Fayette County Soldier Returns From Adverse Front
Private Lonnie G. Withrow of Gatewood arrives home on a 30 day furlough after being wounded on Attu and officially listed as missing in action earlier. He fought in Buffalo Ridge Chi chagof harbor and Mount Black, stayed at his gun after wounds, and earned the Purple Heart. He recalls near constant combat and the enemy’s irregular tactics. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Withrow, learned of his return from a war department telegram and a later letter from him. He describes Jap soldiers as non uniform and doped on sake, with valor amid heavy firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Hicks
Gatewood
Lonnie G. Withrow
Winener
The
Purple Heart
Fayette County
Withrow
C. S. Withrow
War Department
McCall
Walla Walla
Washington
Pvt
Alta’ Island
United States
Camp Wheeler
Fort Ord
California
Attu
Buffalo Ridge
Chichagof Harbor
Mount Black
U. S
Barnes Ceneral Hospital
Vancouver
Mary Frances DeBord Weds Sgt Thomas Burdette
In Oak Hill the marriage of Miss Mary Frances DeBord to Technical Sergeant Thomas Jennings Burdette US Army was held August 18 in the First Methodist church parlor at Macon Georgia. Attendants were Pvt Phillip Severa and Set Scholnic from Camp Wheeler Georgia. The bride teaches in Oak Hill schools and is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles A DeBord of Olcott. Burdette, son of Mr and Mrs E W Burdette of Oak Hill, trained at Camp Wheeler and is a West Virginia Tech graduate. Mrs Wheeler plans to resume teaching duties following the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. DeBord
Olcott
Washington District High School
Spring Hill
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Set. Wheeler
E. W. Burdette
Oak Hill
Camp Wheeler
Goes to New York as Ensign Husband Joins Navy
Fayetteville report notes Mrs. John B Long, visiting with her in laws, departs for New York to join her husband, an ensign in the Navy. Also, Judge and Mrs H F Dillon Jr announce their nephew, Pvt Bill Lee, wounded in Sicily, from Huntington, at a North Africa base hospital, and he has earned the Purple Heart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Register
Fayetteville
John B Long
A. R. Long, Jr
Navy
Sicily
H. FE. Dillon, Jr
Pfe
Bill Lee
Huntington
Battle of
Pvt
Lee
North Africa
Births Announced for Two Children in Sprague and Stanaford
Mr and Mrs Paul Pack announce the birth of an eight pound son Stephen Paul on August 31 at their Sprague home. Corporal and Mrs Date Hartzoeg of Stanaford report a five and three quarter pound daughter Joan Elizabeth born August 31 at their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Pack
Stephen Paul
Sprague
Joan Elizabeth
Corporal
Date Hartzoeg
Stanaford
Gene
Carol
Washington, D. C
Isaac N. Ballard
Greenville
J. C. Riffe
Harper Road
J. J. Davis
Glen
Daniel
Mrs Hedrick Returns From Columbia University
Beckley resident Mrs Oppie Lee Hedrick has come home after three months at Columbia University New York where she earned a master of arts in Latin American history and directed curricula. She began work on a PhD and received multiple scholarships including a Guggenheim for two years of study in South America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oppie Lee Hedrick
Beckley
Columbia University
New York City
Hedrick
Guggenheim
South America
Weiner Roast At Methodist Temple Department
Thirty one teachers and members of the Intermediate department of the Methodist Temple were entertained Friday night with a weiner roast at Mrs H W Taylors home on South Meher street. Teachers included Mrs G F E Foster Miss Nancy Ballengee Mrs F M Ashworth Mrs Wayne Anderson and Mrs Taylor. Harlaog is the former Miss Mary Elizabeth Harrah of Stamford Corporal Harizog serves with the U S Army at Yuma Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Temple
