Veterans Affairs reports July totals for Raleigh and Fayette offices
Roy I. Smith reports July 1955 activities for the Beckley and Raleigh offices of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs. Total monthly income for veterans and dependents, retroactive pay, burial allowances and insurance benefits amount to over 3.4 million dollars statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh and
Fayette County
Beckley
Department of Veterans Affairs
Roy I. Smith
Offic
Tment of Veterans Affairs
West Virginia
C. S. Collier Jr
St Nicholas Church Cancels Picnic Plans
St Nicholas Orthodox Church cancels a Sunday picnic at Little Beaver Lake out of respect for the bereaved family of Moses Rahal who died Wednesday night. The cancellation also cites the injury of Chris Sarandon of Beckley who is being treated for a fractured hip.
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Little Beaver Lake
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Father Michael
Michael
Moses Rahal
Chris Sarandon
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Polio Clinic Set for Friday at Raleigh County School
The Raleigh County Health Department announces a Salk polio clinic at Cirtsville Elementary School Friday from 10 a.m. to noon conducted by Dr. R C Mitchell. A previous clinic at Crab Orchard Elementary drew 225 vaccinated residents. A clinic is also planned at Fairdale Elementary today.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Cirtsville
R. C. Mitchell
Crab Orchard
Fairdale
TB clinic reports July tests at Raleigh County unit
July X-ray clinic data from the Raleigh County TB and Health Association shows 1183 people examined. one advanced active TB case. one primary active case. four primary inactive cases. six previously treated released. one possibly active case. one silicosis case. The mobile X-ray unit will visit Beckley Sept 6–14 in connection with the State TB meeting. The annual pencil sale proceeds benefit the Seal sale and mobile unit promotion.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Thelma B. Sanders
Ute Association
Sanders
TB and Health
Memorial Building
Pre draft exams Sept 22 and Army inductions listed
The local Selective Service Board announces pre induction examinations will be held August 22 affecting 36 men. Also eleven men are named for induction into the Army on August 14, including Teddy Joe Farley and others from Rock Camp Stamford Harper Heights Mabscott Sophia Killarney Artie Beckley and Mt. Hope. Additionally Moses Rahal 73 of 112 Fairlawn Ave. dies after a years long illness at St Nicholas Orthodox Church service and burial plans are noted with pallbearers named.
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Selective Service Board
Army
Teddy Joe Farley
Rock Camp
Robert Bradford Morrison
Stamford
Samuel Lewis Jackson Jr
Harper Heights
Kenneth Maynand Winston
Mabscott
James Quincey Hartson
Sophia
James Gordon Gilbert
Killarney
Eldon Clyde Farley
Cherry Creek
James Alvin Houston
Artie
Robert Wendell Stewart
Beckley
Donald Ray Lilly
Blue Jay
Glen Blankenship
Mt. Hope
Moses Rahal
Fairlawn Ave
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Father Michael
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
S. K
Chris Sarandon Stable After Hip Injury
Chris Sarandon, co owner of the Eat Well Cafe, is listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after fracturing his hip in a fall at his home on Tuesday night.
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Chris Sarandon
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Sarandon
Eatwell Cafe
Corbet Brown Dies at 49 in Anawalt
Corbet L Brown 49 of Anawalt died in a local hospital Wednesday. His body will be removed to Bluefield today from the C D Trent Funeral Home.
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Corbet L. Brown
Anawalt
Bluefield
C. D. Trent Funeral
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Raleigh County
Rosary Club
John C. Callaway
Larry Creed Smith
Roberts Keddes
Sippled
East Beckley
Ray Gene Hunt
Betty Jo Thomas
Ida Mae Thomas
Beckley Rotary Club
White Oak
E. E. Bibb Jr
Vets Office
St. Nicholas Church
M. Rahal
Baker's
Corbet Brown
Buster Brown
Clarks
Yes! Clark
Youngstown
Clark
Dexter
Philea
Southern Cross
Clare's First
Neville ST
W. VA
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