The Raleigh Register from Beckley, West Virginia • Page 9

CLASSIFIED Sl'OHT MOHMXG, AUGUST 10, PAGE NINE Fayetteville's Blackout Was Grim Business NEEDED TO Fayette County News Telephone Kaycllcvillc 171 Miss Marguerite Hicks Fayette Correspondent BRING DARKNEJSjTTiey Proved Fayetteville is Awake First Blackout Acclaimed One Of Best Put on In State By MARGUERITE HICKS Register's Fayette Correspondent FAYETTEVILLE "Enemy planes headed your direction Mobilize your forces. With his grim announcement civilian defense workers a i the control room at Fayetteville's initial blackout Friday night here in the county seat sprang into action. Outside a small boy walked down the street whistling "We're I Jri the Army Now 71 and a father whose son is 'somewhere in the Pacific' said softly, i i what England has every night?" The alert sounded at 0:09 and at the warning to field workers to mobilize their forces the air of joviality and fun began to disappear and in its place an attitude of seriousness and grim reality took hold of control room officials. The tension which comes with the annual homecoming lootbal: game seemed to grip the crowds of people gathered on street corners and in front of business establishments, only in this instance there weren't bets as lo which team would win but as to what time the blackout would start. "We'll meet you at the Old Fort," shouted a couple of high school boys to a group of giggling girls crossing, the street.

And then came the five peals of the courthouse bell i i i the "blackout was underway--at 4 Immediately the lights in the courthouse were extinguished followed by the street lights and then lights in the various business place and homes over the town. Only a light from a battery charger in a filling station remained shining and that soon was out loo, after a deputy sheriff, atop the shoulders of a local barber, pounded out (he window glass and turned Ihe light off. The small groups of people on the streets drifted away and the blackout was on in earnest. Up in the control room came the first message at 9:42 from a sectoTTiosk. A high explosive bomb has been dropped on the post office a boy scoul messenger took the call from a telephone operator and handed 11 to Commander T.

A. Myles who in lurn relayed it to the person in charge of the control board, iimedialely fire squadrons ere sent to Ihe post office. There was no joking this time no one laughed it could happen here and preparedness is the first necessity was the general allitude. At 9:31 an incendiary bomb was reporled lo have dropped on Prupps Hardware store, slatting a fire in the paint and turpentine department someone was looting the store and a control room messenger bojk sniggered and the remainder ot Ihe force joined in, then all was serious work once more. Green rie Valley Wins State Contest "Enemy planes sighted," was the first warning to conic through the communications center--staffed hy Mrs.

Sue Miller, left, Mrs. Lclia Smith, and Miss Ethel Kadford. BJayor T. A. Myles, blackout director, gets the first message and reads it to the room, with Kossur Long waiting to take it to the control board for posting.

th Serious business this first blackout and i( re.fJucts-iii officials as they plot i i and i a orders from (he a room courthouse. They're Mayor Myles' big hands on the (able, and at the table are Dan Perdue, L. 1). C. B.

Vickrrs, F. ,7. Morris, Frank Love, and Ben Keller. a C. R.

i of Oak i in background between Mori-is and Love, looked on as a visitor.) (Register. Staff Photos) ilmn irer Arlie T. Milan, Of Oswald, Dies Similar messages continued coming in until the all-clear signal sounded at 10:06 but the work in the control room was not finished --medical aid was still being dispatched along with auxiliary fire- So ended Fayetteville's first blackout. Eighteen minutes to mobilize, one of the best records in the stale, no actual casualties, rfect cooperation from the and -per citizens, who now realize actual invasion can be. what Fayetfeville Woman is Dead Mrs.

Louise Coumps Is Cancer Victim; Rites To be Held Today By Register Staff 'FAYETTEVILLE Mrs. Louise Coumps, aged 58, died at her home in FayeUeville, R.F.D. No. 2, on Friday, August 21 at 8:20 a. m.

of cancer. She was a member of the Advent Church. Surviving bcsiilc her husband. John Coumps, are two brothers, Alfred Slahl, of Fnyctteviile, and Charles Stalil, of Coalvalc; three Mrs. ra Arbargast, of Wolly; Mrs.

