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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1954
Page
5
The Raleigh Register readers can meet Sherlock Holmes March 1 in a new comic strip. Holmes and Dr. Watson pursue baffling century crimes using deduction with details on ash, mud, and clues. The character's iconic attire and scientific approach anchor the strip's period tone.
West Virginia South District Council visiting dignitaries will attend the 10:45 a.m. Sunday service of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Charleston. Participants include Vern O Whitman Donald R Patton Harry V Craye and Elmo T Reedy. The meeting is held in the hall above Watkins Drug Store at Neville and Heber Streets.
Released from Raleigh General Hospital Tuesday, Harry Herbert of the Bluefield Telegraph recovered from injuries said to stem from a Monday car accident. Frank Wesley Wilburn, Lillybrook miner, entered Beckley Hospital Thursday after his left arm was caught between coal and a mine car at the Lillybrook operation of the Lillybrook Coal Co.
A Beaufort highway patrolman stopped a speeder near the junction of Highways 70 and 101. The driver claimed the limit was 70 miles per hour, citing the sign, and the officer cited Highway 70 as the actual limit before issuing a ticket.
In Washington, a prison camp superintendent reports an inmate earned the rank of honor grade not by good conduct but by apparent extreme laziness. The warden notes the prisoner is "just as sorry as he can be" and "isn't worth guarding" and doubts he would attempt to escape due to his lack of effort.
County Agent H B Thomas led the Daniels PTA gathering with guidance on gardening methods and region specific vegetables plus sprays to curb blights and pests. Devo tions were by Mrs H B Claytor and Mrs Paris Shrewsbury. Ruth Ann Burnette played piano. Charles Smith presided.
WVA alum Jack E. Bazzarre of Park Homes Addition is named president of the Raleigh County Alumni of West Virginia University at a Raleigh County Courthouse meeting. He succeeds T. R. Wilson Jr. Eugene Foster is named vice president and Jack Mann secretary treasurer.
Mrs C C Lewis accepts the chairmanship for the 1954 Red Cross Fund Drive in the county outlying areas working with designated chairs in at least 40 communities. Earl C Carter announces 10 community chairs and notes more will be named before the March 1 kickoff. Raleigh County quota is 21442 with a two week kickoff starting March 1 and a mid campaign clean-up for untouched organizations.
Beck ley District Methodist Churches join the nationwide Week of Dedication highlighting international missions relief. Emphasis on Korea post conflict refugee needs in Germany central Europe India Pakistan and the Near East. Funds support the 1954 One Great Hour of Sharing United Appeal led by Church World Service and National Council of Churches with major Protestant and Orthodox participation.
Beckley League of Women Voters schedules Thursday night unit study titled Congressional Pursestrings with Mrs Harry Mayse leading. Meeting at 8 p m at Mrs Audrey W Riffe 120 Williams Street. Earlier this month the group concluded a study on a proposed constitutional amendment to increase legislative pay from 500 to 1500 annually and require yearly sessions.
Deeds recorded show numerous transfers in Raleigh County including James Lilly Inc to Elbert F and Nellie A Vance for Lot 102 Bowling Addition Beckley about 11000. West Virginia Turnpike Commission to Antonio Parsee et al parcel in Town District about 1000. New River Co to Wilburn Earl and Sarah Margaret Arthur Lot 138 Cranberry Subdivision about 3000. Ellie William to Alice Treadway parcel Clear Fork District no consideration. Blackburn Patteson Realty Co to Luther W and Norma Dale Fortner parcel Hillcrest Park Beckley about 2500. Freeland and Louella Scott to North Land Branch tract about 2500. New River Homes Inc to Henry and Ethel Harvey and Emanuel Herring parcel at Resaco about 2000. A Mike Vargo to Blackburn Patteson Realty Co Lots 21 22 23 Bailey Addition about 1000. New Rider Co to John J and Catherine E Shutko Lot 70 Sprague Subdivision about 3500. John and Margaret Peters to Hayse Bratton Lot 106 Hedrick Walker Carter Addition about 500. James M and Jean K Jennings to Darrell E and Louise Freeman land at Shady Spring about 6000. S L and Gladys Ruth Deck to Glenn Franklin and Violet Nelson Lots 120 121 122 123 Sophia Heights Addition about 1500. Susan E and E A Thomas to Richard and Rny H Lanchery Lot 7 Thomas Addition to Bradley no consideration. Lilly Land Co to Willie E Meadows Lot 16 Slab Fork District about 500. Ernest Franklin and Wilma Kathleen Tucker Lot 60 C Pinecrest Addition about 5000.
