Young Democrats to Hold State Session in Beckley
West Virginia Young Democratic Clubs select Beckley as the 1955 convention site with Aug 26 and 27 chosen. Expected 500 to 800 delegates from Beckley Morgantown and Bluefield with Raleigh County Memorial Building as headquarters and the Recreation Building for dances. Committees to choose speakers will be appointed soon by State President Frank Bowman.
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Beckley
The
Young Democratic Clubs of
West Virginia
Frank Bowman
Morgantown
Democratic Club
Bowman
Raleigh County Memorial
Elks Lodge Sponsors Ten Crippled Children
Beckley Elks Lodge voted to sponsor 10 Raleigh County crippled children for a July camping encampment near Huntington. Laurence Pruett outlined three camps to be funded by the State Elks Association, visiting Cabell Monongalia and Oglebay Park locations with staff from the association. Larger lodges are asked to send 10 children, smaller ones at least five.
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Beckley Elks Lodge
Raleigh County
Huntington
Laurence Pruett
State Elk
Elks For
Pruett
Beckley Lodge
Cabell County
State Elks Association
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Wheeling
Oglebay Park
Deeds on File Record of Raleigh County Real Estate
Real estate transfers filed in Raleigh County Clerk's office list K Douglas Bowers trustee transferring lots 25 and 29 Beaver Lake Truck Farms Addition Shady Spring District to James F Meadows and Pauline Meadows for 1000 dollars. Numerous other transfers include Lucille Crumpley to Charles Crumpley Breezemont Heights no stated consideration and many more across Shady Spring Town Slab Fork and Marsh Fork districts with prices ranging from zero to 15000 dollars.
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K. Douglas Bowers
James F
Pauline Meadows
Beaver Lake Truck Farms
Shady Spring
Vernon
Pauline Phillips
Delmas Elkins
Flat Top Lake
Lucille Crumpley
Charles W. Crumpley
Breezemont Heights
Elmer H. and
Irene Jones
W. P. Broyles
Bailey Drive
Laddie Stafford McGinnis
Sandra Mae McGinnis
McCreery Court
Fred Cody
Zonie
Pauline Miler
Samuel R. III
Phyllis J. Roberts
Sophia
Slab Fork
Oscar and
Lola Bowers
James Lilly Inc
Lilly Land Co
Dempsey Dale
Frances Lilly
Lowell M
Virgie F. Lilly
Coal City
Frank J. Malone
L. French Herald
Edward H
Mary Jane Crowder
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Glade
Piney
Camp Creeks
Raleigh County
Crab Orchard Drive
Catherine McPherson
Nannie D. Patton
Hedrick-Walter-Carter
Glen Hedrick
Robert J
Myrtle Smith Yates
Thurman B. Caffee
Lilly’s Knob
Coalfield Land Co
John Q
Fannie J. Treadway
Eccles
Trap Hill
George A. Watkins
Glen White Co
Clyde W
Clara Cox
Raleigh
M. W. Powers
J. W. Walters
Maine
Roy
Agnes Flint
Leon Stover
Ameagle
Clear Fork
Alice
Willis Williams
Dorr
Estella
Everett
Magaline
Carl
Lethia
Garland
Glenview Addition
C. T
Alberta Sumner Shrewsbury
Kelly Development Co
Harry A
Jessie V. Barnhart
Stotesbury
Grover G. Chambers
Robert L. Chambers
E. B
Betty R. Brewster
Harold L
Naomi S. Goodall
Bowling Addition
Catlett
Raymond C
Virginia A. Miller
Joseph Thomas
John Thomas
C. R. Clay
Dry Creek
Marsh Fork
Beckley Mayor Reports 1954 Administration Programs
Mayor Elmer Davis submitted the 1954 report to the Beckley City Council detailing five major street projects with city state cooperation. Completed surfacing on South Kanawha Street, plus widening and resurfacing plans for several avenues, traffic and parking master planning near Woodrow Wilson High School, and citywide street improvements. Safety measures included fire hydrants, lights, warning signs, mosquito control, and patrols. park improvements funded, parking lot established, and a new Traffic Control Commission created. Legislative changes enacted include bylaw updates, charter amendments, and dog licensing and control rules.
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Beckley
Elmer Davis
South Kanawha Street
Limit Street
Black Knight Country Club
South Kanawha
Vance Drive
Neville Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Charleston
Eisenhower Drive
North Beckley
C&o Railroad Co
Prince Street
Sprague and Skelton
Neville and Prince Streets
Traffic Control Commission
Studebaker Ultra Vista refresh adds ultraview windshields
Studebaker-Packard unveils Ultra Vista models led by the President State sedan with an ultrawiew wrap around windshield and a 185-horsepower Passmaster V eight engine. Commander and Champion lines gain Bearcat and Passmaster power, with air conditioning and power assists offered as options.
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Studebaker
Studebaker-Packard Corporation
Sophia High School Hawk's Nest yearbook printed May
The 1954 55 Sophia High School annual Hawk's Nest is slated for completion around May 1 after printing by Del Mar Studios in Charlotte North Carolina. Editor in chief Jimmy Eades and staff list include Carol Mann Alta Hughes Jerry Bays Ross Martin, with numerous staff and reserve members covering pictures history prophecy payments and layouts.
