Greenbrier Dairy Takes Over BIC Plant at Mabscott
Greenbrier Dairy Products signs a long term lease purchase with the Beckley Industrial Corporation to move operations from Mabscott to a renovated Beckley plant on Stamford Road. Production to start in January with ice cream first, milk next, as the firm consolidates eight Mabscott buildings into a single 64 843 square foot facility and expands through Greenbrier Valley milk shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier Dairy Products
Hugh F
Beckley
Hutchinson
Generaldustrial Corporation
Stamford Road
Greenbrier
Decker Clothes, Inc
Mab
Scott
BIC
Mabscott
G. H. Minster
Chicago
Pace Associates
Greenbrier Dairy
Greenbrier County
Lewisburg Ice Cream Company
M. Johnson
West Virginia
United Construction Workers
Johnson and Hutchinson
Rock Acres
Lewisburg
Firm
R. E. Johnson
Beholding Life’s Struggles and Small Town Anecdotes
A Raleigh County town shares a string of human moments from street aid to local humor. A legless man on the street receives a penny from a teenage girl. A Michigan visitor visits Beckley and recalls miners. A campout tale ends with a stolen tent and BB gun. A meter note shows courtesy, and homecoming memories echo December 1907. A Beckley pastor’s plea for unity ends with a humorous misdirection at a church social.
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Beckley
Ladies Circles
Four Beckley Area Students Enter WVU School of Medicine
Four area students have been accepted to enter West Virginia University's two year School of Medicine for the semester beginning Sept 18. The group includes William David McLean Beckley Charles Robert Cooke Oak Hill Lewis Nevin Fox Frenter and Garrett Rickard Whipple. Only 30 of 175 applicants were accepted for the term.
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Beckley Area
West Virginia University
J. van Liere
Wiliam David McLean
Beckley
Charles Robert Cooke
Oak Hill
Lewis Nevin Fox
Frenter
Ee Garrett Rickard
Whipple
WVU
Pageant Rehearsal Called for Centennial Participants
Scouts and 4-H members in the Centennial pageant are summoned by Gus Walker of the Appalachian Council to assemble at the recreation building at 2 p.m. tomorrow for a rehearsal.
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Boy Scouts
Girl
Gus Walker
Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts
Four Found Guilty In Police Court
In City Police Court last night Judge Anthony Sparacino found Mack Lilly of Flat Top guilty of driving while drunk. Lilly appealed and posted a $500 bond. Also before the judge were Clayton Redden of Sprague found guilty of speeding fined $10 and costs and jailed in default of fine. Gilbert Feazell of Beckley found guilty of intoxication and felonious assault fined $30 and costs. Carl Cousins of Beckley found guilty of felonious assault on his wife and fined $25 and costs. Cousins jailed in default of fine.
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Anthony Sparacino
Mack Lilly
Flat Top
Lilly
Woodlawn Avenue
Second Street
Sparacino
Clayton Redden
Sprague
Gilbert Feazell
Beckley
Carl Cousins
Cousins
Canning Center Opens Three Days This Week
Mrs. W. A. Collier announced the canning center at Daniels will operate this week on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Next week it returns to a four day schedule, open Tuesday through Friday at the same hours, located beside Shady Spring High School.
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Daniels
W. A. Collier
Shady Spring High School
Mary Milano Named To Miss Beckley Rose
Mary Milano 19 the daughter of Mr and Mrs Pietro Milano of 721 N Kanawha Street is named Miss Beckley for Centennial events Aug 27 to Sept 27. Twelve aides form the court and the queen will be crowned Aug 28 by Governor Okey Patteson at Woodrow Wilson High School stadium. Beards judged Aug 31 as Beard Day with prizes for various facial hair styles.
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Mary Milano
Pietro Milano
N. Kanawha Street
Miss Beckley
Court of Honor
Nancy Rahall
Elizabeth Buffa
Sue Henley
Wanda Philpott
Joann Rose
Joyce Comer
Patty Clay
Ann Richmond
Peggy Daniels
Betty Burdiss
Ruby Short
Joyce Buskirk
Pitts
Brothers of the Brush
Beckley
Auto Theft Count Jails Bruce B Turner in Beckley
Judge Anthony Sparacino set Bruce B Turner’s trial for 7 p m Friday on auto theft and drunken driving charges. Turner was arrested after allegedly stealing Ernest Yambro s car on Valley Drive and wrecking it, then fleeing but was caught after a short chase. Police say damage totaled about 100 dollars at Beckley Wrecking Company. Also jailed yesterday was Napoleon Washington for drunkenness and escape from county jail about two years ago, with a magistrate arraignment on breaking guard. Anthracosis noted as a hung disease among anthracite miners.
