Capture of Super Super-Man Described By Col Donnelly
Col Clarence S Donnelly former Oak Hill pastor describes a captured German general as enormous yet mortal, noting Nazi morale, the so called super man myth debunked, and that American doughboys brought him in without fuss. He recalls helmet markings and wartime fear among troops, contrasting bravado with fear.
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Col. Donnelly
Oak Hill
Repriter
France
Clarence Shirley Donnelly
First Baptist Church
Germany
Marsh Fork
Pea Ridge
Mike
Earth
Anne Bailey
Betty Zane
Gideon
Rome
Paris
Bethlehem
Yanks March Down The Champs In Paris Voice
Eyewitness wartime letter recounts air raid fears and frontline scenes in France. The author notes German casualties, praises French resistance, and recalls liberated towns, with reflections on Christmas plans and hopes for Bethlehem.
Mt Hope Lions Seek Youth Recreation Center
Mount Hope Lions club forms a committee to explore giving local youth a proper gathering place. Bernard Rock says suggestions on possible sites are welcome, citing Morgantown’s successful center as a model. The meeting featured singing by Mrs. Virginia Laird and an Hawaiian dance by Miss Gloria Armstrong. Walter Summers joined the club. Major R A Lee replied to a prior letter.
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Mt. Hope Lions
Register
Mount Hope
Morgantown
Virginia Laird
Maxine Maroney
Gloria Armstrong
Walter Summers
R. A. Lee
Experimental Fish Stocking at French Creek Pond
The conservation commission announced completion of a 2.2 acre experimental fish pond at the French Creek refuge in Upshur County. The pond will support a study on proper management techniques for similar ponds on private farms, with bluegill and largemouth bass stocked. Public fishing may begin next summer.
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Charleston
French Creek Fame
Upshur County
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Tygaris Valley Soil Conservation District
Jack Shipman
French Creek
Shipman
Monway Funeral Set Tomorrow
Monway aged 63 died at home after a 10 month illness. Born July 5 1876 in Cranberry NC he was a machinist with Ligbrook Coal at Affinity. Survived by wife Ella, four sons Albert H US Army WV Meats Jr Carl J Willam J, two daughters, three sisters. Burial Mount Hope after 2:30 pm funeral at home with Rev Vel Walker officiating. Active pallbearers listed. One eighth ton coal needed per barrel gasoline.
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York Monway
Clyde Street
Cranberry
North Carolina
George
Tina Rose Monway
Ligbrook Coal Company
Affinity
Ella McMillian
Monway
Albert H
U.S. Army
Wv. Meats, Jr
Cleveland
Ohio
Carl J
Huntington
Willam J
Beckley
Nicholas Cugene
Morgomery
Robert Bumgardner
Jacksonville
Florida
Harry Austin
Roanoke
Virginia
Greene Buchannon
Bakersville
Lillian Wills
Prosperity
Vel T. Walker
Berkley
Mount Hope Cemetery
Witt pe_Herman Guine
Robert Hess
Roger Crawford
Mone Pitzer
Emerson Walker
William Carpenter
Hash Funeral Rites Set Today In Roanoke
Mr and Mrs G Lester Hash attend funeral services at 2 pm in Roanoke for Granville Ro Hash father of Nash, a Roanoke Grand Piano owner and Colonial National Bank director. A Grayson County native, he joined First Baptist Church in boyhood and was active in the citys business life for over 40 years. The Hash family includes Dwight Roe Hash Pier G Hash and Rosemary and Doris Inne Hash. The Beckley connection arose from frequent Berkeley visits.
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Mes
G. Lester Hash
Roanoke
Virginia
Nash
Granville Ro Hash
Grayson County
Irginia
Grand Piano Company
Colonial National Bank
First Baptist
Ehurch
Lillian V. Hash
Dwight Roe Hash
Peal G. Hash
Delegates Gather at Mountainair Hotel for Legion Convention
At least 45 American Legion delegates gathered in Mountainair for the Beckley convention overflow, with others staying with friends in Mount Hope per hotel manager QO Maxey. Included note that the U S Navy maintains 5 000 libraries on ship and shore.
