Railway Traffic Officer to Speak on Rail Expansion
J. E. Teal of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway will discuss branch line construction, coal property development, and speeding up passenger trains at the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers meeting at 7 p.m. today in El Chico Cafe. Teal, a Richmond veteran with 40 years in railroads, will be preceded by dinner.
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J. E. Teal
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
el Chico Cafe
Teal
Richmond
Charles White Sr. Dies at 51 After Illness
Charles White Sr., 51, of Crab Orchard, died in a local hospital after a brief illness. Born December 4, 1896 in Kentucky, he was a Masonic Insurance Company representative and served in the First Baptist church. Survived by widow Audrey and two daughters, plus four brothers and one sister. Funeral services set for Tuesday in Williamsburg after removal from Caffee funeral home.
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Mildred Creech
Williamsburg
Lewis
Wallin
Ancil
Alexandria
Lee
Muncie
Ind
Milton
Atlanta
Mary Rose
Illness Fatal to Pemberton Man
Funeral services for John Fry, 71, of Pemberton, will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Pemberton Methodist Church. Burial in Pemberton Cemetery. Fry died yesterday in a local hospital after a long illness. Born in Stokes County, North Carolina in October 1871, he moved to Raleigh County in 1871 and lived there since. He was employed by Pemberton Fuel Company as a miner. Survived by his widow Cora Boyd Fry of Pemberton, one son Clifford Fry of Pemberton, and one grandson.
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John Fry
Pemberton
Pemberton Methodist Church
Fry
Stokes
County
N. C
Raleigh County
Pemberton Fuel Company
Cora Boyd Fry
Clifford Fry
Baptist Delegates to Attend West Virginia Convention
Bernice McCreary and G N Kidd named delegates to the West Virginia Baptist Convention to be held Tuesday through Thursday at the Baptist Temple in Charleston. Rev Jarrett T Chandler, state obituary committee chair and First Baptist pastor, will lead a 20 minute memorial service during the second day's afternoon session and serves as alternate to preach the annual sermon. Mrs Sam White to speak at American Home Department meeting of the Woman's Civic Club at 7:30 pm on Frantz Avenue, topic Fall Decorations for the Home.
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Y Register
Mullens
Bernice McCreary
G. N. Kidd
West Virginia
Register
Sam White
American Home Department
Woman's Civic Club
M. E. Griffin
Frantz Avenue
White
Princeton Youth Inc Campaign Opens for Funds
Princeton W Grady Carper chairs a 30 member committee to seek donations by mail for Princeton Youth Inc. No house to house canvass planned. Last year fundraising supported nearly 35 000 attendees at war related activities across playgrounds schools Memorial Building and Pepsi Cola youth center.
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Pepsi-Cota
Visits at Sylvester Show Kuhn Family Ties in Ohio Route
Mr and Mrs Donald C Kuhn of Ironton Ohio recently visited his parents Mr and Mrs Burk Kuhn of Sylvester confirming family ties across states During the visit conversation centered on family matters and local ties between Ironton and Sylvester indicating the enduring kinship links within the Kuhn family
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Sylvester
Wilter Svester
Donald C. Kuhn
Ironton, Ohio
Burk Kuhn
Whitesville teacher visits relatives in Tennessee
Mrs. Mary Nicholas, a Whitesville Junior High School teacher, visited relatives in Tennessee this weekend. Eunice resident Lillian E. Armstrong spent the weekend at home with her parents in Eunice. she attends Concord College at Athens this year.
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Tennessee
Register
Whitesville
Mary Nicholas
Whitesville Junior High
Eunice
Lillian E. Armstrong
R. T. Armstrong
Miss. Armstrong
Concord College
Athens
Whitesville PTA plans Halloween carnival at elementary school
The Whitesville PTA schedules a Halloween carnival for October 29 at Whitesville Elementary School with a student popularity contest. It funds a $100 pledge to the junior high football team and a drive to buy uniforms. Two spotlights will be installed to deter loitering, and a committee will inspect the water cooler. Nearby Oak Hill reports remodeling of a city house.
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Register
Whitesville
Parent-Teachers Association
Three Year Navy Recruits Sought Local Office Leads State
Chief Petty Officer T R Sherman announces three year Navy enlistments with Huntington recruiting office processing applicants for Great Lakes training. Recruits leave Huntington as applications arrive with drafts roughly daily and no delays. Sherman leads state recruiters with 113 in total and 44 for the year.
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Iin
U. S. Navy
T. R. Sherman
Huntlington
Navy Training Center
Great Lakes
Hil
Huntington
Sherman
Oma Milain Arnett Receives Treatment at Kanawha Valley Hospital
Mrs Oma Milain Arnett is receiving treatment at Kanawha Valley Hospital.
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Register
Arnett
Oma Milain
Kanawha Valley Hospital
Corn Grown on Price Farm Tempts Cattle
J H Price’s 10 acre corn patch near Fairdale yields extraordinary results says County Farm Agent H B Thomas. He predicts well over 100 bushels per acre vs state average 43. Price leases from Joe Davis and credits land work seed hybrid developed for high elevations. Local farmers note stalks reaching 12 feet with multiple ears per plant as proof against Raleigh County’s inferior-corn image.
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Fairdale
H. B. Thomas
Price
Joe Davis
Raleigh
Thomas
Marines Establish Recruiting Post Opens in Beckley
A Marine recruiting office opened today in the Beckley Post Office with M-Sgt. Clifford W. Roberts in charge for one month. Roberts aims to contact discharged Marines in the area about the policy of appointment to the rank held at discharge.
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Beckley
Clifford W. Roberts
Roberts
Mrs Maywood McCormick Treated At Kanawha Valley Hospital
Mrs Maywood McCormick is a patient at Charleston hospital Stickney where she is receiving medical treatment at Kanawha Valley Hospital.
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Charleston Hospital
Register
Stickney
Maywood McCormick
Kanawha Valley Hospital
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