Area farmers in West Virginia seek new timber marketing methods
Area woodland owners join with the Agricultural Extension Service WVU and federal and state agencies to test improved timber processing and marketing. Demonstrations will show better selection and grading, written contracts, and stable market outlets for small woodland producers across Raleigh Summers and Nicholas counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Agricultural Extension Service
West Virginia University
Research and Marketing Act
A. B .Lyon
District Entension Forester
West Virginia Forest Products Association
Soil Conservation Districts
Federal Extension Service
Lyon
Wooldland
Raleigh
Everette Underwood
Cool Ridge
Walter Marcum
Eccles
Minor L. Scott
Grandview
Fayette
J. G Baker
Oak Hill
Summers Farr Ne'son
Talcoll
Nicholas
Lanty McCuteneon
Summersville
West Virginie
Lime application deadline set for April 15
Kelly Farmer, chairman of the County Agricultural Conservation Program, announced that April 15 is the deadline for lime applications at the Agricultural Adjustment Administration office in Beckley. The county committee is arranging night meetings across districts to explain the full ACP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Adjustment Administration Office
Beckley
Kelly Farmer
Heaid
Judge suspends sentence for man who applauded verdict
Haleigh County Criminal Court Judge W. A. Riffe suspended the five day jail term and remitted the fine for H T Lawhorn of Minden who was cited for contempt of court after applauding a jury decision. He spent one night in the clinic for emoting loudly after the acquittal of Jess Bearfield charged with murder. Leanharr said he did not know the Bearfields personally but his emotions ran away with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haleigh County
W. A. Riffe
H. T. Lawhorn
Minden
Jess Bearfield
Leanharr
Bearfields
Funeral Services For Sam Thompson In Whitesville
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon Saturday at the Home School Chapel in Colcord for Kenneth Sam Thompson 16 son of Mr and Mrs Sam Thompson of Whitesville who died after being crushed beneath a car he was working on at his father’s garage The Rev C W Pindar and Rev O E Stump will officiate He is survived by his parents a sister Norma Jean Thompson grandmothers Mrs Catherine Clay and Mrs Dora Thompson Burial will follow at Amengate Cemetery The body was moved from Armstrong Central Home of Whitesville to the residence today at noon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Wegaster
Whitesville
Colcord
Kenneth Sam Thompson
Sam Thompson
Whittesville
Garar
C. W. Pindar
O. E. Stump
Norma Jean Thompson
Catherine Clay
Nwoma
Dora Thompson
Buria
Fstep
Amengte
Bedy
Armstrong Central
No Settlement in Walkout of Raleigh Miner
About 300 Raleigh Coal and Coke workers stay off the job protesting firings of UMW members. Company president H. J. Burmeister says no settlement talks while the walkout continues. Weekend visitors include Mr and Mrs Fred Miller of Hoadly and relatives in Sophia Ury Helen and Crab Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
UMW
H. J. Burmeister
United Mine Workers
Burmeister
Mileers
Fred Miller
Hoadly
Carrie Bowers
Helen
Charles Taylor
Ury
Ralph Miller
Quantico
Lee Miller
Sophia, Ury
Crab Orchard
Jabberwock Variety Show At Memorial Building Tonight
Beta Chi Sigma and Delta Sigma Theta present the second annual Jabberwock a charity variety show at the Memorial Building auditorium at 8 p m tonight featuring skits by Omega Psi Phi Alpha Phi Alpha Zeta Phi Eta Kappa Alpha Psi and the Les Modernes Club of Mr Hope Cast includes Douglass Anderson A D Belton Winston Jones George Scott M K Austin Haywood Simpson Cleveland Harris Alty J Butts George Foy Carey DuPont Evans Watkins Haynes Simeon Warren John Fippen Hettie Trent Geraldine Williams E Moss Cook Maxine Anderson Mary Jackson Wanda Wright Queen Madison Ollie Trotter Pearl Hoge Eloise Taylor B Ferry Smith Tickets available from members or Morton Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beta Chi Sigma
Delta Sigma Theta
Stratton High School
Memorial Building
