Mount Hope Church to Observe 50th Anniversary
Mount Hope Presbyterian church marks a 50th anniversary with a morning service and 1 p.m. buffet dinner. C. E. Jones chairs the committee. 270 of 350 invitations accepted. Charter members from Lewisburg Beckley and Mount Hope invited. Rev. W. W. Pharr has led since 1917 and a history display plus music are planned.
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Ruth Clarkne
NT Hope
Mount Ho
Sue Laing Sprase
Anna Laing
Lewisburg
S$. &. Weisinger
Beckley
Sam Jasper
Mount Hope
Jasper
Church
Jeanett Laing
John Laing
Alex Laing
van Darby
Charleston
Tom Brash
Glen Morgan
MacDonald
J. M. Sloan
Union
Oswald
Price Hill
W. W. Hunter
A. le. _Kisar
Mt. Hope
W. B. Poting
Program Land
J. W. Moore
Bers
Cabell Mosley
Lynn
A. Gwinn
Hill Top
Gwinn
J. W. Erskin
Mrs Toney Installed as Noble Grand of Rebekahs
Mrs Evelyn Toney was installed as noble grand of the Laurel Rebekah Lodge in Oak Hill with Mrs Opal Weatherford as vice noble grand. Mabscott lodge officers conducted the ceremony and Mrs Toney named lodge officers to serve including chaplain Susie Skyles and warden Estella Hall. Effie McCoy was chosen delegate to a Laurel Rebekah Lodge convention at Glen Daniel, with meeting details announced for Tuesday.
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Register
Oak Hill
Evelyn Toney
Opal Weatherford
Laurel Rebekah Lodge
Bessie Chambers
Mabscott Lodge
Toney
Susie Skyles
Estella Hall
Pearl Hypes
Josie Humphrey
Guardian
Nannie Smith
Jane Randall
Goldie Sprouse
Sophia Yokum
Clara
Chamber Seeks Labor Day Rally Invites Beckley
Beckley Chamber of Commerce issued invitations to labor organizations in Beckley area to hold Labor Day celebrations on September 7. Chamber board unanimously agreed to aid in making the observance successful. A District 29 United Mine Workers celebration committee chaired by Leighton Farley of Sophia plans a miners celebration and will meet soon to discuss plans.
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Chamber
Beckley
Echelal Fite
Hodel
Raleigh
Fayette
Warning
Fayette County
Boone County
Wyomine
Summers
Greenbrier
Strmmers
Monroe
Nicholas County
Agricultural Service
New Industries
Iood
Chamber of Commerce
G. C. Hedrick
Beckley-Mabscott Community Chest
In Fugit
E. H. Shriver
Gnoney
U. S.1 Census Bureau
Joe L. Smith, Jr
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Census Bureau
United States
West
Beckley Fayetteville Shrine Picnic Planned
Shrine clubs of Beckley and Fayetteville plan an all Masonic family picnic at Beckwith 4-1 Camp Sunday Aug 8 starting at 1 p m ER R Smiley and J Alfred Taylor presidents of Beckley and Fayetteville clubs Colin McLuckey will MC assisted by Kermit Locke Beckley and Fayetteville leaders head committees for activities and refreshments. Beni Kadems Temple officers from Charleston will attend as well as a Gold Bond concert. Last year more than 3 000 attended and six to ten thousand are expected this year.
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Beckley
Fayetteville
Beckwith
R. Smiley
J. Alfred Taylor
Colin MecLuckey
Kermit Locke
A. A. Ross
Milton Houls
W. D. Kinzer
Locke
McLuckey
J. W. Dougherty
Qui Hil
Ij. W. Ayres
Fayette
K. A. Amick
D. H. Perdue
Guy Douglas
George Woodyard
Duckworth
C. C. McGraw
Colin McLuckey
Bil Wilson
Gil L. Hart
Dan Perdue
Fayette County
Charles Dudley
Beni Kadem iTempte Aaonms
Charleston
Beni Kadem Gold Bam
Trauk
J Entertainment
Girls Class Outing at Oak Hill Park
Oak Hill city Park hosted a Baptist Church Young People's Girls class party last night with volleyball badminton and games. Members and guests listed include Mary Wolfe Jean Ann Warden Mary Lee Bishop Jean Zink June Zink and others.
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Regster Stabt
Oak Hill
The
Baptist Church
Mary Wolfe
Jean Ann Warden
Mary Lee Bishop
Jean Zink
June Zink
Billy Jo Carver
Barbara Tyree
June Taylor
Jean Bishop
Elizabeth Ann Cross
J. D. Slater
Charlotte Slater
Jimmie Joe Shatler
Joe Slater
Miller Services To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Amanda Smith Browning Miller 87 of Madison will be at 2 p m at the Church of Christ Bandytown WW Va with Rev Harvey Richmond and Rev Ray Rodeheaver officiating burial will be in Millers Cemetery Bandytown She is survived by four daughters two of Whitesville and Bandytown a son and many grandchildren and great grandchildren including four generations and a half sister
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Roessler
Whitesville
Amanda Smith Browning Miller
Madison
Addie Stavrakis
Church of Christ
Bandytown
Harvey Richmond
Ray Rodeheaver
Miller
Air lift plans with 60 B29s to join Germany efforts
An RAF officer said Soviet action is the only way to close Berlin’s air corridor as 60 B29s prepare to depart for Germany. Group Captain H M Wright spoke after Soviet threats to restrict travel along the three air corridors. In a separate report, a Chinese Air Force plane crashed near Peiping killing five aboard.
