Wyoming Radio Station Awaits FCC Approval to Broadcast
West Virginia based WW O plans Mullens Pineville studios and 1 060 watt output on 970 kilocycles awaiting FCC go ahead. Equipment tests ran nightly 1 to 5 am per FCC rules. The piece also references a July 4 1948 stabbing and trial details involving Robert Bowman and Dyson with a murder or manslaughter charge and a jury led by foreman Grady Carper.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Federal Communications Commission
West Virginia
WW ¥O
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The
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FCC
Robert McKeehan
Robert Bowman
Bowman
Ling
Dyson
Hemp Hill
Powell County
F. Morton Wagner
Grady Carper
Sam W. White
Arthur H. Crotty
Howard Peters
D., Thompson
John L. Scott
Ernest Kessinger
Spencer,Stanley
W. F Allen
Albert Farley
John Brown
Thurman Hambrick
Legion Post Elects Executive Board Members in Fayetteville
Charles Hesse and Ralph Haught named to executive committee of Lafayette Post 4 American Legion with terms lasting until regular officers. New members Moses LeRoy Young Young join, post membership over 330. fourth in state by rate and pre-January 1 quota. Social member Cather Joes admitted. Post plans celebration, films for state meet, and basketball team setup. Funds redirected from newspaper sponsorship to Legion home extension.
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Fayetteville
Charles Hesse
Ralph Haught
LaFayette Post 4
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Legion
Suman
Omen i Moses
LeRoy Young Young
Lakayete Post Non
Januuy
Cather Joes
Legion Party
Duye
James E. Hambrick
Andy Baker
Arnold Dempsey
Miami
America
Thomas E. Myles
Post
Moro Accepted for Cadet Air Training in Enid
Private First Class Antonio Moro was accepted for cadet training by the cadet air board at Enid Air Force Base Enid Oklahoma. He will begin training in April with base designation pending. Moro entered service September 15 1948 and is the son of Mr and Mrs Jack Moro of Railroad Avenue.
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Ng Register
Hiill
Antonis Moro
Cadet Air Board
Enid
Jack Moro
Railroad Avenue
Future Farmers Initiate Pig Rearing Program at Sandstone
Future Farmers of America chapter in Sandstone adopts member pig ownership plan. Raymond Fox started the movement and provided a purebred sow to Archie for breeding. Two pigs will go to the club, with Fox pledging sows each year to members to raise and breed. A 50-member class will be initiated at the high school ceremony with Talcott Club participation. The Sandstone Club resumes under Foster Mullenax after vocational training revival.
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Sandstone
Far‘mers of America
Raymond Fox
Archie
Fox
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Sandstone Club
Foster Mullenax
Parsons
Jurors Clear Dyson From Murder Count
Merver County Petit Jury acquits Ray Dyson on a charge of fatally stabbing his brother in law after deliberating one and a half hours yesterday afternoon. The verdict ends the case with Dyson found not guilty.
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Prirceyon
Ray Dyson
Merver County
Wyoming County station gears up for first commercial broadcast
Wyoming County's sole radio station prepares for its inaugural commercial broadcast as construction finishes and landscaping is added. The initial investment of 75,000 dollars funds Wyoming Broadcasting Company with stockholders from Pineville Mullens Mattoaka Athens and Charleston.
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H. E. Crews
Pineville
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James Max
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Mullens
C. W. Murphy
Matoaka
Tohn Goss
Athens
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Charleston
Clarence Worrell
W. D Stone
Robert McKeehan
Commercia
Jack Mullins
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Charles Harris Alullens
Orval Cox
TedWelfe
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Bluefield
Yar
Register
Princeton
Howard Starling
E. Dale Bailey
Eddie Holland
James
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E. O. Bucner
Barbara Ann Filkins Feted on Birthday
Barbara Ann Filkins was honored on her 10th birthday with a surprise from her mother Mrs. Howard Elkins and Mrs. Virgil Burkell. Sprizes were awarded to Marion Upchurch and Jo Ann Centers. Refreshments were served to a long list of guests including Dorothy Hill Jerry May Jackie Burkett Ronie Adams Vernon Por Bobby Payne Bonnie Whelan Phyllis Jasper Gail Kirk Helen Hill Maxine Lewis Linda Rankin Gertrude Brown Connie Burkett Patty Patrick Horace Brown Sue Williams Jimmy Black Sam Edinaget Marion Upchurch Jimmy Goins Bobby Jarett Jo Ann Centers Danny Bostic Dennis Joe Burkett Phyllis Webster.
