Beckley Recruiters Tie For Best Coal Diggers Title
SFC Elmo Hager of Beckley Army Substation and M Sgt Albert J Kyle of Charleston station are named best coal digger recruiters after a six station contest. Final scores 226.7 and 229.4 percent with 37 and 39 enlistments. They share a $25 gift and a watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Main
SFC
Elmo Hager
Beckley
Albert J. Kyle
Charleston
Sophia Odd Fellows Elect Officers in Madison
Sophia Odd Fellows club Sophia Lodge 369 elected Sophia Lowery as noble grand along with Eli jah Fox as vice grand Russell Pegram treasurer Robert Porter secretary and other officers named Attendees included Frank Porter Frank Bowers C V Frost O O Crouch A J Cochran R L Leffen W G Mooney R H Pegram W F Tolliver plus guests Mrs Russell Pegram Miss Loretta Pegram Mrs Frank Bowers Mrs W G Mooney and Mrs Bertha Ruble Arthur Porter district deputy grand master District 16 installed the officers Refreshments were served by True Blue Rebekah Lodge 34 of Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison Lowery
Noble Grand
Sophia Lodge
Order of Odd Fellows
Elijah Fox
Russell Pegram
Robert Porter
Frank Porter
Frank Bowers
C. V. Frost
O. O. Crouch
A. J. Cochran
R. L. Leffen
W. G. Mooney
R. H. Pegram
W. F. Tolliver
Loretta Pegram
Bertha Ruble
Arthur Porter
Noel Christian enters primary for Beckley Council
Councilman Noel Christian announced his candidacy Tuesday for renomination to the Beckley City Council in the April 19 primary. He filed from Ward 4 and is a Beckley Junior High School science instructor at 222 Vine Street. He is a Morris Harvey College graduate and graduate student at West Virginia University. Other incumbent Democrats seeking reelection are Clarence L. Bibb H. P. Meadows G. C. Porter and John Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Christian
Beckley
Christian
Johnstown
Lincoln
Whitestick
Vine St
Beckley Junior High
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia University
all-Democrat Council
Clarence L. Bibb
H. P. Meadows
G. C. Porter
John Smith
Livestock Market Report from Baltimore USDA Cattle Prices
Baltimore USDA cattle and hog values listed by weight and class with ranges for calves stockers feeders slaughter steers and hogs. Prices vary from under 7 dollars for calls to over 34 dollars for prime calves and hog weights span 120 to over 600 pounds. Sheep noted as none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Choice
Home Room Mothers Lead Polio Campaign Drive
Collins Elementary School home room mothers report a Mothers March for poliomyelitis in the Winding Gulf and Epperly section collecting $55. The effort highlights community support and school involvement in public health campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Elementary School
Winding Gulf
Epperly
Beckley GOP Elects Fourney to Fill Vacancy
Beckley Republican group chose Paul Fourney to fill an unexpired vacancy on the Republican Executive Committee after Helen Sluss resigned last year. The body also elected 10 members from five wards for a four year term, with filing for the April 19 primary due by April 1 and a $5 filing fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Fourney
Beckley
Fourney
Helen Sluss
American cruiser Pittsburgh cancels Hong Kong call
The U S cruiser Pittsburgh was diverted to other areas and a spokesman said its new destination was unknown. The ship had been scheduled for a leave visit in Hong Kong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
U.S
Pittsburgh
Police Protection in Fort Worth Station Bench Nap Theft
In Fort Worth Texas a hitchhiking youth offered a nap on a police station bench was taken advantage of as a thief stole his suitcase from the area. Police say the incident highlights security lapses at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Local Teen Injured Playing Basketball at Raleigh General
Douglas Bowers age sixteen son of Roscoe Bowers of Sophia received treatment at Raleigh General Hospital Tuesday morning for an injured right ankle. He was hurt during a basketball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Bowers
Roscoe Bowers
Sophia
Raleigh General Hospital
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Publishes Camp Photo Booklet
Nearly 800 children from area communities are pictured in an EGFA booklet. The photos cover 697 white campers at Camp Thomas E Lightfoot and 93 Black campers at Washington Carver in West Virginia. Children are grouped by tribal designations Senecas Mingos Delawares and Cherokees, reflecting the camps for sons and daughters of mine and store employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eastern
West Virginia
Thomas E. Lightfoot
Washington Carver
Two Car Crash Hospitalizes Five
