Samuel J. Farmer 62 Dies in Montgomery After Illness
Samuel James T. Farmer of Beckley died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery after a six year illness. He invented and patented a levelling jack for coal cutting machinery in 1940. Survived by wife Frances, daughters Elizabeth Lynda Helen, sons James Jr. and Ralph, sisters, granddaughter. funeral plans pending arrival of a son from Germany.
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Samuel James T. Farmer
Sixth St
Germany
Beckley
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Brewster
Samuel Farmer
Amigo Coal Company
Amigo
United Mine Workers
Farmer
Frances Allen Farmer
Elizabeth
Lynda
Helen
S. James Jr
Ralph B. Farmer
Frankfurt
James Castle
Gary
Minnie Hill
East Beckley
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Police recover stolen car in Beckley theft case
State Police recovered a stolen automobile belonging to W. F. Davis of Beckley on Wednesday morning on Batoff Mountain. Davis had reported the car missing since December 22. Officers said two wheels had been removed from the vehicle.
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W. F. Davis
Beckley
Batoff Mountiin
Davis
Coal output slips due to weak markets in week ending Dec 20
Winding Gulf Operators Association reports coal production for the week ending December 20 fell to 179 090 tons from 196 190 last year. Market lack caused 38 915 tons of losses while a five day workweek accounted for 82 316 tons. Production was 6 860 tons below the prior week and capacity ran at 70 percent. Cumulative January 1 to December 20 reached 8 691 6380 tons, down 14.1 percent from last year.
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Winding Gulf Operators Association
Chief Urges Removal of Leftover Christmas Trees
Fire Chief Bernard Martin urged that all surplus Christmas trees be hauled away immediately to lessen fire danger. He noted leftover trees around service stations pose fire hazards.
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Bernard Martin
Stout Observes 5th Year With Newspaper Firm
B F Stout, Beckley Newspapers Corp circulation manager, received a watch from colleagues for 25 years of service. Robert L Amick presented it as the Raleigh Register and Beckley Post-Herald circulation expanded from 5 000 to 35 000 and the department grew to 21 routemen five branches seven supervisors and 625 carriers since his start with the Raleigh Register becoming a daily in 1928 and adding the Post-Herald in 1929.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Stout
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Robert L. Amick
Stout
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
Post-Herald
Automobiles Collide on Christmas Eve in City
Damages estimated at 150 dollars after a two car collision at the corner of S Fayette and Grove Streets. Drivers were Jackie E Williams of 106 Crescent Street and Winford Poor of Lester.
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S. Fayette and
Grove Streets
Jackie E. Williams
Crescent Street
Winford Poor
Lester
Catherine Gore Ordered Into Police Court
City police ordered Catherine Gore of 121 Sour State to appear in police court Monday night for a hearing on a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a license. She was arrested on Vance Drive Thursday.
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Catherine Gore
Sour
Vance Drive
Hawkins Rites Set for Roosevelt Hawkins in Beckley
Funeral services for Roosevelt Hawkins are scheduled for 2 p m Sunday at Mt Anne Baptist Church Layland with Rev Eugene Wyly officiating Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery Beckley Surviving are wife Lola Hawkins two sisters Miss Annie Mae Hawkins Pratt City Ala and Mrs Rosa Lee Lockett Charleston and two brothers Hazle Highco Roy Pratt City Ala The body goes to the home at 4 p m Saturday.
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Roosevelt
Hawkins
Mt. Anne Baptist Church
Layland
Eugene Wyly
Greenwood Cemetery
Beckley
Lola Hawkins
Annie Mae Hawkins
Pratt City
Ala
Rosa Lee, Lockett
Charleston
Hazle
Highco
Roy
Valley Drive
Thompson
Peerless, Packing Co
Anna Thompson
Hattie Thompson
Oak Hill
William
Bobby
Navy
Great Lakes
Franklin
Daniel
Ruth Rilet
Chicago
Doothy Amos
Frances Burgess
Keyser Funeral Home
Thomas Funeral Home
Shirley Donnelly
Piphlawn Memorial Park
Oak Iil
Holiday Rally Set By Beckley Youth for Christ
Beckley Youth for Christ announces a special holiday rally Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Beckley Junior High School Auditorium Carl Johnson director leads a Bob Jones University student team including Ralph and Louise Sutera twins from New York Al Finley who recently returned from a missionary tour and D D Elwell of Fayetteville The program invites Bible college and university students to attend and participate.
