Bid Opening Set for Little Beaver Buildings in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court will hear bids March 7 at 11 a.m for an administration building and bath house at Little Beaver Park Phil Wilson engineer announced the Raleigh County Park Board must approve bid offers Final plans for a 30 by 50 foot one story bath house include 16 showers and dressing booths for men and women Completion date aimed for May 30 with bids to be acted on promptly after specification finalization
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Little Beaver Park
Phil Wilson
Raleigh County Court
Wilson
Raleigh County Park Board
Salvation Army Board Re-Elects Officers for 1950
Salvation Army Advisory Board re elected president Cherlea Hode and officers R D Watts Mrs W R Fugait and H R Crawford to new terms at yesterday's quarterly luncheon attended by 16 members Leslie Garter joined as a new member replacing Lue clan H Davis Captain John Hoy Jones reported clothing remains the greatest need at local Didatel offices with daily requests for both children and adults He urged donors to notify Citadel workers to arrange pickups Transients housing needs prompted discussion of renting a house or building behind the Citadel with costs discussed as a possible burden on the local organization The board tabled final decision for later review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cherlea -Hode
Salvation Army Advisory Board
R. D. Watts
W. R. Fugait
R. Crawford
Leslie Garter
Lueclan H. Davis
John Hoy Jones
Didatel
Salvation Army
Citadel
Jones
Al&o
Familly
Joneses
Capt
Tones
Borrd
Beckley Lodge Initiates Eleven New Members
Eleven men were initiated Wednesday night into Beckley Lodge No. 1452, B P O Elks, during a Past Exalted Rulers and Millionth Member Night ceremony. New initiates hailed from Beckley Slab Fork Killarney Oak Hill and Fayetteville, with 11 officers serving in the chairs for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Benevolent and Protective Order of Fils
Ben Darvin
J. W. Foster, Jr
L. L. Fleshman
A. J. Walkeer
Allo
Slab Fork
John M. Milter
W. M. Jackson
George Steffy
George Moore
Harry Moore
Vester Whitaker
Killarney
Paul Cunningham
Oak Hill
E. C. Wiseman
Fayetteville
E. S. Larrick
Ross Ire
John L. Lilly
Clarence Bibb
W. A. James
Lucian Davis
G. C. Buckhannon
Esquires
el Harmon
Sam Cohn
Rotary to hear musical program at Beckley Hotel
Local Rotary Club will host a 6 15 pm musical program in the Beckley Hotel private dining room. Mrs Oscar Williams and Mrs A H Wilson will perform several selections with piano accompaniment by Mrs C A Thompson, arranged by George Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Beckley Hotel
Oscar Williams
A. H.wilson
C. A. Thompson
George Parker
Beth-El Temple to Hold Laymen Rites Tonight
Laymen services are to be conducted at 8 o clock this evening at the Beth El Temple by Rabbi Norman Kahanowitch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth-El Temple
Norman Kahanowitch
J E Lewis Held to Grand Jury on Embezzlement Charge
J Earl Lewis of Lewis Transfer and Storage waived a preliminary hearing, bound over to the grand jury on an embezzlement count, posting a 500 dollar bond. The accuser Dewey Boley alleged unlawful embezzlement and conversion of 242 dollars. Other names appear in arrests and warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Lewis
Grand Jury
J. Earl Lewis
Lewis Transfer
City Avenue
J. P. Meadows
Lewis
Dewey Boley
Keystone
McDotvell County
Voice of America drama at WW High School assembly
Woodrow Wilson High School students staged The Voice of America a period drama tracing US history from 1492 to today under Mrs Frank Vass and Miss Angeline Saunders. Cast included Farr Whitener Pat Long George Tolos Donald Flood Mary Lou Law with soloists and CHGIR members in multiple tableaux and scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voice of America
