Red Cross Aid To Ashford General Hospital Year In Review
The Ashford General Hospital Red Cross camp and hospital committee reports extensive support from January 1945 through the past year. Just one month’s gifts include bags cups combs books and hospital supplies while three months April to June saw Easter cards tray favors cookies and nursing quarters funds among dozens of items. More than 30 organizations formed the committee providing morale boosting services and equipment to patients and staff during rehabilitation efforts.
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Red Cross Camp
Ashford General Hospital
Camp and Hospital Committee
Camp and Hospital Council
West Virginia
Red Cross
Greenbrier Hospital
Business and Profession Woman's Club
First Christian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Girl Scouts
Sigma Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Beckley Sisterhood
Lions Club
Pythian Sisters
Raleigh
Order of Eastern Star
Bethlehem
Navy Mother’s Club
Azalea Garden Club
Junior Red Cross
Catholic Daughters of America
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Beckley’ Woman’s Club
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Maid’s and Matron’s Social Study
Woman's Improvement League
Daughter’s of the American Revolution
Junior Woman
General Kepner to Speak at Kokomo High Graduation
Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner will deliver the commencement address at his own Kokomo high school graduation. The 30 year veteran joins 27 veterans receiving diplomas on March 28 in a special ceremony announced by Principal C. E. Hinshaw. The general is a member of the joint Army Navy Marine board preparing atomic bomb tests in the Pacific in May.
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Associated Press Kokomo, Inc
William E. Kepner
Kepner
Joint
Army-Navy - Marine Board
Pacific
Kokomo High School
Marines
C. E. Hinshaw
Veterans at Fort Meade Discharge 33 Beckley Area Soldiers
Thirty three veterans from Beckley area discharged from the army at Fort Meade Maryland according to fort public relations releases. Names include Pfc Frankie Lively Pfc Robert E Tucker Cpl Ernest C Harris T D Westfall Ottie Sweeney Elmer L Herndon Arlie E Taylor Paul E Solaski Lee R Hess Robert R Thompson James H McGuire Charles W Shields Howard L Ford Lewis F Tyree Rufus V Pruitt Oscar Bishop Charles F Fink Clarence M Orlander Buford L Jones Stephen A Czika Carson Billy M Carson Harold L Toler Roy A Thompson Roy B Doss Hobart J Price Earl H Williams Fred O Smalls Vincent McKenzie Mike J Kozma Aven C Whitt Herndon Walter C Gray Brown L Keener Maurice G Oakley among others.
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Beckley
Fort George G. Meade
Frankie Lively
Dorothy
Robert E. Tucker
Pax
Ernest C. Harris
Shady Spring
Tyward D. Westfall
Homing Falls
Ottie E. Sweeney
Elmer L. Herndon
Fayetteville
Arlie E. Taylor
Helen
Paul E. Solaski
Lee R. Hess
Ghent
Robert R. Thompson
Bellepoint
James H. McGuire
Victor
Charles W. Shields
Richmond
Howard L. Ford
Oak Hill
Lewis F. Tyree
Rufus V. Pruitt
Oscar Bishop
Edwight
Charles F. Fink
Montgomery
Clarence M. Orlander
Crumpler
Buford L. Jones
Richwood
Stephen A. Czikora
Harvey
Billy M. Carson
Harold L. Toler
Anjean
Roy A. Thompson
Ameagle
Roy B. Doss
Glen Morgan
Hobart J. Price
Meadow Creek
Earl H. Williams
Sprague
Fred O. Smalls
Hilltop
Vincent McKenzie
Quinwood
Mike J. Kozma
Aven C. Whitt
Herndon
Walter C. Gray
McAlpin
Brown L. Keener
Birch River
Maurice G. Oakley
Montcoal
Revenue Office Opens Night Hours At Beckley
The Beckley Internal Revenue office in the post office basement will stay open tonight 7 to 9 and Friday 7 to 12 midnight to help taxpayers with late returns. Regular hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday is the filing deadline.
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Beckley Internal Revenue Office
Post Office
Four Beckley youths enlist in the Navy
Beckley area youths have volunteered for enlistment in the navy. The four named are William G. Conner of Beckley, James F. E. Durham of Odd, Richard P. Conklin of Glen Morgan, and Claude Wynn of Arnett, announced by Lt. Com. J. M. Tully, state navy recruiting officer.
