Mrs Williams Diagnosed With Non-Paralytic Polio
Mrs Jul ian Williams a 34 year old two month pregnant woman is reported to have non paralytic polio. Doctors at Morris Memorial Hospital Milton say the condition is not expected to affect the birth though it may develop into paralytic polio. She traveled from Boston where polio was surging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Williams
Laurel Terrace
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Williams
Beckley Hospital
Kwan Ho Lee
Morris Hospital
Lee
Wednesday Rites For Leffie Cole
Funeral services for Leffie Lawrence Cole 55 of Silver Springs Maryland and formerly Maxwell Hill are set for 11 a m Wednesday at Calloway Heights Missionary Baptist Church. Burial will be at Pan Hill Cemetery Covington Iowa. Survivors include wife Minnie Taylor Cole daughter Christine Brown five sisters one brother one half sister and two grandchildren. Pallbearers named James Lilly John Harvey Gerald Brown Van Bays Robert Braughman Robert Brunk.
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Calloway Heights Missionary Baptist Church
Leffie Lawrence Cole
Silver Springs
Maxwell Hill
Washington Sanitarium Hospital
Tacoma Park
P. W. Hampton
W. E. Harvey
Pa Hill
Covington
Minnie Taylor Cole
Christine Brown
Beckley
Ida Miller
Florida
Gertie Sawyers
Cranberry
Stella Harshbarger
Erma Knapp
Bertha Lively
Long Branch
Watson Cole
Meadow Bridge
Ira Cunningham
Bluefield
Melton
D. P. Mathews
James Lilly
John Harvey
Gerald Brown
van Bays
Robert Braughman
Robert Brunk
Ward Party Plans for VA Patients in Beckley Area
Becket Ward activities unfold across three days with multiple groups organizing events for Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital patients. The VFW Auxiliary Beckley hosts a ward party Wednesday, volunteers run an evening gathering, and American Legion Auxiliary stages an outdoor picnic Thursday. Additional events include Red Cross sponsorship Friday and VFW Auxiliary Lew Sheffler Post entertainment Friday night, plus a Sunday family hour by the Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAV
James Cook
Bluefield
Disabled American Veterans
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Veterans Ward
Pinecrest Sanitarium
S Oniev Bender
Beckley
State Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Department of West
Lew Sheffler
Department of West Virginia
Land for School Life Obtained by Board
The Raleigh County Board of Education secured a one acre site on Freezeland Mountain in Richmond District for a new one room school. Deed recorded, building program underway, with 25 students expected in grades one through eight to replace the old structure. Harper Road Elementary nearly completed. minor details remain. Enrollment projected at 160 for fall. A separate note: Betty Rice, 19, of MacArthur, serving time in Raleigh County Jail, waived preliminary hearing on a felonious assault charge.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Freezeland Mountain
Richmond
D. W. Brygon
Bryson
Board of Education
Harper Road
Waives
MacArthur
Raleigh
Grand Jury
Betty Rice
J. E. Mays
Joyce Huffman
Calloway Heights
Services Friday For Homer Earl Jones
The Rev. Ernie Barley will officiate at 2 p.m. Friday at Green Valley Methodist Church Danese for Homer Earl Jones 29 Terry. Burial will be Layland Cemetery. Jones died 12:45 a.m. Monday at Raleigh General Hospital of a gunshot wound to the stomach. Police call it a personal safety related incident. Jones a saw mill worker near Terry and World War II veteran. Survivors include one sister Martha Thomas Denver Colo four brothers Earnest Troy Danese Houston Secarbro and John Layland two half brothers Howard Jones Camp Lejeune Marines and Eddie Jones Maplewood.
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Ernie Barley
Green Valley Methodist Church
Danese
Homer Earl Jones
Terry
Layland
Jones
Raleigh General Hospital
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Ernest
Martha Thomas
Denver
Colo
Mary Jones
Lula Lester
Maplewood
Faye Stone
Prince
Earnest
Troy
Houston
Secarbro
John
Howard Jones
Camp Lejeune
S. C
Eddie Jones
Pettus Post Office Closure Considered
The Pettus Post Office may close after a Post Office Department review. Discontinuance is considered due to declining receipts of 581.95, fewer local households served, and availability of Eunice and Whitesville offices. Postmaster Clay resigned. Goldie Clay declined acting postmaster.
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Pettus
United States Post Office Department
R. E. 0. Donovan
Post Office Department
O'Donovan
Robert C. Byrd
Harry Anderson
Raleigh
Lewis B. Clay
Goldie Clay
Anderson
Byrd
Eunice
Whitesville
Failure to Pay Fine Leads to Jailing in Beckley Area
A Crab Orchard woman was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a $10 fine plus costs after pleading guilty to assault and battery. A Beckley man, Paul Edison Mann, paid a $25 fine plus costs and was released after a reckless driving hearing at Magistrate J P Meadows. State Police arrested Mann at 8:35 p.m. Sunday on the 1921 By-Pass.
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Raleigh
Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Josephine Lowery
Paul Edison Mann
Coal City Women Jailed on Moonshine and Larceny Charges
Two Coal City women were jailed in Raleigh County Jail on Monday. Lillian Lilly was jailed by Beckley Police on illegal possession of moonshine whisky, and Dot Rice was jailed on petit larceny charges.
