Farmers Vote Next Week on AAA Delegates in Fayetteville
Fayetteville farmers will elect county AAA delegates Monday and Tuesday with posts for chairman, vice chairman and alternates. Eligible voters include those who participated in 1944 AAA activities and the group aims to guide conservation goals and 1945 production plans under the Agricultural Adjustment agency.
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Weller
Amick
Tme
Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Ainick
Motorman Wart Put In Hospital
Albert Amick aged 48 of Minden was admitted to Oak Hill hospital early Friday with possible fractures after a mine motor accident Thursday night in the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal mines. His condition remains serious but not critical.
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Replater Statt
Oak Hill
Albert Amick
Minden
Oak Hill Hospital
Amick
New River
Pocahontas
Mount Hope WAC Visits Parents
Private Mary McIntire of the Women's Army Corps stationed at Des Moines Iowa is spending a ten day furlough in Mount Hope as the guest of her parents Mr and Mrs A H McIntire.
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Mount Hope
Mary McIntire
Women’s Army Corps
Des Moines
Iowa
A. H. Mc
Intire
Beckley Women Of The Moose Install Oak Hill Officers
Beckley chapter of the Women of the Moose to install Oak Hill chapter 33 officers at the Magsc Hall on Sunday November 12 at 9 p.m. New Oak Hill officers include Graduate Regent Anna Newton and other posts. The Oak Hill chapter, formed recently, has 45 members and has sponsored community drives and hospital gifts. New members will be accepted at the November 26 meeting.
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Beckley Women of the
Moose
Oak Hill
Ny Register Star
Beckley
Women of the Moose
Magsc
Dickinson
Anna Newton
Pearl
Roberts
Dorothy Kessler
Sophia Yocum
Helen Scott
Earl Prather
Argus
Mildred Carper
Sentinel
Rosie Blake
Oak Him
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Bombardier Duncan Awarded Purple Heart in World War II
Oak Hill reports Second Lieutenant Jack Duncan a bombardier with the Eighth Air Force was wounded in action and received the Purple Heart. He also earned the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster after overseas service began last July. Duncan is the son of Russell Duncan of Toledo and was raised by Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Brown.
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Oak Hill
W. R. Hayes
Jack Duncan
Dungin
Eighth Air Force
Duncan
Russell Duncan
Toledo
Ohio
Hayes
A. Z. Brown
Divorce Actions Follow Election
Payetteville notes new divorce suits filed after the election. Gladys Edwards seeks a divorce from Martin Edwards with Love and Love as attorneys. Helen M. Fleshman seeks divorce from Fred Fleshman via Mahan Bacon White. Several others include Eugene Smoot vs Bessie Smoot, Russell Bailey vs Patty Bailey, Alice Hughes vs Raymond Hughes, Sadie Skaggs from Clifford Skaggs, Carl Vickers for Duncan, and Mildred Duncan in a chancery action against Victoria Riner and May Hoxsey. Mahon Bacon White also counsel for Mrs. Duncan. Ruth Lambert, through attorney H. Marlin, sues Benny Divita of Divita Taxi and Atlantic Trucking for $75,000 damages for injuries from a November 11 1943 wreck near Smithers.
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Register
Payelteville
Gladys Edwards
Martin Edwards
Love
Helen M. Fleshman
Fred Fleshman
Mahan, Bacon & White
Eugene Smoot
Bessie Lee Smoot
Russell H. Bailey
May Hoxsey
Mahon, Bacon & White
Mrs. Duncan
Ruth Lambert
H. Marlin
Montgomery
Benny Divita
Divita Taxi
Atlantic ‘Trucking Company
Smithers
Sergeant Kidd Gets Furlough
Register staff writer Mt. Hope Sergeant Lenon W. Kidd U S army stationed at Camp McCall NC with the paratroops and Mrs Kidd arrived in Mount Hope for a furlough with his mother Mrs Lula Kidd
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Register
MT. Hope
Lenon W. Kidd
U. S. Army
Camp McCall
N.C
Fayette High In Pod Collections Sees Fayette County In Top Ten
Fayette county led by J A Dews earns a place among the ten highest in milkweed pod collections. Counties listed include Monongalia Greenbrier Pocahontas Harrison Marshall Fayette Monroe and others with bags totals quoted. The drive uses bags supplied or locally procured and shipments commence from Romney W Va then Beckley with county participation through November.
