42 Years' Service Recognized Retired Beckley Post Office Worker
Miss Sue A. Laing received a certificate of merit from the Postmaster General for 42 years of service at Beckley Post Office. The presentation was by assistant Beckley postmaster I E Borrer after nearly three decades of teamwork. Laing began in August 1910 when the office was fourth class, witnessing moves to higher classes and Civil Service reforms. She recalls long hours, Saturday and Sunday work, a $40 monthly starting salary, and later $900 a year after class upgrades. The era had no parcel post, no boxes, and mail was handled at the window. She served under seven postmasters, noting changes in workload, dating back to 1910.
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United States
Arthur Summerfield
Sue A. Laing
Becky
Beckley
Miss Laing
I. E Borrer
Mullens
Post Office Department
T. K. Scott
M. J. Meadows
A. M. McKinney
George Mellon
E. L. Ellison
J. T. Hollandsworth
L. E.borrer
United States Postal Service
Ellison Ave
I. E. Borrer
Beckley Post Office
Postal Department
Oak Hill Store Destroyed in Large Fire
Oak Hill firefighters battled a blaze at Ace Auto Sales on East Main Street starting about 1 15 am, with 19 men on scene until 8 am. Estimated damage ranged from 75 000 to 100 000 dollars, with currency inside the building heavily burned. The fire likely started in the attic and was discovered by firefighter Lawrence Welk, while state investigators from Charleston along with insurers prepared reports. The incident damaged two trucks and two cars at Bogwer s Auto Service nearby, one truck totaled. The store, recently moved to its current site, was cited for cooperation between Oak Hill police and Blake s Grocery owner during firefighting efforts.
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Oak Hill
ANS
Ace Auto
Arthur Akers
Lawrence Welk
C. R. Cobb
Charleston
Gerald Hildebrand
Hildebrand
Billy
East Main St
West Main St
Bogwer's Auto Service
Frank Bowiing
Kelly
Akers
Oak Hill City
Blake's Grocery Store
Jail Traffic Jumps as 22 Drivers Arrested in Weekend
Twenty two persons were lodged in Raleigh County Jail over Saturday and Sunday, up from twelve last week. Three were jailed on road law violations including Vinson Houston Beckley driving while drunk at 12:35 a.m. Sunday Donald Snuffer Crab Orchard reckless driving at 12:35 a.m. Sunday and Ir an Erchill Flinn Belleville driving while drunk at 11:30 p.m. Saturday. All three were arrested by State Police. Houston and Snuffer posted cash bonds of 57.50 and 32.50 respectively and were released after magistrates hearings. Esco Browning Montreal jailed for driving while drunk released after a 57.50 bond. Flinn pleaded nolle contendre and fined 50 plus costs, remanded to jail. Doyle Ray Mecham Salt Lake City pleaded guilty to hazardous driving, fined 5 plus costs, and released to a hospital. Details on the Mecham accident appear elsewhere in today’s Register.
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Raleigh
Vinson Houston
Beckley
Donald Snuffer
Crab Orchard
Ira
N Erchill Flinn
Belleville
Houston
Snuffer
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Esco Browning
Montroal
Mays
T. N. Thurman
Flinn
Nolle Contendre
Doyle Ray Mecham
Salt Lake City
Utah
J. P. Meadows
Loveless Trial Opens in Logan
Melvin Loveless faces a Logan murder trial as 17 of 135 prospective jurors were dismissed for prior opinions or exposure to Loveless’ prior cases. Reed robbery slaying tied to 1953 case. four accomplices received life terms, one to a mental institution.
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Logan
Melvin Loveless
Loveless
Sarah Reed
Veniremen
State Supreme Court
Charleston
D. Jackson Savage
Savage
C. C. Chambers
Crab Orchard Man Succumbs in Hospital
Buster DeHart, 41, of Crab Orchard, died about 9:15 a.m. today in a local hospital after a long illness. The body will be removed from the hospital to the Calfee Funeral Home.
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Buster DeHart
Crab Orchard
Calfee Funeral Home
Mailman Finds Kin on Route in California
Mailman James Conley delivering to Marie MacDonagh learns she is his half sister separated 25 years ago. After a chance meeting and a name match they plan to spend Christmas together. MacDonagh works at Shoreline Market and recalls their family history including a mother who fell ill in their youth.