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Sgy. Register
Mount Hope
American Legion
Beckley
Mountainair
QO. Maxey
27 Men Inducted From Nicholas County in Recent Draft
Summersville reports twenty seven men inducted into the armed forces from Nicholas County per local selective service boards. Names include William Doy Kelley, James Clinton Ramsey, Charles Lee Johnson, Kenneth Levi Richmond, Elsie Everett Morris, William Harold McClung, Alfred Clayton Ash, Joseph Eugene Bruffy, Ledford Ernest McCoy, Edward Emmett Hardway, May Carl Hall Groves, James Robert Griffey, Harold Ford Drennen, Raymond Troy McMillian, Arthur Trose Backus, Ervin William Beaver, William Cheragon Groves, Ray Jennings Amick, Kenneth Golf Woods, Dennard Jones Leviny, Frank Page Nelson, Case Point Lewis, Pat Ordie Newton Rose, Harold Eugene Cruse, Charles F. Young, George Alexander Taylor.
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W Hechter
Summersville
Nicholas County
Loig Selective Service Boards
William Doy Kelley
Fnon
James Clinton Ramsey
Charles Lee Johnson
Cleveland
Ohio
Kenneth Levi Richmond
Baltimore
Elsie Everett Morris
Lockwood
Willian Harold McClung
Bruce
Alfred Clayton Ash
Carl
Joseph Eugene Bruffy
Ledford Ernest McCoy
Tioga
Edward Emmett Hardway
Frank Page Nelson
Richwood
Case
Clifford Skaggs Wounded in Action in France
War department message to Mrs Ida Skaggs notes Clifford Skaggs was wounded in France August 15 and then flown to England for treatment. The report specifies actions occurred in France with subsequent medical evacuation to England.
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Register
Summersville
Clifford Skaggs
France
War Department
Ida Skaggs
England
Grade Pupils To Enroll Tomorrow In Summersville
Summersville grade school will open for pupil registration Monday Labor Day. Miss Corile Hill of Hookersville says pupils will report at 8 45 a m on Monday and Tuesday and dismissed at 11 45 a m. On Wednesday the school will remain in session all day.
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Summersville
Corile Hill
Hookersville
Health offices in new location in Summersville
Summersville Nicholas county health department moves from the school administration building to the county courthouse on the first floor. Mrs. C Z Bryant is appointed county health nurse.
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Register
Summersville
Nicholas County
SGT. PAUL TYREE HOME ON LEAVE
Fort Bragg sergeant Paul Tyree is on a 10 day furlough with his mother Mrs. Mertie Tyree in Summersville.
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Sgt
Paul Tyree
Register
Summersville
Fort Bragg
N. C
Mertie Tyree
Mrs Graham in Pineville Again
Pineville reports Leah Graham, Pineville high school teacher who worked in Washington for the summer, has returned for the opening of school with her daughter Ann Graham. Zane Brooks is recovering from a brief illness at the home of Mr and Mrs George F Brown. Mrs Louisa Rose of Davy visits East Pineville with Rev J C Cline and family.
