Blakely returns to Beckley to manage business interests
W T Blakely of Mercer Street resumes local duties after resigning as a Federal Housing Administration real estate appraiser in Dayton Ohio. He owns Clean City Laundry at 901 Neville St planning larger machines and adding dry cleaning services. Also updates on Honey in the Rock Motel project and other regional business moves involving Boosters, SSA staffer Carl Walker and several new motels and agencies in Oak Hill Beckley and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Blakely
Mercer Street
Beckley
Federal Housing Administration
Blakely
Dayton
Ohio
Federal Agency
Neville St
Clean City
Intra-State Sky Diving Meet Set at Raleigh Airport
The Raleigh County Memorial Airport will host the first annual Intra-State Sport Parachute meet on Labor Day September 3, sponsored by the West Virginia Sport Parachute Commission. About 25 jumpers from Beckley Charleston Gallipolis and Huntington clubs will compete in four events including static line and pull, delayed drops, a three man team event and Musical Chairs. Entrants must hold a Class B National Parachute license and register before noon Sunday. Entrance fee is $2 with a rain date of September 9. The U S Army Recruiting Main Station will host the meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Memorial
West Virginia Sport Parachute Commission
Rebel Sports Parachute Club
Beckley
Charleston
Gallipolis
Sport Parachute Club of
Huntington
Donald Cunningham
U.S. Army
U. S. Army
Peacetime disability pay tied to wartime rates
Answers outline that peacetime disability compensation is 80 percent of wartime rates. It notes the GI term insurance conversion option allows converting at least $1,000 in $500 multiples. It also states no peacetime education benefits have passed into law yet despite congressional consideration.
Sky Master speeds Appalachian power line repairs
The Sky Master hydraulic aerial beam mounted on an APC truck speeds difficult jobs to minutes rather than hours, enabling rapid transformer work, insulation checks, and cable line maintenance. Fred Bonham demonstrates the unit as an APC official notes record time saved restoring service after a Harper Road storm damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
W. C. MicMahan
Beckley
Appalachian
vicCabe-Powers Body Co
St. Louis
Fred Bonham
APC
Harper Road
Three Mines To Open In Beckley Area
West Virginia officials issue mining permits to three Raleigh County firms. D and A Coal Co Mine No 2 will hire three workers, Q and M Coal Co Mine No 2 will hire eight, and Ash M Harris Mine No 1 will hire four. An inspection of the Sky Master man-carrying basket shows safety features including fiberglass insulation and a 50,000 volt rating, with Fred Bonham operator Fred Murphy Appalachian Power Co and Beckley district supervisor Fred Helm inspecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office
West Virginia
Fred Bonham
Fred Murphy
Appalachian Power Co
Fred Helm
Beckley
Deeds On File Real Estate Transfers Across Districts
Record of real estate frame actions in the county clerk’s office listing transfers. Laura Brown to Rev W E Favors Beckley Davis Truck Farms $500. Bonham to Bonham Crab Orchard $1,000. Honaker to Honaker Beckley $2,000. Peraldo to Solari Maxwell Hill Truck Farms $9,500. Ashworth to Bruce Shady Spring District for consideration. McKinney to McKinney Soak Creek Slab Fork District. Haynes executrix to Pach Beckley Town District. Burton Junior and Jennings to Williams East Gulf Slab Fork District $1,900. James Lilly Inc to Van Reenan North Hills Addition Town District $1,750. Miller to Miller Highview Farms Town District. Jones and others to Crook Wildwood Addition Town District. Keaton to Kendrick Shady Spring $1,000. Maynor to Lilly Mount Tabor Heights Town District. Akers to Donaldson Lilly Coal City Slab Fork District $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Brown
W. E. Favors
Davis Truck Farms
C. K
Stella Bonham
Helen Margaret Bonham
Crab Orchard
Harry L. Honaker
Nina M. Honaker
Beckley
Henry C
Shirley F. Peraldo
Dario
Betty J. Solari
Maxwell Hill
Neal Pach
Burton Junior
Louisa Jennings
John F
Goldie William
East Gulf
Slab Fork
James Lilly Inc
Carl C. van
Norma van Reenan
North Hills Addition
Charles E
Irene Miller
Dorl
Manetta Ann Miller
Highview Farms
Joe A. Jones
Hattie Jones
Charles R. Jones
Helen Jones
Matt Crook Jr
Wildwood Addition
Bus Sinking After Theft Sparks Harbor Snafu
In Helsinki, police chased Erik Abrahamsson after he stole a bus. The bus skidded, its front end over a dock edge and toppled onto a tugboat, causing the tug to sink in Helsinki Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
UPI
Erik Abrahamsson
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Eve Breck
W. Va. 3
U.S. 1921
Basile N. Meadows
Ray Dowdy
Bluestone Securities, Inc
Dowdy
Ifor
Stratton High School
Carl H. Walker
Social Security Administration
Washington, D. C
Virginia Walker
Truman Ave
Stratton
New York City
United States Army
Korea
SSA
Cleveland
O. District
University of Maryland
George Washington University Law School
TOM Bell, Inc
Mercury Agency
Oak Hill
Ing
Bell
West Main St
Virginia Turner
Howard Johnson
Danville
Interstate Hosts, Inc
Glass House
West Virginia Turnpike
Intercontinental Motels, Ltd
Home
Martinsville
William P. McPhilamy Jr
Wayne Turner
Sophia High School
Quality Court
New Orleans
Turners
Freddie
Chip
Johnnie
James E. Cottle
Fayette County
Ros
Long Insurance, Inc
Fayetteville
Rosser Long
Cottle
Oak Hill Automobile Dealer
Janutole Construction Co
Kingston High School
Mount Hope High School
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Beards Fork
Charles Roy Cottle
Fayetteville High School
Dolores Janutolo
Dale Reed
Nidia Lynn
High St
Tom Bell
Tomchin
Mullens
Congress
MacArthur
MacArthur, W. Va
Thrifty
Bascal
Meadow
Ripco Creamery
S&h
S&h Green
Frank
Grinde
Mack
Melba Keaton
Jessie E
Elizabeth Kendrick
Shady Spring
Allegra
Ellen Maynor
Gus E
Ira Lee Lilly
Mount Tabor Heights
O. D
Oma Akers
William Donaldson
Helen June Lilly
Coal City
Slab Fork District
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