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Mill Valley
Calif
James Conley
Marie MacDonagh
Jimmy
Marin County
Legion Meet Slated Jan. 14 in Charleston
The 13 member executive committee of the West Virginia American Legion department will meet in Charleston on January 14. Committee chairmen on rehabilitation public relations finance oratorical contest and highway safety will present 1956 programs for approval. The committee led by Commander Chester Phillips of Elkins includes four vice commanders and 10 district commanders. The meeting starts at noon at state headquarters on Kanawha boulevard.
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Charleston
West Virginia American Legion Department
Chester Phillips
Elkins
Kanawha Boulevard
Weekend accidents push West Virginia traffic deaths to 342
Charleston report shows December toll rose to 27 on state highways with 21 deaths that month, part of a 1954 total of 342. The year earlier had 337 traffic deaths as observers described the situation as a "black, ugly looking" trend.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Byrd Says World Must Not Relax Against Communism
West Virginia congressman Rep. Byrd after visiting 28 countries warns the free world cannot relax. He urges firmer U.S. stance against communism, reassessment of economic aid, possible increase in military aid, and stronger action on colonialism and U.N. principles to deter Soviet influence.
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Washington
West
Virginia
Rep
Byrd
D-Wva
House
Asia
Africa
Russia
United States
United Nations
U.N
America
China
India
Cause of Lego Girl's Death Undetermined
Joan Carol Meador thirteen died at 1115 p m Sunday cause not yet determined. She was born December 23 1942 at Lillybrook and was a seventh grade pupil at Stoco Elementary School. Survived by parents four brothers and maternal grandparents. Body to Melton Mortuary to residence Tuesday. Funeral Wednesday at Resaco Methodist Church with burial in Mead cemetery. Pallbearers named among schoolmates. Dr William M Riley noted death occurred before he was summoned.
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Joan Carol Meador
Howard Taft Meaidor
Lego
Lillybrook
Stoco
Killarney
Edward Lee
Bobby Ray
David Gene
Melvin Plumley
Rhodell
Melton
Resaco Methodist Church
T. W. Painter
Mead Cemetery
Mead
Willie Meadows
Jimmy Meadows
Norman Patterson
Carolis Orfield
Buddy Corricco
Billy Corricco
J. D. Akers
Dennis Miller
Out-of-State Admission OKed for Romney School
West Virginia Attorney General's Office says the State Board of Education may admit out-of-state students to the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind at Romney and set tuition fees. Board Secretary H. K. Baer queried legality. Assistant AG Fred H. Caplan issued the opinion.
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Charleston
Attorney General's Office
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Romney
H. K. Baer
Fred H. Caplan
Utility Pole Hit By Beckleyan's Car
State Police estimated damages between 400 and 500 dollars after an automobile struck a utility pole in front of the Carolina Super Market Crab Orchard at about 3 a m today. The vehicle driven by John Green 307 Temple Street skidded on wet pavement and crashed into the pole. Green was not injured.
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Carolina
Crab Orchard
John Green
Temple St
Green
Desert pilot survives five days after crash in Arizona
Young pilot hiked out of the desert after five days with no food or water. He took off from Phoenix on a cross country solo, ditched on an Air Force range, stayed with the wreckage three days, then followed jeep tracks and walked about 35 miles until spotting lights and reaching a cafe for water.
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Phoenix
Ariz.p
John de Castro
Tucson
Air Force
Aeronca
Rodeheaver Dies In Indiana Home
Homer Rodeheaver 75 former college cheer leader and Billy Sunday’s chief musical aide died at his Winona Lake home after a four day cerebral hemorrhage. A prolific gospel writer and performer he led the Rodeheaver Half-Mack Co and ran a Florida ranch for underprivileged boys. He served in the Spanish American War and WWI YMCA. Survived by sister Ruth Thomas. Funeral at Warsaw Methodist Church with Bishop Arthur S. Moore. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
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Warsaw
Ind
Homer Rodheaver
Billy Sunday
Winona Lake
Radeheaver
Africa
Radeheaver Half- Mack Co
Recorders of
Palatka, Fla
Rodeheaver
Union Furnace
Ohio
Tennessee
Cuba
YMCA
France
Ruth Thomas
Warsaw Methodist Church
Arthur S. Moore
Atlanta, Ga
Oakwood Cemetery
Nationalists Attack Communist Gunboats Off Formosa
Nationalist planes attacked Communist gunboats off Tanshan Island for the second time in two days. Two gunboats were destroyed and a third was heavily damaged. The Nationalists did not identify the aircraft or numbers but said all crews returned safely.