Mettle Lc-viggs, of South Capcrton; and Mrs. Katie Estep, of Honlcy; and one dauflh- Ser, Mrs. Carrie Dooley, of Salem, West Virginia. Services will be conducted at the Dooley home today at 2:30 p. m.

Burial will follow tsmetcry in Salem. the Dooley Had Been III and In Hospital for Nearly Year of Tuberculosis By Jiccislcr Slafr Writer OSWALD---Private A i T. i 22 year old resident of Oswald, died in a HunUngUm hospital on Friday, August 21, after about one years illness from Ui- bcrculo.sis. lie was a member of Hie 301st I a having joined the army in April, 1941. He born in He is survived by his a nnd mother.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Milam, of Oswald: six brothers, Roy, Luther, and Blame Milnm, all of Oswald: Kenneth and Wort i a both of Fayette Station: and John Milam, of Sprague; and three sisters, Mrs. Elmer Snnger, Mrs. Clem Kirk, and Miss Elsie i a all of Oswald.

Funeral rites will be held at Saxon in the Saxon Community Church on Monday afternoon at one o'clock. The Walter Broyies, of Mount Hope, i officiate. Burial will follow in the Saxon cemetery. Anstcd Boy Scouts Plan to B.v Sl.lIT i i ANSTED A meeting of Roy Scout Troop 114 i be held i evening, beg i i at in the Town a i The troop i select a and i discuss an i scout program which teaches them Hie mechanics of i This program i lie adopted a the reorganisation takes troop members said. troop, which is sponsnml by the Ansted Methodist church, disbanded in A i when their scoutmaster, Jennings Skaggs, entered the army.

New Members Named To Rationing Board By StafT Writer FAYETTEVILLE Three new members were appointed yesterday to the Fayette county war nricc and a i i board, according to L. E. De Prie, executive secretary. Board officials said that no reason was furnished for the appoint- lents. The new members are C.

E. Jones, of Mount Hope, Mrs. Ada Taylor, of Fayetteville, and H. B. Flower, of Oak Hill.

Other officials are E. M. Darnell, chairman, H. F. Frazier, Dan H.

Purdue, and DC Prie. Tn essential industry in Britain 8,000,000 workers cannot Iheir obs or be dismissed i the permission ot the government, Bus Drivers Are Given Tests Another Group Will Re Tested Tuesday, Before School Term Opens By Kcci-i'-r Slair i FAYETTF.VILLF, Tests for school hus drivers of county were conducted yesterday by stale police and anolher group i be tested Tuesday, Otway Gunnoe, county i of schools, said today. These tesls were held along with physical examination at the county health department. All but three of the men applying were drivers last year. Men applying include: Eugene Harris, Harold .1.

A. Erie Conliffe, Vickers, C. R. Rogers, Earl Dompsey, Rubin Purycar, Troy Painter, Ray Wright, Roy If. Scotl, L.

J. Walker, U. A. Argabright, W. A.

Saunders, T. A. liobincttc, L. E. Walker, Loyd Holllday, Ocorsc Shelton, Maceo Gentry, Clarence Church, W.

L. Argabrighl, John Crump. John W. Burr, L. M.

Gilkerson, C. Wincbrcnncr, Emory G. Stevens, Bud A. Blake, Anthony Divita, Lawrence Nelson, Carlos Radford, Oscar Vickers, Henry Gilkersnn, John M. Smith, Boyd Canterbury, Worlcy Wheeler, Swimming Pools To (lose Sunday Vick Funeral To Be Held Today jMount Hope Man Hud Been 111 for Days With Appendicitis SKIDMORE YOUTH ACCLAIMED FOR HIS FARMING To Receive State Fanners Degree For Work With-Goals And Chickens To be Honored By i -IWcs will held tin's afternoon for James Abres Vh-k, 40, of Hupc.

who riled in a Heck Icy hospital Thursday a i a Tier a 13-day llncss from appendicitis. Services i he rusiducted at the home al 2:30 p. m. and i a i follow in Sunset i a Park. A coal loader, be was member nf Masonic lodge No.

of Bccklcy and the Heck ley Moose lodge ItiOH. Born at Mann, in Mallorca, Spain, a a JBWfi. he was husband or Mai- Nccly Vick. The Masonic is in rharfje nf a service and body was a i i residence- in ML iiLLLucbfk morning. i i besides bis widow are be i children, i Vick, i Vide, Vick.

