Night the stars fell linked to Lacy family prayer book
The piece traces the date of the famous night the stars fell from an Episcopal prayer book inherited by E A Hall of Beckley from William H. Lacy. It notes Lacy’s Civil War service, a poem given to Miss Melinda Rife, and a later letter about lands in Monroe county amid the Bluestone Reservoir project. It also laments growing wartime taxes and device shields for headlights during blackouts.
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E. A. Hall
Beckley
William H. Lacy
Joice C. Lacy
United States
Protestant Episcopal Church
8Th Virginia Cavalry
Melinda Rife
Monroe County
Annie Laurie
Hall
Eustatia Lacy
Mr. Nall
Col. C. L. Hall
War Department
Ohio River Division
Bonds Will Buy Homes for Smokeless Coal Workers
The Register urges Beaver citizens to use a check off plan and war bonds to finance home building for mine workers in the Smokeless Coal region. Buy land now, then save for construction after the war. Invest surplus funds in bonds, avoid inflation, and note that owner-occupied homes pay half the taxes of rented ones.
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Register
Lisi
State policemen plan self funded insurance cover
West Virginia state policemen in Company D across 12 southern counties, based in Beckley, agreed to pay 36 annually from their own salaries for a blanket policy. A Lewisburg insurance agent reportedly secured a contract for vehicle insurance covering all state vehicles, while the state refuses to purchase protection.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Register
Lewisburg
West Virginia State Police Pay Insurance on State Vehicles
The piece criticizes the state for forcing Charleston troopers in Company D to cover liability insurance on state-owned cars. It argues the burden shifts money from officers’ modest incomes to protect homes and paychecks, while the state refuses liability payouts through the court of claims.
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Court of Claims
West Virginia
Charleston
Labor Day Work Plan Boosts Coal Flow and Pay
Workers will celebrate Labor Day by continuing to mine and load coal tomorrow. Both management and employees accept the U S fuel administrator plan to keep the Beckley area's coal moving to war plants. Production supports military needs and boosts earnings with time and a half pay. Raleigh County aims for 2 174 000 in the third bond drive, with a split of loans from individuals and corporations and banks barred from buying bonds.
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Cval
U.S
Beckley
Tipples
Raleigh
Ballard Jr. Graduates as Army Air Force Second Lieutenant
A batch of pilots from Moore Field Mission Texas included Ballard Jr of Linside who earned a commission as second lieutenant in the U S Army Air Force. The article lists Elkins Grant Gadd and Payne among others, detailing training, postings, and recent inductions in wartime service at camps across the country.
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Ballard, JR
Linside
Moore Field
Mission
Texas
United States Army Air Force
Ballard
Central Flying Training Command
Gulf Coast Training Center
Ulvert L. Elkins
Luther L. Elkins
Ezra Ballard, Jr
Oceana
Ulvert Elkins
United States Army
Camp Bowie
E. M. Payne, Jr
Kanawha Street
J. G.) Payne
United States Naval Reserve
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Payne
Navy
E. M. Payne
Beckley
E. Glendon Gadd
George Gadd
Mabscott
Gadd
Robert L. Grant
Jefferson Bar
Racks
Missouri
Lowry Field
Colorado
Pyote
19Th
Alexandria
Louisiana
798Th
M. J. Brammer
Woodrow Wilson High School
Loftin's
Air Force
Army
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
1548Th
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Donald K. Ables
James H. Beckelhimer
Harper
Willie Bruno
Stickney
William S. Buckland
Walcott
James M. Carter
Alderson
Edward A. Cecil
Amigo
Woodrow W. Church
Fireco
Weldon R. Claypool
James F. Collins
Beckwith
William Donelow, Jr
Terry
Albert L. Evans
Mount Hope
Willard J. Farraw
Glen Rogers
Russell J. Gill
William H. Gilpin
Hinton
Lacy L. Harvey
Rhodell
Oley A. Henderson
Naomi
John T. Hill
Lawrence Johnson
Crow
Oris J. Lilly
Jumping
Howard R. Marcum
Dixie Meadows
Lester
Orville E. Richmond
Cool Ridge
James F. Thames
Colvord
Riley H. Toler
Cyclone
William W. Underwood
Mabsentt
Lewis A. Walkup
Sandstone
Robert B. Ward
Talcott
Lloyd R. Webb
Eccles
Robert F. Willis
Quentin Willis
Dry Creek
Army Air Forces
Jefferson Barracks
Raymond E. Dew
Berkley
Joe G. Lilly, Jr
Harry D. O'Quinn
Union
Burl &. Pritt
Naoma
Bobby W. Tabor
Robert M. Taylor
Cecil
Beckley’s Early History Reveals Yankee and Rebel Roots
Beckley began in 1838 as a crossroads village in a region then part of Fayette County Virginia. Raleigh County formed in 1850 with Beckley as seat, while undergoing boundary changes that split Logan and Wyoming counties. General Alfred Beckley founded the town, named to honor his father, and the city evolved through early court building, Civil War division, and the arrival of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad setting stage for coal, timber, and lumber booms вto come.
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Raleigh County
Fayette County
Virginia
Raleigh
Beckley
Bayette
Logan
Wyoming County
Wyoming
Slab Fork
Ane
General Assembly of Virginia
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Beckley Berkleys
Barkley
Beckle
General Beckley
William J. Martin
Fs Wople
Raleigh Court House
Hale
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Seaboard
Ohio River
Iron Horse
Marmet
Malden
Kanawha
Princesta
Royal
Hue
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R. H. Grant
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India
Grant
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Camp Lee
Washington, D. C
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Railway Express Agency
Fort Leonard Wood
James K. Williams
C. J. Williams
Rivate
Daniel O. Lilly
D. E. Lilly
Maynor
Armored School
Fort Knox
70Th Infantry Division
Camp Adair
Oregon
Rodney D. Amick
Stanaford
Warren Asbury
Marvin Bailey
Monteval
Frank Bolash
Esco Browning
Charles C. Burnside
Lloyd Carper
Virgil C. Cook
Arnett
William D. Cox
Andrew C. Evans
Dorothy
Joseph J. Filigoek
Clarence H. Gunnoe
Pineknob
Marvin T. Hawley
Eugene E. Hinte
Lamer L. Hughes
Crab Orchard
William J. Jarrell
Carl G. Johnson
Steve Kristoff
Montco
Charles Hodel Beckley
Rutherford B Hayes
William McKinley
John Beckley
Alfred
Richmond
Wheeling
Nighlands
Tr.reaty
Grandview
New Tiver Gorge
Caine Nimont
Piney Branch
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