Tired of Promises Seek Action on Muddy Road
Harper Heights residents decry a year of unkept promises from the State Road Commission to repair Hedrick Hill off Route 3. They report mail disruption, school bus delays, and blocked cars. a delegation may protest in Princeton or Charleston if repairs do not come, with a petition circulating for road work.
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Harper Heights
State Road Commission
SRC
Princeton
Charleston
Oa. Thornhill Imt
Collincil
Clarence L. Bibb
Minter
Scot Ave
Ferguson Rises To the Thursday Funeral Services
Funeral services for Frederick C. Ferguson, 70, of Slab Fork, will be held Thursday at 2 PM in the D. Trent Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. J. W. Gowens officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died Monday at 3:15 AM in a local hospital after a short illness. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Pearly Ferguson, Mrs. Blanche Armstrong, and Elie Ferguson of Lynchburg, Va., Mrs. Lora Stevenson of Harvey, and two brothers, Thomas of Lynchburg, Va., and Calvin of Detroit, Mich.
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Frederick C. Ferguson
D. Trent Funeral Home
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ferguson
Slab Fork
Pearly Ferguson
Blanche Armstrong
Elie Ferguson
Lynchburg
Lora Stevenson
Harvey
Thomas
Lynchburg, Va
Calvin
Detroit
Mich
Cancer Directors To Meet on Thursday in Huntington
Directors from nine Cancer Information Centers will convene in Huntington at 9 am Thursday for a planning session at State headquarters. Mrs. James G. Windle Jr. of Raleigh County Cancer Society and Information Center will attend along with Mrs. John S. Harvey, executive director of the West Virginia Cancer Society, who will conduct the meeting.
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Raleigh County
Cancer Information Centers
Huntington
Laéday
State
James G. Windle Jr
Raleigh County Cancer Society
Army Family News: Eighth Manning Son Begins Training
Seventeen year old Ross Preston Manning of Crab Orchard has been assigned to basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina becoming the latest of the Manning brothers to enlist in the armed forces. He is welcomed into the Army by his elder brother M Sgt Howard Manning of the Beckley Recruiting Station.
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ARMY
Howard
Manning
Crab Orchard
Iis
Ross Preston Manning
Fort Jackson
S. C
Howard Manning
Beckley
Mary Sue Stovall Rites Slated Friday at Mount Carmel
Funeral services for Mary Sue Stovall, 60, are set for 1 p.m. Friday at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Sabine, with Rev. G C Gilbert officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Memorial Park, Beckley. Mrs. Stovall died Monday at her Glen Fork home after an extended illness. Survivors include her husband John and her brother Frank Jordan of Kimball. The body will lie in state at C D Trent Funeral Home in Beckley until one hour before services.
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Mary Sue Stovall
Mount Carmel Baptist
Sabine
G. C. Gilbert
Greenwood Memorial Park
Beckley
Seven year old Emily Crockin asks sisters to quit following
Norfolk, Va. Emily Crockin, age seven, wrote her newspaper plea requesting publication of her note to stop her two sisters from trailing her. The brief item captures a child’s request for private space and the newsroom printed it as a light community note.
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Norfolk
Emily Crockin
City Puts Two Acres Up For Raleigh County Civic Auditorium
City officials advanced a Raleigh County Civic Auditorium project by offering up to two acres in the New River Park site and funding via county bond issues. The move followed a Chamber of Commerce proposal and a council vote directing deeded land and parking provisions if funds are secured.
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Raleigh County
Civic
City of
St Beckley
Chamber of Commerce
Leo
M. F. Barksdale
Barksdale
Chamber
Lawrence Forbes
Civic Auditorium
Harold Miller
Raleigh
Memorial Judicorium
Fayetteville
Councill
Forbes
Bibb
Council
Police Department
City Council Starts Wheels Rolling on Consolidation Election
Beckley council accepted two recommendations on the pending consolidation and annexation election and sent them to Mayor A. K. Minter for action after his Florida trip. Thornhill urged map forms for ballots and pre‑July 1 planning to ensure voters are eligible. An ordinance on parking meters, three zones, was approved to standardize the city’s single ordinance and aid business.
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A.K. Minter
W. A. Thornhill
Lord Council
Iba
Weil
Minter
Florida
Thornhill
Ute
Beckley
Planning and Zoning Commission
Broadway St
Harold Miller
Council
Revercomb vows communism contains seeds of its own destruction
Senator Chapman Revercomb warned at a Lincoln Day message in Sluefield that communism harbors its own ruin and risks international tensions. He contrasted freedom with despotism, arguing war is not the sole path to resolve freedom versus slavery and urged faith in universal aspirations for liberty.
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Chapman Revercomb
Sluefield
Lincoln
Revercomb
Moose District Officers Present Program Meeting
The February meeting of the Governors and Secretaries Lodge of the Sixth District West Virginia Moose Association will start at 7 p.m. Friday at the Beckley Moose Lodge with a dinner, said district secretary William D. Nace.
