Marsh Fork High School Construction Approved by W P B
The War Production Board approved building Marsh Fork High School at an estimated cost of $85,000 to replace the fire-destroyed structure. Plans call for 12 classrooms, an auditorium, and two gyms with bids to follow after state and local approvals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork
Bup
E. M. Ashworth
War Production Board
Ashworth
Walter Martens
Charleston
Raleigh County ‘School Board
C. C. Ball
Ard
H. A. Sloan
E. J. Fourney
H. T. Gibson
John
Geten Austin Caperton
W. F. Clark
A. Sloan
C. E. Shumate
Ed. Fourney
Board of Education
E.L. Colcord
OPA Allows Mail Renewal Of A Gas Cards
The OPA announces mail renewals for A gas ration books and D motorcycle books to save time. Eastern states extend A books to four months. A coupons A-5 and A-6 apply renewal timing. Applications will be mailed via service stations with inspection records. new books should reach motorists before July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Associated Press
Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
O.P.A
Hese
East
Funeral services for Otto Reuter in Whitby
Funeral services held at 2 PM for Otto Conrad Reuter 69 of Whitby at the Montgomery Methodist church with Rev. Eugene Modlin and Rev. C G Roark officiating. Burial in Highlawn cemetery. Reuter long time Sterling Smokeless Coal store manager died Friday night after illness since 1941. He was born November 26 1873 in Pomeroy Ohio and married Nelle Kruthoffer in Cincinnati in 1902. He lived in Montgomery WV before moving to Whitby eight years ago. Surviving are his widow a daughter and a son Otto K Reuter editor of the Hinton Daily News plus six sisters two brothers and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Conrad Reuter
Whitby
Eugene Modlin
Montgomery Methodist Church
C. G. Roark
Whitby Community Church
Highlawn
Oak Hill
Reuter
Sterling Smokeless Coal Company
Pomeroy
Ohio
Malentine Reuter
Elizabeth Mees
Marietta
Cincinnati
Nelle Kruthoffer
Montgomery
West Virginia
Ellis
AEC
Renier
Nelle K. Renter
Paul Q. Warden
Otto K Renier
Hinton
Program Today to Honor New County Citizens
New voters and county youths will be welcomed at Beckley junior high school at 2 30 this afternoon. The program includes remarks by Mayor A K Minter Rev David Rees and other local figures with a Star Spangled Banner singing and a list of citizens naturalized in the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior High School
A. K. Minter
David Rees
America
George Bright
Franklin Lilly
Clay S
Marcial Setio
Beckley
Millie M. Bailey
Lanark
Rina Renzonico
Alejandro Martinez
Tang
Frank Sekula
Arssuro P. Baker
James McNair
Stamford
Henry Hope
Stetesury
Antonio Alorcivo
Eccles
Robert Davideau Cuthbert
Epperly
William Lennick
Skelton
Tom
Christopher
Cranberry
Red Cross War Fund Total Tops Thirty Thousand
The American Red Cross War Fund drive totals $31,681.43, surpassing the $25,000 quota and expected to reach $32,000 by month end. Rev. Earl L. Grose chairs the effort and Raleigh county chapter sets a final report meeting for June 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Red Cross War Fund
Earl L. Grose
Raleigh
the Red Cross
Corp Wiseman Succumbs In Camp
Corporal Charles O. Wiseman 22 of Affinity died at Alliance airbase at 5 p m Friday from head injuries and pneumonia. He entered the army May 12, 1942 in the parachute battalion. Survived by parents five brothers and three sisters. Body to be returned to Beckley for funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles O. Wiseman
Affinity
Alliance
Nebraska
Thomas W. Wiseman
Army
Parachute Battalion
T. W. Wiseman
Ralph
United States Navy
Robert
Thomas
Paul
Davy
G. H. Hughes
Bishop