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Beckley Area
Navy
Com
J. M. Tully
William G. Conner
Beckley
James FE. Durham
Odd
Richard P. Conklin
Glen Morgan
Claude Wynn
Arnett
Negro Baby Clinic Scheduled Next Week
A well-baby clinic for children six months to six years will run from 10 a m to 12 noon next Wednesday at the Raleigh county health department. Dr C A Smith will supervise the clinic sponsored by the Women s Club.
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Raleigh County Health Department
C. A. Smith
Woman’s Club
Verdict awards $8 500 to Mes Stout in refinery blast suit
A jury awarded Mrs. Marie Stout of Arnett $8,500 in the $30,000 damage suit against Elk Refining for injuries from an explosion at the Lewis Terminal on October 17. Co-defendant T R Carney was absolved. Elk’s attorneys moved to set aside the verdict as testimony questioned whether Stout’s daughter struck a match.
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Marie Stout
Arnett
Elk Refining Company
Lewis Terminal
T. R. Carney
Stout
Transcript Ordered In Roberts Case Proceeding
Deputy circuit clerk Thomas E. Jones is to prepare a transcript of the State of West Virginia versus William Thomas Roberts for the United States District Court in Bluefield. The transcript may be used for Williams Thomas Roberts versus the Berkeley Newspapers Corporation, now pending. Docket date is March 21.
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Thomas E. Jones
Ben H. Ashworth
State of
West Virginia
William Thomas Roberts
United States District Court
Bluefield
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Fisherman's Dividend in Cod Throat Mystery
Portland Maine report notes Ernest Ross, a small boat fisherman, earned 355 dollars and 10 cents for 4100 pounds of mixed fish. The extra ten cents was found in a cod’s throat prompting wonder about the anomalous dime.
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Portland
Ernest Ross
Girls Cost More In Some Parts Of West Virginia
Washington wage conference on soft coal industry reveals birth costs differ by gender in West Virginia. A company doctor for West Virginia Coal and Coke charges 25 for boy deliveries and 30 for girl deliveries. Paul K Reed, a UMW research committee technician, notes the discrepancy and questions why.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
Washington
Paul K. Reed
U.M.W
West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
Reed
Two County Men Discharged By Navy at Bainbridge Center
Two county men have been discharged from the navy at the Bainbridge Maryland Separation Center. Discharged are Malcolm Pickus of 528 Woodlawn Ave Beckley and Henry Wilson Dickerson of East Gulf.
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Navy
Bainbridge, Md
Public
Malcolm Pickus
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley
Henry Wilson Dickerson
East Gulf
County Soil Not Depleted By War
Kelly Farmer, chairman of the Raleigh County AAA, says soil practices and the AAA program kept farms in excellent shape during the war. Since 1936 the program supplied lime, super phosphate, and covered crops, with many requests exceeding supply as war demands rose.
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Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Raleigh County
Kelly Farmer
County Aaa Committee
Rahalls Get Permit For Radio Station At Norristown
Rahall Broadcasting Co of Beckley has been granted FCC authorization to operate a standard radio station at Norristown Pennsylvania on 1110 kilocycles with 500 watts. Directors Joe Rahall Sam Rahall Farris Rahall and Deem Rahall pursue AM and FM permits in Allentown and Norristown. Farris Rahall will depart to set up the new Norristown facility, with operations to start in about 90 to 100 days.
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Federal Communications Commission
Norristown
Rahall Broadcasting Co
Farris Rahall
Beckley
Joe Rahall
Sam Rahall
Deem Rahall
Rahal Broadcasting Company
Allentown
Lime and phosphate price relief discussed by farmer
A farmer noted the 1900s era levy required $1.10 per ton for lime and 25 cents per bag for phosphate. He added that this year lime costs farmers $1.02 per ton, signaling a price drop.
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Ashford
Europe
Dr. D. Jayne & Son
Jayne
Crowgey
Kellysville
W. Va
Clinton D. Setliff
EB. L. Setliff
Killarney
Fort Bliss
Texas
Revenue Office
Natuo
Doan
Acme Novelty Co
W. Market Street
Indianapolis
Tna
Roberts
Rahalls
Sonny
Wwe
Nabisco
Niagara Falls
The
American Red Cross
Appalachian Electric Power CO
Florida
Hearth Club
Clubber Girl
Johnson
Gerber Baby Food
Penick
LIC
Carolina
Crab Orchard Road
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