Three Scouters Embark for Ohio for New Posts
Three Beckley area scouters depart for Ohio with one to reside permanently in Dayton and two to attend advanced training. W Kenneth Mugridge leaves Pineview after two years as district Scout executive for Wyoming District, Appalachian Council, to lead a parallel post. Mugridge’s family will join later this month. Thomas Atwell and Russell Shannon sail to Camp Chickagami Parkman to assume key roles. Atwell oversees Shanklin Ferry waterfront activities while Shannon directs field sports and nature programs.
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Ohio
Beckley
W. Kenneth Mugridge
Pineview
Wyoming
Appalachian Council
Dayton
Boy Scouts
Mugridge
Slab District
Scout Council
Camp Chickagami
Parkman
Thomas Atwell
Yeager
Russell Shannon
Shanklin Ferry
New Lake
Shannon
Mine Inspectors Of Area Among Several Changes
Three district mine inspectors were replaced two vacancies filled and one promotion announced in a general reorganization of the State Department of Mines led by new chief Frank B. King. Clayton Hampton joins Winding Gulf division replacing John Staton Jr. Walter L. Christian becomes Kanawha district inspector, and George R. Lester takes Logan division post.
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State Department of Mines
Frank B. King
Clayton Hampton
MacArthur
John Staton Jr
Sophia
Longacre
Christian
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Somet - Solvay
Allied Chemical and Dye Corp
George R. Lester
Isaban
Charles Perry
Delbarton
Logan
Lester
Red Jacket Coal Corp
Teachers Slated For Assignments At Meeting Today
Raleigh County Board of Education prepares for 1954 55 staffing at a 3 p m special session. Superintendent Bryson notes the Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation will not alter county plans this fall. State officials urge gradual integration with reorganization and patience to avoid force or legal action.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
D. W. Bryson
United States Supreme Court
John Fox
Raleigh County
W. W. Trent
Bryson
Supreme Court
Trent
Boards of Education
Rotarians Host Picnic for Crippled Children in Beckley
About 70 crippled children will be guests of the Beckley Rotary Club at an all day picnic June 16 at the White Oak Home of Mr and Mrs E E Bibb Jr Entertainment will include games swimming and fishing A committee on arrangements is co chaired by Charles Lewis Jr and Truman Sayre Invitations have been mailed to attendees of the monthly crippled children's clinic in Beckley
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Beckley
Baltimore Livestock Market Prices Report Cattle Hogs Sheep
USDA cattle holdovers 250, cattle 1600 head with ranges for steers yearlings and cows. Hogs 1100 head with weight bands and prices from 23 to 27 dollars, varying by weight. Sheep 200 head, good to prime 74 to 89 pounds at 25 dollars, note missing early data.
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Baltimore
USDA
Assault and Interference Charges From Beckley Arrests
Tony Jackson of East Beckley was arrested on an assault warrant by city police Saturday night. Lilla Virginia Blevins of Beckley was jailed around 10:15 p.m. Saturday on a charge of interfering with an officer.
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Tony Jackson
East Beckley
Lilla Virginia Blevins
Beckley
Area hears eggs called golden by Beckley speaker
Oscar Hutchinson, poultry co ordinator for the Beckley Area Rural Development Council, told the Beckley Kiwanis Club the area can build a thriving egg and poultry market. He cited an 11 county West Virginia market valued at 10.8 million dollars annually, with 21 million dozen eggs consumed by 620000 residents, yet only 2253 dollars were produced locally in 1952. He noted a daily local shortfall of 45689 dozen and that a 1000 hen flock can yield over 2400 dollars yearly, urging local effort to capture the market and strengthen the economy.
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Beckley
Oscar Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Tank Branch Hill
Deeds on File Record of Raleigh County Real Estate
Deeds on file in the Raleigh County Clerk’s office record transfers including Rudolph Reed to Charles Clemens for lots 11 and 12 Ewart Heights Beckley about $500. Lesfie Cole to Rex Brown for lot 8 Garden Farms Town District Park Heights about $5,000. Park Heights Inc to Thearn Ellis for lot 12 Pine Lodge Beckley about $1,500. Joseph Luchini as special commissioner to Henrietta Richardson for lot 6 Roosevelt Beckley about $1,500. New River Homes Inc to William Williams for lots 3 and 4 Prosperity about $9,000. New River Co to John Ferguson for lot 78 Town District about $3,000. Garnet F Carper to W Farley for lot 15 Town District about $3,000.
