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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 13, 1947

Page

7

Careful Planning of State Airports Advised

East coast West Virginia aviation planner Hodges urges careful airport sizing. He notes the state's terrain favors air travel and cites Charleston's ongoing $7 million Class 4 airport project. With 42 daily West Virginia flights, 25 are projected to stop in Charleston.

West Virginia Charles Hodges Charleston ‘Chamber of Commerce Beckley Newspapers Corporation Washington, D. C Morgantown Charleston Chamber Charleston Beckley Raleigh County Robert L. Davis Piney Gorge American Air Lines Cincinnati Washsington Parkersburg Elkins American Eastern Air Lines Pennsylvania Central Charles Hodel Hodel Ted G. McDowell Beckley News‘papers

Rites Set Friday For Mrs. Calfee

Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Fay Calfee of Beckley will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with Dr. Alvin J. Cook officiating. Burial follows in Wildwood Cemetery. Surviving are daughter Elouise Fowler, daughter-in-law Be c k l ey, son Robert E. Calfee, brothers Willis and Erskin McCreery of Huntington, and other relatives. The body rests at Caffee Funeral Home until 3 p.m. then to the North Kanawha residence.

Ora Fay Calfee Beckley First Baptist Church Alvin J. Cook Wildwood Cemetery Cranberry Skelton Alfred Beckley Elouise Fowler Fred Bradbeery Huntington Robert E. Caffee Willis McCreery Erskin McCreery Caffee North Kanawha

Salvaged kitchen fat drives odd reuse and trade

Salvaged kitchen fat is sought to boost scarce fat supplies. Citizens are urged to collect fat and sell it to a local dealer who pays for every pound.

Not Time To Build Delegates Explain

Charleston reports two Democratic delegates urged the House and Senate to remove about 9 million dollars of proposed state building funds from the budget. They argued building materials are scarce and expensive and labor is costly, and delaying construction could save money and lower future real estate prices.

Associated Press Charleston House Doringer Marion Roach Hancock Senate Bil Board of Public Works

Nine Veterans File Discharges Here

Nine area men filed discharge papers with local draft boards yesterday. Board No. 1 included William P. Blanan Baltimore Army Fred Johnson Price Hill Army James E. Turner Beckley Army. Board No. 3 included Raymond M. Lilly Cool Ridge Army Raymond B. West Beaver Army Cline Shrewsbury Sullivan Army Ulysses S. Lilly Coolridge Army Elmer W. Potter Lillybrook Army Minnies J. Finley Meade Army.

William P. Blanan Baltimore Army Fred Johnson Price Hill James E. Turner Beckley Raymond M. Lilly Coolridge Raymond B. West Beaver Cline Shrewsbury Sullivan Ulysses S. Lilly Elmer W. Potter Lillybrook Minnies J.finley Meade

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