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Anthony Sparacino
Dorothy Man
Bruce B. Turner
Ernest Yambro
Glen Rogers
Turner
Beckley Wreckling Company
Napoleon Washington
Beckley Negro
Washington
Deeds on File Two Lots House Sold for Eight Thousand
Leonard D Mea and wife bought Lots 1 and 2 including a six room frame house and a garage in Robertson Addition for about 8000 according to a deed on file in the Raleigh County Clerk's office. Other transfers filed yesterday include Pack Heights Inc to Paul Blankenship Lot 27 Park Heights No 2 Town District about 1000 Southern West Virginia Land Company to W M Jenkins Lot 48 Judge McGinnis Addition Beckley about 3500 Charles E Honaker to Irene M Honaker Lot 4 Bailey Addition 2 Becheyilt Hope Read Town District no revenue stamps attached Fayette Land Company to Martin Luther Smith and wife Lot 7 in Town of Stanford no revenue stamps attached William Gray and wife to W T Lilly and wife Lot 60 East Beckley Town of Atkinsville no revenue stamps attached A C Maxey and wife to G N Meador Lot 12 Glade Park Truck Farms Shady Spring District no revenue stamps attached
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Leonard D. Mea
Robertson
Tony Verduce
Raleigh County
Pack Heights Inc
Paul Blankenship
Park Heights
Soutern West Virginia Land Company
W. M. Jenkins
Judge McGinnis
Beckley
Charles £. Honaker
Irene M. Honaker
Hope Read
Fayette Land Company
Martin Luther Smith
Stanford
William Gray
W. T. Lilly
East Beckley
Atkinsville
A. C. Maxey
G. N. Meador
Glade Park
Shady Spring
Six Couples Seek Wedding Permits
Six applications for marriage licenses were filed yesterday in the Roreign County Clerk's office. The list includes Henry Andrews and Leyina Ruth Thomas of Beckley. Emely Furrow and Anna ton Salvards of Shady Spring. Charlie David Robertson and Maudie Robertson. Aurie Marie Meadows and Myrtle Meadows. Alfred M. Hann and Betty Hann. Lily S. Smoot and Susie Clay. Vance Webb and Ada Webb. Mil Wie Stover and Rosie Stover. Jack Harris Jr and Augusta Chandler. Christine Cyrus and another partner.
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Roreign
Henry Andrews
Beckley
Leyina Ruth Thomas
Emely Furrow
Shady Spring
Floyd Furrow
Anna Ton Salvards
Stanley Salvards
Charlie David Robertson
Egeria
Thomas Robertson
Maudie Robertson
Ada V. Webb
Mil‘Wie Stover
Sand Lick
Walter Stover
Rosie Stover
Jack Harris Jr
Glen Daniel
Jack Harris
Augusta Chandler
Christine Cyrus
Len Cyrus
Marine Reserves Ordered to Immediate Active Duty
Enlisted members of the Volunteer Marine Corps Reserve in ranks sergeant and below will be called to active duty for more than 30 days. Colonel Frank M. Reinecke announced the move, noting a 15 day minimum between order receipt and duty commencement.
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Marine Corps Reserve
Frank M. Reinecke
Marine Corps Central Recruiting Division
Marine Corps
Five Enlist Locally For Armed Forces Five Enlist
Five Marines enlist locally with top priority for occupa tional fields in construction and equipment fire control repairment and electronics. Delays up to six months may be allowed for hardship study or educational aims while recruits in certain fields are ordered to recruit training camps. Five men enlisted yesterday at the U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Main Station with three to Air Force duty and two to Army duty.
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Fle
Marine Corps Reserve District
U.S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Wyatte J. Gay
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Robert Douglas Hicks
Temple Street
Clinton
Bobby Levidious
Box 208
Ansted
Billie Ray Nunn
East Gulf
Edgar Leonard Rapp, Jr
Wright Street
Covington
Merlin Gilven Meadows
Hox
Crab Orchard
Fort Knox
Sixth Raleigh Countian Wounded in Korea
Pvt. Claude E. Underwood 19 of Crab Orchard is the sixth Raleigh Countian wounded in Korea. He was slightly wounded August 7 and is hospitalized in Japan. Enlisted January 3, 1949, he was home on furlough in May 1949 before returning to duty. His brother Kermit, 21, serves in the Air Force in Georgia after 16 months on Guam.
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Claude E. Underwood
Crab Orchard
Raleigh
Korea
Defense Department
C. E. Underwood
Underwood
Japan
San
Two Jail Inmates Face Four Charges In Break In Hemp
Two Haleing County jail inmates Johnny Turstuck of Beckley and Walter Lee Mc Daniels of Glen White faced four charges after an attempted escape and three felonious assault counts. They attacked Jailer A L Bowling and a trusty, William Cadle, at about 1030 p.m. Friday and fought for 30 minutes before being subdued and placed in solitary confinement. Bowling and trusties Lilly and Cook, who were assaulted, filed the charges. Turstuck, jailed July 28 on tampering with an automobile intoxication and pistol without license, had prior burglary charge added Aug 1. McDaniels, jailed July 21 on felonious assault resisting arrest and peace warrant, waived to grand jury on two counts. He had been charged by City Police with entering a vehicle and removing contents. fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to three months. Siderosis, a lung disease from metal dust exposure in workers, is noted.
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T. N. Thurman
Haleign County
Johnny Turstuck
Beckley
Walter Lee McDaniels
Glen White
A. L. Bowling
William Cadle
Coal City
K. D. Lilly
Howard Cook
Daniels
Tyzstuck
McDaniels
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