Army seeks officers to fill rapid recall and build reserve pool
The Second Army calls for hundreds of officers for immediate recall to extend active duty as part of expansion plans. Five new Organized Reserve Corps training units were activated in Beckley with several new battalions and detachments named.
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Second Army
Headquarters
West Virginia Military District
Nother
Organized Reserve Corps
Beckley Military
Carl C. Dunham
Adjutant General Department
Cavalry
Quartermaster Corps
Signal Corps
Transportation Corps
Women’s Army Corps
Staff Administrative Reserve
Armored Reserve
Army Security
Military Intelligence
South Charleston
Dunham
Engineer
Senior Girl Scouts Hold Athens Scavenger Hunt
Athens Senior Girl Scout Troop hosted a Thursday night scavenger hunt with about 300 attendees. The event featured clues including a January Athens theater bulletin and football player names, ending at Mrs Haney’s home with refreshments served by Mrs. Waney and Mrs. Fink.
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Register
Athens
Athens Theater
Kenneth W. Waney
G. J. Fink
Mrrs
State Grand Lodge Officers to Officiate at December Temple Dedication
Officers of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia will dedicate the new Masonic Temple of Berkley Lodge 935 on Saturday December 11 at 4 p.m. More than 800 Masons from Southern West Virginia will attend a banquet after the ceremony. Noted 33rd degree Masons Delbert Robinson Frank Kincheloe and Gilbert Griffin from Charleston will participate. Kermit Locke of Beckley will be grand orator.
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Grand Lodge of
West Virginia
Masonic Temple
Berkley
Beckley Lodge
Grand Lodge
Colin McLuckey
Delbert Robinson
Frank H. Kincheloe
Gilbert E. Griffin
Which Is Right Jarrells Ridge or Flats in Boone
The article discusses the Board on Geographic Names studying variances in West Virginia place names. It notes disputes over Jarrells Ridge versus Jarrells Flats in Boone County and similar name variations like Big Fork and Craigsville Craigs vile.
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Jarrells Ridge
Flats
Boone
Associated Eyes
Washington
North Mountain
Little Mountain
West Virginia-Virginia
Hardy
Hampshire Counties
West Virginia
Board On Geographic Names
Boone County
Fed- Jarrells Flats
Jarrellstegal
Plumber Fined for Using Residential Building for Business
Wheeler of Beckley was fined 200 and costs for erecting a building on Johnstown Road and Jefferson Street in a residential area and using it for plumbing business. Mrs Lonnie Ray, Negro, of Seventh Street, was fined 100 for a slot machine offense. sentence suspended and machine returned. Judge Lynch heard testimony Friday and again last night on admissibility without a search warrant.
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Wat Wheeler
Beckley
Johnstown Road
Jefferson Street
Berk Lynch
Lonnie Ray
Seventh Street
Lynch
Wheeler
Ray
Oscar Bowers
Sgt. Bowers
James Rowland
Judge Lynch
Financing of Decker Plant to be Completed
Beckley Industrial Corporation plans to finalize financing for a Decker Clothes factory on Stamford Road. Decker plans to hire about 500 workers, mainly women, with a payroll exceeding 1 million dollars annually. The project includes stock and bonds issuance of roughly 350,000 dollars and a long term lease with four percent interest.
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Decker
Beckley Industrial Corporation
Stamford
Teds
Decker Clothes, Inc
J. i. Short
Farewell Dinner Honors Georgians From Brunswick
Artie area social scene as Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bottrick and their two daughters with sons in law host a farewell dinner Sunday. Guests include Leslie Hale and family Lillybrook Marvin Ferguson Crab Orchard Johnnie Jewel Freddie Yeomann and families Artie Carson Williams and families Elmer Hale Sophia and others from Brunswick and nearby towns.
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Bfy Register
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Leonora W. Peterson
Vine Street
Becktey
Dee L. Hedrick
Granville Avenue
Charleston
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Lewis Street
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C. L. Miller
H. Af. Korn
Rey
C. L. Walker
Ted G. McDowell
Clarence Walker
L. Miller
A. V. Faull
C. B. Canterbury
Harry Mayse
W. R B. Campbell
Roy Millican
Earl
United States
Harvard
The
Cauets
Lincoln
Videra
Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc
South OaKwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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West Virginias
Kredit
Stwpie
Kredit Jewelers
Neville ST
Beckley Theatre
Heiel Hill Bldg
Oak Hill
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