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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 24, 1949

Page

5

Bike Parade Tuesday Draws 162 Youths

Beckley officials announce a Bicycle Safety Parade sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce Montgomery Ward Coca Cola and Beckley Newspapers Corporation for next Tuesday starting at 1 p.m. Judges Mayor Hedrick Chief Scalise and Arthur Co Cundy will award prizes for best decorated bicycles among 162 entrants including many area youths. Prizes donated by Montgomery Ward and Coca Cola plus ice cream from Greenbrier Dairy. Registration closes at 3 p.m. Monday with T J Biggs handling entries at the Montgomery Ward sporting goods department.

Jean Porter Frances Jones Lryn Jones Armour Jarrett Roy -Eye Beckley Mick Jarrett James Grover C. Hedrick Barrett Charles Hall Maxine Withers Virgil Allen Chamber of ‘Commerce Arthur Co. Cundy Chamber of Commerce Montgomery Ward and Company Beckley Newspapers Corporation Montgomery War Greenbrier Dairy T. J. Biggs Montgomery Ward Sporting Goods Montgomery Ward Neville H_ber Main North Kanawha

Panny Fara Wins Damages Suit Over $333

Raleigh County court yesterday set aside a jury verdict in the case of Dandy F. v Griffin and instructed Fara to recover $333.10 from Griffin. Another Beclkey matter, Floise Garrett v Dr Pepper Bottling, was reported settled and dismissed. Beckley Newspapers Corp v O F Mays continued to Saturday. Water clock use began in Greece in the fifth century BC as medical science developed.

Raleigh County Dandy F Charles L. Griffin Fara Griffin Floise Garrett Dr. Pepper Leourt Beckley Newspapers Corporation O. F. Imays Beckley Used Greece Christ Elippocrates

Second Street Paving Project To Begin in City This Summer

Wesley Millen. Sullivan, 51, of Ghent, died at 7:30 a m Wednesday in a totary hospital. Funeral 2 p m Saturday at Glen White Community Church. Burial in Caffee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Survived by wife Sadie, three sons Billy Marvin Jerry Eugene Milton Wayne, a daughter Lireena Sue, sister Bertha Wells. Funeral by Caffee Funeral Home. City to accept new street paving petitions for two weeks. Public hearings July 32 on 23 street petitions. Bids opening tentatively July 23. Streets listed include Allen Huffman Mool Willow Lane Graham Laren Meadow Mulberry Hull Jackson Jennings Oak Grove Rice First Alley Edgewood Drive James Hunter Hill Cross Dorcas Bibb. First group of 20 streets underway with Vecellio and Gragan low bid 184 428 25. Third group streets listed Curtis Street paved. Aim to finish all sections before cold weather. total about 60 streets. Vecellio and Gragan crews of ~21 men on first 20 streets. third crew ~8 men starting Monday. Third section streets include Antonio Barber Canaday Bock Earl Eighth Grant Junction Ninth Plumley Railroad Rhodes Riley Tenth Thomas Eleventh. Wilson lists more streets for petitions and calls them important links.

Wesley Millen Sullivan Ghent Totary Glen White Community Church D. W. French Bob! Doan Caffee Mount’ Tabor Hallie Prather Glen White Lireena Sue Bertha Wells Bishop, Va Caffee Funeral Home Phil Willison Yes Nerday Wilson Allen Huffman Mool Willow Lane Graham Laren Meadow Mulberry Hull Jackson Jennings Oak Grove Rice First Alley Edgewood Drive James Hunter Hill Cross Dorcas Bibb Vecellio and Gragan Klaus Myers Curtis Vecetlia Grao~gan Antonio Barber Canaday Bock Earl Grant Junction Ninth Plumley Railroad Rhodes Riley Thomas Wilkes Quarry

Gordon Hall Rites Set for Saturday

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 30 p.m. Saturday at the Keyser Funeral Home with the Rev. James Neal officiating for Gordon Turner Hall of Cincinnati a former Fayette County resident who died in a Cincinnati hospital Tuesday. A native of Cliff Top in Fayette County he was the son of the late Sarah Turner and Dailey William Hall. A brother Clyde Linwood Hall of Chicago died two years ago. He is survived by two sisters Mrs. Ethel Hill and Mrs. Alma Dale both of Mabscott. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery.

Keyser Funeral Home James Neal Gordon Turner Hall Cinncinnati Fayette Countty Cincinnati Cliff Top Fay ‘Ette County Sarah Turner Dailey William Hall Clyde Linwood Hall Chicago Ethel Hill Alma Dale Mabscott Wildwood Cemetery

Missing Woman Returns To Husband After Job Found

Mrs Sam Mitchem, reported missing since Saturday by her husband, has returned home. She said she left to seek work, obtained a job, and after reading recent newspaper articles she came back.

Registar Star Pettry Sam Mitchem Mitchem

Fayette Firm Faces Two Damage Suits

Opal ana and Shotwell of Glen Morgan filed two $5,000 damage suits yesterday in Fayette County circuit court against Sewell Truckers Incorporated. A Sewell truck leaving the road struck the Shotwell store and apartment last September. One suit seeks property damages, the other personal damages for Mrs Shotwell who was on the porch during the mishap. Another suit filed yesterday has Marsh Fork Lumber Company suing Maryland West Virginia Lumber Company for $2,000 over a road constructed at Marsh Fork’s expense allegedly used by the rival firm and demanding half the construction costs from the defendant.

Opal Ana & 4 Shotwell Glen Morgan Sewell Truckers, Incorporated Fayette County Sewell Marsh Fork Lumber Company Maryland-West Virginia Lumber Company

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