Widow Quickly Secures Social Security Benefits for Children
Mrs. Elsie Thomas of Winding Gulf filed promptly after her husband Floyd Thomas died January 14 1950. She received $84.44 on February 14 and will gain up to $4 750 by December when her children turn 18 before benefits shift at 65. Brown notes many lose benefits due to late filings and insufficient evidence. He urges immediate claims after eligibility and explains lump sum options for some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolores Davis
Raleigh County
Elsie Thomas
Winding Gulf
Floyd Thomas
Social Security Administration
Beckley
Winding Gulf Collieries
Thomas
S. Roger Brown
Brown
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
County School Classification to Begin Mar 1
Three couples filed marriage license applications in Raleigh County near Beaver and Sophia. Separately, Raleigh County schools' classification plan will start around March 1 under superintendent WW Bryson and assistant B B Chambers. Principals met at Beckley Junior High to review scoring changes and new evaluation criteria for all elementary schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Clerk's Office
Emmitt Ray Helen
Sanford Bolen
Beaver
May .Burke
Alr
Charles Burke
Roy Lee Cole
Dadha Cole
Richard Cole
Rosie‘ Lee Hawkins
William Hawkins
Sophia
Paul Ralston
Columbus
Ohio
Lucille Wauhop Corum
Beckley
Raleign County
Board of Education
P. WW. Bryson
B. B. Chambers
Beckley Junior High
Civil Service Fields Open in Federal Exams
Three federal posts are available for technologists shorthand reporters and laboratory electronic mechanics. Applications must reach Washington DC by March 14. Technologists require a four year degree in technology or related fields or four years of technical experience plus scientific practice. Salary ranges: $9,825 to $10,000. Shorthand reporter applicants face a five minute dictation test at 173 wpm, with an optional 200 wpm test, plus stenographic experience. salaries $3,450 to $3,600. Laboratory electronic mechanics require craft knowledge and applicable education or training. salaries up to $3,100 with potential for higher pay. No written test for lab techs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kent
Beckley Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Kent
Pineville Personal Notes Sailings and Visits Across Towns
Pineville society page records Miss Frances Batley sailing March 16 from New York to San Juan Puerto Rico for a two week visit. Numerous local mentions include Mrs Goldin Cook and Mrs Ruby Layman visiting Kingsport and Crab Orchard, Mr and Mrs Beavers traveling to Washington, and many relatives hosting family members in Mullens Pineville and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliott
Pineville
H. C. Ellett
Princeton
Charles W. McNutt
Bailey-Murphy
F. P. Cook
Annabell
Elizabeth Cook
Clear Fork
Raymond Kidd
Mtullens
A. B. Robertson
Goldin Cook
Ruby Layman
E. J. Mooney
Kingsport
Tenn
J. Hata
Wyoming
Crab Orchard
EC. Keys
Zane Brooks
Rainelle
Vaughan Stewart
Ben Murphree
Peggy
Benny
Mullens
H.W. Conley
Elbert Cook
James Pizzine
Eleanor Sue
Betty
Robert F. Beavers
Linda
Audrea Cline
Beavers
Jimmy
Kenny
Lorraine Cook
Davy
Myr
Mrs. C
Worrell
Charleston
Presbyterian Youths Plan Sunday Meeting
Pineville Presbyterian Youth Fellowship members will meet Sunday at 5 30 pm in Pineville High School. The Wednesday night session at the manse in Bailey Murphy Addition hosted by Rev Charles W McNutt featured president Robert Knight leading the business session. After program and meeting, talks and group singing followed with host refreshments for attendees and guests listed among the group advisory Mrs D F Hamlin and guests including Miss Annabell Cook and Patt Blankenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Pineville
Pineville Presbyterian Youth Fellowship
Bailey-Murphy
Charles W. McNutt
Robert Knight
Kathleen Webb
Wylené
Karnes
Doris Hamilton
Lila, Smith
Barbara Justice
Madeline Nichols
Alfen Olson
Ronale” Roach
Phillip Reach
Butch Goode
Adevisor
D. F. Hamlin
Annay Ballé Cook
Patt! Blankenship
Charley Stone
Kenny Hamlin
County libraries fall short on needed volumes in several counties
