Air Force Recruiters Plan March 4 Meeting
United States Air Force recruiting staff from Southern West Virginia will convene in Beckley on March 4 at 10 a.m. in the American Legion Room of the Memorial Building. Mayor Elmer Davis will welcome attendees as recruiters outline plans for the annual high school program under the theme Stay in School and Finish Your Education. Beckley and nearby cities including Charleston Bluefield Logan Welch Summersville and Lewisburg will send personnel.
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United States Air Force
West Virginia
Beckley
American Legion
Memorial Building
Elmer Davis
Air Force
West Virginia University Players Stage Liliom Cast
West Virginia University Players present Liliom by Ferenc Molnar on March 10 11 and 12 with cast including John Massing Mount Hope and Peter D Agostino Beckley. Sam Boyd Jr associate professor directed. Robert Burrows designed seven sets. Joe Ford technical director. Charles Cochran lighting. Matinee March 12 for high school drama students free admission. April 30 The Late Christopher Bean to follow theater parties.
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Charles Cochran
University Players
Department of Speech
Christopher Bean
Road Violations Land Two Jail Lodgments in Raleigh County
Two people were jailed in Raleigh County on road violation charges. Bobby Adkins of Harper was jailed at 2:30 a.m. on reckless driving charges after Beckley Police arrest. Pete Milano of Sophia faced driving while drunk and possession of moonshine whisky charges.
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Raleigh
Bobby Adkins
Harper
Beckley Police
Pete Milano
Sophia
Beckley AA Meeting To Hear Local Housewife Speaker
A Charleston housewife will address the Beckley group of Alcoholics Anonymous at 8 p.m. in the Memorial Building on South Kanawha Street. She will discuss her life, battles with alcoholism, first AA experiences, and the support she received to stop drinking. The meeting is for members but open to anyone with an alcoholic problem.
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Beckley Group of
Alcoholics Anonymous
Charleston
Memorial Building
South
Kanawha Street
Jury Awards $1,000 to Raleigh County Youth
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury awarded $1,000 to Roger Lee Nelson five years old, son of Charlie Nelson Jr., after a Christmas Day 1953 accident. Dallas Harlan Thomas and John Thomas of Whitesville were defendants as the boy was about to enter his grandfather’s Beckley Surveyor road property. He was hospitalized 11 days. Several other suits were dismissed on motion or settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Roger Lee Nelson
Charlie Nelson Jr
Eccles
John Thomas
Dallas Harlan Thomas
Whitesville
Nelson
Dallas Thomas
Beckley-Surveyor Road
Robert Ageen Jr
Lewis Transfer and Furniture Exchange
Kermit Lewis
Barbara Lewis Agee
Floyd Roland Whitt
Haven Maynor
Ruby Harless
Walter Butterworth
Town of So
Cecilia Mae Butterworthh
Walter Bworth
Town of Sophia
Jack Grubb
Ten Raleigh Countians Sentenced to Penitentiary
Ten Raleigh County residents, including 16 year old Eugene Venable of Beckley, were sent to the Moundsville Penitentiary after conviction in Criminal Court. Others named are Eugene Delp, Lawrence Williams, Winfred Harman, Carl L. Cousins, Delbert R. Treadway, Bob Rogers, Edward Spradley, Leroy Gregory and Houston Anthony. Seven Mercer County prisoners were also moved to Raleigh County jail for transport to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Carl L. Cousins
Delbert R. Treadway
Bob Rogers
Edward Spradley
Leroy Gregory
Houston Anthony
Mercer County
Raleigh County Milk Program Sees 48785 Servings in Month
County schools report 48785 milk servings for 25 Raleigh County schools under the Federal program. Daily participants average 2584, 11 percent of 23790 total enrollment. Reimbursements for 24653 half pints total 836.45 dollars. January meals reach 103619 with 6043.48 dollars in federal reimbursements.
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Raleigh County
Mary Scott
Dog License Sale High in February
February dog license receipts in Raleigh County totaled 1320 dollars, based on deputy reports. The Raleigh County Animal Shelter humane euthanizations included 515 dogs and 45 cats, with 559 dogs and 45 cats on the shelter list last month and 40 dogs remaining pending the five day waiting period before destruction.
