Donations Aid Cancer Research and Public Education
Justin Carr, chair of the 1956 Raleigh County Cancer drive, cites reductions in cancer deaths due to donations. The American Cancer Society funds over 1,000 scientists nationwide and has spent more than 41 million dollars in 11 years. The ACS trains 3,000 technicians, expands research, and distributes leaflets on cancer signals while urging public contributions for ongoing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin “Jay” Carr
Raleigh County
Carr
American Cancer Society
ACS
Raleigh County Petroleum Group elects new officers
I W Hawkins named chairman James E Meadows vice chairman and Jack L McCullough secretary and Legislation Committee chair at a Beckley luncheon. Francis Skeet Farley WV Petroleum Association spoke on toll highways and the national highway program. The group urged Congress to favor existing highway user taxes and oppose new fuel taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Petroleum Association
Glass House
I. W. Hawkins
James E. Meadows
Jack L. McCullough
McCullough
Francis ‘Skeet’ Farley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Charleston
West Virginia
Congress
America
Farley
Northern
Panhandle
Petroleum Association
Raleigh County
Beckley
Friends Pinch Hit For Injured Carrier
Raleigh Register subscribers in the Bowling Addition will have new carriers this week while the regular newspaper carrier recovers from a broken nose. William George Butch Crews, a Beckley Junior High School student and son of Mr and Mrs C L Crews, suffered the injury in gym class Monday. After hospital treatment he returned home and friends volunteered to deliver his papers until he can resume schooling and his route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
William George
Butch” Crews
Beckley Junior High School
C. L. Crews
Mankin Ave
Butch
Open Fire Incinerator Under Fire From City Committee
Beckley city committee labeled the open fire incinerator behind Woodrow Wilson High School a public hazard and nuisance. The public used it as a trash dump and caused obnoxious odors when burning. Fire jumps to adjacent vacant lots were noted last year. The group re elected Guy Amato as chairman and Mrs. C. T. Ross Jr. as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Arep
Guy Amato
C. T. Ross Jr
Wildwood Cemetery
Phymosia Garden Club
Raleigh County Me
Mayor Salyers Blames State Road Crew For Breaks
Sophia Mayor James Salyers attributed two water main breaks on Midway Streets to State Road Commission crews scraping the area and cutting ditches. He said road scraper blades struck the water main, with first break on First Street by Bill Hope and second on Third Street by Mrs. Marion Cook. Town crews under Salyers restored water service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Street
Marion Cook
Sophia
Salyers
Sophia Water Commissioner
Midway
Secrecy in Weapons Ordered by Wilson
Washington March 31 Defense Secretary Wilson issued a crackdown on information about military weapons. The order tightens secrecy for private firms making aircraft and missiles and applies to all agencies and offices of the Defense Department as well as contractors or subcontractors with defense contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Defense Department
Kefauver Urges Florida Test in Democratic Fight
Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, viewed as front runner since his Minnesota primary victory, will test support in the Florida primary on May 29 against Adlai Stevenson. Sen. Ellender of Louisiana backs Lyndon B. Johnson for the nomination, while Kefauver seeks the Democratic favor amid party divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Ellender
D-La
South
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Florida
Stevenson
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Baptist Pastor Resigns at Fifth Avenue Church
Dr J Mau rice Trimmer on leave for illness has resigned as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church Huntington. He notified the congregation by letter read Sunday and says his doctor advised him not to resume duties. Rev Robert N McDonald of Chicago serves as interim pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
J. Maurice Trimmer
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Trimmer
Florida
Robert N. McDonald
Chicago
Day Camp Location On Discussion Agenda
The Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group plans a meeting tonight to discuss moving the Christian Day Camp from Prosperity Baptist Church to the new community center. Major obstacles cited are sanitary controls brush and the absence of a large shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Hill
Prosperity Country Life Group
D. W. Kizer
Prosperity Baptist Church
James Neal
Kinzer
T. N. Thurman
Deward Stover
Prosperity
Sophia to Enforce Sewer Ordinance
Two Sophia property owners must pay a $50 tapping fee or have the amount charged against their property as the Sanitary Board begins enforcing the sanitation code this month. Names are withheld pending payment plans as the board, led by Mayor James Salyers, secretary J E Carnahan, and member Houston Hall, seeks voluntary or compulsory sewer taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Sophia Sanitary Board
J. E. Carnahan
Sanitary Board
James Salyers
Carnahan
Houston Hall
Moose Lodge offers free Easter rides in Operation Car Lift
Beckley Moose Lodge members provided 50 Raleigh County residents with transportation to and from Easter church services as part of the nationwide Operation Car Lift program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Moose Lodge
Raleigh
NYC Tops in Manufacturing Jobs Compared to Three Cities
Report shows New York City employing more people in manufacturing than Philadelphia Cleveland and Detroit combined, highlighting a shift in industrial employment concentration within the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
Boy Hit by Car In Good Condition
