Fayetteville Board Releases Substitute Teacher List
Fayet te County board of education announces appointments of substitute teachers across schools including Oak Hill Hilltop Mount Hope Winona Glen Jean and Stone Cliff with multiple staff names in elementary junior high and high schools and by race.
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Y Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Oak Hill
Ruth Jones
Almaz Carter
Frances Walker
Mount Hope
J. A Baumgartner
Gladys Tugale Lowe
Athene F Warde
Hilltop
Gladys McCoy
Virginia Hall
Montgomery
Daniel Wood
Vivian P. Martin
Mayme W. Taylor
Ernestine A. Trent
Edith B Allen
Winona
Layland
Joylette Chiles
Olivia B. Davis
Thayer
Victoria Goins
Stone Cliff
Kathleen Fink Takes New Job at Draft Board
Kathleen Fink will replace Helen Martindale as head clerk at local selective service board number one effective October 1. Martindale started in 1940 and became head clerk last September. Fink will move to Washington with her parents and Hope Ballard will become assistant clerk in Fayetteville.
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Register
Fayetteville
Kathleen Fink
Selective Service Board Number One
Helen Martindale
Miss Martindale
Draft Board
Harald McClung
United States Navy
Washington, D. C
Cecil Martindale
Fink
Hope Ballard
Pennington Takes 28 Day Navy Leave for New York Visit
Petty Officer Second Class R. C. Pennington and Mrs. Pennington departed for New York City to visit for several days. The seaman is on a 28 day leave from the United States Navy.
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New York
Register
Garten
R. C. Pennington
Mrs. Pennington
New York City
Seaman Pennington
United States Navy
Fayetteville Red Cross Sends 838 Messages to Service Men
Fayette county Red Cross has sent about 838 letters and telegrams to service men in 2.5 months, reports secretary Nell Gladwell. Messages inform commanders about illnesses and deaths, with many social histories and investigations for the war department. Gladwell urges families to visit the office to request lo linger communications and expedite care.
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Fayette
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Red Cross
Nell] Gladwell
Beatrice Witt Weds Private Charles E Price in Virginia
Beatrice Murray Witt daughter of Mrs. Thomas Edgar Witt and Beatrice Witt, marries Private Charles Elliot Price son of Myre and James M Price at North Bristol Baptist Church Bristol Virginia on September 4. The groom is stationed at Moore General Hospital Swananoa NC. The bride will reside in Keystone where she works in the post office.
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Wreter Oak Hill- AK
Thomas Edgar Witt
Peterstown
Beatrice Murray
Charles Elliot Price
Myre
James M. Price
Mr. Price
Oak Hill
North Bristol Baptist Church
Bristol
Virginia
H. E. Hodgson
Price
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
North Carolina
Miss Constance Morris Weds Cadet William Bobbitt in Montgomery
Fayetteville announces the marriage of Miss Constance Morris daughter of Rev L T Norris Johnson City Ohio to Cadet William Bobbitt United States Army Air Forces son of Mr and Mrs W L Bobbitt. The ceremony was at 8 p m in First Baptist Church Montgomery with Dr Frank Tripp officiating. The couple will live in Montgomery during his Maxwell Field assignment.
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Register
Fayetteville
Constance Norris
L. T. Norris
Johnson City
Ohio
William Bobbitt
United States Army Air Forces
W. L. Bobbitt
First Baptist Church
Montgomery
Alabama
Frank Tripp
Bobbitt
Huntington
Indiana
Oak Hill
Lieutenant Louise Fink Reported Killed in Action
Lieutenant Louise Fink of Richwood, member of the Army Nurses Corps, reported killed in action in North Africa. Attorney James H. White of Fayetteville confirms. A twin sister in the corps is at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. No details beyond the telegram arrival are available.
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Register
Fayetteville
Louise Fink
Richwood
James H. White
North Africa
White
Fink
Army Nurses’ Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Fayetteville Rotary to Attend Services at Methodist Church
Fayetteville Rotary members will attend services as a group at the local Methodist church tomorrow morning. They are asked to convene at the church shortly before eleven o'clock when the services begin.