West Virginia education bulletin shows Raleigh Mercer Fayette Wyoming and Monongalia counties with library shortfalls. Stratton High and Byrd-Prillerman High also below minimums while three Raleigh County junior highs exceed standards. Kanawha Monongalia and Mercer counties show mixed results with several schools under or over the minimum book counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Byrd-Prillerman High
Amigo
View Junior High
Beckley Junior High
Bulletin
Eccles
Lester
Glen White
Monongalia
Kanawha
Mercer County
Wade
Glenwood
Bluefield
Montcalm
Fayette
Simmons
I T
Wyoming County
Scott
Conley
Check Your Health Periodically Says Tuberculosis Officials
County Tuberculosis and Health Association officials urged regular health checkups including chest X rays. Miss Frances Coleman said early detection through X rays helps reveal TB before symptoms appear. She warned many neglect annual exams despite looking healthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Raleighs
Hisj
Ncted
Frances Coleman
The
Associat ‘Tion
Miss Coleman
College Typing Lab To Get Equipment
Beckley College will upgrade facilities with new equipment including electric typewriters edaphone-dictaphones and a Vari typer. Advanced students only will learn the machines with requirements for proficiency and a new calculating machine class to be taught by John Little using Monroe calculators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
D. K. Shroyer
Shrayer
Shroyer
John Little
Heckhey College
Monroe
Beckley Woman's Father Succumbs to Natural Bridge
Frederick Paxton Kidd, father of Mrs. Chester Vass of Beckley, died Saturday night at his home in Natural Bridge Va. He was born in Greenlee Va, son of John and Mrs. Paxton of Howardsville. A retired C&O Railway foreman, he worked 31 years. Surviving: Irene Wood Kidd of Bedford County. daughters Mrs. Fred Hall, Mrs. Jasper Madison, Mrs. Vass. sons Fred Thomas Kidd and Talmadge Paxton Kidd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natural Bridge
Frederick Paxton iKidd
Chester Vass
Beckley
Greenlee
John, Paxton
Howardsville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Irene Wood Kidd
Bedford County
Fred Hall
Jasper Madison
Natural Bridge Station
Vass
Fred Thomas Kidd
Talmadge Paxton Kidd
PTA to Organize Tams Cub Scouts
J. B. Deck, former Boy Scout executive, and Don Garrett, field executive, will meet with the Tams Percent Teacher's Association tonight to organize a Cub pack at Tams Elementary School. Garrett will outline the Cubbing program and assist with the organization, announced Gus Walker of the Appalachian Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Deck
Boy Scout Extension
Don ¥. Garrett
Tams Percent Teacher's Association
Line Tams
Garrett
Gus Walker
Appalachian Council
Jtoday
McLean Addition Nears Incorporation Into Buckley
At a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in City Hall, attorney G. Berk Lynch represented the McLean subdivision owner and urged incorporation as a city addition. The 44acre subdivision with roads and sold lots would share paving costs. council approval would send a petition to the Circuit Court for final action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Buckley
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
G. Berk-Lynch
Lynch
Circuit Court
Crab Orchard Lads Begin Air Force Training at Lackland
Three Crab Orchard youths Pvt John L Crews Pvt Arnold Gene Riffe and Pvt Estil Bernard Little aged 17 report to Lackland Air Field Base near San Antonio for a 13 week Air Force basic indoctrination course. The program tests aptitude and fit for technical training and specialized careers in the Air Force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Lackland Air Field
Air Force
John L. Crews
Fred H. Crews
Arnold
Gene Riffe
C. W. Riffe
Estil Bernard” Little
Boyd Little
San Antonio
Lackland
Deeds Filed Show Oakley Heights Purchases
Deeds on file show D E Moter buys three Oakley Heights lots 60 61 and 62 in Beckley from Southern West Virginia Land Company for about 1000. Other transfers include E B Ewart Roy Millican and others to J W Mackey lot 15 in Ewart Heights and Anthony Sparacino deputy commissioner to W F Davis lot 2 in Central Addition. Also ACME Loan Company to Garrett Tabor 40 acres in Marsh Fork District and Britts Morris and Morris to Harold Via lot B in Richmond District. Mrs Fred Woody suffers paralytic stroke confined to home in Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Ellis Moter
