Land Bought for Cemetery Expansion on Harper Road
The Homeseekers Land and Building Company purchased 15.45 acres on Harper Road in Town District from A. S. and Lettie Evans for about $10,000, recorded in the Raleigh County clerk’s office. The land adjoins Sunset Memorial Park and will be used to add to the Beckley area cemetery. Other transfers include parcels in Beckley Town District and surrounding areas with prices ranging from about $500 to $7,000.
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Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Harper Road
A. S
Lettie Evans
Raleigh County
Sunset Meemorial Park
Evans
Curtis Rakes
George
Lottie Kibler
Beckley View
Beckley
Raleigh County Clerk’s Ofice
G. C
Ethel M. Hedrick
John
Elizabeth Fox
Lilly Land Company
C. C
Rachel E. Patrick
D. C
A. Redden
Glade Park
Shady Spring
Lucy
Robert C. Toney
Robert K
Betty Toney
Clear Fork
Big Coal River
Lena B. Clark
Ethel Saunders
Trap Hill
Rites Set Sunday For Mrs. Agnes R. Davis
Final rites are planned for Agnes R. Davis in St Mary's Methodist Church at 1 p m. Burial will follow at High Lawn Cemetery Oak Hill. Davis 43 of South Kanawha Street died yesterday after a short illness. She leaves husband Frank D. Davis two sons Donald and Robert at home and four daughters L E Miller Jr R W Law Shirley N Davis. Burial details and service rites prepared by Caffee Funeral Home.
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St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Agnes R. Davis
South
Kanawha Street
Ray Wilson
Highlawn Cemetery
Oak Hill
Irwin
Alec McClain
Frank D. Davis
Donald
Robert
L. E. Miller, Jr
R. W. Law
Shirley N. Davis
Influenza illness confines Sterling See of Sterling See
Sterling See city Street Department foreman is home ill with influenza at 114 Clark Street. Family expects he may return to work next week. Relatives include Beckley and Mrs Mabel Dietz of Hickory North Carolina, siblings Alec and Frak McClain Irwin Pennsylvania, John McClaughlin Long Beach New York, Oney Pat MecClaughlin Irwin, Mrs Sarah Hensler Mrs Bill Sloan and Abs Bill McCue Irwin, plus four grandchildren. Active pallbearers are Cecil Miller Harold Miller William Bryant French Lively Palmer Farley William Ballard Howard Wilburn and William Hatfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling See
City Street Department
Clark Street
Cecil Miller
Harold Miller
William Bryant
French Lively
Palmer Farley
William Ballard
Howard Wilburn
William Hatfield
Prince Street survey eyed for freight extension
City Council to consider a report on extending East Prince Street to Johnstown Road to create a freight route. Civil engineer P H Wilson is conducting the survey. condemnation of at least one property may be required to complete the extension past Power Line Road into East Park.
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East Prince Street
Johnstown Road
Grover C. Hedrick
P. H. Wilson
Beckley
East Prince
Power Line Road
East Park
Federal Refund Sought For Memorial Airport Grant
Local and state officials seek a federal grant exceeding eight thousand dollars under the federal airport aid program to fund Memorial Airport in Raleigh County. State official Hubert H. Stark said the state approved Penman plans with total costs of thirty three thousand six hundred twenty eight dollars for site purchase surveys and engineering. County clerk Harry Anderson noted the money is already spent and the grant would refund one fourth of the amount. The airport would serve as a feeder field for privately owned and commercial planes on scheduled or chartered routes.
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Raleigh County
Hubert H. Stark
State Aeronautics Commission
Penman
Beckley
Harry Anderson
Raleigh
Commission
Stark
Honolulu Clock Restored After Six Year Halt
Honolulu’s famous Aloha Tower clock works again nearly six years after its hands stopped. The long outage began shortly after Pearl Harbor day as workers camouflaged the tower. Stated repairs resume operation this week.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
Aloha Tower
Pearl Harbor
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