Fire Leaves Mabscott Family Homeless After Blaze
A Mabscott family loses their home on South Hill in a morning fire likely started by faulty wiring. Mrs. Gertie Gregory, 65, and daughter Nellie, 15, are staying with relatives. J. W. Gregory, 72, and Johnny, 11, with another relative. Firefighters faced heavy snow as they battled flames that consumed most furnishings and 500 cans of canned fruit and vegetables. The home, near Beav er Coal Corporation property, belonged to Beav er Coal. The father’s son Raymond, 17, works at Virgil's News Stand.
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Mabscott
Gertie Gregory
Nellie
Milton Hatfield
J. W. Gregory
Johnny
Waddell
Appalachian Power Company
Mabscott Fire Department
South Hill
Beaver Coal Corporation
Raymond
Virgil
Hawley Funeral Set for Tuesday in Glen White Church
W Dale Hawley 52 of Glen White will lie in state and a Mass is planned for 10 am Tuesday at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park Mount Calvary. Rosary tonight at 7 30 in Williams Funeral Home Sophia led by Fr Paul Helsley. Hawley long active with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates died Saturday at University of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville. Pallbearers listed as Robert V Smith E W Elliott R G Kirby Joshua Smith C O Carman D W Kennemar A E Manning B F Williams.
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W. Dale Hawley
Glen White
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
B. B. Krzysiek
St. John’s
Mullens
Mount Calvary
Sunset Memorial Park
Williams
Sophia
Paul Helsley
Hawley
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
Robert V. Smith
E. W. Elliott
R. G. Kirby
Joshua Smith
C. O. Carman
D. W. Kennemar
A. E. Manning
B. F. Williams
Former Resident of Lester Dies
Kermit League 41, a former Lester resident, died at 8 a.m. Sunday in Morgantown after a heart attack. He was a mine electrician and helped in building a Lester church. Survivors include wife Helen, three sons Robert in Washington DC, Ted and James in the armed forces, two brothers Clinton Lester and Lloyd Oceana, two sisters Clara Covey Elkins, Eloise League Galax VA, a daughter Eloise, Paul Wiseman Beckley, and two half-brothers. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Kermit League
Lester
Morgantown
Helen League
Robert
Washington, D. C
Ted
James
Clinton League
Lloyd League
Oceana
Clara Vada Covey
Elkins
Eloise League
Galax
Paul Wiseman
Beckley
Vernon Bailey Dies in Lanark at 36
Vernon Edward Bailey 36 of Lanark died about 3 a.m. today in his home from a heart attack. Born July 12, 1918 in Lanark, he was the son of Clarence C. Bailey and Effie Webb Bailey. He worked at Garden Ground Coal Mines. Surviving are six brothers Roy R Stanaford Ray P Lanark Joy L Lanark Don A Piney View Dempsey Lanark and three sisters Mrs John Cheetham Stanaford Mrs Russell M. Bailey Lanark and Miss Doris Bailey Lanark. The body remains at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home until funeral arrangements.
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Vernon Edward Bailey
Lanark
Clarence C. Bailey
Effie Rose Webb Bailey
Garden Ground
Roy R
Stanaford
Ray P
Joy L
Don A
Piney View
Dempsey
John Cheetham
Russell M. Bailey
Doris Bailey
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Edgar Dowdy Dies at 64 in Mount Vernon Ohio
Edgar Dowdy aged 64 of 205 Riley Street Beckley died Sunday at 1 30 p m after a five month illness in Mount Vernon Ohio He was born December 23 1890 in Union Monroe County a son of Henry and Sally Dowdy He was a repairman for the Singer Sewing Machine Co prior to illness Funeral services at First Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p m with Dr Alvin J Cook and Rev James Neal officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Park He is survived by wife Pearl Dowdy three daughters Mrs Glenna Kiger Mrs Floyd Taylor Beckley WV Mrs Claude MeCormick Beckley a son MSgt Robert M Dowdy with the U S Army in Japan two brothers Ralph Dowdy Dublin Va and H A Dowdy Beckley four sisters Mrs Pearl Allen Mount Hope Mrs Ada Williams Roanoke Va and others.
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Edgar Dowdy
Riley Street
Beckley
Mount Vernon
Ohio
Union
Monroe County
Henry
Sally Rowley Dowdy
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Melton
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
James Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Pearl Dowdy
Glenna Kiger
Floyd Taylor
Claude MeeCormick
Beckiey
Robert M. Dowdy
U.S. Army
Japan
Ralph Dowdy
Dublin
H. A. Dowdy
Pearl Allen
Mount Hope
Ada Williams
Roanoke
Dimes and Dollars Support Polio Victims in 1955
March of Dimes contributions fund polio treatment for new cases and care for survivors in Raleigh County. In 1954 the county reported 17 polio cases, including 7-year-old Deloris Nicolau and her 17-year-old sister Rosalie, both from Harper, now at Marmet Crippled Children's Hospital. Delores suffers leg paralysis and uses splints while Rosalie, affected in hip and foot, hopes to go home next month. both attend school whenever possible. The Nicolau family includes five younger children and relatives in New York and Dry Hill. Roberta and Lenore Nicolau recently became mothers.
