Beaver Lions Club Installs Officer Harold Lambert
Harold Lambert was installed as president of the Beaver Lions Club at a regular meeting in the lo ag room of Shady Spring High School last night. About 47 attended as it was also ladies night, with E. R. Bolton, uy S. Akers, Mason Anderson, Tracey Shannon and Cecil Cooke named as officers. Kermit Locke of Beckley led the ceremony as deputy district governor of the Lions in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lambert
Lions Club of
Beaver
Lo Ag
Shady Spring
E. R. Bolton
Uy S. Akers
Mason Anderson
Tracey Shannon
Cecil Cooke
Kermit Locke
Lions
C. F. Barrett
Lowell Lilly
Bill Toner
C. St. Collins
Lawrence Pruett
School Officials Attend Welch Institute Meeting
Superintendent D W Bryson and Wiliam B Connelly of Raleigh County Vocational School plan to attend a Pocahontas Mechanical and Electrical Institute session tomorrow at McDowell County Vocational School in Welch. Other teachers may join. meeting starts 2 30 p m with a facilities inspection followed by dinner at 5 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Bryson
Wiliam B. Connoley
Raleigh County Vocational School
Pocahontas Mechanical and Electrical Institute
McDowell County
Welch
Signatures on Paving Petitions Still Faulty
City officials warn petitions for Beckley street paving contain improper signatures delaying work. Eighteen streets are named. signatures must match property deeds exactly and signers must be legal owners or trustees with authority. Edmunson notes that weather and timelines threaten completion if errors persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Phil H. Wilson
J. K. Edmundson
Edmundson
John Doe
Mary Doe
Ars
Doe
Thhat
American Legion
Moose Tudge
Wilson
Edin. 2
Brook
Deegan
Lebanon Line
McGinnis
Miller
Broadway
Hartley
Simpkins
Mills
Smoot
New River Company Kiddies to Camp at Beckwith and Clifftop
Children of New River Company employees in Raleigh and Fayette counties will attend 4 H and Washington Carver camps in July. Camp No 1 runs Beckwith July 6 17 for ages 9 to 12 and July 19 31 for ages 13 to 15. Clifftop hosts the Washington Carver Camp for Negro children August 3 14. Camp directors are M C Hoover and E C Smith. Staff are professional counselors and aim to promote good will among White Oak coal producers.
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New River Company
Beckwith
Cliffstop
Raleigh
Fayette Counties
Washington Carver
Clifftop
Fayette
Clifflan
M.C. Hoover
French Creek
E. C. Smith
Mount Haye
Hilltop
Mote
M. C. I Hoover
Carolyn Bishop
Brent Flar‘rah
Scarbro
Shirley Pettis
Janice Walters
Mount Hope
Joe Wiseman
Kilsyth
Emily Phalen
Norma Jean Hess
Skelton
Opal Brank
Spralgue
Patricia Brooks
Cranterry
W. H. Foard
Brooklyn
Betty Jo Neal
Morgantown
Carl Martin
Fred Poling
Qledta Reed Post
Bob Neff
Buckhanven
Margaret Hambrick
Peterstown
Atheline Rogers
Beckjey
Justice in Jail Seeks Probation
A motion to place E. E. Justice on probation was filed while he remains committed to Raleigh County Jail for one year for subornation of perjury linked to the murder of D. T. Perkins. Attorney J. Q. Hutchinson represented him and Judge W. A. Riffe took the request under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Justice
Raleigh
D. T.perkins
J. Q. Hutchinson
W. A. Riffe
Man Fined and Jailed for Court Contempt in Drunk Driving Case
Charles Tabor, charged with his second drunken driving offense, appeared before Criminal Court Judge W A Riffe yesterday. He was found to have misinformed the court about his attorney and was reportedly intoxicated again. Judge Riffe sentenced him to 10 days in jail and a $50 fine for contempt.
