Camp Raleigh Near Shady Spring Boosts Work and Welfare
Buc Dust Raleigh county citizens should learn about Camp Raleigh at Shady Spring where 200 men work to promote forestry and dam construction. The camp features rapid building, a new mess hall and multiple barracks, with army and forestry service collaboration and benefits to workers including meals, medical care, pay, and discipline fostering self respect.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Shady Spring
F. H. Halstead
Rush Cozort
Wyoming
Pineville
Halstead
Beckley
Camp Raleigh
Army Engineers
Nalstead
Bluestone River
C. Co
State Forestry Service
United States Army
Forestry Service
B. W. Anderson
Camp
Army
Jack Moore
Paducah
Irwin Cobb
Birthday Clipping Highlights Long Life Of Lewesville Resident
A clipping notes Isaac Williams Hite of Lewesville Virginia celebrated his ninety eighth birthday on Monday. He has been a Mason for 72 years and has lived in Amherst county since 1851. The item includes various local social news and visits from nearby towns.
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A. Bailey
Lewesville
Isaac Williams Hite
Williams
Masonic Lodge
Amhert County
Mr. Bailey
Hile
Halloween parties brighten Sprague Sunday school groups
Mrs F T Bays hosted a Hallowe en party for her Sunday school class with games and contests. Guests included Marjorie and Doris Arnold Kathryn Davis Beulah Doss Louise Hawks Lucille Taylor Madeline Mallanesh Helen Metric Mary Gilkerson Frieda Rogers Margerine Mann Maya Meadows and others. Prizes went to Louise Hawks and Johnnie Davis.
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F. T. Bays
Hallowe'en
Marjorie
Doris Arnold
Kathryn Davis
Beulah Doss
Louise Hawks
Lucille Taylor
Madeline Mallanesh
Helen Metric
Mary Gilkerson
Frieda Rogers
Margerine Mann
Maya Meadows
Clyde
Johnnie Davis
Fred Arnold
Robert Taylor
Tommy Hayden
Harry Meadows
Melvin Rogers
Lawrence Hawks
iVan and
Pan Bays
Paul Pack James
Edd Lynch
Mrs. Bays
Ruth Bays
Bowman
J. M. Bowman
Roberta Doss
ME. T. Taylor
Sprague
Low Moor
C. C. Ballard
Dewey Brown
M. Bowman
Rogers
Frank Rogers
Joy Baunk
Mary Doss
Hildra Bostic
Lillian
Ethel
Massie
Frieda
Lita Gilkerson
Mary Lillian
Leliah Haydon
Irene Watson
Margie Pack
Fay Meadows
Elonor Metric
Almeda Karnes
Virginia Kobelia
Maury Ann Bailey
Mia
May Meadows
Fried Shultz
Fried Rogers
Ang Mary Hayden
Carl Walker
Farmer
East Beckley
Tom Brown
T. R. Hylton
E.W. Hylton
Stotes
Ty, Eck
Bluefield
Smith Club At Marfork Formed For Congress Meeting
The Smith For Congress club of Marfork plans a Friday 7:30 pm meeting at the town church with local and county speakers. A. T. McHale and Judge Harley M. Kilgore are among expected speakers. attendance invited. A prior gathering served 1,200 pounds of barbecue and featured speeches.
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Smith
Congress
Chit of
Haymond to Speak at Armistice Day Ceremony in Raleigh County
Frank C. Haymond of Fairmont will deliver the Armistice day address at Memorial Building in Raleigh County November 11. David D. Ashworth, post commander, said the program starts at 10 30 and lasts one hour. Haymond is a Fairmont native and longtime lawyer, former state legislator, Army veteran in World War I, and former chair of the American Bar Association insurance section. He graduated from Fairmont State Normal Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
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Frank C. Haymond
Fairmont
American Legion
Raleigh County
David D. Ashworth
Haymond
Haymond and Haymond
U.S. Army
France
Army Artillery
First Army
Chateau Thierry
St. Mihiel
Meuse Argonne
American Bar Association
Fairmonth State Normal
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Eccles Junior High Celebrates Halloween Carnival and Growth
Eccles Junior High reports a record Halloween carnival raising eighty one dollars. A book contest added four hundred books to the library with eighth grade winning a half day holiday. Elwood Bostic earned one dollar for bringing the most books. New playground and science equipment arrive and a band adds thirty instruments. Attendance stands at 94 percent for two months with first grade banner. ninth grade best at 96.7 percent. Total enrollment reaches 432. Class softball winners include ninth grade girls and seventh grade boys. A boys basketball team is organized and will play.
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Eccles Junior High
Elwood Bostic
Ruby Webb
FE. M. Ashworth
Prayer Services and Club Notes From Local News
The article lists upcoming cottage prayer services at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Brown and Mrs. Ella Price with named pastors. It also covers the Pollyanna Club meeting hosted by Mrs. Wm. Kay, a funeral visitation for French A. Harper, and various local visits and health updates involving Mrs. Emory Fleming, Mrs. Henry Griffith, and others.
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R. J. Brown
Ella Price
W. S. Lawhorne
Pollyanna Club
Pollyannna Club
Wm. Kay
Griffith
J. S. Stanley
Kay
Harold Holt
St. Albans
Holt
RD. Holt
E. L. Lowery
Dunbar
Levi Lowery
French A. Harper
Gilbert Terry
Bluefield
Staunton Griffith
Emory Fleming
Phil Smith
William and
Winniford Burleson
Virginia Ayers
Macie Burleson
Mary Gray
Lester
Beckley
Lacy Godby
Oklahoma
Henry Griffith
Beckley Hospital
Claude Bays
Beck
Greece Votes on Monarchy or Republic in Plebiscite
Athens faces a pivotal plebiscite with royalists backing monarchy and Republicans protesting as Regent Kondylis promotes a royalist manifesto. Officials warn order must hold, bars closed, and claims of a coming king's absolute power surface amid exile of Venizelos and political clashes.
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Associated Press
Athens
Greece
George 1
Fhe
George Kondylis
Constantine Kotyia
George
Kondylis
England
Elisabeth
Carol
Romania
Alexander Zaimis
Eleutherios Venizelos
Jey Hospital Visit Ahead for Operation
Mr and Mrs Henry Boggs and their son Gilbert visited their son at Lester on Wednesday afternoon as Jey hospital staff prepared for an operation.
Veterans Bureau Is Blamed In Resolution
Weston West Virginia November 2 The American Legion executive committee adopted a resolution blaming the Veterans Bureau for problems debated during the meeting and directed action to address concerns raised by veterans groups.
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Vetrans’ Bureau
Associated Press
Weston, W. Va
American Legion Executive Committee
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