City Council Hears Beckley Funds Cry For Help
Beckley faces tight finances as City Engineer Dennis Leary Jr. seeks payment for three invoices totaling 2 thousand dollars for work through December and planned projects canceled by council. The council debated funds, bank status, and liens with officials, including attorney Rowland and Ebenezer Baptist Church, amid a tense meeting.
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Beckley
Dennis M. Leary Jr
Leary
Emery Smith
Smith
Clarence Bibb
Black Knight County Club
Sophia Lions Club Officers to Be Installed Today
Sophia Lions Club in Mount Hope will install new officers at a steak fry on Tams Mountain at 6 p m today with Wood Poling, formerly District 29 Governor, presiding. If rain, ceremony moves to Sophia First Methodist Church social room. Officers include D W Kennemar president J W Richardson secretary Charles Boitnott treasurer Carl Neff first vice president J A Barnell second vice president C E Walker third vice president W W Lawson tail tamer Rush Reed Jr tail twister. New directors are C O Carmen W C Kautz and J L Hornbeck. The club also sells green and white safety plates to fund sight conservation.
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Wood Poling
Mount Hope
The
Lions
Sophia Lions Club
Tams Mountain
Sophia First Methodist Church
D. W. Kennemar
J. W. Richardson
Charles Boitnott
Carl Neff
J. A. Barnell
C. E. Walker
W. W. Lawson
Lon Tamer
Rush Reed Jr
C. O. Carmen
W. C. Kautz
J. L. Hornbeck
Friday Services Slated For Mrs Dorothy Haley
Funeral services for Mrs. Dorothy Haley 39 of Hilltop will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Hilltop Baptist Church with Rev J W Gowens officiating. Burial in Hilltop Cemetery. Survivors include husband Earnest Henley parents Mr and Mrs James Lee four sisters and five brothers plus a grandmother and great aunt. The body will be moved from Trent Funeral Home Mount Hope to the church.
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Hilltop Baptist Church
Dorothy Haley
Hilltop
J. W. Gowens
Hilltop Cemetery
Earnest Henley
Hill Top
James Lee
Margaret Matthews
Philadelphia
Emily Flowers
Brooklyn
N. Y
June Lee
Nathaniel Lee
Rodney
Rudolph
Mount Hope
Franklin
U. S. Army
Alaska
Edgar
E. G. Patterson
E. M., Sorrel
Beckley
Trent Funeral Home
Thieves Raid WWHS Concession Stand
Beckley police investigate theft at Woodrow Wilson High School stadium concession stand. Discovered Monday by William Morrison of the Beckley Recreation Board, items stolen include candy peanuts and cheesebits after entry was gained by breaking a hasp lock off the door.
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Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
William Morrison
Beckley Recreation Board
Beckley Students Win Sears Roebuck Agriculture Awards
Two Beckley students at West Virginia University receive Sears Roebuck Foundation awards in agriculture. Arthur Sanders and Otis Sanders are named recipients in the program highlighting excellence in agricultural studies.
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Beckley
Sears - Roebuck Foundation
West Virginia University
Arthur Sanders
Otis Sanders
Three Found Guilty On Traffic Violations
Three men charged with road law violations were found guilty in trials before magistrates. John A. Chambers Rhodell received a $10 fine with costs after pleading guilty to driving on the wrong side of the road from a head on collision that injured George A. Hatcher at East Gulf and Rhodesi. Hatcher reported in good condition at Raleigh General Hospital. Clarence Webb Stickney was fined $10 plus costs for driving on the wrong side of the road. Earl Lilly Jr Harper Heights paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty to hazardous driving before Magistrate J. P. Meadows. Lilly was arrested by State Police.
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John A. Chambers
Rhodell
C. T. Burdiss
Chambers
East Gulf
Rhodesl
George A. Hatcher
Crab Orchard
Hatcher
Raleigh General Hospital
Stickney
T. N. Thurman
Clarence Webb
Mapple Fork Road
Earl Lilly Jr
Harper Heights
J. P. Meadows
Lilly
Mabscott Lions elect officers for year ahead
The Mabscott Lions Club names officers for the coming year led by President William L. Bower and first vice Everett C. Fleshman. Other officers include George A. Dale second vice Henry Melton Jr secretary Clyde O. Winston treasurer H V Waybright lion tamer the Rev Norman Harless Tailwister William Hurt and directors C E Howell James Sparacino and James Woolwine. Installations set for June 27 by District Gov W R Pete Cooke. Fred L McCullough was initiated into the club. Fletcher Mann spoke on Lionism history and traits.
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Mabscott Lions Club
William L. Bower
Everett C. Fleshman
George A. Dale
Henry Melton Jr
Clyde O. Winston
H. V. Waybright
Norman Harless
William Hurt
C. E. Howell
James Sparacino
James Woolwine
TB Association Plans Public X-Ray Screenings for Bakers
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association aims to X-ray all workers in public facing establishments. On Monday employees from three bakeries Raleigh Sunbeam and Quality were chest X-rayed at the TB office. A spokesman praised bakery heads for backing health checks to protect workers and customers.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
Raleigh
Sunbeam
Quality
Funeral set for 10 year old Mary Martin in Georgetown
The body of Mary Magdaline Martin ten of Lester will be returned here for funeral services and burial. Co D. Trent Funeral Home will be in charge.
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Mary Magdaline Martin
Lester
Georgetown University Hospital
D. Trent Funeral Home
Brotherhood Club to Lead Sunday Church Services
The Brotherhood Club of Second Baptist Fayetteville will lead the Father’s Day program with 11 a.m. guest speaker C. T. Hairston from Clifftop 4-H Camp and music directed by H. A. Turner. Royal Trumpet Quartet also performs. 3 p.m. service led by Rev. A. L. McCreary of Montgomery First Baptist. A separate Father’s Day program honoring Bishop John Stewart will be at Harmco Sunday at 2 p.m. and Lillybrook Holiness Church hosts 7 p.m. services led by Evangelist Emma Jordan. A missionary society is to organize Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Mount Zion Holiness Church, with Bible study by Bishop Stewart at 7 p.m.
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Brotherhood Club
Second Baptist Church
Fayetteville
C. T. Hairston
Clifftop
H. A. Turner
Royal Trumpet Quartet
A. L. McCreary
Montgomery First Baptist Church
Lillybrook
Emma Jordan
Holiness Church of
Mount Zion
John Stewart
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du Pont Dacron
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Mabscott Lions
TB Association
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Leonard Lenoir
Oak Hill Hospital
Eugene Shelby
M. Nance
No. 1 Mission Society
Mary Saunders
Brotherhood
Robert Miner
Cherry Hand
New York City
J. B. Jones
Garten
New Mexico
Clemment
Robert M. Clemment Jr
F.F.W. Atron Hill
Ebenezer Baptist Sunday School
Mary Morton
South Fayette Street
Laura N. Watkins
Washington, D. C
Robert Lincoln Lee
Washington
M. M. Foster
F. E. Henderson
Hunter Street
P. L. Scott
Effrice Coles
Emma
Mary Lee
Mullens
Lorenzo Coles
Sophia
Parham
Harmoo
Innis Walker
Beechwood
R. C. Gilbert
Killarney
Bair Street
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Rene
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