Capt Berry Leads Beckley Reserve Armory Assignment
Capt Eugene V. Berry assumes duties as unit adviser at Beckley Army Reserve Armory on the 1921 By-Pass. A World War II veteran, Berry began duties April 1 and will work with senior adviser Capt Joseph H. Barkley who previously served in Europe and Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Army Reserve
Eugene V. Berry
Kenneth H. Beckstein
Beckley Army Reserve Armory
Joseph H. Barkley
Berry
Charleston
Second Armored
Africa
Sicily
England
Normandy
France
Belgium
Holland
Open House Set April 20 At County Trade School
Raleigh County Vocational School will hold an open house for students, parents and the public at 7 p.m. on April 20. Director William B. Connoley notes this is the first open house since 1942. Students built much of the building and future classes cover auto mechanics, building construction, drafting, electricity, radio electronics, and more for teens and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Trade School
Raleigh County Vocational School
William B. Connoley
Raleigh County Board of Education
Electricity
McVey Services Slated Saturday
Last rites for Mrs. Lucretia Josephine McVey 76 Pemberton will be at Pemberton Baptist Church at 2 p m Saturday. Rev W S Tolliver and Rev S G Brooks will officiate. Burial in McVey Cemetery Sullivan Grandsons pall bearers. Body moved to church one hour before service. Body taken to residence from Caffee Funeral Home at 4 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Josephine McVey
Pemberton
Pemberton Baptist Church
W. S. Tolliver
S. G. Brooks
McVey
Sullivan Grandsons
Caffee
Five County Instructors Leave for Jacksons Mill
Eight Raleigh county instructors depart for the West Virginia Branch American Vocational Association conference at Jacksons Mill. William B. Connoley reports the first meeting at 7:30 p m. today with trade industrial and other groups Friday. About 300 to 400 vocational teachers statewide are expected. attendees include Burgess Meadows Louis Saas Oscar Chambers James Pennington Selden Adkins Carl Bolen and John Huffman from the local trade school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Connoley
Burgess Meadows
Louis Saas
Oscar Chambers
James Pennington
Selden Adkins
Carl Bolen
John Huffman
Two Men Execute Bonds In Raleigh County
Two Raleigh County men facing moonshine charges posted bonds and were released from Raleigh County Jail on Wednesday after hearings. Carl E. Daniel of Sand Lick posted 500 with U S Commissioner W A Riffe on possessing a moonshine still and waived preliminary hearing to the June term in Bluefield. Tom Osborne of Sullivan posted 500 property bond with Beckley Police Court for a hearing on intoxication and possessing a half pint of moonshine. he was treated at Raleigh General Hospital for a scalp wound from a fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carl E. Daniel
Sand Lick
U.S
W. A. Riffe
Daniel
U. S. Treasury Department, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
Bluefield
Tom Osborne
Sullivan
Beckley
Osborne
Raleigh General Hospital
Plea of Guilty in Reckless Driving Case
Jimmy Joe Garrett of 612 Johns town Road pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Magistrate J. E. Mays. He was arrested by State Police Thursday afternoon and fined $25 plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Joe Garrett
Johnstown Road
J. E. Mays
Garrett
Mays
Coal Output Rises Through Week Ending April 7
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association reports 23 mines produced 137 361 tons for the week ending April 7 up 4 4 percent from the year before. Despite the rise the John L Lewis Day observance caused a large loss in tonnage totaling 32 951 tons, with 28 467 due to the holiday and 2 541 from mine disability. Cumulative output January 1 to April 7 reached 2 203 944 tons, up 33 8 percent from the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gulf Coal Operators Association
John L. Lewis
Beckley
History of Veterans Administration Volunteer Services Anniversary
Dr. Paul R. Copeland outlines the 10th anniversary of VA Volunteer Services highlighting its Grass roots birth after World War II, growth to 86 000 monthly volunteers, and 5 650 000 hours in 173 facilities. Beckley event coincides with Award Night in the Hospital Auditorium Monday at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Paul R. Copeland
Beckley VA
Copeland
America
Veterans and Welfare
Washington
D. C
Veterans
VA Voluntary Service
Beckley
Funeral Saturday For Mrs. Pettry
Final rites for Mrs. Anna Emma Pettry 76 of Naoma will be at Naoma Baptist Church at 2 p m Saturday with Rev Wade Webb officiating Burial follows in the family cemetery She died Wednesday at home The body to be taken from Armstrong Funeral Home Whitesville to her son Kyle s Naoma home at 4 p m today Survivors include her husband Jackie three daughters two sons Kyle Dennie six sisters four half sisters one brother one half brother and 21 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Emma Pettry
Naoma
Naoma Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Pettry