Dramtic Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
Frank Vass
Angeline Saunders
United States
Clarence Carte
Douglas Schwank
Farr: Whitener
Sear
Pat Long
George Tolos
Donald Flood
Mary Lou Law
Billie Joy Smith
Mena Porter
Sally McGinnis
Shirley Sikora
Peggy Wright
Joan Silverman
Jack Sloan
Diana Hontas
Mary Anne Davis
Jean Rothllsberger
CHGIR
Elizabeth Arnold
June Baker
Selma Rahal
Evelyn Sardanell
Claude _ Linkous
Phylis Campbell
Aim Harper
Ellen “Whebey
Sally McCreery
Anne Lou Ford
James Rahal
Buddy Ogg
Willem Halstead
Ann Richmond
Mary
Elizabeth Reeser
Wera
Charles Pack
Julia
Ann Dunn
Robert Mickis
Ann Ross Hoffman
Aliee Gregory
Nancy Candler
Ardeth
Jones
John Gunter
Joan’ Maples
Jere Witherspoon
Mary Ardeth Jones
Dramatic Club
Nancy Chandler
Register Phota
Funeral Saturday for Mrs. Harrah
Funeral services are set for 2 PM Saturday at Beaver's Community Church for Mrs. Wee H. Hanah 82 of Beaver who died at 11:50 PM Wednesday at her daughter's home following a heart attack. The Rev. C T Miller Rev. D R Carder and Rev. E W Powers will officiate. Burial will be in Glenn Morgan Cemetery. Body moved from ICalfee Funeral Home to her residence at 7 PM yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver’s
Wee H. Hanah
Beaver
W. R. Wills
C. T. Miller
D. R. Carder
E. W. Powers
Glenn Morgan
iCalfee Funeral Home
Navy Seeks Vets For Enlistment
Former service men without dependents are sought for Navy enlistments at the Beckley Naval Recruiting Station. Chief Petty Officer W F Bartlett invites veterans to apply, noting most branches open after closures. Applications are to be made at the Beckley Post Office basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE. Bartlett
Beckley Naval Recruiting Station
Bartlett
Beckley Post Office
AEP District Men End School Monday Plans and Openings
Be ely district department supervisors will finish a six week leadership school Monday night led by W B Connoley Raleigh County Vocational School director They will attend a round up dinner in their honor after the session The Beaver Dresse Shop opens next door to Beaver Wax with a women and children wear line Repairs on the WVLS building at Main and South Kanawha streets are planned with three weeks estimated for completion Five representatives of Peoples Life Insurance Beckley District attend annual meeting in Washington D C Charles Harvey Glen Hawley Thomas Reid and Richard Karnes qualified The trip was accompanied by L J Gribb district manager Dr Roy Hepler opens an office in Seth Seth in the near future Frank Rice son of Maude Rice Mullens joined Jones Laughlin Steel in Aliquippa Pa and plans to move to Pennsylvania Dr Emerson G Shannon a West Virginia University graduate osteopath has established an Oceana office A new Wanbuild display by Means Lumber Company at Ashworth Farmer Building opposite Beckley Newspapers It includes various products The Kirksville trained Dr Shannon interned at Laughlin Hospital K C O S Hospital Kirkville MO and S U L H Sanatorium Mecha MO
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hifteen Department
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Company
AEP
W. B. Connoley
Raleigh County Vocational School
Siwail Cael
Tor Giscuiss
Iepair
WVLS
Main
Kanaina
Joe L. Smith
Watts
Smith
Roy Hepler
Huntington
Cabin Creek
Seth
Seth Taxi
West Virginia University
Frank Rice
Irs
Maude Rice
Mullens
Jones ‘and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
How
Emerson G. Shannon
Welch
College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Kirksville
Oceana
Laughlin Hospital
K.c.0.s. Hospital
Kirkville
Mecha, MO
Census Enumerators Tests Continue in Raleigh County
Tests continued this morning in the Raleigh County Courthouse for census enumerator applicants. About 187 took tests yesterday. roughly 86 posts are open for two week work beginning April 1 to support the 17th Decennial Census. Crew leaders will be selected next Wednesday by Homer H. May from test grades.
