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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1959
Page
10
A potential 500 acre lake may be built just off Route 3 about one mile from Trap Hill High School. Steven's notes the entrance location and possible imminent construction.
Mayor Cecil L. Miller appoints Capt. Cecil P. Connor as acting fire chief of the Beckley Fire Department until a permanent chief is chosen. Connor, senior captain, will head the department on a provisional basis pending Civil Service Commission exams.
Ten local women will represent Raleigh County at the School of Missions and Christian Service held by the West Virginia Methodist Conference. The five day program at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon runs July 13–17 with courses on Africa the church’s mission in town and country and Luke’s portrait of Christ.
Harold Oscar Daniels Saxon was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 50 dollar fine after pleading guilty before Magistrate Cotton White to driving while drunk. His operator’s license was revoked for six months. He was arrested and jailed at 9 40 Friday by City Police.
Real estate deeds recorded in the county clerk office show multiple transfers with various districts and sums including Grace Eastridge to M A Cochran for 300, Bruce Bolen to Lacy Cole for 400, Ira Adkins to C W Viar for 5000, Della Wiley to Lewis Hill for 3500, James Madison and Lillian Nary to Lorenzo Torlone, then to David Nary in Wickham with no stated consideration, and other listed parcels with amounts and districts such as Shady Spring Slab Fork Wickham Town and Wildwood additions among numerous entries with varying prices.
A spokesman says only a few changes to base rates for 1959 60 will occur. Four employer categories see rate increases and eight see decreases, with 17 500 firms and about 332 000 workers covered. Base rates guide premium levels, and actual rates depend on injury experience over five years.
The 2nd annual Middle Atlantic Florists convention closes in Huntington with about 40 delegates. Population estimates place Welch at 102,707 after a 29,206 increase since 1960. Welch’s 1958-59 fiscal year closed with $60,037 cash on hand and bank balances, while Shady Spring District holds $400. James Lilly Inc. sells Lot 45 Woodland Hills to Sam G Carman and Giovanna M Carman for $2,500. James Clendenin, a refinery worker, succeeds long-time mayor John Kennedy amid a shift from partisan rule in Clendenin. Parkersburg Civitan Club organizes Boy Scout Troop 121 for physically handicapped youths. Mrs Josephine M Rayford retires after 35 years in Kanawha County schools, beginning at Garnet High School in 1924.
Everett F. Gibbs of the Veterans Administration Hospital Beckley explains that converting term GI insurance to permanent plans can avoid rising costs with age. He notes a 70 year old would pay the same premiums as a 40 year old, and that permanent policies allow building equity and continued access to policy loans. Gibbs also warns to keep beneficiary lists up to date and offers information at VA offices.
The July 23 referendum on marketing quotas for the 1960 wheat crop will be at the county ASCS office. Eligible voters are farmers with over 15 acres of wheat in 1960, excluding those in the 1959 feed wheat program. two thirds approval keeps quotas and penalties for 1960, otherwise quotas and penalties are dropped and price support rises to 30 percent parity.
Obituaries announce Thomas J Ball 65 of Laren Avenue died July 6 after six months illness. Alex Culiss 79 of Sophia died July 7 at home. services July 7 at Sophia Friendship Baptist Church. Matt Abraham 74 of 1105 South Oakwood Ave died July 4. services July 7 at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel. Active pallbearers named for Culiss and Abraham.
Eighteen men enlisted at Beckley Recruiting Main Station to wind up June enrollments. Names include Scott Liles Bowen Bramwell Emil Aldish II Freeman Eddie Gene Farley Princeton Bobby Lee Jones Freeman Marvin Burl Farmer Shady Spring Ralph Kenneth Wilson Charleston David Franklin Walker Shady Spring Boyd Neal Smith Miami Wilmer Leroy Whitt Charleston Jimmy Edward Hubbard Seth Roosevelt Sutherland Jr Charleston John Mike Kuhn Prenier Tommy James Ashby Spencer Bobby Dale Westfall Harmony James Stewart Tomblin Delbarton Gerald Dean Woods Richmond Mich Assigned to Tobyhanna Depot are Jerry Lee Hickok Herndon Heights.
A West Virginia survey shows Kanawha County has the lowest ratio of administrative salaries to pupils among state counties. The county spends 1.13 dollars per pupil for administration. Huntington residents may use Ninth Street again after the Cabell County Sesquicentennial closure ended.
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