William Rand Wilson six Beckley is reported in good condition today at Raleigh General Hospital where he is treated for a fractured left leg. He was struck by a car about 8 50 p m Sunday on South Kanawha Street. The vehicle was operated by Mrs Goldie Lafon Mabscott. No charges have been pressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rand Wilson
Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Edna Mae Wilson Hayes
Hunter St
South Kanawha Street
Goldie Lafon
Mabscott
Witherspoon to Talk At Temple Beth El
The Rev. James W. Witherspoon of Beckley Presbyterian Church will speak at Congregation Beth El at 8 p.m. Friday. His sermon topic is A Christian Looks at Jews and Judaism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witherspoon
Temple Beth el
James W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Beth el
Raleigh Red Cross Drive Falls Short of Goal
To date $8,239.56 has been collected for the Raleigh County Red Cross Fund Drive, less than half the chapter goal. Collected funds have not yet been turned in at the chapter offices, with expectations of increase as the drive ends this week. Local workers note the amount collected exceeds the same point in last year’s 1955 drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Red Cross
Re State Demonstration Postponed for Garden Fumigation
A garden fumigation demonstration in Raleigh County was rescheduled to 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at 224 Beckley Ave due to rain. H B Thomas, county farm agent, says H C Conkle, WVU vegetable specialist, will lead the session showing elimination of underground garden pests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Cunty
Beckley Ave
H. B. Thomas
H. C. Conkle
West Virginia University
East Beckley Man Jailed for Parole Violation and Assault
Eugene Venable of East Beckley waived to the Raleigh County Grand Jury on counts including resisting arrest and assaulting a police officer. He was remanded to jail on three more charges after arraignment before Magistrate J P Meadows. Venable, jailed after a Sunday arrest at Johnny White's Place, is also held on a parole violation tied to a Beckley killing. Raymond Gillenwater of Lester was fined for carrying a pistol and being drunk after a Sunday arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Venable
East Beckley
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Venable
R. L. Childs
Johnny White
South Fayette Street
Childs
White
Beckley
Meadows
Raymond Gillenwater
Lester
Gillenwater
L. F. Smith
Mrs. Nannie Wheeler Rites Set at First Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. NanNie America Wheeler 71 of Harper Road will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the First Baptist Church by Dr Alvin J Cook. Burial will follow in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. The body will be moved from Calfee Funeral Home to the daughter’s residence at 3 p m today. Mrs Wheeler died Monday at 5 p m. Surviving are five daughters a son three brothers three sisters sixteen grandchildren and nineteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers are Jack Wheeler Joseph Wheeler Carl Wheeler Mel Harvey Donald West and Mark Ford.
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Nannie America Wheeler
Harper Road
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Calfee
Mount Tabor
Dewey McMillian
Wheeler
W. H. Wheeler
Belton County
Tenn
Edmond
Margaret White Payne
Beckley
Elwood MecMillion
Dewey McMillion
Herman Williams
Galion
Ohio
Snowden Painter
Oak Hill
Ted Whittaker
Coal City
Pat H. Wheeler
Colonel Payne
Wise
Major Payne
Kingsport
Beckley Junior Chamber to Elect Officers on April 16
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Beckley Hotel will feature the election of officers and by law changes. Nominees for president are Alvin Rohrer and Bill Wilbur, for vice president Don Wise and Truman Sayre, for second vice president Jim Stump and Grover St. Clair, for secretary Leon Carper and Bill Hurst, for treasurer Bill Sutphin and Miskel Eller. Six board of directors will be chosen from a list including Raymond Walker, Ray Gould, Melvin Tolle, Boyd Humphrey, Dick Booth, Lonnie Sweeney, John Ashworth, Emile Hodel, Don Larrick, Warner Stanley, Fred Stanley, and Albert Starr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
Alvin Rohrer
Bill Wilbur
Don Wise
Truman Sayre
Jim Stump
Grover St. Clair
Leon Carper
Bill Hurst
Bill Sutphin
Miskel Eller
Raymond Walker
Ray Gould
Melvin Tolle
Boyd Humphrey
Dick Booth
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Marketed For Iron Boost
Advertisement touts Ostrex Tonic tablets as a iron supplement for tired couples over 40. Claims include iron content comparable to large amounts of oysters liver or beef. Promises cheap seven day trial and economy sizes with a $1.45 saving at all druggists.
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Beckley Woman's Club
W. M. Arnold
D. Crawford Lynn
W. B. Connoley
D. A. Blankenship
Fred Hays
M. W. Arnold
Petrol Group
Hawkins
Stanaford Road
Joan Crawford
Michael Wilding
Claudette Colbert
John Wayne
Captain Kidd
Anthony Dexter
Eva Gabor
Beckley, W. VA
Wally
Fowler
DECCA
NATL
Cherra Pat MatLeee
Melody Record Shop
Ray Wood
W. W. Brammer
A. K. Gilliam
Beaver
W. Va
OAK Ridge Quartet
Friends
Glen Jean
Little Boys
Bob Hope
Milly Vitale
the Twinkle IN God’s Eye
Micky Rooney
Coleen Grey
Walter Pidgeon
Anne Francs Lesue Nielsen
Robby
WED
THURS
Aseatinga
Robert Taylor
Robert Kendall - Morley
Morial Airport
Sisterhood
B'nai B’rith
Institute
Raleigh County Garden Council
Valley Drive
Oakwood Avenue
Beckley Women's Club
Junior Women's Club
Beckley Business and Professional Women
Kiwanis Club
State Road
Oltererg
Paas
the Prodigal
Cinemascope
Lana Turner
Edmond Purdum
Bengal Brigade
Rock Hudson
Arlene Dahl
Outre
Joan {Crawford
Vistavision
Baan
Taj
Technicolor
Carlift
Aeese
Kmthope
Tom Sheree North
Parilcl
Trailee CN
Hidden Guns
Bruce Bennett
Richard Arlen
Princess Theatre
Mt. Hope
Samuel Goldwyn, JR
Robert Mitchum
Man With
The
Samuel Solow
Peepee Dee
Desert Sands
Ralph Meeker
Marla
Sophia High School
Stonewall Jackson High School
Kay Lawson
Ralph Staton
Suzann Morton
Tim Fitzpatrick
Jaycees
Atland Cement Associatiqcr
West Broad Street
Columbus
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