Bankers Warned Of Confidence Game in State
State Police warn bankers about a rising confidence scam operate by an anonymous man seen in Clarksburg Wheeling Morgantown Parkersburg and Elkins He deposits several checks at a teller window and may cash or present large checks up to 300 to 400 after deposit the checks prove worthless This scheme uses deposited funds to cash larger sums before fraud is detected
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Clarksburg
Wheeling
Morgantown
Parkersburg
Elkins
Officers Attend Commanders Meeting At Olmsted AFB
Lieutenant Keith P. Hicks operations officer for the 202nd Air Force Detachment Beckley Enlistment Center attended a commanders meeting at Olmsted Air Force Base Pa. He left for Olmsted AFB Monday and is scheduled to return to Beckley Friday.
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Keith P. Hicks
202Nd Air Force
Beckley
Olmsted Air Force Base
Hicks
Olmsted Afb
Beckley Junction Home Destroyed by Blaze
A Beckley Junction widow reported a blaze around 1 p.m. Tuesday destroyed her three room home and left her family destitute. Mrs. Mary Underwood, widowed 20 years, rented from Beaver Coal Corp. She lived with two grown sons and a daughter-in-law, who have modest incomes and unemployment. The Red Cross Raleigh County chapter assists. donations can be arranged through Mrs. Clarence P. Miller of Beckley Junction.
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Beckley Junction
Raleigh
American Red Cross
Mary Underwood
Beaver Coal Corp
Clarence P. Miller
Mrs Ida Vass Dies at 81 Rites Friday
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Jane Vass 81 of Maynor will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Cirtsville Methodist Church with Rev Roger Jessup officiating. Burial will follow in Vass Cemetery at Cirtsville. She died Tuesday night at her daughter’s home after a long illness. She was a Raleigh County resident born March 21 1894 in Eccles. Surviving: daughters Minnie Steagall Alice Harper Ethel McLaughlin six sons Luther Kelly Frank Chester Dempsey Elmer two brothers E A Kidd Isaiah Kidd nineteen grandchildren seven great grandchildren. The body lies at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until 3 p.m. Thursday then to Wiseman residence.
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Ida Jane Vass
E. A. Kidd
Beckley
Isaiah Kidd
Union
Quesenberry and Webb
Iit
Wiseman
Local religious groups schedule meetings and events
Election notices and club meetings fill the week with Holy Trinity and Gulf Temple Lodge sessions, plus community events at Stotesbury, Lillybrook, and Fayetteville. Anniversaries, pastor visits, rehearsals, and charitable drives accompany illness notes and neighborhood social news.
Bell-ans claims fastest relief for stomach acid
A Bell-ans advertisement touts gas relief and claims laboratory tests show it neutralizes stomach acid in one minute, asserting it is three times faster than many leading digestive tablets. The ad promotes Bell-an tablets at 25 cents.
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Bell-ans
Bell-an
Beckleyans to View Atomic Test Tuesday
A 14 person West Virginia delegation will travel from Charleston to Las Vegas to witness the April 26 atomic test. Beckley representatives include Raleigh County Civil Defense Director Harold Sopher and Captain William P. Hall of the Beckley 8167th Replacement Training Squadron. Major Ralph R. Cowgill will command the flight. Col. Edgar M. Sites leads the group. Governor Marland and House Speaker W. E. Flannery plan to attend later.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Las Vegas
Nev
Raleigh County Civil Defense
Harold Sopher
William P. Hall
Beckley
8167Th
Ralph R. Cowgill
Kanawha Airport
Air National Guard
Col
Edgar M. Sites
Marland
W. E. Flannery
Twelve Women Complete Red Cross Home Nursing Course
Twelve women from Raleigh County earned Red Cross home nursing certificates after completing the two class sessions led by Mrs. Jeanette Weller in Colcord. Class members include Thelma Pettry Ethel L Jones Wilmetta Walker Edith Fitzwater Barbara Wright Katheleen Fraley Chel sea Paden Dixie Eads Juanita Nelson Jessie L Stover Dorothy L Smith Doris Walker Ameagle. The course, Care of the Sick in the Home, covered practical home nursing duties.
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Red Cross
Raleigh
American Red Cross
Jeanette Weller
Colcord
Thelma Pettry
Ethel L. Jones
Wilmetta Walker
Edith Fitzwater
Barbara Wright
Katheleen Fraley
Chelsea Paden
Clear Creek
Dixie Eads
Juanita Nelson
Jessie L. Stover
Dorothy L. Smith
Doris Walker
Ameagle
Piedmont Driver Jailed for Driving While Drunk
Harold Vandell of Piedmont was jailed at Raleigh County Jail at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on a driving while drunk charge. Arresting agency was Turnpike Police.
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Piedmont
Harold Vandell
Raleigh
Turnpike
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