Veterans Hospital awards honor volunteers in Beckley
At Beckley VA Hospital a Tuesday night ceremony recognized 139 volunteers as Mrs. Bessie Carroll sparked attention with a kiss to Dr. Paul Copeland after her corsage. Awards highlighted top hours donated, including 1 000 hours to Mrs. A D Cooke and others from American Red Cross and Legion Auxiliary. Hospital staff also received certificates of appreciation for services across divisions.
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Bessie Carroll
Copeland
Veterans Administrar
C. $.] Donnelly
Oak Hil
VAVS
J. R. Williams
Beckley
A. D. Cooke
W.va
General Federation of Women's Clubs
B. H. ‘Ellison
U. S. Army Mothers
W. W. Honaker
American Legion Auxiliary
B. F. Burleigh
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Legion Auxiliary
J. E. Carnohand
Cecil Brown
American Red Cross
Carroll
Women of the Moose
QO. M
L. Jones
The
Red Cross
W. R Maddy
Violet Vandall
Women of Moose
Robert Fleming
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Diana Montgas
Pansy Williams
Ella Harris
Doris Barker
Loma Pointer
Mary Catherine Abbott
Katherine Ann
Rita’ Bowling
Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary
Anna Griffiths
Beatrice Binderman
Ida Klein
Ruth
Gold Star
R. J. Boyce
Beckley Area Ministerial Association
Earl Hiner
T. A. Wood
Elks Club
Mary Zuchick
Chris Sarandon
BPW
Morris Wein
Civitan Club
Lorenzo Torlone
Catholic Daughters
I. W. Bays
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Hall
Council of Garden Clubs
Sidney Johnston
Emma Sirocco Beard
S.A. Bridge
Mildred Martin
Annie Aaron
Dora Aaron
Navy Mathers
Josie Arthur
Auxiliary
Clement L. Schulte
Fred Hurt
C. R. Farrow
Beulah Beard
Ruby Burroughs
CG. FE. Heweill
CDA
Frances Calloway
Hazel Canada
Ruth Rutherford
DAV
Celeste McGraw
WOM
Edward Laymen
Binal B'rith
Kathleen Wheeling
Royal Neighbors
Lillian Wright
Army Mothers
Dorsey Selies
Inez Craver
Calvin E. Chandler
Everett Gibbs
C. Curry Pyles
Irene Marfin
Linen Exchange
Helen’ Lynch
Ruth Weinstein
Gertrude Riffe
Betty Perry
Adalia Lubich
Helen Bazarre
Burnette Cole
Ethel _Awall
W. F P. Kazlusky
Gladys L. Fox
Dike Pisegna
James W. Tanner
Hazel
Harless
Katherine Sarrett
Central Service
Donnelly
Leo B. Lydon
Chapain
Paul R. Copeland
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
R. Williams
Bessie’ Carroll
F.L. Jones
M. Jones
W. Re
Beckley Veterans— Administration Hospital
Coopera
Beckley Route Proposal Affects West Virginia Highway Plan
Monroe County legislator Edward T. White proposes a new interstate route from Callaghan Virginia to Beckley via Cove Creek and Forest Hill. He argues the plan saves costs, includes WV Turnpike segments, aids Bluefield Princeton Beckley and other cities, and reduces mountain cuts compared to Route 60.
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Monroe County
Underwood
Beckley
Greenbrier Valley
Edward T. White
Union
Callaghan
Monroe
Sumners
Hinton
West Virginia
Eisenhower
White
Crows
Earlehurst
Virginia
Westes
Cove Creek
Back Creek
Burnside Branch
W. Va
Kennan
Salt Sulphur Springs
Lillydale
Indian Creek
Forest Hill
Greenbrier
Madams Creek
Fi F
West Virginia Turnpike
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
White Oak Mountain
Callaghan Va
Gauley Bridge
Route 60
Lewisburg
Alla
Clintonville
Rainelle
Sewell Mountain
Gauley Mountain
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
White Sulphur Springs Company
Fire damages Beckley police cruiser in Raleigh incident
A Beckley police cruiser was damaged when a backfire caused wiring to burn after a Raleigh incident Tuesday afternoon. The fire was extinguished with a hand extinguisher before major damage. The car, bought last month from Grady Whitlock Ford, Inc., is insured. Two miners were treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital after separate mining accidents. Bertie Osborne and Clearco Greenbrier County were among those injured. Mobley was released later that day after head injuries. A remodeling permit was issued to Warren Robinson on Lt Canaday Street for about 1000 remodeling with a $10 fee.
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Beckley
Grady Whitlock Ford, Inc
Beckiey Memorial Hospital
Bertie Osborne
Clearco
J. Greenbrier
Hosborne
Price Coast Company
William Mobley
Kilsyth
Hnspital
Mobley
New River Coal Co
Ganien Grounds
Recorder's Office
Warren Robinson
Canaday St
Waty
Ritter Services Slated At 2 Friday In Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs. Bruce Ritter, formerly of Beckley, will be held Friday at 2 PM at the Presbyterian Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. The Rev. T M Witherspoon will officiate, and the body is to be taken from the funeral home in Miami to Beckley for the rites.
