Becket area service members listed among 12 returns
Bodies of 12 Beckley area servicemen and a returning overseas woman are named as 103 Virginians and other service members are identified. The Beckley station announces its first Negro woman in the Women's Army Corps Cynthia M Monroe of Oak Hill and other recruits including Charles Turner of Beckley. The article lists names ranks and next of kin for those from the Beckley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Women's Army Corps
Je C. Mathis
Cynthia M. Monroe
Oak Hill
Camp Lee
Charles L. Turner
Far East
Ft. Knox
Mathis
Air Force
Regular Army
Regular Air Force
Beckley Area
Rowskey
Mabscott
Dexter
M. Cook
Army
V. Cook
Mamann
Joe R. Gregory
Amy
Charles A.’ Gregory
Helen
Cording
Army Department
Charles F. Hughes
Gladys
R. Hughes
Sprague
Roy E
West
Oliver E. Smith
John
Smith
Matoaka
Lileuten
Martha E. Thurmond
Henry Lee Thurmond
Walker Treadway
Iron Service
Ida Mae Treadway
Floyd Worrell
Grace
Worrell
Princeton
James FB. Berger
James Berger
Isaiah Bledsoe
Navy
Tifiah Bledsoe
Frank Browskey
Irene Mae
New York State
Real Estate Men Plan Area Group Formation
Real estate men in Greenbrier Summers and Wyoming Counties join Raleigh and Fayette realtors in forming a wide area land organization. W T Blakeley Beckley to recruit members with emphasis on fair practices. Beckley Board of Realtors President J A Blackburn Mount Hope notes next meeting February 25. Also announces birth of Robert August Milan Jr January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
iSwmmers
Wyoming
Raleigh and Fayette Realtors
W. T. Blakeley
Beckley
Rich
Beckley Board of Realtors
J. A. Blackburn
Mount Hope
Dr H A Shaffer to Leave Beckley For Morgantown
Dr H A Shaffer plans to move from Beckley to Morgantown this month to open a radiology practice after selling his Parkway Street home in Lower Raleigh Heights for about 20000 to Mr and Mrs Lee Burleson. Other deeds list transfers of land and property holdings with values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. A. Shaffer
Parkway Street
Raleigh Heights
Lee Burleson
Maplewood Lane
Raleigh County
Shaffers
Morgantown
Shaffer
Beckley Hospital
James M. Lafferty
Dayton Holston
Paint Creek
Hla
Stansbury
Albert Welch
Charles Stansbury
Trap Hill
Greenwood Memorial Park
Hamp Marlin
Nellie Martin
Lacy Bone
Sarah Bone
Dry Creek
Clyde Dickens
Pineknob
Drews Creek
Marsh Fork
Blackburn-Patteson Realty
Appalachian Electric Power Company
New River Subdivision
Price Hill
North Sand Branch
W. XM. McCutcheon
Woodlawn Avenue
Heckley Addition
State Man Heads Forestry Group
A West Virginian, A. C. Spurr of Fairmont, will become president of the American Forestry Association as directors meet in Washington. He represents Monongahela Power Company which funds a broad conservation program. Walter C. Gumbel and Harry T. Mosebrook accompany him as staff. Gumbel presented a walnut gav el. donation cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Spurr
Fairmont
American Forestry Association
Washington, D. C
Y Spurr
Monongahela Power Company
Spurr
Walter C. Gumbel
West Virginia Forest Council
Harry T. Mosebrook
Gumbel
Forest Council
Congress
West Virginia
Senate
Guy Morrison
Morrison-Gross Lumber Company
Ervin, W. Va
Judge Upholds Joyce Verdict in Manslaughter Case
Judge W O Riffe overruled Attorney J Q Hutchinson's motion to set aside the voluntary manslaughter verdict against James Howard Joyce and Lester Negro. Joyce received a one to five year sentence in the state penitentiary for the October 17 fatal nickel knife slashing of Donnie McGill, 96, in Lester Negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. O. Riffe
J. Q. Hutchinson
James Howard Joyce
Lester Negro
Joyce
Donnie McGill
Hatchipson
I Disabled Veterans To Name Officers Nine Beckley Area
Nine Beckley area veterans met to apply for a Disabled American Veterans charter and to elect officers in the coming weeks. State Adjutant B Roy Gerlach attended the Beckley meeting with Tr Richard Cooper stating applications will be taken until Wednesday. Ted McDowell Louis F Hancock will handle applications with several Beckley area attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Area
B. Roy Gerlach
DAV
Richard Cooper
Ted McDowell
Louis F. Hancock
Adjiant Gerlach
T. Richard Cooper
Don Raymone Miller
Glen Daniel
John T. Well, dv
Layland
Lionel L. Caffee
Louis T. Hancock
Jack D. Bowden
Fred Reno
Jeff Miles
Earl M. Martin
Beck- Hey
Beckley Firm Wins Bid for Barkus Meadow Bridge Road
The Federal Public Roads Administration has awarded Acme Construction Company of Beckley a low bid of 191,939.20 dollars to build 9.6 miles of the Barklus Meadow Bridge road in Fayette and Summers Counties with federal funds covering most of the cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Associated Press
Charleston
Federal Public Roads Sdministration
Acme Construction Company
Barklus-Meadow Bridge
Fayette i
Summers Counties
WCFC Boosts Power to 31 000 Watts Extends Coverage
WCFC increases output by 31 000 watts marking the third power rise for the station. The higher power expands reach across Southern West Virginia and parts of Kentucky Tennessee and Virginia with an audience over one million. Upgrade included a new 4 bay antenna atop a 250 foot tower and transmitter ring work supervised by General Electric personnel. A six man Zone Construction crew performed installation in West Orange New Jersey with GE engineers and field reps overseeing. The station reports a flood of mail from six states especially Kanawha and Ohio valleys and Mercer County area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WCFC
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Zone Construction Co
West J Orange
N. J
General Electric Co
Syracuse
IN. C
E. J. Hodel
Kanawha
Ohio
Mercer County
Beckley
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Decker Clothes, Inc
Loretta Diehl
Beaver
Jourdan Richmond
Atheline Rogers
ET. Lilly
Real Estate Men Plan
Ison
Ceana
August Milan
Oveana
Robert August Milan, Jr
Harry Anderson
Fred Rippeth
Caldwell and
Williams Streets
North
Beckley Addition
Pollyjoe Jolly
Robert Jolly
Clyde
Okes
Blue Jay Lumber Company
Big Beaver Creek
Shady ‘Spring
C. P. Knight
Edyth
Mae Knight
O. L. Bivens
Quinnimont Road
Warden
Stamford
F. W. Mann
Beulah Irene Bennett
Carl C. Bennett
Carlotta Bennell
Theodore Ferrero
Beckley and
Mabscatt
Mollie E. Bennett
Opal Bennett
Shady Spring
State Man Heads Forestry Group
Aiomre Or
Howard Camp
Ravenswoed
Cohen Drug CO
Ravenswond
Michigan
Neville Street
INA
Price Street
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