Beckley Engineers to Attend 15th WV Society Convention
Beckley, West Virginia engineers and their wives plan to attend the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers 15th annual convention at White Sulphur Springs from August 21 to 23. C Darrah will chair the State Public Relations Committee and represent the Beckley chapter. Philip Spron of American Gas and Electric Service Corporation will be named West Virginia's outstanding engineer at a luncheon August 22, with John D. Coleman of the National Society of Professional Engineers addressing the gathering. State President W W 0 McClusky Jr. will oversee Saturday morning business sessions and officers will be elected at a contracting session.
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Beckleyans
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
White Sulphur Springs
C. Darrah
Society
West Virginia
Philip Spron
American Gas and Electric Service Corporation
Beckley
Waldo S. LaFon
Leslie
Sporn
W.W. 0. McClusky Jr
Wheeling
Twenty-Six Raleigh Countians Receive Induction Notices
Twenty six Raleigh County residents were notified to report for induction on August 19 at 3 30 a m to Selective Service Board No 18. Names include Pete Dickens Jr Fine Knob Charlie Curtis Miller La Frank Tillman Gallucio Cocoa Robert Lee Williams Dayton Carroll Deronda Simpkins Ec cles Donald Nathaniel Smith Piney View and others from multiple towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Selective Service Board
Pete Dickens Jr
Fine Knob
Charlie Curtis Miller
la Frank
Tillman Gallucio
Cocoa
Robert Lee Williams
Dayton
Carroll Deronda Simpkins
Eccles
Donald Nathaniel Smith
Piney View
Howard Lilly Jr
Mt. Hope
Orville Howard
Workman
Clear. Fork
Cecil Clayton Bragg
Sullivan
Robert
Five Join Air Force Nine Enlisting Army
Fourteen men were enlisted at the U S Army and Air Force recruiting station Thursday. Air Force recruits heading to Sampson Air Base New York include Robert Clarence Humphries Cyrus Thomas Jeffries Raymond Eolin Russell Leroy Junior Carpenter and James Edward Jackson. Army enlistees bound for Fort George G Meade Maryland are Hassel J Justice Leslie Waitman Chapman Everette Canterbury Greever Witten Mitchem William Clayton Mathena James Orville Adkins Roy Devon Keith Tommie Otis Hicks and Raymond Marvelli Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army and
Air Force
Sampson Air Base
N. Y
Robert Clarence Humphries
Quinwood
William Humphries
Cyrus Thomas Jeffries
Montgomery
Raymond Eolin Russell
Leroy Junior Carpenter
Boomer
James Edward Jackson
St. Albans
Ft. George
Roy Devon Keith
Bluefield
Tommie Otis Hicks
Red House
Raymond Marvel] Duncan
Charleston
County Reports 51 Polio Suspects in Raleigh County
Five new polio suspects were added to Raleigh County totals bringing the year’s cases to 52 with two unlikely to have the disease. West Virginia reports 180 cases statewide by August, far above 1951, as local health officials monitor epidemic potential.
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Raleigh
Rosemary Fleshman
Raleigh County
National Foundation For
Polio Medical Advisory Board
W. B. Lilly
West, Virginia
West Virginia
Vickie Pittman
Earl Pittman
Sprague
Larry Farley
Clinton Farley
Mt. View
Freddie Dorsey
Fred Dorsey
Glen Morgan
Eva Marie Bailey
Everett Bailey
Lester
Dallas Ray Burgess Jr
Dallas Ray Burgess
East Beckley
Paulette Hannah
Herbert Hannah
Winger Street
Beckley
Lawrence T. Miller
George Miller
Parkwood Drive
W. A. Burke
Burke
Eleven Chairmen Named for Red Cross Blood Drive
Eleven community chairmen and co chairs and officers were named for the Red Cross Board of Education sponsor ed blood donation drive at Stoco Junior High School in Vego on August 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. A quota of 250 pints was set with recruitment efforts led by Mrs. Carl Cook of Killarhey. Virgil Sarrett principal of Stoco Junior High serves as center chairman.
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Red Cross Board of Education
Stoca
Vego
Carl Cook
Killarhey
W. A. Gilmore
Rhodell
Virgil Sarrett
Stoco Junior High School
Cc. H. Maynor
Amigo
J. W. Almond
Flyd
Thornton
Killarney
Georgia Taylor
Josephine
Abney Woman Jennie Pigg East Dies at 61 in Abney
Jennie Lin East Pigg East 61 of Abney died Thursday at her home. She was born October 12 1909 in Virginia and lived in Raleigh County. Survived by six sons and six daughters, four brothers and four sisters, 30 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Coal City Church of God on Sunday with burial in Coal City Cemetery. Church states sing song fundraiser at Affinity Methodist Church tonight.
