Beckley City Council studies Oakwood intersection plan
Chester Webb urged action at the Neville Street Oakwood Avenue corner calling it Beckley’s most dangerous pedestrian crossing. Mayor Burke said the council would study the issue with the Police Department. Council also filled two city committee posts and ordered a review of promised street lights from 1950.
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Orchard Court
Beckley
Neville Street
Oakwood Avenue
Hebert Neville Street
W. A. Burke
Webb
Leo Vecellio
Planning and Zoning Board
T. S. Rice
Florida
James Kessinger
Paul Payne
Elmer Davis
William Laren
Afl
CAPL
Millard Tyree
Council
J Street
Veterans May Seek Dental Aid
Roy J. Smith of the West Virginia Department of Public Affairs urges World War II veterans to apply now for outpatient dental treatment. Veterans with prior service dental work should keep records on file with their service branch to speed eligibility checks and choose a participating VA dentist for care.
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Uncle Sam
Roy J. Smith
West Virginia
Department of Public AL
Fairs
Court Decision Favors Lester In Back Pay Dispute
In Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Ben H. Ashworth granted a writ of prohibition against Warren Schernbeck over $209 in back pay claimed from the Town of Lester. The decision found no summons served on the town and that the mayor lacked authority to act for the town before Magistrate J. H. McGhee. The town was awarded costs in both courts. A separate order directed Will Callins to show cause why he should not be punished for noncompliance with a prior court decree.
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Lester
Raleigh
Ben H. Ashworth
J. H. McGhee
Warren Schernbeck
McGhee
Circuit Court
Ashworth
H. J. Oram
Schernbeck
Will Callins
Sulla Callins
Beckley Records Eight Fires in Ten Days in 1951
Beckley Fire Department reports eight calls in ten days, with the latest at 2 19 a m to a vacant seven or eight room house at 1206 S Kanawha Street owned by Al Cale. Heavy damage observed with cause undetermined. Two of the eight calls were to out of town fires. Fire Chief Bernard Martin noted the record so far this year.
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Beckley
Bernard Martin
S. Kanawha Street
al Cale
Former local druggist dies in Fairmont
Dr. E. O. Shafer a former Beckley druggist and Watkins Drug Company salesman died yesterday in a Fairmont hospital from a heart attack suffered Monday night. He leaves his wife Elsie Shafer of Fairmont and a daughter Susan of Fairmont. During five years in Beckley he also sold for a drug company before moving to Fairmont to run his own firm.
Veterans classes altered at Ralien County Vocational School
Veterans classes at the Ralien County Vocational School will meet 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday instead of the afternoon session. Supervisor W. B. Connoley said the change aligns with work hours of some students. Classes start as soon as 10 or more enroll. Auto mechanics, machine shop carpentry and woodworking, and electricity are offered. Interested veterans, with certificates of eligibility, may enroll at the School office on Second Street.
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Ralien County
VA to Transfer Doctors to Beckley
The Beckley VA hospital may open sooner after the VA central office announced transfer of several doctors from other hospitals. The facility, a $6.5 million 200 bed institution, was dedicated last month and has not yet taken a patient. Dr. George F. Swanson said operations require 14 doctors and dentists, but up to five doctors and one dentist could start limited care now. Two doctors and one dentist are ready to begin work.
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Beckley Veterans Administration
Washington
George F. Swanson
Swanson
Beckley Area
Martinsburg Hospital
Veterans Administration Center
Martinsburg
Beckley
Hadacol credited by retired Houston man
Frank Wade of 531 Apache Street Houston testifies that Hadacol improved his health after months of fatigue and poor appetite. He details using four large bottles and credits the remedy with boosting his energy and aiding vitamin and mineral intake, as neighbors and friends notice his improvement.
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Frank W. Wade
Apache Street
Houston
Texas
Hadacol
LeBlanc Corporation
Mayor Burke Rules Out Politics on Police Chief Choice
Beckley mayor says no political motive in appointing a new police chief, notes acting chief Captain Millard Sgree not seeking permanent post. He mentions three applications for the vacancy after Anthony Sealine's death, discusses city manager form of government, and outlines sidewalk and paving projects with plans to issue Certificates of Necessity and review a widening street program with City Engineer Dennis Leary.
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W. A. Burke
Raleigh Register
Police
Millard. Sgree
H. A. Sloan
Burke
Anthony Sealine
Beckley City Reports 1950 Budget Solid in Black
City Recorder W P Laren reports six months into the 1950 fiscal year Beckley shows a balance of 177 810 24 with total expenditures 437 775 48 including 11 603 47 in last year s obligations paid comments by Mayor Burke that the city could be viewed as operating on a balanced budget notable overspends include police department equipment 642 96 workers compensation premiums 187 for salaries and expenses and 2171 for feeding prisoners largest expense was police salaries 27068 10 with street department materials 24207 20 and new streets 16602 72 remaining budget balances show construction of new streets at 61 437 49 balance 61 437 49 with expenditures through December listed for various departments and items including salaries city building repairs street and police department equipment and pension fund costs
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Beckley
W. P. Laren
iMayor W. A. Burke
Egment
SIDAL
Em Ss
Recreation Board
Kidney Slow-Down May Bring Restless Nights
When kidney function slows, many suffer nagging backache headaches dizziness and loss of pep energy. Doan's Pills, a mailed diuretic, is promoted as relief for these discomforts, claiming long use by millions and urging readers to obtain the product.
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Dean
Doan
Area Reservists Volunteer for 21 Months Active Duty
Seven area Army reservists from Mt. Hope Sophia White Sulphur Springs and Bluefield have volunteered for fulltime duty joining 25 West Virginia reservists. Each agrees to 21 months service serving at Ft Meade Maryland for physicals clothing and assignment reports.
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Johnson
Mt. Hope
Clarence F. Barr
Sophia
West Virginia
Congress
Ft. Meade, Md
William L. Criss
Albert Im. Hippert
White Sulphur Springs
Cabell L. Moorman
Bluefield
Charles O. Gross
Cowen
Howard D. Pierce
Earl Street
Beckley
Pfe
Hearing Thursday On Arson Charge
An East Park man faces a preliminary arson and auto theft hearing at 10:30 a.m. Thursday before Magistrate J. P. Meadows. Robert J. Rodgers, of Ninth Street, is held in connection with a weekend fire causing about 50 dollars in damage to Adolph Washington's home. Firemen subdued the blaze. Rodgers allegedly set fire to a bed and chest of drawers, then stole a car and fled the state. He was later arrested in Chillicothe, Ohio, and booked at Raleigh County Jail.
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East Park
Magistate J. P. Meadows
Robert J. Rodgers
Ninth Street
Rodgers
Adolph Washington
Eighth Street
Washington
Bernard Martin
W. Wilkes
Chillcothe
Raleigh County
Soldier Pittman Reported Missing in Korea
Pfc. William Pittman of Sprague is missing in action in Korea since November 26. Official word arrived Saturday. Pittman, a member of the Second Engineer Combat Battalion, wrote his last letter home on Thanksgiving Day after enlisting October 1, 1949 at Beckley following his graduation from Woodrow Wilson High School.
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Sprague
Pfc
William Pitt
Korea
Engineer Combat Battalion
Pittman
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
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