Blue Crutch drive aids March of Dimes in Raleigh County
Raleigh County residents will support the March of Dimes Friday and Saturday through Blue Crutch tag days in Beckley. Beckley Lodge IOOF and Silver Star Rebekah Lodge volunteers will staff a booth at Main and Fayette Streets near the National Bank from 3 30 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Friday and 8 30 a.m. to 9 30 p.m. Saturday.
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Raleigh
Beckley Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Silver Star Rebekah Lodge
Beckley’ National Bank
Main and Fayette Sts
B. E. Silverman
Beckley Ioof
Gail Browning
Rebekah Lodge
Silverman
James RB. Bonds
D. D. Hall
Willie McGehee
Wilmer Phillips
Browning
James Smith
Loren Savage
Rebekahs
Roscoe Williams
0. R. Taylor
French Lively
Harold & Hers
Ora: Pierce
Inegene Shumaie
M. ¥. McCollam
Margaret: Nolan
Betty Jarrell
Margaret Jones
Albert Goodman
Mae Brammer
Lacy
Lilly
Charles’ H. Goode
Mag. “Gié Yost
Odd. Fellows
Eldridge Johnson
Harald Blake
Delmer Davis
Roy ‘Ellison
Warren
R. Taylor
Loren Pw Savage
Charles Hi, Goode
Jess Williams
Harry,Headley
James Mahoney
Raleigh County
MOD Committee
Be the Blue Crutch Drive boosts 1957 polio fund
Beckley chiropodist Dr Bernard Silverman supports the March of Dimes drive by giving Blue Crutches to patients who donate. The event, led by IOOF and Rebekah lodges, aims to raise 23000 dollars and runs through January with crutch sales in Mab SCott, Sophia, and Glen Daniel.
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Beckley
Bernard
Silverman
Beckley Lodge
Order of Odd. Fellows
Chiropadist
Maren of Dimes
IOOF
Rebekah Lodge
Rebekah
Mabscott, Sophia
Glen Daniel
Robert C. Byrd
Sophia
Joni Earl Plum
Viclim
Dre B. E. Silverman
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Tookson
Plum
Meadows Rites For Mrs Louise Price Meadows
Funeral services for Mrs. Louise Price Meadows will be held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Wednesday, conducted by Rev. O Worth May. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. The Raleigh County resident, 89, died Monday at her granddaughter's home after a long illness. She was born Sept 24 1867 to Owen Henry Price and Lucy Taliaferro Price. She is survived by two grandchildren, three great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. a half sister Miss Nelson Price of Rocky Mount Va. Pallbearers are J S Lar Fick Henry Roles Clarence Galaspie Ben Guy Wade Bailey C S Lewis Jr Alex George and William F Watts.
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Louise Price Meadows
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
O. Worth
Sunset Memorial Park
Meadows
Daniel D. Holiday
Maplewood Lane
Owen
Henry Price
Lucy Taliaferro Price
Raleigh County
John R. Meadows
Holliday
J. Howard Griffith
Beckley
Nelson Price
Rocky Mount
Mills Wastes No Time In Beginning Work
Raleigh County sheriff Oxey A. Mills, Cr ab Orchard, assumed office at midnight Monday and convened a 11 a.m. meeting with all deputies for orientation, job assignments, and policy formation for his four year term. He succeeds John C. Ward. A plastic panel is being fitted into some umbrellas to provide a clearer view.
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Raleigh County
Oxey A. Mills
Crab Orchard
Mills
John C. Ward
Raleigh Chapter Reports On New Center Plans
Raleigh Chapter announces a new NSCCA headquarters to be built on Chicago's West Side Medical Center site. W Dean Roberts says the building will house expanded professional and rehabilitative functions, costing about 430000 with tax benefits reducing rent and utilities. Fundraising will be led by East er Sea Societies without broad public appeals. Also a U S Bureau of Mines report releases coal preparation characteristics from Minn o W Va for metallurgical upgrading.