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Charles Tabor
W. A. Riffe
Riffe
Labor Law Taft-Hartley Review Dominates Board Actions
The NLRB has handled about 11,000 plant elections since Taft-Hartley took effect last August 22, with 9,000 votes on union shop and only 158 voting yes. Unfair labor practice charges rise for unions, while employer charges spike on firings for union activity. The backlog reached a record 14,467 as questions about picketing and union responsibility linger into 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NLRB
Labor Board
Taft-Nartley
Tint-Hartley
Taft-Hartley
Robert N. Denham
Taft-Harvey
Aerial Stunts Set for Beckley Air Force Day Show
Out of town performers join Beckley Squadron air show to celebrate Air Force Day at Beckley Mt Hope Airport on Aug 15. Betty Skelton, 21, famed low altitude acrobat, will fly a Lite Stinker bi-plane from Tampa. Tammy Boyd of North Carolina headlines a bat wing act. Woody Eamundson and Carles Dunn perform wing waving and barrel rolls at low altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Air Force Association
Beckley-Mt Hope
Jack Beard
Betty Skelton
Tyers
Tampa
Fla
Tammy Boyd
North Carolina
Woody Eamundson
Carles Dunn
Mayor Hedrick Appeals Over Police Conduct in Beckley
Beckley mayor G. C. Hedrick asks citizens and visitors to report discourteous police behavior to him or Chief A Scalise. He notes visitors fear arrest on minor charges and urges complaints to improve safety and courtesy. Also mentions Owens world record broad jump in Los Angeles.
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G. C. Hedrick
Beckley
Ito
A. Scalise
Hedrick
Scalise
Los Angeles
Jesse Owens
Use of DDT in Jaycee Fly Warfare Outlined
Williams chairman of the Jaycee emphasizes DDT use to curb fly and insect breeding. He prescribes covering garbage cans, washing areas, treating breeding sites, and applying DDT treatments every 10 to 14 days during the season to control flies and related pests.
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Williams
Cy Junior Chamber
Com
Granville Avenue Home Purchases Highlight Local Transfers
Mrs. Mary Eunice Jones Grogan bought the former JWilbur Davis residence on Granville Avenue for about 20000, deed filed in the county clerk’s office. Other transfers include Lilly to Wood in Northulls addition for about 8000 and Duncan receiving two lots in Villamont addition for about 5300. Park Heights Inc sold lots in Payx Heights No 2 for about 5000, and George Dew acquired lot 10 in Pine Woods tract for about 4060. Additional parcels changed hands in Clear Park district and Shady Spring district with values from 2509 to 1000, plus a quarter interest transfer in two Shady Spring tracts for about 300. CincinnatiEwell Blackwell reportedly fanned 193 batters in 1947.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eunice Jones Grogan
J. Wilbur ‘Davis
Granville Avenue
Elizabeth Davis Ellis
South Beck‘Wey Land Company
James Lilly
Earl J. Wood
jNoithulls
McMarn Land and Finance Company
Chirence Duncan
Villamont
Park Heights, Inc
Filson G. Wood and
Glenn
Payx Heights
William HH. Richmond
George Dew
Pine Woods
E. K. Lusk
Alfred Pettry
Clear ‘Park
Rostee Jessup
Alvis J Weod
Fink's
Margaret ‘S. Wardel
Buss
Alice O. Toner
Shady Spring
Orley Edward Lilly
Helen Lucille Atkins
Glen Hedrick
Trouble Haunts Steve Underwood
Steve Underwood Jr faces grand jury action on several burglary charges in Raleigh County jail. A new warrant charges him with fathering a child by a woman near Crow. Police say he and four others formed one of the area’s most notorious safe cracking gangs. a fifth member remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Underwood
Raleigh
Underwood
Crow
Pair Arrested on Driving Offenses in Beckley
Two Hilltop men were arrested by Beckley police and jailed in Raleigh County for drunken driving and permitting drunken driving. Wyatt Clemons faces drunken driving and driving without an operator's permit while Carter Bradley is charged with being drunk and permitting drunken driving. A police court hearing is scheduled tonight.
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Hilltop
Beckley
Raleigh
Wyatt Clemons
Carter Bradley
Soviet mills turn grain processing into power generation
Moscow reports the Soviets are producing small low priced machines that mill grain and generate electricity. The first mills are described as part of socialist agriculture and are stalled on the Kara-Ki river in Azerbaijan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maciine
Associated Press
Moscow
Kara-Ki
Azerbaijan
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Cincinnati
Ewell Blackwell
Beckley Music & Electric Co
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Colin McLuckey
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Ty Doren
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