Kessinger Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Chloe Alice DeJournette Kessinger widow of Clisby Theodore Kessinger will be held at 2 30 p m at the Christian church with Rev A H Wilson in charge Burial will be in Wildwood cemetery She died at her son William E Kessinger s home on Neville street Friday of a heart attack The body will be removed to the church at 1 p m today Active pallbearers include W W Stover F S Halstead Charles Cox Orwin Hebb Paul Calice and Meade Campbell 18 FINED 10 Ralph DeBoard of Coal City fined 10 and costs by Magistrate George C Mills after arrest on a charge of driving without a driver s license
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Chloe Alice DeJournette Kessinger
Clisby Theodore Kessinger
Christan Church
A. H. Wilson
Syill
Wildwood Cemetery
William E. Kessinger
Neville Street
W. W. Stover
F. S. Halstead
Charles Cox
Orwin Hebb
Paul Calice
Meade Campbell
Ralph DeBoard
Coal City
George C. Mills
Pole
Kelly Farmer Named Head of Raleigh County Farmers
Kelly Farmer of Bolt was re elected chairman of the Raleigh county Triple A committee by 201 delegates at a county convention. Officials said about 3,200 farmers were represented. Other officers named include vice chairman E Kingsley and regular member Clayton Scott, with several community committees listed for a year of service.
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Kelly Farmer
Bolt
Raleigh County
E. Kingsley
Pluto
Clayton Scott
Grandview Road
W. M. Booth
Coal City
O. A. Akers
Odd
G. C. Hedrick
C. L. Harvey
Egeria
Triple-A
C. IL. Harvey
Egerio
J. H. Harvey
Mabscott
James Fitzgerald
Gwinn
Eva Hylton
W. B. Claypool
Jessie E Clemens
J. Claypool
Beaver
Mr. S. Killy
Cleve Lilly
Stewart Cook
Workman’s Creek
W. FF. Winston
C. F. Workman
Ben H. Work
Principals Gather for Regional Supervisory Conference
About 100 elementary school officials from three counties meet in Beckley at the courthouse next Saturday for a regional supervisory conference. Raleigh county Superintendent FE M Ashworth announces participation from Fayette and Wyoming counties. The program begins at 9 30 a m covering curriculum use, teacher support, supervision of instruction, and college inservice training. Attendees will lunch at Leslie's Diner.
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Beckley
M. Ashworth
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Ashworth
Leslie
Raleighs Utility Tax Share Set For First Half 1949
Raleigh county will receive 150000 from public utility taxes for the first half of 1949. Charleston officials say total disbursement amounts to 3836500 with Boone 60090 Fayette 200000 Greenbrier 70000 Mercer 150000 Monroe 10000 Summers 60000 Wyoming 145000. Deisher notes 5260 A93.46 remains to be collected from yearly total 10786870.84 with second half due May 1 1044. Full first half 55251486.38 was not distributed as bond levies are paid into the state sinking fund with yearly payments after second-half collection.
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Raleigh County
Charleston
Harry C. Deisher
Boone
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Deisher
State Sinking Fund Commission
Bowling Named Captain in Army Chaplain Corps in England
Lewis Paul Bowling formerly of Beckley is promoted from first lieutenant to captain in the United States Army chaplain corps, serving somewhere in England. He entered active service last June after chaplaincy school at Fort Benjamin Harrison and was stationed at Camp Atterbury and Camp Breckenridge before going overseas. A West Virginia Wesleyan College and Crozer Theological Seminary alumnus, he previously led pastorates in Wilmington and in Petersburg and Athens. His wife Kathryn Stitely, of Hagerstown, Maryland, resides with their son Lewis Pascal at 203 Wickham Avenue for the duration.
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Lewis Paul Bowling
Beckley
J. J. Bowling
Wickham Avenue
Chaplain’'S ‘Corps
United States Army
England
Bowling
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Camp Atterbury
Camp Breckenridge
Kentucky
West Virginia
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon and Crozier Theological Seminary
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Delaware
Petersburg
Athens
West, Virginia
Kathryn D. Stitely
Hagerstown
Maryland
Lewis Pascal
Scout Office Open Here Despite Executive Resignation
The Raleigh and Fayette county Boy Scouts announce the Beck ley office remains open daily at 8:30 a.m. with hours 8:30 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Scoutmasters may obtain information there and Hopkins is hoped to be rehired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hopkins
Raleigh and Fayette County
Boy Scouts
Beckley
Hopkins
Seals Drive Total Christmas Fund in Raleigh County
Citizens in Raleigh County purchase $892 in Christmas seals as officials of the county Tuberculosis association report progress toward the goal. With a fourth reached, coal companies join in and contributions arrive daily, per Howard Fillmer, chairman of the Raleigh County advisory committee.
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Raleigh County
County Tuberculosis Association
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