Pre School Vaccinations Slated At Health Department Saturday
Diphtheria and smallpox vaccines will be given from 9 to 11 30 a m Saturday at the Raleigh County Health Department for pre school children. State law requires these vaccines before starting school and a signed doctor’s slip is needed. A complete physical checkup is advised to detect defects and ensure healthy entry to school including vision hearing heart and lungs tests and dental examination.
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Health Department
Raleigh County Health Department
Viola St. Clair
Mrs Pittman 58 Rites Wednesday at Mount Tabor
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Alice Pittman 58 will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mount Tabor Baptist Church. She died Monday afternoon after a long illness in a local hospital. Born April 7 1896 in Matsville she was a lifelong Raleigh County resident. She leaves a husband Norvil of Daniels two sons Earl V and Norvil Jr of Daniels a daughter Mrs Gertrude McLoud Silver Springs Md three sisters and three brothers. Burial will be in Calfee Cemetery with pallbearers named.
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Julia Alice Pittman
Mount Tabor
Pittman
Matsville
George and
Zora Vaughan Phipps
Raleigh County
Earl V
Norvil Jr
Daniels
Gertrude McLoud
Silver Springs
John Billups
Cittsville
Laura Bailey
Beckley
Florence Dillon
Whitesville
George Phipps
Harper
Ward Phipps
Elkhorn
Ace Phipps
Ashland
Caffee
Everett R. Shafer
B. C. Jennings
Calfee Cemetery
Earl Richmond
Arlin Pennington
Deem Ramsey
Robert Griffith
Charlie Lilly
Robert Scott Jr
Earl Flack
Charles Dillon
Varied Charges Send 4 to Jail
Four people were jailed in Raleigh County on charges from felonious assault to absent without official leave. Archie Walters of Hot Coal was remanded about 11 15 p.m. Monday on a felonious assault charge. Stuart A. Hampton is held for military authorities on AWOL charges. William McDowell of East Beckley was arrested on a peace warrant. James C. Goodman of War was jailed at 6 20 a.m. today for breaking parole.
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Raleigh
Archie Walters
Stuart A. Hampton
Company B
54Th Armored FA Bn
Third Armored Division
Fort Knox
East Beckley
William McDowell
McDowell County
Raleigh Couty
James C. Goodman
B. Hutchinson
Mrs. A. E. Lilly 79 dies in Bluefield
Mrs. A E Lilly age 79 died at 8 am Monday in Bluefield where she had been a hospital patient two weeks. A Raleigh County resident for most of life she later lived in Pageton. Survived by two daughters Mrs C H Groach Pageton and Mrs Myrtle Bryant Columbus Ohio. three brothers Lacy Wood Beckley Henry Wood Odd Ton Wood Columbus Ohio. a sister Mrs Clyde Kritzer Beckley. nine grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at Mountain Valley Baptist Church Odd with Rev Ross French and Rev C H Costlow officiating. Burial Odd Cemetery. Body at Caffee Funeral Home until noon Wednesday then to church. Pallbearers Ray Wood Clyde Wood Raymond Wood Evestes Wood Corbett Wood Clyde Graham.
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A. E. Lilly
Pageton
Bluefield
Lilly
Raleigh County
C. H. Groach
Myrtle Bryant
Columbus, C
Lacy Wood
Beckley
Henry Wood
Odd
Layton Wood
Columbus, CO
Clyde Kritzer
Mountain Valley Baptist Church
Ross French
C. H. Costlow
Caffee Funeral
Ray Wood
Clyde Wood
Raymond Wood
Evestes Wood
Corbett Wood
Clyde Graham
Journalism meeting for Stoco Smoke Signals staff
Stoco High School journalism students slated for the 1954 55 staff of Stoco Smoke Signals will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday at the school. Staff advisor Angelene Amato announced today.
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Stoco High School
Stoco Smoke Signals
Angelene Amato
Powerful Brew Disrupts Picnic at Grandview State Park
At a Sunday School picnic at Grandview State Park a broken bottle of homebrew sparked a dispute. William Carper of Wickham faced Magistrate J. E. Mays, remanded after a $500 bond and fined $10 plus costs for assault and battery. Lawrence Hurtte of Wickham posted $500 bond, arraigned for felonious assault before the Grand Jury, and then released. Hurtte was arraigned on a warrant by Pleas Carper accusing him of injuring William Carper.
