New Trends in Mine Machinery Explained
J J Slomer, engineer for Goodman Manufacturing Chicago, outlined hydraulic controls reducing manual work in mining. He described continuous mining, trackless caterpillar machines, and improved conveyors to move coal from thin beds to large cars or belts. Attendees included Rober Smith, W J Ferguson, Ross B Johnson, and others with plans for school visits and future meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Slomer
Goodman Manufacturing Company of
Chicago
Slomer
el Chico
Beckley
Appalachian Chapter of
Professional Engineers
Stomer
Two Annual Farm Meets Set Saturday in Princeton
Princeton hosts two farm meetings on Saturday the Mercer County Farm Bureau corn wheat and alfalfa hay show runs 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. Prize lists and exhibit rules include ten ears of corn one gallon wheat and fixed alfalfa hay display boxes. County agents judge the entries and a newly elected Farm Bureau board closes the program with a members meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iy Register
I Princeton
Princeton
Livestock Association
Farm Bureau
Mercer County Farm Bureau
C. A. Fletcher
Lee Bobbitt
High Gooch Jr
Hermian Belcher
Melvin Smith
Ite
Zall
Farn Bureau
Two Fayette 4-H Clubs Reorganize
Two Fayette County 4-H clubs reorganization details list the Linsifig Mountaineers with 5 boys and 28 girls from 29 families led by Charlotte Wood as president and Sybil Jones as club leader. The Lee's Tree Light Seekers enroll seven boys and five girls from nine Rainelle area families with Ruby Crookshanks as president and Frances Golf as club leader.
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Register
Fayetteville
Fayette County
Linsifig Mountaineers
Charlotte’ Wood
Graydon
Ann Fitzwatere
Lansing
Ruth Stover
Joan’ Wood
Nadine Darnall
Sybil Jones
Keith Jones
Robert Christian
George Stevenson
Sam Christian
Brrs
Hayden Thomas
Lee's Tree Light Seekers
Rainelle
Ruby Crookshanks
Paul Wallace
Alvena Levy
Jimmy Wallace
Mary Sanford
Gladys Walton
Kenneth Tincher
Frances H. Golf
Red Cross Nursing Representative to Visit Local Chapter
Edith Petty, nursing services field representative for the American Red Cross from Alexandria Virginia, will visit the local chapter office in the Bair Building on Wednesday, announced executive secretary Mrs. T C Moorefield.
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Red Cross
Edith Petty
American Red Cross
Alexandria
Bair Building
T. C. Moorefield
Hutchison Rites Set in Princeton
Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. for Mrs. Fannie Mastin Hutchison at the Princeton Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Wamendorf to officiate. Burial in Rest Haven Cemetery follows at Princeton Memorial Hospital death at 11:15 p.m. Sunday due to a cerebral hemorrhage. Survived by son Guy E. Mastin, daughter Frances Withrow, Naomi Harvey Page and four grandchildren. brother Robert E. Redding Jr.. sisters Blanche Wiley Marion Powell. half brothers James R. Redding and Asa Redding.
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S Register Slail
Princeton
Fannie Mestin
Hutchison
Harrison Street
Princeton Memorial Hospital
Princeton Presbyterian Church
John Wamendorf
Buria
Resthaven
Washington, D. C
Robert Redding
Appomatox
Guy E. Maslin
Frank Hutchison
Guy E. Mastin
Frances Withrow
Charleston
Naomi Harvey Page
Rites Incomplete For G. R. Williams
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for George Riley Williams 73 who died yesterday at Memorial Hospital Princeton He was a carpenter and resided at 704 Princeton Avenue He is survived by a widow and multiple children including Mrs C E Noell Fred O Williams N R I Smith and Mrs P J Akers plus sons Jack Williams and others with several siblings and grandchildren noted
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Princeton
George Riley Williams
Memorial Hospital
Williams
Princeton Avenue
James Harvey
Ona B. Williams
C. E. Noell
Roanoke
Fred O. Williams
G F Blankenship Dies Rites Set
George Floyd Blankenship 74 died at his son Bill Blankenship’s home in Danese after a heart condition and asthma. Funeral at Canberake Church with Rev. Kenneth Brown. burial in Hartwell Cemetery. Survived by six sons Belue James Joe Ed Calvin Allen two sisters and three brothers, 22 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
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East Rainelle
George Floyd Blankenship
Bill Blankenship
Danese
Canberake
Kenneth Brown
Tazewell
Hartwell
Belue Blankenship
James Blankenship
Layland
Joe Blankenship
Canebrake
Ed Blankenship
Amonate
Calvin Blankenship
Squire
Allen Blankenship
U.S. Army
FL Bliss
Texas
Mary F. Smith
Tilda Hess
Fines and Jail Sentences for Fireworks Violations
Sophia police chief Perry Haza announced stiffer penalties for fireworks offenses. Violators face a 15 dollar fine and 10 days in jail. sellers face 100 dollar fines plus 90 days’ jail. Earlier, three youths Wilmer Reed Dot James Arale Payne were fined 15 dollars each for exploding firecrackers.
