Schools Add 164 To The War Fund
Pupils and teachers in eight county schools contributed 164.41 more to the Raleigh county war fund yesterday, bringing the total to 2 612.05. Schools reporting yesterday included Bryan Crow Daniels Institute Jarr ell Lanark Lester junior high and elementary Princewick. On Friday five schools sent 119.85: Crab Orchard East Killivan Mt View Junior High Stratton High and the county vocational school. Donations of around 100 were made directly to campaign secretary W. R. Fugitt, per Superintendent E. M. Ashworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County War Fund
Bryan
Crow
Daniels
Institute
Jarrell
Lanark
Lester
Princewick
Crab Orchard
East Killivan
Mt. View Junior High
Stratton High
County Vocational School
W. R. Fugitt
E. M. Ashworth
Fugitt
Ashworth
Jesse Collins Rites Held Today
Jesse T. Collins 35 of Clear Creek died Wednesday at Charleston General after a short illness. He became ill at work in the Milburn mine and was taken to the hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m at the Clear Creek home with Rev D W French of Crab Orchard officiating and burial in the family plot. Survivors include wife Mabel and six children Billy Bobby Gene Mary Frances and Jesse Jr all at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse T. Collins
Clear Creek
Charleston General Hospital
Collins
Milburn
D. W. French
Crab Orchard
Mabel Collins
Billy
Bobby
Gene
Mary Frances
Jesse Collins, Jr
Coast Guard Academy shuts out Dartmouth 19 to 0
Coast Guard Academy football, led by Stan Weiner and Tommy Dorsey, defeated Dartmouth 19 to 0 in Hanover. Weiner, a former Yale player, starred on offense while Dorsey contributed at halfback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hanover
N. H
Stan Weiner
Yale
Tommy Dorsey
Brown
Coast Guard Academy
Dartmouth
DPA Refuses Food Order to Widow Amid Donations
A Raleigh County widow with six children was denied a food order by the Department of Public Assistance after readers donated funds to help her. Officials said general relief funds are scarce and can be stretched only if not spent on food immediately. The woman, whose 19 year old son is ill, was told to return next Saturday for aid while neighbors and tuberculosis group help continue supporting the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
County Department of Public Assistance
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley
Raleigh Register
Notable military family visits and moves noted in Beckley
Forest Milliner arrives from Baltimore to visit his sister and mother in Sprague while his brother Private Jack Milliner plans a return to Camp Shelby after a 25 day furlough. Various service members and relatives are mentioned with promotions, wounds, and hospital assignments across Alaska, France, Italy, Norway, and the South Pacific.
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E. E. Rogers
Hinton
O. D. Griffith
Roger D. Griffith
South Pacific
J. G
Midshipmen
Northwestern University
Ercie Boyd
Temple Strees
Kenneth Webb
France
Mary Ann Waulk
Virginia Ratliff
Louisville
Kentucky
Ratliff
Beckley
Bob Waulk
Fort Knox
Wirt Curtis
W. A. Curtis
Johnston Street
Charleston
Snowflake
Greenbrier County
Joe L. Smith
Washington, D. C
Kenna Taylor, Jr
Mabscott
Italy
Lee Eastridge
City Avenue
Beulah Jane
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Arthur N. Honaker
Rhode Island
Gladys Honaker
Vine Street
Pacific
Robert D. Smith
Hull Street
Beckley Hospital
John Callaway
Crime General Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
C. L. Callaway
Woodlawn Avenue
Edwards Promoted to Technical Sergeant in RAF Unit
Star Sergeant Carl O. Edwards rising from aerial engineer gunner to technical sergeant. Beckley West Virginia native, Woodrow Wilson High School Berkley WV, joined Army April 25 1943 Huntington WV. Trained at AJAPS Kessler Field Mississippi and Fort Myers Florida, earned wings at gunnery school. Member of the 15th AAP under Major General Nathan F. Twining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl O. Egress
Indu Nary
T Ie
C. O. Reiwards
Beckley
West Virginia
Edwards
Woodrow Wilson High School
Berkley
Army
Huntington
Republic Steel Company
Massillon
Ohio
Sirpling Mac Chinies
Ajaps Technical School
Kesslee Field
Mississippi
Fexible
Fort Myers
Florida
15Th Aap
Nathan F. Twining
Soldier Robbed by Fellow Soldier in Raleigh Hotel
George Kestner a discharged soldier from Mullens reported to Raleigh police that he was robbed by the soldier he shared a room with at the Raleigh hotel. Kestner said he awoke to find $80 in cash and an English pound note missing and the other soldier gone toward Winston-Salem. The attacker was described as a paralirpop er about five feet two, 155 pounds with brown hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
George Kestner
Mullens
Kestner
Beckley Cafe
Winston-Salem
N.C
Private Marty G. Blaker Jr. Killed in Action in World War II
Private Marty G. Blaker Jr. of MacArthur died in action on July 26 while serving in the armored division. Inducted August 20, 1943, he trained at Fort Knox and Fort Meade before deployment to England and France. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School and worked for Fall Chevrolet in Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erwin Elmore
Maly
Nina Elmore
Mead
Elmore
Camp Wolters
Texas
Fort George i. Meade
Maryland
Army Infantry
CW. Mead Coal Company
Marty G. Blaker, Jr
Gordon Blaker
MacArthur
Armored Division
Army
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Fort George G. Meade
England
France
Woodrow Wilson High School
Fall Chevrolet Company
Sophia
Joan J. Pershing
AFF
United States
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington, D.C
Ack Jack
Charles de Gaulle
Pershing
Woodrow Wilson
Versailles
Dairy Farmers Converge for West Virginia Extension Meeting
Dairy farmers from Raleigh Fayette Summers Boone Logan and Wyoming counties gather in Beckley for a two day extension service conference starting tomorrow. Gerry Heebink will lead discussions on herd management feeding and plant breeding with West Virginia University agriculture staff offering input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Pam
Gerry Heebink
J. Jl. Miller
Fayette
Withyty
Beckley
Phaedon
State Extension Service
Beckley Hotel
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Summers
Boone
Logan
Wyoming
Woo. Roberts
College of Agriculture
West Virginia University
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Jesse Collins
Coast Guard
Dream Wave
Delmar
Christening
U.S.S. Kinzer
Navy
C. FE. Kinzer
Beckley Fest
U. S. S. Kinzer
Blaine Kinzer
Loulie Smith
South Carolina
DPA
Bors
Phil Wilson
B. C
Callaway
Justice of the Peace
America
Michigan Bulb Co
Dept
Montes Ave
W.W
Clark Stores
Beckley & Mullens
W. Va
DuPont
Rainbo Wall Rite Paper
Armstrong
Johns-Manville
Mazda
Johnsons
Sanderine
Parker
Clark Stores Inc
Marguerite
Main St. Dialon A
Nate
Violet's
Neville Op
Baptist Church
Violet Allenbaugh
Lensie Griffith Coley
Comics Bros. Tailors
Fayette St
Court House
Prince & Main St
Keekley, W. Va
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