New Strip Mine Opens In Coal Ridge Section
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company will begin strip mining at Joe's Ridge in the Coal Ridge section within two to three weeks. Oscar Vecellio has contracted to do the job and is already removing surface dirt. The operation is expected to be large, with machinery moved to the site, while the Glade Creek mine near the water dam has played out and ceased operations.
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Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Joe's Ridge
Cool Ridge
Oscar Vecellio
al Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
Glade Creek
New Auto Agency To Open Friday In Whitesville
Midway Chevrolet Inc a new auto agency in Whitesville will open Friday and Saturday with a display of new cars. The service department has been operating about six months and the Chevrolet franchise was received on April 27. Owners include Cline Priestley manager EB Co Priestley HH B Priestley AJL Belcher DC Shiplett and Haddon Miller.
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Whitesville
Midway Chevrolet, Inc
Chevrolet
Cline Priestley
Eb, Co
Wyoming Ladies Aid Society Plans Bake Sale
Wyoming WYOMING Pl ans for a future bake sale were discussed at a meeting held in the home of Mrs E M Tolliver with Mrs A L Graham as program chairman The group voted to purchase a gift for a Pineville shut in Attending were Mrs J B Grove Mrs G A Neal Mrs H D Spigner Mrs Frank Smith Mrs Cart M Cook Mrs Dale Browning Mrs Harold Tay ler Mrs A L Graham Mrs Karl John Mrs Lottie Mead and new members Mrs M M Gunter and Mrs Jean Tolliver The next meeting will be in the home of Mrs Frank Smith with Mrs Karl John as program
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Wyoming Society
B.' Register
Wyoming
Wyoming Ladies Aid Society
E. M. Tolliver
A. L. Graham
Pineville
J. B- Grove
G. A. Neal
Oh. D. Spigner
Frank Smith
Cart M. Cook
Dale Browning
Harold Tayer
Karl John
Lottie Mead
M. M. Gunter
Jean Tolliver
Edwight Man On Way from Japan
Robert J. Hendricks, son of Mrs. Della Hendricks of Edwight, is en route to the U S from Japan. He recently transferred to the Fourth Replacement Depot at Zama for reassignment after leaving the U S May 26. Hendricks served with the 240th Engineer Construction Battalion in Kyoto before departure. He entered the Army November 28, 1944 at Camp Atterbury Indiana and later served in the Philippines with the 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion until September 10, 1946 when he joined his present unit. He is a Mount View High School graduate.
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Robert J. Hendricks
Della Hendricks
Edwight
U. S
Japan
Zama
Hendricks
Kyoto
Camp Allerbury
Ind
Philippines
Mount View High School
Clear Loss For Playground Work in Fayetteville
Fayetteville supervisor program sponsors partner with American Legion Lafayette Post and Fayetteville Business Men's Association as bulldozers clear Memorial Jot site. Lot leveling proceeds for summer activities including supervised play mornings and Junior Baseball afternoons with multiple softball teams planned. Joel Hodgson chairs the committee and notes playground equipment is arriving for installation.
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Er Register
Fayetteville
Memorial
LaFayette Post
The
American Legion
Joel Hodgson
Divorces Granted to Two Couples in Local Court
A divorce was granted for Helen Surratt from Benton Surratt with custody of their 16 month old Gary awarded to the mother Benton ordered to pay 25 dollars monthly for support and the same for a second child after birth A separate decree granted in Marjorie Griffith versus Marlin Griffith restoring her maiden name Marjorie Mann and finalizing the settlement
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Helen Surratt
Benton P. Surratt
Gary
Benton Surratt
Marjorie Griffith
Marlin Griffith
Marjorie Mann
Ghostly figures and a vanished fishing rod in Beckley tale
A Beckley man recalls ghost like figures walking past him during a moonlit river outing with C I Marshall Lloyd Fisher and Eugene Shirley. A fishing rod vanished as the specters disappeared behind bushes leaving locals puzzled and wary.
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Beckley
C. I. Marshall
Lloyd Fisher
Eugene Shirley
Royal
New River
Fisher
Shirley
Marshall
Young GOP Club To Pick Officers Tonight
Members of the Raleigh County Young Republican Club will elect officers at 7:30 tonight in the law office of F. W. Mann. Delegates will be named for the West Virginia Young Republican League Convention in Bluefield Friday and Saturday. All Republicans in the county are invited to attend.
