Democratic candidates entertain crowd at Raleigh County meeting
A Raleigh County Democratic Women’s Club event drew a large audience as candidates on the Democratic ticket staged light entertainment. Robert Byrd performed, Leighton Farley danced, and each candidate had one minute to speak while supporters provided musical acts and family participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Delegates
Robert Byrd
Leighton Farley
Democratic Women's Club
Raleigh County
Harry Anderson
Raleigh
John C. Ward
Anderson
Martin Abraham
O. D. Hall
Hall
O. D. Hall, Jr
Joyce
W. A. Thornhill
State Senate
George and
Mary Abraham
Robert Burns
Rk. Buen
Births and political notes from Crab Orchard and Beckley
Mr and Mrs Carl Graybeal of Crab Orchard announce the birth of a nine pound daughter Dona Lyn on July 27 at home. Mrs Graybeal formerly Virginia Martin of Co commissioner of the county court Ohio. African born Mr and Mrs Roy D Renick of Nezro sang in African dialect. Beckley welcomes Joe Luchini Roy Lee Harmon Jason and James H Roland born at Raleigh Gen Hospital yesterday after gro. Tommy Jones runs for the house of delegates with Tony Cumbo on hand playing accordion. The criminal court room where the meeting was held was almost filled.
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Carl Graybeal
Crab Orchard
Dona Lyn
Raleigh Gen
James H. Roland
al! Aternoon
House of Delegates
Tommy Jones
Tony Cumbo
Criminal Court Room
Powers Enter College At Ward Belmont For Girls
Sarah Jane Powers daughter of Mr and Mrs Read is a 1946 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate. She has been accepted by Ward Belmont School for Girls in Nashville and will enter the freshman class in September.
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Sarah Jane Powers
Woodrow Wilson High School
Ward Belmont School For Girls
Nashville
Read
Miss Powers
Music Club To Meet Tomorrow
Mrs J E McKenzie president of the Monday Music Club announces a call meeting tomorrow morning at 10 30 at Beckley Presbyterian Church. The meeting will be devoted to clearing up business on hand and all members urged to attend.
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J. E. McKenzie
Monday Music Club
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Wages Fall 8 Percent in Kanawha Valley
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce reports average wages in the Kanawha Valley for the first five months of 1946 were 8.5 percent below wartime levels, despite the shutdown of the South Charleston naval ordnance plant. Employment declined 3.2 percent, yet overall business remained highly satisfactory, per Kanawha Commerce.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha Valley
South Charleston Naval
Pattern 8914 Sue Burnett Frock for sizes 12–20
Pattern 8914 offers a neat all occasion frock with side swept closing and high slit neckline in Hebei weight wool gabardine or bold plaids. Sizes 12 through 20, 378 yards for size 14. send 25 cents plus name address size and pattern number to Sue Burnett The Raleigh Register New York address. Also order Summer Issue of Fashion for 25 cents with 52 page book, slip cover, drapery directions and shoulder pad pattern.
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Sue Burnett
Raleigh Register
Ave. Americas
New York
N.Y
Fashion
America
Boy Injures Arm In Fall From Rock
Williamson lad Howard B. Sheppard 12 was admitted to Beckley hospital for a right arm injury after falling from a rock. Hospital attendants described the incident as a rock fall accident near his home.
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Howard B. Sheppard
Williamson
Beckley Hospital
Local Social Roundup and Campaign Notes
A raft of visits and greetings fills social pages with names like Sebert Wiseman Greene Prince and Gimpalo across Myrtle Beach Jacksonville Beckley Huntington Charleston and Beckley. Also notes of political fundraising show Kilgore donors totaling 3500 with expenses 851. Senator Kilgore extends campaign activity and fundraising.
Mabscott Youths Outing at 4-H Park
The Mabscott Methodist Youth Organization hosted a swimming party and hay ride to the 4-H Lake. A planning committee included James Tolbert Dora Mae Fadeley Jimmy Innis Robert Malcolm and Carol Fadeley. Attendees listed include Anna Lee Daniels Joe Hodge Dora Mac Fadeley Jimmy Innis Betty Malcolm and others. Chaperones were Mrs I W Ingram Mrs W G Johnson Mrs W A Fadeley Mrs Ida Walker and Mrs Elba Richards.
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Mabscott Methodist Youth
James Tolbert
Dora Mae Fadeley
Jimmy Innis
Robert Malcolm
Carol Fadeley
Anna Lee Daniels
Sundial
Joe Hodge
Dora Mac Fadeley
Betty Malcolm
Jimmy Tolbert
Charles Alley
Darcie Hodge
Thelma Samms
Mary Lou Innis
Harold Lilly
Bobby DeHart
Aken Goodman
Elizabeth Walker
Deniel Fitzgerald
Joyce Stover
Richard Daniels
Pat Smith
Freddie Lilly
James Kirk
I. W. Ingram
W. G. Johnson
W. A. Fadeley
Ida Walker
Elba Richards
Penalty to Be Levied in Late City Licenses
City records official William P. Laren announced a ten percent penalty will apply to purchases of city licenses after tomorrow. He noted 803 licenses have been issued so far, over half the total required for city businesses. The text also mentions a 1839 discovery about producing petroleum by drilling.
