Volunteers Named for Raleigh County Labor Registration
A partial list of teachers will aid in Saturday labor registration in Raleigh County. G A Bentley urges sign up from unemployed adults 18 plus as factories attract investment. polling places are set in seven districts with school principals as chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
G. A. Bentley
Bentley
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
C. D. Munson
Marsh Fork
Shirley Green
Alma Jean Rucker
Hazel Maye
Area Residents Urged to Ensure Safe Water Supplies
Joseph E. Williams of the Raleigh County Health Department warns area residents to verify water safety before use. He outlines risks from unsafe water such as typhoid fever and dysentery, stresses proper sources like municipal supply, explains well inspection needs, and cautions against relying on false beliefs about natural purification. He notes boil sterilization only as emergency measure and urges fixing source defects promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Williams
Raleigh County Health Department
Williams
Farmer Loses Suit With Grocer Pathway of The Stars
Robert Farmer of Mabscott lost a $5,000 suit against George Davis over malicious prosecution. A Raleigh County jury found Davis did not act maliciously when swearing out a warrant for obtaining money under false pretenses. Davis said the elder Farmer owed a $30 grocery bill and Carter’s store had tried to collect from the son with parental permission. Judge Ben H. Ashworth noted this was the last trial on the February docket. A birth notice follows for Larry Warren Elkins born March 2 at Kopperston to Lester and [unreadable] Elkins, joining a sister Belinda Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Farmer
Mabscott
George Davis
Davis
Raleigh County
Farmer
da J
B. W. Farmer
Ter
Ben H. Ashworth
Blue Jay Soldier Missing in Action
Pvt. James R. Carter, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Carter of Blue Jay, has been missing in action since February 13 in Korea. A Shady Spring High School graduate, he served with the Second Division of the 1st Army after enlisting March 2, 1950 and training at Ft. Knox. He shipped overseas in July and entered combat in Korea a month later after working for Amoco Gas in Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Carter
R. C. Carter
Blue Jay
Shady Spring High School
Korea
Ft. Knox
Amere Gas Company
Beckley
Circle Officers Named at Mt Hope Baptist Temple meeting
Mrs. Virginia Smith will chair the Galilean Circle at Mt Hope Baptist Temple. Co chairmen include Mrs. Charles Williams and J E Richeson. Other officers are Mrs. Violet Grace Med Cutcheon secretary and Miss Frances Edar treasurer. Program leaders are Mrs. P H Garrett Mrs. W C Ward and Mrs J W LaMaster. Members discussed sending Sunday school children to church camps this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
MT. Hope
Virginia Smith
Baptist Temple
Fred Harless, Jr
Charles Williams
Ban J. E. Richeson
Violet Grace MedCutcheon
Frances Edar
P H. Garrett
W. C. Ward
J. W. LaMaster
Area Business Notes Henry's Opens and Copco Promotes G Haldane
Area Business Notes reports Henrys Beckley opened a new store at 204 Main Street in the former Fashion Shoppe location. Copco Papers announces George M. Haldane of Beckley as Southern West Virginia sales rep, succeeding Mithoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Copco
G. Haldane
Beckley
Henry Herring
Leb C. Swacey
Marion
Cincin
Main Street
Ference
Hardware Mutual Jn
Surance Company
Mary Ann Harper
Ap-Dent Insurance
Pany
Fred Stacey
Wicopco Papers, Inc
Welch
Charleston
George M. Haldane
Hull Street
West Virginia
Sorority Donates to March of Dimes Drive
