AEP Expands Two Big Area Projects and Winners announced
AEP advances two major Appalachian region projects with a 3200 foot Sewell Mountain base station to aid Rainelle customers and enlarges Slab Fork Station from 1500 to 2500 KVA with three 333 KVA transformers, plus a new breaker added. Prize winners from Beckley area Erin Mildred Carte and Veljean Mae Legg win Sealy Posturopedic contests worth rewards and potential Jamaica trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Co
AEP
Slab Fork
Sewell Mountain
Rainelle
Waldo St. LaFon
Beckley
LaFon
Federal Communications Commission
Community and Coal Company
Beckley Area
Sealy
Sealy, Inc
Chicago
Mildred Carte
Williams St
Neville Maytag and] Furniture Co
Veljean Mae Legg
Rupert
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Quinwood
Jamaica
Session of City Court Brings $557 to Till
The Beckley Police Court session yielded about 557 dollars as bonds were forfeited and fines paid. Seven drivers forfeited 10 dollar bonds for driving without a city license, with names Mayo Miller Guy Eldridge Rudolph Adams David Turner Wiley Taylor Henry Morton Harold Stone and George Daniels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Police Court
Mayo Miller
Guy Eldridge
Rudolph Adams
David Turner
Wiley Taylor
Henry Morton
Harold Stone
George Daniels
Turner
Dewey Harvey
James Hatcher
John Flynn
Bucy Mitchem
Jack
Harrold Dwier
William Henson
Willie Murphy
R. A. Shackelford
Local Recruits Enlist in Army and Air Force Friday
Bord Gordon Lilly of White Oak Luther Hamilton Jr of Red Jacket enlisted Friday at the Beckley Main Recruiting Station for the Army and were sent to Fort Jackson D C for training. Three men joined the Air Force the same day and were sent to Lackland AFB San Antonio Tex. They are William H King Charleston Frank J Brown Carbon and Lawrence J ONeill St Albans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bord Gordon Lilly
White Oak
Luther Hamilton Jr
Red Jacket
Army
Beckley
Fort Jackson
D. C
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Wiliam H. King
Charleston
Frank J. Brown
Carbon
Lawrence J. O'Neill
St. _ Albans
Plan to speed Social Security benefits for women 62
Mrs. Nora B. Franks, Beckley Social Security district manager, announces a program to reduce congestion and speed benefit processing under the 1956 Amendments. Eligible women can start receiving old age or widow benefits at age 62 with November 1956 checks. Women must file a claim and mail a cut out form to Box 449 Beckley WV, then provide proofs of age and, for widows, a certified marriage certificate, as forms arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora B. Franks
Beckley SS
Social Security Office
Beckley
Franks
Wontel Sha
Security’ Administration
W. Va
Irs
Harmon Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for William Clair Harmon 51 will be held at 2 pm Thursday at St Marys Methodist Church with Rev L L Reckart officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Born August 26 1905 in White Township Pa he died Monday from a stroke while working near Indiana Pa. Survivors include wife Pearl Kincaid Harmon daughter Mildred Burton sisters Mina Huffman Nora Mumaw. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clair Harmon
St Mary's Methodist Church
L. L. Reckart
Sunset Memorial Park
Harmon
Hoffman Driling Company
Indiana
White Township
Will Harmon
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Beckley
Loyal Order of Moose Lodge
Pearl Kincaid Harmon
Mildred Burton
Mina Huffman
Baltimore
Nora Mumaw
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Jail terms and fines reported in Raleigh County notices
Acord Wittiany Acord returned to Raleigh County Jail on no charges after a magistrate session. He was jailed 11:06 p.m. Saturday. six months on a peace warrant and 10 days on an assault charge. Ollie Herdon Buford Jr paid a $9 fine for hitchhiking on the West Virginia Turnpike and was jailed briefly. Henry Williams Jonben fined $10 for gambling. Andy Konzas Jr got 10 days in jail in lieu of fine for drunk driving. Mexico 1953 silver production listed at $42,400,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittiany Acord
Bolt
Raleigh
L. W. Worley
Acord
Henry Williams
Jonben
J. P Meadows
Williams
Raleigh County
Andy Konzas Jr
Lanark
J. E. Mays
Prenatal Clinic Set by Dr Belton Wednesday
Dr A D Belton will hold a prenatal clinic at the Raleigh County Health Department on Wednesday from 2 30 p m to 14 30 p m by appointment in the office of the health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.D. Belton
Raleigh County Health Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kyle Ellison
Oak Hill
Ellison
Mildred Rhodes
Mount Hope
State Farm Insurance Companies
Statler Hotel
New York
O. B. Harris
Robert M. Barnett
Lewisburg
Hubert V. Foster
Welch
Glenn McKinney
Mullens
Bluefield
Don C. Wetmore
Westinghouse
Wetmore
The
Beckley Supply Co
Darrell Dawson
Dawson
General Electric Appliances Co
Pittsburgh
Robert F. Patterson
Patterson
West Virginia
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Valley Bell
Fred Hurt
Greenbrier Dairy Co
Hugh F. Hutchinson
H. C. Avis
G. C. Stallings
Logan
P. W. McGraw
G. H. Gall
Valley Drive
Eatehart
Pete and
Bob
Valley Drive Inn
Charles Earehart
Anna Charles Jr
Billy
Beckley Hostel
Charles Jr
Arnold C. Bush
Marland
New York City
J. Silverbure
Sample Shop
Tiddle House
Cranberry
Beckley-Mount Hope Road
Thomas Yvidovich
Blackourn - Patteson Realty Co
Tuddle
Zoe Gillum
Dickson
James Frazier
Clark Stores
CLARK
Weville ST
Orcla
Murphy
Ford
Thunderbird
Daytona
Indianapolis
Joe
Grady Whitlock Ford
W. Neville Street
Ford Theatre
Beckley 2
Mexico
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