Miss Brammer Weds Railroader in Mullens Home
Pembley Brammer married Harold Beavers on September 25 at Rev. W. H. Graham’s Mullens residence. Pembley studied at Mullens high and worked five years for Wyoming Theatre. Harold is son of Mrs. Alice Beavers Mullens and works for Virginian Railway at Esmere. They will reside in Mullens.
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Mullens
Paul Brammer
Pembley
Harold Beavers
W. H. Graham
South Mullens
Mullens High School
Wyoming Theatre Company
Alice Beavers
Pineville
Beckley Mullens Lions to Host Visit and Program
Mullens-Douglas Hamlin announces Beckley Lions president will lead a delegation to Mullens soon. The Beckley club will present their program at a dinner meeting, aiming to build fellowship and goodwill among members. Lion Harry R. May notes such exchanges boost club interest and cooperation.
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Mullens
Douglas Hamlin
Mullens Lions Club
Beckley Lions Club
Beckley Club
Lion Gvernor
Harry R. May
Beckley
Sergeant Arlie Dewese Wounded in Action in Belgium
Mrs. Bartley D DiBacco of Sophia received a War Department telegram that her son Sergeant Arlie S Dewese was seriously wounded in Belgium on September 15. The 28 year old sergeant served three years before Pearl Harbor, rejoined January 1942, and has been overseas for two years. His basic training was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and he attended Oak Hill High School before working at Piedmont.
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Sophia
War Department
Arlie S. Dewese
Belgium
Dewese
Pearl Harbor
Fort Bragg
North Carolina
Oak Hill High School
Piedmont
Labor Force To Be Cut In Post War Plan
Secretary of Labor Perkins outlined postwar plans to shrink the labor force by about 4 million. She proposed keeping workers under 21 in school and boosting social security to encourage older workers to retire. She cited September totals of 35,559,000 nonagricultural employees, down 181,000 from August and 1,119,000 from a year earlier.
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Associated Pri
Washington
Labor Department
Perkins
Landlord Offers Pour In For War Wife and Two Kids
Mrs. Margaret Whelpley 26 wife of an air cadet sought lodging for herself and two children after vacating a flat. Offers included rent free five room house in Franklin four room apartment in Melrose shelter in Everett from a marine’s wife spare room in Quincy from a World War I veteran and a Jamaica Plain family to care for them. She may accept any suitable arrangement and expressed gratitude.
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Margaret Whelpley
Franklin
Melrose
Everett
Quincy
Needham
Somerville
Jamaica Plain
Mrs Shumate Is Party Honoree at Shower
Pauline Shumate was guest of honor at a shower hosted by Mrs Mae Belcher with Miss Beulah Shumate as co host. The Aunt Jemima theme featured games and prizes, gifts decorated a large display, many guests attended, and refreshments were served.
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Saulsville
Pauline Shumate
Mae Belcher
Beulah Shumate
Jemima
Moose president Mullens speaker in Mullens visit
Charley Skill, president of the West Virginia Moose association, spent Friday and Saturday in Mullens. He spoke to the club Friday evening about the organization, accompanied from Parkersburg by his wife.
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Mullens
Charley Skill
West Virginia
Mullens Woman's Nephew Dies in Missouri
Mrs. Davis of South Mullens learns her nephew Lawrence Haley of Neosho Missouri died October 11. Funeral services were held there Saturday. Haley had been employed at the army post office at Camp Crowder Missouri.
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Mullens
W. J. Davis
South Mullens
Lewis W. Cook Among Wounded in European Action
War department disclosed that Lewis W. Cook of Oceana has been wounded in action in the European theatre. He is the son of Mrs. Lackey Cook of Oceana.
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Oceana
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Lewis W. Cook
Lackey Cook
War Department
Feller Returns From Insurance Convention
Mullens C V Feller an insurance man returned Friday from Milwaukee Wisconsin where he attended the national convention of insurance agents He spent Thursday in Chicago on his way home He stated that he had a fine time.
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Mullens
C. V. Feller
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
National Convention of Insurance Agents
Chicago
Prince Calloway Suffers Leg Break in Mine Accident
Prince Calloway a 25 year old Negro of Sabine was admitted to Raleigh General hospital after a fracture to his leg from an accident at the Bellemeade Coal Company mines while at work yesterday morning.
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Sabine
Prince Calloway
Raleigh General Hospital
Bellemeade Coal Company
Soldier Wounded For Second Time In France
Mrs. Harold Taylor reports from the War department that her brother Pie Ferguson has been wounded again while serving with the Fifth Army overseas in France. He lost sight in his left eye in the action.
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Wyoming
Harold Taylor
War Department
Pie
Iva Ferguson
France
Pie Ferguson
Fifth Army
Meeting Man You Owe But Can't Pay Is A Bit
A war correspondent recalls a French village rest camp near the western front where American soldiers line up for baths billets and a show. He reflects on indebtedness to fighting men and the emotional stain of guilt for not sharing their dangers or payback.
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Kenneth EL. Dixon
Associated Press
AEF
France
Bis
Beckley Perceived as Best Town by Visitor
George H. Colebank, former town district schools supervisor, returned to Beckley for a State Education Association meeting. He praised Beckley as still the best town in the state and noted progress in intangible and cultural values alongside material growth. Phares Reeder urged universal education and public health extension. Dr W. W. Trent spoke on expanded geographical horizons and keeping mental and spiritual horizons in step with the world.
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Berkley
State Education Association
Beckley
Kiwanis Club
Phares Reeder
S.E.A
Schowl
Dy. W. W. Trent
Sergeant Clinton Lively Wounded in France During War
Sergeant Clinton Lively, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lively, of Crab Orchard, wounded September 24 in France while serving with the Third Army. A Woodrow Wilson high school graduate and Concord College alumnus, he was sent to England in July 1943 and later fought in France. His wife Edith Phillips, of Pax, received a letter from a hospital friend describing his progress and enduring wounds.
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Pax
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Crab Orchard
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Mantle Fork
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Lt Joe Hungate Ready For Combat
Second Lieutenant Joseph Hungate Jr son of Mr and Mrs AL Hungate of 213 Edgewood Drive Berkley has completed a bridging orientation course to move from stateside training to combat soldiering in France. He attended lectures by veterans on chemical warfare health in combat and will report to a station within American forces range aiding the liberation of occupied France. He was formerly employed at Montgomery Ward.
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AL 1. Hungate
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Lilly Brook Wave Assigned to Duty in Navy
Seaman Second Class Barbura Alexander, wife of Asys Flitchard Alexander of Lilly Brook, has been assigned to duty at sea in the navy department in Washington. She completed training at Hunter College in The Bronx before entering the air force after enlisting in June 1944.
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Pnion
Barbur Alexander
Asys Flitchard Alexander
Lillybrook
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the Bronx
Sty Ke Beckley
Air Force
County Must Buy 7500 Of Xmas Seals Or Cut Program
Mrs. Dorsey Biggs treasurer of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis association says the county Christmas seal sale must raise its entire quota of 7500 to fund 1945 work. The sale runs from November 27 to Christmas with last year’s success at 4200 and 3800 spent on case finding testing x ray service and public education. The 1945 program repeats last year’s services and adds x ray equipment installation at the Memorial building Raleigh county office.
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Dorsey Biggs
Raleigh County’ Tuberculosis Association
Biggs
Raleigh
Memorial
Turnip Patch to Yield 800 Bushels, Says J F Base
Lewisburg report by J F Base notes expected harvest of 800 bushels of turnips from a patch a little over two acres. He has already buried 150 bushels.
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Weller Lewisburg
J. F. Base
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