WAC Week Observed in Oak Hill for Recruiting Drive
Oak Hill observes WAC Week as Mrs. Grant Thomas announces a West Virginia observance to recruit qualified women for the Women's Army Corps as hospital technicians in army general hospitals. Ministers are urged to mention the drive in Sunday services.
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Oak Hill
West Virginia
Grant Thomas
W.ac
W.A.C
Women's Army Corps
Army General Hospitals
Fayette Town First to Complete Red Cross Quota
Fayette county Red Cross war fund drive chairman Mrs Hill reported the $35,000 quota is about one third met. Caperton led with $166.90 toward a $30 target, aided by Mary Campbell Dolly Green and L. Al Bragg. Communities push fundraisers as Red Cross Sabbath approaches with churches urged to donate.
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Register
Oak? Hill
R. Hill
Fayette County
Red Cross War Fund Drive
Caperton
Mary Campbell
Caperton Group
Dolly Green
L. al. Bragg
Hill
Red Cross
Miss Virginia Marshall Weds T. E. Myles in Charleston
Miss Virginia Lee Marshall daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Marshall of Arlington Court Charleston married Staff Sergeant Thomas E Myles son of Mr and Mrs T A Myles of Fayetteville at Christ Methodist Church Charleston. The ceremony was led by Dr Joseph Clare Hoffman with Violet Lipford as attendant and Frank Mahan as best man. The couple planned a short wedding trip and will report for duty after 23 day furlough.
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Fayetteville
Virginia Lee Marshall
Richard Marshall
Arlington Court
Charleston
Thomas E. Myles
T. A. Myles
Christ Methodist Church
Joseph Clare Hoffman
Violet Lipford
Frank Mahan
Paul Richards
Eddie Baumer
R. C. Conner
Myles
Montgomery High School
Morris Harvey College
Sigma Iota Chi
Sgt. Myles
Fayetteville High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Psi Delta
Names Officers For Jabal Shrine to Register
Oak Hill report details the Jabal Al Reja White Shrine of Mount Hope electing Mrs. Josephine McKinsey of Beckley as worthy high priestess for the year. Officers include H. D. Gast Mount Hope watchman, Mrs. Camma Bishop Oak Hill noble prophetess, Mrs. Eva Tully Oak Hill worthy esquire, Mrs. Marie Bolton Mount Hope treasurer, Mrs. Agnes Hunter Mount Hope worthy chaplain, Mrs. Beatrice Thorne Beckley worthy shepherdess, Mrs. Diana Amick Minden worthy guide, and Mrs. Electa Caudill Mount Hope trustee. Initiates include Mrs. Sadie Ellis Cool, Mrs. Edith Hilliday of Clifftop, and Mrs. Ethel Bennett Fayetteville. Public installation set for April 27.Refreshments served for about 50 officers and members.
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Oak Hill
Jabal al Reja
Mount Hope
Masonic Temple
Josephine McKinsey
Beckley
H.D. Gast
Shepherds
Camma Bishop
Noble
Eva Tully
Worthy Escribe
Marie Bolton
Agnes Hunter
Beatrice Thorne
Diana Amick
Minden
Electa Caudill
Sadie Ellis Cool
Edith Hilliday
Clifftop
Ethel Bennett
Fayetteville
Layland Postmaster Exam Open for Citizens and Residents
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an open competitive examination to fill the Layland postmaster vacancy. Eligibility requires US citizenship or allegiance, at least one year of residency in the post office delivery area, good physical condition, and within age limits. Applications available at Layland post office or from the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC.
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Layland
United States Civil Service Commission
Layland Post Office
United States
Washington
D. C
Republican Women To Meet Tuesday In Oak Hill
Oak Hill Republican Woman's club will gather at city hall Tuesday night at 8 p.m. The executive board meets at 7 30. Frank Shipe assistant superintendent of Fayette county schools will be guest speaker discussing the school system.
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Register
Oak Hill
Republican Woman's Club
Frank Shipe
Fayette County
Injured man admitted after Minden mine accident
C E Copeland of Minden was admitted to Oak Hill hospital Friday for head injuries from an accident in the Minden mine.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. E. Copeland
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Cystex Promises Quick Relief For Night Urination Woes
A vintage advertisement touts Cystex for night-time urination and bladder issues. It claims rapid kidney relief, renewed energy, and a money back guarantee, urging readers to buy for guaranteed satisfaction at 35 cents.
Club To Discuss Youth Activities At Oak Hill Meeting
Oak Hill Civic club will meet Monday at city hall to plan youth activities. Public invited and urged to have representatives from local groups. Reports will cover religious finance education recreation supervision organization adult home youth by committee chairmen and officers list.
