County Veterans Rank Fourth In Amount of Bonus Collected
Beckley feature in Forward magazine highlights Beckley as the site for the State Junior Chamber of Commerce board meeting January 23-25. The VA hospital reports 3,372 admissions since March 1, 1951, with 2,155,205.00 total bonuses paid to World War II and World War I veterans and their survivors across West Virginia.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Tams
Mary Ann Meadows
Princewick
Southern West Virginia American Automobile Association
Veterans Administration Hospital
Blanton
Russell
Veterans Administration Voluntary Service Advisory Committee
Raleigh
Veterans Affairs Department
Bome
West Virginia
T. H
Pat) McGovran
Moran
Veterans Affairs
McGowran
Officers to Be Installed At Engineer's Meetings
John B. Graef of Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine division will speak at Beckley on Wednesday at 7 p.m. during the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers seventh annual installation and ladies night. He will discuss aviation gas turbines with color movies and slides. Accompanying Graef are Jack Miller and J. G. Graeame from Charleston. State president C. A. Swanson will attend and present the chapter with the best chapter award for the state. C. C. Darrah retires as president. John P. Hindsley is the incoming president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Graef
Westinghouse Electrical Manufacturing Co
S. Philadelphia
Appalachian
West Va
Society of Professional Engineers
Graef
Gaef
Beckley
Jack Miller
J. G. Graeame
Charleston
A. J. Swanson
Society of Gary
Appalachian Chapter
C. C. Darrah
John P. Hindsley
David Jones Succumbs Rites Slated Tomorrow
Funeral services for David Alvin Jones 71 of Harper Heights will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home chapel with Rev T M Waldron officiating. Burial will be Sunset Memorial Park. He died at 3:30 a m today in a local hospital after an extended illness. Survivors include wife Hattie Jones six sons Howard Walter Earl Clyde Oran Willard all of Detroit Mich a step son Ray Jones Harper Heights four daughters Deloris Daisy Eva all of Stanaford.
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David Alvin Jones
Harper Heights
Toorrow
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Chapel Oy
Rev
T.M. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
Hattie Jones
Howard
Walter
Earl
Clyde
Oran
Willard
Detroit
Mich
Ray Jones
Deloris
Daisy
Eva
Stanaford
Legion Meeting Tonight Sparks Talk of Boxing Legislation
The Raleigh County Post No. 32 of the American Legion will meet at 8 p.m. in Room 10 of the Memorial Building. Commander William Houchins says the agenda includes sponsoring boxing matches and discussing veterans legislation before state and national legislatures. A separate report notes a 73 dollar collision damage incident near North Kanawha and Mason Streets yesterday. The body of a person will remain at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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Raleigh County
American Legion
Memorial Building
William Houchins
Clarence Epling
Marmet
Earnest R. Williams
Raleigh
North Kanawha
Mason Streets
Beckley
Beechbeck Community Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings
Local Belevale News covers a string of small group announcements. VFW Auxiliary and Morton Reaves School PTA schedule meetings, Central Baptist Church circle and Young Women’s Club plan visits, and the Raleigh County Teachers Federal Credit Union to meet at Morton Reaves School. Births and obituaries noted include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Berger and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Lee Terry. Sam Brown dies in Beckley area hospital.
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VFW
South Fayette Street
Morton -Reaves
Central Baptist Church
Patsey ‘Hutison
Rive Street
Young Women’s Club
Central Street Baptist Church
Ihe
Pauline
Wayne
Raleigh County Teachers ’Federal Credit Uni
Morton Reaves
Missionary Union of
Beckley
Jacob
Scott
Stanaford City
Evelyn Hairston
G Street
Lana Xsouaaeipnia
Morning Star Mission
E. S
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Rosie Shepherd
Banks
Hinton
Albert Brown
W. C. Bolden
Oak Hill Hospital
David, Powell
Sprague
J Glen Jean
Thurmond
Alpha Zeta Zeta Chapter
Zeta
Phi Beta Sorority
Ruth Lester
James Smith
Lomar
Pemter
Lois Lewis
Bernice Tors
The
Greenes
Henry
Alexander D
Lois
Lewis
Dettie Trent
Carolyn Stratford
Geraldine Wiliams
Cleveland
Trent Fu
Neral
Nancy B Woodridge
Hampton
Fletcher Douglas Basileus
Berger
McAlpin
Louisville
John’ David
Berta Jones
Mary Hospital
Jackson
Bettie Craig
E M. Cook
Beatrice Smith
Geraldine Wil
Jessie Lee Terry
Jiams
Blanche Wikerson
Ollies
Trotter
Alice Hyman
Reuben Roy
Wanda Wright
Louise Goldston
Raleigh
Clark
Laura Watkins
General Hospital
Cassie Anderson
Bernice Henry
Local VFW to Discuss VEW Week Plans Tonight
The Beckley VFW Hall hosts a 7 p m meeting where the Veterans of Foreign Wars will set plans for National VFW Week January 25 to 31. Commander E W Williams announced this is the first gathering since December 7 and that meetings will occur on the second and fourth Tuesdays monthly.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Beckley - Vfw
E. W.williams
Warn of 1953 Prophecies Free 64Page Book Offer
A Los Angeles figure known as The Voice of Two Worlds promotes a free 64 page book on world prophecies and mind power. He claims four major prophecies could unfold now and urges preparation to avoid catastrophe. The ad invites readers to request the book from the Institute of Mentalphysics in Los Angeles with no money required.
