Surplus Potatoes Aiding 745 Raleigh County Families
Nearly half of a 36 009 pound surplus potato shipment received Monday has been distributed to about 745 Raleigh County families. Salvation Army Citadel volunteers are distributing the food as part of a regional effort organized by Unites Workers and local committees. The Citadel offices will stay open to take further requests, as poverty in the county is broader than previously thought.
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Amielies
Salvation Army
Stotenbury
Tams
Besoco
Sprague
Raleigh
Whitby
John Koy Jones
Citadel
Capt. Jones
Raleigh County
J. J. Lineweaver
County Social Welfare Assembly
State Department of Public Assistance
Raliza County
Beckley Man Rescues Girl From Mabscott Creek
Beckley resident Harry Haymaker a field foreman saved seven year old Georgia Belle Starr from Mabscott Creek after she fell from a bridge while walking home from school. Haymaker jumped into the water and pulled her to safety then she was cared for at her home.
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Iatglescott
Harry Haymaker
Beckley
I Goffrey L. Cabot, Inc
Liplle
Georgia Belle Starr
EF. MM. Starr
Mabscott
Georigia
Cabot
Mabscott Creek
Georgia
Hayawker
Haysmaker
Beckley VA Office Reports January Case Increase and Benefits
Roy J. Smith of the Beckley Area Office announced January totals for the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs showing 2 329 cases and contacts handled, up from December. The office secured 10 000 in insurance benefits and processed burial, compensation and pension, and other claims for veterans and dependents across Kanawha and Fayette counties.
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Beckley Area
West Virginia
Smith's
Department of Veterans Affairs
Smith
Beckley
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
Whitesville
Ganley Bridge
Court of Honor Set Here for February U5
Charleston reports a February Court of Honor with Scouts from Eccles and Beckley area. Piney River District officials will present ranks and merit badges at the Beckley Recreation Center and Croft of Morgantown will receive Star Scout honors.
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Court of Honor
Mien Croft
Eccles
Piney River
Beckley
Claude Lawery
Billy Waite
Donald Dluntan
Ronald Coldiren
TommyBarron
Jimmy al
Adin Lawery
Leslie Mloure
Ralph Baylock Feted AC Birthday Party
A community celebration honored Ralph Baylock with games and a home movie shown by Robert Condia. Invitations listed many attendees including Cond Neadie Hall, Ronald Mooresead, Billy Moore, Gearse Hailer, Jesse Gunther, Virginia Baylock, Nadine Cerone, Patty Schwalgrak, Patty pEaiwands, and Mrs. Baylack among others. Betty Sehavl assisted with refreshments and crafts.
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Ralph Baylock
Register Stalc
Arake
Cesii ‘Maxlock
Atal
Ned Thes
Som
Ralph
Robert Condia
Ralph Cond
Neadie Hall
Ronald Mooresead
Billy Moorehead
Gearse Hailer
Davkie Gunther
Jesse
Betty Sehavl
State CIO Council elects chairman for safety standards committee
Charleston President John R. B. Easton of the State CIO Council was elected yesterday as chairman of the Committee on Laws and Standards of the Governor’s Conference on Industrial Safety. The Morgantown groups and Monongalia County Alumni Chapter aided the effort.
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Charleston
John RB. Easton
State Cio Council
Governor's Conference On Industrial Safety
Brooklyn Man Sentenced to One to Five For Manslaughter
Brooklyn resident W. E. Ramseur, who pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter, drew a one to five year term in the state penitentiary plus an extra year for carrying a pistol without a permit. Frank Bulasky got one to ten years for grand larceny. R. J. Palmer received ten years for robbery. H. H. Newsome got one year for unlawful wounding. Butler Price faced eight months for arson and $25 costs. Jobart Meadows received one year for petty larceny.
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W. E. Ramseur
W. A. Riffe
Brooklyn
Frank
Frank Bulasky
Ar Moundsville
R. J. Palmer
HH. E. Newsome
Butler Price
Lobart Meadows
314 Jobseekers Registered in Beckley January Report
ML McSpadden reports 314 people applied for employment through Beckley Employment Security office in January. Of these 62 were from distant areas and 75 were veterans. Benefits paid totaled 2700 with 133 female claimants and 0 veterans. Whitesville and Hinton offices recorded 462 and 614 unemployment claims respectively with 49 and 73 new claims.
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Beckley Employment Security ‘Office
ML. McSpadden
Whitesville Hinerant
McSpadden
Hinton
Art
Wyoming man treated for finger injury at Stevens Clinic
Obie Bradford of Wyoming received treatment at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for an injured finger. He is an employee of the Red Jacket Coal Company. All early matches had to be struck against phosphorus, deadly poison.
