White Sulphur girl to be in contest finals
Hazel Reed of White Sulphur Springs earns a place in the state finals of public speaking at Charleston high school on March 29. Ten finalists from all 10 American Legion districts will present on The Constitution in a Changing World. Scholarships at state colleges await winners. prizes include a gold medal for first and bronze for second. Judges include Fred L. Fox Roy Bird Cook and others.
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White Sulphur Springs
Hazel Reed
Charleston High School
American Legion
the Legion
State Education Department
H. K. Baer
L. 9. Moore
Spencer
T. R. Egbert
Fred L. Fox
State Supreme Court
Voris Meeks
West Virginia University Department of Public Speaking
Roy Bird Cook
Charleston
Naval discharge for R E Coleman and air medal for Charles Coleman
R E Coleman, 24, son of Mr and Mrs G W Coleman of Park Avenue, received a medical discharge from the U S Navy after about 38 months service. He served in the Atlantic and Pacific, did troop transport and LST work, and participated in Guadalcanal Rendova Munda Vella Lavella and Calnonarod. His LST was sunk at Guadal canal. Another son, Sgt Charles E Coleman, 21, was decorated with the Air Medal for meritorious aerial flights in the Southwest Pacific from October 1944 to December 1944, including bombing missions against enemy installations and bases. He is cited for courageous service to his combat organization and country.
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Hinton
Robert E. Coleman
G. W. Coleman
Park Avenue
U. S., Navy
Shirley Sargent
Auburn
Ala
Navy Hospital
New Orleans
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Pacific
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Allied Air Forces
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Southwest Pacific
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SELDOMRIDGE RITES TO BE HELD TODAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Ana Mabel Seldomridge are set for 2:30 p.m. at Enon Baptist Church in Lewisburg. She died Thursday in Ronceverte Hospital at age 39, wife of Robert Seldomridge and mother of a daughter Wilma. Sgt. Coleman wounded in March 1943 served as aerial gunnery and armor with a B 24 Liberator unit, commended for extensive damage caused to enemy ground installations in the South Pacific.
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Lewisburg
Enon Baptist Church
Ana Mabel Seldomridge
Ronceverte Hospital
Robert Seldomridge
Wilma
Coleman
Morali Island
Lowry Ober
Colorado
Ken
Harlington
Texas
West Pacific
Jennings Whitten Promoted To Captain In Philippines
Jennings B. Whitten, with the 158th regimental combat team in the Philippines, has been promoted to captain. His unit, the Bushs masters, trained in jungle fighting in Panama, served in New Guinea, New Britain, Biak and Noemfoor, and led the initial Luzon assault near Damortis and Rosario under Brig. Gen. Hanford MacNider. Now in Southwest Luzon they advance to clear the area and aid Bantangas Bay shipping. Whitten, son of Mrs. W. F. Whitten of Quinnimont, previously worked as a pharmacist in Beckley and studied in Hawaii for troop instruction prior to Guam and Leyte invasions. He has four brothers in the navy overseas.
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Lewisburg
Jennings B. Whitten
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Hanford MacNider
Bantangas Bay
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Hawaii
Guam
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Quinnimont
Beckley
Hinton Lawyer Released From Active Duty
Lieutenant Colonel Paul J. Carr a Hinton attorney, released from active duty after nearly four years, resumes practice at his former office. He was called to service July 15, 1942, retained rank of major after six months postwar, and served as theater voting officer in the Eastern Canada area. He returned with his wife and daughter to 104 Temple Street, while two sons serve as Navy ensigns onboard active duty.
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Hinton
Paul J. Carr
War Department
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Army Service Forces
Washington
North Atlantic Division
Eastern Canada
Greenland
Iceland
Labrador
Baffin Island
Canada
Temple Street
William Scott Carr
Paul John Carr, Jr
Navy
Mechanic Fred M. Thomas Joins China Blitzer Squadron
Pvt. Fred M. Thomas of Princeton has been assigned to the China Blitzer fighter squadron in the 51st fighter group under Major General Chennault. He earned the good conduct medal, trained at Gulfport and Ypsilanti, and is authorized the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon with a bronze star for the China campaign. His wife Betty and son Roger D. live with his parents in Princeton.
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George D. Thomas
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C. L. Chennault
14Th Air Force
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Thomas
Gulfport
Mississippi
Ypsilanti
Michi-*nen
Betty
Roger D
Lee Donathan Killed in Action in War Dispatch
War department dispatch reports Pfc. Lee D. Donathan son of Mrs. Elsie H. Thornton of Rock Camp killed in action. Details incomplete but confirms death in service.
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Lee Donathan
Register
Lewisburg
War Department
Pfc
Lee D. EB. Donathan
Elsie H. Thornton
Rock Camp
Pacific
Weather Summary for Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs 1944
Climatological data from Parkersburg state weather station show annual mean temperatures of 51.2 degrees at Lewisburg and 54.5 degrees at White Sulphur Springs. Extreme highs reached 97 at Lewisburg on August 3 and 98 at White Sulphur on August 4. The year’s lows were 16 below at Lewisburg on January 14 and 2 below at White Sulphur. Lewisburg recorded 36.70 inches and White Sulphur 34.80 inches of total precipitation, with 138 and 99 clear days respectively. 118 and 160 partly cloudy days. 110 and 106 cloudy days. Snowfall totaled 30.7 inches at Lewisburg and 21.1 inches at White Sulphur Springs.