Dorothy Wiseman
Grace Wiseman
Beckley
Caffee Funeral Home
Nine Beckley graduates head to shipyards for work
Nine graduates from Beckley college welding school depart for shipyards today accompanied by instructor rk Belcher. He will aid in securing room and board and other employment details. The college has been sending about 40 men monthly to shipyards for three years and operates 23 welders daily from 9 AM to 4 PM. Flags of Netherlands Sweden Great Britain and the United States have flown over Delaware at different times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College Welding School
Tnday
Rk. 7
Belcher
Berkley College
D. K. Shroyer
Netherlands
Sweden
Great Britain
United States
Delaware
Jurors Named for June Term of Local Court
Grand jurors and 38 petit jurors were selected for the June 14 criminal court term by Jury Commissioners Wayce Henderson and E E Maynor. Names include Beckley residents B Houchins Iran Hurt W I Ennis C C Farmer S H Bridge A C Cook S M Bledsoe E W Williams Lacy Wood W B Crickmer Homer Withrow and others from Beckley Mabscott Glen Morgan and nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petit
Criminal Court
Wayce Henderson
E. E. Maynor
B. ©. Houchins
Beckley
Iran Hurt
Warden
W. I. Ennis
C. C. Farmer
S. H. Bridge
A. C. Cook
S. M. Bledsoe
E. W. Williams
Stotesbury
Cranberry
G. W. Bolt
R. C. Booze
Albert S. Bone
Dry Creek
Garland P. Burgess
Helen
W. GL. Carper
Grandview
W. D. Calloway
Negra
East Beckley
D. Cc. Campion
Rhodell
Walter Cook
Stickney
Henry Cook
T. E. Cox
Sam Humphrey
Surveyor
B. M. Hundley
Epperly
Alvin M. Jarrell
Packsville
B. ON
Lilly
Ghent
B. W. Lilly
D. Mandeville
CG. P. Maynor
Cittsville
Mack Morehead
Lester
FE. Co. Murphey
East
East Beckley; Glen McGinnis
Glen Morgan
R. H W. Neal
Abe O'Brien
Sophia
AL FL O'Dee
J. D. Peters
D. C. Richardson
R. Pil Richardson
McAlpin
P. Leeroy Robinson
Negro
Nevie Scarbrough
Ameagie
J. N. Shranate
Willis Stover
Artie
Wills .C. Trent
Besocay L
Tyree
Dry
Harry West
Odd
Chris Walker
Herman W. Warden
Stamford
James White
Boris Ira C. Withrow
Ams
Robert D. Wood
Amigo
Herman L. Davis
Mabscott
WILS Beckley Station Joins CBS Network
Beckley West Virginia radio station WILS becomes a CBS affiliate, making Beckley the smallest CBS represented city. War conditions delay full 70 hour weekly programming. current schedule expands by two hours daily. Station promises higher quality programs and greater listener appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
WILS
Columbia Broadcasting System
Herbert Kendrick
CBS
Kendrick
Columbia
CHS
Block Leaders to Direct County Salvage Roundup
Raleigh county will run a salvage roundup next Friday through Sunday led by block leaders. R K Rabush and W R Fugitt urge volunteers to set up depots, visit homes, and collect scrap iron, fats, silk and nylon hose, waste fats, grease, and tin cans while centers and transport facilities operate in each block.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
R. K. Rabush
Beckley
W. R. Fugitt
State Offices of WPA Are Closed
Workmen removed telephones and locked the state Work Projects Administration headquarters in Huntington ending seven years of WPA operation in West Virginia. Administrator Carl Riggs reported to oversee closing. payroll had fallen from about 9 700 last December as many workers moved to war and private industries. Riggs planned to remain in Huntington at least until June 1 with plans after that date uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Huntington
State Work Projects
West Virginia
Carl Riggs
W.P.A
Riggs
Fairmont
Layoff Reflected in Coal Output in Winding Gulf Area
