Mine safety report cites Skelton mine improvements in 1950
Federal inspector Robert Calvert found progress at the New River Coal Company’s Raleigh County Mine, including timbering conforming to safety rules and dust control. Additional recommendations urged precautions in firing explosives, underground storage, ventilation, and water-free escape routes, with several hazards to address.
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Funeral Friday For W. E. Naff
Funeral services for Willie E. Naff 41 of Prosperity will be Friday at Prosperity Baptist Church with Elders Don Stover and John Foley officiating. Burial in Prosperity cemetery follows. Naff died Tuesday after a long illness at his home. he was a State Road Commission employee for about 10 years. Survivors include his wife Selda, two daughters Thelma Wood and Pauletta, mother Abby Stover Natti, brother Frederick, sister Exie Lilly, and other relatives.
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Lonzoaff
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Thelma Wood
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Frederick
Exie Lilly
Religious Workers School Opens at Byrd Prillerman High
The annual School for Religious Workers opens at Byrd Prillerman High in Arrigo on Monday August 28 and runs through September 1 offering courses in missions teaching in vacation school and church history. Rev. J C Brown is director and Mrs Julia V Wilkerson teaches the missions course from Montgomery.
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Reds Openers History Highlights and 1939 NL Glory
The Cincinnati Reds have started the NL season at home 61 times since 1890 with 27 wins and 34 losses. A seven game home opener losing streak from 1933 to 1939 marked the franchise’s longest skid, though the Rhinelanders captured the NL title in 1939.
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