Lucas Funeral Set Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at James Chapel in True at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Silas N. Lucas 59 who died at his Beaver home Monday morning. Burial will be in Tickle Cemetery at True. Survived by wife Dollie Lucas Beaver daughter Virginia Lilly Beaver six brothers Walter and Lee Lucas Daniels John and Clarence Lucas Beaver Tim Lucas Ceredo and Strater Lucas True. He was a WWI veteran and member of the Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 Modern Woodmen and United Mine Workers.
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James Chapel
True
Silas N. Lucas
Beaver
Tickle
Lucas
Summers County
John Lucas
Maggie Bolen Lucas
Raleigh County American Legion Post 32
The
Modern Woodmen
United Mine Workers
Dollie Lucas
Virginia Lilly
Walter
Lee Lucas
Daniels
John
Clarence Lucas
Tim Lucas
Ceredo
Strater Lucas
Mail Deliveries To be Curtailed By End of June
Postmaster J T Mandsworth says effective June 30 only one mail delivery daily will be made in Beckley. Four auxiliary carriers reassigned to inside work will reduce carrier hours. Primary town center deliveries stay at two daily, while outside offices and businesses will receive one delivery. Three surplus carriers reassigned to support routes and leave relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
J. T. Mandsworth
Don Lilly
C. V Miller
Hollandsworth
Earl Rice
Reservist encampment set at Camp Beckwith this weekend
The first Organized Reserve Corps encampment of the year for area reservists will be held at Camp Beckwith with about 150 registrants. Maj. Carl C. Dunham said registration runs Saturday noon to Sunday noon and a full two day program will feature instruction from officers and West Virginia Militia District personnel. Col. Andrew R. Reeves will visit during the encampment and several Beckley officers will lead sessions on reserve programs ground arms atomic warfare map reading and compass use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organized Reserve Corps
Camp Beckwith
Carl C. Dunham
Maj. Dunham
West Virginia Milita District
Charleston
Dunham
Andrew R. Reeves
State Military District
D. M. Cleary
Norman Knapp
Beckley
William D. Hawley
Wallace G Finch
Edwin Ratcliffe
Russell Dalton
Ratcliffe
Dalton
Weatherford
J. E. Cooper
O. P. Binns
Lowell Rice
Keith West
Roy Litton
Pemberton Man Held To Grand Jury Action
Jess Denny of Pemberton was held to answer to grand jury by Magistrate J. P. Meadows on charges of discharging firearms within 500 feet of a dwelling at Crab Orchard and carrying an unlicensed pistol. Robert Deviney of Beckley was fined 10 and costs and 30 days in jail for petit larceny after shoplifting at G C Murphy Co. John Chandler, unnamed, fined 50 and costs for driving while drunk, arrested Sunday by state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Denny
Pemberton
J. P. Meadows
Crab Orchard
Meadows
Robert Deviney
Beckley
Deviney
G. C. Murphy and Company
John Chandler
Area Students Receive Honor Medals at GMS
Two Beckley students at Greenbrier Military School earned scholastic honors at the 138th commencement. Seven Beckley area students received medals for other achievements including Best all round athlete Gregory A Bradley of Princeton Staten Athletic Medal James B Nuckols Ansted and more for tennis golf band and oratorical honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Greenbrier Military School
Beckley Area
Charles Wilson
Albert Minter, Jr
Gregory A. Bradley
Princeton
Staten Athletic
James B. Nuckols
Ansted
Samuel Brady
Summersville
Stanley Leist
Ronceverte
William Drinkard
Madison
John Sanders
Mardin D. Ward
Quinwood
Raleigh County School Board Payroll 1949 50 Totals Revealed
Final checks for Raleigh County schools show the 1949 50 payroll totaling 211 068 with total board payroll at 253 312. Breakdown lists teachers 175 698 principals 35 370 and various administrative and support positions including superintendents clerical staff bus drivers and nurses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
G. G. Greene
Board of Education
Greene
Four Couples Seek Wedding Permits In Raleigh County
Four couples applied for marriage licenses at the Raleigh County Clerk's office. The applicants include Bobbie Bowling and Margarete Meadows. Earl Harrell and Ethel Holdren. Edward Levis and Christine Bennett. George Mann and Helen Minton, with ages ranging from 16 to 27 and various parental lineages listed.
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Raleigh County
Parking Meters Discussed in Talk
City Patrolman James Hutchinson reports 340 Beckley meters operate at 75 percent between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. with a nickel for an hour. In April about 20 000 vehicles used the meter area and 2 000 violations were issued. Violators paying within an hour after tagging owe five cents, placed as nickels in a meter inside the station. Hutchinson notes only 1 000 nickels were deposited in April, despite 2 000 tickets. He warns against dimes as they won’t register.
