Petty Officer Daugherty Takes Command at Lewisburg Recruiting Station
Paul Daugherty receives new orders transferring from Heckley to Lewisburg recruiting station. He will replace Chief Petty Officer Jesse B. Jones who moves to the Naval Leadership School in Washington. Daugherty, 32, from Valley Fork, has 14 years of service and remains single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Daugherty
E. Gail Akers
A. C. Cuthilell
Daugherty
Heckley Navy
Lewisburg
Beckley
Jesse B. Jones
Washington, D. C
Valley Fork
Clay County
Rome Daugherty
Jones
Meador Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Grace Jane Meador will be conducted at 3:3 p.m. Thursday at the residence. Miss Meador, 59, of Cool Ridge, died Tuesday morning in a local hospital after several months illness. Burial is planned at Pittman Cemetery on the Old Crow Road. The body will be moved from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home to her mother Mrs. Lucinda Harvey Meador's home at 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Jane Meador
Miss Meador
Cool Ridge
Pittman
Old Crow Road
Funeral services still pending for Mrs. Minnie Hairston
Mrs. Minnie E. Hairston formerly of Raleigh died Monday in a Washington hospital. Funeral home in Washington holds the body as arrangements remain incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie E. Hairston
Hairston
Raleigh
Washington, D. C
C D. Trent Funeral Home
Wooddell Heads Church Board at First Methodist Church
Randall Wooddell was named chairman of the official board at the First Methodist Church. John O’Dell, vice chairman, John Gay, Jen Miller, and L. B. Miser were elected officers. The board discussed plans for the year, noted debt reductions, and paid $750 of a $4,250 remaining balance on an inherited $5,000 debt from 1936 for a kitchen addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Wooddell
First Methodist Church
John, O'Dell
John Gay
Jen Miller
BD. Miser
Wooddell
William H. Brown
Dryfield
West Virginia
William Harris
Board of Trustees
Carden Hillman
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant
Robert L. Davis
Floating A Loan In PAINSVILLE Ky
In Pa insville Kentucky a bank faced a cash flood and workers scrambled to move files and records to higher shelves. A caller asked to float a loan but no loan was approved or arranged amid the chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painsville
Walter
Raleigh Fayette Wyoming spelling champ visits Washington
After a three day stay in Washington DC Jean Jean Takes the spelling champion of Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties enjoys the city and makes new friends. She studies her spelling words at night in the Sheraton Park Hotel room she shares with Mrs. Ted Kessinger who accompanied her to Washington. The finals conclude Thursday with the Ree finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Raleigh, Fayette
Wyoming Counties
Jean
Bee
Fime
Sheraton Park
Ted Kessinger
Washington
Registerings From Here And There State DAV Commander Schwesig
Paul Donald Schwesig 37 is named state commander of the Disabled American Veterans. Born May 16 1920 in Belleville WV he served in the U S Navy 1939 1948 then worked at the National Bureau of Standards. He is paralyzed on his right side from a vascular brain hemorrhage and active in veterans and civic affairs. He lives in South Charleston with his wife Donna and son Paul Cleve land. He holds multiple veteran and civic posts and is a former state DAV leader. The article also mentions staffer Sequita Kay Allen and a Boy Scout camping incident at Blackwater Falls State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Donald Schwesig
Schwesig
Carrie Raider Dryer
Paul Schwesig
Belleville
Wml
U. S. Navy
Navy
National Bureau of Standards
Bureau of Ordnance Experimental Unit
Washington
U. S. Department of Labor and State
West Virginia
South Charleston
Anderson-Thomas Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
DAV
Bungalow Park
Sife
Donna
Paul Cleveland
All Saints Episcopal Church
Boy Scout
Plymouth Dealership Promises Low Prices and Big Trades
A car buyer explains delaying a new car purchase until learning how Plymouth dealers offer low prices and substantial trade-ins. He notes getting more for his old car than expected and securing a terrifically low price on a new Plymouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Permits Issued For Local Home Additions And New House
City Recorder granted three building permits for projects including a five room brick veneer house with full basement estimated at 11000 dollars. G W and Clara Mae Williams Jr paid 25 dollars for their permit of the new brick home. Clifford Plumley paid 10 dollars for adding two rows a porch and basement to his house with 2000 dollar estimated construction. Mannie Wright received a permit to enclose a back porch on Warren Street with 1000 dollar estimated construction and a 10 dollar fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder's Office
G. W
Clara Mae Willams Jr
City Recorder's
Williams
Clifford Plumley
Pike St
Mannie Wright
Warren St
Police investigate theft at New River Supply store
A radio valued at 79.95 and an electric razor valued at 29.95 were stolen from the New River Supply Company on Prince Street. The theft occurred sometime Friday or Saturday and is under police investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Supply Company
Prince Street
Five Area Church Girls to Attend Annual Youth Conference
Five girls from Beckley and other area churches will represent their congregations at the first Annual Conference For Youth of the Methodist West Virginia Conference. The two day meeting at Christ Church Methodist in Charleston runs Thursday through Saturday, with Evelyn Rogers as an alternate. The event aims to broaden youth representation across the state and shift from local assemblies to a statewide conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
West Virginia
Christ Church Methodist
Charleston
Beckley
Patricia Trail
Sherman C. Trail
The
Methodist Temple
Mar
Tha Law Maxwell
Betty Maxwell
First Methodist Church
Betty Greer
Luther Greer
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Kay Snyder
Clyde Snyder
Sophia
Sophia Methodist Church
Evelyn Rogers
Shirley Cook
Sophia Church
Regnar
Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
John Boyer
Board of Education
Comfort Station Plan Seen by Beckley City Council
A Beckley Civitan Club representative presented a plan to build comfort stations on the Municipal Parking Lot. The council accepted the plan for further study and approved a street paving budget and related fee handling while resolving a one way street change on A Street and a sign authorization at Woodlawn and Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Leary
Bibb
A. K. Minter
West Virginia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Minter
E City
Wiliam R. Sigmund
Sigmund Street
J. W. Mann
Appalachian Power Co
Planning and Zoning Commission
Copnell
Woodlawn Avenue
Second Street
Woodlawn
Molly Pitcher Real Name Mary McCaulay Revealed
The name Molly Pitcher refers to Mary McCaulay who earned the nickname by carrying pitchers of water to wounded soldiers in the American Revolution. Her actions supported Continental troops as battles raged across the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
Mary McCaulay
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Neville St. Beckley
Appalachian Appliance
Lloyd Sweeney
Sopua
Belly Morgan
Register
Sequita Kay Allen
Concord College
Kay
Kayallen
Roy Bowden
Raleigh County Circuit
Blackwater Falls State Park
Winton Hyre
Blackwater Canyon
Ning
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Glen Daniel
Darrell Osborne
Earl Osborne
Future Farmers of America
Darrell
Old Ifort
Hanna
Beckley Hardware
Heber St
Main
Pmoeacr Tata Y
Lal
Alley Boe
Milkman
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