Canterbury Rites Today For A K Canterbury
The Rev O Worth May was to officiate funeral services at 2 p m today at the Woodlawn Avenue residence of A K Bish Canterbury 54 who died Monday at 8 30 p m at his home after a heart attack Entombment was set for Sunset Memorial Park mausoleum Canterbury president of Mountain Motors Inc and former chairman of the state Liquor Control Commission
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O. Worth May
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Woodlawn Ave
A. K. ‘Bish’’ Canterbury
Sunset Memorial Park
Canterbury
Mountain Motors Inc
State Liquor Control Commission
Raleigh NAACP delegates misnamed in Beckley desegregation board
Two delegates listed for the Raleigh County NAACP desegregation board were misidentified yesterday. The delegation members were John Thompson and Vernon Mitchell, not George Thompson and Rev. Edward Burgess.
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Raleigh County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beckley Theatres
John Thompson
Vernon Mitchell
George Thompson
Edward Burgess
Church Events And Meetings Across Multiple Churches
Local church notices announce Thursday meetings for St Matthew A M E Church Mission East Beckey at 11 am and a Winding Gulf District Chorus practice at Linwood Baptist Slab Fork. Revival to begin August 9 with services at Hill Top First Baptist and Mount Zion Association slated for August 5 6 7 with delegates from several states and free dinner.
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St. Matthew A. M. E. Church Mission
East Beckey
George W. Joyce
Winding Gulf
Married men in US gain rise in 1953 vs 1951 figures
The number of married men in the United States increased by 470000 in 1953, compared with a 614000 rise in 1951. This reflects continuing demographic shifts during the early postwar period and highlights how marriage trends tracked broader social changes.
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United States
Mayor and Police Chief Address Beckley Lions Club
A. K. Minter and Police Chief James Poole spoke at the Beckley Lions Club program in El Chico, urging support for the new chief and the police department. Poole pledged all time and effort to improve the force, while Crewe Maples stressed backing the new administrator. A $50 donation pledge from the Raleigh County Girl Scout Council was read, and the club discussed Slow Down and Live tags with 800 placed for sale.
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A. K. Minter
James Poole
Beckley
Lions Club
el Chico
Minter
Lions
Poole
Front Royal
Crewe Maples
Maples
Jay Wood
Raleigh County Girl Scout Council
Billy
M. F. Barksdale
Price Caffee Jr
Cecil Swim
E. E. Mitchell
William B. Connoley
Lions Clubs
West Coast
Engineers to Hold Monday Outing
The Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers will host a manual chicken barbecue at Beckley Water Co Glade Creek filtration plant. Recreation facilities will be open from 3 p.m. with food served from 7 p.m. Music by the Janutolo Brothers of Fayetteville. It will be a family and guest night for members.
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Appalachian
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Glade Creek
Beckley Water Co
Janutolo Brothers
Cleante and Forienzo
Fayetteville
Woman Bonded On Drunk Driving Charge In Beckley Court
Mrs. W. R. Haga, 35, Prosperity, posted a $100 bond and is to appear in Thursday nights Beckley Police Court to answer a charge of driving while intoxicated. She had been released from Raleigh County Jail Tuesday after posting the bond with City Police.
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W. R. Haga
Prosperity
Beckley
Raleigh
Ex Mabscott Principal Takes Job in Virginia
Carl Wood former Mabscott Elementary School principal who resigned July 9 has been appointed as principal of King George Stafford Public School Fredericksburg Virginia effective August 1 The move follows protests from Mabscott PTA and involves his wife resigning from Stoco Elementary to join him in Virginia where she will teach physical education in the same district.
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Mabscott
Virginia
Carl Wood
Raleigh County Board of Education
D. W. Bryson
Raleigh County
Wood
King George — Stafford
Fredericksburg
Stoco
Frede
Ricksburg
King George
Parent - Teacher Association
Board of Education
Bryson
Congressmen to Address State Moose Convention
Four West Virginia members of the U S Congress and a past supreme governor of the Loyal Order of Moose are set to speak at the three day State Moose convention in Beckley. Speakers include Senators Matthew M Neely and Harley M Kilgore Representatives Robert H Mollohan and Harley O Staggers and F Roy Yoke of Parkersburg, a former Moose leader and revenue collector. The advisory board meets Friday with candidate initiation, Staggers to speak at a memorial service, Kilgore at the president's dinner, and elections slated for Sunday.
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West Virginia
U. S. Congress
Tive
Robert H. Mollohan
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
F. Roy Yoke
Parkersburg
Order
Supreme Council
Supreme Lodge of the World
Parkersburg Lodge
State Moose Advisory Board
Deeds on File in Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
Real estate transfers recorded include R. Frank Baker et al to Robert and Evelyn Lomax for city lots, Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co to Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates for 19 Eccles lots in Trap Hill District, N Bradford to Carl and Ruth Jarrell for a Marsh Fork District lot, H E and Jessie Lambert to Robert J and John C C Ashworth trustees for Town District lots, and The New River Co to J F and Elizabeth Holloway for a Town District lot priced about 2000 dollars.
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R. Frank Baker
Et al
Robert
Evelyn Lomax
Crab Orchard Coal and Land Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Trap Hill
Eccles
N. Bradford
Carl and
Ruth Jarrell
Marsh Fork
H. E
Jessie Lambert
Robert J
John CC. Ashworth
The
New River Co
J. F
Elizabeth Holloway
Flat Top Association Holds Note Burning Ceremony
The Flat Top Lake Association held a note burning ceremony Monday night with a steak dinner for directors and guests. The lake project began five years ago at about 750000 and total improvements are estimated at 2000000. George Chambers and Leo Vecellio officiated the event as past president and current president.
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Flat Top Lake Association
George Chambers
Leo Vecellio
Misoula Police Report on Roof Noise Mystery
Police answered a woman's call about a prowler on her roof described as Mexican speaking. The sound came from a parked car radio tuned to a Mexican station. the supposed rapping was actually a woodpecker pecking at the shingles.
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Missoula
Ment
4-H Pinners to Meet at Fitzpatricks Hosts
Fitzpatricks host Raleigh County 4H Pinners Association meeting at 7 pm Thursday Miss Sue Henley president says the camp will scene of the gathering Mr and Mrs Clyde Fitzpatrick will act as hosts
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Raleigh County
Sue Henley
Clyde Fitzpatrick
Station owner hurt by coupon book plan collapse
D L Stone, owner of a filling station in Little Rock, signed with an ad agency to sell coupon books at 3 50 for 14 worth of services. He expected 75 to 100 books. instead about 2,000 sold, overwhelming the station and forcing a shutdown. He reopened and now requires coupon holders to schedule services.
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Little Rock
Ark
D. L. Stone
Stone
Turn On the Heat WEST POINT bridge incident
Traffic at the Pamunkey River bridge caused a heat up as expanded beams jammed the draw. A boat horn sounded while workers with blow torches cut the beams and freed congestion. Traffic and river flow resumed as temperatures and tensions cooled.
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West Point
Pamunkey River
Boy William Matthews Jr. Admitted After Arm Fall
A nine year old from Arnett, William Matthews Jr., son of Mr and Mrs William Matthews, was admitted to Beckley Hospital Tuesday night after injuring his right arm in a fall. He remained for observation.
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Arnett
William Matthews Jr
William Matthews
Beckley Hospital
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