North Carolina Man to Teach Accounting at Beckley College
John Little of Goldsboro NC will join Beckley College as an accounting instructor January 20. He holds a BS in Higher Accounting from Bowling Green University and is pursuing a master's degree. He previously worked in auto parts and furniture, three years with the Civil Service, and three years in the Army Air Corps. He was recommended by Miss Fina Sherrill, head of Bowling Green’s Employment Department.
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John Little
Galdsborough
N.C
Beckley College
D. K. Shrover
Lrittee
Goldsborough High School
Bowling Green Business University
Bowling Green
Wie Civil Service Commission
Array Air Corps
Surgyer
Filna Sherill
Bowsing Green
Joseph J. Hasmond
Clyde H. Muster
Beckley
Jones
Fairmont
Graham Luckenbill
Christ's Episcopal Church of
Haymond
Woodlawn
Fairmount
Monongahel
Hackett
Larry Hackett
Concord
N. H
Boston
Ted
Tony
Myron Scott
Tattoo
Plymouth
Parior Var
Hawket
Roosters’ Club
Randy McNally
Mr. Sayre
Franklin Sayre
Testaments to be distributed at Pinecrest by Gideons
Pinecrest sanitarium patients will receive Testaments from the Beckley Gideon Association. The group plans February 14 distributions to nurses aides and kitchen workers at Oak Hill Hospital. A Crusader Quartet will perform at Pinecrest on February 12, and a funeral for Joseph J. Hasmond is announced in Fairmont.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Beckley Gideon Association
First Methodist Chriren
Oak Hill Hospital
Crusader's
Sophia
Pinecrest
L. Rohrer
W. B. Peck
Christian Fellowship
Crusader
Richard EF. Byrd
Crab Orchard
Gideons
Lillybrook PTA Sets Meeting for Friday
The Lillybrook PTA schedules its regular January meeting for Friday afternoon at 215 Friday at the school.
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Lillybrook Pta
Liillybrook Pta
Area Counties Record 4 Million in Bond Sales
Residents of Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Mercer and Boone counties invested $4,864,282 in Series FE F and G United States savings bonds during 1939. West Virginians as a whole invested $51,621,528 in a 12 month period. By county Raleigh invested $1,968,210 Mercer $1,593,596 Wyoming $271,714 Fayette $1,354,946 Boone $275,816. December sales by county included Raleigh $116,381 Mercer $77,178 Wyoming $187, Fayette $72,638 Boone $9,371. Purchases of E bonds by individuals totaled $42,424 834 and 82 percent of the year's total. 1949 E bond sales nationwide totaled $3 billion with cash-ins $427 million leaving $3.102 billion held by individuals.
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Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Boone
United States Savings
Bernard
Payne
West
West Virginia
U. S
Television Antennas Hazard Risks in Beckley
In Beckley the rise of television antennas brings danger when installed improperly. C W Lovell of Appalachian Electric Power warns of electrocution from antennas contacting power lines and toppling in high winds unless anchors are strong and locations avoid lines. He urges reliable mechanics and four precautions for safe setup.
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Beckley
C. W. Lovell
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Lovell
Rotary Screened Color Film On Crippled Kids Camp
Beckley Rotary Club members viewed a color film detailing the West Virginia Crippled Children’s Camp at Huntington. The program, led by Don Tonkins, highlighted 109 campers from 18 counties and noted Easter Seals funding for treatment, braces, and glasses. The club also recalled its early Crippled Children’s Clinic sponsorship and ongoing monthly clinic support.
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West Virginia
Huntington
Beckley Rotary Club
Don Tonkins
Cabell County Crippled Children's Society
Raleigh County
Jenkins
Virginia Beach
Rotary Club
A. A. Tiecke
Plymouth NH mystery link to Sayre estate in eighth gable
Newsman Hackett trails a Plymouth New Hampshire lead tied to Franklin Sayre and his estate The Fightin Gable while Ted the pursuer follows and a notebook reveals the clue The long night ride ends with a fragmentary clue about The Eighth Gable to be continued.
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Frank Sayre
Hackett
Ted
Seria
Eselate
Plymouth
Texl
Tec
Franklin Sayre
Gable
Vecellio Headline at West Virginia Contractors Meet
Vecellio, Beckley contractor, will attend the Associated General Contractors of West Virginia convention in Charleston. Governor Okey L. Patterson will speak at the dinner at 6 49 p m about the 1950 construction program. Col W A Snow and A N Carter of the Association will also speak at a luncheon. Vedellio serves as vice president and chairman of the Highway and Heavy Division.
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Leo Vecellio
Beckley
Associated General Contractors of West Virginia, Inc
Charles
Okey L. Patteson
Daniel Boone i
Col. W. A. Snow
A. N. Carter
Washington, D. C
Wreck Set Five Clubs to Join Ceremonies of 40 and 8
Beckley hosts next Wreck of the 40 and 8 with voitures from Beckley Bluefield Welch Mull tens and Hinton preparing to hold the event at Memorial Building. Planning continues at a 4 pm Friday meeting in Room 10 with Roy I. Smith Ben Dorsey and Arthur C Cundy named to lead. A potential April wreck aims to avoid Raleigh County Centennial clashes.
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Beckley
Bluefield
Welch
Maltens
Hinton
Memorial Building
Troyageurs
Roy I. Smith
Ben Dorsey
Arthur C
Cundy
Com
Mitlee
Raleigh County
AL Hazelwood
A. Thompson
T. C.hooressels
al Goldstein
William Houchins Las
Zoning Commission Set for Tonight Meeting
The Wianning and Zoning Commission will meet tonight at 7:30 in the Council chambers of City Hall. Chairman E. E. Bibb announced the session, noting the postponement from last night.
