Local polio treatment plan studied as cases reach thirty
Raleigh County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis examines local treatment options for polio suspects. Stirling Evans of Charleston urged hospital checks by the medical advisory committee to possibly treat cases in Beckley. Polio in Raleigh County counts 30, not an epidemic. Rosemary Fleshman reports 10 cribs delivered to Morris Memorial Hospital with 15 more offered. funds from March of Dimes exhausted. a $4,200 loan from the national reserve is used, with more borrowing anticipated.
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Raleigh’ County
National Foundation For
Stirling Evans
Charleston
National Foundation
Beckley
Milton
Marmet
Raleigh County
Rosemary Fleshman
Morris Memorial Hospital
National Headquarters Reserve Fund
Miss Fleshman
Crab Orchard
Boone-Wyoming Short Route Proposal Sparks Regional Push
A 5,000-name petition backs a new 109 mile Boone to Beckley route linking Kopperston and Wharton areas with Beckley to ease coal region trade. The Good Roads Committee plans a road survey with SRC District Engineer and J C Long of Princeton reviewing resurfacing of Route 1921 from Beckley to Shady. The project aims to boost Boone and Wyoming counties by connecting Kopperston to Beckley, with early analysis suggesting significant population and economic benefits despite delays.
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Beckley
Kopperston
Wyoming
County
Shady Ihat
Wharton
Ray
Hasj
Cavendish
Thomas Harmon
Ted Harmon
Egeria
Mellina Goins
Lawrence Link
Goins
Ghent
Miners Receive Safety Courses Across Raleigh County Mines
174 miners in nine Raleigh County mines completed roof fall safety training under the U.S. Bureau of Mines. At Patterson Whitely mines Whitely Coal Co near Daniels 21 men trained. Grade No 2 mine Alta Coal Co 17 men. Pluto Coal Co near Shady Springs 19 men. Cool Ridge No 1 mine 22 miners and officials. Beckley Coal Corp No 1 and 2 near Daniels 21 men. I C Lilly Coal Co Coal Ridge mine 12 men. Coolridge mine Joes Ridge Coal Co near Raleigh 20 men. Training covered prevention of roof falls and included roles such as loaders, trackmen, and machinemen with company foremen and superintendents present.
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Raleigh County
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Patterson and Whitely
Whitely Coal Company
Daniels
Arlie Cox
Carson Green
Willie Crisp
Cliff Meadows
John Fortner
Earnest Bias
Howard Fortner
Bill Fort
Alta Coal Company
John Harvey
Walter Adkins
R. C. Sturbo
C. Carr
Lewis Carr
Dale Mitchel
Robert Cole
Agile Midkiff
Emmett Ewing
William Bennett
John Shepherd
Charles Heath
JJ Roy Richmond
Jessie Brown
W. 5. Fitzgerald
James Bennett
H. B. Oliver
Norman Sanger
Roy Meadows
Jack Hill
M. F. Odell
Parks’ Street
Carl Lane
Joader
Hubert Bennett
Carlo West
Cool Ridge Coal Company
Roy Brammer
Loader
Harold Walker
C. C. Cook
Tippleman
Charlie Coburn
Willis Williams
Ted Long
Jennings Lilly
Philip Adkins
Kenneth Lilly
Carl Farley
D. D.wood
W. T. Lilly
A. L. Carr
Kirby Walker
Bernard Wendll
Hubert Pore
James E. Haga
George Settle
Roy’ Adkins
Jasper Gravely
Herb Thompson
L. C. Hale
Beckley Coal Corporation
Charlie Grogan
Pete Martin
Walter Shrewsbury
H. B. Blackwell
George Mays
Preston Whitted
Paul Stover
Oliver Prim
Henry Lewis
John Lacek
Vincent Filipeck
Archie Creek
Charlie Harris
Cecil Harris
John Legruskey
Lee Workman
Roy Young
F. C. Harris
Bobby Harriss
J.H. Hilton
A. M. Harris
I. C. Lilly Coal Company
Coal Ridge
Bob Lilly
Chester Meadows
Virgil Lawson
Emery Pack
J.D. Lilly
Clownie Hatcher
W. L. McKinney
Ezra Farley
Howard Pack
W. R. Cooper
John Meadows
LC. Lilly
Coolridge
Joes Ridge Coal Company
Raleigh
A. L. Ferguson
Monroe Coleman
L. E. Bragg
Louis Grayhill
Louis Pacitto
Joe L. Lity
Shelby Griffith
Local Area Represented At University Workshop
The region is represented in the second annual School Librarians workshop at West Virginia University directed by Miss Alice Lehrer of the University of Illinois. The theme focuses on new trends and methods to solve school library problems with many readers and staff listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Alice Lehrer
University of Illinois
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Kirk Acker
J. O. Ramson
W. H. Holland
W. L. Jones
J. A. Roies
H. D. Clark
H. EB. Waddell
H. O. Harvey
Fred Phillips
W. C. Caombelt
L. Elwindon
R. R. Bragg
Carmen Creek
Coal Company
Booker
Morris Arndt
Chic O'Neal
J. F. Ewing
J. B. Ewing
Louis Nighes
Richard Dancey
Hezekiah Reed
William Marcus
Lewis Angius, Jr
0. C. Burley
Gerald Smith
Gerald Duncan
J. C. Williams
Leonard Ewing
Barnest Butler
M. R. Smith
Hh, Burgess
Bert Biggs
Miner
Jesse Booker
G. W. Campbell
M. M. Lyons
Billy Buckland
Jack Weis
S. &. Weis
Arthur Weis
Leslie Weis
T. E. Ames
James Clendenin
R & S Coal Company
Shady Springs
Burgess Phillips
Forest Richmond
L. Worley
James Scott
Elmer Carner
William Scott
C. R. Richmond
John Johnson
Evert
Fitchwater
Richard Kidwell
Gean Redden
Neville Lilly
Carl Gillin
R. F. McCormick
Carnation Milk
Shedd
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Tide, Drett
Silver Dust
Ige
Chase & Sanborn
Maxwell House Coffee
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Great Lake
California
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Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Maxwell Cloud
Florida
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