Pork and Egg Prices Rise While Vegetables Dip in Beckley
Retail pork prices jumped four to seven cents per pound with wholesale gains up to ten cents. Eggs rose four to ten cents per dozen amid seasonal climb. Vegetables and some fruits fell. tomatoes and cabbage dropped, citrus held with orange prices up due to Florida markets. Soap powders slipped about one cent per box.
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Dewey Helmick
Beckley
Florida
California
Arizona
West Virginia
Virginia
Agriculture Department
Charles E. Wilson
Defense Mobilization
12 Area GIs Coming Home From Korea
Twelve area veterans of the Korea fighting are due in Seattle from Japan aboard the Navy transport General H. B. Freeman. Of 1 136 Army rotation troops there are 37 West Virginians. They receive 30 day fur loughs at home before reassignment to U S units. Seattle port released furlough addresses listing servicemen from Beckley Matoaka Whitesville Oak Hill Rupert Itmann Ellison Basin and other towns.
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Korea
Seattle
Japan
Navy
H. B. Freeman
West
Cebert L
Bradford
Arnett
Joe F
Burnett
Whitesville
Perry W. Cobb
Oak Hill
Robert J. Cooper
Epperly
William E. Cox
Rupert
Clarence EF
Dye
Rock
Hanzel C. Graham
Basin
Pic
Archie L. Lilly
Ellison
Jack H. Mayse
Itmann
Tyrus
Meadows
Killarney
Pete W. Pittensberger
Leivasy
Denver
Morris
Nellis
High School Athlete Signs With Marines
James M. McLaughlin, 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph A. McLaughlin of Frankford, enlisted for three years in the U S Marine Corps and was sent to Parris Island for basic training. A Frankford High School graduate, he played football basketball and baseball.
Beckley Bank Adds Teller Machines and Music Center Plans
Beckley National Bank installs five teller machines at 105 S. Kanawha Street and shifts to a new computerized deposit system. The bank also expands Galperin’s Music Shop to house a music center with a recital hall and teaching studios. An Aug. 25 opening is planned with door prizes and new staff added in the music division.
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Audrey W. Riffe
S. Kanawha Street
Beckley
Robert $. Burton
Beckley National Bank
Frank N. Gans
Cation
Handl-Ton
Galperin’s
Gans
Tommy Lawrence
Hinton
Shenenagés
Conservatory of Music
Ginia
Dan Janutolo
Isabelle Morton
Raleigh County auto dealers picnic draws 300 attendees
About 300 people attended the Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Association annual picnic at Little Beaver Park. The event hosted 14 members and families with activities from boat races to games, prizes, and a dinner served at six. The gathering opened by President William Boone with guests including Congressman E. H. Hedrick and Walter M. Dunfan.
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Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Association
Little Beaver Park
Wiliam Boone
E. H. Hedrick
Walter M. Dunfan
State Association
Coal output in 1951 tops eleven million tons in Smokeless Coal area
The Smokeless Coal region reports 11,025,109 tons mined year to date with Winding Gulf and New River fields contributing 6,038,697 and 4,986,412 tons respectively. For the week ending Aug 11 output fell modestly versus 1950, totaling 378,758 tons, driven by a 58,259 ton weekly loss at Winding Gulf due to a five day week and car shortages.
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Winding Gulf
New River
Winding Gulf Operators Association
New River Operators Association
Gulf
Beckley Scouts Seek Eagle Rank at Court of Honor
Two Beckley youths from Troop 6 First Baptist Church applied for Eagle Scout at a 7:30 p m Court of Honor in the Appalachian Electric Power Company building. Franklin Darell England and Jack McMillion earned merit badges. if approved, Eagle rank will be awarded in September at Baptist church services.
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Court of Honor
J. Scouter’s Roundtable
Piney River
Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts
First Baptist Church
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Franklin Darell England
Jack McMillion
National Court of Honor
Baptist Church
Harold Riffe, Jr
Dan Coleman
Donald Britts
Darrell England
Houndtable
Riffe
New Shanklins Ferry
Woodrow Wilson High School
Three Hurt After Car-Truck Wreck On Harper Road
Three people were injured in a car truck collision on Harper Road near Mt Tabor. One in critical condition remained unconscious at Beckley Hospital. Driver Mrs Al Lucas and Virgil Shumate were injured. the truck belonged to Raleigh Grocery Conquest Company Mabscott.
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Harper Road
Mt. Tabor
James Meadows
Glen Daniel
al Lucas
Beckley Hospital
Virgil Shumate
Beckley
Raleigh
Conquest Company
Mabscott
Edgewood Drive
Cross Street
Cool Ridge
Stamford
Julius George
Edgewood Crufts
Arthur B. Coates
Thelof Beckley
Great Lakes
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Marines
Beckley Bank
Joel Connor
S. C. Turner
Ruth Loving
Jessie Lipsomb
Lille Beaver
Angela del Maro
Charles del Maro
Angela del Moro
B. E. Silverman
Beckley Avenue
Chicago
National Association of Chiropodists
Drake Hotel
Silverman
Howard A. Silverman
West Virginia University
Soa
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
J. A. Sneed
Jesse A. Anderson
J Glen Lyn
George C. Bennett
J. Jof MacArthur
Walter V. Filipek
Hildreth P. Clemens
Roosevelt Street
Dorothy N. Walker
Miller Street
Lexie L. Cox
Lerena
John H. Hicks
Oak Grove Avenue
Thornton R. Lawson
S. Fayette Street
Willis R. Smith
Donald Larrick
Johnstown Road
R. A. Biggs
Larrick
E. G. Larrick
College Avenue
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Harry R. May
May Office Service
Gene Hall
McCreery Street
Neville
Cohen
Iss
Hadacol
Roland
Goslic
Phillips
Goc Fleet
Wampole
Pierce
Pinkham'sce
Yale-Loc
Cluntest
Goe Edwards
Fletcher
John
Sie
Haley
McKesson
Upjohn Astringen
Femacgl
Cohen's
Beckley Hotel
Berkley
W. Va
Beckley Scouts
Eagle
Oetcher
Council
Explorer
Philmont
Raleigh County
U. S.navy
William E. Bartlett
Byron B. Belcher
Sophia
Norfolk
Clarence Johnson
Main and
Lilly
James Kanawha
Randall Lilly
Georgia
Tomlinson
John Bernard Hollinsworth
Stanaford
Bernard Lawrencel
Lawrence Lucas
Dan Armstrong
Chearty
Kay
Neville St. Beckley
Pane Vregert
Philco
Clark Stores
Neville Street
Howard Avenue
Mullens
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