H. W. Taylor
South Meher Street
G. FE. Foster
Nancy Ballengee
F. M. Ashworth
Wayne Anderson
Taylor
Harlaog
Mary Elizabeth Harrah
Stamaford
Corporal Harizog
United States Army
Yuma
Arizona
Weeklong Service Men Canteen Calendar in Raleigh Area
A dense list of weekly notices details dates and volunteers for Service Men Canteen operations and Red Cross sewing and knitting sessions at the Memorial Building Raleigh. Groups led by Mrs. Bryson Mrs. Cum ba Mrs. Silverman and others organize shifts across Monday through Sunday with participation from Girl Scouts First Christian Church and the Raleigh County Navy Mother's club along with multiple Circle groups at Beckley Presbyterian church and Hollywood Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Cumba
Prince Street
The
Red Cross
Memorial Building
Sophia
O. T. Prilaman
RWI
Raleigh
Women's Council of the
First Christian Church
Church
Par Or
H.C. Sessions
Prince Short
Tod
Presbyterian Church
Singer
First Baptist Church
Raleigh County, Navy
Mother's Club
American Legion
Women's Council of the First
B. E. Silverman
R.M
Raveigh
Dirty Dozen
Chai
Heher Street
Beesley Presbyterian Church
David Rees
Beta Sigma Par Soravily
Margaret Carter
North
Kanawha Street
Women's Society of Actian Service
Sophia Methodiet Bench
Flfe. Noe
Carl Price
Gion 1A
Oa Mee Surawal
First Chistian Church
A. J. Honaker
Len Seaman
Harper Road
Crete
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Arnold Moore
Fark Nelson
Fairview Avenue
Cirele
Floyd Sayre
Ross Daniel
Woodlawn Avenue
P. Donahue
Berkley Presbyterian Church
John Tanner
T. S. Williams
Gordon Hy
Thompson
O. H. Meador
Trap Hall
Glen Daniel
Fred Canterbury
Pom
Mount Hope Lions and Lionesses Meet at Stadium
Mount Hope Lions club and Lionesses plan a September 9 6 p.m. meeting with Sophia Lions and Lionesses as guests at the stadium. Four women’s meetings are planned. Regular meeting held at Mountainair hotel with guests Norman Sehach R S Fish R R Snyder Howard S Oster Williamson. A board meeting is set for September 7 7:30 p.m. in Mount Hope. Labor Day sermon planned at Cunard Fayetteville Methodist circuit minister Rev W R Moyer will preach Came Unto Me Ye That Labor at 11 a.m. using Matthew 11 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Hope
Pittsburgh
Howard S. Oster. Williamson
Mt. Hope
Fayetteville
W R. Moyer
Cunard
11 Men Put in Class 1-A by Fayette Board
Fayetteville officials released a classification list of local board number one registrants. The document names Class T-A1 members including William Smith and Aubrey McClung, plus tentative draftees James Dilley and others. Additional names populate Class II-B and Class I-A groups with numerous registrants from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette Board
Register
Fayetteville
Miss Helen
Martindale
William Smith
Adolphus Drake
Reginald Payne
Aubrey McClung
Robert Cook
Nick Larocco
Mike Kachinowicz
Clifford Martin
Greg Johnson
John Gordon
Frank Holmes
James Dilley
Martin Cole
Isaac Stockley
Arthur Shanklin
Fred Chaffin
John Conley
Leslie Smith
Frank Wilkerson
Charles Thomas
Charles Mclain
Russell Wilhite
Nelson Light
Jack Bibb
Alick Bozo
Opie Thompson
Walter Uryga
Edward Gentry
Edward Parnell
James McCarthy
Curtis Dick
Herbert McLain
Bobbie Smith
Paul Cain
Wilbert Monroe
Wilbur Vandal
John Pinozarczyk
Fran Shuck
David Boyles
Pete Ferri
Paul Berger
Aaron Wallace
Edward Jarvis
Walter Mahood
Louis Watkins
Henry Cosby
William Garland
Benjamin Agee
Forest Wickline
Harold Painter
Otis Morris
Robert Sampson