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Register
Fayetteville
Rotary Clinic
Roy L Hall Japanese Prisoner Reported Missing
Mrs. C M Jones of Gatewood has been informed by the war department that her son Roy L Hall of the United States army is a prisoner of the Japanese. He had been missing 16 months after the Philippines fall and is now at Camp Number 2 in the Philippines. He is a brother of Marl Hall of Fayetteville.
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Register
Gatewood
C. M. Jones
War Department
Roy L. Hall
United States Army
Hall
Philippines
Fayetteville Deputy Named Courthouse Maintenance Man
Boyd C. Maison, former Fayette County deputy sheriff, takes a courthouse maintenance post here. Madison, who recently resigned to join the Electro Metallurgical plant in Alloy, left the department months ago.
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Register
Fayetteville
Boyd C. Maison
Fayette County
Madison
Murder in Tin Chapter 15 aboard Club Opala in Mexico City
In a cab toward Club Opala Sam Taggard's daughter and I discuss loyalties as we reach a crowded casino. Chevalle, a Jap agent with a missionary father, looms over our fragile alliance while names of lawyers and officials surface, and a looming showdown hints at hidden government tensions.
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Sam Taggard
Avenida Juarez
Paseo de la Reforma
Charles
Columbus
Cuauhtemoc
Opala
Sticks
Chevailell
Dow
Johnsone
Chevaile
United States
Mexico
San Miguel de Allende
Chevalle
Lila
Martin's
15 Registrants To Take Exams For Army Inductions
Fayetteville staff writer reports twenty five registrants of local board number one will report Monday to be sent to the Huntington army inductions center for final physical exams prior to entrance. The contingent includes Carter Lee Bridgewater Otis Fewell Willie Lee Jones Willard Orlando Hyman Fred Pound Harry Desoto Claytor Harrison Edison Hayes Frank Marshall Canada Roger Mayson Taylor William Howard Armstead Alfred Sherer Jerry Thomas Oliver Willie Summit Haff Charlie Brooks Henry Edward West Leroy Clifford Garrison Louis Wesley Woods Solomon Lee Hardy George Wilbur Hicks Charles Freeman Jr Sam Robert Jones Kermit Thurmond Rice Broaddus Lenard Gardner David Lawrence Craig Carter Francis Bradley
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Register
Fayetteville
Army Inductions Center
Huntington
Armed Forces
Carter Lee Bridgewater
Otis Fewell
Willie Lee Jones
Willard Orlando Hyman
Fred Pound
Harry Desoto Claytor
Harrison Edison Hayes
Frank Marshall
Canada
Roger Mayson Taylor
William Howard Armstead
Alfred Sherer
Jerry Thomas Oliver
Willie Summit Ha
Dorothy Tissue Resigns Post As Fayette Principal
Dorothy Tissue, the only woman high school principal in Fayette county, resigns effective immediately to take a job in Tucson Arizona. She has led the focal school for two years after a decade in education, previously teaching at Pax and six years at Mount Hope. A Mount Hope High School graduate, she earned a Bethany College degree and a master's at the University of Michigan, with further study at Duke and West Virginia universities.
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Register
Pax
Dorothy Tissue
Fayette County
Tuscon
Arizona
Miss Tissue
Focal School
Mount Hope
Mount Hope High School
Bethany College
University of Michigan
Duke
West Virginia
Sun Man Dies At Pinecrest
Sun Man Croft 67 of Sun died at Pinecrest sanitarium Friday at 11 30 p m from pulmonary tuberculosis after a year long illness. Born Shenandoah Virginia he was a coal miner and Baptist Church member at Meadow Creek. Survived by wife Norma and three children Mike Jerry Croft and Mary Wiseman. Funeral Monday 2 p m at home conducted by Rev Paul Gravely. Burial Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Hill.
