Junior Red Cross Members Help With Hospital Tray Favors
The Junior Red Cross at Woodrow Wilson High School in Raleigh County coordinates tray favors and table decorations for patients. Members include Shirley Todd Judy Greiner Wal Binderman and Alma Payne. The annual Raleigh County chapter fund drive runs through March 31 with volunteers aiding in offices delivering posters and other tasks.
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Junior Red Cross
Woodrow Wilson High School
Shirley Todd
Jesse Atkins
Perity
Judy Greiner
J. O. Greiner
Piney View
Wal _ Binderman
William Binderman
Beckley
Alma Payne
E. M. Payne
The
Leigh County
Red Cross
Brownies Charm Banquet Audience at Scout Gathering
Unintentional highlight of the evening came from the Brownies of Troop 18 during the Girl Scout Parent banquet at First Baptist Church Beckley. The Brownies led a sing along asking parents to rise with their daughters creating a playful Jacks in box moment. Leaders Mrs Lester Ramsey and Mrs Pat Reach directed the Brownie group with Mrs Delbert Thurman helping nearby. Background showed Senior Troop members observing.
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First Baptist Church
Beckley
Lester Ramsey
Pat Reach
Ramsey
Delbert Thurman
Flight School Students Pass Written Exams At Raleigh Airport
Three students at Raleigh County Memorial Airport-Jack Bazzarre Jimmy Kiser and Bufford Crouse completed written examinations for private licenses. They must pass a flight test to receive licenses. The latest student entering flight training is Danny Warren under the Korean GI Bill. A visiting Beech Bonanza pilot Melvin Lamb from New York flew in over the weekend. Snow in the past week did not interrupt operations and Sunday was favorable for flying.
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Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Jack Bazzarre
Jimmy Kiser
Bufford Crouse
Herb Alley
Danny Warren
Warren
Alloy
Melvin Lamb
New York
Jean Lamb
Vance Drive
Alley
Taylor Services Set on Thursday
Funeral services for Robert Lee Taylor, 62, of Winding Gulf, will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Thursday in Collins Temple with Rev. W. M. Freeman Jr. in charge. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. He died at 6 p.m. Saturday at his residence after a long illness. Survivors are three sisters, Annie Adams, Maggie Claytor, and Minnie Clark Reed. The body remains at C. D. Trent Funeral Home until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lee Taylor
Collins Temple
W. M. Freeman Jr
Greenwood Memorial Park
Taylor
Winding Gulf
Annie Adams
Maggie Claytor
Colcord
Minnie Clark Reed
Harper Heights
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Schedule Announced For House-Church Services
The House-Church services of St. Stephen's Episcopal church end at 8 p.m. today with meetings in homes of Ross P. Daniel Jr., C. S. Lewis Jr., D. D. Daniel, C. S. Lewis, George Kellman, W. C. Sydnor Jr., Phillip Basharah, and H. S. Edwards at listed addresses. Rector Rev. O. Worth May attends Convocational Deans meeting in Charleston starting at 11 a.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Ross P. Daniel Jr
Dexter Ave
C. S. Lewis Jr
Virginia St
D. D. Daniel
Granville Ave
C. S. Lewis
Wickham Ave
George Kellman
Hull St
W. C. Sydnor Jr
Woodlawn Ave
Phillip Basharah
White Ave
H. S. Edwards
Pinecrest Sanitarium
O. Worth May
Charleston
Radio Engineers Sought by Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission seeks radio engineers at multiple U.S. locations with entrance salaries from 4490 to 5430 annually. Applicants may have college study or experience in engineering fields or physics. Details in Announcement No. 187B via Russell Feazels at Beckley Post Office or the Civil Service Commission in Washington DC.
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Federal Communications Commission
United States
United States Civil Service Commission
CSC
Russell Feazels
Beckley Post Office
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington 25
D. C
Japan Shifts as Over a Million Farmers Desert for City Jobs
In the last five years more than one million people left farming in Japan to seek urban employment, signaling a major rural to urban labor migration and potential impacts on agriculture and regional economies.
