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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1951
Page
6
Beckley Man Appears on Driving Charge in City Court
In Beckley City Police Court last night Harry Whitesell Jr. of Beckley faced a driving while intoxicated charge. He was found guilty by Judge Anthony Spara and posted a $500 appeal bond to Raleigh County Criminal Court. His appeal is set for May 10 and 12. the case was postponed due to the illness of his attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solowine
Conviclon
Harry Whitesell, Jr
Beckley
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Raleigh
Anthony Spara
Whitesell
Bejon
W. A. Thornhill
Wil
E.G. MccGavran
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina
Joseph E."williams
Ensign M.hall
J. M. Coram
Jackoline Epperly
Mabel-Lewis
Viola
Mozetta Wright
Minna_ Belle Kellman
Venes
Doris “Ginkel
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Mildred. Miller
Draft Call for May Seeks 32 Raleigh County Men
Raleigh County will provide 32 men for the May draft with induction at Seal Draft Board No 18 in Beckley at 8 30 am Wednesday May 9. Clerk Aubrey Smith announced the quota from State Selective Service Headquarters. Five volunteers were reported for immediate action and the May call is the smallest since the Korean conflict began last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Seal Draft Board No. 18
Beckley
Aubrey ©. Smith
State Selective Service
Smith
Raleigh
William Maschal 82 Funeral Arrangements Held
William Grant Maschal 82 of Glen White dies at home after a three year illness. Funeral at Glen White Community Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Clyde Meador and Rev. Maurice Parent. burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survivors include son Robert and four daughters, a sister, and grandchildren. Body remains at Caffee Funeral Home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen White Community
William Grant Maschal
Glen White
Clyde Meador
Maurice Parent
Sunset Memorial Park
Mt. Cartmel
Charles
Annie Jones Maschal
Raleigh County
Glen White Coal’ Company
Margaret Maschal
Robert Masthal
Annie Maschal
Alice’ Maschal
R. c. Egnor
Akers
Bo. Wray
Roy. Hampton
W."iffe
R.A. Ferguson
J. H.flestiman
Ernest Wood
Legion's Frolics Draws Near Capacity Crowd
An audience of about 1,800 attended the amateur production Legion's Frolics. The show split into two parts with Ann Ross Hott delivering strong singing in the first act while the minstrel section lagged. Jay Woods and his orchestra provided musical support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sional Ieurtache
Ann ‘Ross
Jay Woods
Beckley Students Win WVU Scholarships in Forensic Finals
Five high school students earned four year scholarships to West Virginia University for public speaking. Local winners Billie Sue Bowyer for prose interpretation and Donald Flood for oratory received gold medals after the State Inter scholastic Forensic League finals in Morgantown. The National Geographic Society notes ancients believed topaz could cure insanity asthma and insomnia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
West Virginia ‘University
University
College’ of Arts and Sciences
Morgantown
Billie Sue Bowyer
Donald Flood
The
National Geographic Society
Board Postpones Raleigh County Meeting With Advisory Group
The Raleigh County Board of Education and the Advisory Committee cancel their joint meeting set for today. Superintendent D W Bryson says the regular monthly Board meeting will proceed at 3 pm and a special session with the Advisory Committee will be called in the next few days. They will review building requests from school principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County ‘Board of Education
Roan
D. ‘W. Bryson
Superintendent of
Principal Waives to Jury on School Cruelty Charge
Charles McKinney Gent Felmentary School principal waived to the grand jury on a charge of ill treatment felonious cruelty and abusing two students according to Magistrate J E Mays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McKinney
J. E. Mays
Four Area Men Enlist With Army Air Force
Capt J Wyatte Gay of Beckley Recruiting Station announced four area enlistees. Harold Fain 28 of Rupert joined the Air Force for four years. Addison Byrd Jr 18 of Md Hope Lewis C Unerwood 17 of Prosperity and Oliver G Smith 1 of Taster en listed for three years in the Regular Army and were sent to Ft Meade Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
J Wyatte Gay
Beckley
F. A
Harold Fain
Rupert
Prazier
Pilot Knob Tower
Lackland Air Base
Sanmoisture
Dis- Antonio
Ft. Meade
Jare Addison Byrd, Jr
Mds Hope
Lewis C. Unerwood
Oliver G. Smith
Building Permits Totaling 8000 Issued by City Recorder
City Recorder William P. Laren issued two building permits totaling 8000 dollars. Dairy Queen, run by I Wilbur Bays, may build a four thousand five hundred dollar one room cinderblock business at Johnstown Reed and Eisenhower see. Lonie Ferrell of East Prince Street seeks a five room house costing about three thousand four hundred. A separate permit granted Saturday to Maggie McClanahan on Simpkins Street allows adding a back room to a residence for about one thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Laren
Dairy Queen
I. Wilbur Bays
Johnstown Reed and
Eisenhower See
Lonie Ferrell
East Prince Street
Simpkins Street
Maggie McClanahan
City Recorder
Aircade Exhibit Plans Hit Beckley Parade and Display
Final plans for the Air Force exhibit in Beckley will be announced at a 1 p.m. Wednesday Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Memorial Building. Special committees and Beckley area representatives will attend. A Saturday noon parade is planned, with the exhibit including a B-29 fuselage and a jet fuselage, to be viewed publicly starting Sunday at Heber Street between Prince and Main.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Force
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
Air Force Association
United States
W. M. Kessel
Heber! Street
Prince and Main
Supreme Court Refuses Local Larceny Appeal
James Cecil Young had his appeal of a grand larceny conviction denied by the State Supreme Court of Appeals in Charleston. He received a sentence of one to ten years for allegedly taking an automobile belonging to Nancy Dickinson of Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruleigh County
Criminal Court
State Supreme” Court of Appeals
Charleston
James Cecil Young
Nancy Dickinson
Beckley
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Legion
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Moana Pills
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Recorder
Treavurse
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Wild Cat Creek
Little Huff
Clear Creek
Bosnia
Yugoslavia
Cedar’. Crest
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Frazier
Supreme Court
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Hme
Sheer Bemberg
Dey
Carol Brent
Carol Brents
Blie Everett
Bemberg Sheers
Mount Vernon
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