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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1944

Page

11

Reversal Of Teacher Transfers In Summers County

Mrs Hope Price Holmes will return to Hinton high school and Miss Zola Trail to Talcott high school, reversing prior transfers. Holmes had been moved to Talcott and Trail to Hinton, with Holmes declining Talcott posting and Talcott classes halted briefly. After a Talcott PTA meeting and talks with officials, Trail will go back to Talcott. Revival notices also run in Caldwell inviting attendance at an old fashion tent revival nightly at 7 30 led by Rev Virgil Morgan.

Register Hinton Hope Price Holmes Hinton High School Zola Trail Taleott High School Summers County School Board Holmes Talcott School Miss Trail Talcott Parent Cachet Association Cyrus Work Mann Adney Meadows Board of Education Meadows Talcott J. W. Stokes Caldwell Virgil Morgan Ronceverte Peach Creek K. R. Ketchem R. Mvoorman Parker RE. W. Billings R. W. Hibbert J. M. Raine Rainelle J. K. Dawson V.M.C.A C. L. Barnette Y.M.C.A

Eye opening rupture protection offer advertised

An offer invites readers to request free information on a rupture support device from William S. Rice Inc. The ad promises a noninvasive truss with springs and straps to hold a rupture, claiming comfort and freedom of movement, and asks for panic and address details.

William S. Rice, Inc Dept. US Adame Cn Imfort

Lewisburg Man’s Unit Destroyed 205 Jap Planes

Ensign Melvin G Livesay of Lewisburg returned to the U S with Navy Air Group One whose pilots claimed 101 Jap planes shot down and 104 on the ground and who sank or damaged 38 ships including three aircraft carriers. Lt Richard E Norman of Charleston also served in the outfit. The group used Helldiver dive bombers but faced few air targets as enemy fighters protected them. Torpedo bombers later hammered a fortified islet near Guam, leaving it nearly obliterated.

Isle Lewisburg Melvin G. Livesay U. S. Naval Reserve United States Navy Air Group One West Fihter Air Group One Cabras Island Guam Torpedo One

Summers Mercer Soldiers Destroy Japanese Outpost

Pfc. Joseph Z. McAlpine of Streeter West Virginia and Pfc. John Bagar of Freeman West Virginia, with the American infantry division, nap enemy huts and garden in a surprise raid miles in front of its lines in the Southwest Pacific. The patrol fired into enemy positions, killing 26 Japs and driving others into the jungle.

Americal Infantry Southwest Pacific Joseph Z. McAlpine Streeter W. Va John Bagar Freeman Ecase

Y M C A Campaign Opens for Hinton Railroaders

The Chesapeake and Ohio Y M C A in Hinton begins its annual membership drive September 18 through September 25. Reports show 452 memberships secured toward a quota of 843, with campaigns also planned across twelve C O Y R rail YM C A branches.

Hwinton Chesapeake & Ohio Y. M. C. A Hinton The Christian Church Ratelph Thurmondy Rainelle Y.M.C.A YM. C. A Chesapeake & Ohio Railway System

GMS Alumnus In Ashford General

Cpl Arthur McPherson, seventh Greenbrier Military School alumnus hospitalized at Ashford General, was wounded by shell fragments near Artena Italy while moving to help secure the line. He is from Athens and has served five years, including six months at the Anzio beachhead.

Associated Press JW. Benjamin Greenbrier Ashford General Hospital Cpl Arthur McPherson A.D. McPherson Athens McPherson Hne Artena Italy Sisterna Cori Anzio

Johnson Funeral Rites Observed in Alderson

Funeral services for John R. Johnson 80 prominent Alderson resident were held at Greenbrier Baptist church at 2 p m. He died in a local hospital Thursday from complications of diseases. Burial followed in Alderson cemetery. He was son of Z C Johnson and Amelia Toothman Johnson and survived by a sister Mrs Newman Smith two nieces and two nephews, all of Charleston.

Register Hinton Gery Nes John R. Johnson Alderson Rhinehart Randolph Johnson Greenbrier Baptist Church Z. C. Johnson Amelia Toothman Johnson Newman

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