Beclley Chamber Forges Growth Through Roads and Industry
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce drives city growth from 1920 to 1930 with street renaming to end repeat addresses, mail delivery, and road improvements. It lobbies for faster train service to Prince, recruitment of Pinecrest Sanitarium VA hospital Decker Clothes and a new memorial bond. The effort spurred a 120 percent population rise and laid the groundwork for future industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Morfit
Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
James
Chamber
Charleston
Prince
Prince Station
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pinecrest Sanitarium
State Tuberculosis Center
Veterans Figs Pean General Hospital
Pinecrest
Decker Clothes, Incorporated
Charles, Hodel
Addi Bon
Decker
Sareylny
Penman Road
Ve . H. Shriver
Beckley Proclaims Social Hygiene Day and Forum
Beckley Mayor G C Hedrick designates Wednesday February 4 as Social Hygiene Day urging city participation. Raleigh County Social Hygiene Association aids a 730 p m forum at Beckley Junior High with 36 prominent citizens panelists discussing youth prep for family life and home building. The new state wide group will help form local associations with WV Public Health links and future school programs. In Morgantown WVU appoints Dr Harold Allan Gibbard head of the Department of Sociology starting July 16 replacing Dr Thomas L Warlis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
G. C. Hedrick
Raleigh County Social Hygiene Association
West Virginia
West Virginia Social Hygiene Association
Charleston
James H. Deck
Raleigh County Association
Andrew P. Sackett
State Bureau of Venereal Disease Control
Larkin S. Philpott
District 29
United Mine Workers
Minna Belle Kellman
Raleigh
Deck
Kanawha
Cabell
Marion
Nmber
Isabel Morgan
State Bureau of Child and Maternal Welfare
Henretta Marquis
Charleston Phvsician
Jin Beckley
A. L. Dickerson
Boone County
Charleston-Kanawha County
New
Social Hygiene Association
West Virginia Public Health Association
Beckrey
Hedrick
Associated Press
Morgantown
Irvin Stewart
Harold Allan
Gibbard
Lawrence
Kan
Hhead
West Virginia University
Uniersity of Kansas
Thomas L. Warlris
Harris
University of Michigan
Michigan State College
Brown University
University of Missouri
James B. Deck
Sophia
Beckley Projection Company
Black Knight Country Club
Geek- Toy Hotel
Clarence Carte
Beckley Area
Beckley College
Cordelia Ann Richmond
William Fink
Ralph Law
Edith Dickerson
Ruth Coleman
Agnes Cook
Elizabeth Lamb
Peggy Ann White
Meredith Williams
Peggy Ann Garnett
Rosemary Stewart
Arthur Jarrell
Paul Jennings
Lester Sicel
Harry Swillinger
Violet Cavendish
Dorothy Craig
Marion Willis
Frederick Bonham
Thomas Creer
Jess Vannecter
Virgil Adkins
Blaine Tanner
Charles Phipps
Basil Sweeney
Charles Browning
Thomas Noel Claudius Jones
William Dower
Lois Dunbar
Dorma Feazell
Earl Brown
Macil Mills
Gara Dobbins
Robert Clark
Franklin Patrick
Cleo Cole
Henry McGhee
Camero Walls
Beckley College Opens Second Semester With New Veterans
Beckley College begins its second semester with advanced registration yielding about 50 new students. Veterans report Monday at 9:30 a.m. to complete VA papers. Final first semester grades are being tabulated and mailed Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma McDaniel Beckley
Beckley College
Veterans Administration
Nedra Elliott
JT. D. Elliott
Beaver
National Mine Service Company
Mabscott
James C. Barker
Maplewood Lane
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Barker
Harry B. Atkinson, Jr
Johnstown Road
American Glass and Mirror Company
Harry
Robbie Daniels
Quality Lumber and Supply Company
Fifth Auto-Train Crash Victim Dies
Mrs. Hattie Brown of Northfork, 24, died in a hospital here becoming the fifth person killed in a collision between a taxi and a westbound Norfolk and Western passenger train. The cab driver Alfred Corley, 24, of Gary survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Associated Press
WELCH
Hattie Brown
Northfork
Norfolk and Western
Alfred Corley
Gary
Vets In Training Ineligible For Some Federal Programs
Veterans cannot enroll in GI Bill or Vocational Rehabilitation training if the course is funded by certain federal appropriations. They must choose a specific federal program to enter. Programs qualifying include US public health fellowships, US Maritime Commission training, hospital residency programs under US government, and VA medicine and surgery residency for physicians and dentists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
U. S
U.S. Maritime Commission
U.S
Department of Medicine and Surgery
The
Minter No 1 Mine Gels Inspection
December inspection of E C Minter Coal Company’s Minter No 1 mine at Rhodell found generally good safety conditions. 150 workers, 633 tons daily. timbering rock dusting compliant. permissible explosives and blasting units used by certified miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minter No
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Rhodell
C. K. Paria
Federal Bureau Oines
Tommy Creek
Toomy Creek
Quarters Sought for Navy Electronics Unit
The Navy seeks about 1600 square feet of floor space for a 10 year lease to house an electronics warfare unit in Beckley Lt H S Ash announces repairs will be made and rent paid. The unit will include radio transmitters receivers radar sonar and other devices with radiomen radarmen and signal men in demand. Also notes recovery of Arthur C Dower after a week of illness in Mount Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy
Beckley
H. 5
Ash
Westwood Drive
Navy
Flat Top Soldier Enroute From Japan Homeward Bound
Billy B. Houchins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Houchins of Flat Top, has left Japan for discharge and return. Former member of the 64th Field Artillery Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, he joined the army Sept 25, 1946, trained at Fort Knox, and went overseas Dec 9, 1946. He attended Spanishburg High School before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flat Top
Enroute
Japan
Billy B. Houchins
Willard Houchins
64Th Field Artillery
25Th Infantry Division
Fort Knox
25Th Division
Pie. Houchins
Spanishburg
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Social W.V.U
Public Forum
Vets Register
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Terry
Greenville Air Base
5. C
Pie
William Harris, Jr
Beckley Army and Air Force
Lakeland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Register
Montcoal
Clyde Elkins
Marsh Fork High School
Clifford Gross
Phebe Kirk
Joyce Lindsey
Jo Ann Jarrell
Crab Orchard
Baptist Church
Ford
Rowus
Webber
Uelen
Bair Bros, Inc
Navy Electronics
Naoma
Maplewood Methordist Church
Elmer O'Connor
Edwight
Violet Clark
Newton
N. J
Wiliam E. Campbell
Pauline Brennan
Mount Hope
Arthur ¢. Dower
Spinet Pianos
Solovox
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Fayette St
Radio Communicationservice
Oakwood Ave
DIAL
Bill Ormandy
George Yazell
Harold Dew
Eachman
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