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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1947
Page
6
The state guidance allows employing available teachers, not just those with emergency certificates. Superintendent W. W. Trent advised boards to use qualified high school graduates with summer study and 16 college credits. If vacancies persist, report to the State Education Department before July.
In Newburyport Massachusetts retailers cut prices by ten percent across most goods for ten days to drive sales and curb unemployment. Mayor John M. Kelleher calls it a refund to the consumer in a cooperative effort to balance the economy, with storefronts displaying red white and blue insignia and pledges encouraging participation.
Beckley residents gathered at 103 Ball Street for a stork shower honoring Mrs. Charles Hawley Jr. Prize winners were Mrs. Lessie Calloway and Miss Margie Louise Carter. Guests included many local women who shared refreshments and gifts, with several unable to attend sending presents from nearby homes.
Mrs. Charles Vates of Harper, a recent bride, was honored with a bridal shower at the home of Mrs. Kelly Beckelhimer on Harper Road. Guests included Mary Lee Snead, Audrey Ellison, Mrs. Argyle Price, Mrs. Carl Parker, and many others, with gifts sent by additional friends.
In Richmond Virginia the defendant admitted being drunk and told the judge I had four teeth pulled yesterday. Justice Carleton Jowett noted the action and dismissed the case without further court action.
Mrs Mabel Lewis county health nurse announced the first pre natal clinic for Ra sleigh County will be at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the health department offices at the county courthouse The clinic is sponsored by the committee on public health of the Women of the Moose who met with Mrs Lewis yesterday to draft plans for the clinic.
Baltimore livestock prices show steady to mixed cattle hogs and calves with prices ranging for dairy cows canners and sausage weights and pigs across several weight classes. A Garden Club meeting is announced at Rural Acres with Mrs Wayman Johnson and Mrs Lawrence Hunt to co host.
Obituary notices report multiple deaths including Mrs Inez Carey Keyes 35 in Beckley with services at Ebenezer Baptist Church April 25. Melvin Jasper Ewing, 667, and P M Garrison 63, both from Beckley area, with funeral plans and cemetery burials. Additional memorials list Chapman Taylor 45 of Sabine and remnants of a loving memory for Lottis Renis with family notes.
Beckley notices list found and lost items including an opal philestone ring with a street address, a blue coat lost in H M Store, a small beagle named Trixie with a reward, and a Sheaffer pen and pencil set. Local services advertise wallpaper and painting, floor sanding, beauty services, optometry, moving and storage, and job ads for housework and general help.
A dense montage of small ads from Beckley W V for Help Wanted livestock and machinery. Listings include part time jobs for boys and a male worker for a Rawleigh bust in Raleigh County. Also ads for farm work in Daniels and Harper Heights, timber workers and dump truck hires, and roadside restaurant help. Numerous livestock and horse sales, cattle and dairy animals, puppies and birds for sale, plus used machinery and household items. Local businesses cite contact numbers and addresses on Central Avenue Virginia Street Woodlawn Avenue Bargain spot.
A crowded ad list offers ranges stoves furniture fixtures and tools for sale or trade. Items include coal and wood burning ranges, a leather bound dining set, office furniture, old records, welding equipment, six guns and pistols, a candy of pawn shop listings, sewing machines, kitchen cabinets, floor cabinets, and a variety of household goods. Names and contact boxes appear for Beckley, Rainelle, Lewis Transfer, Uncle Ben’s Loan Co, and others with dial numbers for inquiries.
A compact description notes a 20.65 cubic foot unit capable of freezing 128 ice cubes at once, holding 16 pounds of ice, with a model or specification tag reading 5345. The entry implies appliance data rather than a full product review.
An old classified fragment notes items including a 8 cubic foot General Electric refrigerator and a Westinghouse roaster oven with a dial number 9563. The clipping hints at a late General Electric and Westinghouse ad listing in a general sale section.
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