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Register
Oak Hill—Hlliam
Jack Croft
Sun
Pinerest Sanitarium
Shenandoah
Virginia
Baptist Church of
Meadow Creek
Norma Croft
Sim
Mike and
Jerry Croft
Eccles
Mary Wiseman
Balt
Paul Gravely
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Wingrove Rites Set Today in Long Branch
Private funeral services for Gilbert Wingrove 44 of Long Branch will be held today at 2 p.m. at his home. Burial will be in the Doc Lively cemetery. Born February 6 1898 in Lively he was a brakeman for the middie at Long Branch and a member of the local UALWA. Surviving are his widow Nina Dolson Wingrove a brother Amory Wingrove of Long Branch two sisters Mrs Lacy Kinster of Glen Jean and Mrs Stella Brown of Glen Daniels. The following children survive Mrs Ernest Hunter Josephine Wingrove and Virginia Wingrove all of Long Branch and Private Willis Wingrove of Fort Sill Oklahoma one grand child survives.
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Register
Long Branch
Gilbert Winprove
Montgomery Hospital
Lively
U.alw.a
Nina Dolson Wingrove
Amory Wingrove
Mra. Lacy Kinster
Glen Jean
Stella’ Brown
Glen Daniels
Ernest Hunter
Josephine Wingrove
Virginia Wingrove
Bible Class Hamburger Picnic Featured in Fayetteville
Resistor Staff Writer reports on a Fayetteville Bible class gathering that turned into a hamburger picnic. The event lists attendees including Dan H Perdue, Hans, Mr and Mrs June Eskridge, Lewis Antone, Nelson Zario, John Holliday, Elwood Beck, Harry Aliff, and Miss Cama Clawers.
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Resistor
Fayetteville
Dan H. Perdue
Hans
Abs
Jim ‘Ayers
Jim Boxd
June Fskridge
Lewis Antone
Nelson Zario
Mer
John Holliday
Elwood Beck
Harry Aliff
Cama Clawers
Group 10 Demonstration On FBI Guns At Police Conference
Special agent Kuhnel announced a September 30 1943 afternoon firearms demonstration at the Appalachian Electric Power auditorium. The morning session will discuss juvenile delinquency trends and crime fighting programs by national organizations, with attendance limited to police officers and guests. The afternoon firearms display is open to the public.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Kuhnel
Kubnel
Will Open Marine Office in State Charleston
The Associated Press reports Major Robert W. Gordon announced a U S marine corps women reserve district procurement office will open in Charleston to begin operation Monday. Previously West Virginia women recruits went to Pittsburgh and Cleveland for final examinations. Under the plan all applicants will be processed from initial inquiry to oath of enlistment at the new office.
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Associated Press
Charleston
U.S. Marine Corps Women Reserve District
Robert W. Gordon
West Virginia
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Oak Hill Girdle Meeting at Red Star
Oak Hill Methodist women met Friday at Red Star in the Frantz home. Mrs. Tully led devotions, Mrs. Allmar taught the lesson on Will A Man Rob God, and a three day rummage sale was arranged to start September 27. Next gathering set at Mrs. Gordon Owens home with Tully in charge. Refreshments for ten members.
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Y Register
Oak Hill
Oak Hill Methodist Church
B. P. Frantz
Red Star
H. M. Tully
J. S. Tyler
Ll. C. Allmar
R. R. Roach
Wilbur Backus
Gordon Owens
Tully
Mrs Ames Honored At Luncheon Party
Fayetteville society note describes entertaining by Mrs Howard Carson at her home with a bridal luncheon honoring her sister Mrs Oliver Ames of Niagara Falls as weekend guest. List of attendees includes Mrs J H White Mrs Ho Dillon Jr Mrs K R Warden Mrs Linda Downey and others.