Coy Toney
Andrew Rogers
Ralph Fitzgerald
Gordon Underwood
Glaydes Hayes
William Sturgell
Lewis Painter
Philip Snyder, Jr
Fayette Sheriff Urges Girls to Avoid Rides on Highways
Fayetteville sheriff Okey Patteson and deputy G T Davis urged parents to keep daughters from hitch hiking or accepting rides from strangers. They cited the unsolved killings and a recent attempted rape on the Pax Mount Hope road as examples of dangers. Police noted multiple incidents where girls were targeted while traveling alone or with others on rural highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y Register
Fayetteville
Okey Patteson
Patteson
G. T. Davis
Maxine Brewer Green
Mount Hope
U. 8
Beckley
Scarbro
Pattegon
Ohio
Pax-Mount Hope
Eldon Reid
Fayette County
Reid
A Godsey
Justice of Peace
Oak Hill
Slocung Station
Baltimore
Maryland
Pax Road
Mount Hone
Davis
Russell Rhodes
Palleson
Oak Hil
Woodrow Wilson assistant coach Kuhn arrives from Atlanta
A detailed social page notes Jim Kuhn, recently named assistant coach at Woodrow Wilson High School, arriving from Atlanta where he attended Georgia Tech. The piece lists numerous Beckley and Mount Hope residents attending a Southern Conference Athletic Association meeting in Bluefield, plus extend family travels and military leave updates across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Kuhn
Woodrow Wilson High School
Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia Tech
Divorce Suits Filed in Fayetteville and Mount Hope Star
Two divorce suits were entered yesterday at the circuit clerk's office in Fayetteville. Plaintiffs J L Treadway and Joe D Iddings are represented by attorney W H Haynes. In Mount Hope special meeting called by Mrs Maude Mandeville for Winnolia chapter Eastern Star officers at 2 30 this afternoon in Lodge rooms. All officers urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Fayetteville
Circuit Clerk's
J.L. Treadway
Louise Treadway
Joe D. Iddings
Jemmia Iddings
W. H. Haynes
Mount Hope
Maude Mandeville
Imatron
Winnolia Chapter
The
Eastern Star
Pythians Hear Truslow Waldo at Oak Hill Lodge Meeting
All Pythians in the twelfth district are invited to a joint Oak Hill Lodge No. 17 and Pythian Sisters meeting. Guest speaker Truslow S Waldo Past Grand Chancellor and principal of Gauwley Bridge high school will attend. The event honors Haven F Allen and includes a certificate of merit for his service. The gathering starts at eight with family guests and refreshments to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hilg
Pythians
Knights of Pythias
Oak Hill Lodge No. 17
Pythian Sisters
Truslow S$. Waldo
Waldo
Gauwley Bridge
Myeeting
Supreme Lodge
Haven F. Allen
Allen
Snaps Club Hosts Private Banquet at Becktey Hotel
A 6:30 PM Friday banquet took place in the Becktey hotel private dining room hosted by the Snaps club. Following dinner a theater party was held with attendees including Miss Helen Davis, Miss Mary Ann Bailey, Miss Mary Ashworth, Miss Jean Fisher, Miss Betty Jean Brown, Miss Geraldine Landreth, Miss Martha Allen, Mrs. Jimmie McVey, Miss Lorena Michael, and Miss Lois McDaniel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becktey
Snaps Club
Helen Davis
Mary Ann Bailey
Mary Ashworth
Jean Fisher
Betty Jean Brown
Geraldine Landreth
Martha Allen
Jimmie McVey
Lorena Michael
Lois McDaniel
Naaman Dingess Is Jap Prisoner of War in Philippines
Mrs. Ed Dingess of Skelton reports word from her son Naaman Dingess, a prisoner of war in the Philippines since May 1942, that his health remains good and he asks that she keep the home fires burning and send regards to all who care. Boots Settle Promoted to Corporal in the Army Air Corps