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Los Angeles
Voice of Two Worlds
Tibet
Far East
Institute of Mentalphysics
South
Hobart Blvd
Dept
Calif
Docket Set as Raleigh County Court Opens with Major Indictments
Raleigh County Grand Jury met and returned indictments on 60 of 62 presentments in a session ending after 7 p.m. The January term docket will be set Wednesday by the court and prosecutors. Indictments include murder charges for Mary Weatherspoon and Albert Dennis, plus numerous counts of auto larceny, breaking and entering, and other crimes across Beckley and nearby towns.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Mary Weatherspoon
Mool St
John Weatherspoon
Jack Davis Walters
Beckley
Harry Whitesell
Robert Teet
East Becking
Witford
Shrewsbury
Eccles
Mirt
Ray Smith
Edward Scott
Edward Lewis Scott
Sullivan
James 4. Hylton
Calloway Heights
Carl Farley
James V
Post Office Handles 5.78 Million Letters in 1967
Local post office reports 5,776,754 letters processed in 1967 led by acting postmaster Ror rer. Receipts totaled 235,703.72 dollars, with meters bringing in 80,085. Yearly sums show increases from 1950 and 1951. December revenue reached 30,542.16. Quarterly money from meters and post office filings adds up to 14,667 13,228 14,491 and 17,649 respectively. Also listed are unrelated crime notes naming several individuals and offenses.
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Udon
Rorrer
Elders Installed at Beckley Presbyterian Church
Installation services were held Sunday morning at Beckley Presbyterian Church for five newly elected elders. Those installed included L. V. Caudill, Leslie C. Gates, E. E. Martin, Harlow Warren, and Dr. B. K. Peter.
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Beckley Presbyterian Church
Leslie C. Gates
E. E., Martin
Harlow Warren
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Jaycee Publication
District of Columbia
McGovran
Robert B. Moran
Boone
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Sarmmers
Wyoming
David Jones
I Legion
Andrew Arnold
Philadelphia
Gertrude Larry
Kaymoor
Belvin Harris
Portsmouth
Henry Har
Thomas Langhorn
Appomattox
G. W. Langhorn
Alfie Robinson
Washington, D.C
Lew UL Ae
and Hettie Trent
Ichila
Sam Brown
East Park
Locat
Pet’s
Petica Croom
Raleigh Register
W. Va
Albert Dennis
East Beckley
Lewis Fox
Easts Beckley
Ing
Buford Miller
Everett McAdoo Miller
Chesapeake
Robert H. Friend
Robert “Junior “ Kincaid
Thomas Frank Ball
Wilson Jarrell
Leola Jarrell
Darrell Jarrell
Dorothy
Junior Lee Jones
Bert E. Thompson Jr
Horace Banks
Clarence Davis
Eddie Jones
Mabscott
Robert Lee Huffman
Gordon Preston Frieze
Vernon Culler Frith
Howard Fox
Roy R. Farrow
Paul Samuel Dickens
Whitby
Jack Wells
Harry Wolfe
Jentering
Kelly Clay
John Hatcher
Charles Smith
Slab Fark
Archie Richardson
John Levi Phillips
William H. Price
H. B.i .Oliver
Avery McGralay
Lennie Lockett
Woodrow Johnson
Kermit Johnson
Emory — Johnson
John Garris
Thomas Gulley Jr
Huey Canterbury
Joe Bragg
Thomas F. Ball
Oak Hill
James H. Bolden
G. A. Dyer
Dallas Richmond
Ronald Jarrell Jr
Ronald Richmond
Raleigh Junk Co
David Faulkner
Kate Greenaways
Miracle Tread Ladies
Heckley
Oenney
Gaymode
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