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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1955
Page
7
In 1954 Raleigh County Jail admitted 3,210 persons, 448 fewer than 1953, with arrests by City Police State Police county officers Federal and military. Offense counts include drunken driving rape petit larceny burglary grand larceny and many other charges with numerous repeat incarcerations.
A man named Steve L. Soltes, 42, of Helen, was admitted to Beckley Hospital after a pool stick struck his eye. Stanley D. Scarbrough, 14, of Page, treated for a left eye injury from a BB gun. Nellie Jean Gravely, 6, Beckley, had a crochet needle removed from her left hand after the needle’s hook snagged the flesh.
Funeral services for James S. Anderson 80 of Prince will be held Tuesday at 2 30 p m from Caffee Funeral Home with Rev Don Lowe officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. He died Saturday night in a local hospital after a three week illness. He was born November 8 1874 in Ironton Ohio and worked for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway since 1945. He married Maude Harless in 1899 and survived by three daughters, six sons, one sister, fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Seven enlistments were reported at the Beckley Main Induction and Examining Station. Those joining the Army and assigned to Fort Knox Kentucky include Roy Eugene Martin 17 Glen White William Wayne Kincade 18 Blue Creek Arlin McKenney Jr 17 Beaver Billy Lou Thompson 22 Delbarton Charles Lemarr Alderman 18 Glasgow Billy Franklin Barton 17 East Bend and Linda Lilly 17 Beaver.
Last rites for 81 year old John Wesley Stover of Beaver will be held at 3 30 p m Tuesday at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Oliver Tedder officiating Burial will follow in Kincaid Cemetery Beauch Stover died at 1 15 p m Sunday in a Fayetteville nursing home after a several weeks illness He was a retired Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad employee and a member of the Penman Baptist Church He was born in Raleigh County April 4 1873 son of the late Daniel and Catherine Ewing Stover He leaves a daughter Mrs A A Todd of Beaver three sisters Mrs Martha Stover Mrs Ruth Stover and Mrs Nancy Scarbrough all of Artie a wife Mrs Ella Stover of Beaver two brothers Matthew of Sweet Springs and Preston of Montgomery three grandchildren and five great grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home until the hour Pall bearers are Edward Hatcher Charles Humphrey W B Mann George Minton Chester Marshall and Burl Ford.
Unfinished business from Friday’s Raleigh County Bank meeting carries over to today at 7:30 p.m. in the bank. B. E. Carter seeks re election as president along with 22 directors as stockholders approve two hour bylaw amendments. The Bank of Raleigh holds its annual meeting Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. in the bank with about 150 eligible stockholders.
Town magistrates T. N. Thurman and J. P. Meadows report fewer criminal cases in December than prior months. Meadows logged 70 cases, the lowest in his memory, with 34 drunk counts. Thurman 58 cases, including 28 on drunken charges, with most cases on intoxication.
Miss Jacqueline Ferry, a Fisk University freshman and 1954 DuBois High School graduate, will receive a $100 scholarship mailed by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. The luncheon at Pioneer Hotel highlighted Founders Day planning and a Constitution discussion led by Mrs. C. H. Laws, with numerous members in attendance.
Beckley Post Office will receive two new collection trucks. Postmaster A Fray Lilly said the facility now has three trucks and, after the two new vehicles arrive, two of the oldest will be retired leaving the post office with four trucks.
Clarence Robert Pruitt Jr. infant son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Pruitt Piney View died at birth in a local hospital Sunday at 10:30 p m He is survived by his parents paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Carl Pruitt Piney View and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs John Vance Grandview The body is at Keyser Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
Ashland police investigate a theft at 1519 S Kanawha St. About $65 of merchandise was taken, including seven inner tubes 30 spark plugs and several soft drinks. The loss was discovered and reported Thursday morning.
Link Pedigo 66 of Glen White died at 10 10 a m today in a local hospital. The body is at the Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home for services arrangements.
The Mark Twain Pax basketball game, postponed by bad weather from last Thursday, will be held at 8 p.m. tonight in the Mark Twain High School gym.
S. C. and Mary Ballengee of 900 S Kanawhan Sr sue the U S Government in the Southern District Court seeking 2176.59 refunds for a 1950 income tax overpayment. They say $1843.54 was wrongly collected plus $333.05 interest after an Internal Revenue Service denial at Parkersburg. They paid 4096.20 and claim the overpayment arose from the IRS commissioner classifying the sale of 75 Hereford cattle as ordinary income rather than capital gain.
Daniels residents Lilly Mae Griswold 30 driver of the vehicle and two nephews Michael Dressler 3 and William Dressler 6 were listed in fairly good condition today at Raleigh General Hospital after an automobile crash near Beaver. Patricia Griswold 4 Brenda Griswold 5 Wanda Dressler a niece were treated and released. State Police said the car skidded on a wet spot on the ice, went out of control, struck a stone wall, rolled over and landed on its top.
Herman Richmond age 36 of 415 Woodlawn Ave was hospitalized at Raleigh General Hospital after an appendectomy performed Saturday He expressed he did not want strangers tampering with his appendix and was reported in good condition He works as an office employee when not a patient.
Beckley Detachment reported high emphasis on highway safety with 721 hours in safety outreach and 8,656 patrol hours. In 1954 the unit issued nearly 3,000 warning tickets and charged 1,763 road violations, while 188 accidents were investigated and 263 revocation orders issued. Stolen vehicles valued at about 14,113 dollars were recovered along with 18,008 dollars in other property.
Two men, Leonard Lee Butterworth and Henry Lee Johnson, were sentenced to one to 10 years for breaking and entering. Butterworth, 18, robbed Dr. G. P. Young’s dental office taking 82 dollars and received lenient remarks from Judge Harry L. McCreery who urged reform. Johnson, 37, Oswald, pled guilty to the Feb 23 1954 break-in of the New River Co. Store at Price Hill.
Roy Allen ten son of Mrs. Tresa Allen Mabscott was hospitalized at Raleigh General Hospital after his sled struck an embankment causing a ruptured spleen. He is listed in satisfactory condition.
Royal Smith of Raleigh County was released on a 500 dollar bond for his upcoming Raleigh County Grand Jury appearance on a bastardy charge. He waived the preliminary hearing on Thursday before Magistrate T N Thurman.
A Sunday fire in the heating system at the former WCFC radio station building caused considerable smoke and minor damage. Beckley firefighters said the 11 am blaze was caused by lint in the heating system.
Old American Ins Co of Kansas City offers hospitalization insurance for men and women aged 60 to 85. No money needed now, policy sent free for inspection with no obligation and no calls. Mail postcard or letter with your age to 5 W. 9th Dept H-47B Kansas City Mo.
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