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Beckley
James Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Parkers
Permits Issued for 19000 in New Homes Citywide
Building permits totaling 19000 were issued yesterday by city recorder William P. Laren. R Vanney of Prillerman Avenue received a four room frame dwelling permit with no basement and 2000 cost. W W Lilly on Fairview Avenue got a five room frame house with full basement plastered walls valued at 5000. Ernest L Lilly of Mankin Avenue was approved for a four room frame dwelling plastered with full basement costing about 5000. Paul Bond of Orchard Avenue was granted a five room brick house and garage with full basement estimated at 7000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Laren
City Recorder
R. Vanney
Prillerman Avenue
W. W. Lilly
Fairview Avenue
Ernest L. Lilly
Mankin Avenue
Paul Bond
Orchard Avenue
County Children Donate Books for Pruntytown School
About 500 books across fiction non fiction and history are being taken to the Boys Industrial School at Pruntytown by E R Hartson and Basil H Workman. Raleigh County attendance directors launched a 30 day drive in 11 schools collecting books for reading rooms and leisure hours. Gifts for Christmas for each Raleigh County boy and girl at the industrial school accompany the books, funded by the Beckley Moose Lodge Kiwanis Club and Walter Duncan. About 12 indoor games will be provided, with participation from Slab Fork Sophia Crab Orchard Montreal Stickney Teel Cranberry Prosperity Price Hill Fireco Stanaford elementary schools and Mt View Junior High School. A dairy cow was noted as a high income pasture asset.
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Pruntytown
E. R. Hartson
Basil H. Workman
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Beckley Moose Lodge
Kiwanis Club
Walter Duncan
Hartsog
Slab Fork
Sophia
Crab Orchard
Montreal-Stickney
Teel
Cranberry
Prosperity
Price Hill Fireco
Stanaford
Mt. View
AFA Schedules Kick Off Dinner For Beckley Study
Ralph Whitener, director for the Air Force Association, will keynote a Friday dinner at El Chico to launch Beckley squadron's airability program to assess local aviation facilities. Attendees include Robert L. Davis, Hulett Smith, Charles Hodel, and Gus F. Walker. Whitener will also discuss the world military situation. A public dance with Johnny Long and his Orchestra follows at the Beckley Recreation Building from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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el Chico
Beckley
Robert L. Davis
Raleigh County Memorial
Hulett Smith
State Board of Aeronautics
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Gus F. Walker
Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts
Whitener
Beckley Recreation Building
Johnny Long
Mines Department Job Openings at Morgantown
The Mines Department seeks applicants for laborer general, laborer custodial, and janitor watchman positions with the U S Department of Mines in Morgantown. Applications to the Fourth United States Civil Service Region in Washington are due June 28. Henry Kent at the Beckley Post Office announced the openings and said no written test is required. Applicants will be rated on experience. Contact Kent for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Mines
Morgantown
United States Civil Service Region
Washington
Henry Kent
Civil Service
Beckley Post Office
Kent
Mines Department Leaders Address West Virginia Engineers
West Virginia Department of Mines speakers will address the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical and Mechanical Institute meeting. Arch Alexander will chair. Joseph Bierer discusses roof bolting, J L Petty talks on Electrical Division, and P A Grady covers the Accident Prevention Commission. Refreshments follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Department of Mines
New River
Winding Gulf
P. A. Grady
Accident Prevention Commission
Beckley Man Receives Davidson College Diploma
James W. Witherspoon Jr. of 307 Beaver Avenue Beckley, son of the Rev. and Mrs J W Witherspoon, graduated today from Davidson College Davidson North Carolina with a Bachelor of Science in psychology. President John R Cunningham awarded the degree. Dean Rusk delivered the principal address at the 114th commencement. Witherspoon was a member of Phi Delta Theta during college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Witherspoon, Jr
J. W. Witherspoon
Beaver Avenue
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Witherspoon
John R. Cunningham
Dean Rusk
Phi Delta Theta
Officers Elected By Cancer Group In Raleigh County
The Raleigh County chapter of the West Virginia Cancer Society elected officers. Harry R. May will serve as president with Dr. Fred Richmond as vice president, Mrs. Fred Hurt as secretary, and Isaac McKinney as treasurer. A tentative board includes Doctors R. G. Broaddus John Calloway T A Vermillion F S Harkleroad G C Hedrick Jr and John Hedrick as medical directors. Lay and other members named include Hulett Smith Isadore Wein the Rev W B Peck John Ward George W Ballard Lucian Davis Mrs J W Watkins Mrs T A Wood Mrs Henrietta Kinzer Mrs Nathan Pickus Rev Corey O Mitchell Norman Knapp Mrs Thomas Wickham Mrs Hazel Flippen and Mrs A P Leber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia Cancer Society
Harry R. May
Fred Richmond
Fred Hurt
Isaac McKinney
R. G. Broaddus
John Calloway
T. A. Vermillion
F. S. Harkleroad
G. C. Hedrick, Jr
John Hedrick
Arizona Wildcats Tennis Finishes Regular Season Strong
The University of Arizona tennis team closes the regular season with six victories and one tie, finishing with solid form.
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University of Arizona
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Cneas
Vin
Boys Industrial School
E. R. Hartsog
AFA
Ralph Whitener
Air Force Association
Mines Department
Fred W. Meyer
Raleigh Co. Bank
DIAL
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Dr Pepper
Cy Et
WNC
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