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Beckley
William P. Laren
Recorder’s
Larew
Iity
Chamber of Commerce Plans Thursday Meeting
Beckley chamber members are called to a general meeting Thursday at 7:30 PM in the Memorial Building. Secretary W R Fugitt announced the gathering and urged all members to attend. The text also oddly notes ancient times and infant desertion as part of unrelated content.
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Chamber
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Memorial Building
W. R. Fugitt
Beckley Man Held On Hit Run Charge
Beckley man Emn rips of rixe Street is held on a charge of failing to stop at the scene of an accident two weeks ago near the Carolina Super Market State Police said Phillips has been out of town and was taken into custody yesterday upon his return home A hearing is set for 7:30 tonight on a hit and run charge after Phillips allegedly drove away after his car collided with a Bluefield company owned truck causing property damage
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Emn Rips
Rixe Street
Carolina
Phillips
Ra Bluefield Company
Two Deeds Filed For Beckley Land Transfers
Two deeds were filed in the County Clerk's office this morning. Mr. and Mrs. J W Walters transferred lot 188 of the Pinecrest Addition to Beckley on Wilson Street to Cline and Lilly Lumber Company Inc for about 500 dollars. Mary E McKeever transferred a lot in East Beckley to James Dillard and others for about 500 dollars.
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J. W. Walters
Cline and Lilly Lumber Company Inc
Pinecrest
Beckley
Wilson
Mary E. McKeever
James Dillard
East Beckley
Home Economists Talk To Mountain Top Garden Club
Twelve members and five guests of the Mountain Top Garden Club heard Ann Louise File, home economist for the Appalachian Power Company, discuss home canning and food preservation with a demonstration yesterday afternoon. Hostesses were Mrs. H. L. Crawford Mrs. W. H. Fife Mrs. John Engleby and Mrs. John V. Schulte. Guests included Miss Helen Cranz Mrs. H. L. Watkins Mrs. Darrell Lowe Mrs. A. H. Honaker and Mrs. W. S. Lafon. Members present included Mrs. J. A. Brackman Mrs. George Bright Mrs. H. L. Crawford Mrs. R. L. Dillon Mrs. W. H. File Mrs. E. G. Grogan Mrs. L. M. Halloran Mrs. G. H. Meador Mrs. Floyd Sayre Mrs. Fred Stone Mrs. E. Vecellio and Mrs. G. 14. Christian.
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Mountain Top Garden Club
Ann Louise File
Appalachuan Power Company
H. L. Crawford
W. H. Fife
John Engleby
John V. Schulte
Helen Cranz
H. L. Watkins
Darrell Lowe
A. H. Honaker
W. S. Lafon
J. A. Brackman
George Bright
R. L. Dillon
W. H. File
E. G. Grogan
L. M. Halloran
G. H. Meador
Floyd Sayre
Fred Stone
U S E S Employes Named On Committees
Five Beckley area United States Employment Service workers were named to committees of the International Association for Public Employment Service at the state meeting in Huntington on July 27. Helen Mitchell led Beckley attendance at the all day session with 165 employees. Everette Fleshman joined Time and Place, Fred B Hedrick will chair the membership committee, Frances Shaw joined the membership committee, Grace Shumate to the Resolution committee, and Harley T Marsh to the Credentials committee.
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U.S.E.S
Beckley Area
United States Employment Service
International Association For Public Employment Service
Huntington
Register
Helen Mitchell
Beckley
Everette Fleshman
Fred B. Hedrick
Onchairman
Frances Shaw
Oak Hill
Grace Shumate
Hinton
Harley T. Marsh
Beckley Violin Maker Succumbs
Funeral services for John Tutterway, Beckley violin maker, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel. He died at his home on City Avenue after an extended illness. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. He was born in 1881 in Hungary and came to America in 1904 settling in Raleigh County 27 years ago. He is survived by two daughters, one brother, and eight grandchildren. He sold many instruments to musicians in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
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John Tutterway
City Avenue
Caffee Funeral Home
T. D. Cochran
Sunset Memorial Park
Caffee
Tutterway
Sarisap
Estergom County
Hungary
America
Raleigh County
Maude Dyson
Highland Springs
Patterson Peery
Beckley
Lewis Tatterway
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New York
Informal Party to Honor Engaged Couple at Woman's Club
An informal party will honor engaged couple Miss Eleas and Brooke Smith with Paul Rose as guests. The event runs from 9 p.m. to midnight Friday, hosted by Miss Ann Louise File Miss Blanche Hutchinson and Miss Genevieve Laren at the Woman's Club. The couple plans to marry on August 11. George Bernard Shaw had five years of formal schooling.
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Eleas
Brooke Smith
Paul Rose Sell
Ann Louise File
Blanche Hutchinson
Genevieve Laren
George Bernard Shaw
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