Armstrong Funeral
Whitesville
Kyle
Jackie
Orville Akers
Worthington
Clarence Pettry
Paul Scarbro
Rock Creek
Dennie
Cleveland
Ohio
Clara Green
Winifrede
Lillian Jarrell
Rushie Jarrell
Jessie Jarrell
Dry Creek
Icie Bone
Sarah Bone
Sylvia Bone
Naoma Carver
Ada Jarrell
Carrie Allen
Fairdale
Robert Bradford
Joseph Bradford
Mansfield
Beckley Police Probe Three Wednesday Theft Incidents
Beckley Police are investigating three thefts from Wednesday. Edward Redden reported $150 of Gordon Food stolen from a Gordon Food truck parked on Piney Avenue. $3 to $4 of Gordon Food was found along a road in Charleston. A city dump custodian reported 125 pounds of scrap copper stolen with no value estimated. Jimmy Williams said a thief stole a trouble light and sunglasses from his Quarry Street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Edward Redden
Piney Avenue
Gordon Food
Charleston
Beckley City
Jimmy Williams
Quarry Street
Recital Slated April 22 By Institute Musician
West Virginia coal and manufacturing groups join to support Workmen's Compensation Commissioner Hanley as the Supreme Court reviews Louise Carter’s auto crash claim. The case questions the employment link to benefits and the scope of the zone of employment. Professor W A Long will perform at 2:30 p.m. April 22 at Morton Reaves Elementary School under Beckley Practical Nurses Association auspices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Coal Assn
West Virginia
Harper Road
Lester
Hanley
Coal and Manufacturers
Raleigh County Board of Education
W. A. Long
Institute
Morton Reaves
Practical Nurses Association of
Beckley
Long
West Virginia State College
Vaughn Funeral Scheduled for Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Pauline Vaughn Beckley will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Rev S A Abram officiating. Interment in Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include sons Wheeler Vaughn of Baltimore and Roosevelt Vaughn of Toledo, Ohio mother Mrs Mary Boles East Beckley and brother Joe Hunter Beckley. Body at Trent Funeral Home until the hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Vaughn
Beckley
Trent Funeral Home
S. A. Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wheeler Vaughn
Baltimore
Tri-County Health Report Totals For Week End April 7
Fayette reports 12 chickenpox 25 measles 21 streptococcal infections and three syphilis. Raleigh 2 tuberculosis. Wyoming 5 mumps and 30 whooping cough. Data shared with West Virginia State Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-County
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming County
West Virginia State Health Department
Wyoming
Deeds on File Raleigh County Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deeds recorded in Raleigh County Clerk's office show transfers between numerous individuals and couples. Amounts range from no consideration to about 16,000 dollars, with parcels in Beckley Shady Springs Bradley Eccles and other townships listed by lot and subdivision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
W. W. Wilkes
Helen Wilkes
Kanawhan Street
Stephen
Hattie Sokola
Davyl
Wanda Williams
Sophia
Clarence
Leona Dickens
Clinton
Frances Dickens
Pettry Bottom
Marsh Fork
B. H
Fannie Wheeler
H Ic
Lucille Whitley
Abney
H. C
J. E
Minnie Shumate
Lilly Court
Coal City
V. T
Natdi Cales
Virginia
Frank Wilburn
Shady Spring
George
Dorothy Puckett
John
Eloise Crook
Fairview
Beckley
Minnie E. Canady
Margaret
Larry Stone
Crab Orchard
May
Lois M. Neil
Fred
Launia Blackburn
Bradley
May S. Neil
Ae |Blackburn
James D. Blackburn
Bailey Subdivision
Beckley-Mt. Hope Road
Lois Neil
Launia_ Blackburn
E. C. Amick
Blackburn- Patteson Realty Co
Bailey Addition
Robert V. Fleshman
Geneva
Robert C. Fleshman Jr
Green Valley
Gladys and
Chesley Walker Jr
Thomas and
Macey J. Reed
Shady Springs
Bertha Hughes
George Webster
Central
Macie Reed
Mary and
C. H. Reed Jr
Soak Creek
Herman and
Ethel Gwinn
Ralph and
Thelma Rice
Lilly Land Company
Kelly Development Co
Howard
Elsie Myles
Helen
Carola
Ira Wood
Walter L. Cooper
Glada
Kester Bloom Jr
William and
Lillian Ward
Furrow Homestead
H. V. Higley
Veterans Affairs
Robert and
Zelda Robinson
Garvey Subdivision
Coalfield Land Co
Garnet
Mildred Moore
Eccles
Sadie Bradley
Rosalie Cormack
Luther
Elsie Shrewsbury
Icy McKinney
Resaco
Janice
E. D. Gibson
Maude Griffin
Knob Hill
A. Basheer
Kate Stone
Lilly Heights
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Beckley College
Europe
Augsburg
Germany
Pittsburgh
Korea
Eighth
U. S. Army
States
Ft. Benning
Jackson's Mill
Mrs. Pettry
Peggy Lee Perkins
Bennie Shade Perkins
Lillybrook
Robert Clarke
Pickshin
Nelson Staples
Ramona Hannah
James Williams
Marlene Turner
Faye Hannah
Preston Turner
John Wright
Oak Hill
Shirley Hannah
Lawrence Turner
Jo Ann Walton
New York City
Epsilon Delta Omega
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Charles Jones
Everett Crawford
Jack Livisay
Carl Hairston
Vaughn
Tri-County Report
Pennney’s
Penney's
Guymode
Penney
Penneys
Brentwood
Penney’s
Adonna
Japan
Penney’s Nation-Wide
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