Hedrick Heads Christmas Seal Sale Campaign
G C Hedrick president of the Raleigh County Tuberculosis association will be general Chairman of the 37th annual Christmas seal sale starting Thanksgiving Day November 25. Other chairmen named include Randolph Norton Eugene Scott Dr J L Lineweaver Mrs Lovell Higgins Dr Robert W Chambers and John B Elliott. The campaign goal is 3100 with last year's Raleigh county sale at 2200. Pinecrest sanitorium admissions for Raleigh county totaled 19 last month aided by state funds. A new tentative regulation for tuberculosis patient admissions to sanatoria was discussed following a state appropriation for indigent TB assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Hedrick
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Memorial Building
Randolph Norton
Eugene Scott
J. L. Lineweaver
Lovell Higgins
Robert W. Chambers
John B. Elliott
Negro Schools
Hedrick
Raleigh County
Tuberculosis Association
Raleid County
Pinecrest
J. M. Coram
West Virginia
State Health Council
Coram
Beckley Women’s Club Dinner Meeting Set for Tuesday
A Beckley Business and Professional Women's club dinner will be held at 7 PM Tuesday September 28 in the Beckley hotel private dining room. The program titled Calling All Women Solving the Manpower Shortage will be presented by the Membership committee led by Mrs Madeline White Miss Lamperni Renis Mrs Lloyd Hopkins Miss Ori Denny and assisted by Miss Laura Gwinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Beckley Hotel
Madeline White
Lamperni Renis
Lloyd Hopkins
Ori Denny
Laura Gwinn
People You Know in the Area Attend Family and Deaths
The article lists residents from Scarborough Bassett Ball Street Raleigh Heights Marlinton and Shady Spring visiting and traveling. It notes Mrs Wheby and uncle John Burch death funeral services, and Camp Claiborne to Camp Croft furloughs with families including Harriett Williams and Emma Redden. Nearby residents Willlie More and relatives visit and share news of visitors and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wheby
Crab Orchard
Athens
Wheby
John Burch
Beckley Guests Visit from Area Families
Miss Wanda Lee Pegram of Edgewood Drive Beckley recently stayed with Miss Mary Lyons of MacArthur. Mrs. W. A. Bowles of Huntington and Mrs. L. E. Jeter of Ronceverte are visiting their sister Mrs. G. C. Pyles of MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Lee Pegram
Edgewood Drive
Beckley
Mary Lyons
MacArthur
W. A. Bowles
Huntington
L. E. Jeter
Ronceverte
G. C. Pyles
Staff Sergeant Jack E Williams Transferred Recently
Staff Sergeant Jack E Williams, recently reassigned from duty, is noted in unit records for a new assignment. The transfer details reflect routine personnel movements within the force as part of post rotation adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack E. Williams
Mrs Fred Wheley Recovers From Illness At Allen Junction
Mrs. Fred Wheley of Allen Junction has been recuperating from an illness. She is reported to be improving and her family expresses gratitude for the continued well wishes from neighbors and friends in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wheley
Allen Junction
1,008 Service Kits Ready at Local Red Cross Center
Material for 1,008 service kits has arrived at the local Red Cross center and work will begin immediately. Mrs. C. F. Bloch leads the project with 1,008 kits to fill the quota. 908 were completed in a prior program. Contents include soap, playing cards, tobacco, shoe polish cloth, pencils, envelopes, candy drops, shoe laces, matches, double-edged razor blades, a small book, and a sewing kit. National HQ provides material such as drab olive twill and tape. Contact Mrs. Bloch in the Memorial building production room to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Center
C. F. Bloch
George Bright
T. C. Moorefield
Chapter
National Headquarters
Two Women Honored at Beckley Sisterhood Luncheon
Mrs. Ben Myers and Mrs. Mor rie Morgan were honored at a one o clock luncheon in Leslie's Diner by the Beckley Sisterhood. Myers departs for Houston and Morgan will move to Whitesville. Gifts were given. musical entertainment featured Mrs Sid Labovitz singing with piano by Mrs Charles Levine. Attendees included many local women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Myers
Morrie Morgan
Leslie
Beckley Sisterhood
Myers
Houston
Texas
Mrs. Morgan
Whitesville
Mrs. Myers
Sisterhood
Sid Labovitz
Charles Levine
B E. Silverman
Dave Arnstein
Rose Pickus
Lillian Binderman
Jack Binderman
Rosenbaum
Abe Lovitz
Joe Keiserman
Oak Hill
Charles Stromberg
Morris Hochman
Helmut Holz
William Klein
Max Wonder
Joe Heller
Nat Berman
Sam Abrams
I. Wein
Herbert Cohen
F. Harvit
Illness Keeps Mrs Wheley Away from Crab Orchard Home
After six weeks ill the Mrs Wheley of Crab Orchard returned home yesterday accompanied by her husband and daughter Gloria Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Wheley
Crab Orchard
Gloria Ann
Beckley Couple in New York City for Business Week
Mr and Mrs Roy Pyles of Beckley are spending the week in New York City attending to business matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Pyles
Beckley
New York City
Furloughs and Moves Reported From Local Military Families
