Sewage Plant Contract Slated To Be Awarded Tonight
Oak Hill set to award the sewage disposal plant contract at tonight’s adjourned city council meeting. Bonding companies submitted bids last night with no changes to totals. Consultant J E Settle will advise on the bid to accept. Bids ranged from 906.20 to 952.73 in interest and amounts.
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Register
Oak Hill
C. Higgins, Jr
J. E. Settle
Charleston
Widmann and Company
Cincinnati
Stiefel and Nicolaus and Company
Chicago
Magnus and Company
John E. Joseph and Company
Miss Billy Jean Stinnett Weds Jack McCurdy at Upson Downs
Miss Billy Jean Stinnett and Jack McCurdy married at the Rev. C. S. Donnelly's home Upson Downs Sunday at 2 PM. The bride, a Oak Hill High School graduate, works in the F H A office in Madison. the groom is employed by a Madison coal company. A reception hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Burgess followed.
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Wilter Sanger
Clifford Stinnett
Sanger
Billy Jean Stinnett
Madison
Jack McCurdy
C. S. Donnelly
Upson Downs
Groom
Madison Coal Company
Kenneth Burgess
Barney
R. M. Stinnett
David
Kenneth J. Burgess
Kennylee Anne
Grover Stinnett
Russell
Glen Barlow
Albert King
Patricia Harris
Barbara Stinnett
Garvis Burgess
E. Z. Quesenberry
Girl Scout Leaders Course To Be Taught In Oak Hill
Fayette County Girl Scouts plan a two day school of instruction for prospective leaders at Oak Hill City Hall May 3 and 10. Mrs H H Sutherland of Montgomery will teach troop organization programs nature games craft and dramatics with local leaders and volunteers present. Two troops Brownie and Intermediate have formed in Glean Jean and a Raleigh County Scout camp visit is planned for Fayette County scouts this summer.
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Oak Hill
Register
Kingston
City Hall
H. H. Sutherland
Montgomery
Fayette County
Raleigh County
FE. E. Jones
Mount Hope
P. M. Snyder, Jr
E. E. Jones
Russell Patteson
Ann Graff
R. A. Updyke
Charles Brinton
R. E. Kelly
J. B. Thompson
J. N. Jarrett
W. C. Bishop
Scarbro
Wednesday Afternoon Closings Begin May 3 in Oak Hill
Oak Hill will start afternoon closing hours on May 3 for the summer season with participation by local stores. Chamber of Commerce president H B Clower says closings run through August 30 and will observe Memorial Day and the Fourth of July. Since both holidays land on Tuesday, stores will stay open Wednesday. No fixed closing time set, but most merchants expect noon.
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Oak Hill
Register
H. B. Clower
Chamber of Commerce
Clower
Fitzwater Rites Scheduled Today
Funeral services for William H. Fitzwater 86 were set for 2 p m today at the homes of his daughters in Summersville and Kopperston with Rev L A Dorsey presiding. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery Summersville after death from a heart attack. He lived in the Muddlety area most of his life before moving to Kopperston six months ago. Survived by wife Rebecca Hamilton Fitzwater three sons Clyde Akron How ard Long Beach Calif Pearl Rand three daughters Bert Grove Richwood Okey Fockler Summersville Zela Fitzwater Orlando Fla sixteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
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Register
Summersville
William H. Fitzwater
M. C. Nottingham
Kopperston
Okey Flecker
L. A. Dorsey
Grove Cemetery
Muddlety
Rebecca Hamilton Fitzwater
Clyde
Akron
Howard
Long Beach
Calif
Pearl
Rand
Bert Grove
Richwood
Harvey man injured in motorcycle wreck at Oak Hill
Andy Cozma, 21, of Harvey, is a patient at Oak Hill Hospital with injuries from a motorcycle wreck. He was admitted at noon Tuesday and is listed in fair condition with injuries to the right shoulder and left hip.
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Register
Arvey
Andy Cozma
Harvey
Oak Hill Hospital
Cozma
Mrs Hudson 74 Taken by Death Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza Jane Hudson age 74 will be held at 2 pm Thursday from Kee Street Methodist Church in Princeton with burial at Monta Vista Park. She died at Princeton Memorial Hospital after one day as a patient. Survivors include three sons Carl W Okey and Branon and three daughters Betty Smith Leta Annabell Carney and Helen Bailey plus a sister and two brothers. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Register
Princeton
Eliza Jane Hudson
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Kee Street
Jim
Katheryn Spangler Garten
Summers County
Carl W
Anderson, Ind
Okey
Montroal
Branon
Betty M. Smith
Ashland
Leta Annabell Carney
Detroit
Mich
Helen M. Bailey
Beckley
Betty Colder
Cleveland, O
S. P. Garten
Fayetteville
O. L. Garten
Hinton
Bragg Awarded Court Verdict In Bowyer McClintic Suit
Fayetteville court awarded Perry Bragg about 50 dollars in a circuit court verdict filed Monday afternoon in a case brought by Lester Bowyer and Edgar McClintic who claimed Bragg owed over 200 dollars on a store account Bragg also filed a counter claim.
