Memorial Day Activities In Hinton Include Softball Games
Greenbrier Valley News reports Memorial Day observances in Hinton with many local stores offices and businesses closed. Two softball games at Avis Park start at 4 p m and the May golf championship finals are set for Willow Wood Country Club Monday afternoon following weekend tournament play.
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Thinton
Hinton
Great Board
Sual
Avis Park
Willow Wood Country Club
Alderson UDC Meeting Hosts May Social
The Alderson chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy met on Friday afternoon May 2 at Miss Gladys Alderson’s North Monroe street home. Miss Anna W Feamster led a brief business session and Miss Gladys Johnson spoke on the May A D C Bulletin. A social hour followed with a party plate served to a list of attendees.
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Alderson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Gladys Alderson
Monroe Street
W. G. Smith
Anna Warrick Feamsters
Gladys Johnson
A.D.C
Lowell Woman Celebrates 85th Birthday
Mrs. Jennie Kester of Lowell celebrated her eighty fifth birthday at her daughter Mrs Dan Mayer's home in Hinton. Known as Aunt Jinney by many friends she has been ill but is improving and hopes to return home to Lowell.
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V Register
Alderson
Jennie Kester
Lowell
Dan Mayer
Hinton
Jinney
Minister and Family Honored at Alderson Presbyterian Party
Alderson The Rev and Mrs S B Lapsley and their children were guests of honor at a social gathering in the Alderson Presbyterian church Sunday school rooms on Friday evening May 28. Other guests included officers and Sunday school boards of Baptist and Methodist churches. Games and contests were directed by Mrs B S Johnson Mrs J Frank Nash and others. Dainty refreshments were served to about 75 people.
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Register
Nosis
New State Liquor Store Opens Tuesday Afternoon
The West Virginia Liquor Control Commission will open its new Third Avenue location at 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 1, with manager J Norman Wilson. The previous Hotel McGreery site was ordered closed by Kanawha County Judge Bouchelle after a church proximity complaint from Rev J W Harris of the Hinton Ministerial Association. The store will operate daily from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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Register
Hinton
West Virginia Liquor Control Commission
Third Avenue
J. Norman Wilson
Greenbrier Cadets Hear Baccalaureate Sermon at Carnegie Hall
Seventy five Greenbrier Military School cadets join Greenbrier college seniors for a baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Dr. Edwin Hughes retired bishop of the Methodist church in Washington DC. Afternoon dress parade follows band concert with ROTC awards. Cadets and guests attend a campus reception. junior college graduates receive degrees and high school seniors diplomas at final exercises led by Col. J M Moore and Col H B Moore.
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Greengrier
S R O.T.C
Col
H. B. Moore
J. M. Moore
J. W. Benjamin
C. E. Turley
W. A. Rich
Help Offered to Fill Out New Ration Applications
The local war price and rationing board has opened information centers in Hinton and rural districts to assist with War Ration Book No 3 applications. Call before June 10. Centers include the post office, rationing board, Central and Greenbrier schools, and several rural stores. Mail applications to the Charleston mailing headquarters by June 10 to ensure delivery between June 20 and July 21. Postmark delays may push processing after August 1. If not received by June 3, visit the post office general delivery window for a form.
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Register
Statf
Hinton
Robert Bondurant gets Concord A B degree
Robert L Bondurant son of Mrs W E Bondurant of Alderson graduated from Concord College Athens with an A B degree. A 1939 Alderson High School graduate he studied at Concord for several years, joined Civilian Air Corps training, completed flying, and awaits active duty. He visits Bassett Virginia this weekend with relatives. Mrs W E Bondurant and Mrs Frank Ogle attended the graduation exercises.
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Alderson
Robert L. Bondurant
W. E. Bondurant
Concord College
Athens
Robert
Alderson High School
Civilian Air Corps
Bassett
Virginia
Frank Ogle
Alder son Legion drives fund jars for free cigarettes overseas
Monroe Post No. 100 sponsors a drive placing eleven cigarette jars in Union Seneca Cafe, Carper Nard ware, Peterstown, Lindside, Alder son, Greenville, and Gap Mills. Tobaccos supply cigarettes at five cents per package with taxes omitted. Jars with coin slots sit in local shops and venues for donations to send free cigarettes to men overseas.