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Fayetteville
Howard Carson
Ter
Oliver Ames
Niagars Falls
J. H. White
Ho. Dillon, Jr
K. RK. Warden
Linda Downey
A. RB. Abbot
Carl BeVickers
W. I. Lee
O. Wiseman
Ralph Stegal
Zeb Herncon
Rosser Long, Jr
R. J. Thrift
Bluestone Synod Annual Meeting Set in Lewisburg
Mrs J M Mc Caulex of Mount Hope will preside at the Bluestone Synod Women’s Auxiliary annual meeting next Tuesday and Wednesday at Old Stone church in Lewisburg. Missionary Maria Wilcox will be featured speaker. Attendees include Mrs W C Bishop of Scarbre, Mrs W P Newland of Oak Hill, and Mrs B K Hesse of Payetteville.
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Melisse
Mount Hope
J. M. McCaulex
Bluestone Synod of
West Virginia
Old Stone Church
Lewisburg
Maria Wilcox
China
McCauley
W. C. Bishop
Scarbre
Gary Negro Students Sell Bonds Drive Boosts War Bonds
Gary Mississippi or Indiana? Gary Negro graded school faculty organize student groups to canvass for war bonds in the Third War Loan Drive. Slogan urges "Back the attack by buying at least one war bond" and "Help make Tokyo a toy by taking out the KO."
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Associated Press
Gary
Gary Negro Graded School
Tokyo
State Moose Convention Will Be Held In Beckley
The 1943 West Virginia State Moose convention was unanimously approved for Beckley by roughly 600 delegates at Fairmont yesterday. Officers elected include W. D. Nace as first vice president, Dr. Richard Aspinall as president, and Cather Jones as sergeant at arms. The convention will adjourn after today sessions and a women’s Moose meeting occurred simultaneously.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Record Demand For Bibles Can't Be Filled in Beckley
Demand for Bibles in Beckley has surged, with White Cross Pharmacy selling more in six months than in five years. Stores report shortages, shipping delays, and limited supply from Grant's Woolworth and May Office Supply, which cannot meet orders quickly.
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Beckley
White Cross
Nina D. Brewster
The
Brewster
Grant
Woolworth
May Office Supply Company
Me_Creery street
William A Hawley of Odd Dies After Illness at 63
William A. Hawley 63 died at his Odd home at 4 30 am Saturday after a 12 week illness. Funeral at Mountain Valley Baptist church at 2 pm with Rev Phillip Graham. Canady cemetery rites in Mabscott by Odd Fellows Lodge. Surviving wife Stella Smith Hawley. one son William E. Hawley. six daughters Mrs Verssie Hoover Mrs Violet Morrison Mrs Delma Whitlington Mrs Venujeston Garvilson Mrs Linnie Cooper Mrs Faye Shrewsbury. three sisters Mrs Emma Fitzpatrick Mrs Elsie Wallace Mrs Earl C Lilly. three brothers G Hawley M D Hawley Howard Hawley. 22 grandchildren three great grandchildren. Active pallbearers listed.
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William A. Hawley
Odd
Mountain Valley Baptist Church
Phillip Graham
Basin
Canady
Glen White
Odd Fellows Lodge
Mabscott
Hawley
John
Julian Lilly Hawley
Raleigh
Lillybrook Coal Company
Lillybrook
Stella Smith Hawley
William E. Hawley
Verssie Hoover
Rock View
Violet Morrison
Delma Whitlington
Kopperston
Venu jJeston Garvilson
Linnie Cooper
Faye Shrewsbury
John Hawley
Tour
Emma Fitzpatrick
Crab Orchard
Elsie Wallace
Earl C. Lilly
Rapperston
Roy E. Davis
Charleston
G. Hawley
Judson
M.D. Hawley
St. Albans
Howard Hawley
Madeline
Bryant Wood
Lloyd Logan
Roy Miller
Fat Cooper
Edward Wallace
Teddy Meadows
Clownie Walker
Grant Logan
Revenue Official in Raleigh Hospital After Stroke
Grover C. Gebhardt deputy collector at Beckley internal revenue office 210 Temple Street is in Raleigh General Hospital after a paralytic stroke yesterday around noon Attendants say his condition could not be determined for several days and his friends await further word
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Grover C. Gebhardt
Temple Street
Beckley Internal Revenue Office
Raleigh General Hospital
Saving of power urged by W P B
The Appalachian Electric Power company was asked by the War Production Board to join a voluntary program to conserve fuel manpower equipment and critical materials. WPA noted electric capacity will meet needs but urged reducing electricity use to save fuel and materials.