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Register
Fayetteville
Perry Bragg
Circuit Court
Lester Bowyer
Edgar McClintic
Bowyer and McClintic
Bragg
Don Harvey
E. E. Kennan
Odi Carden
Charles A. Clements
R. J. Thrift, Jr
Melvin Fox
Cleopatria D. McCune
Joseph Hurley
Mower Lumber Company
Arthur Anton
Levi Burs
R. L. Ledwell
S. P. Woods
T. L. Meloni
W. C. Farley
Thrift
Robbery at Rahall Building Targets Lawyer Ashworth Office
A noon burglary at Robert J. Ashworth's law office on Main Street in Beckley yielded $20 in cash and several deeds and notes. Police investigate with no leads as Ashworth provided no comment on the loss.
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Robert J. Ashworth
Rahall Building
Main Street
Beckley
Ashworth
Fire Chief Doubles As Part-Time Cop On Oceana
Oceana Police Force adds Fire Chief Faye Varney as part time patrolman effective yesterday. Police Chief Jay Cook confirms Varney will handle standard patrol duties alongside her fire Chief role within the department.
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Oceana Force
Register
Oceana
Faye Varney
Varney
Jay Cook
Funeral rites Thursday for Mullens Hill carpenter McNealy Royal
Funeral services set for 1 p m Thursday for McNealy Frankly Royal 64 Mullens Hill carpenter who died early Tuesday from a heart condition and complications He had lived in Mullens over 30 years Survived by four sons Paul and Ray in Mullens Walter and Claude in Cincinnati four daughters Emory Cook and Lloyd Reynolds Mae Shirley Doris 11 grandchildren two brothers and three sisters Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Beckley Services will be at the home with Rev Roy Hall officiating Body to be moved to Paul Royals home this afternoon from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home
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Register
Mullens
McNealy
Frankly Royal
Mullens Hill
Mullens General Hospital
Surrey County
North Carolina
Paul
Ray
Walter
Claude
Cincinnati
Emory Cook
Kimball
Lloyd Reynolds
South Mullens
Mae Shirley
Doris
Roy Hall
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Paul Royal
Robertson and Foglesong
Keatley Funeral Rites Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Alwilda Keatley of Summers County will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Ballard Baptist Church in Hinton with Rev L D Chandler officiating. Burial in Ballard Cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers. She died Sunday in Kokomo Indiana at 85, born May 27 1864 in Monroe County. Survived by son and two daughters from first marriage Riley C Shanklin and Emma Dixon Elsie Thomas. second husband J Keatley two stepsons and six stepdaughters. sister Eliza Campbell and brothers Isaac and Oren Raines and 13 grandchildren. Body moved from Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors to L D Raines home at Ballard.
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Register
Hinton
Alwilda Keatley
Summers County
Kokomo
Ind
Te Ballard Baptist Church
L. D. Chandler
Ballard
Riley C. Shanklin
Ree H. Shanklin
Walton
Emma Dixon
Peru
Elsie Thomas
J. Keatley
Wilson Keatley
Charlton Keatley
Lizzie Stennett
Clara Dove
Ada Gunnee
Lessie Dickinson
Lowie Beckett
Nellie McClay
Orpha Campbell
Eliza Campbell
Rupert
Isaac
Oren Raines
Ronald Meadows
L. D. Raines
Three Charged With Store Entry In Kimberly
Three men Edward Lewis Hall Sammy Wraith and Edison Jerry Adkins all of Handley Kanawha County were arrested after allegedly breaking into a Kimberly store. They allegedly stole ten cases of cigarettes and two cases of candy, according to State Police Sgt. W R Callaghan.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Kimberly
Fayette County
W. R. Callaghan
Edward Lewis Hall
Sammy Wraith
Edison Jerry Adkins
Handley
Kanawha County
Wyoming group launches piano member drive and fund drive
The Wyoming Community Concert Association runs two campaigns to raise funds for a seven foot concert grand piano and to recruit members for the 1950 51 season. The piano costing 2580 dollars minus a 75 dollar rental is to be stored at Mullens High School. May 4 6 and 8 marks the closed and general membership drives with events planned including a May 28 concert by Mrs Lawrence Pack and Jan Campbell for piano funds.
