Mount Hope Class Night Marks Start of Commencement Week
The Rev L E Croson will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 8 p m in Mount Hope high school auditorium. Eighty eight graduates will take part in class night Tuesday at 8 p m with Patricia McIntire as valedictorian and James Gray as salutatorian. The program includes a band in uniform, awards, and a prophecy by Anna Marie Jeter and Othella Leach. Commencement is set for Thursday May 20 with Attorney William Thompson as speaker and H F Frazier presenting diplomas.
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James Gray
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Ruth Dolly Ride
Helen Janell Akers
Leroy Leighton Anderson
Patsy Ruth Anderson
Quintus Barbera
James Burton Bender
Helen J. Bennett
Margaret M. Beres
Marjorie L. Beverly
Rodney W. Bing
Mary Catherine Blackwell
Beulah Alberta Bloxton
Janice M. Bolen
Kenneth Gale Bragg
Geneva Nell Brown
Margaret Lee Brown
Mary Agnes Burgess
Annabelle Carter
Margaret Irene Catlett
Harry Edward Cheek
Wilma Lyle Childers
Vella Mae Christian
Betty Lee Coleman
Arthur L. Coulter
Gloria Mabel Cox
Barbara Ames Darnall
Kenneth Davis
Robert Lee Dickson
Dorotha Marie Datson
William E. Dotson
Frankie Fedele
Rachel Kathryn Fox
Basil H
Joe B. McCoy
Melvin McDonald
Robert Lee McGraw
Patricia Templeton McIntire
Louise Miller
Mary Ellen Morris
Norma Gay Morris
Mabel Beatrice Orren
Josephine Pino
Justus Peyton
Ruby Eileen Plumley
Fayetteville selective service classifies eighteen registrants
At the last meeting of the local selective service board eighteen registrants were classified as 1-A. Listed are William Price Edward Fox Sherman Pate Thomas Gilkerson John Smith James Vandall Tracy Wilson William Griggs Mack Murrell Robert Kintaler Richard Mankin Robert Huff Lee Davis Jasper Buttrick Van Roark Bernard Dandridge Oscar Burton and Talmadge Pigg. Other classifications include Tentative 1-A Leonard Rhodes Leslie Withrow William Massey Pete Widay Joe Thomas James Hinty Ralph Shuck William McReynolds Tom Walker Charles Sizemore John Gray John Small Joseph McCoy Rodney Riser Sam Jones John Samuels Kermit Rice Robert Thomas Clyde Miranda Thomas Crawford. Class 2-B includes Russell Shoveler Manual Perry Sam Nagy jr. William Taylor Francis Groves Robert Burgess William Craddock Herbert Lane jr. Forrest Gillespie Harold Jackson Joe Kutiuk Joseph Notus Arthur Holmes Kyle Mann James Dearing Robert Hemmings Robert Jayman George Thompson Norman Bowles. Class 3A lists Arthur Biggs Thomas Bukovich Joan Vannatter Jesse Sizemore Haven Shuck
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Edward Fox
Sherman Pate
Thomas Gilkerson
John Smith
James Vandall
Tracy Wilson
William Griggs
Mack Murrell
Robert Kintaler
Richard Mankin
Robert Huff
Lee Davis
Jasper Buttrick
van Roark
Bernard Dandridge
Oscar Burton
Talmadge Pigg
Leonard Rhodes
Leslie Withrow
William Massey
Pete Widay
Joe Thomas
James Hinty
Ralph Shuck
William McReynolds
Tom Walker
Charles Sizemore
John Gray
John Small
Joseph McCoy
Rodney Riser
Sam Jones
John Samuels
Kermit Rice
Robert Thomas
Clyde Miranda
Thomas Crawford
Russell Shoveler
Manual Perry
Sam Nagy
William Taylor
Francis Groves
Jean Marlor Becomes Bride of Pfc Charles E Miller Jr
Announcement of Miss Jean Marlor of Kopperston marrying Pfc Charles E Miller Jr of Scarbro. The April 4 1943 ceremony in Grenada Mississippi was conducted by Rev C B Pharr with Mrs Cyrus A Williams as only attendant. Miller to receive Oak Hill High diploma informally due to Army enlistment. stationed at Camp McCain Mississippi.
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Kopperston
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Oak Hill High School
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Navy Brothers Return Home on 30 Day Leave
Navy service brief about William C. Washington Jr and his brother Howard R. Washington. William, a fire controlsman third class, arrives for a 30 day leave with their parents. Both brothers joined in 1940 and completed basic training that December. Howard, a pharmacist's mate third class, is now at a naval hospital in Philadelphia.
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To Choose Healthiest Girl And Boy in Fayette County
Fayetteville hosts the Fayette County health contest on Saturday May 22 at 9:00 am at the county health department. Miss Clifton Dotson says the healthiest boy and girl from each local club will be selected to represent their club in the event run with the Health Unit and local doctors. Senior winners receive scholarships to state camp at Jackson's Mill while juniors get scholarships to county camp at Beckwith.
