Coal Inspector Beheaded At Glen Jean Mine
Funeral services are set for Daniel Peter Vento 39 chief coal inspector for New River Co after his death Friday when his head was severed while working on a coal conveyor at Glen Jean. The Oak Hill service will be led by Rev Gilmer Cross with burial in Highlawn Memorial Park. Vento survived by wife Lucille Moses Vento mother Josephine Vento and brothers Walter Leon Benny. Active pallbearers include Luther Allen Thomas Foster A W Holmes Fred Treadway Earl Smith James Bassham Dewey Turner Joe Carper and M. L. Treadway.
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Register
Oak Hill
Daniel Peter Vento
New River Company
Glen Jean
Walter Vento
Gilmer Cross
Clyde West
J. D. Wilson
Scarbro
Highlawn Memorial Park
Tyree
Vento
Lucille Moses Vento
Josephine Vento
Walter
Leon
Benny
Navy
Luther Allen
Thomas Foster
Whipple
A. W. Holmes
Oakwood
Fred Treadway
Summerlee
Earl Smith
Lochgelly
James Bassham
Sprague
Dewey Turner
Skelton
Joe Carper
Cranberry
M. L. Treadway
Oswald
Oak Hill Hospital Admits Two Patients
Mrs Lester Black of Mount Hope and Essie Hall of Whipple were admitted to Oak Hill hospital yesterday for medical treatment.
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Register
Oak Hill
Lester Blackburn
Mount Hope
Essie Hall
Whipple Negress
Oak Hill Hospital
Committee Needs More Paper To Fill Railroad Car Monday
Oak Hill residents and volunteers rally to fill a railroad car with salvaged paper for the West Virginia Paper and Pulp Co. Chair C P White says about a quarter car remains. Citizens may call 981 or 262 to arrange pickup and aid the timely load.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. P. White
White
Long Branch Pilot Of Big Transport Coming Home
Long Branch story details First Lieutenant Robert B. Muir a Fifth Air Force pilot returning to the U S after 15 months overseas on a 21 day leave. He has logged over 1040 hours in C-47 transports with 450 combat hours and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak leaf, and campaign ribbons. He is based in Fairmont with his wife Mary Ann and parents John and Mrs. Muir.
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Or Register
Llong
Southwest Pacific
Troop Carrier Command
Paul B Prentiss
Koppers Coal Company
Patrmont
Gatewood Soldier Harold J. Christian Wounded
Sergeant Harold J. Christian husband of Mrs Margaret Christian of route 1 Gatewood has been wounded and is in action in the European area according to a war department dispatch.
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Gatewood
Register
Harold J. Christian
Margaret Christian
Route 1
War Department
Glen Jean Soldier Wounded In Action
Glen Jean Pvt Rufus W Pruitt son of Mrs Mary A Pruitt of Glen Jean has been wounded in action in the European theater. Fayetteville Earl W Bragg son of Everette C Bragg of route 2 Fayetteville has been wounded in action in the European area per a war department dispatch.
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Glen Jean
Y Register
Rufus W Pruitt
Mary A. Pruitt
War Department
Earl W. Bragg
Register
Fayetteville
Pfe
Everette C. Bragg
Route 2
Fayette Soldier Burgess Reported From Fayetteville
Private John S. Burgess, son of Mrs. Eva A. Burgess of Fayetteville, has been reported this week as serving in Fayette. Further details on unit and status were not available in the fragment.
Baptist Preaching Mission Opens at Oak Hill Church
The Oak Hill Baptist church begins a preaching mission running daily through Sunday March 25. The Rev. Gilmer H. Cross will deliver messages from the last week of Jesus life under the theme The Perfect Savior. Choirs will provide music at 7 30 p m each night.
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Helister Stall
Oak Hill
Gilmer H
Cross
iBIDS Opened on Fayette Roads
The road commission announced bids would be opened April 3 on 17 projects across 14 counties including the U S Hiram Gauley Bridge to Belva 5.45 miles and state 6f Oak Hill to Kincaid 8.8 miles.
