Ten Years Was a Lifetime Four Boys in Raleigh County
On Pearl Harbor Day 1941 four boys aged 6, 9, 11, and 12 from Mullens Blue Jay Eccles Beckley are linked by fate as one dead one missing two alive. The piece traces their lives to 1951 and reflects national mourning for the Pearl Harbor generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Charles L. Aursi
Register
Raleigh County
Robert Lee Scotty
Mullens
James R. Carter
Blue Jay
Walter Waite, J Jr
Eccles
Charles B. Alderman
Beckley
Siater
Robert Lee Scott
Felix Scott
Korea
Pfe
Walter Wolfe Jr
Oakland
Calif
Wolfe
Lona Wolfe
First Marine Division
Carol Alderman
Kelly Clay
Pearl Harbor Day
America
Marriage Applications Listed for Walton Gilliam Wilson Tedder
Roy Lee Walton 25 of East Beckley to Gloria Ann Gilliam 17 of Raleigh apply for marriage. Ronald Luther Wilson 20 of Sophia to Imogene Tedder 19 of Crab Orchard apply for marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Lee Walton
East Beckley
S.b.walton
Gloria Ann Gilliam
Raleigh
Daisy Gilliam
Ronald Luther Wilson
Sophia
Dewey Wilson
Imogene Tedder
Crab Orchard
Oliver F. Tedder
Community notices from Beckley area churches and residents
Negro activities at Gulf Temple Lodge 42 and Fayette County minister meeting. Election of officers at Hope Baptist Church. Religious rally and music at Morning Star Baptist Church Skelton with multiple choirs. Proceeds aid children’s tree fund. Local obituaries and hospital notes including Walter Stewart death arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Temple Lodge
Fayette County
Hope Baptist Church
Whipple
John C. Burke
S. W. Alexander Barbour
Williams
Magnolia Gospel Singers
Helen
Cranberry
Spiritual Harmony Four
East Park
Collings Temple
Young Peoples Chorus
Winding Gulf
Jide Young
Peoples Chorus
East ‘Park
Morning Star Baptist Church
Skelton
Childrens’ Tree Fund
Eva Stockton
Cpl
Anita Leftwich
Fort de
Civitan Club to Present Annual Yuletide Party
The Beckley Civitan Club will host its second annual Christmas party at 6 p.m. Thursday in the Beckley Hotel dining room. Chairman W. T. Blakely announced entertainment by Jan Campbell, OD Hall Jr., and Mrs. Basil Minter, with Rev. Robert Godfrey of Beckley delivering the address. Clyde Law will extend the welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Civitan Club
Beckley Hotel
W. T. Blakely
Jan Campbell
OD. Hall, Jr
Basil Minter
Robert Godfrey
Beckley
Clyde Law
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. C. Cartter
Department of the Army
Kentucky
Bernheim Distilling Company, Inc
Louisville
Neville ST
Montgomery Wau
Army
Baltimore
Beckley Army and
Air Force
Fort Benning
Winston A.,godbey
Clarence Venable
Wells G. Thompson
Robert B. Snider
Thompson
Williamson
Von
Mass
Helen Leftwich
C. C. Burdine
Philadelphia
Pai
William Braxton
Mill Street
Veterans Hospital
Sarah G. Braxton
Abingdon
William Wright
North Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Mae Jane Simmons
Tams
J. A. Jackson
Walter Stewart
Lego
Oak Hill Hospital
Ice-Guard
Erat
SALE
Civitan Club
Wiliam Glenn . Goodman
Daniel Orville Means
Pinecrest
James W. Colling
Wiley F. Weaver
Tows
B. Campbell
W. R Vanney
Edward P. Stansbury
Rateira Court
Cohens
Vale
Roman
Pitts
Cohen
Christman
Gillette Tech
Eve Bloder
Dr. Weat
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