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Pipe Organ To Be Dedicated At Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist church plans a Sunday morning dedication of its new pipe organ in honor of members serving in the armed forces. Ninety church members in uniform are listed for the service with Rev. Rowland Aspinall delivering the dedicatory sermon.
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Civil Service To Hold Interviews In Oak Hill May 18
The Oak Hill office of the United States employment service and War Manpower Commission says a civil service representative will interview applicants on Tuesday May 18. Jobs include shipyard boys 16, Washington stenographers and typists for girls, clerical posts for non typists, laborers on various projects, and crafts workers for Pearl Harbor Panama Canal. Applicants should file preliminary applications before Tuesday and Beckley area residents should report to the Beckley office.
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Church Dedication Committee Named for Ceremony
The committee in charge of arrangements for the dedication is composed of B C Peters J Edward Lewis and A W Burdesle. A cardinal invitation has been extended to heads of the church everywhere to attend the dedication service.
Daily Crossword Clue Grid and Cryptoquote Puzzle
A reader puzzles page lists a 31 across and down clue grid with geographic, textual, and wordplay prompts. It includes a cryptogram quotation attributed to C. Colton and notes the day’s featured quote about knowledge and life.
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Oak Hill Class Sermon Is Today
Oak Hill high school holds baccalaureate services this morning in the school auditorium with Rev. John A. Wilson Jr. delivering the sermon. The program includes processional, invocations, and musical selections by the high school orchestra and glee club. Diplomas are to be awarded at final ceremonies Wednesday evening with Lt. Ebersole Gaines delivering the principal address.
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First Virginia oil shipped to Charleston by Ewing firm
The D F E Melanis interests will send two tank cars of crude oil Monday from Ewing Virginia to Elk Refining Company in Charleston West Virginia marking Virginia’s first commercial oil shipment. The wells near the Virginia Tennessee line east of Ewing began producing in 1942 with output around 20 to 25 barrels daily.
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Oak Hill Sailor John Perry Due Home on Leave
Oak Hill Navy Seabee John Perry 3/c is expected to arrive this week for a leave with his wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Perry. Perry is currently at Camp Endicott Davisville R I with the Seabees.
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Beckley College to Start Welding Class for Women
Beckley college announces a two to three week welding course for women beginning Monday with special facilities. Two women welders trained last month earned about 64 dollars weekly in shipyard jobs, and shipyards seek more women tackers for various welding tasks. Boarding and housing are arranged for women students.
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Charges Appealed In Two Bad Checks Case
A justice court conviction for issuing two bad checks to the American Federation of Labor was appealed to the circuit court. The $7 checks covered union dues on Bluestone Dam project. Charles Edward Anderson of Negra issued the checks and was represented by Percy H. Brown.
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Former Band Instructor To Wed An Indiana Girl
Lt. Thomas Mistretta former Fayetteville high school band instructor engages Lillian Miller of Seymour Indiana. Mistretta stationed at Freeman Army Air Field Indiana. wedding set for June 17 at Emmanuel Lutheran church Seymour. Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs William Miller and music supervisor in Seymour LaPorte and other districts. Mistretta Oberlin Conservatory graduate violinist and former director of instrumental music in Fayetteville. He received commission last December after attending war college and OCS.
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Milam School Destroyed by Fire in Wyoming County
Milam high and elementary school in Wyoming county burned, collapsing to its shell. Fire originated in the furnace room. insurance covered the loss and the district seeks permission to rebuild. About 190 students affected. prior graduation events unaffected by the fire.
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Negro Activities and Local Notices Mixed Summary
Community notes from Beckley and nearby towns include upcoming Sunday addresses at Faithchapel A.M.E. church, a meeting cancellation for Queen Esther No. 6 O.B.E. Star due to a funeral, and reports of visits, furloughs, and travel. Death notices include Roscoe Smith and Beulah Gilbert with funeral arrangements pending.
Mullens Class Leaders Named By Sponsor
Mullens Thelma Cortmill and Betty Jane Caudle of Mullens High School are named valedictorian and salutatorian for the class of 1948, while Alice Payne ranked first scholastically but cannot serve as valedictorian due to only three years at Mulleng High School. Four years attendance required by school standards per senior class sponsor Mrs Mary Ry Staats.
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Betty Jane Caudle
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Mary Ry Staats
Lanark Driver Gels Jail Term
Clarence Lawson of Lanark was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail for hit and run driving in Magistrate Oley Mills court. The accident on Route 4h near Stamford left a truck driven by Orville Reed of Glen Morgan damaged and an unidentified youth injured but not hospitalized. Grover Lawson, brother of the driver, paid 5 dollars and costs for drunkenness.
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