R. Cawley
Garnet Crawford
Lena Richmond
Lowell Cawley
Gladys Surbaugh
Thomas Gathercole
van Bays
Edward Bays
Gary Edward
K. Lynch
Patricia Ruth
James Hughes
Pat
Jimmy
Ruth Jones
Connie Jean
Lula Mee Jones
Mary Gathercole
Virginia Cawley
Charlotte Kay Hendricks
Helen Graham
E. T. Graham
T. E. Richmond
Arlen Crawford
W. A. Jones
MOOSE
of the
The
Moose Lodge
Beckley Elks to Hold Flag Day Observance
Beckley Elks lodge plans a flag day service Wednesday at 8 30 p m in the lodge room on Prince Street. Judge Clarence W Meadows will speak. The service honors the flag and its birth and achievements. Secretary Ross Irle notes 130 lodge members in the armed forces will be named. John Earl Lilly presides and Father John Halpin offers invocation with Lilly presenting a flag history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Elks’ Lodge
Prince Street
Clarence W. Meadows
Ross Irle
D. $. Larrick
S. W. Olwin
Jackson Smith
Ceiling Prices Put On Used Cars
The Office of Price Administration set price ceilings on all used passenger cars from 1937 to 1943, at January 1944 levels, covering about 6 000 models. Dealers and private owners face the same limits, with older cars restricted to model years no older than 1927. Chester Bowles warned of price pressures if controls had not been implemented.
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Associated Press
Washington
Office of Price Administration
O.P.A
Q.P.A
Chester Bowles
Yanks Drive Nazis From Chateau Headquarters
British American forces in France clash at a chateau where Welsh troops chased German units from dining rooms to salons and bedrooms. Allied reinforcements from the west arrive, encircle the site, and U.S. infantrymen flood the building destroying furniture and walls as Germans are routed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. McMillan
Associated Press
France
Chateau
Louis XIV Salon
Beckley Youth Wins Scholarship to Wesleyan College
John Collins Wright son of Mr and Mrs John Wright of Westwood Drive won a four year scholarship to West Virginia Wesleyan College for his strong high school record He graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School last month as an honor student and is employed at a Beckley store He will enroll at Wesleyan in September.
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John Collins Wright
John Wright
Westwood Drive
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wright
Wondrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Fle
Wesleyan
People You Know News of Local Servicemen Moves
Mrs. C R Greene reports son Sergeant Nelson Greene arrives safely overseas. Families visit relatives in Pensacola Raleigh Baltimore New York and Washington while service members relocate to active sea duty and navy assignments. Local residents travel for visits summers and long weekend trips as families remain connected during wartime.
Mabscott Personal News From Mabscott Area
Mabscott people share weekend travels and visitors with relatives in Norfolk Washington Detroit and Beckley. Corporal Phil Hedrick USMC underwent an emergency appendectomy and rests in a South Pacific camp. Notables include Mrs D K Shroyer Mr and Mrs Davenport Mrs Larkin Gunter Miss Mary Lee Walker and Mrs Hattie Hurt with relatives visiting in Detroit Washington and Michigan. Rosemary Mooney visits Whitby and Mabscott families host guests from Florida and Beckley.
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D. K. Shroyer
W. E. Davenport
Charleston
Norfolk
Virginia
Larkin Gunter
Indian Mills
Effie Hedrick
Phil Hedrick
United States Marine Corps
South Pacific
J. S. Daugherty
South Carolina
Bill
Mary Lee Walker
Washington, D. C
W.a.v.ie
Hattie Hurt
Lois Jane Hurt
Lucien Slurt
Detroit
Michigan
Paul Gunter
Fort Custer
Rosemary Mooney
Whitby
Co. ¢. Aadd
C. H. Pugh
New Smyrna Beach
Florida
J. B. Kirk
Mabscott
Martha Fletcher
Ridge Avenue
Beckley
County’s 7 Districts To Name 45 Demo Delegates
Harry Anderson, chairman of the Raleigh county Democratic executive committee, said apportionment for the July Charleston state convention may be written to members due to transport issues. Districts will base delegates on the governor race vote from 1940 with Town district receiving 22, split between Beckley and outside parts. A mass meeting date of June 24 is proposed to name delegates, with temporary chairs to be chosen. The Raleigh county delegation aims for influence in pledging support for state and national candidates.
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Harry Anderson
Democratic Executive Committee
Charleston
Anderson
Raleigh County
Clear Fork
Marsh Fork
Richmond
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Town
Trap ‘Hill
Beckley
Weould
Joe L. Smith
Clarence Meadows
Congress
E. H. Hedrick
Masons Elect Starky Priest
Ralph Starky was elected high priest of the Beckley chapter 28 Royal Arch Masons at the annual election in the Masonic hall. Other officers elected were H. G. Huffman king W. C. Mubling scribe R. A. Shackleford secretary and S. E. Turner treasurer. Officers appointed included M. P. Honts captain of the host T. M. Harris principal sojourner H. D. Gibbs royal arch captain Orvalie Boggs master of the third veil Noe Griffith master of the second veil I. C. Thompson master of the first veil and J. U. Bird tiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Starky
Beckley
Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Hall
H. G. Huffman
King
W.C. Mubling
R. A. Shackleford
S. E. Turner
M. P. Honts
T. M. Harris
H. D. Gibbs
Royal Arch
Orvalie Boggs
Noe Griffith
I. C. Thompson
J. U. Bird
Chaplain Reports Pfc Samples Died in Pacific Combat
Private First Class Bert Thomas Samples Jr of Pemberton died a heroic death on Parry Island in the Pacific. The chaplain and commanding officer report he attended Mass before combat and was buried with military honors on February 23, 1944 at the temporary American cemetery on Eniwetok atoll. Bert’s death followed landing in the first wave under heavy fire and mortally wounded by a mortar. The family, notified by Col. W. W. Orr, will receive his Purple Heart American Defense Service Medal and Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal within six months after the war’s end. The Samples family includes three other Marines Toroms, Billy, and Harold, with Billy newly enlisted and Harold entering service in Norfolk.
