Glen Hedrick Lot Home Purchased in Shady Spring District
Ray Earl and Thelma Bennett bought a house and lot No 32 in the Glen Hedrick Addition from G C and Ethel Hedrick for about $3,500 as shown in the county clerk deed. Fourteen more deeds with varied prices were filed, including transfers in Coal City Beaver Heights Glade Park and Marsh Fork districts to individuals and firms such as Beckley Real Estate Corp and Lillybrook Land Co, with prices ranging from $500 to $2,000.
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Ray Earl
Thelma Bennett
Glen Hedrick
Shady Spring
G. c
Ethel Hedrick
Alva
Beatrice Dodd
Jess
Mary Brinegar
Coal City
T. M
C. M
Fannie Godwin
Beaver Heights
Stella Woods
Fannie Goodwin
Albert Dickens
Don
Daisy Jarrell
Marsh Fork
W. L. Barbour
C. C. Morgan
Grover Holstine
E. B
Grace Dodson
Harold and
Freda Dodson
Susan Canaday
Robert and
Hanna Newsom
Lester
Beckley Real Estate Corporation
Lula M. Hedrick
Green Valley
Harry and
Jesse Anderson
Frank W. Adkins, Jr
Glade Park
Lillybrook Land Company
Joe ‘Capone
Lilly Land Company
Zack and
Estelle Eller
Floyd
Lyndia Coulson
Slab ‘Fork
R. ‘J. and
Beaulah Blankenship
Amos and
Gwen Collins
Martin
Charles Stansbury
Catholics And Protestants Vie For Lands Of Ulster
In Belfast and border counties of Ulster Catholics and Protestants wage a land battle for farms and town property. Protestants accuse Catholic groups of buying Northern Ireland lands to boost Catholic votes and reunion aims. Unionists counter by noting Protestant funds to aid loyalist tenants and deny government money supports. A leading Unionist MP calls it a private fight beyond Parliament's reach.
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AP News
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
Ireland
United Kingdom
Fermanagh
Tyrone
Sire
County
Londonderry
M. P
Glen White Pupils To Present Play Beads on a String
Ninth grade pupils of Glen White Junior High stage the spring play Beads on a String by Myrtle Elsey. Friday at 7:30 pm with a Thursday matinee at 1 pm. Cast includes Bennie Davis played by Roger Hilton, Uncle Ben by Dennis Stover, and others.
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Glen White Junior High School
Myrtle Elsey
Bennie Davis
Roger Hilton
Delores Gregor
Fred Snuffer
Ben
Dennis Stover
Davis
Davises
Jeanette Blue
Doris Lee Pittman
Dorothy Underwood
Molly Mallerton
Bennie
Ab Dinkler
Connie Stover
Hazel Polk
Rosalie Wipperman
Mary Beals
James Britts
Harold Sloan
Kathleen Burton
Emma Deck
Mary ‘Beals
Ray Deck
Clarence Bragg
Fred Bolen
Guy Pittman
Phoebe Anne Bledsoe
White girl barred from Negro school tests segregation law
Karla Rose Galarza, 22, daughter of Dr. Ernesto Galarza, says she will sue to challenge the district law separating white and Negro students. She enrolled at Margaret Murray Vocational High School for Negroes, was ordered to transfer to Burdick for whites, and will appeal the board of education ruling. Her father once advised the Pan American Union.
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Washington
Karla Rose Galarza
Ernesto Galarza
Margaret Murray Vocational High School
Board of Education
Murray
Garnet C. Wilkinson
Galarza
Murray School
Burdick Vocational High School
Pan American Union
$1,000 Sought For School Playground
The Tech school Parent-Teachers Association seeks 1000 more dollars for playground equipment and an asphalt basketball court to serve both community and school. Chair John B. Morrison notes only 293.38 raised. board gave 100 and PTA 38.38, with committee members listed. The note on gingham etymology appears as a non sequitur.
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Tech School Parent-Teachers Association
John B. Morrison
Morrison
Board of Education
PTA
Oreos Hancock
Frank Hancock
Sam Kessler
Oscar Nichols
Hubert Henson
George Warden
George Thornton
Earl Warden
Wayne Laws
T. W. Rose
Posey Pettry
May 1 Confab On Bluestone Dam Plans
Representatives of the War Department and State Conservation Commission will meet in Hinton May 1 to discuss recreational facilities for the Bluestone Dam reservoir. The Hinton Chamber of Commerce has been notified of acceptance by both agencies. Col. P A Feringa and Director Jack K Shipman confirm ongoing study and cooperation for developing facilities at the Bluestone Dam reservoir.
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Associated Press
Hinton
War Department
State Conservation Commission
Bluestone Dam
The
Conservation Commission
Engineers Corps
Beckleyan Awarded Valor for Parachute Test
Beckley native Lawrence Lambert now at Wright Field Ohio received the Cheney award for testing an ejector parachute. Gen Carl Spaatz presented it in the Pentagon. Lambert and family attended ceremony. Lam bert made the first test from a P 61 last August 17.
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Lawrence Lambert
Beckley
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Carl Spaatz
Army Air Forces
Pentagon
Lambert
Raleigh
Cowty
Virginia
Bluefield
D. W. Bryson
Bryson
Principals to Attend 3 Day Elementary Meeting
Bluefield hosts a three day convention beginning Thursday and running through Saturday featuring a workshop program with five classes on supervision and administration in service training and recruitment curriculum including audio visual education school community relations and evaluation of the school and its work.
