Year in Raleigh County Front Page Headlines
The year featured Rev. Monta H Ball’s shotgun death accident involving his wife Victory Ball and the later acquittal. Robert S Wingo drew state wide attention after a fatal crash near Skelton. Miss Neverine Bender and other highway deaths added to the year’s solemn toll along with sewage disputes and school board shakeups.
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Monta H. Ball
Raleigh
Ball
Associated Press
Mr. Ball
Robert S. Wingo
Mullens
Skelton
Wingo
L. L. Willeford
Huntington
Neverine Bender
Harrisburg
Ill
Beckley
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Mabscott
State Water Board
Board of Education
William Rees
Harper Road
Bill Keenan
Stamford
Rees
Berckley
J. P. Feltry
Rhodell
William Webb
Glen Daniel
Edward Britt
O. J. Morrison
Carp. A. Scalise
Earl Duling
C. M. Ward
Eugenia “Siss
Walden
Odd
Stephen Ginestra
Hunter Smith
Victory Gay Ball
Rocky Creek
Raleigh County
Grand
West Virginia
Charleston
United Mine Worker
Lindside Couple Seeks Symbol for Sixtieth Anniversary
Mrs Emma Reed of Greenville and Henry Ballard of Gates mark a sixtieth wedding milestone. Their relatives include Mrs Elia McNeer Union and Mrs Sally Payne Huntington. Children and kin across Union Lindside Princeton Rich Creek and Ohio gather for the anniversary question about the metal for sixty years.
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Greenville
Emma Reed
Henry Ballard
Gates
Ballard
Elia McNeer
Union
Sally Payne
Huntington
Neely White
Ohio
Mary Boone
Myrtle Riner
Edna Hansbarger
Clarence Ballard
Lindside
Edgar Ballard
Birefield
Janie Spangler
Princeton
Mount View Pupils Safe by Schoolboy Patrols
Mount View Junior High relies on a six boy schoolboy patrol to supervise loading and unloading as 97.5 percent of 300 students ride buses. Three bus routes serve the school with 347, 275, and 246 pupils daily, miles traveled, and dozens of stops daily, plus transfers to nearby schools.
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Mt. View
Sam Brown
Diehl
Mt. View Junior High School
George W. Chambers
Clinton Miller
Montreal
Pettus Consolidated School
Elliott High School
Leevale
Miller
Herbert Mankin
Mankin
Chambers
Arnett Miller
Raleigh County
Bryan Combs
Jessie Brown
Maude Farley
Grate Tabor
Thelma Canvendish
Carl G. Jarrell
Ruby Givens
Betty Cubbedge l
Cubbedge
Huntington
John Fredrick Stiefel
Dayton
Ohio
Frank Herrea
Eccles
Mt View
E. van Dorsey
Herrea
Martha Sheffler
Beckley
Edward Wills
Billy Burnside
Charles Mankin
Glendale Tabor
Teddy Webb
Dale Webb
State Prepares to Handle 40000 Jobless Claims
West Virginia officials finalize plans to process between 40000 and 50000 unemployment claims. Night shifts and 1100 field workers receive two weeks of training as 27 district offices extend hours to handle potential overflow. Eligible claimants on January 1 may receive up to 15 weekly dollars for twelve weeks, with partial unemployment defined by weekly wages under 0.8 of the full benefit.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Inight
Virginia
John S. Stump
The
West Virginia Employment Service
Hospital Staff Santa for Four at Beckley
Beckley hospital staff acted as Santa for four confined children during Christmas. A decorated tree and gifts were provided as office attendants noted many patients were sent home, while those remaining included Thelma Perdue 17 months, Frances. Aubrey Allen 2, Stotesbury. Joan Wyatt 7, Amigo. Freddie Bowles 2, Mt. Hope, all with illnesses or injuries.
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Beckley Hospital
Thelma Perdue
Frances
Aubrey Allen
Stotesbury
Joan Wyatt
Amigo
Freddie Bowles
Mt. Hope
Pineville printer takes post at Independent Herald
Fayetteville printer Howard Phillips has accepted a position as printer for the Independent-Herald in Pineville. Previously he worked for the State Sentinel in Fayetteville.
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Register
Pineville
Howard Phillips
Fayetteville
Independeent-Herald
Phillips
State Sentinel
Purchase of Seals Nearing One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy Two
Raleigh county reports Christmas seal sales totalling 1372 by December 23, Dr. George F. Evans of the West Virginia Tuberculosis and Health association says county effort could raise more than the state run. Donors include Affinity Pemberton Coal & Coke Company Beaver C A Toner Beckley D Arnstein Kyle E Behr and many others.
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Raleigh
George F. Evans
West Virginia
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Evans
Affinity
Pemberton Coal & Coke Company
Beaver
C. A. Toner
Beckley
D. Arnstein
Kyle E. Behr
Baldwin Supply Co
D. W. Bryson
Pearl Burkett
W. L. Carter
J. P. Clay
Ross Cul- Pepper
Marjorie E. Davis
Ophia A. Davis
E. M. DesRochers
B. F.dorsey
D. W. Duke
J. B. Earwood
E. B. Eckle
Mollie Farmer
G. G. Feazelle
J. W.givens
Pelyon Graves
Rose Meadows Griffith
Bridge Rebuilt Near John Jarrell Home On 30-Year Wood Span
The 125 foot wooden bridge near John Snake Eye Jarrell’s home was reinforced after years of heavy use. Workers replaced flooring with new girders and laid boards two inches thick by variable width. Finishing touches finish next spring with guard rails. Labor cost about 160 dollars at 3.20 per day. material cost undetermined as state supplied.
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Harris
John
Jarrell
Fragmentary Names Link Local Obituary Notices
The fragmented OCR lists numerous personal names paired with places or surnames, suggesting a local notice page of obituaries or social notices. Readable items include Wheeler, F W Woolworth, Dr Robert Winston, Craber Orchard, Cranberry and Shady Spring entries among others.
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Montreal
Alma L. Gambil
J. L. Raddox
Raleigh
A. Madeline Porer
Sandstone
Ray Benenett
Shady Spring
Iira C. Bennett
Sprague
T. E. Garrett
Stolesbury
Nancy Wtlliams
Winding Gulf
Ada Butler
Doris Cooper
Doris KvHm
Jobs Rise Halted In Up and Down 1937 Year
The Associated Press reports private industry cut payrolls in late 1937 as production fell in steel and textiles. The National Industrial Conference Board estimated more than 6,000,000 unemployed at the recovery peak, with swings in employment through the year and wages rising modestly in the spring and summer. A stray medieval note about crusaders concludes the piece.
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Associated Press
New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board
West Virginia Ends 1937 With Moderate Prosperity
West Virginians closed 1937 amid a mixed year of gains and strains. Coal and agriculture showed improvement while WPA rolls fell from 42 000 to 27 000 by September. Tax receipts rose, property values climbed, and insurance holdings increased, signaling continued economic resilience despite labor shifts and drought impacts.
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C. I
Steel Company
West
Tax Department
Treasury
West Virginia
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Ibreaks
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Bob Dillon
Tuberculosis Association
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Jarrell Bridge
Knights
Holy Land
Dick Boyd
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