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Register
Alderson
Monroe Post
American Legion
Union
Seneca Cafe
Carper Nardware
Peterstown
E. I. Terry
J. Hampton Witt
Lindside
P. Mann
Gwynn's Beer Drill
al Pine
Greenville
Postoffice and Pence
Gap Mills
Patton
Neal Funeral Held Yesterday in Alderson
Funeral services for John A. Neal 87 of Alderson were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Johnson Memorial Methodist church by Rev Nat G Barnhart. Burial followed in Alderson cemetery. He died Thursday evening after a long illness. Born Zenith Monroe County August 8 1854. Survived by brother Lewis Neal of Zenith four children Tra Neal Mrs Ernest Boyd Miss Sue Neal and Mrs JP Perry seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Alderson
Johnson Memorial Methodist Church
Nat G. Barnhart
Zenith
Monroe County
Lewis Neal
Tra Neal
Ernest Boyd
Sue Neal
Ripley
JP. Perry
Houston
Texas
Registrants to Leave for Induction Center in Huntington
A large number of Summers County selective service registrants will depart Monday afternoon for the Huntington induction center. There they will undergo final physical examinations before induction. Those accepted will receive pre induction furloughs prior to reporting for military training assignments.
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Hinton
Summers County
Selective Service
Army Induction Center
Huntington
Sailor J. F. Rowe To Take Three Day Furlough Home
Aldersons family expects Sec ond class petty officer J F Rowe to arrive this weekend for a three day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Hi C Rowe. The Rowes host as guests Dr and Melvin A Schmuts and daughter Beune of San Francisco. Harvey Newton of Waukesha Wis donated a hind quarter of beef to the JVSO in Milwaukee for his family.
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Alderson
J. F. Rowe
C. Rowe
Rowes
Weir
M Melvin
Schmuts
Fitthe
Buane
San Francisco
California
Harvey Newton
Waukesha
Wis
JVSO
Milwaukee
Auto Agency Sold To Competitor
ALDERSON The Brown Motor Sales company on Riverside avenue North Alderson was purchased Thursday by H E Copeland and sons of Alderson from H W Brown. The Copeland lands already run Copeland Chevrolet on South Monroe street and will operate both businesses. North Alderson shop to be managed by Omer E Copeland.
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Register
Alderson
Brown Motor Sales Company
Riverside Avenue
North Alderson
H. WH. Brown
H. E. Copeland and Sons of
Copelands
Copeland Chevrolet Company
Monroe Street
Omer E. Copeland
Stephen Coffman Dies At His Home In Ronceverte
Eli Stephen Coffman 70 lifelong Ronceverte resident died suddenly Saturday morning at 816 Pochontas Avenue of heart failure. Survived by widow Mary Eva Sampson, three children George Coffman Clifton Forge Albert Coffman and Mrs Howard Scott all of Ronceverte, a grandchild, sister Mrs William Finley Topeka Kansas, brother D C Coffman Topeka, Amos Coffman Portland Oregon, Filmer Coffman, and sister Mrs Minnie Fry Lewisburg. Former teacher turned merchant, last eleven years Fort Springs justice of the peace. Mason lodge and Methodist Episcopal church deacon and Bible class teacher. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Register
Ronceverte
Eli Stephen Coffman
Pocahontas Avenue
Mary Eva Sampson
George C. Coffman
Clifton Forge
Albert Coffman
Howard Scott
William Finley
D. C. Coffman
Topeka
Kansas
Amos Coffman
Portland
Oregon
Filmer Coffman
Minnie Fry
Lewisburg
Fort
Masonic Lodge
Methodist Episcopal Church
Woodrow Meadows Wounded in South Pacific Action
Private Woodrow Meadows of Jumping Branch is wounded in action in the South Pacific as reported by the War Department. Parents Mr and Mrs Fred Meadows were informed that follow up notices would be sent every 15 days and the extent of injuries was not specified in the original message.
