Club Names 44 To Convention Delegates
A Raleigh County Young Democratic club meeting at the courthouse approved 44 delegates and alternates to the State Convention in Wheeling. President Frank Bowman said the delegates are due Monday in Wheeling, that he sent the list Sunday night, and that release of the full delegates and alternates list will follow once complete.
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Young Democrats
Young Democratic Club
Raleigh County
Wheeling
Joe Withrow
Raleigh
Frank Bowman
Bowman
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Summary
USDA reported a quiet cattle market with no tests of value. Calves traded 11.50 to 21.00 with prime at 21.00. Hogs ranged from 13.00 to 24.00 across weights, with butchers over 300 pounds at 20.00 and lighter cuts around 22 to 24. Sheep saw a small run with spring slaughter lambs at 19.00.
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Baltimore i
USDA
Bond posted for reckless driving in Hamilton, Ohio
Edgar A. Simpson of Hamilton Ohio posted bond with city police on a reckless driving charge and was released from Raleigh County Jail Wednesday night.
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Edgar A. Simpson
Hamilton, O
Raleigh County
Missionary Couple At First Baptist Church Talk
Baptist missionary to the Seminole Indians Fred Brooks and his wife will speak at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Beckley First Baptist Church about experiences among Florida Indians. He will show Holy Land color slides on the Life of Christ. the Brighton Reservation mission started two years ago with seven members and now has 60.
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Florida
Fred Brooks
Beckley First Baptist Church
Brooks
Brighton Reservation
Holy Land
Jonben Pair Accused of Operating a Moonshine Still
Henry Harman and his son Winford Harman are jailed at Raleigh County Jail awaiting hearings after sheriff deputies caught them operating a moonshine still in a hall near Jonben. They were committed to jail at 6 55 p m Monday afternoon.
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Raleigh
Jonben
Henry Harman
Winford Harman
Leona Henry Fined for Disturbing the Peace
Leona Henry of Beckley was fined ten dollars and given sixty days in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate J P Meadows. Police arrested her Sunday night on charges of intoxication and disturbing the peace.
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Leona Henry
Beckley
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Deeds on File Raleigh County Real Estate Transfers
Record of land transactions filed with Raleigh County Clerk listing buyers and sellers including Russell E Bryant and Elizabeth M Bryant to Philip Gaziano and Susie Gaziano for a house and lot at Kana wha and A St Beckley priced at 14000. Other transfers include Mahan to Fayette Land Co for a Stamford lot at 500 Vines to Bower for Lot 279 Flat Top Lake and Park at 1000 Biggs and Biges with multiple co buyers to Vergilia Johnston for Lot 227 Davis Garrit Subdivision Lanark Meadows to Meadows for two lots at 500 Gross to Johnsons for four lots Shady Spring District and Milam at Soak Creek Slab Fork District for 2000 Lilly Land Co to Bradley for a Coal City lot at 425.
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Russell E. Bryant
Elizabeth M. Bryant
Philip Gaziano
Susie Gaziano
Kanawha
Beckley
Charles FE. Mahan
Fayette Land Co
Stamford
Robert Vines
Blanch Vines
William L. Bower
Flat Top Lake and Park
Opal Marie Biggs
Roy T. Biges
Ruby Mae Douglas
John
George Milam
Soak Creek
Slab Fork
Lilly Land Co
R. H. Bradley
Addie Bradley
Coal City
Joseph Kalaski Dies at 69 in Glen Rogers
Joseph Kalaski aged 69 of Glen Rogers died Monday in Welch Emergency Hospital after several months illness. He had no known survivors. His body lies at Melton Mortuary. Funeral is at 10 a.m. Wednesday led by Rev. Lee Richardson. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park.
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Joseph Kalaski
Glen Rogers
Welchers
Welch Emergency
Melton Mortuary
Lee Richardson
Sunset Memorial Park
Raleigh County Pre-Induction and Induction List
The Becl ey Selective Service Board 18 orders 44 Raleigh County residents to pre induction examinations at Prince Street on August 12 and 21 inductees to report to the Examining and Induction Center at 8 30 a m August W for Army induction. Volunteers and regular inductees are named with multiple hometowns including Clear Creek Sophia Beckley Mabscott and Sprague.
