First UMW Welfare Fund Death Benefits Paid in District 29
Mrs Eva Dobson of Mabscott and Mrs Thomas Smith of Stotesbury received $1000 death benefits from the United Mine Workers Welfare Fund in Stotesbury. Dobson’s husband James Berley Dobson died after a heart condition and Smith’s husband George W Smith died in a Beckley hospital. Trustees and fund officials outlined ongoing aid and changes under Krug Lewis terms.
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UMW
Tual Wuasenes
Eva Dobson
Mabscott
Thomas Smith
Stotesbury
William E. Bush
Alex Fralin
Stolesbury
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh
Murray
Ezra van Horn
Cleveland Coal
Captain Collins
United
Mine Workers Health and Welfare
Krug
Health and Welfare Fund
Navy
N. H. Collison
John L. Lewis
Thomas E. Murray
New York
James Leeber, Jr
Lewis
Judge Orders $40 Monthly Support In Divorce
Circuit Judge Ben H. Ashworth ordered Al J. Ginkel to pay $40 monthly for child support in the divorce action brought by Doris Eleanor Ginkle. The child was awarded to the maternal grandmother Mrs. Fred D. Pettry in Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Ashworth
al J. Ginkel
Doris Eleanor Ginkle
Fred D. Pettry
Fairmont
Officers Installed By Beaver Lions
Lawrence Pruett was installed as Beaver Lions club president with Har ry May presenting the president’s button. Londa Green, first year president, received a past president’s pin as Sid Larrick of Beckley Lions attended the ceremony at Shady Spring High School. A banquet followed for the fifty members and a sauerkraut pack last fall totaled over 264 thousand tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Pruett
Beaver Lions Club
Shady Spring High School
Londa Green
Harry R. May
T. F Bartlett
H. G. Lambert
Mason Anderson
A. S. Akers
E. R. Bolton
Tracy Shannon
Tail
Ray Patton
Lion Damer
A. J. Lilly
Jack Marlow
May
Pruett
Green
Beaver
Sid Larrick
Beckley Lion’s Club
Raleigh Land Transfers Filed in County Clerk Office
Ten transfers recorded in Raleigh County show parcels changing hands. Names include Price to Brown, McCreery to Ampollini Buck Run Coal land 2555.3 acres on Finey River, Blackburn-Patterson to Fred Blackburn, Dutton to Caldwell, Colonial Lane to McLetchon, Hopkins to Hyatt and Richmond, Homeseekers to Mabe Ready Stover, Lilly to Lula Lewis, and Butts acting for Wilson in a mixed lot transaction.
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Raleigh
Robert
Edith Price
William H
Sarah E. Brown
Parkview
Beckley
James T. McCreery Company, Inc
Peter and
Philip Ampollini
Buck Run Coal Company
Finey River
Blackburn-Patterson Realty Co
Fred Blackburn
New River
Blackburn-Patterson Realty Company
James C
Mary Lois Dutton
Gladys Evelyn Caldwell
Hedrle Walker
Adame Lilly
Lula Lewis
Butts
Oscar
Jennie Wilson
B. T. Clark
Nellie R
J. L. Wood
Patsy and
Lena Berreno
Rites Set Today For Fire Victim Boyd A Pettry
Funeral services for Boyd Art Pettry 31 of Naoma fatally burned when his car ignited near the Flats are held at the Naoma Methodist church with Rev. Johnson Meador and Rev. H N Boley officiating. Burial follows in Pettry cemetery. Surviving family includes wife two daughters parents three brothers three half brothers three sisters and a half sister.
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Naoma
Boyd Art Pettry
Methodist Church
Johnson Meador
H. N. Boley
Pettry Cemetery
Nancy Carol
Sue
B. P. Pettry
Sherman
Coal City Family Friends Have Picnic
A family reunion and picnic occurred at Hawk's Nest State Park in Coal City featuring J M Cannoy and relatives from Coal City and Decatur Illinois. Attendees included Cass Rob inson and family, George Davis and two sons, Glen Younce and family, C R Callihan and family, Alvin Atkins and others from Coal City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Coal City
Ilinois
J. M. Cannoy
Hawk’s Nest State Park
Cannoy
Cass Robinson
George Davis
Decatur
Ill
Robinsons
Robinsons and Davises
Glen Younce
Kellysville
C. R. Callihan
Princeton
Alvin Atkins
Odd
Louise and
Lorene Burke
Another Kentucky County Goes Dry
Prohibition returned to Prestonsburg and Floyd county at midnight making Floyd the 93rd of 120 counties in Kentucky to become dry. A sales rush is expected to delay full enforcement for a time according to Associated Press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Prestonsburg
Floyd County
Ici
Floyd
Cheap Money Prompts Farmer Debt Concerns
An across the nation survey of 80 farm loan sol icitors and appraisers shows an easy money mindset among farmers. It cites assets exceeding 19 billion dollars against mortgage debt just over 5 billion and total debts near 8.34 billion. A Nebraska inspector reports a buyer paying 25 000 for 119 acres with 7000 needed to complete and expecting quick profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
H. M. Potter
Nebraska
Potter
Avho
Ninth Air Force Head To Speak Here Aug 1
Major General Paul L. Williams will speak at the Beckley Air Forces Association Day program on August 1. The event includes speeches at Woodrow Wilson High School, a civic banquet, and a dance at the Armory, with about 500 Army planes expected over Beckley including P 80 jets. Ralph Whitener leads the local squadron, a veteran group awarded the Legion of Merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Air Forces Association
Paul L. Williams
Ninth Air Force
Harry Hammer
Association
Washington
Woodrow
Wilson High School
General Williams
Ralph Whitener
Action Deferred On Railway Suit
U S District Court in Charles ton deferred action Thursday on a motion by counsel for the defendant Virginian Railway Company to set aside a 160000 verdict awarded to a Raleigh County infant who lost both hands in a railroad accident. Attorneys for the child Charles Daniel Armentrout four year old son of Mr and Mrs Daniel R Armentrout of Cattsville contended the amount justified by pain disfigurement and loss of earnings. The 160000 verdict was returned in May. The Armentrouts previously had been awarded 100000 but that was set aside by the Fourth Circuit and a new trial ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Charleston
Virginian Railway Company
Raleigh County
Ibny
Charles Daniel Armentrout
Daniel R. Armentrout
Cittsville
Armentrouls
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
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KS King Flour
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Happy Family
Body Koppers Department Stores
Kentucky
Hamburg
Here
Philippines
Czechoslovakia
Salt Lake City
Ralph Tannenbaum
San Francisco
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Altman Cash Feed Store
Bluefield
Oak Hill
Ronceverte
Trojan
Virginia St
Central Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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Launchdry Beckley
MT. Hope
Ryan
Baltimore City
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Baltimore
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Neville Street
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Colin McLuckey
Mar
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