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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1955
Page
12
State Tax Commissioner approves a $138 special levy for Beckley City, to run with the city primary on April 19, and allows funding for a library wing on the Memorial Building with funds paid to the contractor. The council will have joint election officials for both elections.
Beckley plans for the April 19 primary and special levy election set a single ballot. The council, with attorney Benjamin Tissue and party chairs Hulett C. Smith and Phil Wilson, agreed that one ballot will list all general candidates, with ward ballots showing only local council candidates. Election officials from both parties were proposed, and the call must be issued by March 15.
Beckley city officials will meet at 2:30 p m Thursday to fix salaries for all elected officials and discuss election staffing and charter changes ahead of the April primary and levy election. The move follows a joint resolution from Democratic and Republican committees led by Hulett C Smith and Phil Wilson proposing salary adjustments. The democratic list of election officials was prepared Monday. Wilson favors the 1933 election staffing.
Funeral for Irvin Floyd West 62 who died after a five year illness will be at Mount Tabor Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday. Rev. B C Jennings to officiate with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Graveside rites by AF and AM Bailey Lodge 137 of Rock. Body to be removed from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home at 4 p.m. today.
Leroy Shadrick of Skelton was fined 50 dollars and costs by Magistrate J. E. Mays after pleading guilty Tuesday to driving while drunk. The conviction includes a six month automatic license suspension. Shadrick was arrested Monday night by State Police following a sideswipe crash with another vehicle at Metalton.
Mrs Eva C Walters 79 died Tuesday after long illness Her final rites are at 3 pm Thursday at Asbury Methodist Church Uniontown with Rev Allen Howes In charge Burial will be in Union Cemetery She lived in Beckley eight years previously taught Sunday school 25 years She is survived by son James W Walters of Beckley another son Navy Captain John D Walters of Oakland Calif and brother Wilmer Johnson of Uniontown Body to move from Keyser Funeral Home to Uniontown today
Benny Lee Hutchens of Jonben was placed in Raleigh County Jail at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on charges of possession and transportation of moonshine whisky. He was arrested by members of the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit.
A Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association report shows 74 X rays were taken in February with one active TB case. Results include 52 negative, eight inactive, one tubercular suspect, two silicosis, two silicosis suspects, and eight other diseases. Among those X rayed were two former TB patients and 14 contacts.
Beckley Junior High School hosts a PTA program this evening beginning at 7 30 p m to discuss juvenile delinquency with panelists Judge Harry L McCreery James Kessinger Mrs M P Hentz James McNeish and Miss Loretta Bays Amerigo Cappellari moderating at the school in Beckley West Virginia.
A fact about hippopotamus anatomy states their skin can reach as much as two inches in thickness. This detail highlights the animal’s tough hide and protective armor in its natural habitat.
Two natural gas firms petition the Public Service Commission seeking rate boosts in Northern and Southern West Virginia. Manufacturers Light and Heat Co requests a 2.165 million dollar annual rise affecting 46,000 homes from New Martinsville to Chester. Amere Gas Utilities seeks to reopen hearings for a 334 thousand dollar rise after a 108 thousand dollar approved increase.
Beckley City Recorder's office issued a building permit Tuesday to Katherine Hairston for a four room frame house at 208 F St. with a solid foundation and sheetrock walls. Eric Lumber Co. named contractor. estimated cost of the home is $3,000 and city fee was $10.
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