National Guard Recruits Get Pay Hike Under New Act
The National Guard receives a pay raise effective October 1, part of a bill signed by the President. The article explains pay scales for recruits and other ranks, detailing drill period pay, summer training pay, and longevity increases, with example totals for first and second years.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
National Guard
Guard
Truman
Tian Entisted
Iar
Fogey
Cpl A. T. Winner
Spt
Frank A. Dearing
Go National Guard
Sgt. Dearing
Beckley College Opens Winter Registration
Beckley College announces winter registration closed for the term. Night classes match day enrollment, with all programs filled. Vice President D. X K. Shroyer cites veterans act changes and VA aid rules, urging early registration for next term to avoid delays and ensure access for veterans, whether in day or night programs.
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Beckley College
D. X K. Shroyer
Attercatres
Shroyer
Veterana Planning
Aiso
Veterans Administration
Sophia Man Escapes Fallen Aircraft After Football Game
Sergeant Fred M. Sturgill of Sophia, son of O B Sturgill, bailed out of a US aircraft near Kokura Kyushu Japan after the right engine caught fire during a flight from Tachikawa Tokyo. Of 71 jumpers 21 landed safely in Rice Paddies and valleys. 11 remained aboard the craft which landed at Ashiya. Sturgill, minor injuries, later said he preferred bumps on the football field. He graduated Sophia High School 1944 and joined the Air Force 1947, serving with the 1955th AACS Squadron Hazuke.
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Fred M. Sturgill
O. B. Sturgill
Sophia
Tachikawa Air Force Base
Tokyo
Japan
Kokura
Kyushu
Ashiya Air Force Base
Sturgill
Iazuke
Tachikawa
Sophia High School
United States Air Force
Fort Hayes
Ohio
Fifth Air Force
Iazuke Air Force Base
AACS
Hazuke Air Force Base
Mrs Delia Pack Succumbs at 66 in Coal City
Mrs Delia Frances Pack 66 of Coal City died 1130 p m Monday at home after a year long illness A native of Floyd County Virginia she lived in Raleigh County 32 years Survived by husband Grover C Pack son James C Pack five children from a prior marriage two sisters and two brothers Funeral services set for 2 pm Thursday at Calfee Funeral Home chapel with burial in Calfee Cemetery
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Dela Frances Pack
Coal City
Floyd County
J. F
Susie Young
Raleigh County
Grover C. Pack
James C. Pack
Mary Davidson
Wytheville
Everett Meadows
Pemberton
Edward Bolen
Ora Hall
Buchannon
Rudolph Hall
Pyete Young
W. P. Akers
East Beckley
Calfee Funeral Home
Calfee Cemetery
School Proxy to Speak at First Presbyterian Church
Dr Brooks MeLane, Presbyterian home missionary and president of the Tex Mex Industrial School for Boys in Kingsville Texas, will address the public at 7 45 tonight at the First Presbyterian Church in response to a request by Mrs Effie Delp home mission secretary of the Women of the Church.
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Register
Mullens
Effie Delp
Home Mission
Women of the Churelh
Brooks Melane
First Presbyterian Curch
MeLane
Presbyterian Home
Tex-Mex Industrial School
Kingsville
Tex
Bluefield Youth Steals Two Trucks Then Is Jailed
A 15 year old Bluefield boy began a car theft spree by stealing a Franklin Dry Cleaning truck in Bluefield and driving to Beckley. He forgot where he parked and seized a second truck from Cooper Transfer. He was arrested at 6 am on Second Street after stalling the motor. Also jailed were Gilbert B. Bell for AWOL from Army base, George Hughs for driving without an operator card, George Prater on a peace warrant, and O W Harmon on an assault charge.
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Bluefield
Ra‘feign
Franklin
Beckley
Cooper Transfer Company
Second Street
Gilbert B. Bell
Pemberton
J. A. Farley
George Hughs
Crab Orchard
George Prater
Stab Fork District
O. W. Harmon
City Ends Street Paving for 1949 Vecellio Grogan Wins Contracts
City Council awarded four street paving contracts to Vecellio and Grogan Construction Company for Canada, Glenn Avenue, Reservoir Road Alley, and Beaver Avenue with bids ranging from 1 530 to 10 778. John Street bid rejected as too costly. Work to start immediately to complete before winter. fourth contract of the year and final paving for 1949.
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Vecellio-Grogan
Vecellio and
Grogan Construction Company
Phil Wilson
Wilson
Vecellio
Grogan
Canada
Glenn Avenue
Reservoir Road Alley
Beaver Avenue
John Street
Council
Ers
Grove, Riley
Central
Five WWHS Students Enter Speech Finals
Five Woodrow Wilson High School juniors have been chosen for the finals of the I Speak for Democracy contest sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce Americanism committee led by Malcolm Pickus. Tomorrow night at 10, speeches by Sonia Silverberg, Donald Flood, Mack Powell, Joan Silverman and Margaret Sharp will be judged on delivery, content and composition.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
I Speak
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Conmmittee
Malcolm Pickus
Tre
Sonia Silverberg
Donald Flood
Mack Powell
Joan Silverman
Margaret Sharp
Don Haynes
Joe L. Smith
Jr. l
Norman Kuaypp
Jayeen
Pickus
Gerald Chardier
Dora Sarandon
Oliver Peck
Frances Hyde
Carolyn Bloch
Ralph Geckett
Alice Williams
Elizabeth Malcolm
Tom Snead
Diana Houtgas
Dick Jarrett
Katherine Kambouris
Dorothy Ramey
Harry Huffman
Roseanne Riffe
Angelan Saunders
M. Beatty
Ray Martin
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Forest Fire District Six Reports October Burns
District Six offices in Beckley released a monthly report showing 39 fires for October burning 189 acres with an average size of 1.8 acres. Year to date fires total 233 and have burned 2,306 acres across Fayette Rayleigh McDowell Mercer Summers and Wyoming counties, protecting 1 546 000 forest acres. RICE DAUGHTER BORN Mullens Ar and Mrs Norman E Rice announce the birth of an 8 pound 8 ounce daughter at 1943 Ward Street Berkeley California Grandmother Maude Rice Mullens
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The
Conservation Commission
District Six
Beckley
Fayette
Raytleigh
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Wyoming
Raleigh Boat Club Meeting at Coca-Cola Building
The Raleigh Boat Club plans a 7:30 p.m. gathering Thursday at the Coca-Cola building on South Oakwood Avenue. Lowell Cawley, attendance committee chairman, will preside.
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WAT Club
Raleigh Boat Club
Coca- Cola
South Oakwood Avenue
Lowell Cawley
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DIAL
Lloyd C. Wicke
Mitsburgh
Methodist Institute
Methodist ‘Temple
First Methodist Church
Bluefield Youth
National Guard Armory
Park Avenue
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Jaycees
Clarksburg
Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Business Bureau
Arthur C. Cundy
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Purity Maid
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