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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1952
Page
9
Principal historic royal crowns and regalia to be used for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London this coming June.
State Chamber index reports a 2.9 percent statewide rise in retail sales through October but declines across the western counties studied. Counties Boone Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Mingo Raleigh Pocahontas Summers and Wyoming show drops from earlier figures with grocery stores showing best gains.
Radio guide lists December evening programs across networks. Highlights include News broadcasts on CBS ABC and MBS plus music shows Gordon MacRae Bob Edge Barrow Concert Mantovani and Mantovani Music with additional drama and variety slots throughout the night.
At Sunday congregational meeting following morning service Beckley Presbyterian Church elected five men to the elder ship. The new elders are L. V. Gaudill Leslie G. Gates Earl E. Martin Dr B K Peter and Harlow Warren. Church membership supports a slate of 15 elders and 24 deacons.
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Holmes Safety Association members discuss accident prevention with the MacAlpin Chapter with 43 miners and foremen present. John Staton Jr of the state Mines Department urges miner participation. Joseph Chandler, William Rachunis, Leighton Farley also speak as meeting offers safety tips and a scaling method using a jack hammer and pipe.
Community notes list visitors and travels across Pax White Thorne and nearby towns. Families such as Bannister Belcher Stone and Wade families are mentioned with fair attendance at funerals hospital news and overseas departures.
Stamford Holmes Safety Association hears field representative from United Mine Workers urge all miners to use every sense to prevent accidents. State official Bernice Booker cites 90 percent of WV coal-mine injuries blamed on rule violations and warns that 149 men killed and 58 lost-time injuries per fatality reflect human negligence. Other speakers include Beckley Holmes Council president William Rachunis and mine foremen from Stanford No. 1 and No. 2.
The Rev James Salango former ly of Beckley has accepted a call to Woodland Avenue Presbyterian Church Louisville Kentucky He will move his family to Louisville from Princeton at the start of the year Salango attended Davidson College and the Theological Seminary in Richmond He served as assistant pastor in Princeton and led a Hin ton pastorate before serving as Army chaplain in World War II He and his family spent time in Italy returning to become pastor of the Princeton church The Louisville call was chosen over a second offer from Claiborne Avenue Church New Orleans.
Ray Light of the National Mie Service told Beckley Rotary members that U S relations with South American countries are vital for economic gains from investments and freight growth. He noted a 50 percent rise in shipments this year and favorable trade pacts, while warning that political instability could affect ties.
Donald Lee Keister a Wesleyan College sophomore and chemistry major, of 214 Crawford St., joins the Benzene Ring the campus’s oldest organization. He is son of Mr and Mrs Roy Heister a Woodrow Wilson HS graduate active in choir band and Beta Beta Beta.
Obituaries list Samuel Anderson 84 of Sophia Madge Collins 69 of Fairdale and Nancy Virginia Williams 85 of Mount Hope with funeral details, burial plans, and assisting organizations noted. recurring small ads mix lost and found items, painting services, and loan offers.
Multiple used goods offered for sale including a Sioux 2 speed sander with disks, an International Harvester deep freezer, kitchen and dining room furniture, an ENA metal breakfast set, jeweler tools and accessories, meat cases and scales, a ROPER gas range and Kelvinator refrigerator. Phone numbers listed for contact.
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