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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1956
Page
10
Beckley voters face a May 8 primary on a special three year levy of 144000 for city projects including 20000 for fire department equipment and maintenance. The plan covers aging trucks, hose, gas masks and a life net while current gear serves about 200 annual fire calls with 14 firefighters.
Two Raleigh County officials attend a two day Charleston meeting stressing mutual finances and program winding down amid a West Virginia statewide gathering of county supervisors. State Director Martha Bonar cites near term fund shortages with almost 1.15 million federal dollars spent by month end. Indications show most counties may cover the remaining school term and discuss summer training for cooks and staff.
Funeral services for Richard Leon Brandstetter Daniels will be held at 2 pm Saturday at the Coal City Church of God with burial in Coal City Cemetery. The three week old son of Mr and Mrs Phillip Brandstetter died Thursday night in a local hospital. Born April 10 in Daniels he was the son of Phillip and Cobey Lilly Brandstetter. Surviving are five sisters Phyllis Barbara Joyce Patricia and Betty all at home and six brothers Clifford Bobby Charles Ross Phillip and Roger. The body will be removed from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Braltitetiep OF Danie at 5 pm today.
The Raleigh County Red Cross Chapter concluded its annual fund drive with a total of 10850.30 dollars. Mrs. T. C. Moore Field announced that 40 merit cards were mailed to workers across the county during the campaign.
Beckley police reported a two car crash at 3 12 p m on South Fayette Street causing property damages estimated at 75 dollars. Deputy Sheriff Grover Spencer 53 of 223 Morris Avenue Beckley was one driver and Kathryn Jolly 33 of Affinity the other.
The King Brothers Circus arrives at Spra gue Grounds for two performances today under Beckley Junior Chamber sponsorship. Shows run two hours each at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Advance tickets were sold by Jaycees and outlets including Keatley's Rainbow Lunch Atkinson Super Market Thompson's Drug Store Crab Orchard. Tickets also available at the circus.
One person forfeited a $16 bond after failing to appear for a drunkenness charge hearing at Beckley Police Court during Thursday night sessions. The forfeiture was the only amount collected by the court.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows Beckley area will hold Charter Day at 1 30 p m Saturday in Beckley Hotel Ballroom to inaugurate Greater Beckley Lodge No 74 Grand Master Cave Fortney and other officers plan to attend A banquet follows at 6 p m with address by the Grandmaster and music by the Lunati family New members will be initiated at 7 30 p m by Kanawha Lodge No 25 Charles ton The event marks historic ties to John Beckley as 1892 jurisdiction grand master and notes WV Odd Fellows reach 168 lodges and 12 159 members with 14 junior lodges at 364 members.
Dr. David K. Allen president of Davis and Elkins College spoke at Beckley Presbyterian Church on the need to combine religion with higher education. He said education without religion is dangerous and that home faith must extend to college years. He noted 55 percent of college students attend tax supported institutions and emphasized a Christ centered faculty.
Six Raleigh County 4 H Club demonstrations earned county honors last weekend and will compete in July in Lewisburg. Junior winners Lana Wooten Dixie Meadows Myles Crook of Crab Orchard Mountain ealers and White Oak Winners Club. Senior winners Miranda Mills Joyce Shumate Charon Goodman Eloise Lilly Leonard Crook represent White Oak Winners Candlelighters Second Mile 4 H Clubs.
Permits issued at the City Recorder's Office on Thursday cover construction costs totaling about 7500 dollars. Vanney Construction Co. begins a 6000 dollar five room frame house on Milliron Avenue in Ewart Heights. A 1500 dollar frame carport permit was issued to Tom W. Trent of 115 Booth Avenue with a city fee of 1.50 dollars.
A 13 year old East Beckley boy held at Raleigh County Jail faces a charge of running away with a carnival. He was arrested in Bluefield Wednesday and returned to Beckley Thursday afternoon. Bessie K. Jackson of the Child Welfare Department helped transfer him. He previously ran away in March and is set for a Raleigh County Juvenile Court hearing.
Health cards for attendees of food handlers conferences in April or October are to be picked up at the Raleigh County Health Department. W. B. Hume, sanitarian, notes that blood tests can be secured at the Raleigh County Courthouse offices from 2 to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays. X rays may be obtained at the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association offices in the Memorial Building.
City Recorder's Office reports municipal lot earnings for the week ending Thursday at 351.61 dollars. The receipts record shows a modest total reflecting daily payments to the city.
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce sets tonight as the final filing time for the Teen-Age Road-e-o. Eleven applicants have entered the local contest, the largest turnout in its history. The event, in conjunction with a national contest, begins at 9 a.m. Sunday in the A and P parking lot with driving and written tests judged by Beckley and State Police officials.
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