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Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County
A. C. Allen
Allen
Custody Granted to Defendant in Raleigh Court
Jennings W. Bostic is granted divorce from Jane Love Bostic with custody awarded to the defendant. The Raleigh County Circuit Court order specifies custody of their child goes to Jennings W. Bostic. The Register earlier reported custody to the plaintiff and issues regret the error.
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Jennings W. Bostic
Jane Love Bostic
Raleigh County Circuit
Register
Legal Notice Names Frank Grubb as Brother in Suit
For his brother, Frank Grubb. Jesse Canaday was named defendant in the suit.
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Frank Grubb
Jesse Canaday
Slab Fork Local Donates to 1955 Heart Fund
Slab Fork Local 6108 United Mine Workers of America Slab Fork Coal Co and supervisory and clerical staff contribute 150 dollars to the 1955 Heart Fund. Other major donations include 63.66 dollars from Amere Gas Utilities Beckley 184.80 dollars from Valley Pell Dairy routemen and 56.61 dollars from 95 Blossom Dairy customer employees.
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Slab Fork Local 6108
United Mine Workers of America
Slab Fork Coal Co
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Beckley
Valley Pell Dairy
Blossom Dairy
Former Beckleyan Roy Harmon Seriously Injured
Roy Lee Harmon, a former Beckley resident and member of the House of Delegates, is treated at Charleston Memorial Hospital for a neck injury from a car wreck. He serves as director of public relations for the Department of Public Safety and holds the title of poet laureate of West Virginia.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Harmon
House of Delegates
Department of Public Safety
West Virginia
Beckley Handles 13 129 Local Calls in 1954
Beckley telephone owners made 13 129 of West Virginia 364 565 station calls in 1954. R C Gould Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co Beckley office commercial manager notes daily Beckley rate 5 51 calls per phone. State toll messages total about 18 000 000 with daily 2 000 000 calls. all handled by about 5 000 employees.
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Beckley
West Virginia
R. C. Gould
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Gould
C and P Telephone Co
Pension Funds In Sound Shape Beckley Profiles
Beckley police and fire pension funds show solid balances. Police Fund totals about 38 500 with 24 500 in Series J US Savings Bonds and the rest in local bank savings and checking. Firemen's Fund stands near 24 500 with about 15 000 in government bonds and the rest in banks. no pensions are currently paid, per officers. Mayor Davis chairs the funds and City Recorder Smith is treasurer.
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Beckley
Millard E. Tyree
Tom Cumbow
Clifford Maynor
Elmer L. Davis
E. J. Smith
City Recorder
Deeds on File Record of Raleigh County Real Estate Transfers
Eunice Elizabeth O Bryan guardian to Arthur A O Bryan Jr transfers half interest in lot 4 section 1 J L Rowles Addition Sophia to Henry Stone Donald Stone and Jessie Lee Stone for about 4500 dollars. then guardian transfers the infant's interest in the same lot to the Stones for 2914.69 dollars.
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Eunice Elizabeth O'Bryan
Henry J. Stone
Donald Stone
Jessie Lee Stone
J. L. Rowles
Sophia
Arthur A. O'Bryan Jr
Henry Stone
Jesse Lee Stone
Garden School and church meetings in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Council of Home Makers Clubs hosts its annual garden school at Harper Heights Elementary School starting 10 a m Saturday with speakers Wesley Lynch and Simeon Warren discussing vegetables fruits and landscaping. Various church groups and circles hold meetings Friday through Sunday across Glen Jean Harper Heights Garten and East Beckley with devotional services choir offerings and regular business sessions.
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Raleigh County Council of Home Makers Clubs
Harper Heights
Wesley Lynch
West Virginia State College
Simeon Warren
Stratton High School
Gustine Elliott
Raleigh County
Thomas Wiley
First Baptist Church of
Glen Jean
Henry Dubois
New Hope
East Beckley
Summerlee
First Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church of
Moode Knight
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Charley
Raleigh Junk CO
Mabscott, W. Va
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Elizabeth Robinson
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Mrs. Robinson
Tall “Ying
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Slab Fork Local
Helps Heart Fund
Roy Harmon
Pension Funds
Marilyn Warren
Bluefield State College
Herod Brown
Brown
Bluefield
Miss Warren
Home Makers Plan Garden School
Falls City Beer
Falls City Brewing Company
Louisville
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