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Taipei
Formosa
Tanshan Island
Jail Lights Up With Christmas Cheer in Raleigh County
A festive mood spreads through Raleigh County Jail as an elevator houses a bright red tinsel bulb ornament. Staff cleaned the elevator in honor of the season, bringing a bit of holiday spirit to inmates and guards alike.
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Raleigh
Westinghouse Extends $100 Christmas Loans to Strikers
Westinghouse Electric Corp began issuing $100 no interest Christmas loans to striking workers within 20 minutes, aiming to cover more than 50,000 strikers. First loans were issued at Sharon plant to aid families during the strike against IUE and UE grievances.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sharon
Big Electrical Corporation
International Union of Electrical Workers
TUE
United Electrical Workers
IUE
Company
John Murray
Westinghouse
Teen-Ager Dies Following Wreck in Bluefield
Gerald S. Martin age 17 of Rocky Gap Virginia died in a Bluefield hospital from injuries after a traffic accident in South Bluefield last midnight. He was a passenger in a car driven by Donald Gene Hart 20, also of Rocky Gap. Hart’s car hit a vehicle driven by Bobby Tolbert 24 of Bluefield. No other serious injuries reported. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lilburn Martin.
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Bluefield
Gerald S. Martin
Rocky Gap
South Bluefield
Donald Gene Hart
Hart
Bobby Tolbert
Lilburn Martin
Turnpike Meet Today Expected To be Routine
West Virginia Turnpike Commission planned a routine session today while learning that a statewide traffic survey results would not be ready. The survey, funded by the Road Commission and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, aimed to guide future freeways and possible northern extension of the 88 mile toll road. preliminary drafting was not yet completed by Coverdale and Colpitts.
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Charleston
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Coverdale and Colpitts
Burl A. Sawyers
The
Road Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
Missionaries Bradshaws Near Release by Chinese Reds
U S Red Cross officials say Dr Homer V Bradshaw and his wife a nurse and dietitian are expected to be released by Chinese authorities and cross into Hong Kong tomorrow Health concerns may delay talks with reporters They were imprisoned in Canton after arrest in 1951 amid suspicions of spying and have served since under house arrest
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Hong Kong
U.S
Red Cross
U.S. Air Force
Manila
Hos
Pital
Bradshaw
China
Presbyterian Church
Bradshaws
Kwangtung
Canton
Ohio Accident Fatal To Former Countian
Charles Frederick Halsey 30 longtime Bellevue resident and former MacArthur man died in a Bellevue hospital after a car crash. He was born July 2 1925 at Stotesbury a brakeman for Nickel Plate Railroad and member of Beckley Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge 1606. Survivors include his wife Helen Nichols a son and a daughter two sisters and two brothers. The body will be cared for at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home in Beckley pending arrangements.
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Charles Frederick Halsey
Bellevue
MacArthur
Halsey
Stotesbury
Bryant Halsey
Besse Bauquess Halsey
Nickel Plate Railroad
Beckley Loyal Order of the Moose
Helen Nichols
Charles
Debra
Nancy Gill
Huntington
Betty Davidson
Jess
Tommy
Beckley
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Cold Wave Warning Heads East From Plains
The Weather Bureau in Washington warns of a cold wave sweeping southeast from the Northern Great Plains. Warnings extend across the Ohio Valley, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York. Temperatures to plunge, with subzero readings expected by Tuesday morning in many areas and lows reaching 5 to 10 below in parts of the region.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Ohio Valley
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
New York State
Middle Atlantic States
Tennessee
Ohio
West Virginia Weather Cold Wave Alert
A cold wave warning issued for West Virginia brings cloudy skies and a sharp drop in temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Snow flurries are possible in the mountains with overnight lows around freezing.
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Children’s Aid Society
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