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Jennie Lin East Pigg
Abney
Virginia
Raleigh County
Church of God At
Coal City
Jeff East
Lashmeet
Talmadge
Willie
Princewick
Lacy
Stanaford
Cletis
Carl
Summerlee
Vernie
Lillybrook
Billy Richmond
Blut Jay
Roy O'Neal
Louise Gilbert
Bloomingrose
Tenn
Henry Coleson
Keyser Funeral Home
Lilly Child's Rites To the Saturday
Funeral services for Paul Lynn Lilly two month old son of Mr and Mrs Lundy Lilly of Princewick will be at 11 am Saturday at the parents home with Rev Samuel Meadows officiating Burial will be in Cracy Cole Cemetery at Walkers Town The infant died in Mullens Hospital Thursday Survivors include two brothers and two sisters besides the parents maternal parents Mr and Mrs Joe Carr of Virginia and paternal grandfather Levi Lilly of Rhodell The body will be moved from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home to the parents home Friday at 4 pm
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Paul Lynn Lilly
Lundy Lilly
Princewick
Samuel Meadows
Joe Carr
Virginia
Levi Lilly
Rhodell
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral
Gabriel Cuff
Glen Rogers
Braxton
Bristol
Tenn
Jackson
Flos
Sie Jackson
Slab Fork
Linwood Baptist Church
D. E. Smith
Burke
Slab Fork Cemetery
Sam Jackson
Philip
Thelma Halk
Floyd
Portland
Nellie Reynolds
Ashtaula
Ohio
Daniel
Samuel
Isaac
Andrew
Albert
Helen
Kenneth
Tsidence
Local residents and visitors gather in Beckley area notices
Personal mentions record visits by families from East Beckley Mt Hope and Huntington plus trips by Rev C H Edwards and Mrs Hannah to churches and towns. Rites for Mrs Flossie Jackson set at Linwood Baptist with burial at Slab Fork Cemetery. Community announcements note meetings and events at Queen Esther OES and Welcome Baptist Usher Board and a jitterbug contest at Amvers Clubroom.
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O.E.S
Tams
Margaret Scott
Alice Roberts
Welcome Baptist Church
Tabernacle Baptist Church
East Gul
Amvers
Clib
Twenty Five Cent Water Rate Increase Requested
Beckley Water Company seeks a 25 cent rate hike from the Public Service Commission for Maxwell Hill booster water service affecting nine customers. The plan funds only part of a 53 000 booster installed after pressure complaints. The commission will also hear Meadow Bridge water rate request and C and O Railway stop substitution at Clover Lick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Water Company
Public Service Commission
W. A. Stanley
Meadow Bridge
Fayette County
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Clover Lick
Pocahontas County
VA Hospital honors 25 staff for 361 years of service
Twenty five Beckley VA Hospital employees were recognized Thursday for a combined 361 years of service. The ceremony in the hospital auditorium included remarks by Chaplain Lyle Snyder before his transfer to Ohio and featured pins presented by VA official Paul Candish and James Sneed. Recipients covered nursing, engineering, records, dietetics, and finance with 10 and 20 year pins, highlighting long tenure across departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Lyle Oo
Snyder
Ohio
Paul C. Candish
Washington, D. C
Candish
James A. Sneed
George F. Swanson
Philadelphia
Helen Hubbard
Ralph W. Trent
Dental
Robert W. Maples
John M. Fugett
Mayfield Davis
Mary G. Dundon
Hilda E. Naddeo
Carrie P. O'Quinn
Mary G. Lilly
Frank T. McQueen
Joe H. Wheeler
John D. ‘ Davis
Farish N. Helton
George A. Miller
Robert G. Cambell
Guiseppe G. Cimino
William F. Kazlusky
James A. S
Navy Recruiter Transfers to San Ysidro Post
Local recruiter Edwin K. Abshire Aviation Electronics Mate First Class departed Beckley Wednesday for a new assignment with the Utility Squadron in San Ysidro California. He arrived at the local station on February 2 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
California
Naval
Edwin K. Abshire
Aviation Electronics
Beckley
Utility Squadron
Sany Ysidro
Calif
Abshire
Barrett Holds Top J.C. Board Post
William R. Barrett of Beckley is among leading officers at the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce annual meeting in Tulsa. He chairs the National Governmental Affairs Committee. Hulett C. Smith of Beckley was to attend as vice president but could not leave Beckley after an auto accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Barrett
Beckley
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulsa
Iodla
Barrett
A. E
Gus) Davis
Bluefield
West Virginia
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Pittsburgh
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Smoot Avenue
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