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Grandview State Park
William Carper
Wickham
Lawrence
Lee) Hurtte
Carper
J. E. Mays
Beckley to host hypnotist Franz Polgar this fall
Dr Franz J Polgar nationally known hypnotist will appear in Beckley this fall. Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to sponsor the event tentatively set for Nov 4. Jaycees saw leadership shift as Sam Carman resigned to become Mullens Atlantic and Pacific Tea manager. Warner Stanley moved to president and received a president pin from former president Rodney Webb. Bill Hurst was introduced as a new member.
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Franz J. Polgar
Beckley
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sam Carman
Jaycees
Mullens Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Jaycee
Warner Stanley
Rondey Webb
Bill Hurst
Lifesaving Course Graduates From Red Cross at Waterdale
Eleven persons completed the American Red Cross senior lifesaving course at Waterdale last week. Instructor Douglas Bowers Jr. announced the certificate recipients: Don D. Lilly Beckley Robert Winston Mabscott Harry L. Ballou Beckley John T. Adams Beckley Ricky Thompson Beckley Tom Sweeney Beckley Larry Daughtery Beckley Julia Fleshman Mabscott John Harsany Lochgelly Pat Verdue Sprague and Robert Ball Sprague. Bertina DePaulo Beckley passed an intermediate swimming course.
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Robert Ball
Sprague
Bowers
Bertina DePaulo
Beckley
Man Injured at Work On Turnpike Beckley
Charles Barker age 50 of 506 N Oakwood Ave was injured at work on the Turnpike near Beckley this morning. He was admitted to Beckley hospital at 10 am and treated for injuries to his left foot and both hands.
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Charles Barker
Oakwood Ave
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County costs run well below state average over decade
Raleigh County government costs from 1947 49 baseline show a 17 year rise to 1954 with 1954 55 budget around 521 025. Despite increases administration legal and judicial health and relief expenses rose steadily, yet county costs stayed below the 55 county average as Mason Pleasants and Pocahontas counties more than doubled their 1947 49 costs.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Raleigh County
State C. of C
Little Beaver Park
Fitzpatrick Park
Raleigh County Memorial
Farmers Market
State Chamber of Commerce
Tucker
Mason, Pleasants
Pocahontas
U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
W. L. Baker Rites Set for Wednesday
Wesley Lee Baker, 33, of 303 Laren Ave., will be buried at Sunset Memorial Park after funeral services at Memorial Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday. The Rev. C. E. Walker will officiate. The body will leave Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home for the residence at 4 p.m. today. Baker was killed by a slate fall in the No. 2 mine of New River Co. at Stanford Monday morning.
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Wesley Lee Baker
Laren Ave
Memorial Baptist Church
C. E. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Quesenberry and Webb
Baker
New River Co
Stanaford
No contest plea in DUI case yields revocation in Slab Fork
Jerry Keaton of Slab Fork pleaded no contest to driving while drunk and faced a fine plus costs. He was tried before Magistrate J. P. Meadows, who noted the moonshine charge was not pressed by the State Police. Keaton’s driver’s license was automatically revoked.
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Jerry Keaton
Keaton
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
Part II ceremony marks first Marine general retirement abroad
Navy Hospital Corpsman Ralph G. Wood of Beckley joined a Parl Harbor farewell for Lt. Gen. Franklin A. Hart of Eufaula Ala. The event featured a brigade parade review and a jet aircraft flyover, noting Hart as the first Marine commanding general to retire outside the continental United States.
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Navy Hospital
Ralph G. Wood
W. Lacy Wood
Beckley
Parl Harbor
Franklin A. Hart
Eufaula
Ala
Continental
United States
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Girls’ Nation
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
Carolyn
Pat Kelly
Alabama
Martha Lee Smith
Arkansas
Joan Parker
Washington State
Keith Morrison
Mrs. Pittman
Franz Polgar
Red Cross
Pike
Crab Orchard
W Va
U. S
W. L. Baker
Beckley HarDwAre & Supply CompAny
Heber ST
Foot of
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Ford Dealers
Ford
Bair Brothers, Inc
East Main Street
Beckley, W. Va
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