A head on collision on Sweenysburg Road two miles from Route 3 left five people injured. Drivers were Joe Andy Elmore of Sweeneysburg and Okey Stover of Maynor. Stover his wife and Fred Ellmore 15 were in fair condition at Beckley Hospital. The elder Elmore and an unidentified 12 year old boy were treated as outpatients at Raleigh General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweeneysburg
Joe Andy Elmore
Okey Stover
Maynor
Stover
Fred Ellmore
Beckley Hospital
Elmore
Raleigh General Hospital
Prayer Meeting To Benefit Polio At Crab Orchard
A polio prayer meeting is set for 7 p.m. today at the Church of the Brethren in Crab Orchard. John Earl Cormack, age three, son of Mr and Mrs Neil B Cormack, Crab Orchard, a 1954 polio victim, will attend. Rev Mark Wolfe notes the child was spared by an iron lung. The history of the respirator will be discussed and all offering goes to Raleigh County March of Dimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren
Crab Orchard
John Earl Cormack
Neil B. Cormack
Mark Wolfe
Raleigh County
March of Dimes
Church Inch Along To New Detroit Site
Detroit movers begin transferring the 108 year old Old Mariner's Church to a planned civic center. The move will take about three weeks at 50 feet a day, using two diesel tractors and four rail sets to pull the six million pound stone landmark along the riverfront route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Old Mariner’s
Eagle and missing tale set on Sleep Creek mountain
Grat and Red plan a pre-dawn expedition to Spine Rocks to locate a trained eagle linked to a murder by Anson Metcalf. They suspect impostor work and a hired hand telephoned Harrison Purcell, with Dana's danger looming. They move by Jaguar and jeep toward the cliff base to dig for clues, hoping to keep the bird alive and trap the villain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anson Metcalf
Red
Harrison Purcell
Charm
Anson
Purcell
Sleep Creek Mountain
Harriso Purcell
Dana
Fairfax Springs
64 Enlistments Beat Deadline at Beckley Center
Sixty four men enlisted in the Korean GI Bill benefits program at Beckley Enlistment Center before midnight. Army entries total 27 with assignments to Fort Jackson South Carolina. Air Force adds 37 enlistees assigned to Sampson Air Force Base Geneva New York. Names and ages of enlistees from Beckley area listed. multiple towns and guardians named. Also included are notices of trustee sales for Sprague subdivision properties in Raleigh County with auction dates and lot numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Golden Cadet Jr
Viola Cadle
Hatcher
Elmo Earl Hamilton
Lucy Hamilton
Princeton
Thomas
Welsey Burle Wyatt
Toddie Wyatt
Dott
William Charles Flint
Louise Flint
Lawton
Cornelius Clark
Christine Clark
Donald Earl Tanner
Eileen Tanner
Ruva
William Harden
Mary Harden
S. Charleston
Kenneth Ray Osborne
Maggie Osborne
Glen Daniel
Raymond Incent Michael
Louise Michael
Kenneth Lincoln Thompson
John Thompson
Ameagle
Franklin Lee Bower
Benjamin Boner
James Emerson Talbert
Mary Talbert
Hinton
Donald Leroy Honaker
Isaac Honaker
Alderson
Hugh L. Guthrie
Della Guthrie
Charleston
Donald Eugene Terry
Beatrice Terry
Anawalt
Robert D. Bailey Jr
Flora Cook
Pineville
Harry Lee Willis
Sidney Willis
Emile Rudolph Gilmer
Marion Gilmer
Institute
Derl Morton Osborne
Roma Osborne
Lloyd Gene Ayers
Charlie Ayers
Sandstone
Thomas Henry Stutler
R. E. Stutler
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Lynn Earnest Drysdale
Iris Drysdale
Crab Orchard
Lawrence Lee Lottie
John Lottie
Red Star
Oscar Crundill Drysdale
Bessie Drysdale
Phillip Maurice Cook
Hubert Cook
Bald Knob
William Hewitt Mauldin
Earl Mauldin
Bluefield
Charles Dennis Terry
Sam Terry
Virgil Dale Collins
Sadie Collins
Richwood
Arnold Rowe Lilly
James Lilly
Odd
Cephas William Evans
Barbara Evans
Howard David Brewster
Alice Brewster
Ambherstdale
Charles Richard Mynheir
Funeral Notices From Local Eccentric Almanac
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Cyrus Webb of Eccles dies shortly after birth. Graveside service 2 p.m. Thursday at Webb Cemetery Maple Mead ow. Rev Charles Fuller officiating. Burial follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webb
Robert
Cyrus Webb
Eccles
Melton
Webb Cemetery
Maple Meadow
Charles Fuller
Poultry Market Prices and Public Auction Notices in Raleigh County
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market shows weak demand with prices at farm end noon yesterday. Auction notices warn of sales of multiple Raleigh County lots in Skelton and Sprague under various trust deeds with conditions and easements, including Lots 88 98 and 80, at 11:00 a.m. February 12, 1955, at the Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Burton
Margaret L. Burton
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Beckley
Sprague
Chas. E. Mahan
R.R
Elijah Jennings
Mary Jennings
Paul W. Warden
Evelyn V. Warden
Sven
Whitesville