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Perry Haza
Sophia
Haga
Sophia Idlet
Wilmer Reed
Dot James
iArale Payne
Ergie Ballard
Belcher Rites Incomplete Highlight Social Security Roles
Princeton memorial hospital death of Clarence E Belcher prompts note from S S Brown on Social Security rules. Claims must show insured wage history, retirement or unemployment status, age at least 65, and proper filing. Survivors follow similar insured and filing requirements with minor technicalities. If payment possible contact local social security office for guidance.
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Princeton
Claence E
Belcher
Princeton Memorial Hospital
E. W.l
Hale Avenue
Brown
Belcher Family Rites Noted for World War II Veteran
The deceased attended local schools and served in the Navy during World War II. After discharge he studied at West Virginia Tech in Montgomery. Survived by siblings Mrs. William Cucks Newkins of Princeton, Samuel Belcher in Roanoke, E W Belcher Jr in Norfolk, Eugene Belcher of Princeton, and Ruth Joyce Patty Belcher among others. Body taken to Memorial Funeral Directory at 1 p.m. Monday to await federal arrangements.
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W. Va. Tech
Montgomery
William Cucks Newkins
Princeton
Samuel Belcher
National Business College
Roanoke
E. W. Belcher, Jr
Norfolk
Eugene Belcher
Ema
Deas
Ruth
Joyce
Patty Belcher
Horro
Two Plead Guilty To Drunk Driving In Beckley
Frank B. Ellison and Jack Davis of Beckley pleaded guilty in police court for driving while drunk. Ellison was fined 50 plus costs, his license suspended, and his car impounded for six months. Fayet Corey of Beckley forfeited a 30 dollar bond after failing to appear on a charge of operating a lottery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Ellison
Jack Davis
Beckley
Fach
Fayet Corey
Plans Formed For Local Alpha Kappa Alpha Chapter
A graduate group met with Dr. Ruth M. Thomas, regional director, to outline establishing a local Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter on Truman Street. The January meeting will be in Oak Hill at Mrs. Harris’s home to finalize plans for the coming year.
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Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorobby
Ruth M. Thomas
B M. Greene
Truman Street
Thomas
Wilberforce University
University of Chicago
New York University
Mesdames Eunice Fleming
Veretta Hundley
Delilah Cheesé
Ethel Banks
Mt. Hope
Dorothy Harris
Portia Carroll
Oak Hill
Bernice Tyree
Clara
Rowland
Dorothy Evans
Jewell Greene
Beckley
Ahwaneda Hairston
Cliff Top
Radio Program Network Schedules and Time Standards
A notice explains time standard baselines for radio programming. It notes Eastern Standard Time as the reference and that Central Standard subtracts one hour while Mountain Standard subtracts two. Local stations may adjust relay times to fit schedules. It cautions that last minute changes cannot be included.
Evening Radio Schedule With News and Shows
A dense late 1940s era radio grid lists daily programs across networks. It details news reports, silences, music, talk shows, dramas, and orchestras with host names, show titles, and times from around early evening to midnight.
McCulloch Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Ella McCulloch of Hinton, a 64 year resident, will be held at 2 p m today at the Methodist Church conducted by Rev George M Curry. Burial will follow in Hilltop Cemetery. She died Saturday afternoon shortly before her 88th birthday.
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Register
Hinton
Ella McCulloch
George “M. Curry
Funeral Announcements From Rose Home Chapel Observed
Funeral notices report the death of Sidney Holmes 65 formerly of Stotesbury at her brother Frank Fink’s home in Fort Springs and services at Rose Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Arthur Bryce four of Duo dies. services set at Rose Funeral Home with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Marie Haley remembered by family in a yearlong memorial poem from Alfred Lucas and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Patterson
Lillybrook
Mr. Tonkins
Claude Gadd
William Howard
Found and Lost Notices Mix across Beckley region
Multiple items describe found dogs and hounds near Roy Stump Frizpatrick Road and Beckley with rewards offered. A lost black white tan beagle and a beagle cross are sought. contact Roy Carper Post Office Beckley or H G Foster Mullens. Also two male hounds found, a missing class ring and pigs reported lost with rewards offered for return or description.