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Betas give 136 dollars to the March of Dimes in Fayette County after a Mt. Hope benefit dance. At a Monday meeting Mrs. Edgar Akers presented a program with Jo Ann King on costumes, Mrs. Carl Cooper on suntans, and Mrs. George Vargo on color. The next meeting will feature a furniture discussion led by Mrs. I. Q. Shu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
MT. Hope
Fayette County
Beta Tata
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Edgar Akers
Jo Ann King
Carl
Cooper
George ‘Vargo
Julian Viar
I. Q. Shu
Mate
Virgil , Dillon
Beckley
Bers
Rees Electric Company
Arthur Rees
Olive Mae Rees
William C. Rees
Fireco Woman Sues For 5000 Over 1950 Car Collision
Hazel McGraw 65 sues Ward-Evans Motor Co Inc and driver Frank McVey in Raleigh County Circuit Court for 5000 in damages alleging negligence in an Aug 13 1950 crash on Sullivan Road. She says she was hospitalized with injuries to leg arm and head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fireco
Ward-Evans Motor Company, Inc
Frank McVey
Hazel McGraw
McVey
Sullivan Road
Ward-Evans
Raleigh County
Sotesbury Scout Committee Honors Star Scout MecCarty
Alex MecCarty was elevated to Star Scout at Stotesbury Troop 144 meeting. He earned merit badges in safety machinery first aid and public health. Wayne Carman earned merit badges in public health personal health civics and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex MecCarty
Stotesbury
Young McCarty
Wayne Carman
C. C. Carman
Easter Gag and Fuel Associates
S. Lilly
J. W. Richardson
Registration Posts Listed For Fayette Labor Survey
Registration hours 10 a m to 4 p m set for Fayette County tomorrow for men and women 18 or older. Eligible: unemployed or imminently unemployed. regular workers barred. Registration sites include Ansted city hall White's Store Hico Stemple's store Winona Coyers store Lansing Lookout Post Office Clifftop Danese Nallen Ramsey Corliss Layland Monk's Meadow Bridge Meadow Brook American Legion Fayetteville Beckwith Gauley Bridge Falls View Milbur Belva Boomer Smithers Coalfield Kimberly Moni y Hall Deep Water Beard's Robson Page Ingram Oak Hill Whipple Scar Nipple Carlisle Thurmond Pax Kingston Hilltop Dothan Sun Shorter's D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Oak Hilu
Fayette County
George Armstrong
Oak Hill
White's
Belva
Boomer
Smithers
Coalfield
Kimberly
Moniy
Deep Water
Beard’s Fork
Burke's
Robson
Page
Kincaid
Ingram Branch
Whipple State
Scarnipple
Carlisle Area
Thurmond
Yer Sand
ML Mops
Pax City
Kingston
Dothan
Sun School
Shorter’s
Hilltop
Medo Mine Inspection Endorses Safety Upgrades
Lookout Lookout Lookout Mine in Fayette County inspected by the Bureau of Mines found satisfactory tim ber ing and rock dusting. The J Matsko inspection notes 46 workers, about 300 tons daily, with recommendations for safer practices including stricter gas checks, weekly examinations, fire doors near the portal, secure rail joints, elimination of hazards, eye protection, and positive ID for underground workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Lookout
Medo Fuel Company
Fayette County
Bureau of Mines
J. Matsko
Funeral Services Set for James Weir in Beckley
James Weir of Slanaford died Wednesday at 4:30 pm. at home. Funeral from Calfee Funeral Home Saturday at 10 am. and services Sunday at 2 pm. at Fir e Baptist Church Beckley with Dr Alvin J Cook officiating. Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Public viewing one hour before funeral. Active pallbearers listed incl M E Gillespie Ralph Ailes Tom Chang W L Burruss Leslie Warden E M Beasley Mava Warden James Bibb. Honorary pallbearers named including C Ballard J M McCaulen J A Funt and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir Weir
James
Dpe
Slanaford
Calfee
Baptist Church
Beckley
Alvin J. Cook
W. W. Pharr
Sunset Memorial
Herman
Dee Redden
W. S. Brubeck
