Tournaments Under Way Today at West Virginia Sectionals
The state high school basketball playoffs open with 32 sectional tournaments featuring more than 200 teams. Beckley High School Flying Eagles defend their title as regional rounds begin, with several sectionals already reporting results and weather delaying later games into next week. Byron Spaun, son of the famed Spaun Family Circus, reflects on four generations of performance across West Virginia towns and the circus legacy continues in Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agine
Ta Kae
Tirpinia
Todlay
Beckley High School
Flying Eagles
Morgantown
Barrisville
Elizabeth
East Fairmont
Fairview Mennington
Monongah
Grafton
Clay Battelle
Martinsburg
Hedgesville
Charles Town
Paw Paw
Berkeley Springs
Byron Spaun
Rhodell
West Virginia
Spaun
Beckley
Spain
Pastor
Koster
Beal's
New York
Cosmos
Washington
Old Howard Theater
Boston
Senior Spaun
P.T. Barnum
Circus
Spauns
Jack Haverly
W. S. Cleveland
Minstrels
Sliding Billy Watson
George M. Cohan
Buster Keaton
Byron Spaun, Jr
Rainelle
Sophia
Poca
Glenville
Gauley Bridge
Whitesville
Oak Hill
Coal City
Lena
Hamlin
M. L. Clark Circus
Oceana
Kopperston
Cleveland
Weber and Fields
Eloise Johnson
Pewee
Juanita
Edgewood Drive
Raleigh
Byron
Peewee
Spaun Circus
Couple renew request to wed at Beckley county clerk office
Theodore Reid and Alice Naomi Wright of Beckley renew their application for a marriage license after previous denial in 1945 due to Alice's underage status without her mother's consent. Refiled alongside other 1940s applications from residents like Lawrence Lackney and Charlotte Markland and several Beckley area pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Reid
Skelton
Alice Naomi
Wright
Beckley
Alice
Lackney
Charlotte Markland
Jack ‘Stewart
Christina’ Seco
Glen Morgan
Robert Lee
Stone
Eccles
Raby Belle Cooke
Dandels
Andrew. M. Terry
East Beckley
Rosa B. Crawford
Corporal Wickline Expected Home From Japan Post
Corporal Dan C. Wickline now at a rest camp near Sapporo Japan after discharge from the 28th Army Hospital Osaka is expected home soon His parents Mr and Mrs D B Wickline reside in Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
sy _SIPRISSET
Fayetteville
Dan C. Wickline
Sapporo
Japan
28Th Army Hospital
Osaka
D. 8. Wickline
Baltimore Livestock Market Report Highlights Cattle Prices
Baltimore cattle receipts for a Thursday market show steady- to slightly higher trends from Tuesday. Dairy cows bring 12.00 to 14.00, canners 9.50 to 11.60, and heavier bulls 15.59 to 16.50. calves sell around 75 and dealers stay active with mixed trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
USDA
Korean postwar chaos described by Capt Workman at ROTC meeting
Capt Max Workman recounts Japanese withdrawal leaving government roles vacant in Korea and reserves that Koreans were unavailable to fill posts. He notes Russian blockades worsened conditions and predicts about twenty years of occupation to restore self sufficiency. Capt David Midgett says Army seeks officers for recall and enlisted personnel for on the job training at Fort Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Workman
Korea
Alfred Becke Iley
Reserve Officers Association
Workman
David Midgett
Beckley Military
Army
Fort Knox
Obituary notices for V William V and Alice Glisan with child death
Notices list William V. Bwatzyzna Swatzyna age 52 of 105 Ball Street who died March 4 at home with funeral set for March 6 and burial at Cathedral Cemetery. Also Alice Glisan age 45 of Lawton WV died March 4 at a local hospital with services March 7 at Calfee Funeral Home Chapel and burial in Morgantown WV. Included are Shelvin D. McKinney five weeks and funeral details from Tyree Funeral Home Florists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bwatzyna Swatzyna
William V
Ball Street
Keyser
John Halpin
Cathearun
Sunset Memorial
Ark
Glisan Glisan
Alice Lee
Lawton
W. Va
Calfee Funeral Home
W. W. Pharr
Mount Lope
Presbyterian Church
Morgantown
Caffee
McKinney “McKinney
Shelvin
Weeks
Shelvin McKinney
Lochgelly
R. H. McKinney
Lochgely
Gilmer Cross
Oak Hill
Bays Cemetery
Summerlee
Tyree
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Raleigh Countian
Spatin
Catherine Dolan
Prince
Ville
Cites
Byron, Jr
Corporal
Matthew Taylor
Tives
Pretty Kay Walker
sions—Kay
Legacy of
Vida Hurst
The
Raleigh Register
Baltimore Livestock
Hylton Hylton
Patricia Ann
Dave Hyi
Rose Funeral Home
Ansted
Ganley Bridge
Mt. Hope
Montgomery
Ollegiate Columbia
Princeton
Seton Hall
St. Peters
N.J
Alderson-Broaddus
Dickinson
Gettysburg
St. Vincent
Grove City
Rhode Island State
Providence
Lock Haven
East Stroudsburg
Slippery Rock
Edinboro
Duquesne
Quantico Marines of
Notre Dame
St. Louis
Campbell
Beckley and
Beckley Bookkeeping & Tax Service Agency
Eatwell Cafe
Solith Heber St
Keyser Funeral Home
Snow Thornton Florists
Dial al
Prince Street
Snead
Beckley Hotel
Dial
Crab Orchard Rd
Fisher’s
Prince St
Mount Hope Road
Stamford City
Chris Chambers
Lan Ar
Daniels
Calloway Heights
Lawrence Pittman
Rt. 1
R A Andrews
Walt
Royal Jewelers
John W. Eye
Agr
Neville St
Misr “Sar
New River Company
Sprague and Mabscott
Foster Hardware, Inc
Ureka
Bendix Home Laundry
Baby Scales
O.n
Main Street
Rhodes
Feazell
Hill St
WE Warvey
Vita War Paints
Perdue
Mabscott, W. Va
Mil_ dred Wood
H. ©. Kinzer Beckley
Main St
To & P.m
Sidney Labovite
Main_St
Charm Sho
Eve
Sun
NORGE
Lowe Brothers __Electric Co
Morris
Cremens
General Electric
Nixon Furniture Co
Baynes
Nnmane
Beckley Radio
Baker Radio & Electric Service
South Kanawha St
Singer
Sewing Machine Co
Radins
Scott’s Music Service
Earwood St
Ross Houchins
Compton Construction Company
Amigo
W Va
Mullens
Saks Jewelers Witte St. Daal
Lloyd H. McKinney
Stephenson
Ian
Kyle Cleaners, Inc
Kyle Kinzer
Mer
S. Kanawha
Mandeville Transfer & Storage Co
Lewis Transer Company
Dial 4400
Post-Heralds
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley Newspapers
Honky Tonks
North Kanawha Street
Goodie
Swan
Wyoming
Hinton
W. Ya
Crown St
Brooklyn
Seidman
Neville
Jvered Ytag Co
Gates Valco Tires
Raleich Motor Sales, Inc
South Oakwood Ave
Beckley, W. Va
Pontiac Automobiles
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