George Kveiyn Vick, Deloris Vick, all of Ml. Hope. Active pallbearers i include Rodriquez, A Qusby, i a a Blamce, Jame3 spcil, l)cr llcdrick, Hay 11. Lntjg. H.

H. I'A-ans. Mrs. Lnvell, nics i and Jim usher. Hy HrcUter Stall i HINTON--Charles Skidmore, Rrllpspoinl, outstanding member 01 the i high school chapter Farmers of America, who i receive the highest student honor awarded by the Slate Association of Future Farmers America to vocational-agriculture students, at tho leadership conference to be held al Jackson's Mil August 24-27, used Ihe milch goal one of a enterprises which he followed in carrying o' the comprehensive a i won him the highest honors in Iho i of the slat association, Ihe state farmer's degree.

Vount; Skidmore first became interested in the milch goal as a re- of a stomach ailmenl fron which his father suffered, and which required a diet of goat's exclusively for some months. He has made quite a study of subject of milch goats, and has raised and sold many of them, as well as providing milk for Ihe a i His story in his own words is as follows: "I first became inlerestcd in milch goats several years ago. My a had stomach trouble and bought a Toggenbui-g doc for me. He milked Ibis goat' for a few months and practically lived off milk. II was very soon thai he could cat almost a i i being i Since (hen I have raised a goals and sold them.

"Goats were one of I i a i mals lo be domesticated by a I) was soon proved lhat they coulj be easily and cheaply Eight to ten milch goals may be fed or- doiiarily on what II takes for one good t-ow. Goals arc not only famous fur i i i for cheese and as well. The highest priced cheeses conic from goal's i "The milch goal i in (his has mil as yd. developed io iihv The interest shown Closing at -I-H Comp Is Earlier Thairljslial Due to School Opening Baxter W. Gaither Diesof Injuries Was Fircboss in Mines A Knytnoor; Accident Occurred on Friday By SliifT i I FAYKTTIOVILI.F, The swmming of the county 4 I camp nt Beukwith will c.fliciany close Sunday afternoon for Favclt a W.

Oaithr fi remainder of the summer, county no( n(r wrlier court i i a said today. A I a W. a i At a meeting i i i i i i i aired 45. Saturday a voted to close the pools a i i nonn at 3 o'clock in an Oak i this year a before because-' hospital. He was injured Friday county schools will start at an ear- i in the Kayrnoor mines licr date, and as the last i i 'here he was fireboss.

His home camp of the year i end a in Kaymoor. day it would not be i a He is survived by his wife, Mrs. hold the pools open longer. Damar a i biolhors, Miss Lucille Vinto, Scarh-o Btinyon and i a fiailher. of teacher, acted as.

supervisor a two sisters, Mrs. i i (his summer. She a allon and Miss Georgia Gaithcr, assisted by Boyd Kelvcy, of a Mrf'omas: and three i i who was in charge of i a Camel, and at check room; Miss Phyllis Siull, ot home in Kaymoor. Fayetlevillc, cashier; Bill Bias, i Fayetteville, who tested the 1 Notfl'OCS arc a i Harold Boone, Miss' Margaret i The Coilll HoiISC 'en Love, of Montgomery; in i past has comr largely from people who i rearer in or al least a i i a i conditions in coimlrirs where the milch goat has been a success. "In England and a oilier i of Europe people who leave cities i summer i for i homes or for I ravel, a a milch goat with (hem so a i the i a or other member of Ihe a i may a a good supply of i i a i "About i ii'ieslioii- most people concerning goals is "How much i one a very i a coosi'Ierafion as value of a doe is estimated largely by her i i Kven if a doe is pure bred she is of i a from i i i i a i unless Nancy Morris, of Fayetleville, Frank Malian, of Fayctleville, i guards.

Miss Evelyn Lee, of Fayetteville, also worked in the check- i rirci-ir-r stair i Negro Baptisl Funeral For Hoy To Be Held at Sprague Hy Register Staff OAK aged four years, of Washington, I). 1 l)r. 11. II. HailCOCK, Of Miss Chris- lea Bell Harris and i i a Oarley, both Summerlee Negroes, were married Saturday morning iti the Fayette courthouse.

