Warren to address Beckley group on preparatory school plan
Dr. Matthew M. Warren headmaster of Saint Paul’s School Concord New Hampshire will consult with Beckley businessmen today at a 12 30 luncheon at the Glass House Restaurant regarding a proposed private preparatory school in Beckley area Thornhill chairman says 30 to 40 people expected Warren arrived yesterday and will tour local sites including Beckley Veterans Hospital Warren son of the late George W Warren long associated with Beckley banks Saint Paul’s operates on a 1600 acre campus 60 buildings and 13 million endowment
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Matthew M. Warren
Saint Paul's School
Concord
N. H
Beckley
Warren
Glass House
Turnpike
W. A. Thornhill Jr
Thornhill
Princeton
West Virginia
Flat Top Lake
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Dr. Warren
George W. Warren
Bank of Raleigh
Charles Hodel
Harlow Warren
Beckley Area
Saint Paul’s
Savings Bonds Sales Rise in November Across State
Savings bonds show a 10 percent higher November sales than 1953, with eleven months totaling 47,702,266 toward a 52.5 million goal. Raleigh, Fayette, Greenbrier, and Wyoming counties report varied E and H bond totals, with Raleigh at 74,181 and Fayette at 152,968 total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Wyoming
Mrs N Fleming Claimed by Death
Nettie Fleming 58 of Piney View died at 9 45 am in a local hospital after months illness. Born December 27 1895 in Fayette County she was daughter of John and Sarah Martin Smith. Survived by husband George Fleming two sisters two brothers four daughters three sons and eight grandchildren. Body at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie Fleming
Piney View
Fayette County
John
Sarah Martin Smith
John Smith
Beckley
Evelyn Aaron
Edith Fleming
Josephine O'Neil
Dorothy Adams
Epperly
Cecil Fleming
Carlos Fleming
Harry Fleming
Wilmington
Del
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Army Enlists 3 In Beckley Induction Station
Friday reports show three Army and two Air Force enlistments at Beckley Main Induction and Examining Station. Army recruits Don Harold Jeffrey and Claude Browning Gill, both in their 20s, assigned to Fort Knox Kentucky, with Clarence Carroll Wilfong Jr. also enlisting. Air Force enlistees Frank Lewis Bateman and Robert Edward Buchanan assigned to Sampson Air Force Base Geneva New York and Bluefield respectively.
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Army
Air Force
Beckley
Fort Knox, Ky
Don Harold Jeffrey
Theodore R. Jeffrey
Switzer
Claude Browning Gill
Clyde H. Gill
Logan
Clarence Carroll Wilfong Jr
Margie Wilfong
Marlinton
Fourteen Join Air Force and Ten Enlist in Army During One Week
Beckley Center reports fourteen enlistments in the Air Force and ten in the Army during the past week. Names include Gale H. Pennington and Homer W. Withrow among air force recruits, and Philip Burdette and Richard Moss among army enlistees, with hometowns listed as Charleston Ameagle Welch and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Army
Beckley Center
Gale H. Pennington
G. W. Pennington Roderfield
Lloyd D. Stone
M. H. Stone
Cinco
Howard Stroupe Jr
C. Stroupe
Pocahontas
Russell H. Koch
S. H. Koch
Riverside
Harold D. Herndon
Princeton
Romeo Vance
H. R. Vance
Sizemore
Flavious J. Thomas
J. J. Thomas
Charleston
Kenneth C. MceCumbers
F. MceCumbers
Nicot
Ira L. Greer
W. A. Greer
Crumpler
Miles C Payne
Snow Removal Brings Problem for Beckley Streets
Beckley faces severe snow as a weekend storm piles drifts along curbs. Street Commissioner D E Warden urges residents to push snow to street centers to ease clearing. If snow worsens, sections of streets may be roped off to allow loading and hauling.
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Beckley
Beckley Street
D. E. Warden
Warden
Livestock Market Report from Baltimore USDA
Baltimore market summary shows cattle mainly 895 to 1029 pounds at 22.00 to 24.00, utilities down to 13.00, commercial and good heifers 18.00 to 20.00, canners 5.00 to 12.00, cows 10.50 to 13.00, bulls 9.00 to 15.00, steers 625 to 830 pounds 19.00 to 22.00, calves slow, hogs mixed with 160 to 220 pound barrows and gilts 19.25 to 50, 200 pound averages around 19.75, heavier hogs 18.00 to 25.00, sows under 400 pounds mainly 16.50, up to 11.50 for over 600 pounds.
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Baltimore
USDA
Two Suspected Shoplifters Held For Grand Jury
Two women charged with grand larceny waived prelim and were held for the grand jury after being arrested at the Beckley bus terminal. Virginia Garner and Gloria Jones, found with nearly $100 in loot from multiple stores, admitted taking items and were jailed on $500 bonds.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Melody Shop
Neville Street
Virginia Leona Garner
Carlisle
Fayette County
Gloria Jones
Charleston
Miss Jones
Garner
T. N. Thurman
Cop's a Pop Passes Out Cigars and Welcomes Daughter
City patrolman Lonnie Price distributed cigars today instead of tickets. He and his wife welcomed an eight pound daughter at Beckley Hospital at 7:25 a.m. The baby remains unnamed. The Prices already have three other children.
