City Council Orders Engineering Survey of Parking Lot Property
Beckley voters confront traffic woes as City Engineer Dennis Leary is ordered to begin surveys to define the exact property for a municipal parking lot and avenue extension. A June Supreme Court decision, cited by City Attorney William H. File Jr., allows condemnation and financing via revenue bonds for parking structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Beckley
First Avenue
W. A. Burke
Beckley
Dennis Leary
Supreme Court
Drainage Complaints Heard by Beckley Council
City council heard residents regarding water intrusion after heavy rain from a red-clogged alley near Prince and Heber Streets into the Farris Building basement. They referred the issue to Mayor Burke and City Recorder Laren for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus Farris
Farris
Prince and Heber Streets
Beckley
W. A. Burke
William P. Laren
John Q. Hutchinson
Fred Richmond
N. Kanawha Street
Hutchinson
Prince Street
Dog Pound Proceedings Reported By Humane Society to City Council
Raleigh County Humane Society members met Beckley City Council to report a county court meeting on a dog pound. County officials said no county funds could be diverted for city dog care. Council urged continued work on a displaced dogs home and asked Dr. Hale to quote costs for canine care at Harper Road facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humane Society
Raleigh County Humane Society
Beckley
W. C. Dick
Society
Jack Nuckols
Beckley trio improve after Ripley car wreck
The conditions of Paul Edward Thrush and his wife of 307 Orchard Avenue and Susan Gwinn of 211 Bellevue Lane were reported. They were injured in a fogbound crash when their car struck a wrecker pulling a trailer from an embankment near Ripley and are at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston.
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Beckley
Ripley
Paul Edward Thrush
Orchard Avenue
Susan Gwinn
Bellevue Lane
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
Boundary dispute centers Mabscott Beckley line
A. B. Phillips, living on the Beckley Mabscott boundary, challenges Mabscott residency and asks for a new survey to place him in Beckley. Beckley City Council referred the issue to City Attorney William H. File Jr. to consult Mabscott officials. Phillips quips who would want Mabscott living in Mabscott.
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Mabscott
Beckley
A. B. Phillips
Phillips
William H. File, Jr
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Double Car Theft Suspect Captured After Hourlong Chase
Dave Hairston, an East Beckley resident, was captured near Cranberry after wrecking two stolen cars and a truck. Police say a two hour chase ended at 6 p.m. with Hairston taken to Raleigh County jail on two auto theft charges and a driving without a license count. He fled into woods before officers closed in. no injuries reported.
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Dave Hairston
East Beckley
Cranberry
Hairston
M. H. Smith
South Charleston
Smith
General Stores
Kanawha Street
Hariston
Mt. Hope
Beckley
Anthony A. Scalise
Millard Tyree
Raleigh
Beckley approves two new subdivisions and a business permit
Beckley City Council accepted Planning and Zoning recommendations for two subdivisions, Nuckols Subdivision and S. and 8. Homes Avon Street division, and granted a Special-use permit to E. A. Hall for a business building at Powerline Drive and Prince Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Planning and Zoning Commission
Avon Street
E. A. Hall
Powerline Drive
Prince Street
Beckley Names Luchini Knapp to Pave Beckley Streets
Beckley city council retained attorneys Joseph Luchini and Norman Knapp to handle all legal work for street and sidewalk paving. The council approved their fee schedule and directed them to begin work soon. City Engineer Dennis Leary was authorized to oversee engineering for paving and to supervise contractors. Leary will start a preliminary survey today.
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Joseph Luchini
Norman Knapp
Beckley
Luchini
Knapp
Dennis Leary
Leary
Parking Ordinance Amended by Beckley Council
Beckley city council amended an ordinance prohibiting parking on the business streets in the early morning hours. The new rule bans parking from 2 am to 5 am, replacing the old 12 am to 6 am ban. Chief Anthony Sca Hise said the change allows street cleaners to sweep before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Anthony Sca- Hise
Petition Confusion Halts City Sidewalk Petition
South side residents of City Avenue signed for the wrong side of the thoroughfare, though 50 percent signed, requiring the petition be returned. City council joked about issuing compasses as they struggled to orient a map during the meeting.
