Red Cross Seeks Aid for Destitute Families After Fires
The Red Cross seeks help for two families left destitute by fires on Monday. The Crawford family of Maple Fork needs clothing for two parents and three children, with specific sizes listed, while the Pittman family of Crow requests a coal range or kerosene stove for a 7-year-old daughter and a 5-year-old son.
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The
Red Cross
Edward Crawford
Maple Fork
George Pittman
Crow
Crawfords
Pittman
Organizational Meeting For Midway Scout Troop
An organizational meeting for a Boy Scout Troop is set for 7 p.m. today at Midway Elementary School. Members of the Midway PTA are organizing the troop and Scout Executive Gus Walker will be among attending Scout officials.
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Midway Elementary School
Midway Parent- Teachers’ Association
Gus Walker
Real estate deeds filed in Raleigh County clerk office
Deeds recorded show Crab Orchard Drive In Theatre to Oakley Smith for lot 3 Town District about 2000 dollars. Craddocks transfer to Floyd Craddock parcel Town District no consideration. Walker purchases Takings in Shady Spring about 1000 dollars. Cunningh am to McCuloch and others additions Beckley for several lots with no consideration. Numerous transfers list buyers and sellers with approximate amounts or no consideration across Beckley Lester areas and New River County.
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Crab‘ Orchard Drive-In Theatre, Inc
Oakley Smith
Ernest
Geneva A. Craddock
Floyd R. Craddock
Mae Chilson
A. K. Canterbury
Jesse C
Vadine B. Walker
Shady Spring
Roy A
Sarah Hunt Cunningham
John Howard McCuloch
Beckley
Edna C
Mack Lewis Moorehead
Fred
Izola Mays
Adkinsville
Jackson
Georgia Lee McKinney
Ernest C
Olive N. Stone
James B
Unavell Chambers
Matt Crook Jr
Tena Crook
Pine Lodge
Lester Heights
Bessie
W. M. Hollingshead
Delia May
McGuire Funeral Rites At Crab Orchard Baptist Church
The Rev Shirley Donnelly will officiate at the funeral for John Banks McGuire 47 at 2 p m today at Crab Orchard Baptist Church Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park He died at 2 45 a m Sunday from a heart ailment Pallbearers named and the body was moved from Quisenberry and Webb Funeral Home to the residence Monday and to the church one hour before services.
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Shirley Donnelly
John Banks McGuire
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
McGuire
Sunset Memorial Park
Cecil Martin
Herbert Birchfield
Howard Horton
Burley Gross
Emory Hufstuftler
Cleve Phipps
Quisenberry
Marshall College schedules 457 summer classes for 1954
Marshall College Huntington announces a two term, six week summer session with 457 classes. Registration begins June 1 and July 12, with advance enrollment April 26-30 and May 17-21. The 26 page schedule lists majors, new graduate programs for teachers, and workshops in subjects from alcohol education to United Nations studies.
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Raleigh County
Marshall College
Huntington
Luther E. Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Old Main
Marshall
United Nations
Leroy W. Meadows Installed as Acting Postmaster
Leroy W. Meadows has been installed as acting postmaster at Lego, succeeding Dennis F. Wood Jr. in the role.
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Leroy W. Meadows
Lego
Raleigh County Board Members Invited to WVSA Meeting
Raleigh County Board of Education members were invited to attend the West Virginia School Board Members Association meeting in Huntington on June 25 and 26. The invitation surfaced at the Region VII Conference in Princeton on April 3. Raleigh County's rep at the conference was Superintendent D. W. Bryson, who noted that attendees discussed discharge of teachers, salary uniformity, and assessment tax equalization.