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Appalachian Electric Power Company
Wart ‘Production Board
George M. Eckley
Electric Company
WPA
Kelly Infant Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Dorcas Kelly two day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee Kelly of McAlpin will be held at Meadows cemetery Cool Ridge at 3 pm today. The infant died at the family home at 3 pm Saturday and rests at Caffee funeral home until the service. She is survived by her parents and one sister Crystal Marie age five.
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Dorcas Kelly
Robert Lee Kelly
McAlpin
Meadows
Cool Ridge
Crystal Marie
Injures Hand Lifting Hog Near Fence
Albany Milam a Beckley schoolteacher wore a bandage on his right hand after a hog caught between the animal and a fence scraped his hand. Tilman J. Smith, son of County Commissioner John R. Smith, plans a ten day furlough from Alliance Nebraska starting October 1 to return home. He is part of a glider unit and hopes to be out of the hospital by September 24 after an operation three weeks ago, previously stationed at Fort Bragg North Carolina.
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Miss Taggard
Lansing
Sarahia
Sorcha
Dominguez
Avendano
Chevaily
Senor Mollinedo
Senor Velasco
Senor Grisman
Chevaile
Senor Lathrop
Lathrop
Mr. Taggard
Sener
Lila
Albany Milam
Glen Daniel
Beckley
Howe Tilman J. Smith
John R. Smith
Alliance
Nebraska
Fort Bragg
N.C
31 Registrants Enter Service In Local Draft
According to E H Turner clerk of board three, 29 white registrants and three Negro registrants were accepted for armed forces. Army entries include Dominick Mazzo and Vernon Taylor among whites. navy entries list Donald Wade McKinney and several others. marine corps picks include William Henry Davis and Gilbert Lee Dixon. coast guard selections name Robert W Wilkes and Lester G Boyden.
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E. H. Turner
Selective Service
Board Number Three
Armed Forces
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Domiick Mazzo
Melvin Glennis Gillian
Vernon Castle
Taylor Henry John Oskinski
Elhert Monroe Smith
Samuel
Nathan Hale
Raymond Edward
Taylor Josiah Cecil Meador
Gerald Chester Pack
Douglas Ramsey Cuthbert
George Gruno
Andy Sotak, Jr
Donald Wade McKinney
Gumerigindo Quintana, Jr
Eldridge Jarrells
Ira Sharpe
Richmond
Quinton Blaine Richmond
Dewey Boone
Ubalding Estevez
Arles Lee Loggins
Floyd Elbert Akers
Lionel Max
Travis Lige Howard Sergent, Jr
Funious
William Ferguson
Wiliam Henry Davis
Roy Grose
Lonnie St
Clair Price Gilbert Lee Dixon
Milan Pribidh
Lessie
Morris Lusk
Beckley Fire Dept Tackles Two Grass and Auto Fires
The Beckley fire department was called around 1 PM to extinguish a grass fire on South Oakwood Avenue, likely sparked by discarded cigarettes. On the return trip, firefighters were stopped by a second blaze in front of Beckley Auto Exchange on Neville Street, where a car fire destroyed wiring and caused about $30 in damage.
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Beckley
Oakwood Avenue
W. H. Weidensall
Weidensall
Beckley Auto Exchange
Neville Street
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Fayette County News
Board of Education
Fayette Ration Board
Gladwell
Beatrice Witt
Charles E. Price
Constance Morris
Tin
Hernando
Hevaile
Senor
Carl A. Peterson
Asouth
Merica
Sun Man
Pinecrest
Hiram Jack Croft
FBI
Mrs. Ames
Bluestone Synod
Rae
William Hawley
W.P.B
Kelly
Marines
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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