Beckley Jaycees plan election slate for 1951 president
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce members meet April 16 at Twin Oaks Country Club to choose between Arthur Goldsrein and Albert Tieche for president with a buffet dinner. Officers listed include Benny Kelly, R G Pugh as first and second vice presidents, William Houchins, John Cruise as secretary, Jo Winner, William Page as treasurers, and a slate of other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Twin Oaks Country Club
Arthur Goldsrein
Albert Tieche
Jaycee
el’ Chico
Benny Kelly
R. G. Pugh
Ross Phipps
William Rees
Clair Bee
Long Island University
Everett Case
North Carolina State
Jayceés
Chamber of Commerce
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
City of Beckley
Summersville
Tocado Named Raleigh County Game Protector
Progreso Tocado, 37, a Raleigh County resident, is named conservation officer for District Six of the State Conservation Commission. Appointed April 1, he replaces resigned officer Herence Meador. He enforces West Virginia game and conservation laws and reminds residents that all streams except legally open ones are closed until April 28 for trout season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progreso ‘Tocado
Stotesbury
Raleigh County
State Conservation Commission
Tocado
Herence Meador
West Virginia State Police
West Virginia
District Six
Negro Women to Have Home Nursing Class Opens Tonight
A Red Cross home nursing class for Negro women begins at 7 p.m. today in Room 210 at the Bair Building. Instructors include two nurses from Pinecrest Sanitarium. Mrs. C. F. Bloch, Raleigh County home nursing chairman, announced the course welcomes interested persons 16 years or older.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bair
Pinecrest. Sanitarium
Atalf
C.F. Bloch
Raleigh County Home Nursing
Second Half Taxes Due by End of Month
Raleigh Countians must pay taxes on real and personal property for the second half of 1959 to the sheriff's office by the end of the month to receive a two and one half per cent discount. R. S. Tay or, chief office deputy, announced. Personal taxes may have statements mailed on request, but none for real property unless asked. If taxes remain unpaid by June 30, the property becomes delinquent. if still unpaid by December, it is sold at public auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Sheriff's Office
R. S. Tayor
Taylor
Beckley Chamber Targets Unemployed Labor Sources
Beckley Chamber of Commerce chief G A Bentley outlines a plan to locate more job seekers in Raleigh County by a one week registration coupon in two papers, high school graduates, and the Employment Security list, aiming to attract factories and finish a booklet for shipment to Washington. The chamber reports 350 members, up from 34 in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Bentley
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
Bentley
Raleigh
Beckley
Washington, D. C
Beckley Chamber
Eight Men Enlist In Armed Forces
Eight area men enlisted yesterday at the Beckley U S Army and Air Force Recruiting Main Station Captain Wyatte Gay commanding officer announced five men with no prior service joined the Air Force as privates for four years and went to Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas for training They were Billy D Beverly 19 and John H Cudina 18 both of McComas Roger H Kent 18 Ethel Joseph D Burkett 18 Tazewell Va and Norman W Robertson 19 Bluefield The other three men signed for three years with the Army and were sent to Ft George G Meade Md for training They were Wheeler Hairston Jr 19 and Arnold J Melvin 18 both of Bluefield and Ashby E Williams 18 of Caldwell All three were enlisted as privates.
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Beckley U.S. Army and
Air Force
Wyatte Gay
iLackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Billy D. Beverly
John H .Cudina
McComas
Roger H. Kent
Ethel
Joseph D. Burkett
Amere RightofWay Hearing Set Over Freight Rate Boosts
Amere Gas seeks a state hearing in Charleston at 10 a m on April 23 to contest freight rate increases. The case concerns a new eight inch pipeline from Flat Top Compressor Station to Beckley Junctions with a right of way paid totaling 1 720 by multiple grantors including Kirby Lumber Company and Raleigh Coal and Coke Company. Objections to the rate hikes may be entered at the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Meadows
Raleigh County
Lell
Arnold Mabes
Daniels
Fred Black
Heaver
Charleston
Beckley Motor Company
Amere Gas’ Utilities Company
Flat Top
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Beckley
O. + Williams
West Virginia Inc
C. 4
Griffith and
Fannie F
Chesapeake and Ohio
Griffith
Emery Prince
Flat Toolway
Norfolk and Western Lake Association
J. R. Cox and Railway
Virginian Railway
Alice Cox
Zora A. Crook
T. A
Crook
Earl Crawford and
Mamieres
State
Katherine Peters
F. H. Lynch
Dollie
Lynch
James W. Dalton
Gertrude
E. Dalton
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Amere
Forest Acres Destroyed by Fire in Early Season
Fire season in the district shows 51 blazes from March 15 to 31 burning about 255 acres, with an average fire size of five acres. Building permits include a Summers house in Parkview Addition and several county fires, totaling 43 acres in Mercer and 85 in McDowell, Raleigh, Summers, and Wyoming counties. Women’s voting rights cited for 33 countries, 1893 to 1939.
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F. O. Frazier
District Fix Forest Protector
Corbin Overstreet
City Reed
Fayette
William P. Laren
McDowell County
Mercer County
Raleigh
Wyoming
Parkview
Fayette County
McDowell
Mercer
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Denver
Raleigh County Bank Bldg
Savery
Chamber
Prince and
N. Kanawha Streets
John Baronsky
Stanaford
James ©. Mann
Beaver
Pana
Cohen
Neville ST
Matteo Wad
China
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