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Beckley Youth For Christ
Beckley Junior High School
Carl Johnson
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S. C
Ralph and
Louise Sutera
New York
al Finley
D. D. Elwell
Fayetteville
Bible Colleges
Christmas Adopted Dog Finds Home in Beckley
A Fox Terrier named Piffle, about 18 months old, wandered into Miss Topsy O Dell’s E Main Street home in Beckley last July and stayed. The piece urges adopting pets from the Raleigh County Animal Shelter with pound fees and a license. It also offers a recipe idea of red delicious apples with peanut butter as a kid snack.
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Beckley
Piffle
Topsy O' Dell
E. Main St
Raleigh County Animal Shelter
Death of Beckley man ends with heart attack claim
State Police said no investigation is planned into the death of Arthur Henry Thompson 28 of Harper Road Beckley found dead in a parked car on Valley Drive near midnight Christmas Eve. Police say Thompson apparently died of a heart attack after an auto wreck and two companions were to be arraigned for drunkenness.
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Arthur Henry Thompson
Harper Road
Valley Drive
Thompson
C. L. Walker
B. B. Richmond
Walker
Beckley
Harold Christian
Pauline Armstrong
Mabscott
Christian
Armstrong
Beaver
Insurance Benefits Listed by Brown Insurance
S Roger Brown of Beckley’s Social Security office explains insurance protection for self employed earners filing their 1952 social security tax report. Credits from prior wage work add to self employment credits, extending protection, with permanent coverage after ten years. Mandatory annual reports and tax payments apply if self employment earnings reach 406 dollars or more.
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S. Roger Brown
Beckley
Director of Internal Revenue
Brown
Deeds Recorded In Marsh Fork District Hunter Transfers
Mr and Mrs Van Hunter and Lewis H Hunter deed Lot 16 in the Hunter Addition Marsh Fork District to Earl Hunter with no consideration and Lewis H Hunter deeds Lot 18 in the same addition to Earl Hunter with no consideration.
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van Hunter
Lewis H. Hunter
Earl Hunter
Hunter Addition
Marsh Fork
83 Year-Old Grandma Ballard Keeps Jail Visiting Routine
Allie Ballard an 83 year old Salvation Army volunteer visits Raleigh County Jail every Thursday to read the Bible pray and talk with inmates She has about 26 years of Salvation Army service and is praised as a faithful visitor by Jailer H H Hutchinson The article also hints at her Indiana origin West Virginia move in 1880 and longtime church work
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Allie Ballard
Raleigh
Salvation Army
Ballard
Mabscott
H. H. Hutchinson
Army
West Virginia
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Virgil R. Smoot Jr
Smoot
Heber Street
Bessie King
West Virginia State College
Mary P. King
Harper Heights
William A. Holley III
Mary Morton
Food Merchant Jr
West Virginia University
Fred Merchant
John Moss Jr
University of Michigan
Johnnie Moss
Paul White
West Virginia College
Roy White
Edmond and
Golden Hughes
R. R. Hughes
South Fayette Street
Falos Akers Jr
Falos Akers
Juanita Miller
Tom Adams
Clemintine Hembricks
Bernice Booker
Ell
Church of Ca
Mil Street
Building Fund
P. T. Curtis
Scarbro
John McDowell
Lillybrook
Merriman Auguster Wright
Seventh St
Danny Dwaine
Robert Clayborne
East Beck
Hey
Flora Hunt
Mrs
Brrnett
Macott
M. E. Carter
Church St
Alease Watkins
Mt. Hope
Phillip F. King
M. E. English
Kentucky Ave
Matthew English
Homestead
Helen Watkins
Bluefield State College
W. O. Dolleys
M. J. Gibson
Elizabeth Gibson
New Haven
Youth For Christ
Betty Ellison
Indiana
Grandma” Ballard
GE MorpHy CO
Main ST. & Heber ST
E— Beckley, W. VA
Lewis
General Electric
Duncan
Simmons
Hollywood
China
Neville
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