City approves higher taxes to balance budget needs
Beckley City Council doubled the Gross Sales tax effective July 1 to cover increased operating expenses and new hires. Mayor Minter noted raises and other budget increases while liquor tax options were explored but rejected. The measure aims to fund a 1956 57 budget with added fireman and policeman positions as part of ongoing fiscal adjustments.
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Beckley
A. K. Minter
Coun
Cil
Waldo S
LaFon
Minter
Appalachi
Clarence
Electric Power Co
L Bibb
ABP
Library Circulation Increases at Raleigh County Library
Raleigh County Public Library reports 1955-56 circulation of 47,136 books, up from 46,400 the prior year. Adults read 27,615 volumes and 19,521 by juveniles, with 1,032 new volumes added and 456 withdrawn. Registration reached 2,029 adults and 2,298 juveniles. total receipts and gifts amounted to 7,662.87, offset by a 2,000 local appropriation.
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Raleigh County Public Library
C. H. Graham
West Virginia Library Commission
Sloan Memorial Fund
Polio Clinic Slated Thursday at Mt View
A Salk polio vaccine clinic will be held Thursday at Mount View Junior High School with Dr. J. A. Ford as clinician. It operates from 10 am to 1 pm. Eligible recipients are children two weeks old through 19 and pregnant women. On Tuesday 18 persons received first and second shots at Bradley Elementary School. A clinic was held this morning at Beckley Recreation Building with Dr. C. A. Smith as clinician.
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Mount View Junior High School
3. A. Ford
Bradley Elementary School
Beckley Recreation Building
C. A. Smith
Archery Group Plans Movie Night and New Target Courses
Beckley Archery Club will host a 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday at the Beckley Manufacturing Co. plant to view a film on six national archery tournaments. A committee will organize 28 new target courses at the Beckley-Mt. Hope Airport range. Harry Headley announced the State Closed Archery tournament will be held in Rainelle September 2-3 for all West Virginia Bow Hunters Association preachers. 161 participated in last Sunday's open event in Rainelle.
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Beckley
Wes
Virginia Bowhunters Association
Headley
Rainelle
29 Area Men Send to Army and Air Force Training
Beckley recruiting station lists 29 area men enlisting for Tuesday and Wednesday. Eleven to Fort Jackson South Carolina and 18 to various Air Force bases. Names include Janes Naylor and Virgil Damron heading to Fort Jackson, and Harrold Snodgrass along with David Ellis sent to Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
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Beckley Main
Fort Jackson
S. C
Army
Janes S. Naylor
Elizabeth Naylor
Reed
Virgil M. Damron
Oscar Damron
Logan
Howard Jennings
Lilly M. Pauley
Boissevain
Richard L. Let
Robert H. Carter
Havace
Absolom D. Perry
James E. Perry
Athens
Richard P. Foster
Henry L. Foster
Chattaray
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Harrold G. Snodgrass
Rouser G. Snodgrass
South Charleston
David C. Ellis
Clarence C. Cheek
Joe A. Brown
Mattie K Sheppard
Lenora
Thomas R. Bane
Hub Bane
Belle
Rodney W. Fields
Tony Fields
Sarah Ann
Noah L. Damron
Oscar W. Damron
Donald D. Reed
Myles Reed
Huntington
Louie Y. Weikle
James Weikle
Kenton G. Barker
Mary Barker
Charles L. Boothe
Tray §. Boothe
William W. Wertz
Mary B. Wertz
Charleston
Terry F. Payne
George W. Payne
Peach Creek
Harry M. Dorsey
Thelma Dorsey
Kenneth M. Stanley
da Mon Stanley
Riverside
Richard P. Gregor
John Gregor
Owens
William E. Laurey
Harry Caurey
Charles R. Crawford
David W. Crawford Sr
Photo Contest Rules for Beckley Newspapers Corp Employees
Pheles entries must be black and white glossy prints at least 3 by 4 inches. Professional photographers are ineligible. Model permission for publication must accompany entries. Family members of Beckley Newspapers Corp employees are not eligible. Submissions must include subject matter details such as location and names. Judges' decisions are final. Winners receive a certificate and an 8 by 10 print. negatives should be sent to The Register after publication on Thursday.