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Lonnie Price
Mrs. Price
Beckley Hospital
Prices
Midnight Mass at St. Francis on Christmas Eve
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church will host a midnight mass at 11:30 p.m. on Friday with four additional Christmas morning masses at 7, 7:30, 8, 9 and 10 a.m. Fr. Paul V. Helsley will lead, assisted by Fr. Alfred Meyer. Confessions are scheduled Thursday and Friday in slots before and after services.
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
S. Oakwood Ave
Paul V. Helsley
Alfred Meyer
Washington, D. C
Helsely
Helsey
Church Bulletin
Unconscious Soldier Shows Improvement
Everett Wagner of East Beckley has been unconscious for 13 days at Raleigh General Hospital. A hospital spokesman said his condition improved to fair on the daily patient report, improving from a prior critical listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Wagner
East Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
County Digging Out of Six Inch Snowfall In Raleigh
Raleigh Countians began digging out after a persistent six inch snow blanket fell since Saturday night. Roads were slick but no serious accidents were reported. plows and graders worked continuously to keep throughways open. Four people were treated at Beckley Hospital for injuries from slips and sleigh rides, as another round of snow was forecast for tonight and Tuesday.
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Raleigh
Beckley Wrecking Co
Day and Nite Garage
John McGinnis
State Road Commission
Beckley Toll Plaza
West Virginia Turnpike
Waldo Lafon
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Beckley Hospital
Sylvia Walker
Lana Walker
MacArthur
Thelma Pauline Kirk
Helen
Betty Lou Simms
Mildred Irwin
Piney View
Raleigh County
Weather Bureau
Bowers Withdraws Request for Hearing on Dismissal Charge
Beckley police sergeant Os ar Bowers has withdrawn his petition for a Civil Service Commission hearing on his dismissal. Attorney T R Wilson Jr said the withdrawal aims to have Bowers reimbursed for pension fund payments, with the matter settled for both sides. Mayor Davis said the commission received the withdrawal letter and will proceed, while officials refuse to disclose the charges.
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Beckley
Police Civil Service Commission
T. R. Wilson Jr
Oscar Bowers
Bowers
Civil Service Com
Mann
C. D. Crawford Jr
J. S. Higgins
Hall
Davis
Commission
Force
Civil Service Commission
State aid to West Virginia county schools totals 4 034 000 in December
State aid to county school systems in West Virginia reached 4 034 000 in December, lifting the six month total for the current fiscal year to 24 186 000. Six counties did not request aid for December: Doddridge Harrison Kanawha Lewis Morgan and Wyoming. Raleigh County asked for 350 000. Area counties requests for December were Fayette 150 000 Greenbrier 75 000 Nicholas 70 000 and Summers 50 000. Totals for the year by month: July 895 000 August 2 062 000 September 7 600 000 October 6 400 000 November 3 195 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Doddridge
Harrison
Kanawha
Lewis, Morgan
Wyoming
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Chemical Co appoints Blakely to Detroit sales post
Solventor Chemical Products Inc Detroit announces the appointment of W T Blakely of Beckley to the commercial bulk sales division. He currently covers the west Detroit area calling on industrial plants hotels and institutions and similar customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solventor Chemical Products, Inc
Detroit
W. T. Blakely
Beckley
Balkely
West Detroit
Weekend Jail Census in Raleigh County
Twenty two persons were placed in Raleigh County Jail by 8 a.m. Saturday, most on drunkenness charges. Wesley Summers and Joe Reedy, both named, were held for hearings before Magistrate C. T. Burdiss after state police arrests from the Beckley detachment.
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Raleigh
Wesley Summers
Odd
C. T. Burdiss
Joe Reedy
Summers
Burdiss
Beckley
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N. Fleming
J. S. Moss
Daniel R. Dale
G. L. Dale
Superior
Albert L. McCarthy
M. EB. McCarthy
Renick
Raymond L. Ferguson
L. Ferguson
Mount Gay
Carl Browning Jr
C. Browning Sr. Hatcher
Joseph C LeFlore
Welch
Patrick D. Hawthorne
St. Francis
Calvert
Alvert
Bie
Lea Whisky
Bernen
Avert Digtilaers Company
SREY
Ehh Grain Neutra
News of the
Beckley, W. VA
By-Pass
Super Market
Gulf Service Center
the House of Color Johnnies
Esso Servicenter
Lewis Terminal, Inc
May Office Service
Spark’s
Esso
Servicenter
Macarthur, W. VA
MacArthur Cash Grocery
Godby’s
Keystone Service Station
Sprague, W. VA
Barney's Market
Barney Brothers Service Station
Commerce St
Bluefield, West Virginia
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