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Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1937

Page

5

Tb Clinic to Be Opened Soan Tb Clinic to Be Opened Soan

Miss Mary Virginia Gill of the West Virginia Tuberculosis Association plans a Wyoming county clinic in January funded by a Christmas seal sale and donations from the Junior Community club. The county has a $418 quota with $129.31 raised to date. tests will be administered in schools in January. The program has run since 1931 with the county health department in cooperation.

Register Mullens Mary Virginia Gill West Virginia Tuberculosis Association Wyoming County Gill State

Santa Visits Herndon Children at Christmas Event

In Herndon, all children under 12 were treated to a Santa visit at the Hern don high school Christmas tree event. Funds for the project came from an amateur performance staged at the school two weeks earlier.

Register Herndon Santa Claus Herndon High School

Convicts Freed For Christmas in Pineville Jail

Sheriff Lon F Byrd announced a Christmas gift of freedom for eight inmates at the Pineville county jail. Jailor Reese Byrd said the men would be released tomorrow. Names listed include George Lafferty John Costello Sam Stidham Clint West Philip Philyow Martha Jones Leon Dougherty and William Lancaster.

Register Pineville Lon F. Byrd Reese Byrd George Lafferty John Costello Sam Stidham Clint West Philip Philyow Martha Jones Leon Dougherty William Lancaster

Bicycle Club Meeting At Courthouse Tonight

The Bicycle club will meet at the courthouse at 7 o'clock tonight announced sponsor O. B. Harris. Officers may be elected or nominated and he urged bicycle parents attend. He noted no accidents have occurred since the club began and aims to save lives and prevent injuries. The meeting is in the state witness room on the courthouse’s second floor.

O. B. Harris Bicycle Club State Witness Room

Rural Electrification Sweeps 60 Miles in ’37 Beckley District

Appalachian Electric Power officials announce 60 miles of rural lines built in 1937 with 115 more planned for 1938 across Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette and Greenbrier counties. Contract crews from R H Bouligny Inc. work to meet demand as rights of way delay progress.

Raleigh County Appalachian Electric Power Company George M. Eckley Beckley Wyoming Fayette Greenbrier County Raleigh R. H. Bouligny, Inc Charlotte N. C

Samaritan Is Placed in Jail In Pineville

A man who came to help was jailed yesterday at the county jail until he sobered up after an intoxicated guest tried to influence a release for a friend. The report notes the incident as part of a longer local update. The article also details Appalachian Utilities’ rural construction plans, 24 miles of new lines serving 215 customers between Raleigh and Fayette counties, plus costs, staffing, and fleet.

T. D. Cochrane Daniels Crow Coal City Fireco Royal Grandview Clear Creek Clear Fork Long Branch John H. Collins Eckley Pineville Raleigh Fayette Collins Callaway Heights Fort Hill Ohio Appalachian Beckley

Youth Jailed On 2 Charges

Woodrow Cook 22 of Itmann was jailed on grand larceny and forgery charges. He allegedly signed L W Dunn's name to a 10.05 dollar check drawn May 15 1937. Held on 1000 dollar bond for grand jury action and pleaded not guilty in Pineville magistrate court. He was in hospital after a mine accident and had slipped away to be arrested. He also faces parole examinations.

Register Pineville Woodrow Cook Itmann Bill Worley Bryant Cecil L. E. Staton L. W. Dunn Cook John K. Lambert Worley Princeton

Millers Return for Christmas Visit to Raleigh County

Mr and Mrs Walter Miller longtime Raleigh county settlers who went west years ago are spending Christmas in Glen White after two weeks travel from Halfway Oregon Their stop at Flint Michigan for a new car and visit with A L Cook and John H Miller precedes a Christmas dinner at Rock Creek Their Oregon ranch and $164 saved on auto freight figure in the tale of their homeward journey

Walter Miller Sand Lick Raleigh County Golden West Halfway Oregon Flint Mich Glen White A. L. Cook Cameron Post Office John H. Miller Rock Creek Millers Miller Michigan

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