County's Only Woman Mail Carrier Covers 15 Miles Daily
Raleigh County profile of Emma Fink, MacArthur post office rural carrier on Route 2, delivering 13 miles daily to 1,100 patrons rain or shine. Since 1952 she has handled shifts through snow and sleet, previously 24 miles before route split. A mother of three, she also houses and sews, collecting plants and making shirts for family.
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Kitty Thompson
Raleigh County
Emma Christian Uated
Stoco High School
Fink
Concord College
Lousie Mor
RFD 2
Gan
MacArthur
Eccles Road
Danny
Ronnie
Jimmie Kyle
David Fink
Eccles Mines
Wyoming County
Emma Christian Fink
Square Dance School To Open Here Friday
The Raleigh County Calico and Jeans Square Dance Club offers Western style instruction starting Friday at 7 30 p m in the Beckley Recreation Building with Fred Miller as instructor. A small registration fee will be charged. The club named committees for the coming year including Membership and Program chairs and observers. Three local Ground Observer Corps posts joined Skytrain XII exercises with 26 spots identified by Lt Paul E Pauley of Raleigh County Post at Memorial Airport and rapid rookie observer training noted.
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Raleigh County
Calico and Jeans
Beckley Recreation
Fred Miller
James Kessinger
Calico and Jeans Club
Don D. Lilly
Reed Daniel
Clayton Wallace
Blanche Adams
Winnie Shumate
Kyle Cook
Frances Gadd
Mary Lipscomb
Betty Gunter
Betty Blevins
Hazel Merkoter
Hazel McKinney
Mae Lilly
Betty Fourney
Ruth Cook
Tressie Daniel
Jessie Houchins
Wilma Bennett
M. W. Shumate
Ground Observer Corps
Eastern Air Defense Command
Shady Spring
Sophia Goc
Joe E. Carnahan
Sophia Post
Paul E. Pauley
Memorial Airport
Pauley
Area High Schools Win State Journalism Honors 1956
Five area high school newspapers earned honors in the 1956 State Journalism Competition at West Virginia University. Oak Hill and Mullens High Schools took first honors, among 17 papers scoring 1,100 plus of 1,200 possible points. Beckley Mount Hope and Sophia received select honors. 34 papers scored 1,075 to 1,100.
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West Virginia University
School For Journalism
Oak Hill
Mullens High School
Beckley
Mount Hope
Sophia
East Gulf Man Ballard Mitchell Jr Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Ballard Mitchell Jr. 31 of East Gulf will be at 1 30 p m Tuesday at East Gulf Union Hall conducted by Rev William Freeman burial in Greenwood Memorial Park He died Thursday in the Veterans Administration Hospital Oleen NC Survivors include his wife his mother Mrs Julia Mitchell a stepson J Charles Griffin and five grandchildren The body will be taken from J D Trent Funeral Home to the residence at 5 p m today
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East Gulf Union Hall
Ballard Mitchell Jr
East Gulf
William Freeman
Greenwood Memorial Park
Veterans Administration Hospital
Oleen
N. C
Mitchell
American Legion
Post 70
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Julia Mitchell
Charles Griffin
J.D. Trent
Pisegna Infant Rites Slated Today
Graveside rites were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Sunset Memorial Park for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Wesley Pisegna East Beckley. Dr Alvin J Cook will conduct the services. The child died at birth in a local hospital at 12 30 p.m. Sunday. Surviving besides the parents are the paternal grandparents Mrs and Mrs Frank Pisegna of Penman Road.
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Sunset Memorial Park
Frank Wesley Pisegna
East Beckley
Alvin J. Cook
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Frank Pisegna
Penman Road
Three area men begin 12 week State Police training
Three area men Harold Holt Beckley Carval Legursky and William Arthur Mabscott start a 12 week course at the State Police Academy Dunbar on March 26. Holt Legursky and Arthur currently work at Hinton Welch and Mabscott respectively with assignments to Detachments. Upon graduation the force will total 28 men the largest in its history. Supt Boyles notes funds limit headcount to 264 and four vacancies will be filled later.
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State Police Academy
Dunbar
Harold H. Holt
Beckley
Carval Legurcky
William E. Arthur
Mabscott
Holt
Hinton
Legur' Sky
Montgomery
Arthur
Welch
R. W. Boyles Eaid
East Beckley Scout Wins Boy Scout of the Year Medal
David Hindsley of East Beckley received the Boy Scout of the Year Medal for outstanding advancement attendance and conduct with Troop Pi 138 sponsored by St Marys Methodist Church during church services this past week.
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David Hindsley
East Beckley
Hindsley
St. Mary's Methodist
McMillian Rites Slated Tuesday
Funeral services for Clinton Dell McMillian 61 of Cabell Heights will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. C. A. Hillman and Rev. T. W. Hampton officiating. Burial in the American Legion section of Wildwood Cemetery. He died Sunday at 4:10 p.m. after an extended illness. Born March 14, 1895 in Mattsville he was a World War I veteran and retired carpenter. Survived by his wife Bertié Williams McMillian one sister Etta Wiley Crab Orchard and one brother Walter McMillian Mt Hope. Body to be removed to the residence at 3 p.m. pallbearers listed.
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Clinton Dell MccMillian
Cabell Heights
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
C. A. Hillman
T. W. Hampton
American Legion
Wildwood Cemetery
McMillian
iMattsville
Dudley
Sara Brown McMillian
Bertié Williams McMillian
Etta Wiley
Crab’ Orchard
Walter McMillian
Mt. Hope
Quesenberry and Webb Feneral
Elwood McMillian
Rufus Tolbert
John Wiley
Harold MecMillian
Harold Whitely
National 4 H Week Observed by White Oak Winners Club
Eloise Lilly led a talk on National 4 H Week at the White Oak Winners Club meeting Friday. The hall was decorated in green and white with exhibits and awards. Nancy Mills Inez Mills Martha Jane Boyd and Norman Cook gave talks and demonstrations. Allen Thomas recited a poem and Cook opened with a prayer.
