Nationwide Minuteman exercise tests National Guard mobilization
Operation Minuteman will mobilize nearly the entire National Guard for outdoor training open to public inspection. Locally, Company F and Headquarters Company will secure strategic points including Beckley Water Dam Flat Top Lake Memorial Airport and two power substations. The 8167th Replacement Squadron will report to Memorial Airport as the test aims to measure rapid mobilization capabilities across states.
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Beckley
Flat Top
Memorial Airport
8167Th
National Guard
Public Health Laws and Sanitation Duty Emphasized
A local health department reads the public health code to residents, stressing a duty not to infringe others rights while condemning insanitary conditions. It notes many communities suffer pollution, improper sewage systems, and open dumps, urging collective action despite variable local conditions.
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Health Department
J. EF. Williams
City Receives Liquor Profits From State Stores Beckley
Beckley collects 4436.47 in final liquor profits this year from two State Liquor Commission stores, totaling 20892.16 for the year, down from 24489.50 last year. A health department note discusses sanitation as a lifestyle issue and calls for education and public cooperation to combat health threats.
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Beckley
State Liquor Commission
Graveside Rites Set Today for Kirk Infant
Graveside rites for Debra Blanche Kirk infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Morris Kirk Glen Morgan were to be held at Phillips Cemetery Cool Ridge at 2 p m The child died at 5 a m Sunday in the family home Born at Glen Morgan March 28 1955 She is survived by her parents one brother Perry Morrie Kirk paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Kirk of Sand Branch and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Judd Meadows of Glen Morgan The Caffee Funeral Home was in charge of funeral arrangements
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Debra Blanche Kirk
Morris Kirk
Glen Morgan
Phillips Cemetery
Cool Ridge
Perry Morrie Kirk
John Kirk
Sand Branch
Judd Meadows
Caffee Funeral Home
Powell Funeral Services Tuesday for Charlie Powell
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Cranberry Community Church for Charlie Lee Powell 70 of Cranberry who died Sunday morning in a local hospital after a long illness. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Powell a retired coal miner last worked for New River Co. at Cranberry retired in 1950. He was a member of Eccles Methodist Church and United Mine Workers Local 5822. He was born in Virginia April 29 1884. Surviving are his wife one daughter Mrs Ruth Powell three sons Herbert Welch Joseph and Herman of Baltimore nine siblings and nine grandchildren. The body will be removed from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home to the residence at 4 p.m. Pallbearers listed. An acre of good farm land usually provides forage for 10 or 12 young pigs and needed breeding stock.
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Cranberry Community Church
Charlie Lee Powell
Cranberry
A. F. Clendenin
G. E. Pauley
Melton Marks
Sunset Memorial Park
Powell
New River Co
Eccles Methodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Virginia
Robert and
Nannie Hoskins Powell
Ruth Powell
Herbert, Welch
Joseph, Bradley
Herman
Baltimore
Richard
Farmville
T. L. Maynor
Daisy Cain
Beckley
Bernice Pembleton
Jettersville
G. J. Arnold
Davy
Pearlie Adkins
Newsville
Quesenberry and Webb
Milton Kiddy
C. O. Lilly
Harry Helton
Ernest McClung
Tennis Tyree
Harold Kershner
B. M Thompson
Chester Simmons
Edwight Man Jailed in Raleigh County Delinquency Case
Edwight Man Edwight was sentenced to 12 months in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Loren G. Daniel after being found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
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Tin Jordan
Edwight
Raleigh County
Loren G. Daniel
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Pearl Harbor
Air National Guard
Air Force
National Guard Bureau
Pentagon
Washington, D. C
Charles R. Fox
West Virginia
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Clyde R. Prittlett
167Th
Clarence Arthur Tankersley
Midway
William L. Underwood
Lillybrook
Ralph Cowgill
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Raleigh
Summers
Boone
McDowell
Tazewell County
Charles
A. D. Sweeney
Ghent
H. F. Buchanan
Affinity
Carl Mooney
K. K. Jordan
Mabscott
Joseph FE. Williams
Sanitarian
Kirk
A. K
O. K
Pol, Adv
the Bourbon
OLD Quaker Distilling CO
Lawrenceburg
Ino
Gates Supply Company
N. Kanawha
Prince
DOY Television
George C. Porter
Democrat
Eric
Mccreery ST
G. C. Porter
Harper Road
Institute School
Court House
Planet Jr
Beckley, W. VA
Beckley Hardware and Supply Co
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Foster Hardware Inc
W. VA
Lewisburg, W. VA
Appalachian Tire Products
E. Rainelle
Haynes Radio & Refrigeration Co
White Sulphur Springs
Ste d
Greenbrier
Marlinton, W. VA
General Auto Stores
Alderson, W. VA
Riverside Hardware
S. L. Allen & Co., Inc
Frankford, W. VA
Tuffy
H.p
Pineville, W. VA
Wyoming Refrigeration Co
Beaver
Rakes Hardware Co
Frankford Supply Company
Amusement Parks
Rose
Superior Sterling CO
Bluefield, W. Va
Lilly Hardware
Oceana
Clear Fork Hardware and Building Supply Company
Rupert, W. VA
Clear Creek Lumber
Baileysville, W. VA
L. E. Avant
Shady Spring
Bradley Hardware and Building Co
Dry Creek, W. VA
Carl G. Jarrell
Oak Hill, W. VA
Oak Hill Hardware Co
Mount Hope, W. VA
American Hardware Co
Pettus
Roy FliNt
Hinton, W. VA
W. L. Gunn Motor Co
Glen Rogers
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Co
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