Jack Sloan Advances To Eagle Scout Rank
Jack Sloan of Beckley son of Mr. and Mrs. H A Sloan and a Woodrow Wilson High School sophomore became the third from Troop 308 Beckley Presbyterian Church to earn Eagle Scout since last fall. The court of honor was presided by Judge Ben H Ashworth with a Piney River District roundtable following and strong emphasis on merit badges and rank advancements across several troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Ribb
Roy J. Smith
Ben Hf. Ashworth
Appalachian Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Scouters Roundtable
Piney River
Jack Sloan
H. A. Sloan
Beckley
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Gus Walker
Seoul
Appalachian Council
Woodrow Wilson High School
Sloan
Ben H. Ashworth
Pineys River
Elementary Fire Drill Turns Real at Nolan School
Children exited Nolan Elementary School as Principal Homer Stepp ordered a drill unaware the building was on fire. Classes were dismissed for emergency repairs to broken windows and scorched frames. DEVELOPING SMALL BOILERS Bituminous Coal Research, Inc. advances automatic coal fired small boiler plants of 30 to 300 horsepower for widespread industrial use.
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Associated Press
NOLAN
Nolan Elementary
Homer Stepp
West Virginia University Education College Sees Enrollment Rise
Morgantown reports a rise in teacher trainee enrollment at the University College of Education. Acting Dean Forrest W. Stemple cites a larger university enrollment and improved state economic outlook as factors. The 1947 salary law boosted pay for advanced degrees, with 156 student teachers qualifying in 1946-47 and expectations of a higher total this year.
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Associated Press
Morgantown
West Virginia
University College of Education
Forrest W
Stemple
State
Dean Stemple
Dean Slemple
John E Ercole to Be Buried Sunday
Final rites for John E Ercole are set for 2 30 p m Sunday at Mt Tabor Baptist Church with Rev Leslie Rogers of Mount Jope officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Park. The body will be moved to the MacArchiur residence Saturday at 2 p m and stay there until the service.
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Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
John E. Ercole
Leslie Rogers
Mount Jope
Sunset Memorial Park
MacArchiur
Well-Baby Clinic for Negro Children Set Next Wednesday
Raleigh County health department will host a well-baby conference for Negro children from six months to six years old next Wednesday from 9 am to 12 noon. Dr. C A Smith serves as clinician for the event at the courthouse offices, officials said.
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Raleigh County
Recruits Report to Camp Lee for Army Air Force Examinations
Thirteen Beckley area recruits, led by Billy D Beasley former Hinton High School star, report to Camp Lee Virginia for examinations prior to enlistment. Others include Lawrence Lawson Herndon Morty Manning Benny Hartley and Roger Elswick among the unassigned. Several seek three years in the Regular Army or air forces with prior service in India and the 82nd Airborne.
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Central
Camp Lee
Army
Air Force
Beckley
Army and Air Forces
Billy D. Beasley
Hinton High School
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N.C
Lawrence FE
Lawson
Herndon
Morty C. Manning
Corinne
Benny Hartley
Mullens
Roger E. Elswick
Ingram
Branch
24Th Infantry Division
Willie W. Willburn
Daniels
Charles Cumby
Mead
Cirtdn
B. Lovell
Sophia
John E. Carver
Dry Creek
G2nd Airborne
India
Camp, Lee, Va
Frederick WV. Gorby
Regular Army
Billy R. Shortland
Veall E. Forren
Brelick Knob
Fay Jones
Otsego
Air Forces
Farm Bureau Head Leads Campaign in Raleigh County
Minor L. Scott, president of the Raleigh County Farm Bureau, has signed more new members than any other worker. Evelyn Pettry reports 16 renewals bringing 1948 total to 70 with a goal of more. Scott notes office supplies received and urges rapid new member recruitment to boost food production against high living costs.
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Minor L. Scott
Raleigh County Farm Bureau
H. B. Thomas
Evelyn Pettry
Farm Bureau Office
Aan
Scott
Farm Bureau
Funeral and community notices from Charleston area
Funeral attendance for Benjamin Goode in Charleston, with comments on Charlie Page’s body arrival in Long Branch and services at Long Branch Church. Announcements include Masons and Heroines of Jericho meetings, a musical program at Price Hill, births at Raleigh General Hospital, and Founders Day at Alpha Zeta Zeta.
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Thomas Evans
Philip White
Arthur Payne
H.W. Dandridge
Benjamin Goode
Charleston
Clyde Bratford
David Jones
Raymond Young
W. M. H. F. Brown
Jericho
Sons of Harmony of
Alt
Price Hill
A. A
Bloodstone Lodge
Lewis- Early
W.M. ML. Wright
Sec'y
Helping Hand Society of Welcome Baptist Church
Beckley and Vicinity
Cassanova
American Legion
South Fayette Street
Alpha Zeta Zeta Apthr
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority
Laura Watkins
Basileus Bernice Henry
Alice Pulls
Alpha Omega Zeta
Virginia State College
Mary French
Loma Pointer
Hattie Trent
Nealck
Pearl Hodge
Blanche Wilkerson
Geraldine Williams
Ollie Trotter
Mary Jackson
Pauline Clarke
Bernice Henry
Evangeline Cook
Alice Butis
Queen Madise
Jon
Robert Jackson
Sterling Avenue
Raleigh General Hospital
Navy's Medical Hero Starts New Payless Post in Hawaii
Dr. Corydon Wassell, retired Navy hero, arrives in Molokai to lead the 32 bed Episcopal Shingle Memorial Hospital as superintendent. He serves without pay, accompanied by his wife who will assist. Wassell recalled rescue actions in the Java Sea and China missions. Also, Rev. Rice Brown accepts the Freewill Baptist pastorate in Oceana with new service times and youth programs.
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AP News
Honolulu
Corydon Wassell
Hawaii
Hoolehua
Molokai
Java
Harry S. Kennedy
Wassell
New Jersey
China
Matsonia
Honglulu
Houston
Marblehead
Java Sea
United States
Oceana
Register
Rice Brown
Vernor
Freewill Baptist Church of
Church Board
Brown
Patrolman Suffers Broken Nose in Arrest Attempt
Patrolman G Marlin sustained a broken nose when he was struck during Burgesss attempt to resist arrest. Donald Burgess of Pea Ridge is jailed in Fayette County on resisting arrest and intoxication charges with $500 bond after arraignment before Magistrate Virgil Lyons. The misfire fragment about Venus clouds is not relevant to this case.
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Register
Oak Hill
Donald Burgess
Pea Ridge
Fayette County
Fayetteeville
Virgil Lyons
G. ©. Marlin
Burgess
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Dwain Lilly
Eugene Gill
Bob Manning
Himhrough
Robert Richardson
Roy Keesee
Mack Prince
George Mays
Emmett Foster
David Triggs
Edwin Horwath
Roy T. Smith
Donald Willis
Bobby Mullens
Donald Lilly
J. B. Deck
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Franklin Dickerson
Tommy Smith
Frankie Filiock
Jack Hale
George Gunter
Tack Sloan
the Perdue
Chesley Zutant
Jim Follmer
W. V.U
John Ercole
Cohen's Drug Store
Neville St
American Glass & Mirror Company Sc
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Geo Feile
Mer
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J. C. Coles
James Banks
Josh Kyles
James Sorrell
Alex Fralin
Beckley Hospital
Loretta Reed
Samuel Sherman
Senior Missionary Society
Murrays
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Hosea Scales
Alfred Shur
John Henry Harper
Minden
Tony's
Skelton
W. Va
Oxydol
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Beckley Music & Electric Co
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