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Japan
Deeds On File Record of Local Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded in the county clerk’s office show numerous quitclaim and purchase actions. Grants include Richard Armentrout to J L Rogers in Oakvale Addition, various parcels in Town District, Shady Spring and Slab Fork districts, with prices ranging from no consideration to about 10 000 dollars. Parties include Blackburn to Redden, Cox to Wood, Rees to Farley, Lilly to Ryder, and many others with parcel details such as Pine Grove Sub-Division Tract and North Hills Addition.
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Carl L
Evelyn L. Blackburn
Zada Redden
Irma
Dalmus Cox
Julia Wood
Pine Grove
A. and
W. Investment Corporation
Marie E. Graham
Rhodell
David Earl
Pauline May Rees
Ronald R
Charlotte Lou Farley
Shady Spring
James Lilly, Inc
Shirley Jean Ryder
North Hills Addition
Carl and
Victoria Cook
Patrick H. Lester
Trap Hill
Arless M
Nora L. Millis
W. M. Horton
Irvin
Sarah Dickens
Tommy E. Bearfield
Marsh Fork
Roy and
Betty Lilly
Virginia Worlx
J. J
Helen Okes
Goldie Lilly
Cherry Tree
John M. Clements
John Earl Toney
New River Subdivision
William Slade
Sara Slade
Slab Fork District
Howard Jr. and
Addalee Sheets
Fannie Pettry
Pettry
D. B
Florence Kirby
Joe and
Louise Herrera
Hill Park
Henry and
Lula Conway
Higgins Grocery Company
Hedrick - Walker - Carter
Maude Barrett
John and
Izora Lewis
Clear Fork
Earl A
Lula F. Hall
Samuel
Edna Gregory
Glen White
Professional Realty Company
Bessie Brown
Slab Fork
Virginia Plumiey
Louise Thompson
Glade Park
Mamie Ewart
Clara E. Walters
Lewis Meadows
Helen Meadows
B. E
Freda Thompson
Robert J
Sadie Smith
Elsie W. Meadows
Mary Snuffer Scott
Della Snuffer Campbell
Harvey
Clear
Paul Aa Marie Coulson
Robert E
Juanita Merle Hungate
Grand Jury Indicts In 41 Cases At Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Grand Jury returned 41 indictments during the March term of Criminal Court, with five of 47 presented cases not producing true bills. Several cases were withdrawn or not presented, including a burglary case against Chester and Dwight Crosley and an assault charge against Fred Snyder. Indictments cover grand larceny, breaking and entering, accessory after the fact, drunk driving, maiming, pistol charges, possession of moonshine, embezzlement, destruction of property, and other offenses, listing numerous individuals and Smith and Thompson Inc. as an axle violation. The docket for the term will be set on Wednesday.
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Raleigh County Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Chester
Dwight Crosley
Fred Snyder
Mildred E. Adkins
Hunt Farley
Henson Harless
Clarence Davis
Earl Hess
Ira Mathena
Bobby Lee Scott
Kenneth Murphy
Everett Little
Jackie Lee Fortner
James Buckland
Daniel Philip Rakes
Johnnie Edwin Williams
Emory Jackson Williams
Albert Lee Tiano
Walter Haskin
Norman A. Wiley
George Worley
Fred DeWeese
William Edward Conney
Ivan Leslie Daniel
Deane Daniel
Elmer Pettry
Chalmers Lambert
Ernest R. Williams
Allen Wayne Griffith
Marines Allow 120 Day Delays Before Boot Camp
Young men enlisting in the Marine Corps may stay at home up to four months before reporting for recruit training. Acting Gunnery Sgt Edward Queen Beckley Marine Recruiter said the 120 day delay helps those who are employed or in school. Enlistees are not required to participate in military activity during the delay, and time at home counts toward obligation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Edward Queen
Beckley Marine Recruiter
Queen
Be c kley Junior High PTA Demonstrates Tumbling
Eighth graders at Beckley Junior High School performed tumbling exercises during a Wednesday PTA meeting. Principal C D Munson addressed parents about the value of physical education and the upcoming school levy vote on March 26.