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Register Stafsh
Hinton
Woodrow Meadows
Fred Meadows
Jumping Branch
South Pacific
War Department
Shanklin Claims Tomato Championship
ALDERSON R B Shanklin of Union reports no ripe tomatoes on his vines by May 20 and proclaims a claim to be the tomato man of the section. He leaves proof on vines as a challenge to all A A A cooperators in Monroe and Greenbrier counties backed by government brains.
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Alderson
R. B. Shanklin
Union
Shanklin
Shank Mn
A.A.A
Monroe
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Pilot Crashes In Plane
Ronceverte report: Oscar Wright of Ronceverte severely injured when his Piper Cup J 2 plane hit a downdraft at 90 feet over Boone field and crashed on its left wing. Companion Sam Brewster suffered minor bruises and was released from Greenbrier Valley hospital. Wright, hurled during the fall, landed in a nearby cornfield after taking off from Huntington with the new aircraft.
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Ronceverte
Oscar Wright
Greenbrier Valley Hospital
Boone Field
Sam Brewster
Wright
Huntington
Bishop To Speak At Special Service
ALDERSON The ministerial association of Ronceverte Greenbrier county has arranged a special service in the Greenbrier high school auditorium at 8 o clock tonight Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes head of the Methodist church Washington D C will speak at the gathering
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Alderson
Ministerial Association of
Ronceverte
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier High School
Edwin Holt Hughes
The
Methodist Church
Washington, D. C
Final Alderson Mother's Club meeting set for June 1
The final club year meeting for Alderson Mother's Club will be held Tuesday afternoon June 1 at Mrs. R. S. Johnson's home. Transportation enthusiasts are invited to contact the transportation committee.
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Alderson
Alderson Mother's Club
R. S. Johnson
Transportation Committee
Air raids hammer German fortress as mass deaths reported
The broadcast said at least 115 persons were killed with others buried under debris as Allied air forces intensified raids on Germany. The week saw the RAF accumulate nearly 5,000 tons of explosives on the Ruhr, building toward a forecast of even larger future blows by the American air force.
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Elections Set Tuesday In Beckley Area
Beckley area voters in Alderson Ansted Ath ens Fayetteville Lester Lewis burg Mabscott Pax Princeton Rainelle Ronceverte Whitesville Sophia Thurmond will vote Tuesday with Hinton Rhodell set for next week In Sophia the labor party ticket won certification and the incumbents face a contested ballot while Mayor Ruble threatens to quit amid a tense local election scene.
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Princeton
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Ronceverte
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Hinton
Rhodell
Leighton Farley
Labor
Farley
Labor Party
Thei
City Recorder
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Dad) Rubic
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Richardson
Perfect Attendance Grades Honor Stamford Boy
Carroll Simpkins twelve at Stamford is valedictorian of the eighth grade class of forty two. Principal Mason Anderson credits the lad with never missing a day from school in his life, linking flawless attendance to high marks and leadership.
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John Simpkins
Stamford
Carroll
Mason Anderson
Peterson's Ointment touted for pile relief popularity
A Buffalo druggist 30 years ago created an ointment for itching and smarting from piles. The product, Peterson's Ointment, gained rapid fame and became a kitchen cabinet staple in thousands of homes. Customers are urged to ask for a die box or a 60e tube with applicator and offered money back if not satisfied.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Neal Family Plans Move to Summersville Nicholas County
J. H. Neal and daughters Laura and Lucille will move to Summersville in Nicholas County after leaving their home on West Maple Avenue. The Neal family has rented their residence to Dr. and Mrs. Janney and family of Littleton, Colorady.
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Alderson
J. H. Neal
Laura
Lucille
Summersville
Nicholas County
Neals
West Maple Avenue
Mrs. Janney
Little~ton
Culorady
Inflation Spiral Spurs Labor Strikes and Fed Policy Debate
The article argues that labor groups including the C LO and railroad brotherhoods push inflation higher, framing strikes as a consequence of the federal government's inconsistent wartime price and wage controls. It identifies the strike news as a clear indicator of policy failure and a worsened economic spiral.
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A.P. L
Railroad Brotherhoods
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