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Pronister
Pineville
Leah Graham
Washington
Ann Graham
Fane Brooks
Resistor
Zane Brooks
Mr. and
Mrs. Grearge F. Brown
Permits To Wed Issued To 27 In Pineville Area
The county clerk issued twenty seven marriage licenses listing numerous couples from Wyoming Warren Tolliver to Mullens and Glen Rogers. Names include Gilbert Glass Audry Glass Robert Miller Geneva Morgan Luther Mitcham Margaret Sizemore Brammer Martha Callaway Sam Tanks Elenie Miller Robert Patterson Imoxene Young Ulvert Stewart Mary Langworthy Ras Jiggers Edith McKenzie Tunie Blankenship Irene Brunty Harry Braga Ethel Mullen Chaves Wyere Shrewsbury Ivory Mills Robert Blankenship Maggie Walker Walter Hazelwood Bessie Hollay Fu Tee Ford Lula Fulton Mila Mozingo Recie Perry Marshall Sheldon Lambert Ella Mae Harvet Tressie Tolliver Reddie Snuffer Paul Saul Mondala Brinegir Pauline Day Yom Hull Amos Hatfield
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Pineville
Gilbert Glass
Audry Glass
Wyoming
Warren Tolliver
Tmann
Ruby Pendry
Keyrock
Fletcher Lambert
Gladys St. Clair
Wast Pen
Robert Miller
Geneva Morgan
Baileysville
Luther Mitcham
Margaret Sizemore
Bud
Charles Treaver Brammer
Martha Jane Callaway
Mullens
Sam Tanks
Elenie Miller
Covel
Robert Patterson
Imoxene Young
Stephenson
Ulvert Stewart
Mary Langworthy
Hatcher
Ras Jiggers
Edith Celestia McKenzie
Glen Rogers
Tunie Blankenship
Irene Brunty
Clear Fork
Harry Braga
Ethel Mullens
Chaves Wyere Shrewsbury
Alpeea
Ivory Irene Mills
Robert Lee Blankenship
Simon
Maggie Walker
Guyan
Walter Hazelwood
Springton
Bessie Hollay
Fu Tee Ford
Paul Jones Saul
Mondala
Catherine Brinegir
Kopperston
Oley Bailey
Pauline Day
Glen Fork
Yom Hull
Amos Hatfield
Two Boys Seek To Make Squad From West Virginia Camp
Mullens youths Tommy Bowers and Henry Canterbury left Friday for a nine day course at Montgomery West Virginia Technical College to study business and sports. If they pass the football tryout they will receive a college scholarship.
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Mullens
Tommy Bowers
Henry Canterbury
Montgomery
West Virginia Technical College
Waldron Family Vacation Visit to Akron Ohio
Mrs Alvin Waldron and family of Pineville visit Akron Ohio for a week with daughter Mrs Roy Dean. Earlier Mrs Waldron and son Danny stayed two days at Stephenson with her parents Mr and Mrs Jordan.
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Register
Pineville
Alvin Waldron
W. DB. Waldron
Danny
Mary &. Cassell
Welch
Akron
Ohio
Roy R. Dean
Dean
Waleeta Waldron
Waldron
Stephenson
Beavers Family Member Arrives Overseas in Pacific
Private Alex D Beavers, son of Mrs Alice Beavers Mullens, reported by U S Army forces in the South Pacific as arriving overseas. His brother Private Charles Beavers is in Hawaii. Beavers previously worked for Marianna Smokeless Coal Co at Marianna. He was stationed at Averueen Proving Grounds Mary hand on entering service.
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Mullens
U.S. Army
South Pacific
Alex D. Beavers
Alice Beavers
Charles Beavers
Hawaii
Beavers
Marianna Smokeless Coal Company
Marianna
Averueen Proving Grounds
Maryhand
Cleveland Family Visits Pineville
Cleveland couple Mr and Mrs M M Westfall and their three children Nadine Billy and Bobby visit relatives in Pineville Mullens and Baileysville.
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Register
Pineville
M. Westfall
Nadine
Billy
Bobby
Cleveland
Ohio
Pugg le Family Visits Harmons in Bluefield
Puggle family visits Harmons in Bluefield as Mr and Mrs J K Tuggle Jr and son Jigger spend weekend with J B Harmon and family. Other items note Pineville and Beckley social visits and a Welch attorney's town stop.
