Beckley Post Heads State Legion Convention in Charleston
Two Raleigh County Post No. 32 members will preside at the 34th annual West Virginia American Legion convention in Charleston this weekend. Three other Post 32 men and a Sophia Legionnaire hold committee chairmanships for the three day conclave. Tommy E. Jones, retiring department commander, will preside over the convention. Kermitt Locke will serve as master of ceremonies at the Commanders Banquet on Aug. 2. Donald R. Wilson, national commander from Clarksburg, will speak. W. Orr Fugitt chairs the American Committee, C Marshall Johnston heads the department credentials committee, Roy Elkins chairs the junior baseball committee, Robert Lowry chairs the oratorical committee, Tom Evans of Post 70 Beckley is vice commander at large for West Virginia.
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Raleigh County
Lemon Aid Drive and 1952 Legion Convention열
Lemon Aid Drive opens in Beckley to aid Bluefield lemonades on hot days as 99 degree heat shatters a regional record. The 34th annual state Legion convention in Charleston includes Virginia and Fayetteville leaders, with 5,000 expected attendees and multiple sessions at the Daniel Boone Hotel.
Airport lights funded for Memorial Airport fall work
The Civil Aeronautics Authority allocates 20000 dollars for Memorial Airport night lighting as part of 155000 dollars in federal funds for three state airports for the year ending June 30 1953. Raleigh County will match the 40000 dollar Memorial Airport project which includes runway lights fence spectator safety and landscaping. Davis says installation should be done this fall and obstruction light plans are pending county and CAA decisions.
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Memorial
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Memorial Airport
Raleigh
Robert L. Davis
Davis
CAA
Bluefield
Huntington
Beckley Girl Named 37th Area Polio Suspect in 1952
Veda Ogle, 15, daughter of Clarence and Mrs. Ogle of Willow Lane Beckley, is the 37th Raleigh County polio suspect for 1952. Harold Ray Farrar, 9, and Hilda Farrar, sent to Marmet hospital, are also polio suspects. Gifts for polio fund include cribs donated by Helen citizens and $60.85 from Greenbrier Dairy workers plus other gifts. A Raleigh County executive committee meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Moose Club office.
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Veda Ogle
Clarence Ogle
Willow Lane
Beckley
Raleigh County
Miss Ogle
Harold Ray Farrar
Earl Farrar
Helen
Morris Memorial Hospital
Harald Ray
Farrar
Hilda Irene Farrar
Marmet
Harold Ray
Rosemary Fleshman
Rayleigh County
The
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Marmet Hospital
Milton
Greenbrier Dairy
Rockford Williams
Clear Creek
Lovell Higgins
Bank of Raleigh
W. Va
Army and Air Force enlistments reported at local station
Eighteen enlistments in the Army and Air Force were announced at the local recruit ing station. Air Force recruits include Lonnie Monroe Hall of Ron ceverte Robert Lee McCarty of Frost Wallace Walker Loudermilk of Frankford Gerald Gilles pie Woodrum of White Sulphur Springs Travis Reo Ward of Sandstone Forrest Eugene Ramsey of Widen and Oralf er reil Butcher of Dille. The new soldiers heading to Fort George G. Meade Md include Mack jJ. Hunt 19 of Sharon Robert Lloyd Stowers 18 of Charleston Jack Dempsey Abbott 17 of Sharples Samuel Peter Boyd 18 of Sharon James Thomas Robinson 17 of Logan Richard Arden Bryant 17 of Charleston Clyde Yates Robinson 20 and Ferman Lee Banks 18 both of Jenkin Jones. John Leland Hudson 20 of Final discussion for the construct Charleston a veteran of over three years in the Army Howard Gene Woods 20 and Billy Joe Shultz 29 host of Bluefield Turnpike Committee. The group discussed the interchange construction at Sprague instead of near the Fifth Wheel on Harper Rd. First contract let Aug. 19 for highway north of Bluestone River in Summers County. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis maintains seven emergency equipment centers to speed shipment of iron lungs and other polio fighting supplies wherever needed.
