Monroe County Leads in Safest County Traffic Record
State Police report Company D based in Beckley achieved the best safety record in the 11 county area for 1949 with not a single fatality. Raleigh and Wyoming counties saw notable decreases, while Monroe reported no deaths for the year. Sgt. Ezra Zirkle emphasizes drinking drivers, speeding limits, vehicle upkeep, weather preparedness, and pedestrian safety as key to further reducing fatalities.
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Beckley
Ezra Zirkle
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Afenroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Fairmoath
Panhandle
Company C
Elkins
Charleston
Zirkle
Isas
Land Fire Destruction in District Six Reveals Big Losses
The 4,167 acres of District Six forest land burned in last fall’s fires, amid 377 total fires year to date, with spring and fall seasons showing varying damages. Raleigh and Mercer counties record notable acreage losses and tobacco use causes major damage. overall costs reach tens of thousands across seasons.
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Sporrs
Nens
Par Nee
UVC
Cptuy Werce
Monroe
Mercer
Raleigh
Fayette
Kanawhi
Mercer County
Wyoming County
Charleston
The
Conservation Commission
McDowell Haleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Fayette County
First Marriage Permits For 1950 Are Recorded
The Beckley area reports the first marriage license applications for 1950, with multiple couples named and details of forthcoming ceremonies at local churches. Also noted is a minor fire at the Beckley Post Office area causing about 150 dollars in damages.
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Jeiremen
W. F. Buckland
Beckley
Fotr
Barnard Martin
Acme Purchases Stanaford Land
Acme Construction Company buys Lot 6 in Stanaford Town District from Fayette Land Company for about 2509 dollars. Other transfers include Fayette to Acme for Lots 37 and 38 in Stanaford about 2500 each, guardian Viola Thompson to Lacy Thompson Jr. for one acre near Winding Gulf with no stated consideration, and Harold E. Kyle and wife selling Lot 7 in Marsh Fork District for about 500 dollars.
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Acme Construction Company
inStanaford
Fayette Land Company
Raleigh
Stanaford
Viola Thompson
Lacy Thompson
Winding Gulf
Slab Fork
Flarold E. Kyle
James A. Acord
Hunter Addition
Marsh Fork
Three Wyoming Couples Receive Wedding Permits
Three couples in Pineville are listed for marriage licenses by the county clerk. Leland Helmuth and Macile Gilmore, both of Pineville. George Bishop and Sarah Evelyn Harper of Simon. Mac Grubb of Kopperston and Jewell Wright of Clear Fork.
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Register
Pineville
Leland Helmuth
Macile | Gilmore
George Bishop
Sarah Evelyn Harper
Simon
Mac Grubb
Kopperston
Jewell Wright
Clear Fork
Raleigh County Christmas seal drive trails goal
Raleigh County's tuberculosis and health association reports $4,852.32 raised toward a $10,000 goal for its annual Christmas seal sale. The drive, critical as the group's sole income, risks drastic curtailment if the target isn’t met. A $287.33 update includes funds from a countywide bangle sale and from mailed seals, with many contributors yet to respond.
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Raleigh
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Frances ‘Coleman
Raleigh County
Sparacino Receives Two Judicial Appointments
Attorney Anthony J. Sparacino was sworn in yesterday as judge in two courts within minutes. He serves as city police judge and as special circuit court judge to preside in the absence of a regular judge. Orders issued grant $30 monthly support in Holcomb v Holcomb, award custody to the plaintiff, and set $75 monthly support in Sigmon v Sigmon. A separate case, Lola Foti v C O Griffith, was dismissed.
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Anthony J. Sparacino
Nown
William P. Laren
Sparacino
Clicuit
Hunter
Carl C. Sanders
W. A. Burke
Helen Virginia Hol
Kcomb
Bobby Gene
Nellie Ann Kirk
June Carlo Sigmon
Charles Sigmon
Syaracino
Lola Foti
C. O. Griffith
Local Woman Proves Taxidermy Is Not Limited to Men
Dolores Davis, a 35 year old Beckley resident, mounts deer, squirrels, foxes, and hawks from hunters across Charleston and Kin. She learned via a 48 lesson correspondence course begun seven years ago and continues educational efforts post graduation in 1946. Davis works alone, employs poisonous solutions to preserve specimens, uses bone structures, and repurposes deer feet for gun racks. She plans a future course in horse training, and her next project features a possum wedding with custom apparel.
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Dolores Davis Register
Oceny Cranberry. Co
Charleston
Pirle
Pifle
Stroke causes death of Ringling circus leader in Sarasota
Sarasota, Fla. Robert Edward Ringling, 52, once an operatic star and later a top circus official, died Monday night from a stroke. He chaired Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey and twice led the Big Top. He was the son of Charles Ringling, a founder, and the last surviving child of the five brothers.
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Associated Press
Sarasota, Fla
Robert Edward Ringling
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Big Top
Ringling
Charles Ringling
Three Days Cough Warns of Chronic Bronchitis Risk
An old advertisement warns that a persistent cough lasting three days signals danger of chronic bronchitis if untreated. It promotes Creomulsion, a non narcotic remedy that attacks the seat of trouble to loosen phlegm and aid healing, with a money back guarantee if it does not ease the cough.
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Richard Ray Almond
Lewis Smith
See Et Ceace
Levi Almond
Hrenton
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Bren Gillespie
Charles
Eddison Figgett
Shirley Donnelly
Clendenin
Myrtle Figgett
Violet Virginia Miller
Daugh
Sunset Memorial Park
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Abe
Robert Willian Poulter
Frank Porter
Dorothy Loraine Darnell
Brack Darnell
Acme
Ansted
Iansted
John Vernon
West Virginia Univer
John Cashion
Duke University
James Kincaid
South Carolina
John Kyte Schrader
James Nichols
Jack Stevenson
Greenbrier Military School
Betty Wall
Patsy Morris
West Virginia Iustitue of Technology
St.Joseph Aspirin
Financial Statement
Beckley Federal Savings
West Virginia
Federal Home Loan
Paul Pifte
Paul Pirle
Robert E. Ringling
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Khave
America
Whirlaway Hovdra-Matic
Oldsmobile
Burleson ‘Motor Co., Inc
Woodlawn Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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