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Raleigh County
National Foundation For
Deloris Nicolaa
Rosalie
Vincent Nicolau
Harper
Marmet
Trap Hill High School
Nicolau
Delores
Paul
Roberta) Peterson
New York
Bill
Lenore) Crotty
Dry Hill
Dorothy
Delores Nicolaa
W. D. Nace
Crutchfield 11 Succumbs at Harper Heights Home
Tilman Carter Crutchfield 77 of Harper Heights died at 3 40 a m in a local hospital after a two year illness He was a retired coal miner who worked in West Virginia for 57 years most recently with American Rolling Mills at Nellis Retired in 1947 Survived by widow Ethel Bray and three sons Lt William J Crutchfield Jeffrey and Tilman Jr Funeral from Home Chapel Wednesday at 2 p m with Rev C F Haynes officiating burial in Sunset Memorial Park Pallbearers named
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Tilman Carter Crutchfield
Harper Heights
West Virginia
American Rolling Mills Co
Nellis
United Mine Workers of America
First Church of God
Welch
Middlesboro
John Crutchfield
Ethel Bray
William J. Crutchfield
Washington, D. C
Jeffrey
Montcoal
Tilman Jr
Cleveland
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Rev. C. F Haynes
Sunset Memorial Park
I. N. Alderman
Tom Dillon
J. D. Stanley
Orville Ferguson
Jess Worrell
Leroy Williamson
Aunt of Beckleyan Dies in Huntington
Mrs. Floyd L. Agee of Huntington aged 1020 Thirteenth Ave died Saturday night after a cerebral hemorrhage at home. Funeral at 2 p.m. at Klinger Carpenter Mortuary Huntington with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery. She was aunt of Mrs. Kermit A. Locke Walter Agee and Wylie Agee of Huntington.
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Floyd L. Agee
Thirteenth Ave
Huntington
Beckley
Klinger-Carpenter Mortuary
Ridgelawn
Agee
Kermit A. Locke
Beaver Ave
Walter Agee
S. Oakwood Ave
Wylie Agee
Locke father of attorney shows post surgery improvement
O A Locke of Huntington, father of Beckley attorney Kermit A Locke, is reported to be improving at St Marys Hospital Huntington after undergoing major surgery recently.
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O. A. Locke
Huntington
Beckley
Kermit A. Locke
St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington
Woman Accuses Fire Setters in Beckley and Huntington Mix
Mildred Shrewsbury 28 of Huntington is jailed in Cabell County on first degree arson charges from a Huntington apartment house fire in December. She claimed to set nine earlier fires dating back to 1946, including one at a Beckley diner. Conflicting reports note Leslie's Diner in Beckley existed only until 1950 and no Les' Diner.
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Mildred Shewsbury
Huntington
Beckley
Miss Shrewsbury
Cabell County
Les
Leslie
Miss Shrewbury
Carl Taylor
Shrewsbury
Shady Spring
Eddie Duncan
Principals to Plan State Convention in Beckley
A meeting to plan the West Virginia Principals' Association state convention in Beckley is set for 6:30 p.m. today at El Chico. C. E. Walker, president of the Raleigh County Secondary Principals Association, says all secondary principals and music directors in the county are invited to attend.
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West Virginia
Rotary Club Adds Four To Beck Ley Group
Four new members of the Beck ley Rotary Club reviewed the Rotarian magazine at Friday’s regular meeting. Special articles were discussed by J. R. Carr Waldo S LaFon Dr. George Psimas and Eber Roush. The four were recently inducted into the local club.
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Beckley Rotary Club
J. R. Carr
Waldo S. LaFon
George Psimas
Eber Roush
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Vernon Bailey
Harper Girls
John Hutchinson
Marie
Vincent Edward
Carman Kaye
Roberta
Lenore
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
T. Crutchfield
Beckleyan
Florida
Vero Beach
Miami Chamber of Commerce
Willys Motors, Inc
Toledo, Ohio
Ward-Evans Motor Company
Oakwood Avenue
W. Va
D. B. Abshire Motor Company
Modern Auto Sales & Service
Oak Hill
Westinghouse
South America
Paris
Nassau
Mexico
NEW
Westinghouse TV
Guedome A
Cbs-Tv
Westinghouse Studio One
Beckley, W. Va
Pagoda Super Market
Abbott's Grocery and Appliance
E. Rainelle
Haynes Radio
Charmee, W. V
A. A. Loudermilk
A. W. Cox Dept
Don’s Radio & TV Sales
Whitesville, W. Va
Whitesville Refrigerator Service
Stone's Electric Service
Corinne, W. Va
Corinne Appliance Store
Bluefield
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