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Army
Air Force
Lonnie Monroe Hall
Ronceverte
John Walker Hall
Robert Lee McCarty
Frost
Frank McCarty
Wallace Walker Loudermilk
Frankford
Ira B. Loudermilk
Gerald Gillespie Woodrum
White Sulphur Springs
William P. White
Travis Reo Ward
Jesse How
Ard Ward
Forrest Eugene Ramsey
Widen
Oral Ferreil Butcher
Dille
George G. Meade
Mack Jj. Hunt
Sharon
Robert Lloyd Stowers
Charleston
Jack Dempsey Abbott
Sharples
Samuel Peter Boyd
James Thomas Robinson
Logan
Richard ‘Arden Bryant
Clyde Yates Robinson
Ferman Lee Banks
Jenkin Jones
John Leland Hudson
Beckley
Howard Gene
West Virginia
Woods
Billy Joe Shultz
Bluefield Turnpike Committee
Maxwell Hill Highway Paving Progress Reported
Blacktop work is nearly finished on the state highway from Maxwell Hill store to Magistrate T. M. Thurman’s residence. John McGinis says paving will extend beyond the Thurman home, possibly to join Old Dry Hill Road or reach Prosperity to connect with a hard top road. About three miles from U. S. 21 to Maxwell Store are completed. only shoulder work remains on that segment.
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Maxwell Hill
T. M. Thurman
John McGinis
Thurman
Dry Hill
U. S. 21
Maxwell Store
Baptist Church Holds Polio Prayer Service
A Prayer for Polio service will be held at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Price Hill Free Will Baptist Church led by Rev Wayne Brown. Quartets soloists and other singers are invited to attend the service.
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Price Hill Free Will Baptist Church
Wayne Brown
Seven Men Join Army and Air Force at Local Station
Seven men enlisted at the local recruiting station for four year Air Force tours to Sampson Air Force Base New York and for six year Army service to Fort Meade Maryland. Enlistees include Jack Teubert Paul Moreau John Bridges Boyd Pierson Lonnie Walters Jr Thomas Ruth and John Sanchez with varied ages and home towns.
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U.S. Army
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
N. Y
Jack
Teubert
Lookout
Lila Lee Teubert
Paul Francis Moreau
Fayetteville
Frances Moreau
John Lee Bridges
Mr. Hope
Melton L. Bridges
Boyd Gerald Pierson
Poe
Claude B. Pierson
Lonnie Neal Walters Jr
Grace Walters
Fort George G. Meade
Thomas Sherman Ruth
East Beckley
Lola Marie Ruth
Scarbro
Mable Santime
John H. Sanchez
Diez
Five Polio Precautions Explained by Foundation Secretary
Miss Rosemary Fleshman of the National Foundation explains five precautions from the 1952 Polio Pledge. She warns against letting children mingle with strangers, overexertion, chilling, improper mouth or throat procedures, and advises consulting doctors before tonsil or throat operations during outbreaks. She notes exposure may already have occurred and stresses virus resistance varies.
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National Foundation For
Rosemary Fleshman
Miss Fleshman
Raleigh County
Foundation
Marriage Applications Listed for Several Couples
The publication lists multiple upcoming marriages with ages and hometowns. Albert Cole of Eccles with Violet Wright of Daniels. Avery Nunn of Randallstown and Charlotte Marshall of Shady Spring. Paul Stokes of Baltimore and Delma Meadows. Ray Peters of Beckley and Ruth Smith. Edward Zeto of Dehue and Clara Zorio of Beckley.