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Register
Wyoming
Obie Bradford
Stevens Clinic
Welch
Red Jacket
iCorpesion
Jail Records Set at Raleigh County Courthouse
The Raleigh County Jail guest book marks a new record with 117 visitors confined on the fourth floor of the courthouse. Sheriff Okey Mills and deputies report the figure as the highest since taking office January 1, 1939. Deputy Bowles disclosed the total this morning.
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Raleigh County
Okey Mills
WW. FE. Bowles
Beckleyan Quits Mining Position
Earl C. Robertson of Beckley resigns as vice-president of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company. After a Southly vacation he plans to return to the coal industry but has not named a new employer. Robertson has 30 years in coal and has served as sales vice-president since 193? merger.
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Beckleyan
Earl C. Robertson
South
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Robertson
Raleigh ‘Smokeless Fuel Company
Beckley
Themas Western
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Consolidation Coal Company
National Coal Association
Bituminous Coal Research, Inc
Sheriff’s Sale Land Deeds Must be Sought
County warns that applications for deeds to land sold at the Raleigh County sheriff sale in December 1948 must be filed between March 12 and 15 months after the sale, with notices from County Clerk Marty Anderson. A separate birth notice states Cecil H. O’Dell and wife of Oak Hill welcomed a son, Dallas Brady, on January 25 at Oak Hill Hospital.
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Raleigh
Marty Anderson
Beckleylans
Anerson
Register
Oak Hill
Cecil l H. O'Dell
Richards Street
Oak Hil Hospital
Dallas Brady
O'Dell
Martha Jane Harris
Pulp Wood Market Prospects Discussed by C of C
The Cham ber of Commerce and Rural Development Council explored a future pulp wood market in northern West Virginia. Charles Hodel cited second growth timber surpluses and a need for a market while noting cooperative marketing as a possible step amid a $14 pulpwood price and pending expert input.
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Nouthern West Virginia
Chamber of Commerce
Forestry Commission
Rural Development Council
Hodel
West Virginia
Conservation Commission
A. B. Lyon
Hadel
West Virginia Pulps and Paper Company
Covington
Poplar Gap
Wharton
Beckley
State Road Commission
Prosperity men jailed on rape and B E charges
Prosperity man Ray Laws and associate Jack Cottle were jailed in Raleigh County after warrants alleged rape and breaking and entering. Cottle appeared, posted $1000 bond, waiving preliminary hearing. Laws was released on two $1000 bonds after similar waivers. Both bound over to the March grand jury.
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Raleigh
T. N.thurman
Ray Laws
Joe
Jack Cottle
Cottle
Thurman
Laws
Thurmac
Two Men Jailed For Non-Support
Two men were jailed yesterday after Magistrate Court hearings on non-support charges. James Harmon was jailed in default of 500 bond and ordered to pay 22 1 a month toward support of his wife Jean Harmon. Constable Roy Childs arrested Harmon. KERMIT HEATH was given two 12 month sentences on separate non-support counts and fined 25 plus costs on each.
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James Harmon
J. P. Meadows Meadows
Jean Harmon
Harmon
Roy Childs
Kermit Heath
J. H. McGhee
Heath
Driving While Drunk Charge Jails Mabscott Man
Loyd J. Grimmet, 31, of Mabscott, arrested at 4:50 a m on South Kanawha Street on a charge of driving while drunk. He was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail after arrest by city police.
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Loyd J. Grimmet
Mabscott
South Kanawha Street
Raleigh
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Haymaker
Georgia Bell Starr
Mabsentt Creek
Iaymaker
Vets Affairs
Wes Virginia News
Hampshire
Hardy
Pendleton
Grant
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Preston
Randolph
Tucker and Webster
Baker and Coombs, Inc
Morgantown
National Guard
Huckhannon
Eel
130Th Infantry
State Board of Education
Fairmont State College
Tnesildate School
H. K. Baer
West Virginia Tech Science
Glenville
Shepherd Colleges
Brooks Caltle
Morgantown Post
WVU Board of Governors
Monongalia County
Morgantown Chamber of Commerce and Service Clibs
Skelton
E. J. St
Mark Twain High School
Raleigh General Hospital School of
Beckley Hospital
St. Clair
Mabed Lewis
Neville St
Opp
Logan — Welch
Bluefield
C of C
Prosperity Man
B&e
Seth
A.C. Lewis
Charles Lewis
Fosterville
Huntington
Chesapeake
Helis
Neville
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