The City of Beckley collected $435 in fines and bond forfeitures at the Monday night Police Court session. Eleven people forfeited about $165 for failing to appear on intoxication charges. Several residents faced varying penalties for speeding, driving without licenses, and reckless driving including Dennis Huffman fined $50 and costs for reckless driving after a Sunday wreck that injured four.
VA hospitals nationwide are seeking local workers including social workers dietitians biochemists x ray and medical technicians and therapists of all kinds. Salaries range from 3175 to 7949 dollars with higher levels for social workers and dietitians. Applications should contact the VA personnel office or write to the Veterans Administration in Washington.
Raleigh County news items report Bobby L Stanley Eunice held at Raleigh County Jail for absence without official leave from the Army. R D Lawson Coal City fined 35 dollars for reckless driving and no operator license. Ruth Savage of the State Board of Education visited Raleigh County schools. Kenneth Adkins Beckley returned to jail for unpaid fines on driving without an operator card and improper registration. Letha Johnson Craig Staunton Va fined 50 for drunken driving after a collision. D W Bryson Raleigh County Schools Superintendent to attend Charleston conference on lunch, buses, transport costs and driver training. A Mabscott truck driver James Tyree crashed into a stone wall on the 19-21 By-Pass but was uninjured and arranged to cover property damage.
Beckley optometrist Dr Westwood Holliday will give a visual education talk at 7 30 p m Friday during the Prosperity Elementary School Parent Teacher Association meeting. Seventh and eighth grade girls will perform a musical program.
Beckley Main Recruiting and Examining Station announced ten enlistments on Friday comprising six Army and four Air Force. Army recruits headed to Fort Knox included Orville Jones 20 Holland Estepp 23 Troy Scott 21 Walter Smith 27 and William Coughlin 22. Sherrell Mitchem 17 will report to Fort Jackson. Air Force entrants to Sampson AFB Geneva NY are Francis Lloyd Jr. 18 Donald Shockey 19 Lynn Thompson 17 and Edward Hedrick 17.
Mrs. Thelma C. Cantley of Rock Creek and Hubert T. Robbins of Beckley recently received master’s degrees from Marshall College. Cantley earned an M A in Elementary Education while Robbins received a degree in Social Studies.
William Chandler Route 1 Donald Hodson Beckley Nedra Massey Sundial Jack Hurley Sofia attend West Virginia Tech Montgomery and are among 77 students who made the first semester Dean's list.
The Scarbro Consolidated School PTA will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the school. Mrs. Joylette Chiles will be the speaker.
State Police Beckley Detachment conducted driving license examinations for 46 applicants on Tuesday. Eighteen passed the road test. 22 received learner permits. six failed both the road and oral tests. Licensed drivers listed include Edmond Watts, Stamaford, Brylis Allegra Jessup, Shady Spring, and others. instructional permits were validated for a similar set of applicants.
W D Couch of New York challenged 519 attendees at the three day Jehovah's Witnesses convention in Bluefield Virginia. He urged that destiny is ours to choose and cited Deuteronomy 30 19. The event began Friday February 19 with 187 in attendance and 277 on Saturday. Six persons were baptized Saturday afternoon to begin ministerial work in the state.
Two parole violators, Harry Mason Wyrick and Arlen K. Cole, are jailed in Raleigh County awaiting a State Parole Board hearing after being returned to Beckley on Monday. Cole was held in Smithfield, NC, for unlawful wounding before parole and has served sentences in Michigan and North Carolina. Wyrick was jailed in Roanoke, Virginia, on auto theft after serving time for grand larceny.
Two miners were treated and released from Beckley Hospital Monday after injuries at work. Harvey Blackwell, 58, of Raleigh sustained a right foot injury in a state fall at 1 p.m. Monday. Chap Goens, Lillybrook employe e of the Lillybrook Coal Co., suffered a right knee injury when he struck himself with a pick handle at noon February 18.
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