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National’ Society
Chicago
West Side
W. Roberts
Eastern Seal Society
Raleigh
NSCCA
Roberts
Coal Report
Minno
W. Va
U.S. Bureau ‘of Mines
Ten Join Air Force for Basic Training
Ten men enlisted in the United States Air Force at the local Recruiting Office from December 1941 to December 26. They include Jimmie B Buchanan Ansted James Ee Rateliff Jr Dayton Ohio Douglas Mc Moore Thorpe David AC Knight Bancroft William A Flippen Williamson Archie D Siphin Clothier Leo W Sprathing James A Bailey Holden David L Estep St Albans and Lester L Halsein Mabscott. They were sent to Lackland Air Force Base Texas for basic training.
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United States Air Force
Jimmie B. Buchanan
Ansted
James Ee
Rateliff Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Douglas MC" “Moore
Thorpe
David AC Knight
Bancroft
William A Flippen
Williamson
Archie D
Siphin
Clothier
Leo W. Sprathing
Charlestons
James A. Bailey
Holden
St Albans
Missing Beckley man sparks police search
Police continued the search for 55 year old Gerald Grose who left his home Friday at 10 30 am with about 600 dollars in cash. Lena Grose of 320 Burgess St reported his disappearance. Grose is described as Jessie Pennix 72 Oak Hill 5 5 brown hair hazel eyes and was last seen wearing a light colored suit white shirt glasses with gold frames.
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Beckley
Lena Grose
Burgess St
Gerald Grose
Payrite
Grose
Jessie Pennix
Oak Hill
Jastabout
Raleigh County
Begsley
Alf Condition Satisfactory After Threat Operation
W. W. All of East Beckley underwent a larynx cancer removal at Raleigh General Hospital Friday. Dr F Vivan Lilly reported a satisfactory condition today, noting the second operation of its kind done in Beckley. The first procedure by Lilly and Dr Harry Cooper at Beckley Hospital about a year ago was successful.
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W. W. All
East Beckley
Raleigh
General Hospital
F. Vivan Lilly
Beckley
Lilly
Riles Wednesday For R. P. Skiles
Funeral services for Neil Randall P. Skiles 71 will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Ward Community Church. Skiles died Monday in a Charleston hospital after a six week illness. Surviving are his wife Beatrice Bannister Skiles, two sons and five daughters including Raymond S. Skiles and Mrs Paul Gregory with others in Birmingham Norfolk Mount Vernon and Hurricanes. The body will be taken to the Ward home after services.
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Ward
Neil Randall P. Skiles
Paul Gregory
Belle
T. ‘J. Lewis
Birmingham
Ala
John McGraw
Vernon Hudnall
Norfolk
Marvin Hamon
Mount Vernon
Fanerat
Cedar Grove
DPA grants total 2.54 million in three WV counties
West Virginia State Department of Public Assistance reports distributions to Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties totaling 2 542 997 50 for the year. Breakdown includes old age blind permanent and totally disabled general assistance and dependent children with Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming named for each line item.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
West Virginia State Department of Public Assistance
Wyo
Ming
Stover Retires After 31 Years On Route 3
Okey R. Stover, 62, ends a lifelong postal career with the Beckley Post Office after 31 years and eight months. A certificate of service from the Postmaster General was presented, and colleagues gave him a wrist watch. He delivered mail along what is now Rural Route 3 from the Harper Post Office days, commuting by horse and buggy at first, then a 1925 Model T and later 15 different cars.
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Okey R. Stover
Maynor
Stover
Beckley Post Office
Harper
Beckley
State Reports Two Polio Cases in Week
Two polio cases were recorded in the state for the week ending Dec 2, per the West Virginia State Department of Health Disease Control. Cases appeared in Kanawha and Nicholas counties, Raleigh County listed 11 and Payelle one, from a total of 40 syphilis cases and 14 gonorrhea cases. Raleigh reported one polio case. Fayette County tallied two tuberculosis cases and Wyoming one. Five mumps cases and one actinococcal infection were noted in Wyoming County.
