Poppies To Be Worn For Battle Dead
Beckley unit 32 American Legion Auxiliary will distribute red poppies on Poppy Day to honor American war dead in two world wars and this conflict. Volunteers will offer flowers citywide with no set price, asking only pennies or dollars as gifts to aid veterans and their families.
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Beckley
W. A. Burke
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Berkley
Auxiliary
Burke
D. F. McKenzie
Tnit
America
Marshall to Graduate NIEs and Commencement Plans
Marshall College registrar announces 11 degrees to be awarded at the 106th commencement on May 31. Bethany College President Dr W H Cramblett will deliver the baccalaureate May 30 and Dr Gordon Jennings Laing of the University of Chicago will give the commencement address. Additional notes cover recent visits by numerous families and a transfer of Private Clendon Gadd to Alexandria base.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Marshall College
W. H. Cramblett
Bethany College
Gordon Jennings Laing
University of Chicago
Aspinall To Be Eccles Speaker At High School Graduation
Eccles D Crawford Lynn principal Old Eccles junior high announces Wednesday 7 pm graduation program. Processional Hark the Vesper Hymn is Stealing invocation Rev G Elwood Anderson salutatory Dessa Lea Spencer music The Green Bushes Jr High Glee club address Dr. Rowland Aspinall music Song of the Coast Guard ninth grade presentation of class by C C Lynn acceptance by E M Ashworth diplomas Golden L Meadows music The American Patrol Jr High Glee club valedictory John Miller benediction Rev G Elwood Anderson class roll listed.
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Register
Eccles
D. Crawford Lynn
Eccles Junior High School
G. Elwood Anderson
Dessa Lea Spencer
The
Green Bushes, Jr
Rowland Aspinall
the Coast Guard
C. C. Lynn
E.M. Ashworth
Golden L. Meadows
American Patrol, Jr
John Miller
Douglas Burke
Rudolf Cimala
Alec Cormack
Evelyn Gialdella
Eugene Hedgecock
Doris Hinkle
Harrison Jenkins
Calendar Notices From The Register Social Editor
A weekly calendar lists service canteens, Red Cross sewing and knitting groups, garden clubs, Girl Scout meetings, and lodge banquets across Beckley and Eunice. Includes group numbers, church locations, and suggested times for sessions and commencements.
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Prince Street
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
First Baptist Church
Private Melvin Hebb Weds Mary Elizabeth Hilton
Private Melvin M Hebb of Beckley and Mary Elizabeth Hilton of Tams married in Beckley First Christian Church parlor on Wednesday May 19. The bride wore a blue ensemble with white accessories and received a corsage of white carnations. Attendants included Mrs Earl Hebb and groomsmen Orvin Hebb Earl Hebb and Private Earl Bailey. A reception followed at the groom's Temple street home. The bride, a Mark Twain high school graduate, worked at Gulf Smokeless Coal in Tams. Private Hebb, son of Mrs Elsie Boyd, graduated Woodrow Wilson high school in 1937 and is stationed at Camp Adair Oregon.
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Melvin M. Hebb
First Christian Church
Hebb
Mary Elizabeth Hilton
Tams
Camp Adair
Oregon
Beckley
Mary Elizabeth
Hilton
W. L. Hilton
A. H. Wilson
Earl Hebb
Orvin Hebb
Earl Bailey
Temple Street
Lloyd Campbell
Q. W. Hebb
James Spangler
Boyd
Miss Hilton
Mark Twain High School
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Elsie Boyd
East Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Newspapers
Richmond Cleaners and Laundry
Army
Plan to Curtail Milk Truck Miles At State Meeting
Buckley Dalrymer plan curtailment of milk truck mileage will be discussed at a statewide meeting in Parkersburg Tuesday. Local dairymen at a Beckley gathering heard R P Allen of the Office of Defense Transportation explain new regulations as areas are formed with chairmen. The aim is to prolong truck life for wartime needs by reducing deliveries while preserving regular dairy service. Participants included E R Yates, Guy Montgomery, Dominick Giampalo, Arthur Shelor, C C Taylor, Bert Wilson, Philip Foltz, C E Shumate, H F Hutchinson, J P Allen, and G G Stallings among others.
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Parkersburg
R. P. Allen
Office of Defense, Transportation
Beckley
Logan
Lewisburg
West Virginia
E.R. Yates
Imperial Ice Cream Company
Guy B. Montgomery
Ice and Produce Company
Ronceverte
Dominick Giampalo
Giampalo Dairy
Arthur Shelor
Mr. Shelor, Sr
Shelor Dairy Company
C. C. Taylor
Fairview
Bert. L. Wilson
Guyan Creamery Company
Huntington
Philip Foltz
Borden Ice Cream Company
C. E. Shumate
Shumate Dairy Products
Berkley
H. F. Hutchinson
Greenbrier
Dairy Products
J. P. Alien
Office of Defense Transportation
G. G. Stallings
Greenbrier, Dairy Products
G. H. Gait
Greenbrier Dairy Products
Chamber Sees 30 Percent Weekly Pay Rise for Miners
The West Virginia chamber of commerce argued that time and a half for the sixth coal-mining day yields a 30 percent weekly increase, noting living costs rose only about 2 percent since January 1, 1941. It criticized wage-boosting schemes and warned against overproduction under government subsidy, drawing a parallel to cotton, corn, and wheat producers.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Washington
United Mine Workers
Chamber
U. S
WLB authorizes three cent pay raise for rubber workers
The War Labor Board ordered a three cent hourly wage increase for big four rubber workers and urged idle Akron plants to resume operations. The CIO United Rubber Workers protested, seeking eight cents, while the WLB argued three cents would stabilize pay across the industry under the Little Steel formula.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board Today
Akron
C.I.0
United Rubber Workers
C.I.O
W.L.B
Stork Shower Honors Mrs Albert Baker at Otsego Hall
A stork shower for Mrs Albert Baker of Otsego was held at the Otsego Community Hall on Wednesday May 19. Hostesses Mrs George Barker Mrs John Saunders Mrs Houston Graham and Mrs Goldie Stomen led games and served refreshments to a long list of guests.
