French Smith Dies in Logan Is Second Wyoming Road Fatality
Oak Hill to get city mail delivery starting September 1 with two daily carrier trips except Saturdays one trip. No delivery on Sundays or holidays. Parcel post and COD packages to be carried by truck. Home numbering and mailbox drops required for eligibility. Postmaster J A Baumgartner announced routes and urged residents to address mail to streets and numbers.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
French Smith
Logan
Wyoming
Register Stat
Wylter Mullens
Oak Hill
Mercy Hospital
Wyoming County
Smith
Kendall Orvill Mullins
Lorado
Mullins
Mullens
R. M. Stovall
Huff Mountain
R. L. Tabscott
Lake Lester
Logan County
Cyclone
E.s.’Collins
Scarbro
Harold Cook
Harold Osborne
Patty Wooten
Delores Wheeler
Crites
Lawrence Lusk
Ithree Forks
Fayette 4 H Health Meet Set Saturday
Fayetteville hosts the county health contest for the healthiest 4 H boy and girl this Saturday at the health department from 9 to 12. Sixty percent of the county's 62 clubs participated. Senior and junior winners from multiple clubs earn scholarships to state and county 4 H camps.
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Register
Payetteville
Fayetteville
Health Department
Clifton Dotson
Donald Ballard
Carbon
Dale Songbirds
James Wood
Winona Highlanders
D. D. Elwell
Nancy Lee Eddy
Barbara Godby
Oakland Blue Ribbons
Madeleine Wood
Barbara Lucas
Chestnut Knob Golden Eagles
Ruth Nester
Minden Eager Beavers
Mario Lodato
Oakland Little Indians
George Wills
Lookout Golden Eagles
Broaddus Cavendish Meadow Bridge
Robert Lee’ Cottle
Dempsey Red Wings
Barbara Price
Carbondale Songbirds
Carolyn West
Gauley Bridge Gameka Pep
Phyllis Arthur
Mary Kleiman
Ansted
Mount Hope Presbyterians Attend Bluefield Rally and Nearby Services
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church members join a Bluefield Pioneer Rally at Westminster Church with delegations expected from Mount Hope. The Rev Clarence Figgatt assists in Kopperston and Mabscott services this week returning May 2. Also noted are illness updates on Elmer Bowmah and A F Armstrong injuries and Gaynell Foster visiting Eugene Foster at Washington and Lee University.
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Y Register
Mount, Hope
Mount Hope
Mount’ Hopé
Bluefield
Westminister
Elmer Bowmah
Radfgyrd
Gaynell Foster
Eugene Foster
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
A. F. Armstrong
Unclear Plan Framed After Meeting of Lewis Bridges
The article notes uncertainty over whether Lewis and Bridges will continue with their plan or if a new proposal was broached by Lewis Bridges or Van Horn. A follow up meeting was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon to hash out the next steps.
Russians accused of wholesale abductions and Berlin tensions
Authorities allege widespread abductions by Russians as a four power investigation proposal falters. Russians counter that Americans abuse citizens in Berlin's western sector. Names of officials and locals tied to travel and visits appear in the report.
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Berlin
Wiseman Reports $182 Campaign Spending in Senate Bid
Fayetteville candidate E O Wiseman for the Democratic nomination in the 11th Senate District filed campaign expenditures totaling 182.45 up to April 23. State law requires all May 11 primary candidates to submit spending and contribution lists at least seven days before the vote.
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Vy Otne
Charleston
Emmett
Wiseman
Fayetteville
Senate
Robbery by Haganah Aims to Seize Bank Vault Cash
A dissident underground group allegedly linked to Haganah robbed a bank as doors opened. The youths overwhelmed guards and employees, forced them into a room, and opened the vaults with matched keys. They escaped in two axis with about £250,000 in cash and negotiable securities.
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Haganah
Beckley City Council Sets 7 30 P M Meeting
Beckley city officials announce a 7 30 p m city hall meeting to discuss new garbage disposal rates at the regular council session. A separate note reports mechanization cut man hours needed to produce an acre of corn from 14 8 to 6 4 hours for a farmers group.
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Beckley
Flower Scouting Films Shown at Oak Hill Meeting
Oak Hill Garden Club members and Oak Hill Junior Woman's Club met at Hotel Hill where Mrs. C. P. Anderson and Mrs. C. R. Hill displayed wild flower slides. The Cub scouting project was shown with films loaned by C. A. McClain and William OD Pierce. Delegates to Wheeling convention include Miss Nancy Hannabass and Mrs. Ernest McCoy. Donations to national funds and a Tri-HI-Y booster were noted. E. T. Lawless of The Greenbrier Hotel will speak May 24. Hostesses listed.