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Register
Fayetteville
Road Commission
U. S. Hiram Gauley Bridge
Belva
Oak Hill
Kincaid
Home on Leave for Fayettville Coast Guardman Abner Epperly
Coast Guardman Abner Epperly returns home on leave to Fayetteville to visit his family and friends. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lee Epperly of Laurel Creek Road.
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Register
Fayetteville — Coast
Fayette Red Cross Receives 3500 From County Drive
Fayette county American Red Cross reports 3500 received to date as Oak Hill canvassers plan home visits. Sunday March 25 is Red Cross Sabbath in Em churches. Oak Hill chairwoman announces a list of local women canvassing the community and directs donations to the chapter chair.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. R. Hin
Fayette County
American Red Cross
H. P. Thomas
Clarence Blake
Hugh Jones
R. R. Thomas
Ella Hayes
A. J. Bishop
Gerald Snyder
2. D. Woods
Ruth, Simms
B. C. Burnside
John Frisk
D. P. Lively
Cc. C. Neal
R. E. Cavendish
13Th Club
Gabriel Wolney Taken By Death
Gabriel Wolney of Lochgelly aged 61 died Friday at 9 pm from pneumonia after three days illness. He was a miner for New River at Lochgelly and a member of St Peters and Pauls Church Scarbro and United Mine Workers. Born in Poland December 18 1884 he is survived by wife Agnes and children Maury Kania Jenny Robert Earnest Elmer Johnny. Funeral at St Peters and Pauls Scarbro Tuesday 9 am Rev Father Biss officiating with burial at Scarbro cemetery. Body to home today at 1 pm.
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Register
Oak Hill
Gabriel Wolney
Lochgelly
New River Company
Wolney
St. Peters and Pauls
Scarbro
United Mine Workers of America
Poland
Agnes Wolney
Maury Kania
Jenny Wolney
Robert Wolney
United States Army
France
Earnest Wolney
Taesia
Elmer Wolney
Italy
Johnny Wolney
St. Peters and
Kaymoor Store Manager Transferred to Havaco
Louis Antone, longtime Kaymoor store manager for the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal company, moves to Havaco in McDowell county near Welch to manage the Havaco store. His wife Mrs Antone and two children will relocate once a home is found. Felix Benl of Fayetteville will take over Kaymoor store management succeeding Antone.
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Fayetteville
Louis Antone
New River
Pocahontas
Lt. Jack Tully to Come Home on Leave
Fayetteville report says Lt. Jack Tully, skipper of a Pacific area ship, will return home for a 30 day leave during 60 days of ship repairs. The 1.8.7. designation appears in the text and Lt Tully spoke with his mother from a California port. Pvt. Jimmie Dotson of Pax, with the army tank corps at Fort Bragg, is on emergency furlough due to his wife’s illness in Oak Hill hospital. he is Clifton Dotson’s brother.
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Register
Fayetteville
L. S Tully
Jack Tully
California
Tully
Pacific
Register Stal! Weiler Fayetteville
Jimmie Dotson
Pax
Army Tank Corp
Fort Bragg
Oak Hill
Clifton Dotson
Fayette Couples Seek Licenses
Fayetteville reports several marriage license applications filed with County Clerk Lacy Neely. couples listed include Howard Boyce and Doris Evelyn Barnhart. Otis Bailey and Margarette Alexander. Clarence Wood
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Register
Fayetteville
Lacy Neely
Howard Boyce
Montevall
Doris Evelyn Barnhart
James Anthony Rappold
Montgomery
Virginia Cooper
Smithers
Theodore Elsworth Sprathing, Jr
Cannelton
Ruth Ann Ferrell
Orville Cecil Smith
Summerlee
Gladys Pauline Plumiey
Thayer
Walter Taylor
Reva Gray Skaggs
Jodie
Ten Couples File Suits For Divorce
Fayetteville reports ten divorce suits filed with circuit clerk Mrs. L. S. Tully. Plaintiffs include Mary Meadows seeking divorce from Harold Meadows, Juanita Wright from Paul R. Wright, Maude Red from Robert R. Red, Ezra N. Eastman from Blanche G. Eastman, Andrew Bryant from Blanche McCoy Bryant, Justine Lee Legg from Chester Legg, John Russell Vass from Mary Alice Vass, Dorothy Louise Vaughn from Clarence William Vaughn, and Charles Henry Hubbard from Nellvina Logan Hubbard.