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Raleigh County
Clinton H. Dew
Bureau of Census
Homer H. May
Dew
Raleigh
Charleston
Madison
Boone County
Beckley
Logan
Logan County
Funeral services for Ernest Starling Saturday at First Christian Church
Funeral services for Ernest Johnson Starling 47 of 117 Hill Street will be held at 2 p m Saturday at the First Christian Church with Rev A H Wilson and Rev Charles Roark officiating Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park He died yesterday in a local hospital after illness He is survived by wife Mary two daughters Margaret Nelson and Sarah Starling a son Eddie Starling his father B F Starling three brothers M N Starling N M Starling J B Starling six sisters Cora Witt Mae Woode L B Stowers J E Wheeler Effie Daquet and B B Underwood Active pallbearers include E L Booth Boyd Hutchinson Oakley Ross M F O Dell W B Vanney W L Shumate Roscoe Wikle and M J Broyles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Johnson Starling
Hill Street
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Charles Roark
Memorial Fark
Rock Gap
Sterling
Beckley
Washington
DE. CG
Mary Starling
Margaret Nelson
Huntington
Misa Sarah Starling
Eddie Starling
B. F. Starling
Akron
Ohio
Evangelistic Services Held at Sprague Hall
Evangelistic services are now held in the miners Union Hall at Sprague each evening except Wednesday. A Holcomb, a Michigan evangelist, conducts the meetings at 7 30 p m assisted by C Goff of Charleston. The services are non denominational.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miners Union Hall
Sprague
A. Holcomb
Michigan
C. Goff
Charleston
Airport Lights Drive Is Reported Lagging
Funds for the Beckley Mount Hope Airport night lights are lagging. Johnny G. Kacsmaryk told Beckley Squadron No 1 Air Force Association members that about $1,000 is needed and only a few dollars have been received. Retiring commander Y John G Beard cited doubts about public benefit and discussed possible fund-raising events including a public dance and a basketball game with pro teams. W P Hall Jr was elected commander for the year with officers named including William Mitchell John Mc Coy Vergil Cox secretary Donald Lilly assistant secretary Thomas Hazzarre treasurer and Gale Kessee Robert Ellison and others as council members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Mount Hope
Johnny G. Kacsmaryk
Beckley Squadron No. 1
Air Force Association
Yjohn G. Beard
Air Force Group
Public Dance
K. R. Thorne
William Mitchell
John McCoy
Vergil Cox
Donald Lilly
Thomas Hazzarre
Harold Soppher
Robert Ellison
Gale " Kessee
Episcopal Cub Scouts Dinner Marks 40th Scout Anniversary
About 100 people are expected tonight at 6 30 for the Episcopal Cub Scouts dinner at the Methodist Temple. J D Hollanback the cubmaster announced the event honors the 40th anniversary of Scouting with invocations welcomed by Rev O Worth May. Gus F Walker and BP OW Burks discuss Our Part in the 1950 Crusade. Cubs Paul Mason Robert Barron William Lovell Lot Thomas Sherer Philip Leeber Buddy Mahoney Samuel Wood Tommy Houthins John James will join in the program along with den chiefs and mothers. Decorations feature gold and blue to suit the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Cub Scouts
Methodist Temple
J. D. Hollanback
Crusade Tol
Copal Church
Iby BP
OW. Burks
Land
Gus F. Walker
Cub Scotts
Paul Mason
Robert Barron
William Lovell
Lot Thomas
Sherer
Philip Leeber
Buddy Mahoney
Samuel Wood
Tommy Houthins
John James
Jennie Bsharah
John S. Wood
Henry Houchins
Irvin Mahoney
den Mrother
Joe McMahon
William Bales
James Garlow
Den
CUBS
Lai Scherert
Webelos
Boy Scouts
Injunction Against Zoning Law Ends in Beckley Case
Judge Ben H. Ashworth dissolved a restraining order barring Beckley from prosecuting Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler for operating a plumbing shop in a residential area. The Wheelers had been protected pending the J Leonard Baer suit, decided recently by the State Supreme Court in favor of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
State Supreme Court
Pat Wheeler
Ben H. Ashworth
Releigh
Wheelers
G. Berkiewach
Wheeler
Beckley and Lynch
Circuit Court
J. Leonard Baer
Baer
Supreme Court
Methodist Laymen Set To Take Over Pulpits For Sunday Services
