Ray Trail Seeks Magistrate Post in Slab Fork District
Ray Trail of Helen filed for the position of justice of the peace in Slab Fork District with the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk. The report also notes a minor vehicle incident on Sullivan road where a school bus slipped in a ditch due to icy roads, with no injuries or children aboard. Emile J. Hodel of Maxwell Hill is named Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce Young Man of the Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Ray Trail
Helen
Slab Fork
Sullivan Road
Emile J. Hodel
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee’s
William D. Wise
Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Jaycee
Lemons
Bluefield
Jaycees
Beckley
Phony Group
U. S
William M. Houchins
James Kessinger
W. Warner Stanley
Houchins
The
American Legion
Central School Parent - Teacher Association
de Gare
Red Cross
Southern Conference Veterans of Foreign Wars to meet in Huntington
Huntington selected over Morgantown as site for the Southern Conference Veterans of Foreign Wars summer convention. Executive committee in Jackson Mississippi chose Huntington though no date was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Morgantown
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jackson
Miss
Phillips Rites Set for Wednesday in Blue Jay Church
Funeral services for Lowama Lewis Phillips 84 of Cool Ridge are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Blue Jay No 6 Community Church with Rev. Oscar Lilly officiating. Burial will follow in the family cemetery at Cool Ridge. Survivors include his wife Callie and two sons Birch and Earlyn, daughters Roxie Huldah and Pearl, plus 20 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Jay No. 6 Community Church
Lowama Lewis (Lowe) Phillips
Con Ridso
Oscar Lilly
Cool Ridge
Herb Riggle
Phillips
Menas Roane County
Riggle
Raleigh County
Rufus
Clarksburg
Sarah Meemaw Phillips
Blue Jay
Grandview
Ger Jie Lilly
Beaver
Morie Cole
Nimitz
Rose and Quesenbarry
Seventy Four January Navy Recruits Exceed Quota
Thirty four persons joined the navy in January at the local recruiting station, nine above the 25 quota. Enlistees sent to the Great Lakes center include Ronald L. McCoy of Mab en and David Kincaid, while Bainbridge center receive Sadie Crouch and Clayton Fuller among others.
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Navy
Great Lakes Center
Ronald Lee McCoy
W. L. McCoy
Maben
David Kincaid
Bertie Kincaid
Hope
Jack Keith Mills
C. L. Mills
Sophia
Phillip Jerome Jasper
J.C. Jasper
Lynch
Charles Enoch Mc
Midway
Jackie Lee Hambrick
Opie Hamrick
Powelton
Zecharish Lewis Bennett
J. F. Bennett
Beckley
Elmer Gunnce
Posey Gunnce
Bolt
Ronald Lee Snuffer
Iran
Snuffer
Coal City
James Edward Richardson
R. J. Richardson
Fairdale
Bainbridge Center
Sadie Lee Crouch
Paul W. Crouch
Oak Hill
Clayton Dale Fuller
J. H. Fuller
Lewisburg
John Aurednik Jr
John Aurednik
Kilsyth
Thomas Russell Hayes
T. A. Hayes
Blue Jay
William Donald Blankenship
J. H. Blankenship
Oceana
Allen Lee Loveday
W. W. Loveday
Eccles
Raymond Eugene Owens
C. C. Owens
Jeti Adair Davis
W.T. Davis
Hopey
James Earl Persinger
Orpha Persinger
Earl Thomas Welch
VA Benefit Payments Are Non Taxable
VA benefits and related payments are tax free and not reported on federal returns. Included are education and training allowances Korean GI Bill, World War II and Korean War subsistence, disability compensation, home and vehicle grants, World War I retirement pay, and VA death benefits to families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Harry W. Stewart
Beckley Veterans Administration Office
Women to Seek Polio Donations in Beckley
Beckley clubwomen from the Junior Department of the Beckley Woman's Club will solicit donations for the Raleigh County March of Dimes this Saturday and Monday in front of Beckley Hardware and Supply on Heber Street. An iron lung will be displayed as a stark reminder of polio, with volunteers listed by name and time slots across two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County March of Dimes
Beckley Hardware and Supply
Heber St
James Mahoney
MOD
Beckley Woman's Club
C. T. Ross Jr
George Patterson
Boucher Hoyd
Maciel West
H. K. Evans
Nancy Richards
Henry Walker
Norman Knapp
George Warren Hedel
James E. Thompson
Randall Wooddell
William Bower
Wiliam Myles
Benny Kelly
Harry Pattenson
Bookless Day at Raleigh County Jail Figures in Quiet Period
The Raleigh County Jail saw no new lodgings from 9:45 p m Sunday to 1:15 a m today. At 1:13 a m today a person charged with intoxication was jailed. Stan Intihar, 6 foot 4 Cornell standout from Euclid Ohio, returned to action against Lehigh after missing 1954 due to ineligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Stan Intihar
Cornell Jead
Euclid
Ohio
Lehigh
Technicality Dismisses Loitering Charge In West Virginia Raid
A court dismisses loitering charges against Mittie Joyce and Alice Martin after rulings that the state code lacks the offense for the Magistrate’s court. They were fined 16 dollars and 50 cents each for drunkenness in Lester. Several others were arrested in the same Saturday raid described as a house of ill fame led by Mayor Glen P. Daniel and Police Chief L. F. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester
Mittie Joyce
Alice Martin
J.P. Meadows
Jan
Lester Alayor
Glen P. Daniel
L. F. Smith
Raleigh
T. H. Covey
Harry Simmons
Myrtle Merchant
George Williams
Daniel
Real Test of Insurance Value Prompts Merchant Inquiry
A merchant asks how companies handle paying losses and receives assurance that claims are paid promptly. The exchange ends with the merchant acknowledging that prompt payment is the true value of insurance.
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E. J. Hodel
Warner Stanley
W. M. Houchins
Billy Gene Phillips
Alvin D. Phillips
Meyers Ave
East Beckley
Billy
Sylvia
Kathryn Moore
Terry Lewis
Bessie Snuffer
Deane Terry
Cecil L. Miller
Mountain State
United Fuel Gas Co
Charleston
United Fuel
Charleston Group
Columbia Gas System
South Ruffner
Kanawha River
Browns Creek
McDowell County
Board For Education
Claude Pineau
WVU
West Virginia
Georgia Tech
Wheeling
Public Service Commission
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steubenville
Kessinger
Beckley Water Co
Stanley
Jays
Beckley Post + Herald
Mac’s Memorial Toy Fund
Logan
Post-Herald
Payette Street
W. F. Watts
Terry
Bec
Ley
R. D. Watts
Insurance Agency, Inc
Amere Gas
Wwered
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