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Register
Fayetteville
L. S.tully
Mary Meadows
Harold Meadows
Reginald W. Smith
Genevieve K. Smith
Mahan Bacon and White
Juanita Wright
Paul R. Wright
W. L. Lee
Maude Red
Robert R. Red
M. S. Funt
Ezra N. Eastman
Blanche G. Eastman
Mahan
Nellvina Logan Hubbard
Oak Hill Man Hurt In Minden Mine Accident
Marvin Barnett of Oak Hill was admitted to Oak Hill hospital after sustaining pelvic and back injuries in an accident at the Minden mine where he works.
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Register
Oak Hilt
Marvin Barnett
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Hospital
Minden
Escaped Youth Recaptured at Home in Cranberry
James Strock a 17 year old who escaped from Raleigh county jail two days before transport to state prison at Moundsville was captured by county officers while eating dinner at his Cranberry home Friday afternoon. Court records show he is serving one to 10 years for grand larceny.
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James Strock
Raleigh
Moundsville
Cranberry
Miss Anna Lee Teaford to Wed Sgt Shrewsbury Today
Mullens tale of upcoming wedding reports Miss Anna Lee Teaford daughter of Mr and Mrs J F Teaford will wed Master Sergeant Benton D Shrewsbury this afternoon at the First Baptist church Mullens Reverend Gillespie officiating Cadet Nurse Marion Teaford maid of honor and A M Spradling best man music by Mrs B L Depew and Mrs L E Shrewsbury. Teaford a Mullens High graduate and bank employee and Shrewsbury a 1939 Mullens High graduate who served in England with the Eighth Air Force before joining the army now at Boca Raton Florida plan a Virginia wedding trip afterward.
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Register
Mullens
Anna Lee Teaford
J. F. Teaford
Benton D. Shrewsbury
First Baptist Church of
J. HR. Gillespie
Marion Teaford
Eastern Star
Beckley
Sergeant Shrewsbury
C. &. Shrewsbury
Mullens High School
Concord College
Phi Delta Pi
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Army
England
Eighth Air Force
States
California
Boca Raton
Florida
Negro Vo-Ag Conference Concludes Leads Plans for Spring
The state executive committee of the New Farmers of America completed a two day conference in Beckley on leadership training and spring and summer activities. The Stratton high school chapter hosted with five instructors and 15 pupils. EB Hansucker directed the gathering with tentative plans for the May 21 and June 1-2 state convention at West Virginia University in Morgantown. Officers present included Raymond Radcliff and R. W. James among others.
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New Farmers of America
Beckley
Stratton High School
5. E. Warren
EB. N. Hansucker
State
Future Farmers of America
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Warren
Raymond Radcliff
Monongualia High School
R. W. James
West Virginia State College
Institute
Kenneth James
Byrd-Prillerman
Amigo
Raleigh County
Leece
DuBois
Mt. Hope
Stratton
Lilly daughter returns home after appendix operation
Miss Betty Jean Lilly of Mount Hope has returned home from Hinton hospital where she underwent an appendectomy.
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Register
Mount Hope
Betty Jean Lilly
T. Harold Lilly
Hinton Hospital
Negro Activities At North Beckley Birthday Party News
A birthday party honored 8 year old Gwendolyn Scott at home with 24 guests. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Defolia Scott and helpers listed. Upcoming events cover New Era district singing project services, sermons by several pastors, choir lineups and readings through midweek, plus teacher meetings and church activities.