Beckley pastors will step down Sunday to allow laymen to lead Layman’s Day observances. Edward Gilmer will deliver the sermon at Methodist Temple, with Jack Sloan reading scripture. G. Berk Lynch speaks at St Mary’s, and church choirs, led by Roland Hinckley, provide music. Short talks by Douglas Lowe, Keith Ernst, Ernest Allenbaugh, and William Hall Jr. follow the morning sermon. Organized by the board of Lay Activities Chicago. W Foss Curtis of Moundsville oversees state activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Methodist
General Conference of the Methodist Church
Methodist Temple
Edward Gilmer
Jack Sloan
A. L. Rohrer
Roland A. Hinckley
G. Berk Lynch
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Ray W. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Douglas Lowe
Keith Ernst
Ernest Allenbaugh
William P. Hall, Jr
Chicago
W.foss Curtis
Moundsville
Youth for Christ Rally to Hear Missionary in Beckley
Missionary James R. Graham, a China teacher and former Hampden-Sydney athlete, will address the Beckley Youth for Christ Rally at the Beckley Junior High School auditorium tomorrow night at 7 30. The program includes a Bible battle between Woodrow Wilson High and Shady Spring High and music by Dorothy Eans and the Beckley YFC Girls Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Dorothy Eans
Beckley
Beckley Youth For Christ Girls
Jamboree Places Sought by Scouts
Carlton Hurt and Adrian Mc Kinney of Boy Scout Troop 75 Sophia applied to attend the National Boy Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge Pa this summer. Ninety nine boys will be sent to the Jamboree from the Appalachian Council covering Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties with a quota of two boys per troop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Hurt
Adrian McKinney
Sophia
Valley Forge
Appalachian Council
Rayleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Counscll
Tams Man Joins Navy Ship Newport News in Mediterranean
James A. Sutyak Jr. a fireman apprentice from Tams, serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Newport News in the Mediterranean. The ship leads Sixth Task Fleet under Vice Admiral John J. Ballentine's command in current duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Sutyak, Jr
Tams
United States Navy
Mediterranean
Newport News
John J. Ballentine
Tas
Contract Awarded for Sand Branch Road Grading Project
David D. Griffith of Spanishburg was awarded the contract to grade drain and surface one lane of 34 miles of secondary routes from North Sand Branch to Maynorn. The low bid of 108,105, according to the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pear Sand Branch
David D. Griffith
Spanishburg
North Sand Branch
Maynorn
Associated Press
Local Men Named To SAR Offices
Three local men were named to offices in the Captain James Ellison Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution at a meeting at El Chico last night. A. D. Gook was named secretary-treasurer, Zach A. Petty vice president, and Azal Cook registrar. Thomas Read of Hinton was elected president for the coming year, and Paul Carr of Hinton was named chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain
James Ellison
The
Sons of the American Revolution
el Chicoast
A. D. Gook
Zach A. Petty
Azal Cook
Thomas Read
Hinton
Paul Carr
Beaver Church Holds Nightly Singing School In Beckley
Beaver Community Church hosts a singing school led by J A Lesley of Alabama starting last Monday at 7 00 p m and continuing until March 5. Public invited. Hills announce birth of son Melvin Arnold at Beckley Hospital February 12 at 6 00 a m weighing seven pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Church
Beaver Community Church
J. A. Lesley
Alabama
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Eigh Register
Buckley
W. Va
Little Beaver
Salvation Army Board
Ellis
Boley
Acme Loan Company
North Carolina
N. Fayette St
Jesse Rhodes
Mt. Hope
Wesley
Candles
Princeton
Peice Ware
U.S. Deputant
Noty Marshall
Ira Helton
Earl Martin
Jack Walter Donahue
Crab Orchard
W. F. Bowles
Henry Vines
W. B. Gilkerson
Army
WW High Dramatic Club
Mrs. Harrah
Navy
Statnards
Crawd Rapids
Mick
Coba Dietributing Co., Inc
Wna
Ev Bee
W. R. Witzel
Witxel
TNE
Beaver Drese
Beaver Wax. ‘Company
Clarence Noel
Lola Hossler
Beckley District Peoples Life Insurance Company
Washington, D.C
Charles Harvey
Glen Hawley
Thomas Reid
Richard Karnes
L. J. Gribb
Rick
Bley
Ashworth-Farmer
Beckley Newspapers
Frinct
Means Lumbers Company
D. O. Means
Wayland H. Redden
Paul Thornton
Winston Brown
Ralph Cantley
Harry Workman
L. F. Hopkins
Starling
W. P. Haul, IR
Youth For Christ
SAR
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