Gulf Coal Output Hits High Mark in Regional Report
The Register News Staff notes March coal output rose sharply in Winding Gulf and New River fields as plants operated after strikes. Winding Gulf produced 930 248 tons, New River 835 766 tons, with weekly peaks in late March and early April. Army engineers spent substantial funds removing water chestnut plants from the Potomac River.
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Winding Gulf
New River
New River and
Winding Gulf Operators Associations
Winding Gulf Operators Association
NEW River “Operators Association
Newfield
Army
Potomac River
Red Cross Campaign Totals Pass Seven Thousand Dollars
Beckley area ORC units seek 150 reservists across three companies with pay for drills and retirement credits. Red Cross Raleigh County drive reaches 7304.41 toward a 15700 goal as Home Service aids and military inquiries rise in March.
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Raleigh
American Red Cross
A. F. Matson
W. Ro Witzel
Home Service
Home Service Division
Six ORC Units Meet This Week in Beckley
Maj. Carl C. Dunham announced six Beckley reserve units will meet this week. Company C of the 497th Engineer Combat Battalion, led by Capt. Dwight E. Casto, convenes at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the ORC armory on North Oakwood Avenue. Additional units under Lt. Col. W. Peterson also meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Armory. The 780th Engineer Dump Truck Company, commanded by Capt. Felix E. Fisher, meets at 7:40 p.m. Wednesday at the Armory. Lt. Col. John E. Cooper’s HQ and Service Companies, 289th Ordnance Training Group, meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Beckley Lincoln-Mercury Garage. The 326th Medical Base Depot Company, led by Capt. William J. Smithy Jr., meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the ORC Armory, with Col. Oddi Coeall’s 224th Host Camp and Station Headquarters Special Training Group meeting at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the ORC Armory.
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Beckley Orc
Carl C. Dunham
497Th Engineer Combat
Batallion
Engineer Combat Battalion
ARES
Steth Édical Base
Dunham
Beckley
497Th Engineer Combat Battalion
Dwight E. Casto
ORC
Oakwood Avenue
W. Peterson
Felix
Fisher
John’ E. Cooper
Funeral set tomorrow for Mrs. Warden in Sylvia
Funeral services for Mrs. Garth Warden 65 of Sylvia Stress Beckley will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from First Christian Church. Dre Ae He Wilson will officiate assisted by Rev. Paul Smith. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Mausoleum.
Engineers View: Coal Mine Movie Shown at WV Chapter Meeting
Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers met last night with LG Fitzgerald of Mount Hope presenting a bulletin called Field Notes. M D Hensey editor. special guests John Dantzler Edmond and James Page WVU welcomed. 34 attend.
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West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
LG Fitzgerald
Mount Hopes
Fitzgerald
U.S. Bureau of Mines
H. L. Gray
Ramele
M. D. Hensey
Beckley
Wil
Howard “Bohlin
Oak Hill
Ennis Naeve
Ames Mining Company
Fayetteville
John Dantzler
Edmond
James Page
West, Virginia University
Prenatal Clinic Set at Raleigh County Health Department
Dr. A D Belton will run four Negro prenatal clinics at the Raleigh County Health Department office on Wednesday from 1 to 3 30 p.m. by appointments only. An official announced today. Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa features burial mounds shaped like birds and animals.
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A.D. Belton
Raleigh County
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Iowa
Auto Accidents Lead to Two Damage Suits
An April 15 1948 collision near Camp Creek prompted Walter Wyatt of Cedar Bluff Virginia to sue James Q Lively of Beckley for 5004 damages. A second suit filed yesterday by J H Smith seeks 1500 against Arnold Duncan of Glen White over a March 5 1948 Crab Orchard road two car crash involving Smith and Durcan.
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Camp Creek
Raleigh ‘County
Walter Wyatt
Cedar Bluff
Beckley
Wyatt
Lively
J. H. Smith
Arnold Duncan
Glen White
Crab Orchard Road
Carolina Market
Smith
J. H. Smith, Jr
Durcan
Teel PTA Set Two Plays for Tonight at Calloway Heights
Teel Elementary PTA hosts two plays at 7 30 PM in Calloway Heights Community Church. A devotional by Rev W E Thomas opens the program followed by a comedy featuring parents and teachers in the cast.
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Teel Elementary Parent-Teacher's Association
Calloway Heights
W. E. Thomas
Frank Short
B. J. Wauhop
Lawrence Hunt
Lillian Wright
Cecil Daniel
West ,Virginia
Oscar Nickels
Abby Applejack
C. E. Kessler
Bertha Butterball
W.R. Yost
Cora Chatterbox
Roscoe Weikel
Diana Dooberry
Robert Mandeville
Emma Eatmore
John Morrison
Felicia Fiddlesticks
S. W. Kessler
Griselda Gugeleburger
Ho‘ten “Kessler
Helga Henson
Land Sally Kessler
John Presge
Chatter
First Venice Quarantine Began During Fifteenth Century Plague
The article notes Venice established the first recorded quarantine in response to a fifteenth century plague outbreak. It highlights early public health measures and the city’s pioneering use of isolation to control contagion.
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Venice
Bids Sought for Little Beaver Park Development Plans
County Clerk Harry Anderson told a Raleigh County Park Board committee that bids may open Thursday April 20 for two Little Beaver Park development plan sets. One combines bath house and administration building, the other modifies the original plans to cut costs.
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Harry Anderson
Raleigh County Park Board
Little Beaver Park
Bath House
Ithe
VLAN
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