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Beckley Junior High School
Parent
C. D. Munson
BJHS
Marines Seek Officer Candidates for Aviation Program
Marines seek qualified graduates and soon to be graduates for Aviation Officer Candidates. Pilot candidates join the Aviation Officer Candidate Course March 15 at Quantico to be commissioned May 30 as second lieutenants and sent to Pensacola for 15 to 18 months of flight training.
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Marine Aviation Office
Edward Queen
Beckley Marine Recruiting Station
Queen
Aviation Office
Marine Officers’ School
Quantico
Marine Corps Reserve
Pensacola
Fla
Seven join Air Force recruits for Lackland training
Seven of eight men who enlisted at Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station were sent to basic training at Lackland Air Force Base Texas for nine weeks. Steve Harsanyi of Northfork previously served was sent to Amarillo AFB Texas. Others sent to Lackland W include Charles R Bradley Winifrede William D Garton Charles ton and Jonathan W Odham Jr of Pocahontas VA. Samuel K Cardwell of Gary and Reginal T Stevenson of Capels were sent Friday.
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United States Air Force
Beckley Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Steve Harsanyi
Northfork
Amarillo Afb
Lackland W
Charles R. Bradley
Winifrede
William D. Garton
Charleston
Jonathan W Odham Jr
Pocahontas
Samuel K. Card
Milwaukee Drunk Driving Trial Focuses On Bloodshot Eyes
A police captain testified the defendant’s eyes were bloodshot after a stop for erratic driving, but it later emerged one eye was glass. The remark raised questions about the reliability of the bloodshot eye description during the case.
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Milwaukee
Possum Found In Closet During Oklahoma House Cleaning
In Checotah Oklahoma Johnnie Marie LeMasters reached into a brush closet during cleaning. A brush moved revealing a possum that had somehow entered from outdoors seeking shelter in the home.
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Johnnie
Cheocotah
Okla
Johnnie Marie LeMasters
Property Transfers in Shady Spring and Beckley Additions
Ruth and James Smith sell to Daisy Taylor a Wood Addition parcel for about 4500 dollars. Iva C. Sizemore and others transfer a North Beckley Addition lot to Lillie O. Callison with no consideration. Also Ruth and James Smith to Daisy Taylor involve the Wood Addition transfer amount and the Callison transaction contrasts.
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Wood
Ruth and
James Smith
Daisy Taylor
Shady Spring
Iva C. Sizemore
Lillie O. Callison
Lot
North Beckley
Philadelphian Waives Preliminary Hearing
John Karpinski of Philadelphia waived preliminary hearing before Magistrate J E Mays on a grand larceny charge and faces the next Raleigh County Grand Jury. He was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a 11000 fine for taking clothing and merchandise from R M Peters in Beaver where he had stayed. Burkirk James Harold released on $500 appearance bond for breach of peace after jailing by City Police.
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John Karpinski
Philadelphia
J. E. Mays
Raleigh County
Raleigh
Mays
Karpinski
R. M. Peters
Beaver
Peters
James Harold Burkirk
Ann Street
W. A. Burke
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Bae Ees
Dallas Booth
Ruben Cook
Home Insurance Company
Clarksburg
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Boeing
Charles A. Rheinstrom
Taylor Services
Richard and
Adoulia Armentrout
J. L. Rogers
Oakvale
Roosevelt Duff
Herschel Hulton
Henry Hylton
Charlie Bolen
Smith and Thompson, Inc
Billy Boyd Rice
Roy Lee West
John Scott Day
Robert Rosamund
Harrison Lee Robinson
Fielden D. Haga
Bill Turner
James Cassity
Douglas Neal Marshall
Leyton Bunch
Sam Berillo
Lackland
Philadelphian
NCU
Nobil’s Shoe Store
Duggy
Weatherbird
Reene Sad
Nobil
Neville ST
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