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Raleigh County
Princeton
D. W. Bryson
Bryson
Raleigh County Highs Travel for All State Chorus Meet
Five Raleigh County high schools depart Wednesday for the All-State Chorus Convention in Fairmont. Students from Mark Twain Sunday Spring Stoco Sophia and Woodrow Wilson audition for Friday nights concert at 8 15 p m. Rehearsals run Wednesday to Friday. Participants include Neil Hill Bob Soltes Margie Patterson Freddy Grubbs Fred Kirk Mary Ellen Jones Kay Rider Isaac Higgins Nancy Kushner Danny McClure Jon Karl Baldwin Mary Jo Surbaugh Sara Lilly Freida Phillips.
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Raleegh County
Fairmont
West Virginia
Mark Twain
Sunday Spring
Stoco
Sophia
Woodrow Wilson
Raleigh County High School
Neil Hill
Bob Soltes
Margie’ Patterson
Freddy Grubbs
Fred Kirk
Mary Ellen Jones
Kay Rider
Isaac Higgins
Nancy Kushner
Danny McClure
Jon Karl Baldwin
Mary Jo Surbaugh
Sara Lilly
Freida Phillips
Shady Spring
VA Official Scheduled to Address State Veterans Officers Meeting
Harvey V. Higley of Washington DC, administrator of Veterans Affairs, will be a special speaker at the 9th Annual State Veterans Service Officers Conference in Jacksons Mill May 14 to 16. Higley will speak on May 15 and his appearance marks the second time a VA administrator has joined the state conference. Governor Marland delivers the keynote on opening night. More than 250 officers from across West Virginia are expected.
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Harvey V. Higley
Washington, D. C
Administrator of Veterans Affairs
State Veterans Service Officers Conference
Roy I. Smith
Beckley
W. Va
Smith
Miss June Davis
Jackson's Mill
Higley
Federal Veterans Administration
T. H. McGovran
W. Va. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
Red Cross
Veterans’ Affairs
West Virginia
William C. Marland
Scout Board to Meet in WJLS Building Today
The executive board of the Appalachian Council Boy Scouts of America was scheduled to meet at 4 p.m. today in the WJLS Building with Joe L. Smith Jr., president, presiding.
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Applachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
WJLS
Joe L. Smith Jr
Red Cross Honors Raleigh Women With Nursing Certificates
Certificates of achievement mailed by the Red Cross to 12 Raleigh County women who completed a two week home nursing course. The program taught home care and sick treatment under instructor Mrs. Jack Weller of Colcord. Recipients include Mary Lou Massey Ethel Richmond Maggie Mullins Arabella Compton Helen Thompson Maude Miller C Foster John Lepori Woodrow Toney Rosie Perry Lillie Mae Dean.
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Red Cross
Raleigh County
Jack Weller
Colcord
Mary Lou Massey
Ethel Richmond
Maggie L. Mullins
Arabella Compton
Helen Thompson
Maude Miller
C. K. Foster
John ‘Lepori
Woodrow Toney
Rosie Perry
Lillie Mae ‘Dean
Raleigh County bids sought for four school buses
Sealed bids will be opened at 3 p m April 27 by the Raleigh County Board of Education for three 60 passenger buses and one 30 passenger bus The advertisement marks the first time the Board has sought bids on a small bus due to road restrictions in Snuffer's Branch and Sand Lick areas Dual wheels cannot be used on those roads prompting the purchase action.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Snuffer’s Branch
Sand Lick
Marriage License Applications in Raleigh County
William F Tope aged 37 of Los Angeles California and Wilma J Fisher aged 37 of Peterstown filed marriage license applications in the Raleigh County Clerk's Office. The couple is listed under county records with parentage noted for both.
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Raleigh County
William F. Tope
William M. Tope
Los Angeles
Calif
Wilma J. Fisher
L. Lawrence Lilly
Peterstown
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Sid Reese
Scout
Raleigh County Court
Kay
Neville Street
Black Knight Country Club
South Kanawha St
Scout Board
Ophelia Evans Calhoun
S.S.S
Sere
Go Greyhound
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Mich
U. S
Prince Street
Greyhound
Washington, D.C
Norfolk, VA
Hound Terminal
America
Amere Gas Utilities Company
Seagram's
Seagram Distiflers Corporation
New York City
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