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Register
Oak Hill
Gilmer H. Cross
S. D. Morton
Frank Shipe
Paul Fulks
C C. Neal
J. W. Jones
R. RB. Thomas
J. E. White
Gloria Rich
Kellis Miller
Naval Men Are Party Honorees
Sanford Mc Neely of the United States navy and Johnnie Shephard of the merchant marines were honored at a dinner party hosted by Mrs. J. E. McNeely in Long Branch. Attendees included Roy Dean, Bill Jenkins, Hilda McNeely of Baltimore. the McNeely and Wade families of Charleston. Orlan McNeely and daughters Blaine and Trecia Ann. Jesse Davis and Erma Jean and Bunda Kaye of Willis Branch. Bert McNeely and children Joan Richard and Larry. Burman Wilson and children. E. E. Craddock and children of Crab Orchard. Joe and Frances Tyree of Mount Hope.
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Register
Long Branch
Sanford McNeely
United States Navy
Johnnie Shephard
Merchant Marines
J. E. McNeely
Roy Dean
Bill Jenkins
Hilda McNeely
Baltimore
Maryland
J. B. McNeely
Elmer Wade
Charleston
Orlan McNeely
Blaine
Trecia
Ann
Mullens
Jesse Davis
Erma Jean
Bunda Kaye
Willis Branch
Bert McNeely
Joan Richard
Larry McNeely
Burman Wilson
E. E. Craddock
Crab Orchard
Joe
Frances Tyree
Route 1
Mount Hope
Officers to Be Elected at Meet Oak Hill
The Young Woman's club of Oak Hill will meet at Mrs. J. S. Trump's home Monday night at 6 30. New officers will be elected and installed. An annual covered dish dinner will follow. Several new members will be admitted. A merit certificate will be presented to a local girl who has passed the examination and is to be accepted into the W A C hospital unit.
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Register
Oak Hill
Young Woman's Club of
J. S. Trump
W.A.C
Otto Tennant Is Honored At Party
Register staff writer notes Pvt. Otto L. Tennant was honored at a party hosted by his mother Mrs. Virgie Tennant at the home of Mr. and Mrs. FR D. Tennant in Page. Attendees include Tella Mae Morris Helen Miller Toward Phillips Julia Bekford Becky Marshall William Saxton Jackie Wilson Richard Kincaid Phyllis Tennant Bonnie Phelps Jerline Carper Lane Edward Trent Jack Daniel Buddy Carper Joyce Ann Blake Reginald Hiser Evelyn Miller Rosa Lee Trent Oleeda Mae Johnson Dorothy Marshall Virgil Phillips Charles Marshall George Kinzer Ralph Keffer Cecil Woolwine Curtis Hackney Edward Woolwine Charles Nichols Fred Kinzer Ralph Kirk Thomas Marshall Betty Wood Az el Asberry Marvin Jones Charles Henry Balding Sue Tennant Carolyn Johnson Jim Harler James Brown Donald Eades Clinton Kirk Janie Tennant Sonny Tennant.
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Otto L. Tennant
Virgie Tennant
D. Tennant
Tella Mae Morris
Helen Miller
Toward Phillips
Julia Bekford
Becky Marshall
William Saxton
Jackie Wilson
Richard Kincaid
Phyllis Tennant
Bonnie Phelps
Jerline Carper
Lane Edward Trent
Jack Daniel
Buddy Carper
Joyce Ann Blake
Reginald Hiser
Evelyn Miller
Rosa Lee Trent
Oleeda Mae Johnson
Dorothy Marshall
Virgil Phillips
Charles Marshall
George Kinzer
Ralph Keffer
Cecil Woolwine
Curtis Hackney
Edward Woolwine
Charles Nichols
Fred Kinzer
Ralph Kirk
Thomas Marshall
Betty Wood
Azel Asberry
Marvin Jones
Charles Henry Balding
Sue Tennant
Carolyn Johnson
Jim Harler
James Brown
Donald Eades
Clinton Kirk
Janie Tennant
Sonny Tennant
Hall held to action of April grand jury in theft case
Fayetteville district justice John D. Skaggs binds Reaford Hall to the April grand jury under a $500 bond. Hall is charged with stealing $40 from Elmer Kincaid. Preliminary hearing was March 1, with Constable J H Kessler as arresting officer.
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Register
Fayetteville
John D. Skaggs
Mountain Cove
Reaford Hall
Hall
Elmer Kincaid
J. H. Kessler
Recreation Group To Elect President
A meeting of the newly appointed Recreation Commission will be held Monday at 4 p.m. in City Hall to elect a permanent chairman. At the last meeting Steve Morton was named vice-chairman, Mrs. Grant Thomas secretary, and Paul Fulks treasurer. Members were not all present, so chair election was postponed. Recommendations will be made for city council action at the 23rd regular meeting.