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North Beckley
Defolia Scott
Gwendolyn
Last Park
Long Branch
Layland
Whipple
Lillybrook
J. C. Brown
Lester
Cranberry
Thelma Goode
Gladys Chambers
Mann Funeral To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Lackey Melissa Mann 80 wife of Allen M Mann of Pisgah church community will be held this afternoon at 2 30 p m in Pisgah church with Rev B W Coe of Talcott and Elder Eugene Nichols of Sophia officiating. She died Friday after a heart attack at home where she had lived 55 years burial will follow in Pisgah church cemetery. Active pallbearers named J L Perry A H Lough G S Alderson Jr H N Coffman P H Allen Henry Jackson H O Graham.
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Hinton
Lackey
Melissa Mann
Allen M. Mann
Pisgah Church
Pisgah
B. W. Coe
Talcott
Eugene Nichols
Sophia
J. L. Perry
A. H. Lough
G. S. Alderson, Jr
H. N. Coffman
P. H. Allen Henry Jackson
H. G. Humphries
H. O. Graham
Twin Brothers Graduate From Officers School
Edgewood Maryland report states Lt Wade TH Ballard and Lt Emmett J Ballard were among graduates today at the officers candidates school of the Edgewood arsenal chemical warfare school. The article ends with a note that someone died Friday, but details are unclear.
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Associated Press
Edgewood
Wade
TH. Ballard
Emmett J. Ballard
Officers Candidates School
Edgewood Arsenal
Freeland Ball Jr Visiting Parents on 30 Day Furlough
Cpl Freeland Ball Jr is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Freeland Ball of Sprague. He was wounded in Germany on November 18 and has been returned to the states. Ball is stationed at Camp Pickett Virginia and wears the combat infantryman badge the purple heart good conduct ribbon and the European theater ribbon with two stars. His half brother C C Asbury was killed in action in Europe Recently. Ball formerly worked for Koppers Coal division in Stamford. He entered the army in December 1942 training in Texas and Fort Dix New Jersey before overseas.
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Freeland Ball, Jr
Freeland Ball
Sprague
Corporal Ball
Germany
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Preent
C. C. Asbury
Ball
Koppers Coal Division
Stamford
Texias
Fort Dix
New Jersey
Mullens Sergeant Wounded In Action
Mullens sergeant James W Foster, son of Mrs Helen Foster of Mullens, wounded in action in the European theater, according to a war department dispatch.
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Register State
Wester Mullens
James’ W. Foster
Helen Foster
Mullens
War Department
Pvt Carl Rufus Wounded in European Action
War department reports Pvt Carl Rufus of Mullens wounded while in action in the European area. He is the son of Mrs Rose E Rufus of Mullens.
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Register
Mullens
Carl Rufus
Rose E. Rufus
War Department
Wyoming Road Bids To Open April 3
Pineville road commission announced bids will be opened April 3 on 17 projects in 14 counties. The scope includes U S 52 from the mouth of Johnny Cake to the Mingo line, a distance of 11.87 miles.
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Register
Pineville
The
Road Commission
U. S. 52
Johnny Cake
Mingo Line
Navy Seaman D. D. Wilson Visits Oak Hill Parents
D. D. Wilson, 19, son of Rev. and Mrs. John A. Wilson Jr., spends a leave with his Oak Hill parents. A high school graduate, he serves in the U. S. Navy at Camp Endicott and Davisville, Rhode Island, and recently received a senatorial appointment as first alternate for Annapolis. He entered service in July 1943 and has six months in the Pacific. Navy friend Merbert Lindholm of Boston is visiting.
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Register
Oak Hill
M. G
Wilson
John A. Wilson
United States Navy
Camp Endicott
Davisville
Rhode Island
Annapolis
Pacific
Merbert Lindholm
Navy
Boston
Mrs Walter Byrd Returns From Princeton Visit
Mrs Walter Byrd has returned from Princeton where she was called by the serious illness of her father T J Caffee. His condition is reported to be improved. Medieval entertainers once used a cri or herald with a parade to advertise themselves.
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Princeton
Register
Pineville
Walter Byrd
T. J. Caffee
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