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Shayee
Roy Stump
Frizpatrick Road
Roy Carper
Post Office
Beckley
Feels
Hinton
S.C. Willis
Eccles
Ballard
Monroe County
H. G. Foster
Mullens
Carl
Red Ward
Jesse “E. Hibbs
Daniels
Old Eccles Road
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Amerigo Capellari
West Virginia
Black Knight Country Club
G. S. Dunn
Appalachian Eleeting Power Company
Leslie Gates
Chanter of Professional Engineers
Fayette
Stanley
Mene
Scott
Reaumur
Sciernst
WIC
Vam
Hamchoukuc
Avie
R. J. Scott
Hutchison Rites
G. R. Williams
G. F. Blankenship
Social Security
S. Roger Brown
Beckley Field
Arej
Mr. Brown
Ofd
Cunninghams
Deere
Zetas
Alpha Zeta Zeta
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Jones’ Delecatessen
Audrey Mullens
Chess Carter
Ley C. Cunningham
Lask Ave
Nue
Nancy Jane
College Club
David
Bruce Diner
Toy Fund
Annie Washington
Adeline Long
Maxine Anderson
Evangeline Cook
Hettie Trent
Pauline Clark
Mary Jackson
Bernice Henry
Cassie Anderson
Lara Watkins
Blanche Wilkerson
Olue ‘Trotter
Neal Pack
Geraldine Williams
Thehostess
Eloise Taylor
Berte ‘Jones
Ollie Trottier
Iota Bela Chapter
West Virginia State College
Wicks
Charles Edward Wicks
First Baptist Church of
West Wickham
M. C. Smith
Greenwood Cemetery
Augustina Wicks
Edith Gray
Greenwood
Mtattie Jackenn
Cecil
James
Curtis
Alphonzo Manns
Houston Manns
Slab Fork
Geneva Trige
Elizabeth
Jolene
Jennie Mae
Charlotte
James, Houston, Jr. Ozel
Clarence Manns
Burning Bush
Royal Arch Masons
James Grant
H. P
Leonard Wright
Morton Rerves
Mac. Akers
Kings of Zion of
Church of the Living ‘God
East Park
Dorcas Missionary Society
George Lawson
J. O. Payne
Raleigh County Memorial
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court House
First & Ce
Robert L. Davis Company
T. Prince Street
Che Jey
Wits Project
Secretary of Labor
Canty Court
County Court OF
N. G. Farmer
Firgineers
Wes Virginia
Nbe
Ebs
Regent
Abc-Weat
Mbs-East
Mbs-West
Abe You
Cts
Htto
Abe Lowell Thomas
Enlah Salt
Abe Fulton Lewis
Dack Smith
Che
Amoothley
Rob Crosby
Abe
Ckx Sports
Miay
Abe Geo. O'Hanton
Jedy -Abe
Dratea
Cba
Gabriel Heatter
Mls
BOF Iber
Ard
Cbs News
Abc- Wen
Prather Brothers Plumbing and Electric Supply
Oak Hill, W. Va
McCulloch
Rose General Home
Marie Haley
Earth
Jesus Christ
Marie
Mrs
Alfred
Lucas
Shirley
Ritchie
Beckley Hotel
Fisher’s Flowers
Prince ST. — Pial
Ssss
SF Hope Ra
Foural Towers
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince St
Beckley Floral CO
Elkins St
Dial
Bulova
Beckley Jewelry Store
Roles Florists
Crab Orchard
A. Dial Beckley
Amigo Ball Park
Howard Lillye
E Harvey
Bondex Mater Bond
Carl Clark
J. Es & Son
J. Warden
Southanawha St
Curley
Five Star Dixie
Land Swing Orchestra
Ley Allen
MGR
H. C. Kinzer
Becktey
Roliyson Welding
Lincoln St -J
WILES
Wright
General Electric
Nixon Furniture Co
Dial Beckley
John W. Eye
West
Neville 'St
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St
Resoco
Compton Toenstructon Vo
Amigo Red Dog
BRUCK
Swim Company
Mandeville Transfer & Storage Co
Lewis Franster Company
Whede
Care Beckley Newspapers
Itz
Brand Ave
Gallipolis
Ohio
Vera Rose Pass
Beckiey
Vera Rose Beauty Shop
Iain St. Over
Breatheasy Co
Empire Bidg
Pittsburgh
Pacen Magic Entertainment
Marge
Stauffer
Main Street
Leslie
Ramey's Grill
North Fayette Street
Operei
Crab Orchard Beauty Shop
Crab Orchard League
Beckley Maytag
Neville St
American Glass
South
Oskwood
Cliyj Aye
Fama Brothers
Fama's Shoe Shop
Kroge
Slick Shumate
Oldsmobile
Burleson Motor Co
Woodlawn Ave
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