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Ritter
Beckley
Bruce
Owim Ritter
Miami
Fla
Byterian
T. M. Witherspoon
Sunset Memorial Park
Miami Shores Hospital
Keyser
Rhodell Adopts Daylight Saving Time in DST Move
Rhodell will switch to Daylight Saving Time on April 28 joining Beckley. The Rhodell Town Council in regular session directed the town to contact Union Power Co. to install a new street light on the Frances side of the Rhodell bridge. Other Raleigh County actions noted.
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Beckley
Rhodell
DST
Leon Saunders
Union Power Co
Frances
Rhodell Bridge
Raleigh County
Lions Name 12 Delegates for State Convention in Wheeling
Beckley Lions Club elected 12 delegates for the State Lions Convention in Wheeling on June 7 8 and 9. Named delegates include Ollie W Brown Price Caffee Jr W B Cannoley Cecil D Cooke K K Rand A J G Kinzer D O Means Ros Milrer C D Munson J E Otto Russell E Parsons and J S Larrick.
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Wheeling
Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
Ollie W. Brown
Price Caffee Jr
W. B. Cannoley
Cecil D. Cooke
K. K. Rand
A. J G. Kinzer
D. O. Means
Ros Milrer
C. D. Munson
J. E. Otto
Russell E. Parsons
J. S. Larrick
City Woman's Niece Dies In W C
Mrs. Eleanor Cranz Lewis about 40 of Kinston North Carolina niece of a Beckley woman died Monday night in Kinston Survivors include parents Mr and Mrs Oscar H Cranz formerly of Raleigh one brother Dr Oscar W Cranz and one daughter all of Kinston
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Eleanor Cranz Lewis
Kinston
N. C
Beckley
C. S. Lewis
Oscar H.cranz
Raleigh
Oscar W. Cranz
Hartley to Speak to Byrd-Pillerman PTA
The Byrd-Pillerman Parent-Teacher Association will hear Dr. Richard B. Hartley discuss "The Nations Number One Health Problem." Hartley is a clinical psychologist and chair of the Speakers' bureau on Mental Health. The PTA meeting is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd - Pritlerman_ Parent - Teacher Association
Richard B. Hartley
Bureau On
PTA
Rites Thursday For J. W. Fritz
Funeral services for James William Fritz will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Glen Morgan Union Church with Rev. C. E. Walker and Rev. William Gibson officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Fritz, 83, of Glen Morgan, died Tuesday morning in a local hospital after months of illness. Body moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to his daughter Mrs. F. L. Noel’s home at 4 p.m. today and will be at the church one hour before the service. Pallbearers listed: T. P. Prince, A. J. Lilly, L. M. Lafon, Tommy Wood, Frank Rakes, John Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James William Fritz
Glen Morgan Union Church
C. E. Walker
William Gibson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fritz
Glen Morgan
Rose and Quesenberry
F. L. Noel
T. ‘P. Prince
A J. Lilly
L. M. Lafon
Tommy Wood
Frank Rakes
John Davis
Fifth fatality in Raleigh County highway wreck identified
Raymond Mills of Crab Orchard dies after three car crash on Route 1921 near Beckley. Marie Mills, 28, remains critical at Beckley Memorial. step-daughters Jeanette and Virginia Brammer in satisfactory condition. Roosevel Messer Ernest Morgan and Mills operated vehicles Sunday. no charges yet as investigation continues. Mills survived by wife, mother, daughter Vivian, six brothers and two sisters. body at Webb and Leal Funeral Home.
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Raymonds
Roland Mills
Raleigh County
Beckley
Marie Mills
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mills
Jeanette
Virginia Brammer
Ernest Morgan
Oak Hill
Roosevelt Messer
Robson
Princeton
Ralph
Egeria
Lowell
Lockport
N. Y
Vertle Halsey
Mae Walker
MacArthur
Webb and; Leal Funeral Home
Hatmaker Receives Five-Day Jail Term for AWOL
Charles W. Hatmaker of Walker Town member of Co F 130th Armored Cavalry West Virginia National Guard was given five days in Raleigh County Jail for absence without leave from regular meetings booked in Raleigh County Jail Tuesday by Sgt Ralph Sutton.
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Pyi
Charles W. Hatmaker
Walker Town
Co. F
130Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
Raleigh County
Ralph Sutton
Beckley Safety Day To Promote Public Awareness
Three groups sponsor Safety Day in Beckley set for April 27 titled Safety Awareness Day. Plan made by Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce with Beckley Police Department, Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club, and the Coal Field Comets. Ted Waronicki heads the Jaycee Safety Committee and notes the goal is to urge safe behavior with literature for motorists and pedestrians.
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Beckley
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Coal‘ield Comets
Ted Waronicki
Jaycee Safety Committee
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Williams
B. H. Ellison
J. E. Carnahan
R. ~ Maddy
Tion
Beckley Beautiful Committee
Mirg
Faris Sarandon
Bluefield
Lions
W.C
Dr. Hartley
Byrd-Pillerman Pta
J. W. Fritz
WA Alasals
Proper Protection
Allegheny Insurance Agency, Inc
Bank
Guy Amato
Mor
Cadillac
Eileen Hanswirth
Golden Esso
Plymouth
Vincent J. Winkoff
Esso Research
FORD
Joseph T. Duffy
Gomneen Esso Extra
Gorven
Esso Extra
Esso
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