Beckley plans perpetual care for Wildwood Cemetery
A meeting in Beckley established a voluntary group to create an irrevocable trust funding perpetual care for Wildwood Cemetery, Gen. Alfred Beckley's burial site. Hulett C. Smith chairs. Earle Bibb Sr. treasurer. W H Piggy McGinnis attorney. target about 30000 dollars. tax deductible donations expected. Work includes trees planted with help from the Conservation Commission and Beckley Beautiful Committee.
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Wildwood Cemetery
Beckley
Paul Earwood
Hulett C. Smith
Earle Bibb Sr
W. H. “Piggy”McGinnis
Hal M. Scott
Alfred Beckley
Perpetul Care
Funeral services for infant son of Stanley
The six month old son of Benjamin and Marie Milam Stanley of Elyria Ohio died at home. Funeral services will be held Friday at 8 30 p m in the Calfee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Everett R Shafer officiating. Burial will be in Calfee Cemetery Mount Tabor. Survivors include the parents a sister Barbara Ann the maternal grandparents Artie Milam Glen Rogers and the paternal grandmother Mrs He O Stanley Scarbro. The body will remain at the funeral home.
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Benjamin Lewis Stanley
Calfee
Calfee Cemetery
Mount Tabor
Benjamin
Marie Milam Stanley
Elyria
Ohio
Raleigh County
Ace One
Barbara Ann
Artie Mi‘lam
Glen Rogers
Stanley
Scarbro
Beckley taxi firms seek fare increase delayed by commission
Public Service Commission meeting in Charleston Tuesday postponed action on Beckley taxi firms request to raise fares. Carter of Yellow Cab says profit and loss statement for February is pending and a March 15 decision date was set. Companies including Yellow Cab White Star Taxi Radio Cab Robertson Taxi and Nu-Way Cab report January losses while proposing new rates. Under the proposal, the first mile remains 50 cents but 2 to 5 miles would be charged 50 cents and subsequent miles 10 cents each.
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Beckley Taxi
Public
Carter
Yellow Cab
White Star “Taxi
Radio “Cab
Robertson Taxi
Nu-Way
Beckley
Lions Club Beckley slate delegates for state convention
Beckley Lions Club nominates 30 members for delegate posts at the state convention in Wheeling June 7 9. Twelve delegates and as many alternates will be chosen at the March 19 meeting to represent Beckley. John Saunders led programs with musical selections by Shady Spring High School student Bill Carter.
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Beckley
Lions Club
Wheeling
John Saunders
Shady Spring High School
Bill Carter
Webster Springs to Host State Gospel Singers Meet
State Gospel Singers Association holds its business meeting in Webster Springs with singing groups from Raleigh County taking part. The event is set for March 3 from to 4 pm at Cherry Falls Church, correcting a prior report that it would occur in White Sulphur Springs.
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State Gospel Singers Association
Webster Springs
Raleigh County
Cherry Falls Church
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Beckley police take delivery of first new patrol car
The Beckley Police Department received the first of three new patrol cars on Tuesday a 1957 Ford purchased from Grady Whitlock Ford Inc for 1030.99 plus trade in of three old cruisers Delivery of the remaining two cars is due in a few days A mobile collision was reported at McCreery Street and South Fayette Street involving Carlos Isiah James and Joseph Clark Bigony with minor injuries and a red pickup damaged and towed for evaluation
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Beckley
Grady Whitlock Ford Inc
McCreery St
S. Fay
Elle St
Carlos Isiah James
Joseph Clark Bigony
Wildwood Ave
Bigony
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