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Bluefield
John R. Smith Named Park Board Chairman
Raleigh County court confirmed the appointment of John R. Smith as chairman of the Raleigh County Park Board to replace the late W. B. Crickmer of McApin. The court did not replace C. E. Sillumate and Co. Ballard as board members who resigned. Milton Young, focal painter, to begin printing the interior of the courthouse. J. W. Persinger named surveyor to replace Lawrence Wiley who resigned due to ill health. County Dog Catcher Dan Childs reported killing 50 dogs last week amid bad weather and collected $181 in taxes.
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John R. Smith
Raleigh County Park Board
W. B. Crickmer
McApin
Raleigh County Court
C. E. Sillumate
J. W. Persinger
Lawrence Wiley
Dan Childs
No Change Noted In Winter Wheat
Winter wheat yield, 1,500,000 bushels, holds steady from last year per Cooperative Crop Reporting Service based on April 1 conditions. Despite higher yield per acre by 19 bushels, total output remains below 10-year average due to larger acreage. Oats on farms rise. wheat and corn carryovers shrink. Eggs, milk yields drop modestly. March weather delays crops and pastures into spring.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Cooperative Crop Reporting
Arson Trial Set For Tomorrow In Raleigh County
Louis Pickus and daughter Regina Pickus face arson charges over The Clothes Line fire at their First Avenue store in the President Hotel. Fire marshal evidence cited a damaged extension cord and two paper clips causing a short circuit. The case opens in Raleigh County criminal court tomorrow. Lelia Powers also docketed for neglect of seven children. Livestock roundup and hereford show and sale events were held in Jacksons Mill with cattlemen and experts from WV and neighboring states attending.
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Louis Pickus
Regina Pickus
First Avenue
Raleigh County Criminal Court
President Hotel
Iar Martin
Justice of the Peace
G. Oley Mills
Martin
Lelia Powers
Mabscott
Associated Press
Jackson's Mill
West Virginia
Dickens Family Promotes New Sundial Scout Troop 84
Eighth member family the Dickens of Sundial aided forming Boy Scout Troop 84 sponsored by Petry Bottom Church. Gus Walker announces the troop organization with James Dickens as scoutmaster and other Dickens family members in leadership roles. Members include Edgar Dickens Jr and several Dickenses plus Hall and Boggess youths.
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Dickens
Sundial
Gus Walker
Appalachian
Petry Bottom Church
James Dickens
Clinton Dickens
Clarence Dickens
Ervin Dickens
Edgar Dickens
Edgar’ Dickens, Jr
Glenn Dickens
Frank Dickens
Kenneth Hall
Bobby Helvy
Burnie Hendricks
Jessie Hall
Charley Petiry
Lynda Boggess
Ervin Boggess
Delegate To Boys State Selected
Tommy Elkin, son of Mr and Mrs Roy T Elkin, will represent Raleigh County American Legion Post No 32 at the Mountaineer Boys State in Jackson's Mill this summer. Eight other Raleigh county boys will be sponsored to form the county delegation to the conference. The post reports 1125 members and notes upcoming events and courses.
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Tommy Elkin
Roy T. Elkin
Raleigh County
American Legion
Mountaineer Boys
Jackson’s Mill
Tommy
Memorial Building
Cown
W. Rie
West Virginia
Fairmont
New Residents Arrive In Pineville From New York City
Mrs Clyde Herndon and her son William Kenna have moved to Pineville to join husband and father working at Fine Chevrolet Company. They reside with Mr and Mrs Robert M Worrell at the former home of Mr and Mrs J W Houck.
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Pineville
Clyde Herndon
William Kenna
New York City
Herndon
The
Fine Chevrolet Company
Robert M. Worrell
J. W. Houck
Lions To Conduct District Meeting At Black Knight Club
Lions club members from all of district 29 W will convene at the Black Knight Country Club on Thursday April 24 for a Lions convention sponsored by Beckley and Mount Hope units. A A Ross chairs arrangements. Committee meets Friday night to finalize plans. About 350 people expected including the district governor past district governors and past international presidents.
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Lions Club
Black Knight Country Club
Beckley and
Mount Hope
A. A. Ross
Tire costs and mileage in 1908 and 1936
In 1908 an automobile tire cost about $35 and would run about 2,000 miles. By 1936 a tire cost about $8 and would go about 20,000 miles.
Surplus Foods for Schools Shipped to Board of Education
The Board of Education yesterday received seven surplus food types for the school hot lunch program per hot lunch supervisor Mrs. Mary Scott. The items totaling 1,476 pounds of cheese 52 cases of tomato juice 17 cases of canned peaches 39 cases of dried milk 42 cases of peach jam 17 cases of plum jam and 10 cases of apricot jam were distributed countywide and will be ready for serving immediately.
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Board of Education
Mary Scott
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W. Va
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American Cancer Society
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Charlie Rey
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Ted McDowell
Beckleyan
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Judy Butland
Frank Sinatra
Hone Allyson
Robert Warker
Kathryn Grayson van Heflim
Ginah Shore
Lucille Bremer
Lena Horne
Angela Lansbury
Tony Martin
Virginia O'Brien
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Stanaford
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Stanaford Road
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Braleigh
Coca-Cola Bottling Works
Beckley Mullens
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