Private Rudy Swatzyna rests on a fifteen day furlough with his parents at 105 Ball Street before returning to Camp Blanding Florida. Sergeant Ralph Withrow leaves Thursday for Camp McCall North Carolina after a furlough with his wife at Skelton and parents at 110 Bailey Avenue. Private K E Hebb on twenty one day furlough with mother Elsie Boyd of 315 Temple Street, as brother Private James Spangler transfers from Fort Thomas to Camp Gruber. Other locals include Mrs Harmon Mandeville and daughter Patricia Ann returning from Baltimore and Mrs W R Diehl undergoing surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. Robert Davis returns home to Har grove Street from Clarksburg. Mr and Mrs Harraumaaker relocate to 512 South Kanawha Street after visiting Sissionsville. Mrs H P Stover and children Carol Sue and Larry David visit kin on Harper Road before returning to Koppers Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudy Swatzyna
Camp Blanding
Florida
Mrs A. Swatzyna
Ball Street
Ralph Withrow
Camp McCall
North Carolina
Skelton
I. W. Withrow
Bailey Avenue
K. E. Hebb
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Elsie Boyd
Temple Street
Boyd
James Spangler
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Camp Gruber
Oklahoma
H. P. Stover
Carol Sue
Larry David
Kopperston
A. F Dinkler
Harper Road
Plan Rummage Sale By First Baptist Circle Four
A rummage sale by Circle Four of the First Baptist Church will be held Saturday September 25 in the Farris building on Prince Street. Sales begin at 9 am with Mrs Eckle leading the group. In 1943 FBI finger print data show 47.3 percent of 230740 arrest records had fingerprints on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle Four of the
First Baptist Church
Farris
Prince Street
R. T. Eckle
U.S
F.B.I
Army Air Forces log shows 81170 trips around the world in 1942
In 1942 the Army Air Forces within the continental United States flew a total distance equivalent to 81170 trips around the earth, marking a vast combat and training air mobility effort across the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Air Forces
Continental United States
Joint Meeting Planned by Sophia and Affinity Groups
Sophia Methodist church society discussed a joint meeting of the Sophia and Affinity groups of the Women's Society of Christian Service. The event is set for 7:30 PM Monday September 27 at the Sophia church with district president Mary E. Hill in charge. A Cuba and Puerto Rico Christian Tasks devotional framed the session. The group, led by Mrs O A Phillips, voted to contribute to the China Missionary Fund and planned a rummage sale for September 25 at Phillips Motor Company showroom, Sophia. Refreshments for 16 members and four guests were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Women's Society of Christian Service
Sophia Methodist Church Society
G. W. Walters
Sophia Methodist Church
Mary E. Hill
Beckley
J. F. Pickle
Cuba
Puerto Rico
O. A Phillips
Phillips Motor Company
Cook Honored at Farewell Party
The young people's class of the Church of Christ on West Neville Street hosted a farewell party yesterday for Rev. Blaine Cook, pastor, who will soon leave for Largo Florida. The event honored his service and marked his impending departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Christ
West Neville Street
Blaine Cook
Largo Pastor Accepts New Call in Home Farewell Party
In Largo Florida a pastorate acceptance followed an intimate farewell gathering at the home of Freda and Frederick Dinkler on Harper road. The evening featured games and refreshments for attendees including Ruth Symonds Benny Dorsey Harry Hodson Ella Mae Scott and many others, with Mr. and Mrs Omer Stover and the Dinklers among the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Largo
Florida
Freda
Frederick Dinkler
Harper Road
Ruth Symonds
Benny Dorsey
Harry Hodson
Ella Mae Scott
Harry Boggs
Pat McCollum
Charles Henderson
Rosemary Roberts
Edmund Craddock
Maxine Childers
Geraldine Craddock
Betty Craddock
Jacqueline Cook
Erna Hanshew
Annie Bellamy
Pearl Hilbert
Ray Hall
Jeanette Williams
Margerine Mann
Joe Craddock
Omer Stover
A. F. Dinkler
A. F Dinkler, Jr
Ernest Mitchell
Herman Stover
Carole Stover
Carolyn Mae Dinkler
Rev. Cook
In 16th Century, Smug Meant Trim Or Neat
A historical note explains that the archaic sense of smug in the 1500s signified tidy or well dressed, not self satisfied, reflecting evolving language usage over centuries.
Churchill avoids comment on Marshall nomination in Commons
In London the prime minister refused to comment in the house of commons on reports from Washington that General George C. Marshall was named to be global commander of the Allied offensive forces. When Major Charles Taylor pressed for a statement, Churchill replied simply No, Sir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
George C. Marshall
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Marguerite
Marguerite’s
Main St
Bing Crosby
Rg Oh Scarborough
Bassett
Lee
Ni Beckleyugh
Lillian Sheppard
Raleigh Heights
A. W. Jordan
Marlinton
Willie More
Grandview
Boyd G. Lilly
Shady Spring
Lilly
Edward N. Redden
Nashville
Tennessee
Vernon Pack
Dorsey, Charles, Ray
Judith Gale
Emma Redden
W. R. Diehl
Raleigh General Hospital
Robert Davis
Clarksburg
Hargrove Street
Harraumaaker
Sissionsville
Kanawha Street
Haymaker
Godfrey L. Cabot Gas Company
Cook
Largo, Florida
Neville Street
Penney’s
Penney
Jacquard
Penney's
PLAID
Dad
Melton
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