Felonies and Crimes Rise in Beckley July
Beckley Police Department reports July saw 27 felonies investigated with 3 cleared by arrest, and 191 misdemeanors up 23 from June. Five break ins were investigated. grand and petit larceny arrests were cleared. 122 arrests for drunkenness. 3 cars stolen and 1 bicycle reported. 20 traffic accidents injured 4 people. property damage $3,780. 2,222 traffic tickets issued. fines and cruiser activity noted.
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Beckley
Evan Hall
Three Kentuckians Join AF and Army Enlist One
Four men enlisted Thursday at the local recruiting station. Wallace Berry Mack 18 of Toler Kentucky and Jason Cole 17 of Devon Kentucky joined the Air Force for four years and reported to Sampson Air Force Base New York. Ray Irvine Hatfield Pinson Fork Kentucky son of Mrs Columbia H Runyon and Daniel Thompson Tr McCarr Kentucky son of Mrs Rosa Lyall Thompson also joined. Dewey Edward J Hensley 17 Berwind Kentucky son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hensley began a three year Army tour at Fort Meade Maryland.
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Air Force
Army
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
Wallace Berry Mack
Toler
Ida Mae Scott
Jason Cole
Devon
Lury Cole
Ray Irvine Hatfield
Pinson \Fork
Columbia
H. Runyon
Daniel Thompson
McCarr
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Belle Grubb at Piney View
Funeral services for Mrs Jennie Belle Grubb 20 of Finey View will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Piney View Community Church with Rev Donald Lowe officiating. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Cemetery Beckley. She died Thursday at 9 a.m. in a local hospital. Surviving: husband Lester Grubb Jr two sons Alton Wayne and Alan Bradford daughter Sandra Wayne Grubb parents James and Helen Anderson of Prince brothers Jim Bob Jackie David Charlie Buzzie Howard sisters Agnes Anette and Gerjtzi Anderson, and extended grandparents. Pallbearers listed. Body to be moved from Keyser Funeral Home to the Grubb home Friday at 4 p.m.
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Jennie Belle Grubb
Finey View
Piney View
Donald Lowe
Sunset Memorial
Beckley
Grubb
James and
Helen McKay Anderson
Prince
Lester Grubb Jr
Sandra Wayne Grubb
Alton Wayne
Alan Bradford
Agnes Anette Anderson
Gerjtzi Anderson
Jim Bob
Jackie
David
Charlie
Buzzie
Howard
Ben McKay
Dave ‘Anderson
Quinnimont
Ray Walker
Robert Crouch
John Spencer
Jackie Wauhop
Bill Small
Jack Smith
Magistrates Collect $5,451 in Fines, Costs
Five Raleigh County magistrates reported July fines and costs totaling 5451.20 to the sheriff. J E Mays led in cases with 113 arraignments and 1914.30 in fines plus 424 in peace fees and 2 jail costs.
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Raleigh County
Sheriff's Office
J. E. Mays
Shady Spring District
Justice of the Peace
T. H. Wills
T. N. Thurman
J. K. Cole
Justice of Peace
J. P. Meadows
Rhodell Women Raise 263.50 for Polio Fund
The Rhodell Women’s Society of Christian Service collected 263.50 for the Raleigh County polio fund in a Bucket of Bucks drive. Treasurer Mrs. W. A. Gilmore notes monthly efforts boost totals, while county polio chair W. A. Burke reports contributions surpass 7,000. Recent gifts include 25 from Local Union 6005 Raleigh and 200 from Local S771 Stotesbury, among others.
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Rhodell Women’s Society of Christian Service
Raleigh
W. A. Gilmore
W. A. Burke
Union
Stotesbury
Besaco
Coolridge
Ballengee Furniture Company
Nurse named administrator of Raleigh County Health Department
Mrs. Mabel Lewis, a health nurse, is appointed administrator at the Raleigh County Health Department until a new county health doctor is named by the County Court. The appointment by state health director Dr. N Bryer follows the death of Dr. J J Coram.
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Mabel Lewis
Raleigh County Health Department
N. Bryer
J. J. Coram
Deeds Recorded in Beckley and Environs
Deeds recorded show transfers among multiple parties including Mr and Mrs Ben Copenhaver and others to Mable C Estep for a tract on Clear Fork of Big Coal River. additional transfers involve Blackburn Falieson Realty, Annie Frances Turner to Emma Stella West, Mountain Motors Inc to George A Hutchinson, and others in Hillcrest Park Asarion and Glade Park Truck Farms with prices around 1000 and 5300. The transactions include lot sections and references to local subdivisions.
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Ben Copenhaver
Francis Osborne
Willard Osborne
Hetsie Osborne
Bi Lasley
Fred Dickerson
Delma Om Stead
Mable C. Estep
Clear Fork
Big Coal River
Clifford Sneed
Blackburn-Falieson Realty Company
Hillcrest Park
Raleigh County Leads State With 19 Polio Cases For Week
Raleigh County reported 19 polio cases for the week ending August 9, leading the state where 237 total cases were tallied. The weekly total rose by 57, just one fewer than the prior week, while last year’s figure for the same period was 70. A new suspect, four-year-old Elizabeth Kincaid, was rushed to Morris Memorial Hospital, bringing Raleigh County’s year total to 69. Other suspects include three-year-old Rebecca Brown and nine-year-old Joe Edward Pack. no new Fayette or Wyoming cases were recorded for the week though both had cases the prior year.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Elizabeth Kincaid
Andrew Kincaid
Morris Memorial Hospital
Rebecca Brown
Ruth Brown
East Beckley
Joe Edward Pack
Elmer P. Pack
Hedrick St
Beckley
Fayette
Wyoming
Dry residents back prohibition in weekly poll
The Post Herald Sun Day Register poll shows overwhelming support for prohibition with 987 votes in favor and 108 for liquor by the drink, while 9 support current package sales through state stores. Women favored dry by 523 to 36 for bars, reflecting strong anti liquor sentiment across the electorate.
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Post-Herald-Sunday Register
County Plants and Value Reported in Commerce Bulletin
A Commerce Department bulletin notes the county had three plants in 1947 and an estimated added value of 1 million dollars in 1951. The figures reflect industrial activity and regional growth across the period.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
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