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Beckley City Park Closes For Winter Amid Polio Scare
About 20 000 people used Beckley City Park this summer. Jaycees plan a 5 30 p m closure today as polio fears reduce attendance and the park ends the season. Benny Goodman dance tickets total 2000 with Oak Hill Junior Chamber assisting. Deeds and land transfers in Raleigh County noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Beckley City Park
Beckley’s
James B. Kessinger
Chamber of Commerce Committee
William Brewster
Oak Hill Junior Chamber
Jaycee
Dave Abrams
Beckley Recreation Board
Emile Hodel
Beckley Symphony Association
Altough
Abrams
William Barrett
Tulsa
Onlla
Beckley Woman's Club
Brith
Pe’ Ory
Barrett
Oa c Hill
Ior
Shady Spring
Ida Mae Hairston
William H. Hairston
Gwendolyn E. Coleman
Charles Coleman
Beckley Court
Omer Smith
J. W. Smith
Sand Branch Country Road
H. Stansbury
Floyd M. Sayre
Ss. J. Powers
Walker Evans
Harper Road
Horace F. Banks
Ella F. Settle
J. H. Lay Land Company
Jemison
Lilly Hunt
Trap Hill