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Raleigh County
Young Republican Club
F. W. Mann
West Virginia
Young Republic League
Bluefield
Maynor Man Now Serves in Manila
Maynor Man Garrett Berry of Maynor serves in Manila with the U S Army 4th Signal Service Group of the Philippines Ryukyus Command. A combat infantry badge three bronze battle stars and the Purple Heart holder, Berry reenlisted July 29 1947 and went to the Philippines last March. His wife Mamie and two children Scottie and Phillis live in Maynor while his father L P Berry resides at Willis Branch.
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Maynor
Manila
Garrett Berry
U. S. Army
4Th Signal Service Group
Philippines-Ryukyus
Berry
Philippines
Mamie
Scottie
Phillis
L. P. Berry
Wilis Branch
North and South Korea face path to reunification
National Continued from Page 4. influential Koreans discuss reasons the North might join the South’s new government. They cite mutual desires for independence and a shared view of Korea as a battleground for great powers, plus economic links with the South's food and the North's raw materials and power. They note U S aid boosts the South, while Communist arms still bar reunion.
Koreans Hope Government Stands Against North Threat
In a cautious assessment, Koreans urge a government capable of restricting northern influence. They seek a stance that prevents the north from absorbing the south, ensuring stability amid regional tensions.
Rites Set Today For Fire Victim Harold Walker
Funeral services for Harold Walker twenty from Beckley Negroes are set for two this afternoon at Central Baptist Church with Rev S A Abram officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Park. Walker died Sunday night when his car left Baloff Mountain and burned. Sammy McCray twenty one in hospital. Two sisters Daisy and Serina Robinson were not seriously injured. Survivors include his mother Virginia Walker four brothers Lloyd Carl Donald and Cedric one sister Lucille grandmother Elizabeth Hickman six aunts and seven uncles.
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Harold Walker
Beckley
Wright Funeral Home
Virginia Walker
Lloyd
Carl
Donald
Cedric
Lucille
Fiizabeth Hickman
Six 1948 Graduates Enlist in Beckley Recruiting Office
Six high school graduates surged enlistments at Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station yesterday, a record for one day. Names include Priddy R. Shaw Sophia and Billy J. Wallon Mt Hope, both air force three year enlistees sent to Lackland. Others joined regular army two or three year terms, with destinations Ft Jackson S C and the Fifth Infantry Division.
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Beckley Army and
Women of Moose Initiate Group By Register State
Five candidates were initiated into the Wanton of the Moose at a meeting in Oak Hill. New members named Mandy Fuze Madeline Fuze Hilda Viewellyn Matlie w Keethe and Mary L Walton. Earl Prather spoke on low child care and Miss Sonnie Bennett presented a piano program.
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Women of Moose
Register
OAK Hill
Wanton of the Moose
Mandy Fuze
Madeline Fuze
Hilda Viewellyn
Matliew Keethe
Mary L. Walton
Earl Prather
Sonnie ‘Bennett
Farm Women’s Club to be organized at Prosperity
Raleigh County's second farm women’s club will still be organized with a June 8 meeting at Prosperity Elementary School chaired by Mrs. Wayne Stewart. The Prosperity Four-H Club sponsors the meeting. H. B. Thomas said ten Grand View and Prosperity farm clubs members will attend the Fayette County Farm Bureau’s all day quarterly meeting in Fayetteville. Other community meetings on procal electrification gardening and haymaking are scheduled June 10 Maple Meadow June 15 Ghent June 17 Harvey June 22 Griffith June 24 Bolt and June 29 Odd with sponsors Appalachian Electric Power Company. On June 16 the annual Hereford field day will be held near Talcott at Dr. S. A. Ford’s farm for 4-H and vocational ag students to inspect cattle and soil practices. Spraying and dusting demonstrations will occur around Raleigh county on June 30 by Dr. C. F. Bishop.
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Raleigh County
Thomas
Prosperity
Wayne Stewart
H. B. Thomas
Grandview
Prosperity Farm
Fayette
C. F. Bishop
Farm Extension Service
Morgantown
Beckleyan Erwin Burton Receives Parachutist Wings
Private Erwin R. Burton 18, son of Mrs. Cindie Burton Beckley, earned parachutist wings after five jumps from a transport plane at the 7th Airborne Division Training Center in Japan. He joined the Army in 1946 from Beckley, trained at Fort Jackson, then went overseas to serve with Company D 188th Parachute Infantry Regiment near Sendai. Burton plans to study electricity after discharge.
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Erwin R. Burton
Cindie R. Burton
Beckley
Ith Airborne Division
Marushima Army Air Base
Japan
Burton
Army
Fort Jackson
D. C
7Th Airborne Division
198Th Parachute Infantry
Sendai
Honshu
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