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Bert Thomas Samples
Pemberton
Parry Island
Pacific
B. '. Samples
X Bert
Marine Corps
Bert
C. F. Widdecke
Japan Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshall Islands
Widdecke
Berl
Bert Samples
Register
Anthony J. Conway
Mary
Christ
W. W. Orr
Samples
Corps
Toroms
Billy
Harold
Norfolk
Virginia
Birth Announcements for Six-Family News
Mr and Mrs J C Shumate Sophia announce a ten pound daughter Sheila Elsine born Thursday June 8 The Shu mates have three sons Mr and Mrs John Garlor of Stamaford announce a son born yesterday morning at Beckley hospital The baby has not been named Mr and Mrs Robert Morris Brooks Fayetteville announce a son born June 8 weighing 9 pounds 12 ounces Mrs Brooks is the former Miss Eleanor Smith of Beckley
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Shumate
Sophia
Shelia Elsine
Shumates
John Garlor
Stamaford
Beckley Hospital
Robert Morris Brooks
Fayetteville
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Fayette County News
Caspian Sea
Nagicki
Tyree
Ensign Ralph Navicki
Board Number 2
Wallace W. Small
William E. Eversole
George W. Sifers, Jr
Ralph R. Miller
Boyd R. Canter ‘Bury
Robert R. Minnich
Wile
Liam R. Shrewsbury
Bernard A. Burgess
Earl
Hodges Carlos W. Lively
Devil Bryant
Gilman W. Williams
Thomas C. Cheslows
Paul T. Garrett
Roosevelt Catshoun
Jane
H. Halstead
William A. Bellew
Jack Michehero
Carlos A. Williams
Jit C. Olver, Jr
Ivan B. Persinger
George F. Alien
Edward Braxy
Wint T. Prevette
Charles
Thompson
Roy
Hightower
Garfield C. Hall
Frank QO. Smith
Vernon S. Burgess
John M. Midrowskiy
John D. Price
Cecil c. Humphrey
James H. Neal
William H. Eller
Bernard Arthur
James Lewis
Clem H. Bradbury
Thurl H. Wilson
William H. Neighbors
Willie J. Williams
George H. James
Earl A. Ellison
Joh Deldridge
Chester R. Vance
Harold B. Foster
Mason Walker
Horace King
Estle L. Armstrong
Marion C. Gonzales
Bernard M
Mrs. Bays
Sam
Uncle Sam
E. M. Payne
Main Street
Beckley, W. Va
U.S. Treasury
Trassury Nopneil
Judge Meadows
C. R. Greene
Nelson Greene
D. R. Seelinger
Pensacola
W. S. Gregg
Quarry Street
Emma Seelinger
Raleigh
L. R. Conner, Jr
Los Angeles
Louis Richard Conner
Conner
R. Conner, Jr
Bainbridge
Maryland
New York
Omer
Margaret May Feneell
F. M. Brewer
Annapolis
R. A. Cunningham
McAlpin
H. R. Sawyer
Breezy Hill
Jack Dodgson
Camp Robertson
Arkansas
Kendall Rule
Juanita Troutman
Lynn
Massachusetts
Samuel A. Harford
Harford
Broadway Methodist Church
Miss Troutman
Baltimore
W. T. Carter
East Main Street
Henrietta Marquis
Jo Jo
Marquis
Ruby Underwood
Danville
D. X. Underwood
Mead
Thomas Hedrick
Grover Hedrick
Park Avenue
Hedrick
Max Hurl Williams
FE. H. Williams
Margaret L Williams
Northwood Avenue
Williams
Clayton H. Daniel
W. A. Daniel
Daniel
Camp Hood
Texas
Shirley
Wyoming
John Willis
K. E. Gwinn
Maxwell Hill
Gwinn
New Guinea
Donald F. Boyd
Buckley Field
Colorado
R. A. Boyd
South Kanawha Street
J.g
Boucher Boyd
Naval Air Force
Floyd Bennett Field
Josie Harshbarger
Raleigh General Hospital
Ensign George Moore Stanley
George Stanley
Harper Road
Ensign Stanley
Great Lakes Naval Station
Beliyy Humphrey
C Street
Portsmouth
Earl Gilkerson
Charles Baxter
Vicki Lou
Tom Vermillion
Mabscott Personals
Masons
Starky
Pfc. Samples
America
Bate Shin Test Norceeded
Ken
Pee Gee
Oystem
Henry Conway Hardware
Neville Street
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