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Governors ‘and Secretaries Lodge
West Virginia Moose Association
Beckley Moose Lodge
William D. Nace
Retary
Davis Funeral Slated Today
Funeral services for Charles Henry Davis were to be conducted at 2 PM today in the Long Branch Methodist Church by the Rev. R H Dean. Burial was to be in the family cemetery at Long Branch. Davis, 9, died at his Long Branch home at 7:45 PM Monday after a several months illness. The body was moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to the residence Tuesday afternoon. Pallbearers were Sherman Williams Jeff Lively Henry Canterbury Wiley Lively Remus Wikel Jack Akers and Mr Sublet.
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Charles Henry Davis
Long Branch Methodist Church
R. H. Dean
Long Branch
Davis
Rose and Quesenberry
J Sherman Williams
Jeff Lively
Henry Canterbury
Wile Lively
Remus Wikel
Jack Akers
Mr. Sublet
Funeral Services Today for Waller Flynn
Funeral services for Waller Flynn were held at 2 p.m. at Second Baptist Church in East Beckley with Rev. Gowens officiating. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Flynn, 68, died in a Baltimore hospital. He is survived by four sisters and four brothers across West Virginia and Georgia. The body was moved from Ritche and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church an hour before services.
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Waller Flynn
Second Baptist Church
East Beckley
Tow
Gowens
Greenwood Memorial Park
Flynn
Baltimore
Kate Wilkins
Vivian
Gladys Flynn
Beckley
Amanda Thomas
Mamie Flynn
Rites Thursday For George Cadle
Funeral services for George Ni Jey Cade a seven year old drowning victim will be held Thursday at p.m. in the Madeline Church by Rev Milburn Bailey Burial will be in Graham Cemetery Basin The body was found at 1 a m Tuesday about two and a half miles downstream from where he fell He was born November 22 1949 in Madeline son of Fred and Betty Jeanett Cade Survivors include three brothers paternal grandmother Mrs Mary Alite Davis Madeline maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Arthur Alt Sophia The body was to be removed from Robertson and Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens to the residence at 4 pm today
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George Ni Jey Cade
Madeline
Milburn Bailey
Graham Cemetery
Basin
Devil's Fork Creek
Fred
Betty Jeanett Cade
Fred Jr
William Elmer
Jackie Ray
Mary Alite Davis
Arthip Alt
Sophia
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Last Rites Today For M. Sof. Hebb
Funeral services for M Syt es W Hebb 41 a Fort Smith Ark resident and veteran of 22 years in the armed services were set for 2 30 p m in the Callee Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating Graveside military rites were to follow at Sunset Memorial Park by the National Guard Hebb a former Beckley resident died Friday morning at his Fort Smith home He was born September 1 1915 in Mallen to Mrs Ersie B Hebb and the late Arthur Hebb Survivors include his mother two daughters Linda and Lestie both at home a son Ehurman Jrv at home three brothers Kenneth Earl Harper Heights Vernon Shady Spring and Melvin Washington D C one half brother James F Spangler Cleveland Ohio He belonged to Grand Avenue Baptist Church in Fort Smith The Caffee Funeral Home handled arrangements
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M. Sytes W. Hebb
Callee
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
National Guard
Hebb
Beckley
Smith
Ark
Armed Services
Fort. Chaffee
Mallen
Ersie B. Hebb
Temple St
Arthur. Hebb
Linda
Lestie
Ehurman,Jrv
Kenneth Earl
Harper
Vacation School Coaching Confab Closes East Beckley
A two day Vacation Church School Coaching Conference at St Marys Methodist Church East Beckley drew about 30 delegates from five Southern West Virginia districts The theme Wider Relationship aimed to train leaders to conduct summer institutes and teach vacation schools The session was led by Miss Helen Staley Parkersburg director of children s work for the state conference with state officers Miss Beulah Morton Benwood Mrs Pat Tuckewer Charleston and Rev William Cox Sylvester Also attending were delegates from Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington and Lewisburg The Beckley event was followed by a one day trip to Clarksburg for further sessions.
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Fhve
West Virginia
East Beckley
St. J Mary’s Methodist Church
Helen Staley
Parkersburg
State Conference of Methodist ‘Churches
Sylvester
Clarksburgh
Veterans Returning to Civilian Life by 1954 Totals
Harry W. Stewart of the Veterans Administration Office Beckley reports the 31 December 1954 estimate of veterans who have returned to civilian life at 22,599,009. The largest group are World War II veterans at about 15,439,000 with 4,093,000 from the Korean era and 4,017,000 from World War I. Regional figures include North Carolina 498,600 Virginia 443,000 Kentucky 364,000 West Virginia 278,000 among area states.
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Veterans Administration Office
Beckley
Veterans Administration
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
West Virginia
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Keatley
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Maylor Minter
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West Neville SE
Clarencemith
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Witherspoon St
Northwestern Ave
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Moose District
George Cadle
M. Sof. Hebb
Building Fund Club
United Holy Church
Westmore- Jant St
Welcome Baptist Chorus
Pearlie Wilson
Cere- Montes
Mission Circle
The
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John Moore
Plumley Ave
Thrifty Homemakers Club
Margaret Poindexter
Catherine Biggers
J. B. Elliot
Gertrude Adams
Sour St
Beckley” Memorial Hospital
Beckley” Memorial Hospital. the Pastor's Aid Society
St. John Baptist Church
Lines Carlier
Thursay
Bluefeld
Lowisburg
L. L. Beckart
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Crab Orchard Road
Teeter
Beckley National Bank
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