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Eloise Lilly
White Oak
Nancy Mills
Inez Mills
Martha Jane Boyd
Norman Cook
Allen Thomas
Cook
Public Works Board approves Pinecrest paving project
The Public Works Board approved a funds transfer of 15000 to repairs and alterations for Pinecrest Sanitarium. The money moves from personal services to repave the roachway at the sanitarium, announced Thursday by the board.
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Pinecrest Sanitarium
Board of Public Works
X rays at Raleigh County health office find two active cases
In February the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Office conducted 73 X rays. Two active cases were detected among previously diagnosed patients who would not stay for treatment at Pinecrest Sanitarium. Sixty nine were initial shots and four were retakes from the mobile unit. The list also included negative, inactive and other pulmonary disease findings.
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Raleigh County
Tuberculosis and ‘Health Office
C. C. Sanders
Pinecrest J Sanitarium
Veteran Re-Enlists and Eleven Recruits Sign at Beckley
Eleven men joined the armed forces for the first time last week at Beckley Main Examining and Induction Center while a veteran of 13 years re enlisted for the third time. Sergeant First Class Elmo E. Hager, now at Beckley Recruiting Station, marked his third re enlistment. Hager’s career includes World War II and the Korean Conflict with multiple service medals. Eight new Army recruits and three joining the Air Force were sent to training at Fort Jackson Army Base and Lackland Air Force Base.
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Armed Forces
Beckley Main
Elmo E. Hager
Beckley
Army
Hager
Hisine
West Virginia
Peoples Life Insurance Co
Charleston
Logan
Air Force
Fort Jackson Army Base
Lawrence L. Simpkins
Naugatuck
Franklin E. Mercer
Virginia Mercer
War
Clarence A. Lee Jr
Lansing, Mich
Lonnie W. Marcum
James Marcum
Dingess
Omer D. Hester
Arlene Hester
Matoaka
Kenneth Peyton
Lonnie Peyton
Leet
Official to Attend Legion Birthday Ceremony Tuesday
G. Steele Callison, vice commander of the West Virginia American Legion, will speak at Raleigh County Legion Post 37’s birthday observance Tuesday night. Callison, a World War I Navy Reserve petty officer, serves on the Beckley VA Hospital rehab committee and supports several civic groups. Thirty three post commanders of the Raleigh County Post will be honored, including many listed members and several noted as deceased.
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G. Steele Callison
West Virginia
J. H. McGinnis
J. P. Bonner
Ben Ashworth
Frank Halstead
Bill Fugit
Roy Elkins
Karl Klaus
E. H. Shriver
David Ashworth
Irving Goldstein
R. H. Magee
Roy Smith
Jimmy Umstead
T. C. Moorefield
Charley Dickinson
J. McDonough
First Reports Back In Red Cross Drive
Three early returns in the Red Cross Drive were reported by Mrs. T. C. Moorefield. The first residential team led by Mrs. Anthony J. Sparacino completed their canvass and submitted 84.24 dollars across streets including Russell and Lincoln. Mrs. Roy Snead and Mrs. Frank Vass also reported early completions in outlying and professional districts respectively.
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Red Cross
T. C. Moorefield
Beckley
Anthony J. Sparacino
Russell Street
McGinnis Street
Wildwood Avenue
Lincoln Street
Stanley Street
Jefferson Street
Sparacino
T. T. Prince
W. J. Smith
Walter Rappold
Vada Gunter
H. L. Hendrickson
George Fama
Doris Barker
Roy Snead
Beaver
Frank Vass
Red Cross Board of Directors
RothemEmer Davis
Arg
Corey + Mitchell
J. al Barnell
Dewey-Bone Sr
Fred’ Richmond
R. L. Deitz
Raleigh Wright
George Bright
William F. Watts
C. G. Peregoy
Fred Richmond
Deane Brooke
Grand Rapids Infant Funeral Held This Week
Funeral services for seven month old Vickie Lynn Garcia will be held Tuesday in Grand Rapids Michigan. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Andrew Garcia of the city and died Sunday at Butterworth Hospital. The mother is the former Louise Islaughter of Beaver.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Vickie Lynn “Garcia
Andrew Garvia
City
Butterworth Hospital
Grand Rapids
Garcia
Louise Islaughter
Beaver
Area Men Join Armed Forces
Thirteen men will begin careers in the armed forces Thursday after being called for induction by the Beckley Selective Service Board. Inductees include James Lee Crouch Maibe Harper Norman Henry Bird Jr of Harper and others slated for 8:30 AM with a next pre induction call due March 28.
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Armed Forces
Beckley Selective Servce Board
Glen Rogers
Charles Wal
Sellards
Chicago
James Lee Crouch
Joaka
Norman Henry Bird, Jr
Harper
Robert Eugene McClung
Sprague
Jesse Ray West
Mead
Charles Edward Lilly
Blue Jay
Charles Richard Sweeney
Alvie Jackson Lilly
Beckley
Chesly Lee Zutaut
Fairfax,Mich
William Jay Jennings
Elmer Ray Gearhart
Sophia
George Robert Miller
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert Lee Hill
New Healing Substa Shrinks Hemorrhoids Pain Free
A New York report describes a healing substance claimed to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery. Case by case, patients experienced pain relief and actual shrinkage, with results described as remarkable and thorough.
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Dieves
York
N.Y
Serger
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