Board Debates Transportation Salary At Raleigh County Schools
Raleigh County Board of Education approved higher salaries for personnel Monday night despite stern objections from President O A Phillips. Everett Shafer the transportation supervisor asked for 600 dollars per month plus travel funds, while others like Jack Covey gained modest raises.
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Raleigh County
Phillips
Shafer
Earl Riner
Riner
Sha
Trail
Everett B. Wray Jr
Wray
H. E. Melton
Melton
Riffe
Strake Walker
Jack Covey
Dristan Tablets Offer Sinus Drainage Relief
A new tablet named Dristan is advertised to shrink swollen nasal passages and drain sinus cavity congestion. It claims topical success, broad doctor adoption, and wide availability without a prescription, priced at 98 cents for 24 tablets with a full refund guarantee if pain and congestion persist.
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New York
N. Y
Beaver Woman Dies at 79 in Beaver
Mrs. Minerva Akers of Beaver, 79, died at 4 30 am in her home. Born January 25 1880 at Flat Top, she was a charter member of the First Baptist Church of Beaver. Survived by husband Charles H Akers three daughters and two sons, 25 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Thursday at First Baptist Beaver with Rev E W Powers officiating. Burial Blue Jay Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Minerva Akers
Beaver
Flat Top
William H
Lucinda Lilly
First Baptist Church of
Charles H. Akers
L. L. Oakes
Dunns
Luther Mays
Edoward Gilkerson
Gatewood
Ray
Fred
First Baptist Church
E. W. Powers
Blue Jay
A. G. Wilcox Sr
L. M. Lafon
Eugene
Child Stealing Case Docketed For July 11
Mrs. Juanita Thompson released on a $5 bond after arrest on a child stealing charge. Arrest warrant from Zanesville Ohio cited. custody given to husband. She allegedly abducted the child from Ohio and returned to Sophia about two weeks ago. awaiting Raleigh Circuit Court action on July 11.
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Juanita Thompson
Raleigh
Cotton White
Zanesville
Muskingum County
Ohio
Sophia
City issues five building permits for 13100 in construction
City records show Harold Richmond secured an 8000 five room house permit on Allen Avenue. Eleanor L. Cox obtained a permit to add a back porch at 310 Mankin Avenue. Rose Tucker of 105 Smooth Street was authorized to enlarge the kitchen costing 300. W Jackson at 311 Clyde Street secured a 2000 two door garage permit. Norval R. Cooke of 209 Orchard Avenue obtained a permit to add two rooms costing 2300.
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City Recorder’s
Harold Richmond
Allen Avenue
Eleanor L. Cox
Mankin Ave
Rose Tucker
Smooth St
Co. W. Jackson
Clyde St
Norval R. Cooke
Orchard Avenue
T. J. Ball Rites Set On Thursday
Funeral services for Thomas J. Ball 69 of Laren Avenue will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in Skelton Community Church with Rev. Anthony S. Garges officiating. Burial will be Sunset Memorial Park. The body will be taken from Webb and Neal Funeral Home to the home of his daughter Mrs. Mary Tomczyk Sprague at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Pallbearers include Wilbur Waddell Carl Waddell Charles Gillispie Ormel Jones John Ferguson George Rice Earl Ball and John Ball. Ball died at 8 a.m. Monday in a local hospital after about six months illness.
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Thomas J. Ball
Laren Avenue
Skelton
Anthony S. Garges
Sunset Memorial Park
Webb and Neal
Mary Tomczyk
Sprague
Wilbur Waddell
Carl Waddell
Charles Gillispie
Ormel Jones
John Ferguson
George Rice
Earl Ball
John Ball
Ball
Food Distribution by UMWA Local 2325 in Stanford
United Mine Workers of America Local 2325 will distribute commodities on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Stanford.
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United Mine Workers of America
Stanaford
Critics blamed, producer laments failed musical First Impressions
New York producer George Gilbert blames critics for lagging box office after the musical First Impressions closed at an estimated loss of 360000 dollars. He notes that audiences sometimes cheered yet critics were mostly unfavorable, with only two of seven daily reviews praising the show.
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New York
George Gilbert
Gilbert
Daily Press
Reckless Driving Charged To Trent Collins D. Trent
Trent Collins D. Trent of Beckley was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 2:18 am on a reckless driving charge and released at 6:30 am after posting a 106.50 bond for a City Police Court hearing. Thomas Wendell Childs, 61, Mount Hope, was jailed at 6:15 pm on indecent exposure after arrest at a local theatre. Maxwell Allen, 35, Mabscott, jailed Monday on trespassing and drunkenness charges. A 17-year-old Pineville girl ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court after being cited at 3:45 am for operating a vehicle without a license and improper registration.
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Collins D. Trent
Beckley
Raleigh
Thomas Wendell Childs
Mount Hope
Maxwell Allen
Mabscott
Pineville
Raines Funeral Rites Not Set
William Raines of Harper Heights died at 11 a.m. Monday en route to a local hospital. Survivors include son James Raines of Dayton Ohio, daughters Mollie Thompson of Philadelphia and Doris Wilkinson of Harlem Heights, mother Mattie Sharples, stepfather Frank Sharples, and six grandchildren. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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William Raines
Harper Heights
James Raines
Dayton
Ohio
Mollie Thompson
Philadelphia
Doris Wilkinson
Harlem Heights
Mattie Sharples
Frank Sharples
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Best Cracks Broadway Debut With The Kids
Charles Best, making his authorship debut on Broadway, sees his play The Kids produced in the fall by George Hamlin and John W Caldwell. Hamlin, executive director of the New Dramatists Committee, backs a drama tested in 34 regional groups about the 1956 Hungarian rebellion.
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New York
Charles Best
Best
George Hamlin
John W. Caldwell
Hamlin
New Dramatists Committee
Pendleton Launches Push for Permanent San Diego Base
Campaigning for a permanent Marine Corps base in San Diego California began as early as 1914 led by Col. Joseph H Pendleton. The effort aimed to secure federal support and land for a lasting base in the city, shaping later Marine facilities and regional defense planning.
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Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Col
Joseph H. Pendleton
Cool Ridge Man Granted New Trial Of Officer Killing
Ohio Supreme Court grants Dallas Milam a new trial in the 1957 shooting of Cleveland Police Lt. Edward Lentz during a robbery. Milam and two companions were convicted. Robert Lee Lyons Jr. faces the death sentence, while Milam and James Davis received life terms. The court found a serious question whether the killing was a separate crime from the robbery.
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Cool Ridge
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Dallas Milam
Edward Lentz
Robert Lee Lyons Jr
Milam
James Davis
Associated Press
the Register
West Virginia
Gainer to appear on Digest of the Air program
Dr. Patrick W. Gainer, a folklore expert from West Virginia University, will participate in the Digest of the Air radio series on WLW Cincinnati. He will discuss Folk lore of the Alleghenies with topics spanning ballads, sacred songs, dulcimer music, fiddle tunes, and Irish folk tunes in West Virginia, aided by Charles Shelter and F. Gerald Ham.
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Patrick W. Gainer
Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson High School
Gainer
West Virginia University
WLW
Cincinnati
Charles W. Shelter
F. Gerald Ham
Shelter
Ham
West Virginia
Barbara Allen
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Midwest
Ohio Regiment
Ohio Valley
Commodities Distribution Planned at Cranberry House
Commodities will be distributed from 9 30 a m to 1 p m Wednesday at the Cranberry commodity house.
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Cranberry Commodity House
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Raines
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