William H. Preston
Betty B. Preston
West First Street
Beech Avenue
Grantor
New River Company
Chase. Mahan
R.B
William H. Vanhook
Nannie M. Vanhook
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Johnson P. Covington
Ella Covington
Skelton
James C. McCray
Evelena McCray
Joe D. Davis
Virgie M. Davis
Raleigh
Virginia
Chas. E. N
R. R
Permanent Hair Care Ad Centered on Cold Wave Service
An old classified ad bundle promotes a machineless permanent wave for $9.00 at Del-Mar Beauty Shop and a $5.00 Thrifty Shop offer. It lists Neville Street and Main Street locations, phone dials, and mentions eyewear services by H C Kinzer, optometry hours, and a tax and bookkeeping service. Also notes a chiropodist with an address at Raleigh County Bank Building and a contact dial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Del-Mar
DIAL
Neville St
Marguerite's
Permanent Permanents
Main St
H. C. Kinzer
Beckley
Main Street
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
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Hager
Kyle
Logan
Welch
Lewis
Sophia Odd Fellows
True Blue Rebekah Lodge
Beckley Gop
EGFA
New
TAK
George Evans
Kay Evans
King Features Syndicate
Autine
Grat
Spine Rocks
Romney
Everett Mynheir
John Carlyn Christian
Helen Christian
Hubert Shanklin Jr
Roberta Shanklin
Donald David Martin
Marvin Martin
Mullens
Raymond Lee Pickles
Dan Pickles
Kimball
Richard Thomas Presson
May Presson
Ernest Franklin Bowen
Bonnie Bowen
St. Albans
Kenneth Lee Beckett
Eleanor Beckett
William Henry Dove
William Dove
Harold Lloyd Fuller
Milton Buchanan
East Beckley
Jack Hamilton Richmond
John Hamilton
Lewisburg
James Shelton Cole
Mary Cole
Corton
Robert Lee Rutherford
Silas Rutherford
David Richard Klous
Karl Klous
George Bossie Jr
George Bossie
Dunbar
Robert Ray Lee
Katy Lee
Billie Ray Sturgill
Firgin Sturgill
Donald Carson Nichols
Ella Nicholas
Smithers
Jarvis Houston Chase
James Chase
Marvin Owen Lilly
Oscar Lilly
Shady Spring
Lowell Harold Shamblen
Arvel Shamblen
Doyle Bruce Logue
William Young
Clendenin
Billie Guy Hedrick
Elbey Hedrick
Charles Phillip Skidmore
Elsie Skidmore
Donald Edward Gwinn
Mark Gwinn
David Grose Stone
Georgia Stone
Fayetteville
James Kelley Lance III
Carmen Lance
Chareston
Melton Mortuary
Crutchfield Cruthfield
Tilmon Carter
Harper Heights
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
O. F. Haynes
Sunset Memorial Park
J. N. Alderman
Tom Dillon
J. D. Stanley
Orville Ferguson
Jess Worrell
Leroy Williamson
Bryan Cline
Kelly Beckleheimer
Carson Light
Clyde Meadows
Jack Hunter
Eugene Alderman
Hubert Light
Ronald Lester
Joe Bolland
Walter Rogar
Pete Petrosky
Steve Cozart
Walter Petrosky
John Scott
Stanley Shrode
William Bennett, Jr
Evans Evans
Elsie Way
Harper
Caffee Funeral
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
John Williams
Pax
James Godbey
Mt. Tabor
John Mitchem
Gene Mitchem
Bill Daniels
Roy Pack
Pierce Wilson
Carl Mitchem
Caffee Funeral Home
Puglise Puglise
Antonino
Mabscott
Caffee
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Paul Helsley
Mt. Calvary
Frank Abbott
John Abbott
Tony Savino
Tony Fondale
Frank Barone
John Barone
Anthony Sparacino
Fonror Sparacino, Jr
Charles Massinople
Anthony Massinople
Mike Massinople
Sam Massinople
Phillip Fama
Phillip Fondale
Sam Cannetti
Charles Interdonito
Dowdy Dowdy
Edgar
Riley Street
Mount Vernon
Ohio
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
James Neal
Davis Davis
John Jasper
Summers Street
Quesenbeery and Webb Funeral Home
Salvation Army Chapel
South Fayette Street
John R. Jones
R. H. Boice
Robert Fleshman
Calvin Moran
Luther Cox
Henry Hewitt
Thurman Jammison
E. W. Williams, Jr
Grat Shumate
Alton Martin
U.M.W. of A
Stotesbury
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home Ce Ie A and
Funeral Directors
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
Oakwood Ave
Lawrence Bennett
Rupert
Vance Drive
Amos E Quesenberry
Barre
R. C. Egnor
Oak Hill
P. E. Reynolds
Junction St
Montgomery Ward
M. Young
Milton Young
Fabulon
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Ana
Fabulon Foster Hardware Co
W. E. Harvey
Light Moving
Halstead’s
Just Rite Furniture Co
Lovitz
South Oakwood
Firestone TV
Dial Geo. Sparks
Morris
Wright
Landers
South
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
COMER
Frank’s Plumbing & Heating
GMC
Foster Hardware CO
Venetian Blind Cleaners
Mountain State
C. W. James
Mr. Coe
Istance
Lewis Transfer CO
Reliable
Valley Drive
Gray Lumber Company
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Clarence Titus
Bouvier St
Philadelphia
Peerless Packing Company
Carolina
Cohen
Beckley Insulation Co
Pass
American Glass
Beckley Glass
Oakwood Dial
Tire Sale
Firestone Champ
Firestone Town
Pennsylvania
Penn
Whitewalls
Lee
Goodyear
Eta
Beckley Tire & Rubber CO
South Fayette St
S&h
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