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Beckley Selective Service Board
Raleigh County
Armed Forces
Prince St
Raleigh
Army
Paul J. Kincaid
Clear Creek
Owen E. Stover
Stanley D. Cummings
Pemberton
Dennis F. McMillion
Lester
Kenneth A. Maynor
Rush D. French
Packsville
Robert L. Barnabi
Sprague
Luther I. Marshall
Glen Daniel
William H. James Sullivan
Donald R. Eldreth
Jonben
Willie F Miller Jr
Piney View
Carl Craft
Sophia
Lee E. Monroe
Beckley
Robert C. Taylor
Glen Morgan
Winfred C. Stover
Harper
Lessley
E. Beckley
Frank D. Hunt
McAlpin
William W. Williams
Paul Hunter
Dry Creek
Dennis F. Bedwell
Lillybrook
Floyd Thomas
Edwight
Howard C. Yearout
Lawrence W. Crews
Blue Jay
Walter T. Robinson
Stamaford
Edward C. Runyon Jr
Dorothy
Samuel McCray
Roy G. Meador
Burley B. Adkins
Grand View
Charles L. Frost
William M. Hensley
Ury
Hatfield Worix
McArthur
Carl R. Allen
Deryk R. Phillips
Mabscott
Robert L. Grim Jr
Winding Gulf
Ormond W. Long
Louis J. Lopez
Stotesbury
Robert Harper
Thomas W. Hensley
Benton Wright
Clifton R. Duckler
Midway
Herbert Sears
Crab Orchard
Fred L. Coffman
Terry
Virgil L. Myles
Richard L Lytton
Dennis C. Acord
Bolt
Willis L. Godbey
Maynor
Clarence R. Cole
William G. Trail
Shady Spring
Everett W. Wagner Jr
Levie O. Boschain
Lilybrook
Randall L. Broyles
Bradley
Andrew Gubaci
Noama
Glenn Bobbitt
John W Morton
Beckley Factory Grounds to be Grassed by Volunteers
Beckley businessmen schedule three work sessions at Beckley Manufacturing Co site to prepare ground for grassing. Saturday will haul 30 to 40 loads of top soil with trucks from D. O. Means and John Earl Lilly. Leo Vecellio supplies a bulldozer for drainage. Ed Sharp provides tractors and spreading gear. Acme Construction may provide a loader. O C Prince directs on site. Volunteers are urged to give one or two hours each to complete the project.
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Beckley
Beckley Manufacturing Co, Inc
Rondey L. Webb
Webb
D. O. Means
John Earl Lilly
Leo Vecellio
Ed Sharp
Acme Construction Co
O. C. Prince
Beckley approves new city charter by wide margin
Returns of the special vote on the new city charter are canvassed by Beckley City Council and administration. The charter won 2,348 to 1,920 and takes effect July 1, 1955. Mayor Elmer Davis and City officials examine the results as Councilman C. L. Bibb reviews with them.
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NEW Charter
Beckley
Elmer Davis
Ben Tissue
C. L. Bibb
George Porter
Emery J. Smith
Unidentified Komawha River victim buried in Charleston
The body of a man found in the Kanawha River Thursday was buried in Spring Hill Cemetery as unidentified. He had been tentatively identified as Harless Wayne Compton 19 a former Raleigh Countian, but the twin brother Glen Compton could not confirm. Glen said his brother had been missing since Tuesday and noted distinguishing features. Charleston police found no injury marks. Glen played football for Shady Spring and was in Charleston High last year.
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Kanawha River
Spring Hill
Charleston
Raleigh
Harless Wayne Compton
Glen Perry Compton
Daniels
Glen Compton
Harless
Spicie
Virginia Beach trip for Camp Limp-A-Lit tle attendees
Five Raleigh County crippled children chosen from 12 at Camp Limp-A-Lit tle near Huntington will depart by train from Prince early Wednesday for Virginia Beach. They will stay five days as guests of the Virginia Beach Rotary Club. Names include Terry Eastridge Mabscott Martha Lilly Mabscott Karen Gillian Cranberry Charles Armentrout Dirtsville and George Roebuck Mabscott.
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Raleigh County
Limp-A-Little
Huntington
Prince
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach Rotary Club
Terry Lee Eastridge
Mabscott
Martha Jane Lilly
Karen Lee Gillian
Cranberry
Charles Daniel Armentrout
Dirtsville
George Roebuck
Beckley DAV Chapter Aims to Reach 250 Members by 1955
Beckley Chapter 18 of the Disabled American Veterans announced a drive to boost its membership to 250 by 1955. The current chapter membership stands at 27 members seeking broader veteran support.
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Beckley
Beaver Resident Oral Redden Released After Bond Posted
Beaver resident Oral Redden was released from Raleigh County Jail Monday after posting a $57.50 bond with Magistrate J. P. Meadows for a hearing on a driving while intoxicated charge. Redden was arrested by State Police on Sunday.
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Beaver
Oral Redden
Raleigh
J. P. Meadows
Redden
Rhodell Budget Cuts, Levy Rate Unchanged in 1954
The Rhodell Town Council adopted a 1954 55 budget of 5,009 down from 5,703 last year with no levy rate reduction. Estimated expenditures total 5,009 against receipts of 3,732, leaving 1,277 to be raised by levy, up 17 from last year. Levy rates proposed are 12.5 cents on Class I property and 25 cents on both Class II and IV property, with assessed values listed for each class.
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Rhodell
Building Permit for 1553 Harper Road Awarded
John T. Hilton of 1553 Harper Road obtained a building permit from the City Recorder's office on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Hilton
Harper Road
City Recorder's Office
Knapp thanks supporters after primary campaign
H. L. Knapp Jr expresses deep appreciation to friends who worked for him in the recent primary and to voters who showed confidence on election day, saying he will treasure the trust and goodwill represented by their support.
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H. L. Knapp, Jr
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Neville St
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A & W Motor Company
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CBS Network
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