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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1956
Page
4
Kerry returns to Rob Mallory's ranch to find Christie awaiting him. They rekindle their romance and plan marriage as Kerry accepts a job under Rob while Rusty joins the crew. Tension rises over Larrabee and Spur bound troubles as Jared worsens.
Navy announced a weather balloon launched Saturday crossed the Pacific in under 52 hours. It passed above the U.S. coast near the California Oregon line around 9 p.m. Sunday, following a route similar to the World War I Japanese balloon bombs.
Public sale notices list numerous parcels across Beckley area districts including Town Districts Shady Spring For, For, and Mabscott. Numerous individuals and families appear as purchasers or bidders, with properties ranging from Beckley Court Additions to Victory Gardens and Lilly Heights Add. West Virginia local land records indicate delinquent taxes prompting sale to satisfy assessments.
A dense catalog of land parcels and property owners across Beckley, Raleigh, Stanaford, Paint Creek, and surrounding districts. Names include Bennett, Bragg, Marcus, Smith, Mullens, Terry, and Quesenberry with parcels ranging from Lot 58 to 3 acres. Multiple tracts in Shady Springs, Lilly Ridge, and Crab Orchard appear with Lot, Section, and Add designations.
Numerous parcels and land notes listed for buyers and sellers in the Richmond and Slab Fork districts. Entries show individual owners, parcel sizes, and locations along New River Piney River Flat Top Wits Slab Fork and surrounding areas, including farms, tracts, and lots with measurements and references to towns like Princewick and Sand Lick.
A broad list details numerous property owners in Marsh Fork Clear Fork Coal River and related districts with amounts of back taxes, acreage, and parcel descriptions. It cites McKinney F J, Pettry Eugene, Stansill Manuel, Lambert Virgie, Harpers, and others, plus a notice from the Sheriff of Raleigh County regarding tax actions and purchasers’ rights within one year.
James B. Benson, safety director for the Southern Coal Producers Association, warned that focusing on production at the cost of safety leads to unsafe acts and delays in fixing hazards. He urged better understanding of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act, insurer training, and real commitment by workers to stop accidents.
Funeral services for Mrs Roxie Simms will be held Wednesday at 11 9 am at the Church of God in Prince with Rev Elmer Pomeroy and Rev Henry Withrow officiating. Burial follows at Highland Mountain Cemetery. She died Sunday at her home of a heart condition. Born January 21 1876 in Thayer she was a Church of God member in Princy. Body to be removed from Collins Funeral Home Glen Jean to Beecher Adkins home in Prince by 4 pm today.
Fayetteville report from Andrew Easton shows forty nine miners injured in December across eleven mines of the Fayette Council of the Holmes Safety Association. Total man hours reached 445 809 with 303 002 tons of coal produced and a frequency rate of 109 91 mishaps per million hours. Kaymoor mine led Group I with seven lost time accidents in 75 626 hours.
Carl Frederick Jordan 21 was fined 74 dollars and costs after a hearing before Magistrate Virgil Lyons for brandishing a pistol and shooting at Smiths Beer Garden near Garten on January. State Police Sgt. W R Seal arrested him after he shot Odetta Frances Calloway 17 of Garten in the right hand. Calloway was treated at Oak Hill Hospital and did not prosecute malicious wounding.
The Wyoming County Clerk recorded several deeds including F L Philyaw and wife to G B Dickson and wife for lots 113 and 116 in Ravencliff Slab Fork District. Qole and Frank Blankenship to Earl and Pauline Webb for 0.75 acre on Mill Creek Baileysville District. Pineville Land Company Inc to Gerald Lee Lambert for lot 16 in Pineville Land Company Addition. Howard and Leezora Hall to George Mabes for lots 7 and 8 in Matison Town Baileysville District.
Fayetteville residents file for school board and Falls District posts with six year terms. candidates include James R Hill seeking Magis Board of Education and several Democrats such as Owen Patty Burton Carl Myers Reginald Smith William Clinton Treadway Bill Workman Catherine Hancock Marvin Blevins.
64-year-old Burley Howard, a construction worker, died in a Monday house fire in Moundsville after reentering the burning home to retrieve belongings. Fire Captain Finley Mercer crawled inside to extract him through a window, but Howard died at the scene. Mrs. Howard and son Raymond escaped unharmed.
In San Antonio Texas police chief endorses raising the prisoner salary in city jail from 3 to 5 dollars per day for those serving out fines. The 3 dollar rate has stood for fifty years as costs rise across the board.
Washington reports that the McDonnell F161 Voodoo may be the world’s largest and longest ranged fighter. It allegedly flew faster than 1000 mph repeatedly and over 1050 to 1100 mph on at least one occasion. Supersonic in climb and level flight, it uses two Pratt and Whitney J57 engines and may number between 20 and 30 aircraft in operation. The craft is tied to the Strategic Air Command as a long range bomber escort. In a separate note, Rev. Robert Coit visited Ashland, Kentucky, on Saturday.
Harold Eugene Carte of Hix was arrested by Hinton police on charges of being absent without leave. He first went AWOL Oct. 31 during a transfer from Aberdeen Maryland to Fort Jackson South Carolina and was arrested December 28. He went AWOL again on Dec. 15 from Aberdeen.
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