Russell Johnson
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Edna Willis
Mt. View Junior High School
Ruby Clyburn
Kenneth Gross
Freeman Moye
Virgila Carr
Mary Lindley
Bertie Bailes
Constance Lynch
James Webb
Boyd Humphrey
Dorothy Mitchell
Kathleen Hoover
Quenton Barrett
Marsh Fork High School
Trap Hill
Geraldine Witt
Pern Robinette
Bill K. Schneider
Edyth Clay
Wanda Clark
Pansy Mankin
Harvey Pauley
Maven C. Clay
John D. Hartsog
E& C. Stover
Crab Orchard
Edith Locke
John Gray
Edward Seherich
Janes Thorne
Lois Edmundson
Pansy Riffe
Albert Tieche
Kathleen Anderson
Land
Katherine McDowell
Beckley Junior High School
Lara Clay
Ruth Laren
Clyde Winston
Eugene Sioiver
William Smith
Millard Jar Irell
Eva Keyser
Doris ‘Durrance
Garnet “Reynolds
Kathryn Minton
Goldie ‘Bostick
Alma Burdette
Gleason Reed
Margaret Thompson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Agnes Gar
Serena Smith
Sophia High School
Guy Rumberg
Ruth Blake
Elsie Comer
May Green
Mayme Appling
Bessie Fultz
Samuel Meadows
Lousie Wood
Rhodell
Gazelle Bowers
Marion Kinzer
U.S
Marines
St. Patrick
Emerald Isle
C. B. Hisel
B. W. Gwinnon
Blarney
Madame Almonester
Madame
John
Micaela Almonester
Mar Matt
R. Farmer
Kopperston
Lester Elkins
Larry Warren
Belinda J Sue
Area Business
Haldane
A. W. Mit.hoff
op.Beckley
Mit
Hoff
Genera
G. M. Haldane Mithoff
Collins Funeral Home
Glen Jean
James O. Allen
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Allen
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlor
Hinton
Judy
Elk Refining Company
Beckley Hotel
J. H. Vandeventer
Huntington
Mullens
Logan
Bluefield
Alderson
E. Marian
Mahan, White & Higgins
Fayetteville
Payete County National Bank
A. B. Abbo
Frank Love
Love and Abbot
Gilbert Smith
G. H. Basham
Middlesboro
Robert Mohler
Tucson
Ariz
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Mohler
G. A. Mohler
S. Oakwood Avenue
Sorority
F. C. Hoffman
Glen White
General Department Stores
Haseen
Kimball
Organizaion
Eccles
Kyle Lilly
Hoffman
General Stores
Community Recreation, Inc
Cate Collinsworth
Lula Mays
John Tice
Rinehart
E. D. Humphrey
Curtis Clay
Elizabeth Gore
Mack Davis
Bot Johnson
Sam Foglesong
Hardy Lilly
Frank Damewood
Claude Cook
Lee Roy Dean
Bernard Shannon
Gerald Snyder
Eleanor Walden
Sotesbury
Scout Committee
Fayette Labor Survey
Baptist
Amole
Ethel Hulbert
Oak Hill Baptist Church
Howard Amole
Herman Akers
Rose Marie Martin
James Shelton
Christ
James Dorton
Medo Company
Barre
Barre Guild
Robert C. Egnor Monument CO
Dia
Sears Monument CO
St. Charlescon
Harper Rd
Sunset Cemetery
Fred Davis
Rep
Dorse L. Lilly
Harper Heights
E. V. Kenny
Lyric Theatre
Cocker Spaniel Pup
Ira
Jack
Geo
Warren Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
W. Va
F. J. Warden
Calloway Heights
Harold Williams
Wim. Oo
Macon
Montgomery RD
Wes Harvey
Soncongersnesss Seapor Dance
Emanon
Bob Daranitt
James Warren
Jesse Zoria
Eagles Club
Carl Clark
J. B. Thomas
Third Avenue
Wee
SIU
Black & W
Neville St
Kkeeping
Incom
North Rahawha
Vite
Samwet
Herman J. Thor
Public Accountants
Tal
Crawford
H.C Kinzer
Dial
WWE Plus
Carl Fred Schutte
C.hufesaian Hecktey
K. Gallauer
Dial 4212
Wender Jewelry CO
Sophia
Gregg
Wright
P. Gulley
John W. Eye
Montgomery Ward
Foster Bardware
Ford ‘Tractor
South
Oakwood Ave
Cook’s
Lewis Transfer & Storage
Virgil
Dave Hamper
Francis J. Hamper
H. J. McMurrer
Bradford St
Goodman
Boone
Fayette
Wyoming
Blue Star
Prince St. Rner
New River Company
Skelton
Royal Oak Press
Oak Minh
We Va
Ae Ee
Nicholas County
I. F. West
Bradstreet, Inc
P.O
W. Vau
Sprague
Chin
Electrolux Sales & Service
Creery St
Eclipse Storage & Transfer CO. Inc
Prince,St
GLASS
Beckley Glass
N. Oakwood
Fife
Foster
R. J. Lucas
General Tire
Neville St. Beckley
Genetes Fond
FORDS
Bair Brothers
East Main St
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