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Register
Kopperston
Howard Elkins
Virgil Burkell
Phyllis Jasper
Gail Kirk
Helen Hill
Maxine Lewis
Linda Rankin
Gertrude Brown
Connie Burkett
Patty Patrick
Horace Brown
Sue Williams
Jimmy Black
Sam EdiNaget
Marion Upchurch
Jimmy Goins
Bobby Jarett
Jo Ann Centers
Danny Bostic
Ennis Joe Burkett
Phyllis Webster
Area Senators Named To Committee Posts
The 1949 Beckley area Senate slate lists J Alfred Taylor Jr as chair of privileges and elections with McNeer Wylie Bowling Scott on various committees. Wylie heads public buildings and institutions. McNeer chairs counties and municipal corporations and studies roads and navigation. Scott serves on several panels.
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Beckley
J. Alfred Taylor, Jr
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Summers
Ward Wylie
Wyoming
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Greenbrier
Bowling
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Wile
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Taylor
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Alee
Westhaiittes
Auto Collision Injures Three in Charmeco
Three people were slightly injured when two cars collided near Charmeco around 5:15 pm Monday. Harold Reed Smith of Winona suffered facial lacerations and a leg injury. Clayton Wade Callison of Hines drove a 1998 Ford and was fined for improper registration and license issues. Delbert Meadows and Morris Gideon, both of Winona, received minor injuries. Callison’s car reportedly crossed the center line, causing a fender to strike Smith’s car and push it into a roadside bank.
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Harold i Reed
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Callison
Smith
Garten Sentenced on Assault Charge in Hinton Case
Ervin Powell Garten, 23, WWI veteran, pleaded guilty to assault before Judge Ben Ashworth. Garten drawn six months in jail and a $100 fine. Previously convicted for attempted rape, he appealed to the Supreme Court, which reversed and sent the case back for trial. he then pled guilty to the lesser charge of assault.
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Beckley
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Garten
Register
Weslern Hinton
Ervin Powell Garten
Ben Ashworth
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Bank Reelects Caperton President as Assets Rise in 1948
S Austin Caperton was reelected president of New River Banking and Trust Company at a stockholders meeting. Assets rose from 683000 at move in 1935 to about 5530000 by December 31 1948, with profits added to Undivided Profits after expenses and dividends. The bank repaired its basement to house the bookkeeping department and provided group insurance through the West Virginia Bankers Association for all employees.
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R. RK. Thomas
Owen W. Cox
Ei. A. Berry
H.R. Cole
J. H. Gray
F. W. Jaspier
Dirccerors
Caperton
Thomas
Cox
H. B. Clower
West Virginia Bankers’ Association
Summers Man Demands Jail Stay Amid Odd Confession
George Lilly of Summers County appeared at the local jail door claiming he wanted to sleep inside. He admitted stealing a letter from a Beckley mailbox to get arrested but was told to leave. Lilly was booked for vagrancy as investigators pursue further details.
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Mullens
Wendell W Cook
Cook
George Lilly
Summers County
Beckley
Raleigh
Recent Bride Feted At Shower In Athens
Mrs. Tom McBride formerly Miss Max Anne Weeks was honored at a miscellaneous and household shower in Athens on Saturday afternoon hosted by Miss Judy Wiley. Guests included the bride to be Mrs. McBride and Misses Anne Caffee Ethythe Elizabeth Maupin Garnett Weeks Kathleen Williams Nancy Wiley and Mrs Joan Lane.
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Register
Tom McBride
Max Anne Weeks
Judy Wiley
McBride
Anne Caffee
Joyethne Elizabeth
Maupin
Garnett Weeks
Kathleen Williams
Nancy Wiley
iJoan Lane
Peter Kutiuk Taken by Death in Scarbro
Peter Kutiuk 67 of Scarbro died at Oak Hill Hospital at 5 p m yesterday. Born in Poland July 2 1882 he belonged to St Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Scarbro. Survived by wife Kathryn two sons Casimir Orchard Lake Mich and C Z Czeslawa Pittsburgh brother Thomas Poland. Funeral at St Peter and Paul Catholic Church Scarbro 10 5 am Friday Rev Father Edward Biss officiating burial Highland Memorial Park.
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Oak Hill
Peter Kutiuk
Scarbro
Oak Hill Hospital
Poland
St. Peter and Plaut Cathulie
Scambro
Kathryn Kattinuk
Scarbor
Thomas Kutiuk
Casimir
Orchard Lake
Mich
C. Z. Czeslawa
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Double Money Back
An old Kellogg advertisement touts All-Bran as a regulator for constipation. It claims regular use with cereal and water improves elimination, offers an ounce daily, and promises double your money back if not satisfied after 10 days. Send empty carton to Battle Creek, Michigan.
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Pesraia
Ibuy Reild
Mae Keli
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Kellogg Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Kellogg
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