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City Avenue
Kev City Council
Beckley Jaycees Travel to Chicago Convention
Beckley Jaycees and Mrs Hulett Smith leave for Chicago to attend the Thirtieth Annual Jaycee Convention. West Virginia representatives will wear white shirts with the state map during a mammoth parade featuring a two ton lump of smokeless coal donated by the state. The coal display will be presented to Chicago Jaycees after exhibits and proceeds given to a charitable institution. No local Jaycees seek national office.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Chicago
Hulett C. Smith
W. R. Barrett
Albert Tieche
John Howard McCulloch
David Abrams
Hulett ‘Smith
Charleston
Smith
State Junior Chamber
West Virginia
Chicago Jaycees
Home Break-In Reported on Queen Street
M. D. Hensey of 212 Queen Street reported a Monday night break‑in to city police. Officers said vandals, or an inexperienced intruder, broke a rear casement window and entered while Hensey was away on vacation. A few personal items were taken.
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M. D. Hensey
Queen Street
Hensey
Scouts Build Pioneer Bridge At City Park
Boy Scouts volunteered to build a pioneer type bridge fording marsh land in the city park along Route 19 21 By-pass. Completed yesterday the 4 4 by 20 foot wooden span was built by six boys under Don E Garrett BSA Beckley supervision. Pictured are Dale Riffe Troop 6 with the saw Garrett with the hammer Bob Vogt Troop 80 with the posthole digger and Roland Witt Jr Troop 108 with the hatchet. Absent helpers included Tommy Minter Gordon Lockhart and Tommy Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Don E. Garrett
BSA
Beckley
Dale Riffe
Garrett
Bob Vogt
Roland Witt, Jr
Tommy Minter
Gordon Lockhart
Tommy Evans
Gaines to Address Coal Conference Banquet Speaker
L Ebersole Gaines of Fayetteville will be principal speaker at the banquet during the joint meeting of the Central Appalachian Section and Coal Division of the AI M M E and the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute. Gaines leads the West Virginia Coal Association and New River Company Mt Hope. The meeting opens at 9 30 am Friday at the Daniel Boone Hotel Charleston and ends after the morning session Saturday. Dc R Bourland Mt Hope is vice president of the West Virginia Mining Institute R H Morris Ansted and Jesse Redyard Pineville are executive board members with representatives expected from WV Pennsylvania Kentucky and Virginia.
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L. Ebersole Gaines
Fayetteville
Central Appalachian Section
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Two Building Permits Issued for Local Residents
City Recorder William P. Laren announced two building permits on Monday. Andrew Maddow gains permission to erect a four room frame residence with full basement on Lot 85 Glenn Avenue Bowling Addition at an estimated cost of 4000 dollars. Eugene Carpenter plans a four room frame home with full basement on Lots 2 and 8 Berkely Street at an estimated cost of 4000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Laren
Andrew Maddow
Glenn Avenue
Bowling Addition
Eugene Carpenter
Berkely Street
Institute PTA Starts Book Drive for Pruntytown Institute
The Institute PTA launches a book collection to aid boys at the West Virginia Industrial Home in Pruntytown. It runs until July 1 with stations at People's Credit Store and Beckley Motor Company. Books should be suitable for a six grade reading level, preferably adventure titles like Zane Grey, minus comics.
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West Virginia
Pruntytown
Institute
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Robert Amick
John Wirtz
PTA
Amick
People’s Credit Store
Beckley Motor Company
C. Worth May
Robert Campbell
Co. D. Hal. E. R. Hartson
Raleigh County Schools
Fayette Measles Cases Top List
The Associated Press reports West Virginia shows a sharp rise in measles and rabies cases. In five months the state tallied 189 rabies cases, far above any prior year, with Fayette County recording 116 measles cases for the week ending last Saturday and the state total reaching 151 for the week and 5490 for the year, compared with 2970 at the same point in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
State Health Department
Fayette County
Beckley Man Gets Army Commission
Beckley resident Lafton Montague Milstead Jr was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army reserve at ROTC graduation at Virginia Tech Blacksburg. Named a Distinguished Military Graduate he may accept a regular Army commission. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering in VPI’s largest graduation. He is married to Ann Burdette and is a 1946 Woodrow Wilson High School alumnus. He belongs to Tau Beta Pi Alpha Phi Omega AIA Student Chapter Smokeless Coal Club and VPI Autocrat Club.
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Lafton Montague Milstead, Jr
Beckley
Army Reserve
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Milstead
L. M. Milsted
Ann Burdette
Piney View
Woodrow Wilson High School
John 8. Battle
Virginia
VPI
W. S. Newan
Beckley Man
Tau Beta Pi
Alpha Phi Omega
National Service Fraternity
American Institute of Architects
Smokeless Coal Club
VPI Autocrat Club
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Beckley Jaycees
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Boy Scouts
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Fayette
iTchi
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