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Zoning Commission
Wianning and Zoning Commission
E. E. Bibb
Bibb
Abney Mine Receives Generally Good Safety Report
The Lillybrook Coal Company's Big Stick No 2 mine at Abney earned a generally good compliance rating under federal mine safety code after improvements. Inspector Mat thew L. Zata noted portable safety measures and ventilation upgrades among over two dozen changes, with 34 workers on site and a 278 ton per day output.
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Lillybrook Coal Company
Big Stick No
Abney
Matthew L. Zata
Zara
Recruiters Sign Up Teenagers For Air Force Service
Winston Godbey of the Beckley recruiting station enlisted his brother in law James C. Walker 17 of Mabscott for four years. Others signed for four years included May Henderson 11 Fayetteville Orland C. Jones 20 East Rainelle and Joseph E. Alychick 15 East Rainelle. Alychick to private first class after prior service. William D. Brooks 22 Mount Hope reenlisted for three years at Langley Air Force Base as sergeant after discharge. Louis E. Vipperman 20 Glen White enlisted as corporal for six years with airborne infantry, sent to Fort Knox.
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Winston Godbey
Army and Air Force
Beckley
James C. Walker
Mabscott
Walker
Air Force
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
May ‘I. Henderson
Fayette
Louis E. Vipperman
Glen White
Airborne Infantry
Fort Knox
iVipperman
Elementary Principals Discuss Grade Card Meeting
The meeting of the Elementary Principals Association will discuss the new grade card system on January 26 at 7 30 pm at Beckley Junior High School. All principals should bring the November issue of the State Educational Bulletin by Willis Stover. Meanwhile Pineville Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet at 7 30 pm Thursday in the Masonic Hall with Mrs Gladys Hatfield presiding.
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Beckley Junior High School
Willis Stover
OFRS
Piseville
Pinesville
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
Gladys Hatfield
Worthy Pnattes
Liquor law cases cap raid arrests in city
Six people arrested in a Saturday liquor raid faced court last night. Eugene Martin and Charles Milinx on possession and sale of moonshine liquor received $150 fines, Myrtle Betts $50 for sale, one defendant acquitted, one bond forfeited, and another granted postponement. A second item notes theft of wheel barrows and tools from Stratton Negro high school grounds with investigation ongoing.
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Eugene Mar
Tin
Simpkins Street
Myrtle Betts
Antonio Avenue
Charles Mil Inex
Martin
John White
White
Chicken Box
T. J. McHear
McHeard
Lenzie Williams
South Fayette Street
Bne
Stratton Negro High School
Sherman Smoot
Charleston
Beckley City
Gustav Krupp Dies at 79 in Salzburg Estate
Gustav Krupp Von Bohlen and Halbach, head of the Krupp armaments empire and famed for Big Bertha, died at 79 on his family estate near Salzburg Austria. He had been paralyzed since World War II and avoided trial due to illness. Funeral set for Thursday in Salzburg.
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Associated Press
Salzburg
Austria
Gustav Krupp
Hitler
Gustav Krupp von Bohlen
Halbach
Nurnberg
Krupp
Bertha
Big Bertha
Paris
Schloss Bluchenbach
Six County Children at Cerebral Palsy Clinic in Charlesto n
Mrs Basil Minter reported six Raleigh County children are cared for at the iCerebral Palsy Clinic in Charleston. The Beckley Rotary Club sponsors the children and the clinic operates with equipment and housing above the national average. The West Virginia Society for Crippled Children supports the Charleston clinic and donated $1,000 in 1949, with efforts to double it this year.
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Raleigh County
Charleston
Basil Minter
Beckley J
West Virginia Society For Crippled Children
Beckley Rotary Club
Daniel Boone
State Society
14 Year Old Charged With Setting Car Afire
A 14 year old juvenile was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail on a charge of arson. He is accused of involvement in a fire last week damaging the interior of a 1941 sedan parked on the Batoff Mountain road. Two suits filed Mercer Circuit Clerk’s office include infant Angel Lee Barrett suing by Lula Mae Blankenship vs. Alexander William Blankenship and Beatrice Tabor vs Lake Tabor.
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Raleigh
Batoff Mountain Road
Register
Princeton
Mercer
Angel Lee Barrett
Lula Mae Blankenship
Alexander William Blankenship
Beatrice Tabor
Lake Tabor
Beckley Man Pleads Guilty to Assault Charge
John Riddle Jr of Beckley pleaded guilty before Justice J P Meadows to assault and battery against G M Akers of Beckley. He was fined 5 dollars plus costs. Magistrate Meadows bound over Wright to the grand jury on a criminal assault charge. Wright was jailed in Raleigh County for lack of 500 dollar bond.
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John Riddle, Jr
Beckley
Justice of ‘the Peace
J. P. Meadows Yester
G. M. “Akers
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Goldsborough
N. C
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Beckley Lad
William Houchins
Henry “P Houchins
Summers Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Shady Spring
Rotary
Tom T. Ness
New Hampshire
Andrews
Massachusetts
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Hawthorne
Ulat
Scott
Bender
Daniel
Fanshawe
Ronnie Flatfoot
Larry
Lpntion
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Sawayee River
Hlyer
California
Vecellio To
Alendi
R. J. Scott
Capital
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Abe-East
Ate News
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Fitch
Nda
Jack Smith
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