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Lewisburg
Parkersburg
Dee
John Jackson Killed on Iwo Jima at 23
Mr and Mrs A C Jackson of Caldwell receive word their son Pfc John Jackson Marine Corps enlisted August 1942 was killed in action on Iwo Jima February 28 He was a White Sulphur High School graduate aged 23.
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Lewisburg
A. C. Jackson
Cldwell
Navy Department
Pfc
John Jackson
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
White Sulphur High School
Officiers Named for Livestock Shippers Group in Summers County
Summers County Livestock Shippers Association elected Hubert Light of Maine as president Homer Ballengee of Clayton as vice president and Miss Joy Gulley as secretary with A H Lough staff assisting as secretary. Directors include Virgil Miller Sam Lowry Earl Nelson Roy Crawford C B Gwinn Frank Farley Minor Scott. The group grew from a cooperative program by A H Lough to aid local livestock marketing and has boosted farmer earnings, handling 1400 lambs and eight carloads of cattle last year.
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Hinton
Summers County Livestock Shippers Association
Hubert
A. H. Lough
Summers County
Old Sweet Springs Reconverted to Veterans Home
Old Sweet Springs, once a tuberculosis sanitarium in Monroe County, is being renovated to house aged and infirm men and women. The Andrew S. Rowan Memorial home will open for occupancy July 1, with 250 patients moved from state mental institutions. A $226,000 biennial appropriation by the 1945 legislature funds the project.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Old Sweet Springs
J. Z. Terrell
Board of Control
Terrell
Monroe County Spa
Andrew S. Rowan
Old Sweet
Helen Lewis Weds Chester Lindsley in Lewisburg
In Lewisburg the marriage of Lieutenant Helen Lewis of the Waves to Commander Chester M. Lindsley of the U S N R on March 16 is announced by her parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Lewis. The ceremony occurred at First Presbyterian Church in Charles Town with the bride’s brothers Irving Lewis and Frank Lewis officiating. The bride is a Greenbrier College and Agnes Scott College graduate and former Greenbrier faculty member.
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Lewisburg
Helen Lewis
WAVE
Chester M. Lindsley
U.S.N.R
Clarence Lewis
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Town
Irving Lewis
Frank Lewis
Davis and Elkins College
Greenbrier College
Agnes Scott College
Hereford Breeder's Association Formed
HINTON The Raleigh Summers Hereford Breeders association was organized at a meeting of Raleigh and Summers county livestock raisers called by Summers county Agent A H Lough in the Memorial building at Hinton. Officers elected included J C Dillon president and H G Farmer vice president with A T H Lough as secretary. A committee was named for next meeting in Raleigh county to plan breeding better Hereford cattle in the two counties. Prominent breeders listed include S B Ballengee Dr Scott Ford ex Sheriff Farmer Henry Brammer Sheriff C C Lewis Ross Allen Jim Light Clint Harvey and J C Dillon.
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Hinton
Raleigh-Summers
Hereford Breeders’ Association
Raleigh and
Summers County
A. H. Lough
Memorial Building
J. C. Dillon
H. G. Farmer
Raleigh County
Hinton Bus Drivers to Attend Classes on April 30
Hinton will host a driving and safety instruction school for bus drivers on April 30. The event, announced by Paul Boggs state transportation supervisor, aims to improve driver safety and road conduct. In other notes, three sailors visiting parents in Lewisburg—George Charles and Billy Musser—are in the navy and recently served aboard a Pacific vessel. George and Charles have two years in service, Billy joined last summer.
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Hinton
Stafe
Paul Boggs
Register Stat
Lewisburg
George Charles
Billy Musser
Ralph Musser
Frankford
Navy
Pacific
George
Charles
Billy
Greenbrier County Records One Highway Fatality
In February the state reported 18 highway fatalities, with Greenbrier County accounting for one fatal crash. The brief item notes the county’s share of statewide crash deaths during the month.
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Lewisburg
Greenbrier County
Summersville to Host Bus Driver Safety School
A driving and safety instruction school for bus drivers will be held April 16 in Summersville. Paul Boggs, state transportation supervisor, provided the details. Miss Edna Dotson, welfare worker from Fayette county, is visiting Nicholas county this week.
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Summersville
Paul Boggs
Edna Dotson
Fayette County
Nicholas County
War fund drive reaches halfway in Nicholas county
Arnett Graves, chairman of the Nicholas county war fund drive, announced that about half of the county's $5400 quota has been raised. The effort aims to support service members and relief programs.
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Summersville
Arnett Graves
Nicholas County
Navy Wounded Officer Lands in California
J. L. Bose of the navy, recently wounded in the Pacific war area, has landed in California.
Berton R. Neil Reported Wounded in Action in Germany
Berton R. Neil son of Mr and Mrs Andy Neil is reported by the war department as seriously wounded in action in Germany on February ibe
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Andy Neil
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Lloyd Grose Reported Missing in Action in Germany
Summersville reports Sgt. Lloyd Grose, son of Mrs. Ruth Piperson, listed by the war department as missing in action in Germany after two and a half years in service. Lt. John A. Townsend transferred from Fort Story convalescent hospital in Virginia to a hospital unit.
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Summersville
Lloyd Grose
Ruth Piperson
War Department
Germany
Ay Register
John A. Townsend
Fort Story Conivalescent Hospital
Virginia
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