Oakley Heights
Beckley
Mwistrict
Southern West Virginia Land Company
Raleigh CountyClerk
E. B. Ewart
Roy D. Millican
Edward P. Stansbury
Herbert Stansbury
J. W. Mackey
Secort
Ewart Heights
Anthony J. Sparacino
Raleigh Kounty
W. F. Davis
Central Addition
Acme Loan Company
Garrett, Tabor
Marsh Fork
C. B Britts
Clyde Morris
Harold Via
Richmond
Zoning Panel Rejects Plan to Commercialize Two Streets
The Planning and Zoning Commission denied rezoning proposals converting Valley Drive and West Neville Street from residential to commercial use after a public hearing at City Hall. Residents, led by opposition figures like Autopace Attorney Oppie Hedrick, cited crime, traffic, and trucking noise as reasons to keep areas residential despite prior similar rejection on Southnanawha Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Planning and Zoning Commission
City Hall
Valley Drive
Oakwood Avenue
Garden Street
Autopace
Oppie Hedrick
AEP Plans Rural Expansion Amid 1950 Budget Push
The Appalachian Electric Power Company announces a 1950 budget of 29 million for nationwide rural expansion with 999 864 set aside for the district. District offices expect 150 new rural miles and 500 to 600 new customers, as Philip Sporn Unit No 1 finishes and a third unit at Graham Station moves forward. The six company system centers on coordinated growth across transmission and distribution to serve growing communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Electric Power Company
C. W. Lovell
C. C. Darrah
M. C. Funk
Math Company
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
AEP
American, Gas, and Electric System
Funk
Funeral Rites Set for William Gunnoe at Cameron
Rites scheduled for 4 p.m. at Bee Branch Methodist Church Cameron for William Harrison Gunnoe 76 of 104 Ridge Ave. burial in Clay Cemetery. Gunnoe died Sunday night of heart condition after long Raleigh Beckley residence. Survived by wife Mary Jane Clay nine children three brothers three sisters fifteen grandchildren eight great grandchildren and preceded by three daughters. Body to be moved to residence from Callee Funeral Home at 10 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harrison Gunnoe
Ridge Avenue
Bee Branch Methodist Church
Cameron
James Neal
Stellie Parson
Clay
Gunnoe
Crang
Wyoming County
James M
Hanna
Acord Gunnoe
Raleigh County
Beckley
Felix Gunnoe
Coal City
Arizona ‘Bowling
Ranger
Ollie Phipps
Hinton
Edna Fields
Charleston
Edna Stover
Myrtle Guanoe
Susie Gunnoe
Callee Funeral Home
Beckley College Student Union Renovation Planned
Beckley College announces upgrades to the Student Union including new cooking equipment and extra counter space to serve 2 fermer student enrollment. D. K. Shroyer vice president says interior repairs will begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
D. K. Shroyer
Shroyer
Meetings Called By 4ORC Units
Four Organized Reserve Corps units plan evening meetings in Beckley this week. The 971st Engineer Combat Battalion under Lt Col L W Peterson will convene at 7 30 p m tomorrow night at the ORC Armory on North Oakwood Avenue. The 2894th Ordnance HQ and HQ Company meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Beckley Lincoln Mercury building on South Oakwood Avenue under Lt Col John E Cooper. Captain William J Smiths 326th Medical Base Depot Company and the 2824th post camp and station HQs Special Training Group meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the ORC Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
971St Engineer
L. W. Peterson
Organized Reserve Corp
North Oakwood Avenue
Beckley Reserve Corp
Majorart C. Dunham
Beckley
2894Th Ordnance
Beckley Lincolns Mercury
South Oak
Wood Avenue
John E.cooper
William J. Smith
326Th
2824Th
ORC
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Bryson
J. B. Derk
John &. Elliott
Chambers
Payuib Juwa
Aweies Seays
Presbyterian Youths Plan
B Association
John D. Lester
Hanover
Lua Vance
Baileysville
Roy
Lee Privett
Velma Mae Sauls
Oceans
PTA
Tams Cub Scouts
Reo Ream
Grandpa
Joseph 5
Finch & Company
Aladdin
Texas
D.E. Moter
Siak
Ter Whitesville
Fred Woody
Thay
Dave Rahall
Neville Street
Ouse
Rites Tomorrow Forum
Gunnee
Dean
Milliona
Umea
Ward
Rds
Colton
Clewy
Che
Alc
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Neville St
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