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Beckley Newspapers Corp
Youth leader Frye praised by Legion Post 32 in Raleigh
Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 commended Johnny Frye of Huntington as the first West Virginian elected president of Boys Nation. A resolution of appreciation was adopted at a Tuesday meeting and will be read at the upcoming State American Legion Convention. The post also defeated a proposal to reduce meetings from two to one monthly.
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Johnny Frye
Huntington
Boys’ Nation
Raleigh County
American Legion Post
Frye
American Legion
County Post
National American Legion
Tax Commissioner To Get Controversy
The West Virginia State Tax Commissioner will rule on Beckley Memorial Hospital's taxability after talks between Miners Memorial Hospital Association and Raleigh County Assessor. The hospital group argues the Beckley Memorial is charitable and educational, while it faces real and personal property assessments that could yield about $12,000 in county taxes if the ruling goes against the hospital.
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West Virginia
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Miners Memorial Hospital Association of West Virginia, Inc
Raleigh County Assessor's
Mose Boiarsky
Beckley Memorial
Raleigh County
Real estate deeds filed in Raleigh County clerk office
Deeds on file record multiple transfers in Raleigh County including Homeseekers Land and Building Co to William Ezra Short Lot 26 2 30 Block 6 Fairlawn Sunset Memorial Park with about 259 dollars. Joe W Smith and Effie Smith to Kenneth R Ridenour and Nellie Ridenour part of Lot 16 Stamford about 1500 dollars. Juddie A Munsey and Norma J Munsey to Eleo Lumber Co Lot 2 Section 46 McCreery Cour gashion Beckley about 3500 dollars. Mae Hizer Pugh and Alva Pugh to Joseph Luchini Lot 4 Section 5 Homewood Beckley about 4000 dollars. Aslce Meadows parcels 43 and 45 block 6 Fairlawn Sunset Memorial Park about 200 dollars. C R Clay and others to Barbara Jarre parcel in Friendly View Addition to Dry Creek no consideration. Arthur Brewer and Ola Brewer to W T Green and Erice Green parcel in Fairview Addition Sophia about 4500 dollars.
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Homeseekers Land and Building Company
William Ezra Short
Fairlawn
Sunset
Memorial Park
Joe W. Smith
Effie Smith
Kenneth R. Ridenour
Nellie Ridenour
Stamford
Juddie A. Munsey
Norma J. Munsey
Eleo Lumber Company
McCreery Courgashion
Beckley
Mae Hizer Pugh
Alva Pugh
Joseph Luchini
Homewood
T Beckley
Aslce Meadows
Sunset Memorial Park
C. R. Clay
Barbara Jarre
Friendly View
Dry Creek
Arthur Brewer
Ola Brewer
W. T. Green
Erice Green
Fairview
Sophia
State First Aid Contest Planned by Mines Dept.
A state wide first aid contest under West Virginia coal industry auspices will be held in Charleston at Baseball Park as tentative site for the event. Julius C Olver leader of the state department of mines was named general chairman with committees named from Beckley Mount Hope Oak Hill Ragland and Beckley. The contest aims to include all first aid teams connected with the coal industry and will be run under rules and prize provisions set by the organizing group. An annual reunion of the Prillaman allied families will be held at Fairystone Park Patrick County Virginia Sunday.
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Charleston
Walt Powell
Baseball Park
Julius C. Olver
West Chief
West Virginia
William Park
Mount Hope
George Titler
Beckley
Joshua Smith
Andrew Easton Jr
Oak Hill
Young Lawson
Ragland
C. M. Meadows
Bourland
Fairystone Park
Patrick Nance
Hubert Yaple
Beckley County
Aft Prize
Roy Lee Harthe Prillaman
Richard Mason
Beck
Roysley
Joe Ferraro
Prillaman
Stoneville
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Ge. Abel
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Legion Post
Sunbeam Bakery
Parents’ Magazine
George N. Graf
Sunbeam Bakeries of Quality Bakers of America Cooperative, Inc
Barbara Daly Anderson
Miss Anderson
Parents’ Institute Consumer Service Bureau
Cole
Mines Dept
Robert L. Lilly
Cool Ridge
van Allison
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's Office
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