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Puggle
Harmons
Polio Won’t Stop Glen Rogers School Opening
PINFVILLE Glen Rogers and elementary schools are slated to open Tuesday despite an infantile paralysis case pending health department review. County health officer Dr Frank Wordford said delays unlikely unless state guidance overrides local ruling. Superintendent Virgil Stewart noted opening hinges on Dr Penn’s decision. Eight year old Jimmy Belcher of Glen Rogers was hospitalized after diagnosis confirmed by Peckley lab.
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Fay Register
Pinfville
Glen Rogers
Frank
Virail H. Stewart
Dr. Penn
Jimmy Belcher
Elden Belcher
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
F. J. Zeddos
Peckley Hospital
Teafords Visit Lexington Virginia
Mullens Mrs. J. F. Teaford and daughter Anna Lee spend the weekend at Mrs. F. B. Teaford home near Lexington Virginia. They will be joined Monday by Ruth and Nellie Teaford who have been with their grandmother for the past month.
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Register
Mullens
J. F. Teaford
Anna Lee
F. B. Teaford
Lexington
Virginia
Ruth
Nellie Teaford
Navy Man's Wife En Route To Him In San Francisco
Mullens Mrs. Charles T Brammer left Thursday for San Francisco to join her husband Gunners Mate Third Class Charles C Brammer of the Navy. He has completed a two weeks course in fire fighting and expects more schooling there before going to sea again. He is a veteran at the battles of the Marshall Islands Saipan Tarawa and Kwajalein.
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Register
Mullens
Charles T. Brammer
San Francisco
California
Charles C. Brammer
Navy
Marshall Islands
Saipan
Tarawa
Kwajalein
Seaman Lucento Visits Parents On Leave From Navy
Orazio Lucento jr a first class seaman on leave after one voyage to England and back. He has been in the navy since February 8, 144 and trained at Great Lakes. Parents Mr and Mrs Orazio Lucento sr reside here. Lanma Cook returns home to enter Concord College. Mr and Mrs Leonard Rasnake and son Jimmie visited his Princeton parents. Dorothy Rasnake also spent the weekend with her parents.
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Bud — Orazio Lucento, Jr
England
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Orazio Lucento, Sr
Concord
Fineville
Lanma Cook
Washington D. C
Concord College
Register Stall
Mullens
Reronard Rasnake
Jimmie
A. Rasnake
Princeton
Dorothy Rasnake
New Cannery Will Be Used By Area Schools
Pineville officials outline a plan to use the new food preservation center for school canning projects. G F Cook reports 295 teachers at a conference, with Mullens Glen Rogers and others to send students for one day each to supply hot lunch foods during the first six weeks of term. County Supt Virgil H Stewart notes sessions will run countywide with workshops on reading instruction beginning midSeptember as schools open.
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Register
Pineville
Wyoming
G. F. Cook
Mullens
Baileysville
Oceana
Herndon
Mae Relcher
Stewart
Sand Gap
Beartown
Indian Ridge
Pei Stewart
Mullens Man Joins Naval Air Radioman Training
Jack Bower Houck son of M C Houck of Mullens is training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee to become an aviation radioman. He attended Mullens High School and was inducted at Huntington on January 4. He received basic training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois.
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Mullens
Jack Bower Houck
M. C. Houck
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tennessee
Mullens High School
Huntington
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ilinois
Catherine Crews Returns Home To Pineville High
Miss Catherine Crews, English instructor at Pineville High, has returned home after spending several weeks in Washington, D C. visiting her cousin Miss Tessie Tilly who is employed there.
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Register
Pineville
Catherine Crews
Washington, D. C
Tessie Tilly
Miss Crews
Pineville High School
Navy Man Visits Parents on Leave
Pineville young sailor Bill Manning of the Navy visits his parents Mr and Mrs M Manning in East Pineville during a month of leave after several months active service in the south Pacific. A Pineville High School graduate he has served two years in the Navy.
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Worissol
Pineville
Bill Manning
Navy
M. Manning
East Pineville
South Pacific
Pineville High School
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