The i i a i minister was Ihe Rev. J. .1. Richardson, paslor of Price church. died in a Washington hospital Wednesday from asphyxiation.

He is survivocJ hy his mother and father, Mr. Mrs. A 7.11 Cantalupo, Washington; two brothers, Stanley and Oeorge Cantalupo, of WasliJngton; and two sisters, Josephine, and Carttie at Washington. Funeral services will held at the home of the child's grandfather, Lester. Ssiinders, at Sprague, Ihis afternoon at 2 o'clock with the Rev.

Harry Peyton, rf Hinton, i i a i nuriiil will follow at Ihe i Memorial Park in Oak Hrll. Union, Will go Soon I)y Hcclslor Sl.if( Writer ALDKHSON Dr. II. Hancock, of i was ordered to report on Thursday before the medical officers' recruiting board in Charleston for the purpose of receiving his commission as first lieutenant. Dr.

Hancock passed Ihe physical examination at Camp Lee, i i i a on August 3--and has been a i i a i tho orders ever since. He has not yet been called to active duty, but such mders i be given 1-1 days be- This is Charles Skidmore, of Bcllcyoint, whose Koat anil chicken t'rojcots liave earned him large sums, and who will pay all his expenses in cnllrRe, (his fall, hy Ihe profits fnuii 300 laying: hens. she is capable of giving good a i of milk. a persons in purchasing grade or even pure bred goats have been disappointed to find the milk could be measured in pints and not quarts or gallons as expected. "A doe a produces three pints day is considered only a fair milker, while a production of two a is good, and a productioon of three a is excellent.

"In (he past the price of goat's i has ranged from 10 cenls lo 50 cents per quart, and highest prices were obtained from milk supplied lo i a and invalids. There is on Ihe market a brand of cvaporalcd, unsweetened goat's milk which retails for 25 cents pel- can of six ounces, which is equiv- a lo about (i, i cents per quarl of original milk. a doctors prescribe goal's milk for i i rickets and a i minor stomach ailments. "Aside from goals sold, on which Ihe average profit was about $111. and I production of family's i of i my goal cn- lerprisc was conducted largely as basis for study, i the idea a a college, I would be ready (o use (hem as a par! of Ihrr livestock program on the farm I expected lo establish.

"When Ihe Ilinlon F.F.A. chap- er was organized Hie fall of 1 decided to join and was elected assistant secretary. The 'irM year, my a i i en- erprise was chickens. I i a small brooder house and ordered IIHI i a chicks on which I cleared i I I I also had corn, pota- oes and beans, and a cleared SI 14.0(1 my first year, was elected vice-presideni of lie a year, and i i chapter activi-t ies. and carried oul the i irorlucl infill enterprises i net i as shown: 50 a i hens, $7.1.52: "illO broilers, SM.2B; 2 milch goals.

$9.00 Cunt i i i by a i otle acre corn. garden. SI 1.80, a 'or second year. "During my i year in Vo-Ag i i last year in i school, I vac president of the local a To Start Work On Dressings Soon Nine Supervisors Are Heinjr Trained to Aid In Alderson's Quota By Register staif Writer ALDERSON Nine supervisors are being trained under the direction of Mrs. n.

M. Steele to make the Alderson quota of surgical dressings for the American Red Cross. It is thought that the actual work will be underway by September. Next week volunteer workers are requested by the local chapter to report between 2 and 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday at the sur- giral dressing room in the Johnson building on Railroad avenue lo be instructed by (he supervisors.

Instruction in this work will aUo be given on Tuesday and Thursday evenings when sessions will be held especially for volunteers from the federal reformatory and olhrs who cannot attend in the afternoon. The above hours are set a i and may be changed .15 Ihe work progresses if other hows avc found to be more practical. Mrs. n. M.

Steele is the chap- ler's instructor. Mrs. Frank Ogle, chairman of the surgical dressing committee, Mrs. A. W.

McTheni, chairman, and Miss Laura tan, chairman of Ihe packing vice Lehi committee Following arc the supervisors a i the workers or monilors: Mrs. Ellen Langley Johnson, Mrs. J. N. Alderson.

