Cost of Operating VA in 1952 At 20 Percent Of Each Dollar
Government Printing Office release shows fiscal 1952 VA spending at 5.99 billion with 79.2 percent in cash benefits to veterans or dependents. Medical care, counseling and travel cost add 13.7 percent, while construction and repairs total about 2 percent. Veterans population estimated near 19.29 million, up 475,000 in year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Military Service
Congress
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
Countian Wins Damage Claim Against State Road Commission
The State Court of Claims recommended payment of 160 to Raleigh County resident Eugene Jarrell for his five-year-old son Roger Dale Jarrell after a leg was broken by debris from a retaining wall at a bridge approach in July 1953. The incident was reported by Associated Press from Charleston.
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State Court of Claims
Raleigh County
Associated Press
Charleston
Eugene Jarrell
Naoma
Roger Dale Jarrell
State Road Commission
Jarrell
Road Commission
Negro Lodge Elects Rosebud officers for year
The Negro Activities Lodge Holds Election with Rosebud Lodge 52 Heroines of Jericho naming officers for the new year led by Miss Lillie Bell Smith as Most Ancient Matron and Mrs Edna Carter as Senior Matron. Other officers include Rev W Jones as Worthy Joshua and Julie Jackson as treasurer.
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Lodge
Jericho
Lillie Bell Smith
Edna Carter
Mr. Jones
Worthy Joshua
Julie Jackson
Mildred Tyree
Elises Deberry
Marie Shepherd
Virgin Foster
Lillian Deberry
J. Maude Pierson
Outer Guard
P. Presiee
Ruthven
Marriage Applications War spring event and club notes
War spring marriage applications announced by Brown club officers with J A Lewis as president and D D Crawford as vice president. Program committee and attendees listed. Also Ber Nice Booker lectures on First Aid in Scouting. Funeral notices for Frank J. Smothers and birthday party for Nancy Motley summarized with local attendees and venues. Personal mentions include ill residents and announcements of upcoming church events and applying couples with names and ages.
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The
Brown
J. A. Lewis
D. D. .Crawford
Desota Blaney
W. A. Hatcher
R. M. Mackey
K. M. Brooks
J. M. Jeffries
Cleveland Harris
H. W. Dandridge
James
Deeds Recorded for Beckley Area Properties in multiple transfers
A stream of real estate deeds is recorded with numerous transfers in and around Beckley. Eastern Gas and Fuel Association moves property to Coalfield Land Company, and Homeseekers Land and Building sells lots in Sunset Memorial Park to Douglas Bowers. Other transfers include parcels in Ewart Heights, Greenwood Memorial Park, Prince wick, Crab Orchard, and Hager subdivision. Prices range from about 2235 to 1000 with various buyers such as J C Gibson, Roy B Foley, Elbert Craighead, Emery Vernon Maynor, and others.
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Eastern Gas and Fuel Association
Coalfield Land Company
Glen White
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Douglas Bowers
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Ray D. Miliron
Otters
Cornelius Bryant
Ewart Heights
Greenwood Memorial Park
J C Gibson
City of
R. P. Daniel
Elizabeth Calvert Elam
Princewick
J.H. Lith Land Company
Roy B. Foley
Sunrise
Crab Orchard
Rego Barney
J. H. Lilly Land Company
Junior Collins
Everett Harrah
Emery Vernon Maynor
Harry L. Watkins
George Watkins
A. F. Holyfield
Lilly Land Company
Elbert Craighead
Coal City
Orville L. Hall
Billy E. Richmond
Hager
Hotchkiss Land Company
K.i M. Cook
Inio
Earl Crawford
W. W.va
Turnpike Commission
Shady Springs
Howell
W.va
Jailed on Two Counts After Court Hearing
Mathew Reynolds of East Beckley was jailed after a police court hearing for two counts stemming from a 12:45 am accident on S Fayette and F Street. He was found guilty, fined $50 on each count, had his license suspended six months, and may be paroled on a suspended weapon charge if fines are paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathew Reynolds
East Beckley
Reynolds
R. Wilson
Wilson
F Street
James
B. Turner
Beckley
Bobby Scott
Turner
Clyde Cook
Beaver
Daniel Patterson
Safe Cracked at Elite Bowling Alley
Weekend break in entered the Elite Bowling Alley on Neville Street between midnight Saturday and 8 am Sunday. Thieves opened the rear door to steal 30 dollars in cash and 50 cartons of cigarettes, police reported.
