Local Grand Jury Records Reveal Guilty Rulings and Bonds
False transcripts show Johnnie Rhodes of Minden guilty of non support of three children. Vandia Callahan of Oak Hill held on felonious assault and theft charges with $500 bond. Gail Welch of Brooklyn waives exam and is held for grand jury. Susie Skiles found not guilty and dismissed. Charles Hickman held for grand jury action on breaking and entering. denied bond, jailed. Fred O Boyle guilty of reckless driving, $25 fine. Ronnie Ayers held under $2,000 bond pending September grand jury. Sgt H E B Locke and officers noted.
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Register
W. H. Level
Johnnie Rhodes
Minden
Rhodes
Robin Puryear
Vandia Callahan
Oak Hill
Myrtle Terry
G. C. Pennington
Gail Welch
Brooklyn
Justice Level
Florence Sarver
H. D. Skiles
W. L. Rhodes
Susie Skiles
Charles Hickman
Squire Level
Mayfair Theater
D. S. Kincaid
Fred O’boyle
William Pollard
Oak Hill-Scarbro Road
Greenwood Lawton voters form Victory Club leaders elected
Greenwood precinct voters in Lawton organized a victory club electing Jessie Bird as president Robert Onions as vice president Dolores Carthan as secretary and E T Wade as speaker of the house the group campaigns for upcoming elections.
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Lawton
Greenwood
Jessie Bird
Robert Onions
Dolores Carthan
E. T. Wade
Machinery Set Up to Garner Milkweed Floss for Fighters
Fayette county schools will collect milkweed pods over four weeks to provide buoyant floss for life jackets. About twenty schools will act as central centers with payments of 20 cents per bag. Pods are gathered when seeds brown, dried five weeks, then shipped for use as a kapok substitute.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Otward Gunnoe
Gay
Hilm
Pacific East Indies
Funeral services for Flight Officer David V. James
Oak Hill Baptist church to hold funeral for 21 year old Flight Officer David V. James who died in a Aloe Field Texas plane crash. Rev. Cross Rev. Wilson and Rev. Tyler will officiate. Burial at Highlawn. He is survived by parents John and unknown Mrs James and siblings Quenton Glen Milburn Ruth Rogers Clorine Toney.
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Oak Hill
Oak Hill Baptist Church
David V. James
Aloe Field
Texas
Sun Gay
Gilmer KE. Cross
J. A. Wilson
I. S. Tyler
Highlawn
John James
Quenton James
VU. S. Army
England
Glen R. James
France
Milburn James
Hinton
Ruth Rogers
Mount Hope
Clorine G. Toney
Employment Man to Visit Ansted
Oak Hill office of the United States Employment Service War Manpower Commission says a representative will be in Ansted Tuesday September 12 from 9 30 until 12 to discuss employment with interested persons. The representative will be stationed at Clark Bell's restaurant.
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Register
Ansted
Oak Hill
United States Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Clark Bell
Funeral rites for Mrs Annie R Coleman held today
Funeral services conducted today for 80 year old Mrs Annie R Coleman at Oak Hill Brethren church followed by burial. She died Tuesday at her Lick Fork home. Born July 3 in Dothan, she is survived by sister Mrs Nancy Webb of Dothan and six children L L Pegram Mae Painter Fred Pegram Violet Painter Lawrence Pegram and Hattie Painter of Scarbro plus numerous relatives.
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Associated Press
Oak Hill
Annie R. Coleman
Pvt Ralph Hall Dies of Wounds in War
Fayetteville native Pvt Ralph W. Hall , son of Mrs Grace Hall, died of wounds after being reported wounded in action. The War Department released the notice yesterday confirming his death in service.
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Pvt
Ralph Hall
Register
Fayetteville
War Department
Ralph W. Hall
Grace Hall
Jimmy Robertson Enrolled as Instructor at Galveston Field
Jimmy T. Robertson son of Mr and Mrs A T Robertson Wyce has enrolled as a student in the instructors indoctrination unit at Galveston army air field. The 29 mission European theater veteran earned the air medal with three oak leaf clusters after serving 13 months overseas. He attended Mullens high school and worked for Gulf Smokeless Coal before joining the service at Fort Thomas Ky on August 8 1942. He returned to the United States July 10 1944.