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RAF
State official vows order after lice decree
A state official stated he had ordered the state lice to insure law and order, signaling a move to strengthen governance and public safety amid rising concerns.
Man Held on Shooting Count in Fayette County
Henry Wesley Lesher, 44, of Jochin, is jailed in Fayette County on a $3,500 bond for allegedly shooting Amos Hodge, 57, after a dispute at the Hodge home. Hodge died from internal injuries. a grand jury action was awaited after a magistrate waived the charge. Rites for Hodge were held yesterday.
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Ry Register
Fayetteville
Henry Wesley Lesher
Jochin
Fayette County
Amos Hodge
Lesher
G. M. Hancock
Montgomery
Chelyan
Hodge
Besher
iHodge
Vorge
Cannelton State Police
Boundry Line
Strikes Spark Clashes Across Italian Cities Amid Riots
Reports describe riot police patrolling as crowds clash in Rome Bologna and Eboli. Carabinieri fire on demonstrators wounding ten, police respond with tear gas grenades and arrests totaling seventy as buses resume service after a general strike.
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Rome
Bul Evers
Eboli
Bologna
Philadelphia meeting opens with Laney as permanent chair
Ae Wane is expected to preside at tomorrow's meeting in Philadelphia with Gov. Ben Laney of Arkansas as permanent chairman. States' rights leaders hope to deny a majority to the Republican ticket and force the election into the House after the 1876 Hayes-Tilden precedent.
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Philadelphia
Ben Laney
Arkansas
House of Representatives
Truvis
Thomas E. Dewey
Hayes
Russia blocks Bernadotte mediation over Palestine plan
Russia objects to Bernadotte as mediator for Palestine talks after four week truce. Moscow abstains on final vote on the U.S. plan, arguing partition proposals are fixed and no mediator can change them.
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Palestine
Russia
Bernadette
Bernadotte
Truman Calls Back Lawmakers on Turnip Day Harvest
The Missouri speech frames July 26 as turnip day to sow seed for a strong harvest while acknowledging a Democratic push to generate GOP votes. He implies the recall is a vote harvest Truman must manage.
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Missouri
Truman
Larceny Charge Involving Constable Roy Childs Accuser
A woman, named in preliminary statements, accuses constable Roy Childs of larceny for allegedly stealing a sum of money from Saturi earlier in the evening. The case proceeds to formal investigation.
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Roy Childs
Saturi
Beckley Chamber Approves Farm Industry Development Plan
Beckley Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously back a plan to develop area agriculture to supply a factory payroll market. The program includes Doane Agriculture Service study, a $2500–$4500 survey, and incentives for farmers to boost crops livestock and dairy.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Beckley Chamber
Household Goods Estate of Corinne Lanchester Auction
The estate of Corinne Lanchester to be sold to the highest bidder on July 23 1946 at 2 00 p m at the Lanchester home Glen Morgan West Virginia. The house will be open for public inspection from 2 00 p m to close of sale on Wednesday and Thursday July 21 22 Beckley National Bank Administrator.
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Corinne Lanchester
Lanchester
Glen Morgan
West Virginia
Beckley National Bank
State Road to Repair Faulty Street Drain
State Road supervisor Carl Long and County Supervisor Bud Daniels visited Guyandotte Avenue to fix a faulty drain. They plan pipe installation to the Guyandotte River, a sump, street elevation adjustments, and a resurfacing requisition for State Route 16 from Moran Avenue to Goose Hollow.
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Register
Mullens
Carl Long
Princeton
Bud Daniels
Guyandotte Avenue
al Perry
G. B. McGraw
J. E. Orr
Long
Guyandade
State Road
Moran Avenue
Second Street
Broadway Street
Goose Hollow
Oak Hill Chamber Discusses Road Improvements
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce board met yesterday from 4 30 to 4 pm to advise on several road improvement matters. Members present included Roy D. Jenkens H B Clower L A Frazier R C Wurt C J Gar lyin JT A Berry J W Jones R A R Thomas U S Nicholson H A Duncan and C Higgins Jr.
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Ay Register
Oak. Hill
Oak Hill Chamber of Commerce
Commerce Office
Roy D. Jenkens
H. B. Clower
L.A. Frazier
R. C. Wurt
C. J. Garlyin
JT. A. Berry
J. W. Jones
R. AR. Thomas
U.S. Nicholson
H. A. Duncan
C. Higgins, Jr
Franklin family listed in railway report
Railway officials obtained information showing Franklin has a wife and five children, details recorded in hospital documentation as noted in the report.
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Franklin
Woman Waives Preliminary Hearing in Shooting Case
Pauline Hargis, 34, of Coolridge waived a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. H. McGhee at Beaver and posted a $5,000 property bond for a grand jury charge of felonious assault. Meadows was elbow-wounded by a shotgun blast during a property dispute. State Trooper C. C. McGraw said the dispute led to Hargis returning home, fetching a shotgun, and firing at Meadows, who then reportedly took the gun and struck her with it.
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Pauline Hargis
Coolridge
J. H. McGhee
Beaver
Prand
Hargis
D. W. Meadows
Meadows
C. C. McGraw
Harais
Arab capitals bombed in Jewish war report
The fragment notes that an enemy plane dropped bombs and lists Cairo as the third Arab capital attacked by Jewish forces. It mentions prior raids on Damascus in Syria and Amman in Trans-Jordan and references recent Tel Aviv bombing.
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Cairo
Damascus
Syria
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
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