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West Virginia
Wyoming County
Beware Bargain Schemes Sweeping Neighborhoods
Local residents warned by the Chamber of Commerce about swindles by itinerant sellers often posing as housewives or traveling fashion show reps from Scotland. Vendors push illicit goods and risky spray painting or lightning rod installs, exploiting distress stories to pressure purchases. The Williams Gang is cited as the worst offender, with fake Irish lace and cheap imitations.
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Raleigh
Chamber of Commerce
National
Better Business Bureau
Williams
Scotland
Ireland
Coal Freight Rates Increased Nationwide Five Cent Hike
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized a five cent rise in bituminous coal freight rates to Baltimore Philadelphia and New York for export excluding Mexico with effect at 12 01 a m Friday. Despite a ten cent master tariff the five cent increase was enacted by link supplements filed by railroads. No change yet for export to Hampton Roads though Pocahontas lines will file within 30 days and a mid January effective date is being considered.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Mexico
Hampton Roads
Pocahontas
Built-in kitchen offer from Underwood Lumber
A Shady Spring building contractor advertises a complete built-in kitchen including range, oven, and refrigerator. Free estimates are available from Underwood Lumber Co with contact via CL 2-311.
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Range
Aven
Cefrigerators
Underwood Lumber. Co
Shady Spring
Pen Purse and Panes Highlight Beckley Police Blotter
Police report a busy weekend in Beckley with a pen stolen from Beckley Presbyterian Church, a black leather purse containing about 54 dollars missing from Janet Vandal’s address on Meton Street, and three broken windows found at the Southern States Store on Second Street. Police noted no entry to the store and continued investigations.
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Beckley
W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Parker ‘Oy
Janet
Meton
Southern States
Second Street
Donnie Moorefield
Noted Rise in Coal Loadings on Chesapeake and Ohio Lines
An official report shows a 5.7 percent weekly increase in coal loadings along Chesapeake and Ohio Railway lines for the week ending December 22, totaling 23,445 cars. The period compares 21 percent higher than the same week in 1955, signaling stronger coal shipments.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Suit Filed In Highway Accident In Raleigh County
A new $5,000 damages case was entered Monday in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. Joe Plumley of Hinton sues Herman Hendricks of Glen Daniel over a highway collision October 26 on State Route 63 near Roncevert. Cross suits Woodrow Bailey v Selden Clemons and Clemons v Bailey were dismissed as settled out of court.
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Raleigh’ County
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Joe. Plumley
Hinton
Herman Guy Hendricks
Glen Danial
Roncevert
Woodrow , Bailey
Selden P. Clemons
Clemons
Bailey
Bar Association names two men to criminal law committee
West Virginia Bar Association names Roy A. Cunningham of Beckley and Myron Renick of Fayetteville to its criminal law committee. The appointment was announced in a letter from Walter F. Ball, president of the state association.
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West Virginia Bar Association
Roy A. Cunningham
Beckley
Raleigh County
Myron’ Renick
Fayettville
Walter F. Ball
State Association
Woe
Two Drivers Charged With Road Violations
Two men faced fines after arraignment on road law violations. T N Thurman paid fines and costs for running a stop sign, while Harry Smith Jr of Mabscott was fined and charged for passing a vehicle against oncoming traffic. Both arrests were by State Police.
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T. N. Thurman
Doe Uzoski
Mount Hope
Harry Smith Jr
Mabscott
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Briday
Wilbur Bays
Beckiey
Virginia
Marmet Hospital
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Bechley Junior High School
Calfee
Oakwood
Clifford
Air Force
Riles
R. P. Skiles
DPA
TWEAR
Isley
Whilgren
Buckle
Neville St
Ayn
Ted
Bar Association
American Farmers Mutual Insurance’ Co
Omar O. Stover
Harper ‘Rd
the Beckley
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