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Rudolph
Violet Reed
Charles
Lottie Clemens
Ewart Heights
Beckley
Lesfie
Minnie Cole
Rex
Christine Brown
Garden Farms
Park Heights, Inc
Thearn
Merle Ellis
Pine Lodge
Joseph Luchini
Henrietta Richardson
Roosevelt
New River Homes, Inc
William J
Mary Ann Williams
The
New River Co
John and
Helen Faye Ferguson
Garnet F. Carper
W. W. Farley
Nancy Mitchell Among Bethany College Grads
Miss Nancy Ann Mitchell of Beckley graduated Cum Laude from Bethany College during Sunday commencement. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and was listed among those receiving second honors for senior year academic work.
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Nancy Ann Mitchell
Beckley
Bethany College
Miss Mitchell
Playgrounds Open Today Across City With New Ridge Avenue Site
Supervised play starts at 10 a.m. across seven city playgrounds for eight weeks. Open five days weekly from 10 a.m. to 4 40 p.m. with new Ridge Avenue site directed by Peggy Wright. Existing locations include F Street Lola Dillard Glenn Avenue East Park Stratton High School Woodrow Wilson High School softball field City Park and Recreation Building to oversee summer activities.
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James Snead
Ridge Avenue
Peggy Wright
F Street
Lola Dillard
Glenn Avenue
Mary Lou Law
East Park
Mary Finney
Stratton High School
General Hannah
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lawrence Wiseman
City Park
I. H Martin
Snead
Miller Infant Rites Held At Mount Tabor Cemetery
Graveside services were held at 1 p.m. today for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Miller of Waverly Ohio who died Sunday in a local hospital. Burial was in Coffee Cemetery at Mount Tabor. Survivors include a sister Patricia Lee a brother Lloyd Darrell paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lloyd Miller of Eccles and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs M C Shelton of Calloway Heights.
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Orville Miller
Waverly
Mount Tabor
Patricia Lee
Lloyd Darrell
Lloyd Miller
Eccles
Winchell Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services set for John Robert Winchell 75 at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Regular Baptist Church on Johnstown Road. Burial in Stamford Cemetery. Survived by wife Lillie Meadows, six daughters, one son William G Winchell, one step son Clifford Meadows, six grandchildren. Body to be moved from Quesenberry and Webb to the residence at 1 p.m. today. Pallbearers: Wendell Thurman Nile Calloway Charlie Moore Fray Lilly Doc Holly Bury Bostick Joe Bolla Paris Sutphin.
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John Robert Winchell
Laren Ave
Everett Shafer
Regular Baptist
Johnstown Road
Stamford Cemetery
Litchfield
Critenden
Alice White Winchell
Raleigh County
Winchell
Litchfield Presbyterian Church
Lillie Meadows
Forrest McClure
Robert Vandall Jr
Piney View
Leonard Main
Saxonville
Mass
Paul Wiseman Jr
Ruth Winchell
Lancaster
Evert Winchell
Washington, D. C
William G. Winchell
Clifford Meadows
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Wendell Thurman
Nile Calloway
Charlie Moore
Fray Lilly
Doc Holly
Bury Bostick
Joe Bolla
Paris Sutphin
Eagles Plan Summer Events for Aerie 23877
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 23877 outlines summer activities including a June 18 fish fry with Henry Lilly as chairman, a July 30 wiener roast at Grandview State Park led by B Powers, and an August 15 picnic at G L Fette camp on Greenbrier River with Fette as chair. A membership drive beginning June 11 aims to recruit 50 members, with Walter Dingess serving as drive chairman. meetings are held each Friday night at the Woodlawn Ave club house.
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Order of Eagles
Aerie
Woodlawn Ave
Henry Lilly
Grandview State Park
B. Powers
G. L.fette
Greenbrier River
Fette
Walter Dingess
Eagles
Accidents Hospitalize Three Children of Play
Three children were treated at Raleigh General Hospital after weekend play accidents. Eugene Ransom, 6, was struck by a falling gate causing a nail wound to his arm. Myra Sue Sanders, 4, fell from a slide at Grandview State Park. Harry Dorsey, 15, fell from a cherry tree injuring his left wrist. he is Beulah Thompson's nephew.
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Raleigh General Hospital
Eugene Ransom
Elizabeth Ransom
Route 9
Beaver
Myra Sue Sanders
E. A. Sanders
Shady Spring
Grandview State Park
Harry Dorsey
Hargrove
Beulah Thompson
Vass Remains in Jail In Embezzlement Case
Ronald Hughes Vass, 42, of Piney Ave, was remanded to the Raleigh County Jail after failing to post a $5,000 bond for his next Grand Jury appearance. He waived preliminary hearing on embezzlement charges, accused of taking at least $27,000 from dues paid into Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 762 AFL, while serving as treasurer.