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Albert Baker
Otsego
George Barker
John Saunders
Houston Graham
Goldie Stomen
Pool lease urged to save city bathers this summer
Mayor Harry Starcher announced plans to lease the community swimming pool to any party for the season. A $5 credit on expenses would be offered, noting municipal operation ran a deficit last year and without a lessee residents would need another place to cool off.
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SPENC
Harry Starcher
Shady Spring Lot Sold in Raleigh County Deed Recorded
Theodore Ferraro transfers a lot in Shady Spring district Raleigh County to George W. Sweeney and Raymela Sweeney per a deed on file in the county clerk's office.
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Theodore Ferraro
Shady Spring
Raleigh
George W. Sweeney
Raymela Sweeney
Nine Sentenced By Federal Judge in Huntington
Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins sentenced nine people, including four for Mann act violations, three for harboring a deserter, and one who pleaded guilty to defrauding finance firms. William Clayton Hamilton drew five years for using friends as surety in loans. others from Williamson and Man areas received up to four years, with one and two month terms for harboring a deserter.
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Associated Press
Huntington
Harry E. Watkins
William Clayton Hamilton
Hamilton
Kimball
McDowell County
Frances Tall
John
Zola Edwards
Williamson
Kentucky
Melvina Thompson
William R. Wright
Man
Sue Gingo Wright
Wrights
Fillmore Vinson
Mingo club to campaign against fish and game law violatio
The Mingo sportsman's club pledged to campaign in the West Virginia district and adjoining Kentucky against violations of fish and game laws, with emphasis on prohibiting gigging of fish and frogs. Joseph Varney of Delbarton was elected president.
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Associated Press
Williamson
Mingo Sportsman’s Club
West Virginia
Kentucky
Joseph Varney
Delbarton
Logan Circuit Judge Sentences Jeffer son for Stabbing
Circuit Judge C C Chambers sentences John Jeffer son, a Negro convic ted of stabbing Otis Gladney last March 14, to seven years. The jury deliberated one hour. Also note India spans about 1 575 000 square miles and is roughly half the size of the United States.
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Associated Press
LOGAN
C. C. Chambers
John Jefferson
Otis Gladney
India
United States
Vilda Shrewsberry Weds Roy E Hall in Princeton
Vilda Shrewsberry daughter of Mrs B W Lilly married Ray Edgar Hall of Princeton at Key Street Methodist Church Princeton on Saturday May 15 6 pm Rev C E Mercer officiated. The bride active in Mercer Raleigh counties church work formerly a clerk at E C Minter Coal Co store at Tommy's Creek. Attendants were Mrs Lacy Shrewsberry Princeton Grace Hall and Miss Mary Hall Princeton. The groom formerly with Tri City Traction later discharged and employed with the same company. The couple will reside in Princeton.
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Register
Rhodell
Vilda Shrewsberry
B. W. Lilly
Ray Edgar
Hall
Princeton
Key Street
C. E. Mercer
Epworth League
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Tommy's Creek
Mary Hall
Tri-City Traction Company
Sailor Thanks Raleigh County Canteen In Wartime Note
Letters of appreciation pour in to the Raleigh County Service Men's Canteen. A recent note from Coxswain Dearl R. Seelinger of the United States naval reserve, from Beckley, praises mothers and the town for support. The finance committee approves raising per-served funds to fifteen cents, with donations totaling from Elks Lodge to local clubs and individuals across Beckley and Piney View, highlighting community wartime solidarity.
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Raleigh
R. Seelinger
United States Naval Reserve
West Raleigh
Pensacola
Florida
Beckley
West Virginia
Navy
Finance Committee of the Center
General Fund
C. C. Farmer
T .H. Wickham
A. S. Johnson
O. F. Cain
J. A. Brackman
Frank Halstead
W. A. Burke
Man fined for fishing in closed stream near Logan
The Associated Press reports Joe McKinney, a Black man from Omar, obtained a license but fished in a closed stream on the Guyan River below Island Creek. Magistrate Wayne Mathis fined him 200 dollars plus costs. he was jailed in Logan in default. Game Protector C G Hall said the arrest occurred a half mile below Island Creek. area above the creek remains open to fishing.
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Associated Press
Logan
Joe McKinney
Omar
Wayne Mathis
C. G. Hall
McKinney
Guyan River
Island Creek
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Women's Society of Christian Service of Sophia
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Beckley College
NEW York Tailors
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Roy E. Hall
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Hubert G. Cain
Jeffries Hill
James Anderson
Greenbrier Ice Cream Company
Loyal Order of Moose
Layland
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R. A. Norton
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Women's Improvement League
Debra Longhorn
Ebenezer Mission
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G. W. Burdette
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