Coal production in the Winding Gulf district for the week ending May shows reduced activity. Output fell to 188,578 tons from 213,093 the previous year, with 37,998 tons lost to strike and 949 to mine disability. New River produced 200,711 tons and Pocahontas 537,965. year-to-date totals show 4,117,985 and 4,248,401 tons respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gulf
Winding Gulf Operators Association
New River
Winding Gulf and
Britain After The War House Shortage Forecast
Britain faces a postwar housing crisis with over four million new homes needed to replace destroyed houses and clear slums. London must gain 160 000 dwellings, Manchester 70 000, and Glasgow 40 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Manchester
Glasgow
Sisters to graduate at two West Virginia high schools
Norma Jean Daniel and Thelma Ruth Daniel, daughters of Mrs. Violet Daniel, will graduate from Greenbrier High School in Renick and Roosevelt-Wilson High School at Park near Clarksburg on May 20 and May 26 respectively. Both plan to enter nurses training soon. They are nieces of Mrs. Joel Phillips and Mrs. Alice Grafton of Fayetteville and Mrs. C. M. Allen of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
West Virgin
Norma Jean Daniel
Thelma
Ruth
Daniel
Violet Daniel
Beckley
Norma Jean
Greenbrier High School
Renceverte
Thelma Ruth
Roosevelt-Wilson High School
Park
Clarksburg
Nurses Training School
Joel
Phillips
Alice Grafton
C. M., Allen
Cousin of Local Resident Dies in Blackfoot
Funeral services will be held in Blackfoot Idaho for £ G Kirkpatrick a cousin of Mrs W A Reese of Hinton who died suddenly Saturday. A message to Mrs Reese confirms the death amid weather notes about Martinique citing historical storms quakes and droughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Hinton
Blackfoot
Idaho
G. Kirkpatrick
W. A. Reese
Reese
Private Bolen Funeral Set in Lester
Private First Class Wesley Bolen 24 of Lester dies from streptococcus infection after an injury. He was stationed at Lowery Field Colorado and served 18 months. Survived by parents three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at 2 pm today at his home with Rev R B Underwood, followed by Webb Cemetery interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Bolen
Lester
R. B. Underwood
Bolen
Nell Bolen
Lowery Field
Colorado
Odd. W. Va
Dave Tanksley
Woodrow Aliff
Pax
Tavia Bolen
Earl
Arthur
Elmer Bolen
Webb Cemetery
Self cleaning of paints in normal weather
The material forms a fine white powder on exposed surfaces over months. Heavy rains wash this away, exposing a clean surface and starting a gradual self cleaning process. In extremely sooty industrial areas this process may delay.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marsh Fork High School
U. S
Republic
Germany
U.S
India
Helen Pantopoulos
Hast Beckley
Demetreos Kambouris
Berkley
John Hutman
Rozi Halash
Kenneth Elton Fox
Joe Wardensky
Stanaford
Resina Bigolin
Mary LePori
Antonio Bigolin
Jose Paredes Pozo
John Rodriguez Gomez
George Jim Bakalis
John Reginald Richards
Glen ‘White
Josephine Calvo
Fireco
Lenarles Reid
Annie Haynal
Selton
Hilda A. Helz
Orcho del Puppo
J Him A’angelo
Tabroy
Gost Vasos
Thomas Hoak
Glen White
Pedro Lopez
Steve Beezer Halash
Frank Tozer
Stanford
George Edward Thornley
Frannie Dacne
Augustine Varella
Frank Postlewaite Saunders
Killarney
Red Cross
Selm Atae
Roanoke
North Kanawha
East Prince Street
Crab Orchard
Qur Plant
Second Street
WPA
Gulf
Pennsylvania Casualty CO
S. Heber St
Beckley, W. V
R. A
Ray
Harpers
The
Practical Welding School
South Kanawha St
Martinique
Beckley Optical Co
Prince St. Back of Court Hous
du Pont House
DU Pont
Pont Mouse Pat
S-gatten Lots
Quality Lumber & Supply CO
City Avenue
Beckley, W
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!