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
D. Douglass Anderson
A. D. Belton
Herbert Hubbard
Winston Jones
George Scott
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Peaste
M. K. Austin
Haywood Simpson
Cleveland Harris
Alty J. & Butts
George Foy
A. J .Carey
DuPont Evans
Watkins Haynes
Simeon Warren
John Fippen
Zeta Phi Heta Sorority
Brothers
Mrs
Hettie Trent
Geraldine Williams
E. Moss Cook
Maxine Anderson
Mary Jackson
Wanda Wright
Queen Madison
Ollie Trotter
Pearl Hoge
Eloise Tayloy
B. Ferry Smith
Kappa Alpha Psi
The
Curtis Neal
Carl Hairston
Charles Jones
Vance Bland
Carl Hazzard
General Hannah
Charles Hundley
R. L. Banks
James Brooks
Joe Jones
Les Modernes Club
Hope
Thomas Ashe
Beatrice Smith
Dorothy Harrid
Harris Anderson
Weldon Canada
Earle Smith
Were Chiles
Clarence Edmondson
Morton Drug Store
Moose Lodge Women Stage Play At Initiation
Whitesville Moose Lodge women produced a play titled 4 Shot Gun Wedding during initiation class activities at the Eskdale Moose Lodge on Sunday. Cast included Lydia King Melva Jelsomine Mary Wayne Elsie Dooley Vella Henderson Katherine Kerns Vic Maine Ruth Reed Virginia Wright and Knox Casteele. A buffet dinner followed for the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Whtesville
Whitesville Moose Lodge
Eskdale Moose Lodge
Lydia King
Melva Jelsomine
Mary Wayne
Elsie Dooley
Vella Henderson
Kathleen Kerns
Vic Maine
Ruth Reed
Virginia Wright
Knox Casteele
Last Rites Tomorrow for Mrs Snedegar
Funeral services for Mrs Mary I Ellis Snedegar of Beckley will be held at the McMillan church in Greenbrier County Saturday at 2 PM. Dr Alvin J Cook will lead the service and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary I Ellis Snedegar
Beckley
McMillan Church
Friars HI
Greenbrier County
Alvin J. Cook
Rescue Equipment Fund Nears Full Goal in Raleigh County
Damon Williams of Beckley leads a campaign to raise four thousand dollars for rescue equipment for the Bluestone area. A first $55 donation is reported, with a $100 contribution in Hinton. Beckley Fire Station and phone contacts are listed for donations as committees form with chairmen for districts in Summers County and a secretary treasurer named Fire Captain John Lively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Williams
Beckley
Raleigh
Bluestone
Itadale
de- Williams
Hinton
Sherjiee C. B. Garten
W.H. Humphreys
Sam H. Boland
Clinton Ayers
James’Ellison
Clifford Young
Glen Graham
Opie Keaton
Bellepoint
J. R. Cox
J. W. Halbert
Brooklin
Jumping Branch
J.O. Ball, Jr
Summers County
Tan
John lLively
Garten
Park
Fourth Aves
Humphreys
Fourth Ave
West End
Boland
Park Ave
Rites Incomplete For Beaver Man Ladoucer
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Phil Ladoucer a 68 year old retired coal miner who died at his Beaver home early yesterday Born in Richmond Vermont he worked for The Imperial Smokeless Coal Company in Quinwood before retiring He leaves a wife five daughters three sons and ten grandchildren all of Beaver with several survivors in Quinwood and Kanawha Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Ladoucer
Beaver
Richmond
Ladfoucer
Quinwood
Imperial Smokeless Coal Company
Bertha Cyrus Ladoucer
Edna Crisman
Quinwold
Myrtle Simmons
Kanawha Falls
Roberta Truyjillo
Wanda
Gloria Ladoucer
Alfred
Wilbur
Lewis
Legion and VFW Deny Involvement in Magazine Campaign
The Beckley Post of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars deny any ties to a solicitor promoting subscriptions for a revival of the wartime magazine Yank. Commander Glenn Shanklin and Adjutant Tommy Jones insist the organizations are not in the magazine business. E. Guy Graves, VFW head, says the overseas group has no connection to the drive. Business visitors report Whitesville guests in Charleston on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Post
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Yank
Legion
Glenn ‘Shanklin
Jommy Jones
Guy Graves
Patteson Grants Beale Full Pardon
Governor Okey L. Patteson grants Clyde Beale an unconditional pardon for the 1928 killing of Mrs. Rissie Perdue near here. Beale, once sentenced to death, had a long parole history and previous commutations culminating in life imprisonment in 1928 after legal delays and new evidence emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Beale