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Coal City
Raleigh
Lillian Lilly
Beckley
Dot Rice
County School Workshop To Be Held Aug 15-19
The third annual Raleigh County School workshop will be held August 15 through 19 in the Central Elementary School building. Sessions run 9:30 a.m. to noon under directors Miss Edythe Clay Miss Faye Cooper and Mrs Atheline Osborne with consultant services from Zaner Bloser Co MacMillan Co Scott Foresman Co Ginn Co J S Latta Co. The daily schedule lists handwriting and art Monday art and science Wednesday, music and arithmetic Thursday, and intermediate reading Friday.
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Raleigh County
Edythe Clay
Faye Cooper
Atheline Osborne
Zaner-Blaserico
MacMillan Co
Scott, Foresman Co
Ginn and Co
J. S. Lat‘ta Co
Beckley Youth Centers at Risk as Rec Board Deliberates Aid
Beckley Recreation Board on Monday named Thomas McQuade as recreational director from nine applicants and warned it may not be able to contribute toward Youth Centers. The group has spent about 3600 annually on Teen Town and Youth Center rentals, while considering rental fee negotiations and building conditions at the Aug. 29 session. New chairman Ross Irle and other personnel changes were announced as the board faced funding limits and salary questions for the director.
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Beckley
Ebse
A and Youth Center
Ren
Teen Town
Youth Center
Fred Hurt
Bibb
OES and Local Groups Meet at Community Halls
The Melvola Chapter No 1 of Order Eastern Star meets at 5 p.m. at the Masonic Home on G Street led by Mrs Mary McHerd. Circle No 2 of Welcome Baptist Mission Society meets at 5 p.m. at Mrs Lucy Wingfield’s home. Holy Church of God of Met alton begins revival tonight with Elder Jim Bailey. Home Makers Club of East Beckley meets Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. at Mrs Dorsey Houchins Meadows Street. Mr and Mrs Walter Hamilton of Brooklyn arrive for vacation with Otho Colvin family. their niece Theressa Gay Claytor of Radford accompanies. Rev Wendell Johnson is a patient in a local hospital.
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Melvola
Order
Eastern Star
Masonic
G Street
Mary McHerd
Circle No
Welcome Baptist Mission Society
Lucy Wingfield
Holy Church of God of
Walter Hamilton
Brooklyn
N. Y
Otho Colvin
Theressa Gay Claytor
Radford
Wendell Johnson
Community Fair Discussion Slated
The Dry Hill Prosperity County Life Commission meets at the Boyers home at 7:30 p.m. to discuss plans for the annual community fair. All members are asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Commission
Arnold Boyer
Army Reserve member held on training report failure
Phillip J. Glover, 19, no address listed, was jailed in Raleigh County Jail Monday on a charge of failure to report for Army Reserve training, according to a jail spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Reserve
Raleigh County
Phillip J. Glover
Clearing the Way for a Lake and Brush Clearing Plan
Hedrick notes clearing brush to prepare a lake fed by Cherry Creek. Plans for a nearby motel are not definite but may become reality in the future. The project envisions a water source from Cherry Creek to fill the lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedrick
Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek Glade
Grover Hedrick
Beckley
Police Court Brings in $215 Fines and Forfeitures
Beckley Police Court collected 215 in fines and forfeitures during Monday night. Loretta June Haga 35 of Prosperity was fined 100 for driving drunk and released on 500 bond after appeal. John H. Kelly 23 of Stamford was fined 75 for reckless driving. John Hovanski 20 of 106 Elkins St. forfeited 20 bond for red light and noise. Mordecai Ferguson 21 of 222 Riley St. forfeited 20 bond for speeding. Raleigh County Health Department holds a prenatal clinic Wednesday from 3 to 5 pm with Dr. A. D. Belton in charge. appointments required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Loretta June Haga
Prosperity
John H. Kelly
Stamford
John Hovanski
Elkins St
Mordecai Ferguson
Riley St
Jailed in Lieu of Bond for Child Support
Charles Sigman of Beckley was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in leu of a $500 monthly support bond after being ordered to pay child support. He faced a non-support warrant and was tried by Magistrate T N Thurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sigman, Beckley
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
Stoco Band Practice To Open Wednesday
Stoco High School announces band practice begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday under instructor Mrs. Duke Williams. Daily schedule includes 10 am and 11:30 am sessions, majorette practice at 11:45, senior band at 2 pm, and 10th grade students from 2 to 4 pm for beginners or continuing players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stoco High School
Duke Williams
Road Law Violations Trial For Beckleyan Arlen Cox
Arlen Cox, 27, was arraigned before Magistrate Ted Kessinger on charges of driving while drunk and driving without an operator’s license. Cox chose jail terms over fines on both counts, opting for 60 days for DUI and 10 days for the license violation, after being offered $50 and $25 fines respectively. He said he would pay the license fine.
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H. £. Jones
Pettus PO
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Ross Irle
C. G Peregoy
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W. M. Houchins
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Sam Kessler
Charles McCormick
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