Raleigh County schools get a Christmas maintenance blitz
Maintenance Supervisor Earl Riner and a 23 man crew carried out extensive holiday work in Raleigh County Schools. They fireproofed East Beckley Elementary furnace room with transite board, rewired circuits, installed fire doors, and moved supplies to a corridor cabinet. Similar work occurred at Clear Fork, Glen White and other schools. They repaired furnaces, fixed windows, repainted gym floors, and updated lighting and shelving while students were away. Temporary repairs at Mark Twain High were added after a break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Earl Riner
East Beckley
Clear Fork
Glen White
Sophia High
Shady Spring High
Woodrow Wilson High
Beckley Junior
Cranberry
Bradley
Clear Fork High
Mark Twain High School
Riner
Glen White Junior High
Trap Hill High
Byrd-Prillerman
Cristville
Cleveland School
Mount Tabor
Edwight
Montceal - Stickney
Crescent School
Rhodell
Crab Orchard
Beckley Junior High
Richmond
Joe L. Smith
Piney Oak
Byrd - Prillerman
Crescent Elementary
Institute
Woodrow
Soak Creek
Swanson Suffered Finger Injury at Winding Gulf Coast
Swanson Stump of Crab Orchard was treated Tuesday at Beckley Hospital for an injury to the little finger of his left hand suffered in an accident at the Winding Gulf Coast.
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Swanson
Beckley Hospital
Gulf Coast
Area Men Sign In Army AF Enlistments Listed
Enlistees include Herbert Flanagan Jr. of Springdale Roy McManamay of Beckley Douglas Yarbour of Cinderella Deneth Riel of Parkersburg Richard Grose Summersville Phillip McClung Summersville Clayton Caldwell Shawsville Norman Meador Beckley Robert Prost Charleston Robert Grimmett Jr Hutchinson Robert Billings Maben Donald Franklin Lemaster Jessie Christian Bandy stationed at Fort Knox Ky AF enlistees include Glen Lilly Dunns Raymond Digman Hico Lewis Bennett Mount Hope Theodore McMillion Jr Beckley Donald Wood Dunns Nathan Blizzard Gary Wisnewski Charleston James Varney Curtin Merel Brown Charleston James Webb Richwood Phillip Cooper
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Herbert Winfred Flanagan Jr
H. W. Flanagan
Springdale
Roy Eldridge McManamay
Ned McManamay
Beckley
Douglas MacArthur Yarbour
Vernon Yarbour
Cinderella
Denneth Arthur Riel
Robert Riel
Parkersburg
Richard Frank Grose
John F. Grose
Summersville
Phillip Jay Mce- Clung
Jay McClung
Clayton Caldwell
Shawsville
Norman Gene Meador
Robert Lee Prost
Roby Billings
Lloyd J. Pfost
Charleston
Robert Ernest Grimmett Jr
R. E. Grimmett
Hutchinson
Robert Lee Billings
Donald Junior Franklin
Donald Franklin
Lemaster
Jessie Lee Christian
Frances Vandyke
Fort Knox
AIR Force
Glen Neal Lilly
Dunns
Raymond Glen Digman
Hico
Lewis Wayne Bennett
Mount Hope
Theodore McMillion Jr
Donald Lee Wood
Charles Nathan Blizzard
Gary
Glen Edward Wisnewski
James Wesley Varney
Curtin
Merel Oscar Brown
James Dencil Webb
I Richwood
Phillip Ray Cooper
Police Bust Water Jug Peddling Scheme In Culpeper
In Culpeper Virginia two men were convicted of peddling without a license after police found them selling water and a diluted household cleaner colored with grape and orange soda at a service station. The suspects Gary and Earl Morgan were among those involved. airmen were sent to Lackland Texas. Officers plan sophomore class projects at Mark Twain High School led by Ronald Taylor Sue Meadows and Doris Hughes and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpeper
Mark Twain High School
Ronald Taylor
Rhodell Council Seeks Mayor as Chief Stays On
Rhodell council set to meet January 8 to seek a qualified mayor after resignations left the town briefly mayorless. Police Chief James Richardson will remain on duty until a qualified mayor is chosen, keeping an official family intact amid the turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Estle Meadows
Orville Duppee
Francis
James Richardson
Payne Cadet Commissioned as Army Second Lieutenant
Phillip W. Payne of Beckley is among four West Virginia University ROTC cadets selected by the Army for Regular Army commissions as second lieutenants. Col. William E. Roberts notes the appointments become final next spring after achieving distinguished military graduate status. Other honorees include Ralph T. Bunten Jr., Elkview. Dwight F. Garner, Idamay. and Edwin B. Dean, Grantsville, Md. Payne will join the Quartermaster's Corps. Bunten the Infantry. Dean the Transportation Corps. Garner the Adjutant General's Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip W. Payne
Beckley
West Virginia University Reserve Officer Training Corps
Department of the Army
William E. Roberts
WVU
Ralph T. Bunten Jr
Elkview
Dwight F. Garner
Idamay
Marion County
Deeds On File Record of Real Estate Transactions
Real estate deeds recorded in the county clerk’s office show various transfers. James C and Annie Scott Harvey convey one third interest to Annie Scott Harvey in Town District with no consideration. North American Coal and Dock Co to Henry and Jeanette Abrams for 800 dollars for Slab Fork District property. Annie Scott Harvey to James Harvey one half interest in Beckley Addition Lot 9 Section 12 with no consideration. Harvey L Cook to James A and Ada Mae Sparacino in Town District for 2500 dollars. Property in Slab Fork District transferred for 1990.88 dollars. Oley and Gladys Faye Bennett to Cecil and Sadie Adkins in Richmond District with no consideration. Westwood and Ruth Holliday to trustees of the Ewart Avenue Community Church in Town District for 1916.67 dollars. Bryan and Cora Cline to McMillan Land and Finance Co in Town District for 2500 dollars.
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James C
Annie Scott Harvey
North American Coal and Dock Co
Henry
Jeanette Abrams
Slab Fork
James Harvey
Beckley
Harvey L. Cook
James A
Ada Mae Sparacino
Pyty
Oley
Gladys Faye Bennett
Cecil
Sadie Adkins
Richmond
Westwood
Ruth Holliday
Ewart Avenue
Bryan
Cora Cline
McMillan. Land and Finance Co
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Stanley Huff
Raleigh County
Huff
Warren Crouch
James S. Anderson
Earl Eugene Morgan
Wilcoe
Lackland
Tex
Roscoe Taylor
Stotesbury
Sue Meadows
Ray Meadows
McAlpin
Doris Hughes
Robert L. Hughes
Tams
E. P. Maynard
Rhodell Council
Payne
Bair
Watts
Dewa
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