J. W. Maxwell
Raleigh County
Mingo County
Okey L. Patteson
W. A. Curry
Williamson
Beale
Whnt
Webster County
W. G. Conley
Mingo
Rissic 'Perdue
Peale
Supreme Court
Dudge R. D. Bailey
Willnesses
Sunday Services For Sgt. Cecil McCarthy
Funeral services for Sgt. Cecil McCarthy of Lester will be held Sunday at 2 pm with Rev. Gilvia Muirman officiating. He was killed in Belgium on September 6 1944. Interment follows at Sunset Memorial Park with a delegation from American Legion Post 32 attending. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy and three sisters and a brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilvia Muirman
Cecil McCarthy
Lester
Belgium
Caffee Funeral
John McCarthy
American Legion Post 32
Sunset Memorial Park
McCarthy
Lester Junior High
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Edith ‘Corner
River Rouge
Mich
Alice Brown
Kopperston
Rosalee McCarthy
John B
Shumate Joins Landing Ship USS 517 After Caribbean Cruise
Seaman apprentice Carlos K. Shumate, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Shumate of Glen Daniel, has reported aboard landing ship USS 517. The ship completed a Caribbean Sea cruise on Atlantic Fleet Exercises. Shumate enlisted April 15 1948 and trained at Great Lakes Illinois after graduating from Trap Hill High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shumate
Carlos K. Shumate
USN
S. N. Shumate
Glen Daniel
USS 517
Naval Service
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Navy
Trap Hill High School
New River Company Buys More Student Concert Tickets
The New River Company purchased a second block of 100 student tickets for a March 23 Beckley Symphony concert by the Charleston Orchestra. Tickets will be distributed to children of company employees across ten communities Raleigh and Fayette Counties. The Beckley Symphony Association has sold over 300 student tickets for these concerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Company
Neston Symphony Orchestra
Raleigh
Fayette
Heckley
Charleston Orchestra
C. E. Howard
L. Ebersole
Gaines
Beckley Symphony Association
Woodrow Wilson High School
Charleston Symphony
Army Air Force Enlist Three Area Men
Captain J C Mathis announced the enlistment of four area men. Lawrence W Hanson 22 of Cliffton Rufus Robertson 2 of Mabscott and Lawrence Payne Jr 25 of Bradshaw enlisted for three years in the air force and were sent to Lackland Air Base San Antonio Texas. Robert C Jinks 21 of Layland enlisted for three years in the regular army unassigned and was sent to Ft Knox Ky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Mathis
Beckley Army
Air Force
Lawrence W. Hanson
Clifftop
Rufus Robertson
Mabscott
Lawrence Payne, Jr
Bradshaw
Ft. Knox, Ky
Kilgore Waived Preliminary Hearing in Grand Larceny Case
Kermit Kilgore of Man charged with grand larceny and theft of a $52 suit of clothes from Pinecrest Sanitarium. bond set at $500 and he waived the preliminary hearing in Magistrate J. P. Meadows' court awaiting grand jury action. James Clifford Egnor paid a $5 fine after pleading guilty to a reduced assault and battery charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Kilgore
Man
Kilgore
J. P. Meadows
Pinecrest Sanitarium
James Clifford Egnor
Egnor
Lorraine Egnor
Ameagle-Vernie Wingo Receiving Treatment at Charleston General
Ameagle Vernie Wingo of Ameagle is undergoing treatment at Charleston General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston General
Register
Ameagle—Vernie Wingo
Ameagie
Charleston General Hospital
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Beaver Man
VFW
Anna Belle
Vivian Smith
Charleston
Branda
Byrd’s General Food Store
Sophia
Sophia Theatre
Amir
Cieamina Wits
John W. Eye
W. Neville St
Tradea
Firestone
Ashworth
Princess
National Finance CO
J. E. Williams
Ealwell Cafe
Dial
Dumbass
Patteson
Sgt. McCarthy
iNew River Company
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Pinecrest
Detroit
Geneva McConnell
Michigan
Donna White
White
Whitlesville
Army
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