Dynamite Fails to Settle Route 3 Mine Entry
A caved in stretch of Route 3 beneath the Black Knight Country Club is being filled after ten sticks of dynamite failed to settle the Raleigh Coal and Coke Company mine entry. County official George Gadd said work will resume once the fill is complete, with repeated cave-ins closing the road five times in two years and barricades in place yesterday.
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Black Knight Country Club
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
George Gadd
State Road Commission
Gadd
Beckley
Country Club
Charter firm wins half million contract in Beckley area
Vecellio and Grogan Inc a Beckley contracting firm with offices on Kanawha Street was listed as the top among 29 bidders for a five hundred thousand dollar charter project. The text notes the firm plans to move from its garage and provides names of incorporators Leo A Vecellio Enrico Vecellio and E G Grogan as well as several Beckley residents enlisted in the U S Army and Air Force with their assignments and addresses.
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Kanawha Street
Vecellio and Grogan
United State Army and Air
Lester
Calva Lee Adkins
Backus
Phil Morgan
Whitestick Street
Crogan
Reckley
Equipment Strike Not To Affect Phone Use
Local telephone officials say a CIO strike against Western Electric would not interrupt service. Installation would halt if the strike occurs, but current equipment shipments are exhausted with July arrivals expected. Ernest Weaver of ACEW claims 30,000 installers in 44 states could be affected and notes many earn about $1.15 per hour.
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Association of Communication Equipment Workers
CIO
Western Electric Company
Associated Press
Ernest Weaver
Union Pres
Sident
District of Columbia
Western Electric
West Virginia
Charleston
Beckley
Weaver
ACEW
Three New Local Firms Chartered In West Virginia
Three coal companies formed for a total of 85000 dollars were chartered today by the West Virginia secretary of state in Charleston. Landisburg Coal Company Inc was incorporated for 50000 dollars with John H Beary of Lewisburg and K P Williamson and C L Williamson of Beckley as incorporators. Young Weeks Coal Company at Lego was started with 25000 dollars by Milton Young and Russell Weeks with Thelma Young as incorporators. Ward Griffith Coal Company at Racine was formed with 10000 dollars by Scott G Griffith Charles M Ward and Demna Lilly of Beckley. Ceramic tiles from Amenhotep IVs palace show modern church use in excavations in Egypt 2400 years later.
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Secretary of State
Charleston
West Virginia
Landisburg Coal Company, Inc
John H. Beary
Lewisburg
K. P. Williamson
C. L. Williamson
Beckley
Milton Young
Russell Weeks
Thelma Young
Young-Weeks Coal Company
Lego
Young
Weeks
Kingston
Ward-Griffith Coal Company
Racine
Scott G. Griffith
Charles M. Ward
Demna Lilly
Amenhotep IV
Egypt
New Fiscal Year Begins for City Beckley
The City of Beckley started its new fiscal year yesterday and the 1948-49 budget will be presented to the City Council by the end of July. Building permit fees for the past year totaled $3,010 from 321 permits, while 301 permits issued in 1946-47 earned fees of $2,908.
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Beckley
Bledsoe to Attend Drug Convention in White Sulphur Springs
S. M. Bledsoe announced plans to attend the 41st annual West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Association convention and the Drug Travelers Auxiliary in White Sulphur Springs from July 18 to 20. Other Wheeling pharmacists may join the three day event with noted speakers expected. Convention registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. M. Bledsoe
West Virginia State Pharmaceutical Association
Drug Travelers Auxiliary
Weckley
Beckley Mabscott Community Chest Names Officers
Officers of the Beckley Mabscott Community Chest are reelected for another year. Joe L. Smith Jr. is president with Rev J W Witherspoon as first vice president and Earl Norris as second vice president. Frank Gans is treasurer and Virgil Z Hertzo becomes first full time secretary manager.
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Beckley-Mabescott Community Chest
W. OR. Fugilt
Joe L. Smith, Jr
J. W. Witherspoon
Earl Norris
Frank Gans
Fugiit
John Halpin
Mus
C. ' Bepler
W. M. Duncan
C. G. :Poregoy
Ted G. McDowell
K. PD. 'Dowers
Greenbrier Ehotel Nobby
Edgar B. Moore
Clarksburg
Virgil 2
Hertzo
Association
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Nad
Perth
Bledsoe
Community Chest
Cohen
Cohen’s
FILM
Ansco Panda
Wakiefly
Bright reHles
Avtomalig
Eastman
ANSCO
Mee
Leid Kl
Epsom Salts
Sayman
Peterson
Yeager
Colgate ‘Sons
Ferg
Cohen's
Gaby
SKOL
Comen's
Fryers
Wrisley
Neville SP
Patton Oak
Patton Ivy Cohen
Elson
Keonws
Mennen
Haley
Miles Nervin
Sss von
Lafiseg
Crea Oi
Bauer & Black
Ptt
Windsor
Johnson & Johnson
Lanouin
Marathon
Motorola
John W. Eye
W. Nerville St
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