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Neville Street
Beckley Cadet Continues Model Airplane Building
Thomas Minter a 17 year old Beckley resident at Greenbrier Military School pursues model airplane building a hobby since age twelve. As a senior cadet his dorm room becomes a learning hub for peers while he demonstrates a 56 inch wing span Testers Senior 29 Super Stunt built last fall and shown in a photo. He explains it can fly about four minutes at speeds up to 40 miles per hour and perform full stunts such as loops inverted flight and figure eights. Minter is brother to Al Minter a former Greenbrier student who played varsity guard for the University of Virginia football team. His uncle Nim Minter and cousins Triz and Ranny were campers at Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca last summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Greenbrier Military School
Thomas Minter
C. H. Minter
Hull St
Minter
Co. D Hall
Greenbrier
Cat
E. C
Nim) Minter
Good Housekeeping Contest Fosters Mine Safety Gains
A coal mine safety contest organized by Harry White and George Reid fostered daily safety talks and a prize for the best kept section. The Affinity slope mine team improved timbering, dust control, and housekeeping, earning weekly honors and a rising safety culture among workers including Cecil Alston and Alexander Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilybrook
Caoiey
United
Reid and White
Affinity Slope Mine
Beckley Council
Tion
Tim
Holmes Safety Association
Bers UL Wigiviidual Wockhie
Harry White
UMWA
George Reid
Affinity
White
Heid
Second East
Bech
Reid
Ron
Dposed
Robert Corder
Charles Wyatt
Leach
Jmornine
Leff
Mentin
Cecil Alston
Alexander Williams
Paul Mann
John Lowe
James Bailey
Ralph Akers
William Pippins
Joe Wiley
George Alexander
Delmont Farmer
Clarence Farrow
Lanes Bank Polio Drive Nets About $2000
Beckley Fire Department sponsors a polio fund drive with 155 saleswomen and waitresses collecting donations. Assistant Fire Chief Otis Lyons directed the effort, reporting 348.12 dollars turned in yesterday and awarding prizes to top collectors as the contest closes this morning. The drive’s success may prompt a county-wide program next year.
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Beckley
Otis Lyons
Lyons
Barrick services Sunday in Clarksburg area
Funeral services for William M. Barrick, 78, of Clarksburg, who died Sunday at 6:45 p.m., will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. McKinister of Peterstown officiating. He was a First Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge member, survived by wife Mary Frances, four sons, one daughter, four sisters, and a brother. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Arlington
Roy Stewtt
Arlington Cemetery
C.D. Trent Company
Ardell Hughes
Los Angeles
Cal
Gay
Bluefield
Charlie Cole
Loffie Cole
Carrie Smith
East, Beckley
Mamie Brown
Roanoke
Andrew Smith
East Beckit
Walter Brown
Frank J. Smothers
Rose of Sharon ‘Holiness Church
East Beckley
J. H. Dunlap
Scott
Greenwood Cemetery
Cal ‘Lie Smothers
Mary Morrisson
Bishop, Va
Carrie Richardson
Lok
Detroit, Mich
Charlie M. Smothers
Bucking‘ham
Nan
Nie M. Carmen
Sandusky, C
Amanda Burst
Cairo
Nancy Motley
Courtney Motley
Masonic
William M. Barrack
Clarksburg
Caffee Funeral Home
BA Barrick
William M
W. Va
Beck 37
Ley
Efe
Felix
