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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1955
Page
10
Beckley residents pressed the city over flood drainage on Hartley Avenue and the U. S. Route 19 21 By-Pass, urging state and city cooperation. A rabid cat killed by police prompted questions about rabies testing and a $10 head submission fee to Charleston health labs.
The Rural Development Council hosts a five night fly tying course at Beckley Junior High School from April 11 to 15. Instructor Russell Boggs, with helper Robert Sadler, will teach tying using game rooster necks and dyed tails. Equipment is provided and available to purchase at cost. Boggs also runs Boggs Tackle Shop in Raleigh and makes rods and arrows.
Shenandoah Valley live poultry market remains steady with good demand and tight supplies. Prices at farm yesterday reflect top whites at the high end, with broilers under 3 lbs about 28-29 cents, 3 lbs and over 28-30, heavy hens 25-26, and small turkey fryers 31 with breeder hens 28-30. Weekly figures show varied shares by weight, with shifts noted from prior week.
A catalog of disparate words including evil insect enemy grove spray cough slipper fashion diamond thimble fault roast beggar vegetable perfume and other items such as scarf waist scare walnut dandelion quiet willow destroy orchard gravy gown width avenue merchant famous object course desire grasshopper speedometer and medicine timber poison damage motorist grease motorcycle police and velvet satin debt.
Virgil Claytor of Stamford was fined 113 dollars in fines and costs for violating the Raleigh County dog quarantine for rabies. Magistrate J. P. Meadows imposed 50 dollars for permitting a dog to run at large and 50 dollars for obstructing the dog warden who attempted to impound the animal. Claytor was arrested by Raleigh County Constable Cotton White and allowed to pay part of the sum with the rest to be paid later. The magistrate noted the maximum penalty for letting a dog run at large during a quarantine is 100 dollars and 90 days in jail.
Beckley City Council heard a financial statement showing eight months of the 1954 55 year. Receipts totaled 229 617 50 while expenditures reached 234 029 90. The balance needed by June is 91 892 47 to close the books in the black.
The Board of Public Works approved a 1955 56 budget for Pinecrest Sanitarium totaling 94 415 less than requested and 2 760 less than the current year. Bookkeeper George L Ballard said the institution had asked for 1 216 285 for 1955 56 which would have funded small pay raises for all employees. Administrative salaries were trimmed to 43 920 from 46 880 keeping pay steady. The only care and welfare change was a 840 increase for doctor and dentist care to fund an anaesthetist in the operating room.
Street commissioner D. E. Warden told the Beckley City Council that rain delayed the department, enabling patching for only two and a half days in Feb 23 to March 8. The period included sewer line checks, ditch and drain cleaning, and sweeping 140 miles of streets. March work will focus on patching sewer work and street sweeping.
Funeral services for Mrs Ada Steward formerly of Minden will be Saturday in Danville Illinois. Survivors include husband Harry Steward four daughters and one son Lillie MaeLogan Mead Mary Morse Helen Ruth Penn Laura Wright all of Glen Rogers Sgt Miles Thomas US Army in Germany two sisters Morie Horton and Tommie Amey East Beckley two stepsons Obie Steward Philadelphia Elmer Steward New York three stepdaughters Alma Lee Foster Chicago Geneva Steward and Viola Steward both at home twenty five grandchildren and one great grandchild survive.
John B. Peters of 1604 Kanawha Street was confirmed by Beckley City Council to join the Beckley Police Department. Mayor Elmer L. Davis said Peters met all requirements and recommended him after reviewing applications. He fills the vacancy caused by the 1954 resignation and suspension of Sgt. Oscar Bowers.
Funeral services for James William Oyler 82 of Crab Orchard will be held at 11 a m Thursday at Pemberton Methodist Church with Rev Ernest Barley and Rev C E Walker presiding Burial will follow in Lone Star Cemetery Covington Va William s Funeral Home arranging duties
Multiple death notices including Eva C Walters of Beckley age 79 who died at her son James Walters home March 8 and funeral set for Asbury Methodist Church March 10 with burial at Union Cemetery Also Fred Adkins 18 formerly Sprague killed in auto crash March 6 with services March 10 at Sprague Freewill Baptist Church Burial at Mt Tabor Caffee Cemetery Active pallbearers and flowergirls named George Tyree William Hollandsworth James Oyler Irvin West and others noted with funeral arrangements by local funeral homes.
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