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Register
Oak Hill
Reiereation Commission
City Hall
Steve Morton
Grant Thomas
Paul Fulks
Commission
Weld for Bond Default Charged With Theft
Fayetteville reporter Joe Cook is jailed in default of bond on theft charges involving an International truck belonging to Garrett and Company of Winona. Preliminary hearing conducted before Magistrate W. K. Kounta at Lookout.
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Register
Fayetteville
Joe Cook
Garrett and Company
Winona
W. K. Kounta
Lookout
Hospital admits five patients to Oak Hill facility
William Hess of Glen Joan and Jennings Moses of Winona were admitted Friday to Oak Hill hospital for medical treatment. Anna Novosky of Summerlee was admitted as a surgical patient.
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Register
Oak Hill
William Hess
Glen Joan
Jennings Moses
Winona
Oak Will Hospital
Anna Novosky
Summerlee
Men's Chorus Easter Music in Fayetteville on April 1
Fayetteville Men's Chorus conducted by Baxter Laird will present Easter music on Sunday April 1 at 8 p.m. The program opens with a congregational hymn and invocation by Dr. Fogelsong, followed by an Easter song, scripture reading, and prayers. The concert features solos by Miss Beth Coleman and Jackie Johnston, choral numbers, and the benediction by Dr. Fogelsong.
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Register
Fayetteville
Baxter Laird
Stunday
Dr. Fogelsong
Beth Coleman
Valent Sale
Paul
Adams
Mendelssshny Daet
Gasier Lard
Trina Toul
Mountains
Harker
T He Ghores
Pena
Jackie Jotnum
W. J. Desiap
Peter de Roses
Lows Antone
Softball League To Meet Monday At Oak Hill
A meeting of the Oak Hill softball league is set for Monday at 7 30 p m in hotel Hill to prepare schedules for eight teams Var sity club Fayette Tribune The Moose Lions State Lunch Elite club Mount Hope and Loup Creek Paul Fulks was named league director Jim Martin vice director Lee Frazier secretary treasurer and Bob Rhodes Dr H A Duncan and Joe Keiserman named board members Rhodes serves as chairman The opening date and season play details with league rules will be decided and all games will be at city park Oak Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill
Hotel Hill
Paul Fulks
Jim Martin
Lee Frazier
Bob Rhodes
H. A. Duncan
Joe Keiserman
Rhodes
the Fayette Tribune
the Moose
Lions
State Lunch
Elite Club
Mount Hope
Loup ‘Creek
City Park
Soot Fire In Chimney Delights Fayetteville Residents
A chimney soot fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. White in Fayetteville at 9 p.m. Friday sent flames six feet above the chimney top. The fire department arrived and no damage was reported. White said he felt safer with the fire crew present.
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Register
Fayetteville
J. H. White
White
Montgomery Radio Receives Charter for Montgomery Station
Fayetteville Associates Inc has secured a charter to operate a radio station in Montgomery. Arnold M Vickers president of the state senate and incorporators include E H Piring and Raymond Kandell forming a $15 000 venture. Oak Hill hospital admissions include Fred Treadway surgical patient and Ira Cameron for medical treatment. Paul Rapko Scarbro admitted for a broken leg from an accident at the Summerlee mine where he is employed.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette Associates, Inc
Montgomery
State Senate
Arnold M. Vickers
E. H. Pirring
Raymond Kandel
Oak Hill
Paul Rapko
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Summerlee
Battle Awards Go To C. R. Campbell
Technician Fifth Grade Clifford R. Campbell, a Fayette county relative, received the purple heart for wounds in Belgium on January 11 and wears the ETO ribbon and Combat Infantryman Badge. He trained at Camp Wolters and Camp Pickett before serving in England France and Belgium. He found his brother, First Sergeant James H. Campbell, serving with the Eighth Air Force in England. Clifford, 26, is married with three children in Charleston. The family includes wife, Nora Morrison mother Mrs. Nora Morrison of Lansing and sisters Mrs. Bill Kincaid Oak Hill and Mrs. Charles B. Selvey Fayetteville. Public school children are now required to read about 15 times as much material as a generation ago.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Belgium
Clifford R. Campbell
Camp Wolters
Texas
Camp Pickett
Virginia
England
France
Red Cross
James H. Campbell
Eighth Air Force
Campbell
Sheppard Field
Selridge Field
Michigan
Grimier Field
New Hampshire
Charleston
Naval Ordnance Plant
South Charleston
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Nora Morrison
Lansing
Bill Kincaid
Oak Hill
Charles B. Selvey
Allen Junction Soldier Killed in Action in Belgium
Mrs. Elizabeth Cochran of Allen Junction has word from the war department that her son Private Eugene M. Cochran was killed in action January 1 in Belgium after earlier word of being missing in action. He enlisted in 1918, trained at several camps and shipped to England in August. He is survived by his mother and multiple brothers and sisters across West Virginia and Virginia.
