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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1947
Page
4
Brief local notices from Beckley West Virginia filed Friday afternoon include small items from Efilel Register and references to EIB ECT and Beckley activities. No clear events or names are fully readable.
Donald Floyd Harvey of East Beckley, killed in the Pacific aboard the carrier Bismarck Sea, is awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross posthumously by Navy Secretary James Forrestal. Harvey earned the honor for 20 missions in the Philippines and Volcano Islands, serving as an air crewman in Opposite Squadron 6 from November 1944 to February 1945. He was 19 when he enlisted after graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School and worked at Stamford before joining the Navy. Two brothers, Charles and Morris, have been discharged and are home.
Sanitarian Joe C. Williams warns of dangers in improper septic systems amid increased building. He cites state law, design musts, well setbacks, pipe specs, joint quality, manhole spacing, and grease traps. He notes 24 hour flow capacity, 500 gallon minimum, and requires coordination with health officials. A second item reports coal city couple Welcomes daughter January 7 at home of Andrew Choker.
Elbert Parker and Grover McLush, both 18, of Morehead Kentucky, waived preliminary hearing and are held for grand jury after being charged with kidnapping a Logan taxi driver. The driver said he was forced at pistol point to drive from Big Creek to Huntington, eluding the pair in Huntington.
The Beckley Mercantile Board voted to retain the 1946 legal holidays Decoration Day Independence Day Labor Day Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year’s as official holidays. A special committee led by E M Payne Jr with W R David will push plans for a city public lavatory while 1947 standing committees were appointed. The next board meeting is set for February with C L Bibb serving as secretary.
Mrs. Madeline Robertson of East Gulf was treated at Beckley Hospital for injuries to her right leg after a fall. She was discharged after treatment.
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