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Galveston
Texas
Jimmy T. Robertson
A. T. Robertson
Wyce
Galveston Army Air Field
Robertson
Mullens High School
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
United States
Ten Couples Seek Marriage Licenses in Beckley and Nearby Areas
Applications filed at the county clerk list ten couples seeking marriage licenses. Notable pairs include Carl Wayne Crouse and Nellie Sue Farley of Beckley and Calvin George Davis and Louise Marie Short of Harper. Two waivers of the three day waiting period were granted by Judge Clarence W. Meadows for armed forces members Thomas Worrel and Thelma Bucklin, and Edward Roach with Dorothy Mae Turner of Beckley and Glen Morgan.
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Carl Wayne Crouse
Nellie Sue Farley
Beckley
Calvin George Davis
Louise Marie Short
Harper
James Della Grose
Ury
Donna Mae Smith
Eugene Gilbert Hall
Masseina Jane Layton
Maynard Leslie Hughes
Tams
Anna Elizabeth Baker
Levi Festus Pennington
Raleigh
Lola Warden
Crow
Edmund Farrel Trent
Taras Bolen
Lester
Joseph Grant Wills
Coalwood
Muriel Marie Cook
Crab Orchard
Clarence W. Meadows
Thomas M. Worrell
Winding Gulf
Thelma Bucklin
Killarney
Edward Patrick Roach
Dorothy Mae Turner
Glen Morgan
Hilltop Soldier Helps Earn P-47 Group Citation
Staff Sergeant Charles C. Argabright of Hilltop is among mechanics in an Eighth Fighter Command P-47 unit awarded the presidential unit citation for exceptional aggressive performance and heroism in action. The unit’s record includes 600 German planes destroyed, 550 in the air, with Col. Hubert Zemke praising ground crew efforts behind aerial victories in Europe.
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Hilltop
Charles C. Argabright
Eighth Fighter Command
Argabright
W. P. Bailey
England
Hubert Zemke
Missoula
Montana
Fights Last Night Across Venues Reported
Boxing results from multiple sites show Ike Williams over Angott in Tren ton New Jersey, Jacobs over Hubert in Philadelphia, Castilloux over Mendoza in Buffalo, Goode over Smith in Elizabeth Newark, Demers over Smith in Montreal Newark, and Joyce over Slider in Oakland Gary. Outpoints and knockouts noted for each bout with listed weights and cities.
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Philadelphia
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Sammy Angott
Washington
Bob Jacobs
Tee Hubert
D. C
Buffalo
Dave Castilloux
Montreal
Joe Mendoza
Detroit
Mike Martyk
Joe Glenn
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth
Oscar Goode
Newark
Newton Smith
Fernand Demers
Willie Smith
Oakland
Calif
Willie Joyce
Gary
Ind
Chester Slider
Fresno
Jack Johnson Dies In Monroe
Funeral services for Jack R. Johnson 74 former sheriff and Monroe county court member for eight years will be held at Greenville Presbyterian church tomorrow at 2 30 p m Burial follows in Greenville cemetery He was a Mason a farmer and live stock dealer Survived by two sisters several children and other relatives from Greenville Morgantown Union Los Angeles Dayton Beckley Rainelle and other areas
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Jack R. Johnson
Monroe County
Greenville
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge
Indian Creek
Daisy Hank
Morgantown
Fanny Poff
Union
Beckley
G. W. Givens
H. T. Higginbotham
Rainelle
Crosby Opens Stage Door Canteen in London
Bing Crosby performs favorite songs at the Stage Door Canteen in London boosting morale. He also broadcasts to German listeners calling out for freedom and constitutional rights, amid his controversial popularity with Germans.
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Bing Crosby
London
Hitler
der Bingle
Williams arrives in England from Mount Hope
From the war department Mrs Christine Williams of Mount Hope reports that her husband Private Charles M Williams has arrived safely in England. He serves with an infantry communications outfit.
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Mount Hope
War Department
Christine Williams
Pvt
Charles M. Williams
England
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Sam Loven
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