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Albert Cole
Eccles
Ambrose Cole
Violet Maxine Wright
Daniels
Frank Wright
Cordelia Davis
Avery Douglas Nunn
Randallstown
C. C. Nunn
Charlotte Levine Marshall
Shady Spring
John W. Marshall
Paul James Stokes
Baltimore
Frank Stokes
Delma Lou Meadows
Epperly
Robert Meadows
Viola Rudisil
Ray Arnett Peters
East
Beckley
R. L. Peters
Ruth Adele Smith
Roy Cseh
Carrie Parker
Edward Phillip Zeto
Dehue
Clara Zorio
E. E. Zorio
Personal mentions and local visits fill Beckley notices
A long list of local residents and visitors appears in social notes. Names include Mrs. Katemucher of Birmingham visiting her mother Mrs. Annie Baker and Willie Hall and family welcoming a daughter named Ann on June 23. Several families travel between Mississippi North Carolina Ohio and New York for visits and vacations. Hospital news notes Frances H. White of East Beckley is hospitalized at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Community events include P T A meeting at Scarbro, a postponed hayride by Welcome Baptist Church Usher Board, and evangelistic services at Rose of Sharon Holiness Church with various church activities and a pastor’s anniversary club gathering. Robert Smiths welcome a baby boy born July 21 at Raleigh General Hospital, with Mrs. Smith formerly Leoa Tyler of East Beckley.
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Katemucher
Birmingham
Ala
Annie Baker
Willie Hall
Stephane Ann
Halls
Henry Keith
Keith
Mississippi
Charles Freeman
Andrew Thomas
Sally
Thomas
Mary Jane Anderson
Florida
Carrie Jackson
Estelle Freeman
North Carolina
Rosa Hancock
Raymond Whitlow
Darlene
Veima
Jean
Skelton
John Adams
Winding Gulf
Frances H. White
Gy Street
East Beckley
University of Virgnnia
Charlottesville
Faios Akers
Irene Dea
Washington D. C
Daushter
Lillie Mas Hughes
Miss Shra
Beth Ailen
Wallace
Reed and Son
New York City
Lockie Therap
New River
Chey
Paul Wilson
Scarbro Consolidated School
Enree McBride
Carlisle
Ethel Mosley
Amigo
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
Rose of ‘Sharon
The
Missionary Society
Booker Street
Circle No. 2
Central Skopty Baptist Church
C. W. Wiley
Moor Street
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey C. Mitchell
Stotesbury
George Bailey
Johnie Powell
Roanoke
Fete
Alex Fralin
Fralin
Fralia
Watkins
Brookneal
Yren Jackson
West Wickham
Clarence Cousins
Ida Knox
Hhattanooga
Knoxville
Bessemer
York and Ward
Paul Douglas
Robert
FBI Captures Murder Escapee
The FBI reports the capture of Helen Pauline McCroden a 34 year old Charleston woman and convicted murderer who escaped last August from Pinecrest Sanitarium Beckley She was seized Sunday night in a Bloomington cafe Illinois offering no resistance She had been convicted in 1950 of murdering her husband and sentenced to five to 18 years in prison previously held at West Virginia State Prison for Women at Peace Springs before transfer to Pinecrest.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pinecrest
Beckley
Richard W. Hustney
Springfield
Helen Pauline McCroden
Charleston
Blommington
Hosmey
West Virginia
Peace Springs
Bloomington
FBI
Three Charges Brought Against Beckley Man
Amos Price of Beckley faces three charges after being sent to Raleigh County Jail by city police and Constable Jennings George. He is charged with drunkenness, issuing a bad check in a warrant by Robert R. Fields of Yellow Cab, and selling property under a conditional sales contract in a warrant by Albert Swartz. Bill Plum of Sprague was jailed last night on grand larceny charged in a warrant by W. K. Johnson.
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Amos Price
Beckley
Raleigh
S. Heber St
Jennings George
Robert R. Fields
Yellow Cab Company
Albert Swartz
Price
Bill Plum
Sprague
W. K. Johnson
Fairdale Miner Dies After Mine Accident
Frank Grolick of Fairdale died from injuries suffered at 11:25 p.m. during a Raleigh Wyom ing Company operation at Glen Rogers. Born in Yugoslavia on June 5 1893 he emigrated in 1906 and worked as shot foreman at the Glen Rogers mine. Survived by wife Betty Young Grolick and sister Agnes Metsick. funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Keyser Funeral Home chapel. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Pallbearers named Noble Birchfield Bud Rollins QC J Manning Bill Trump Chester Allen Jesse Belcher.