Mrs. Harriett Dunlap, Mrs. H. B. Howe, Miss Gladys Johnson.

Miss Laira Lehman, Miss Emma Echols, Mrs. H. Lapsley and Mrs. Max W. Shipment of material for the September quola of 9,000 dressings has been marie and is expected lo arrive here in a lew days.

The drssings are being made for use by Ihe armed forces and (he ma- lerial is being furnished by the a i a government. Federation of F.F.A. huill a new brooder house and a $400.00 laying house. The laying, house IE 32 by 211 feet and i accommodate 300 id vice-president of the Beckle.v meeting. hens.

At prcschn am carrying out the following enterprises; 100 laying hens, 1000 broilers, 3 pigs for pork, a acre of truck, and brood sow i eight pigs. On Ihese my estimated profit is $1000. 'During this i I hope lo pay all my expenses in college i Ihe i from 300 laying hem and also save some money. "At Jackson's Mill this week I shall he honored the stale fanner's degree, which is the highest honor given to an agriculture in i stale." To a i for Ihe a farmer's degree, a must be outs a i in leadership in the F.F. have a good scholastic stand- must have earned at least 5250.00 bj.q enterprises, and rnusl have had three years In vocational a i work.

He will represent Ihe i a al the state leadership Work Proceeds on Hinton Dam; Contractors Believe It Will Not be Stopped POURING OF CONCRETE DUE TO START SOON Report That WPB Would Slow Down Activities Causes Through i Region By i Sl.ilT i i HINTON--An Associated I'resj story i Major P. V. i exoclilive officer of i ton i i U. S. Engineers, to the effect a Hluestonc dam was one of a of public and private power projects on which production hoard had "Halted or suspended work, in whole or in caused a of speculation among Hinton business interests, and created a feeing nf a i as to the status of current construction work.

Orval A superintendent of construction for the Dravo Corporation, contractors on the dam, staled a he had received no orders, either from Washington, or from head offices of the Dravo shovel loadine blasted rock tims lor service to begin. Corporation, calljUig tor. jilhr, jjirt ijjj9 shut-down slow-down of con- slnielion work. "We have," he paid, "actually been a i on a a i basi Tor the past three or months, due to delays in securing equip- arid we anticipate no slow-down especially since a i required for construction of the dam is now on (be site i the exception of three cement mixers, and they are -sup- pfisd to be in a i to the dam site at this time. Three remote control coils, required for the i i plant, arrived yesterday," he said, a i a "two conveyors, one 350 feet long and Ihe other 7T0 feet long, used in i i plan! have just hern completed.

The construction i tendent, Interviewed i out on the jot), said, "Took a for yourself. Do you see any signs of lessened a i i conditions art; uncertain and af- frct cvcr.vthlnjf. We cant tell today what will face us tomorrow, but wr pushing the work a I miff us fast as we can every day. We're shooting; and moving rock now in an effort to havr, section of the base ready for pouring cement as noon as the; mixers arrive and are installed." From a vantage point an observer could see in one corner of the huge cofferdam a great steam and cars hauled hy i tractors, in another spot a crew were i a 30-im-h test hole rtown about 70 fecf rin-pcily beow the (iam bap. great pile? of bedrock blasted loose and ready to be moved, and air i i crew i down holes for out more bedrock, carppntr-r crew erectinc building, serlkw crew ballasting a new spur inu-k, a large cran? a a i i a draz bucket, and tractors a i materials various sections of the site, ii second steam shovel busy in the cofferdam, and other crews busy at varied jobs outside the cofferdam--no sitjn of lessened activity, hav no slow-down oi'drs, and can see no reason for A repeated, "and i we get we'll keep pushing the work along.

feel a tiie only slow-down anticipated by anyone will be a occasioned by unavoidable delays in shipment of critical materials required for the construction of dam. and a no arbitrary stoppage of work 'in whole or in part 1 is contemplated. R. B. Jenkinson, resident U.

S. engineer in the Blucslone projecft, declined to be quoted except to soy that on oi'drs halting or suspending construction work had been received here. The interviewer gained fhe impression, however, a such orders would come as a surprUp lo the resident engineer..