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Sophia High School
Shirley Mullins
Carol Walker
Carol Davis
Baby Pictures
Kenneth Nicely
Gail Nelson
Lois Yancey
Fern Crawford
Norman Stone
Edger Acord
Buddy Cole
Larry Lauder
Joel Massey
Gloria Cook
Prophecy
Geraldine Fraley
Patty Odham
Phyllis Murphy
Bill Hatcher
R. J. Balir
Joann Chaffin
Kathleen Blevins
Bobby Lester
Loretta Pegram
Elsie McGraw
Jakie Hartwell
Louise Pate
Clifton Eddins
Engineers to Hear Turnpike Manager at Feb Meeting
Okey L. Patteson general manager of the West Virginia Turnpike will speak at the Appalachian Chapter of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers meeting on February 21 at the Glass House Restaurant. The topic is the extension of the Turnpike in observance of National Engineers Week.
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West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Okey L. Patteson
Glass House
National Engineers Week
Morris Harvey College Extension Meeting Tonight
Ralph Brabhan director of extension courses says an organizational meeting for Morris Harvey College extension classes will be held at 6 30 p m today in Beckley Junior High School.
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Morris Harvey College Extension
Beckley Junior High School
Ralph Brabhan
Prince Engineer Unit Made Part of Regular Army
The 1428th Engineer Co. (Float Bridge) at Prince has become part of the Regular Army and was renamed the 100th Engineer Co. (Float Bridge) to revert the National Guard status. Originating in 1920 as Company H Tank Corps, the unit later became part of the 192nd Tank Battalion and endured wartime and postwar reorganizations before its Regular Army designation. If reactivated, the 1428th would be located in Ohio, with a long history from Port Clinton through Port Belvoir to Prince.
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1428Th Engineer Co
Prince
100Th Engineer Co
Ohio National Guard
W. K. Kreigh
J. R. Nunn
Nunn
National Guard
1428Th Engineer
Ohio
1428Th
Port Clinton
37Th Tank Co
37Th Infantry Division
1428Th Engineer Treadway Bridge Co
192Nd
Fort Belvoir
1428Th Engineer Float Bridge Co
James Claytor Released on Bond in Bastardy Case
James Claytor of Sprague was released from Raleigh County Jail Friday after posting a $500 bond with Magistrate T. N. Thurman for appearance before the next Raleigh County Grand Jury on a bastardy warrant. Claytor was jailed Thursday morning by Constables C. A. Thompson and Cotton White.
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James Claytor
Sprague
Raleigh County
T. N. Thurman
Claytor
C. A. Thompson
Cotton White
Drunks Led Weekend Parade To Jail Doors in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Jail booked 18 people over the weekend on intoxication charges. Four jailed Sunday and 14 Saturday. Henry Scott of Helen jailed 4 45 p m Sunday by City Police for driving while drunk. Earnest Guy Nichols of Beckley jailed 2 15 p m Saturday for pulling onto highway in front of traffic and driving without license. Alvis Earl McCreery of Beckley jailed by State Police for throwing glass on highway and being intoxicated in public.
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Raleigh County
Henry Scott
Helen
Earnest Guy Nichols
Beckley
Alvis Earl McCreery
Mc Ginnis Rites Set for Tuesday
Funeral services for James Bruce McGinnis 79 of 110 Ridge Ave will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Fred C Cook and Dr A H Wilson officiating Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery He died Sunday afternoon in a local hospital after a long illness He was born at Saxon son of the late T J and Nancy Workman McGinnis a retired carpenter and was last employed by the Raleigh County Board of Education He had lived in the county 30 years and was a Mabscott Methodist Church member He is survived by his wife Bessie Robertson McGinnis three daughters Mary McGinnis Sylvia Trump of Barboursville and Orpha Petrie of Albuquerque N M one son James N McGinnis of Beckley two step-daughters Tweed Daugherty of Washington DC and Mildred Collins of Beckley seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren The body will remain at the Cafee Funeral Home until the funeral hour Pallbearers are Gordon Richmond Earl Ballengee Calvin Moore Jim Basham Garland Cole and Ritchie Shannon.
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James Bruce McGinnis
Ridge Ave
Caffee Funeral Home
Fred C. Cook
A. H. Wilson
Wildwood Cemetery
McGinnis
Saxon
T. J
Nancy Workman McGinnis
Gordon Richmond
Earl Ballengee
Calvin Moore
Jim Basham
Garland Cole
Ritchie Shannon
Wounded Man Refuses to Talk
Robert E. Collins age 20 remained a patient at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital with gunshot wounds after an incident at Buster's Variety Shop on New Raleigh Road. Police reported two head wounds and an injured finger. He declined to discuss details but hinted he might act after recovery.
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Robert E. Collins
Mills St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Collins
Buster
New Raleigh Road
Court Records Show $20 Collected In Beckley
Beckley Police Court collected $20 on Thursday. One man forfeited $16 on a public intoxication charge while another paid $4 of a $20 fine on a similar charge. The latter received until January 29 to pay the remaining $16.
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Beckley
Beckley 8167th Replacement Training Squadron Needs 100
The Beckley 8167th Replacement Training Squadron of the Air National Guard seeks forty two enlisted men and eight officers to reach a full strength of 100. To date the unit has 42 enlisted and eight officers, with seven new airmen sworn in over the past two weeks.
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Beckley 8167Th
Air National Guard
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Bluefield
Elks Lodge
BNC Printing
Holt Byrne
Kyle Bahr
Prince Engineer
192Nd Tank Battalion
Bataan Penninsula
Mc Ginnis
Air Guard
Pineville
Pineville Shoe Store
Allied Enterprises Inc
Wo Va
Frigidaire Frozen Food Unit
Hudson
Toledo
Richmon
South
Kanawha ST
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
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