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Oak Hill
West Virginia
C. P. Anderson
C. R. Hill
Oak Hill Gardens
Hotel Hill
C. A. McClain
William OD
WW Pierce
Montgomery
L. A. Frazier
Wheeling
P. G. Mackey
Hop, Thomas, Jr
RK. FB
Ernest McCoy
Nancy Hannabass
J. K. Lilly
General Federation
Tri-Hi-Y
American Legion Auxiliary
Jackson's Mill
Mary Greenawalt
Clayton Barnhart
G. J. Thomas
Irene Kurzyna
Esther Brooks
HD. Shaw
P. Newland
H. P. Thomas, Jr
E. T. Lawless
Greenbrier
J. B. Thompson
Mary Elizabeth Thomas
R. E. Tissue
J. S. Trump
Charles Watkins
Marguerite Allman
Ribbons Awarded at Scout Show for Booth Excellence
The Appalachian Council of the Boy Scouts awarded 75 ribbons for booth efficiency and attractiveness at the Scout Exposition held Friday and Saturday. Blue red white and green ribbons recognized 56 blue 10 red one white and eight green among numerous troops, packs and organizations including Air Squadron Beckley Troop 73 Crab Orchard Troop 93 Edwight and many others.
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Gus Walker
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts
E . Ff
Air Squadron 1
Beckley
Crab Orchard
Edwight
Stamford
Raleigh County Vocational School
Hinton
Mullens
Girl Scouts of America
MacArthur
Glen Rogers
Stotesbury
Tams
Helen
Future Farmers of America
Eccles
American Red Cross
Kopperston
Bellepoint
Sophia
Clear Creek
East Beckley
Wyco
Prosperity
Marfork
Raleigh County
Montreal
Ameagle
New Farmers of America
Raleigh
Beaver
Sundial
Itmann
Pineville
Slab Fork
Skelton
Mabscott
United Mine Workers of America
Instructor Halts GI Flying Lessons
Herb Sessler, manager of Beckley Mount Hope airport, stops GI flight lessons due to losses under current terms. Oak Hill airport, led by R C Huct, will adopt the GI program and take on several Beckley students. Sessler notes ex servicemen cost four dollars more per hour than regular students. VA funding request denied. Oak Hill field will host GI flying studies meanwhile.
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Herb Sessler
Beckley-Mount Hope
Sessler
Oak Hill
R. C. Huct
Veterans Administration
Vandenberg Helps Shape Western Union Defense Pact
Vandenberg aided drafting the treaty and campaigned for Senate ratification amid talks of a Western European Union defense system tied to a U N backed regional security framework. The union forms part of the recovery program he guided through Congress this spring.
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Vandenberg
Senate
U. N
Congress
To Pave Street In Fayetteville
Fayetteville council authorized paving Ankrom Street from Maple Avenue to Third Avenue after a petition by all property owners. The 18 foot wide blacktopped street will lead to dog tagging and impoundment for untagged dogs and new rules to ban double riding bicycles. City Attorney Vickers to draft the ordinance. The council also planned red-dogging in the Toler Addition.
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Register
Fayetteville
Ankrom Street
Maple Avenue
Third Avenue
Carl B. Vickers
Toler
County Records Two Deeds Today In Beckley Area Transfers
Two deeds recorded by the county clerk include lot 27 section 5 on Quinnimont Turnpike Lilly View Addition and a quarter undivided interest in five shratts in Beckley City with values around 400. The first sale is H C Perry and wife from Pansy O Williams. the second Thomas Keyser from Albert R Keyser and wife. Additional transfers list properties in Sunrise Addition Shady Spring and other additions, with many no or nominal considerations. Also notes horticultural tip on pruning rose stems to avoid wilting.
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Quinnimont Turnpike
Lilly View
Emma J. Heaberlin
North Oakwood
Center Streets
Coal Industry Seeks Youth To Modernize Mines
At the 1948 coal convention in Cincinnati, K L Konnerth of Pittsburgh urged attracting energetic young Americans to modernize mining. He cited an aging workforce and urged mining courses in schools, plus a public sales pitch for coal careers. State programs in reclaiming coal lands through reforestation and developing recreational areas were described as boosting postmining productivity and wildlife opportunities.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
K. L. Konnerth
Pittsburgh
Konnerth
H.C. Fricke Coke Co
L. FE. Sawyer
Indiana Coal Producers Association
Orel E. John
Reclamation Development Co
Huntsville
Missouri
John
J. W. Bristow
Uhnois Coal Strippers, Association
Chicago
Hinois
Rufus C Hurt Receives Life Membership Card
Wn Register staff writer reports Rufus C Hurt was presented with two life time membership cards by the Loyal Order of Moose at their Sunday meeting in Moose Hall. He earned the award in the annual dues payment contest amid about 35 initiates in the James J. Davis Campaign. An asparagus cooking tip follows, suggesting chopped asparagus in omelets or rolled into plain eggs with garnish.
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Rufus C. Hurt
Wn Register
Oak Hilj
Loyal Order of Moose
Moose Hall
Hurt
James J. Davis
Science Academy To Meet Friday In Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology in Montgomery will host the 23rd annual meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science. About 360 Academy members and a like number in the Junior Academy are expected for the two day event opening Friday. An exhibit of some 50 entries by West Virginia industries colleges and high schools will be featured.
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Associated
Prem Montgomery
West Virginia Institute of Technology
West Virginia Academy of Science
Tech
Montgomery
West Virginia Industries
J. E. Judson
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Copper Oxide Forms From Air on Metals
Copper and brass develop a dark tarnish when exposed to air as oxygen reacts with the surface. Copper oxide forms a thin layer that darkens the metal, a common protective and decorative change observed on household items and fixtures.
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Beaver Heights
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Fairview
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Marsh Creek
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