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Dingess
Skelton
Naaman Dingess
Philippines
Dingess
Boots” Settle
Register
Fayetteville
Marguerite Settle
Cpl. Settle
Mississippi
Army Air Corps
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fayette County News
Payette
Mim
Marguerite Mieke
Mae
Pyt
Lonnie
Mary Frances DeBord
Sgt
Thomas Burdette
Mrs. Hedrick
Columbia U
Register Social
D. W. Bryson
Civic Club
Service Men
Christian Church
Gilbert Thompson
H. D. Price
Carter Street
Rassie Carroll
Group 14
Mr. Hope
Lionesses
Fayette
Robert Hunt
Hilton Reynolds
Sherman Shrewsbury
Ames Riser
Andrew Canada
Thester Rawtovnik
Wilson Fitapatrick
Harry Calvert
James Oxendale
Dan Fernandez
Ahnie Evans
Henry Jones
Elliot Dancy
Harsel Luzhbaugh
John Hyman
Sella Rhodes
Eugene Britten
William Reid
Clyde Morris
Kenneth Danneily
Harry Bennard
Claudius Green
Manuel Perry
Dan Hagey, Jr
Barttran Pace
Clayton Shawkey
William Harrington
Harry Gentry
Claude Peart
Eugene Weaver
CG. G. Peregny
Ken Hunt
Bill Barrett
William Jennings
E. H. Dunkley
Mount Howe
Paul Fulks
Southern Conference Athletic Association
Bluefield
Howard Wolf
Woodrow A. Farrish
Nashville
Tennessee
Mary Parrish
Ball Street
Camp Phillips
Kansas
G. Paster, Jr
Danville
Kentucky
J. G. Foster
South Kanawha Sireet
Joseph C. Foster
St. Louis
Missouri
Eugene Foster
Fort Thomas
Army Air Force
Sueville Foster
Colege Park
University of Maryland Health Department
Elwond Compton
Partsmouth
New Hampshire
C. M. Compton
Monroe Avenue
Darrell King
Judy
Cheyenne
E. Dillon
Charleston
South Carolina
J. E. Biggs
Emery Smith
West Virginia Street
Myrza Williams
Marie Williams
Margaret Ferguson
Betty Lane
Bewah Marshall
Washington, D.C
Cole Craighead
Fourth Street
Robert J. Craighead
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Okey Bennett
University of Pittsburgh
Melon Martin
Alma Martin
John Beckley
Oregon
J. Arnstein
College Avenue
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Newark
New Jersey
Proveidence
Rhode Island
New
York City
O. B. Sterling, Jr
Bryan Lee
Houston, Texas
R. B. Coburn
J. E. Rifle
Hargrove Street
Ernest Davis
Mr. Davis
E. Vecellia
South Kanawha Street
Randolph Rice
Randolph, Jr
Clifton
Ridolph A. Tinek
Camp McGain
Emile J. Hadel
North Kanawha Street
Chautauqua
Chatatauquan Daily
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Pillsburgh
Arbutus Lilly
D.C
A. J. Lilly
Beaver
Miss Lilly
Shady Spring High School
Beckley College
Lyons Metal Products, Incorporated
Raleigh Coca Cola
Amliss Lilly
Ray Davidson
United States Marine Corps
Lilly
Orville McGinnis
Mahscoll
Beckley Hospital
Popsy Williams
A. W. Williams
National Business College
Roanoke
Virginia
Gloria and
Bula Mills
Fast Main Street
Mrs
Kirby Walker
Mr. Walker
Egeria
Doris Lee Meadows
North Heher Street
Haverhill
Harry S. Graff
Darsey Neatley, Jr
233Rd Station Hospital
Hilda Keasley
Mego
Iona Shumate
H. Z. Oram
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Harold. Edward Eye
Roy M. Eye
Mercer Street
United States Naval Taining Station
Illinois
Mrs. C. EF. Beaver
Jerry Gordon
Redwing Apartments
Mr. Beaver
J. D. Cyphers
Engish
H. T. Belcher
Joyce Wood
Farwood Street
Ray Herndon
Dick Riffe Warren
Naval Station
Glenview
Harlow Warren
Willam Wallace Warren
Portland
J.T. Sell
Billy
Sell
C. A. Davis
Mainstreet
Mr. Sell
H. 8. Johnson
Rainelle
Reservoir Road
Mr. Johnson
A. and P
J. HW. Collins
Maryland Avenue
Charlestown
Norvell S. Lill, Jr
Camp Peary
Williamsburg
N.S. Dailly
East Main Street
Frances Jones
Grafton
Charles Rogers
North Carolina
T. K. Laing
S. Paris Bell, Jr
Sammy
Spencer
Wales
Helns
Lona
Mtehly
Wesler
Truslow
W. Walso
Haven Allen
Shetland
E. M. Payne Company
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