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Payetteville
J. A. Dews
Fayette County
Usda War Board
Monongalia
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Warrison
Marshall
Fayelte
Glimer
Randolph
Monroe
Romney
W. Va
Beckley
Two Metz Boys Wounded In War
Two sons of Mr and Mrs F C Metz received the Purple Heart for wounds in action. Sgt Earle Metz was wounded in Holland and his brother Ronald Metz in France. They are in English hospitals recuperating.
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Richwood
F.C. Metz
Sgt
Earle Metz
Holland
Ronald
France
Burdine Willis Son Reported Seriously Wounded in France
Mr. and Mrs. Burdine E. Willis of Graydon learn their son Sgt. Crate Willis, infantryman, was wounded in France and is now reported seriously wounded after a prior note from October 24 saying he was in a hospital in Italy.
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Register
Graydon
Burdine E. Willis
Crate Willis
Willis
France
Italy
Private Clendenin Transferred From Camp Atterbury to Fort Knox
Private James Robert Clendenin of the United States Army has been transferred from Camp Atterbury Indiana to Fort Knox Kentucky. He was inducted October 27 and the move was learned by his mother Mrs Myrtle Clendenin.
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Register
Rock Lick
James Robert Clendenin
United States Army
Camp Atterbury
Indiana
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Myrtle Clendenin
Clendenin
Beckley Papers Open Oak Hill Branch Office
Beckley papers establish Oak Hill branch in Sotel Hi building on Oak Hill avenue to enhance service for Fayete county readers. Mrs Florence Bogers Mann of Mount Hope, longtime U S Employment Service staffer, becomes full time manager supervising news gathering and delivery of Beckley Post Herald Raleigh Register and Sunday Register plus classified ads. Oak Hill office phone is Oak HA 90.
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Fayete County
Beckley
Oak Hill
Sotel Hi
Oak Hill Avenue
Florence Bogers Mann
Mount Hone
U. S. Employment Service
Jasper Richmond Taken By Death
Jasper A. Richmond aged 79 of Pax Branch died at his daughter Lottie Crosley’s home in Mount Hope after a three month illness. He was born in Hinton and worked about 20 years for McKell Coal and Coke. Surviving: sisters Rosie Richardson Edna Anderson and Celia Lusher. daughters Hazel Covey and Lottie Crosley. sons Ernest H. Richmond and Walter Richmond. five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements at Mount Hope Baptist Temple pending. body at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill awaiting daughter from Iowa.
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Mount Hope
Jasper A. Richmond
Pax Branch
Lottie Crosley
Hinton
McKell Coal and Coke Company
Mount Hope Baptist Church
Rosie Richardson
Ballengee
Edna Anderson
Jumping Branch
Celia Lusher
Bloomington
Iainois
Hazel Covey
Ft. Madison
Ernest H. Richmond
Rt. 1
Walter Richmond
Wilsyth
Mount Hope Baptist ‘Temple
Tyree
Oak’ Hill
Iowa
Chesley Norris Injured with Broken Legs in England
Evansville native Chesley Norris a Carpenters Mate Second Class wounded October 20 during the D Day invasion in France. He suffered multiple leg fractures and is hospitalized in England on furlough heading home. his wife is Geneva Brown of Mount Hope.
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Mount Hope
David Chesley
Ches” Norris
Evansville
Indiana
Geneva Brown
France
England
States
Navy Department
Finis Norris
Tivansville
Fayetteville Man Ordered to Post $500 Peace Bond
Robert Ratliffe of Fayetteville appeared before Justice Bob Godsey and was ordered to post a $500 peace bond or face two months in county jail after being arrested on a complaint of seriously assaulting his wife and child. A ten dollar fine was also assessed.
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Register Star
Fayetteville
Robert Ratliffe
Justice of the
Bob Godsey
Ratliffe
Mitchell Ends Furlough Returns to Camp Robinson
First Sergeant Arthur C. Pete Mitchell US Army, who was recalled home because of his father G W Mitchell’s illness, has returned to his post at Camp Joseph T Robinson Little Rock Arkansas.