Funeral Notices for Tweed and Tweel Charlie Bokair
Charlie Bokair 74 of 119 Fairlawn Beckley died in a local hospital at 6 30 am Sunday January 5 the Rose Funeral Home will hold the remains until the funeral Tuesday January 27 11 South Heber Beckley with Very Rev B G Mahfouz officiating Burial at Sunset Memorial Park Bearers listed Arrangements by Rose Funeral Rome Lost Found note and dog missing advert ending with reward and contact details
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Tom Thabet
N. A. Thabet
Ramez Ramey
Favez Ramey
Favez Cores
Victor Lowen
Sadik Ramey
George Rahal
Rose Funeral
Rome
Prince Street
South Kanawha
Ward
Dial
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Countian
Edvwight
Harper Heights
Big Stick
Mcall Pin
Morton Reaves School
Juliette Low
Robert Lewis Barnabi
Patsy Barnabi
Nellie Jean Pack
Arthur Pack
Boroque
Lee Edward Williams
H. J. Williams
Price Hill
Peggy Joyce Murdock
Dan Murdock
Harold Teen Hoston
Thomas Hoston
Geraldine Taylor
Coy
New Hope Taylor
Henry Lee Crawford
Henry Crawford
Rita Flinchum
Bentley Flinchum
New Era
Rhodell
Charles Oley Higginbotham
GDS
Elvira
Catheine Webb
Glen Dan
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Stanford City
Pita Maery
Eeeae Sars
John Fugate
Coolridge
Frances Hairston
Raw
Wilmoth
Benton M. Wilmoth
Beck Matthew A.M.E. Church
Eastley
Kathleen Ramona Mc
Gordon L. Bolia
Dance Management
Spanish Hall
Paul E. Carter
Albert D. Paden
Ning Pettry
Chelsea Fitzwater Defendents
Norman Knapp
Beckley Cadet
W. M. Barrick
Avon
Beckley Theater
Thurst Place
Hume Peward
Court
R. A. Skaggs
Heckler
Beauty S.questions
del Mar
Beauty Shop
Neville St
Marguerite
Milton Young
Crete
Harvey
Earl Hendrick
C. F. Barnette
President Hotel
Berkley
Main Street
Goodle Shop
Chevrolet Company
Wo Va
Standard Coffee Company
H. Cc. Kinzer
Main St
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Essee
Gene H. Church
ACT Now
Bendix
Thor
Westinghouse
South Oakwood
Wright
Sophia Plumbing
Sophia
Lovitz Television Service
RADIO
Commercial Sound
Mt. Hope
Blue Flame Equipment Company
Earwood Street
Ronson
Vance Drive
John W. Eye
Klaus & Page CO
McCreery
Cova St
Mountain State
C. W. James Dia
SWIS
Valley Drive
Orymma B. Hall
Emma
Arester
Dia
West Dial
Virginia
Doc
Leo Birch
Raleigh Counts
West Vista Rg
Ument
Tolliver
Mt. Leader Furniture
Beckles
OFS
United States
P.O
Bail Lumber Company
Hinton
BeeBeer Newspapers Corporation
Watkins
Weite E. K. Shuey
Columbus
Ohio
Roy Jones
First Ave
W. S Gregg
Carl B. Jones
R. L
J. H. Stinson
Hale
Tyree
Milo
Collie
AKC
R. C. Henderson
Glen Daniel
E. Beckley
Shorts
James Oade
Beckley Ice Cream Co
John Game
Skelton
Fred Mann
Coleman Poultry
Prosperity Dial
Sullivan
Goodman
Jeffery
Beckley Newspapers
Ayrshire
Holstein
Jersey
Guernsey
NORGE
Henry Conv Ladtes
Hasemeat
Beckley Glass Co
Oakwood
Beaver Lumber Co
Beaver, W. Va
Biat
Byus Mankin Lumber CO
North Kanawha
Lewis Hatcher
Crow
South Kanawha Street
Jess Honoake
Wisconsin
Nash Campbell
Montgomery Ward
American Flyer
Beckley CE and Feed Co
Prince St
OLID
Pelaleh Aedekaa
Confon
ICA
New Ee
Fhone
KODAK
King Pirate Supply
Neville St. Beckley
Bley Fuller Brush Company
Huddie
Clyde St
Dis
Southern W. V. Auto Club
Beckley Hotel
Indows
Jatemaleust
Raleigh Glass & Mirror, Inc. G
L. Fette
City Ave
Ce Cream
Dees
Kraft System
General Tire
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