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Ronald Hughes Vass
Piney Ave
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
Vass
Plumbers and Steam Fitters Local 762
AFL
Two Charges Facing Man Whose Car Hit Fence
Tommy Moore of Sarasota Florida is jailed in Raleigh County awaiting a hearing on reckless driving and destruction of property after his car crashed through fences and lawns on Ben Porterfield and Dennis Wilsons property on Johnstown Road early Friday. Moore is stationed at Prince Engineers Camp.
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Tommy Moore
Sarasota
Fla
Raleigh County
Moore
Ben Porterfield
Dennis Wilson
Johnstown Road
Prince Engineers Camp
Beckley JC Directors Plan Incoming Old Boards Meet
Following tonight's Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce session the retiring board will meet the incoming board. Sam Carman president elect will lead the first July meeting succeeding Ted Kessinger. The gathering starts at 6 30 p.m.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sam Carman
Carman
Ted Kessinger
Constipation Relief Promised by Sal Hepatica Advertisement
A consumer shares relief from ongoing constipation using Sal Hepatica. The ad recommends taking a half hour before dinner or before breakfast for fastest results, promising improvement by bedtime and noting benefits for sour stomach as well.
County Crippled Children Seek More Camp Sponsors
Raleigh County Crippled Children need sponsors to send youngsters to Limp-a-Little near Huntington and Virginia Beach in August. Nine youths already have sponsors. 12 or 13 more may go with or without sponsors. Organizations including Civitan Elks Rotary Women of the Moose Forty and Eight Beckley Sisterhood have pledged support. A wheelchair camper will attend Limp-A-Little for the first time. Don Jenkins notes WV children totaling about 100 will attend the camps. Miller urges further groups to sponsor a child and contact him.
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Raleigh County
Virgil Miller
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children
Civitan Club
Elks Junior Woman's
Rotary Clubs
Women of the Moose
Voiture
Beckley Sisterhood
Miller
Huntington
Virginia Beach
Clean-up Tour planned for Beckley East Park area
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce president-elect Sam Carman says a Tuesday morning inspection of the East Park clean-up campaign will start about 9 30 a m and last about 90 minutes. The tour begins the citywide effort with corrective measures for areas lagging in the campaign. Rev George Moon of Carlisle Church of God will lead a party including Police Chief Evan Hall Fire Chief Bernard Martin Sanitarian Joseph Williams and Carman.
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East Park
Beckley
Sam Carman
Raleigh
Carman
George Moon
Carlisle
Evan Hall
Bernard Martin
Jospeh Williams
Fire at Raleigh County Airport During Clearance Work
A brush fire burned on the grounds of Raleigh County Airport this morning as workers cleared land for night lighting installations. A thick black smoke plume rose for miles prompting inquiries into the incident.
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Raleigh County
Infant Vaughan Dies at Local Hospital
Jerome Vaughan three week old son of William Vaughan of 123 Hager St East Beckley died at 845 a m in a local hospital after admission for treatment earlier today.
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Jerome Vaughan
William Vaughan
Hager St
East Beckley
Thorne Earns Duke BA at 102nd Commencement
Larry George Thorne son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence L Thorne 216 Hull Street received a bachelor of arts degree at Duke University during the 102nd commencement in Durham North Carolina.
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Larry George Thorne
Lawrence L. Thorne
Hull St
Duke University
Durham, N. C
West Virginia Turnpike bids for three Beckley buildings
The West Virginia Turnpike Commission will award a single contract for constructing three permanent buildings at the Beckley maintenance area. Sealed proposals will be opened at 2 p.m. June 29. The project includes Main building and two others.
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Beckley
West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia Turnpike Commission
Becl ay Baking Co oven burn victim treated at Beckley
Harry Thomas of 158 Clayton Street Beckley was treated Saturday night at Beckley Hospital for burns to his face and hands from lighting an oven at Purity Maid Baking Co. He was treated and released.
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Harry Thomas
Clayton St
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Purity Maid Baking Co
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Robert C. Byrd
Elizabeth Williams
Glen Rogers
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Nobel
Harold Landers
Roscoe Williams
Beckley Elks Club
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Tenance
Owen
Raleigh County Criminal Court
West Virginia
Harry L. McCreery
Criminal Court
Appalachian Electric Power Company
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