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Mount Hope
Arthur C
Pete” Mitchell
U. S. Army
G. W. Mitchell
Camp
Joseph T. Robinson
Little Rock
Arkansas
Webster County Farmers Consider Joining Elk Conservation District
The referendum on including Webster County in the Elk Soil Conservation District was held at Camp Caesar in Webster county. The district now comprises Nicholas, Clay, and Braxton counties, with results not learned yet. District program discussions involved Jack Burton and Obert Claypool, and local farms such as Franklin Hamric’s Crimson Clover trials were reviewed along with planned contour strips pasture treatments and cover crops.
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Summersville
Webster County
Elk Soil Conservation District
Camp Caesar
Nicholas
Clay
Braxton
George Sharpe
Nicholas County
Kurt Ziebarth
Jack Burton
Obert
Claypool
ACP
Franklin Hamric
Bergoo
Hamric
Dana O'Dell
Orange Nutter
Sugar Grove
Meadows Aims to Consult Medical Group on Appointments
Beckley governor-elect Clarence W. Meadows said he would seek advice from the West Virginia State Medical Association before appointing state health commissioner, medical members of the public health council, and institution superintendents. The association urged 1945 legislation to require listed medical input and outlined panel-based appointment methods. The council also proposed hospital reorganizations, cancer funding, and WVU students entering the Medical College of Virginia program.
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Clarence W. Meadows
Beckley
State Medical Association
Public Health Council
Medical Association
Meadows
Council of the State Medical Association
Health Council
Association Council
West Virginia State Medical Association
Council of the
West Mirginia
Barboursville
Weston State Hospital
Huntington State Hospital
West Virginia University
Medical College of Virginia
Marian Bobbitt Weds Sergeant Powell in Newport Arkansas
Marian Bobbitt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lo Bobbitt, marries Sergeant Warder G. Powell U S M C in Newport Arkansas on October 21. The bride, a Huntington School of Business student and Nicholas County High School graduate, is the couple’s first daughter. Powell, son of Mrs. Iva Powell of Glenville, attended Victory High School Clarksburg and WVU, where he played football, and has served in the Marines two years.
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Neulster
Summersville
Bobbitt
Marian
Warder G. Powell
Newport
Kkansas
J. G. Walker
Nicholas
County High School
Marshall College
Huntington School of Business
Huntington
Sgt. Powell
Iva Powell
Glenville
Victory High School
Clarksburg
West Virginia University
The
Marines
Private Morton Faces Academy Entrance
Pvt William Earl Morton Jr of Webster Springs has been appointed as first alternate for possible entry in 1945 to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland. The appointment was made by Congressman Jennings Randolph.
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Summersville
Willam Earl Morton, Jr
Earl Morton
Webster Springs
W. E. Morton
Calvin
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Jennings Randolph
Seaman Burl Allen Home on Furlough
Seaman First Class Burl Allen of the U S Navy, after eight months overseas, spends his first furlough of 15 days with his mother Mrs Biddie Allen. He is among three Allen sons in service. Pic James P. Allen in the medical corps with wife June Lane and daughter Carolyn Sue nearby, and Staff Sergeant Eugene Allen in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Oak Hill
Burl Allen
U. S. Navy
Biddie Allen
Seaman Allen Completes 30 Day Furlough
Seaman First Class Bill F. Allen, U S Navy, has finished a 30 day furlough with his parents in Oak Hill. He has been overseas for 17 months and is reported to Oceanside California for reassignment.
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Register
Oak Hill
Bill F. Allen
U.S. Navy
Carl Allen
Seaman Allen
Oceanside
California
College Proxy Preaches Today at Oak Hill Baptist
Dr John W Elliott president of Alderson Broaddus college will occupy the pulpit at Oak Hill Baptist Church this Sunday for both services He will lead in the city wide Be Elliott enlargement program Rev Gilmer H Cross will assist during the pastor’s absence in Hunt Kingston.
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Register Jaff
Oak Hill
John W. Elliott
Alderson- Bronaddus College
Wil
Burtons Occupy Hodge Residence in Minden Store Manager Change
Mr and Mrs E Bowrion formerly of Hartwell moved into the Hodge residence vacated as H F Hodge left the house. Burton takes over as manager of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Co store in Minden while Hodge receives a promotion and transfer.
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Minden
E Bowrion
Hartwell
H. F. Hodge
Burton
Hodge
New River and
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