Pirate Captain Stopped by Prince in Toy Sea Duel
Santa Land toys spark a sea battle aboard the Merry Christmas as Elf brownies turn rubber into cannonballs. Prince Jonathan defeats Captain Longhair in a daring duel, hair shaved, pirates routed, captain reimagined as Santa Land toy-master and helper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Merry Rate
Jonathan
Patrick Tweedleknees
Prince
Brownies
Patrick
Charles
Tweedleknees
Captain Longhair
Donnie
Trickett
Horace
Tweedieknees
Dawn
Longhair
Prince Jonathan
Prince Johnathan
Seven Seas
Santa Land
Pirate Tale Ends In Christmas Doom For Fairvania
Jonathan rejects piracy yet agrees to join the Kings Navy. Men and brownies clean up rubber from the reformed pirates as he mourns at the treasure sunk in the sea. He fears Fairvania’s fate three days before Christmas.
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Jonathan
Kings Navy
Prince Jonathan
Fairvania
Pinecrest Fund Drive Reaches $900.50 in Early Response
Donations to the 1952 Pinecrest Fund totaled $900.50 as chairwoman Mrs. C. C. Rubush announced. She said initial response is good and the drive is progressing well. The fundraiser continues into mid January to support local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinecrest Fund
Pinecrest
C. C. Rubush
Recreation Board Votes Playground Lite Purchase
Beckley Recreation Board unanimously approves buying a playground site on Ridge Ave for 1400 dollars with 900 dollars for improvements. City Council had set the price amid adjacent property owner protest filed by Attorney Kermit Locke.
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Ridge Ave
Beckley Recreation Board
Kermit Locke
Pinecrest Sanitarium Tuberculosis Care Aid
A charitable effort supports patient care at Pinecrest Sanitarium by supplying items the state does not provide. The drive aims to improve comfort and treatment for TB patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Funeral set for Sam Genide of Toledo Ohio
Sam Genide husband of Katherine Ramey of Beckley will be buried after a 2 p.m. service in Toledo. He died Monday after a heart attack while shopping. Survived by wife, parents, a daughter Diana age three and son Farris age five. nephew of George Kourey of Fairlawn Avenue.
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Sam Genide
Toledo
Katherine Ramey
Beckley
Genide
George Kourey
Fairlawn Avenue
Farris Genide
Diana
Farris
Deeds Recorded in Piney View and Town District Transfers
Real estate transfers show multiple deeds across Piney View Farms Town District Slab Fork and Fayettes Counties. Transactions include 8.37 acres on U S Rt 19 between Beckley and Prince, Lot 25 Hall Addition 2, and various parcels from 1,000 to 6,000 dollars with buyers like Dollie Daniel, Lowe, Rakes Fandy, Mountain Motors Inc, and Blackburn Patteson Realty.
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Easter Crouch
Dollie Daniel
U. S. Rt
Beckley and
Prince
Piney View Farms
John M. McCarus
Benjamin F. Lowe
Hall Addition
Boyd Snyder
Susie Rakes Fandy
Riffe Street
Sophia
Slab Fork
Billy Birchfield
Mountain Motors, Inc
Finks Little Farms
W. A. Reedy
James Loyd Cochran
Soak Creek
Sophia-Glen White Road
James Lee Smith
Blackburn-Patteson Realty Company
Davis
Maple Fork
Blackburn-Patteson Realty
Price Hill
Fayettville
Fayette County
Kyle Allen
J. A. Blackburn
U. S
Bradley
Loup Creek Realty, Inc
Barney W. Carson
Calloway Subdivision
Mark Twain Christmas Concert Showcases School Choirs
The Mark Twain senior band and junior choirs present their annual Christmas concert at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium under Mrs. Sara Bailey. Fifth and sixth graders sing carols such as Here We Come a Caroling and O Come Little Children while fourth graders perform Jingle Bells Deck the Hall Away in the Manger Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and more. Marsh Fork High School band contributes numbers including March Salutation Royal Gorge overture and Semper Fidelis March with The Star Spangled Banner finale.
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Mark Twain
Sara Bailey
Marsh Fork High School
Mrs. Sara Daniels McCreery Rites Planned
Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Beckley Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Sara Daniels McCreery 75 of 317 South Kanawha Street who died Monday night after a heart attack. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. Surviving are two sons Alvs Earle and John Wallace, two sisters and one brother. Pallbearers listed.
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Beckley Presbyterian Church
Sara Daniels McCreery
S. Kanawha St
J. W. Witherspoon
J. L. Lineweaver
Reidsville
N. C
Alvis
Annie Elizabeth Calhoun Daniels
John Earle McCreery
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
King’s Daughters
Robert E. Lee
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Women's Bible Class
Women’s Society of the
Presbyterian Church
Women of the Church
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Southern
Alvs Earle
John Wallace
New Orleans
Watt Knight
Saulsbury
E. J. Alman
Washington, D. C
John Daniels
Norfolk
A. K. Canterbury
Maxwell Ott
French Davis
Hal Scott
Ray Sigmund
Edward Watkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Appalachian
Electric Power Company
Recreation Board
Beckley Jaycees
City Park Fund
Jimmy Snead
Park Fund
Simon
Bob Soltes
Chor
Mrs. McCreery
Sunset Memorial Park
Universal
West Bend
Avis'hette
Rubbermaid Ware
Cosco
Ron Kit
Universa South Fayette ST
General Electric
Dominion
Sintone
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