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Frank Grolick
Fairdale
Raleigh-Wyoming’ Mining Company
Glen Rogers
Yugoslavia
United States
United Mine Workers of America
Betty Young Grolick
Agnes Metsick
Pennsylvania
Doft Harvey
Keyser Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Noble Birchfield
Bud Rollins
J. Manning
Bill Trump
Chester Allen
Jesse Belcher
Saucers and Kites Reported Over Beckley Sky
Four Beckley residents reported a hovering red object Sunday night near Erecles, similar in size to a star. The object rose and fell, dropped behind the horizon, then reappeared about 30 minutes later, shifting position and rising higher across roughly one mile.
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Beckleyans
Erecles
Mabscott Man Sentenced to 12 Months for Petit Larceny
Charles W. Gunter of Mabscott was sentenced to 12 months in Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty to petty larceny. He had been charged with helping dispose of a stolen car and was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, and brought back for trial by the Beckley State Police. He was ordered to pay court costs and given credit for time served awaiting conviction.
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Charles W. Gunter
Mabscott
Raleigh
Harry L. McCreery
Gunter
Birmingham
Ala
Beckley Detachment
State Police
Free X ray clinic in Sophia treats 570 people
On its first day in Sophia the free X ray clinic screened 570 residents, bringing Raleigh County totals to 3,349. The service moves next to Montreal opening at 1 PM Wednesday and closing at noon Friday, sponsored by the Raleigh County TS Association and the Raleigh County Health Department.
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Sophia
Raleigh
Montroal
Raleigh County TS Association
Raleigh County Health Department
Legion Plans Rally as Singer Leads Membership Push
Legions members chart a May drive to boost Raleigh County Post 32 from 557 to 2053 members. Commander W M Houchins announced a campaign slogan 2053 for 53 with committees named after Charleston state convention. Adjutant Ray Barcel said Carl Smith and his Charlotte troupe will perform in Memorial Building on Sept 19 to fund a junior baseball team.
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American Legion
Raleigh County Post No
Post
W. M. Houchins
Charleston
Ray Barcel
Carl Smith
Charlotte
N. C
Memorial Building
Barcel
Pauline Burdiss Jailed on Loitering Charge
Pauline Burdiss of Beckley is jailed in Raleigh County on a loitering charge for refusing to leave a Prince Street establishment. She is the first woman arrested in the current police campaign to clear habitual loafers from the street.
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Pauline Burdiss
Beckley
Raleigh
Prince St
Roach Filmz Targets Red Ants In Home Pests
A new product Roach Filmz promises quick, months long control of red ants by painting a thin invisible film over trails. The chemical paralyzes legs and kills within about three hours, also effective against black ants waterbugs roaches and silverfish. Available at Henry Conway Hardware 517 Neville St Beckley.
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Roach Filmz
Henry Conway Hardware
Neville St. Beckley
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State Legion Convention
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Virginia
Harry Miller
Lafayette Post
Ira Shaffer
Mannington
National Legion
A.campbell
Homer
Legion
George B. Boland
Omaha
Neb
C. A. Bud Tesch
Okey Patteson
Daniel Boone Hotel
Jones
Ett
Legion and Auxiliary
Tra Shaffer Mannington
W. A. Burke
USAF
Harper Rd
West Virginia Turnpike Commisssion
B. K. Beebee
Fay, Spofford
Thorndike Engineering Company
Bluestone River
Summers County
Baptist Church
Air
Charles Gunter Gels
Virginia Beach
Chessie Suntan
C&o
Atlantic Ocean Wonderland
Chessie
Chessie Suntan Way
Beckley Hotel
Ake
Beckley Insulation Co
Turnpike Group
Auline Burdiss
RCA Victor Ashton
Axk
PCA Vieton
Victor Kentwood
Ievit
U.H.F
Ush.f
John W. Eve
W. Neville
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