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Allen Junction
Elizabeth Cochran
War Department
Eugene M. Cochran
Belgium
Cochran
Army
Fort Myers
Virginia
Fort Riley
Kansas
Tuscon
Arizona
Camp Polk
Louisiana
California
England
T. L. Cochran
W. M. Cochran
Piney View
C. W.cochran
Martha Meadows
Irene Bratton
Covlington
Mary Kern
Falling Springs
Gladys Acord
Mount Hope
Eva Pritt
Louise Cook
Mullens
Mullens Mayor Proclaims W A C Sunday Observance
Mullens Mayor J E Orr proclaims today as W A C Sunday and declares the week of March 25 to 31 as W A C Week. The proclamation names W A C in Mullens and urges community observance during the week.
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Register
J. E. Orr
Mullens
W.A.C
Herndon Donors Give 88.09 to Red Cross War Fund
Patrons students and teachers at Herndon high and grade schools contributed 88.09 for the Red Cross war fund. The money was turned in to county chairman Claude Phillips of Pineville per an announcement by Principal Charles C. Ritchie Jr. Mayor Orr urged recruiting women for the WAC hospital unit as a top campaign, noting Palm Sunday and Holy Week as fitting times for citizens to aid wounded soldiers.
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Herndon
Claude Phillips
Pineville
Red Cross
Charles C. Ritchie, Jr
Orr
W.A.C
Meadows
Asick
Family Of 14 Follows Son's Vision From The Lord
The Nameless Fourteen, Missouri born farming family, abandoned homes, livestock, and a tractor to follow 14 year old Daniel Denham who says he receives messages from God. They camp along the Rio Grande near Brownsville and plan to head deeper into the brush as they await guidance. Neighbors recall gifts of cash and items, and witnesses say the family once left about 1500 dollars in the home. The group, including seven daughters and four sons plus an infant granddaughter, now travels barefoot or in calico dresses seeking a divine mission.
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Tex
Independence
Rio Grande
Denhams
Voice of God
Daniel
Angela
Missouri
Floyd E. Denham
William A. Ferguson
Floyd Denham
Floyd
Betty
Ferguson
Denham
Garden Contest Well Under Way In Raleigh County
Beckley Kiwanis club sponsors the 1945 Victory garden contest in Raleigh County with $125 prize money. Farm Agent H B Thomas announced the contest is getting underway in grand style and outlined how prizes will be awarded to the county’s best hardeners. He stressed health and patriotism benefits of hardening. A Red Cross fundraiser collected £25. Lee Burleson was introduced as the club’s new baby member. Also, Mrs Etta Allen and others returned from Belfry Kentucky after visiting local families.
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Beckley Kiwaniz Club
Raleigh County
H. B. Thomas
the Red Cross
Lee Burleson
E. M. Ashworth
Sullivan Health Claim From Famed Heavyweight Contender
Fragmentary ad style note questions if John L. Sullivan fought with stomach ulcer pains and links excess eating to indigestion gas heartburn and bloat. It promotes Golga Tablets from Cohen Drug Co with a dubious double your money offer and tax return claim.
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John L. Sullivan
Cohen Drug Co
Four Soldiers On Furloughs From Camp Fannin
Four U S infantry privates Edwin Skelly R D Hearn Jack Roies and Bernard Shumate are on a ten day furlough at home. They trained at Camp Fannin Texas and will report to Camp Meade Maryland for further training before overseas duty.
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Register
Pineville
Edwin Skelly
R. D. Hearn
Jack Roies
Bernard Shumate
U. S. Infantry
Camp Fannin
Texas
Camp Meade
Maryland
Curry couple on business trip to Mountington
Mr. and Mrs. M Curry spent Thursday and Friday in Mountington for business matters and related engagements.
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Register
Pineville
Mrs. M. Curry
Mountington
Curry
Benefit Bridge Party Nets $25 for Red Cross
Mullens event by Junor Woman's club at Union power building raised about 25 dollars for the Wyoming county Red Cross. Five bridge tables and one rummy table were in play. Committee included Mrs. Griffith Annie Catherine Delp Janeth Clay and Dorothy Teel. Prizes went to Mrs. Carl Clifford first high and Mrs. L. C. Stewart second high with other prizes to several locals. A Junior Woman's club meeting is planned at Mrs. R. L. Tabscott's home tomorrow night.
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William Holroyd
Mabel Culliney
W. M. Ramey
Ganaway Conner
Janeth Clay
R. L. Tabscott
Shrewsburys Move from East Pineville to Princeton
Mr and Mrs Noel Shrewsbury and daughter Shelby Jean will move from East Pineville to Princeton on Tuesday. The Shrewsburys have lived in East Pineville for three years and Mr Shrewsbury previously managed the Friggly Wiggly store in Oceana after moving from Princeton.
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Register
Pineville
Noel Shrewsbury
Shelby Jean
East Pineville
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