Nurses Added to Raleigh County Red Cross Nursing Rolls
Four registered nurses joined the Raleigh County Chapter National Red Cross Nursing Service under a new enrollment plan to serve the community beyond duty. They must be state-registered, health compliant, and complete the Red Cross orientation. Past memberships remain valid under the plan effective May 1915 and the 1947 permanent nurse corps legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
National Red Cross Nurs
Lona Meadrows
William T. Harris
Ralph Hartson
Paul Epsperly
Red Cross
William Brown
Vets urged to convert GI term to permanent plan
Roy I. Smith of Beckley urges World War II veterans to convert their GI term life policies to the permanent plan. He notes Congress could extend renewal options, keeping premiums stable based on veteran age, with the policy good for eight years under current terms. He stresses the need to act before expiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Roy I. Smith
Dill
Newal
Smith
Beckley
Uniter
Department of Veterans Affairs
Teen Driver Education in West Virginia High Schools
Three Raleigh County high schools Mark Twain Marsh Fork and Woodrow Wilson offer a driver education program teaching driving fundamentals and vehicle mechanics. Classes use dual controlled cars donated by local dealers. 30 students from Mark Twain and 17 from Marsh Fork previously completed the course with no accidents. Statewide promotion by the Association of Casualty and Safety Companies and Governor Patteson aims to expand driver education as a lasting public safety measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork
Woodrow Wilson
Claude Worley
James R. Webb
Midway Chevrolet Company
Whites Ville
C. E. Walker
Joe McComas
Walker Steed
Walker
Hall
West Virginia
W. E F. Burchett
Department of Safety Education
Julien J .Marvey
Association
Frye Funeral Set for Tomorrow in Kayford
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Frye 83 died at her daughter’s Kayford home at 7:30 a m will be held at 2:30 p m tomorrow at the Pentecostal Church of God Kayford with burial in Sunset Memorial Park She was a former Beckley resident 20 years before moving to Rayford a year ago A Pentecostal Church member she was born in Ohio July 24 1893 Survived by sister Mrs Josephine North Cincinnati Ohio brother Israel Saylor Ironton Ohio son Elmer Frye Saxon four daughters Mrs Hazel Compton Montgomery Mrs Florence Barker Charleston Mrs Hattie Gilkerson Rayford and Mrs Edith Taylor Beckley 32 grandchildren 63 great grandchildren Also surviving are numerous relatives The body moved from Hooper Funeral Home Montgomery to the home of Mrs Gilkerson Kayford yesterday
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Virginia Frye
Kayford
Pentecostal Church of God
Sunset Memorial Park
Pentecostal Church
Ohio
IRB
Josephine North
Cincinnati
Israel Saylor
Ironton
Elmer Frye
Saxon
Hazel Compton
Montgomery
Florence Barker
Charleston
Hattie Gilkerson
Rayford
Edith Taylor
Beckley
Hooper
Gilkerson
Unauthorized Parking at Post Office Sparks Tow Policy
Postmaster J. D. Hollandsworth announced the post office will discontinue parking today for unauthorized vehicles. Cars found in the lot behind the building and in the Neville Street and Woodlawn Avenue driveways will be towed to the owner's expense. The move aims to prevent blocking the unloading area used for mail by truck.
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J.D. Hollandsworth
Neville Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Maxwell to Lead West Virginia Bar By-Laws Group
J W Maxwell a Beckley attorney was named chairman of the Constitution and By-Laws committee of the West Virginia Bar Association. The appointment announced by bar president Charles C Wise Jr is part of 12 chairmanships for special committees. The slate brings total state bar appointees to 154 with six from Charleston two from Clarksburg and one each from Huntington Morgantown and Moorefield.
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J. W. Maxwell
Beckley
West Virginia Bar Association
Charles C. Wise
State Bar
Executive Council
Wise
Charleston
Clarksburg
Huntington
Morgantown
Moorefield
Pittsburgh Man's Funeral Tomorrow
Funeral services for Abraham Patterson DeWeese aged 50, formerly of Sophia, will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at the Sophia Baptist Church with Rev Dewey Wilson Jr officiating. Burial will follow in McKinney Cemetery. DeWeese died in a Pittsburgh hospital after a two year illness. He is survived by his father Speter DeWeese of Affinity two brothers William A DeWesse and J K DeWeese both of Affinity and two sisters Mrs Nellie McKinney of Midway and Mrs Bessie Stone of Sophia.
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Abraham Patterson DeWeese
Sophia
Sophian Baptist Church
DeWeese
Pittsburgh
Dewey Wilson Jr
McKinney
Williams Funeral Home
Speter DeWeese
Affinity
William A. DeWesse
Beckley
J. K. DeWeese
Nellie McKinney
Midway
Bessie Stone
City Hall approves plan for new garage apartment on Orchard Ave
C. B. Garten secured a permit yesterday to build a four room limestone block garage apartment at 1301 Orchard Ave with asbestos shingles and killotty pine. Estimated construction cost is 3500 dollars, part of January’s total 25950 dollars in permits issued this month.
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C. B. Garten
City Hall
Killotty
Orchard Ave
McKinney to Face Hit Run Charge Hearing in Sophia
Jack McKinney is set for a hearing today before Justice of the Peace Charles T. Bur diss in Sophia on a hit run charge. He allegedly drove a vehicle that struck another McKinney vehicle, reportedly not a relative, near year end. Warrant served by Constable R. E. Bonham.
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Jack McKinney
Justice of the Peace
Charles T. Burdiss
Sophia
McKinney
R. E. Bonham
Hatmaker Infant Funeral Planned for Rita Sue Hatmaker
Funeral services for six month old Rita Sue Hatmaker, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Earl Hatmaker, Oak Ridge Tennessee, will be held at Mount Tabor Baptist Church at 2 30 p m tomorrow. The infant died yesterday afternoon at the home of her grandparents in Oak Ridge. Burial will follow in Mount Tabor Cemetery. Surviving are the parents, maternal and paternal grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rita Sue Hatmaker
William Earl Honaker
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
William C. French
Piney Avenue
Keyser
B. C. Jennings
Mount Tabor
Ella Hatmaker
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Beckley BBB Eyes Valley Drive Completion and Park ing Plan
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce board approved urging completion of Valley Drive and discussed a parking building project to ease traffic. Officers reelected include W M Kessel president and Robert Foster VP, with J S Larrick as treasurer.
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BBB
Valley Drive
Rick
John E
Beckley Business ‘ Bis | Bureau
State Road
Lewis
Pelease
Ray Cavendish
Beckley
State Road Commission
Funeral services set for Joe Sebsr in Glen Rogers
Joe Sebsr, 72, of Glen Rogers, will be buried tomorrow at Sunset Memorial Park at 2 p m Local 6004 United Mine Workers will conduct the burial The body lies at Rose Funeral Home Sebsr died at a Princeton hospital at 2 a m Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Sebsr
Glen Rogers
Sunset Memorial Park
United Mine Workers
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Frida Afte
National Red Cross
Willian T. Harris
Raleigh
National Red Cross Nursing Service
Paul Epperly
Lona Meadows
New River Pharmaceutical
New River Pharmaceutical Association
el Chico
Robert Shirey
G. D. Carson
Gunley Bridge
J. W. Watkins
John RK. Kesting
Eft
E. Henderson
Scarbre
ENS
Beckley’s
Neville St
Tak
Marx
BRA
Bluefield
Logan
Welgh
Frye
Roland Cye
George Gray
Eee Crookehute
Augete
Grover C. Hed
Sebsr
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