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Register
Mullens
Wyoming Community Concert Association
Gertrude Bary
Bary
Mullens High School
Laurel Garden Club
Beckley
Lawrence Pack
Jan Campbell
William Holroyd
Association
William Holroyd, Jr
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Mite
Wiil
Mullens Business and Professional Women
Keeton Civic Chorus
Wyoming
Clansich
Pineville
First Methodist Church
W. M. Holroyd
Pineville Residents Warned to Replace Outdoor Toilets
Pineville health inspector Keith Phares with Mullens issued a 10 day directive to 13 residents to replace present outside toilets or provide suitable accommodations. The tour with Police Chief James Gibson, who is city health officer, was conducted yesterday. Phares will return to Pineville on April 27 to check progress.
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Pineville
James Gibson
Phares
Robbery Attempt at Crozier Motor Sales in Oceana
W G Crozier owner reports an attempted robbery at Crozier Motor Sales and Service in Oceana. The would be thief gained entry by breaking a shop window glass but failed when the acetylene torch used to open the safe had no gas.
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Register
Oceana
Crozier Motor Sales
W. G. Crozier
Crozier
Notice of Trustee's Sale in Raleigh County West Virginia
Multiple trustee sales announced in Raleigh County West Virginia. First, Leslie R. Carter and A. Ray Fink pledge to auction Lot 19 Section 7 Hillcrest Park Beckley at 10:00 a.m. on May 4 1956 at the Raleigh County Courthouse front door. Second, Grover C. Trail trustee to Beckley National Bank will auction two Deweese lands totaling about 8.13 acres with a 1-acre reserve on April 28 1950, at 10:00 a.m., at the courthouse front door, cash.
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Dageult
Raleigh County Court Clerk's
Johnnie Jones
Zona Jones
Hillcrest Park
Beckley
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Leslie R. Carter
A. Ray Fink
Wayman M. Deweese
Elizabeth Deweese
Grover C. Trail
County Court of
Raleigh
West Virinia
Beckley National Nk
Beckley National Bank
Virgnia Hull
Amos L. Belcher
Tion
Trail
Radio Programs Time Adjustment Notice
Radio schedules note time differences by time zone. Eastern standard times apply, minus one hour for central, minus two for mountain. Local stations may shift relay times to fit schedules. Last minute changes cannot be included.
Radio and TV Schedule Listing for April 19 1940s
A dense listing of radio and TV programs across networks ABC CBS and MBS detailing show titles hosts and timings from 6:00 PM through 11:15 PM including news reports sports music dramas mysteries and variety programs featuring Frank Sinatra Beulah's Skit The Lone Ranger and Lum and Abner among others.
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Abc
Cbs Network
Abc-East
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Cbs
Abc News
Cba
Frank Sinatra
Abe Beulah
Cbs News
Abe
Mbs
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Ehoes
Tropics
Gildersleeve
Abec
Gregory Hood
Abec International
the Ranney
CTV
Abe Bing Crosby
Buzz Adlam Fiagronm
Abe Burns
Bilen
Ebe
Lawrence Welk
Abe Lum
Abner
Abc-Tv
Dancing Hour
News
CERTAVIN Relieves Gas Pains Lets Beckley Man Eat Freely
A Beckley man describes relief from constant gas pain after taking CERTAVIN before meals. The remedy, advertised as containing ten herbs with vitamin B and iron, claims to move bloating and improve nerve strength and blood iron.
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John Donachy
Beta Theta Sorority
James Shelton
W. E. Bundy, Jr
Adah Callison
Callison
Sorority
Earl Bannister
John Duda
O. W. Dixon, Jr
Charles McClain
James Price
G. Steele Callison
Hugh McPherson
R. R. Thomas, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
Mt. Hope
MT. Hope, W. VA
Wobinson
Cab Calloway & His
Katherine Dunham and Her
Sunset Drive
Humphrey Bogart
Joe
Marly
WIOMK
Fon Runtertame
Ty Stuart Hlallr
THE
Othe
New Valley Theatre
Rhodell
W. Va
Johnny Stool Pigeon
Howard Duff
Shelly Winters
King Arthur’s Court
Bing Crosby
Rhonda Fleming
Lela A
Will Rogers
Rialto
Lela Tae
Judy Garland
Rinevicele
Lassie
Ross Ford
Geraldine Brooks
Fitzwater
Jeanne Crain
George Sanders
Mountainair
Glen Jean
Fighter Squadron
Edmond O'Brien
Robert Stack
Mountaineer Insurance Agency
Joe Solomon
Meloni
Girne Upode Howe
FMS
Laurel
Oliver Hardy
EOS
Tae
Lucfcr
Cincinnati Red
Crab Orchard Drive-In
Crab
Bud Abbot
Lou Costello
Frankenstein
Cohen's
White Cross
Anon
Hyorth
Guy Lombardo
Madagascar
Pet Dairy Products Company
Pet Ice Cream
WILLS
Princess Pet
WJLS
VM A Ea
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