Mullens Women Organize Club in Charity Drive
The Mullens women formed a social charity group called the Jolly Six to raise funds for local relief. They plan social events and a Christmas savings program while supporting community aid and welfare projects.
Speedway Legend Echoes From Marriage Customs
A fragmented article recalls a primitive wedding ritual linked to a fast road from Detroit to Willow Run Airport. It notes a myth of capturing a bride and driving away with a friend to fend off kin, mentioning tests of speed up to 92 miles per hour and varying travel paces.
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Detroit
Willow Rum
Lausche to Speak at Virginia Highway Meet in Wytheville
Beckley chamber official Lawrence Pruett will represent the Beckley Chamber of Commerce at a Florida highway meeting to promote U S Route 21 from the Great Lakes to Florida. Governors invited include Lausche Hodges Stanley Marland Timmerman Jr. A motorcade from Cleveland to the Florida line is planned with a northern and southern tour by the organizing committee.
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George Wythe Hotel
Wytheville
Lawrence Pruett
Beaver
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Rt. 21
Great Lakes
Cleveland
Ohio
Flame State Line
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
William C. Marland
West Virginia
George B. Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of le
School Workers Urged to Return Social Security Ballots
About 1,000 Raleigh County teachers and public employees must mail back their Social Security ballots by Monday. School Supt. D W Bryson noted counting starts then, with a brief waiting period for late ballots. A favorable vote marks a first step toward Social Security coverage, requiring local funding match and two years validity.
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Raleigh County
Woman 109 Injured in Fall at Home
Mrs. Sally Haynes told hospital attendants she was 109 years old after a Glen White resident was treated at Beckley Hospital for an injured right arm from a fall. Election of officers will be held April 11 by Raleigh Court Tuberculosis and Health Association in the Memorial Building. The program, though incomplete, includes committee reports and officers Roy Millican and C C Lewis among others.
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Nora Hunter Madge Campbell
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Estella Sherrad
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Vernin
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Earl Howard
Brag
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Harriet Lunsford Lettle
Goss Thomas Lee Farley
India Linda Broylee
Mintie Miller
Katherine Bucham
Tudiey Peters
Made Milam Ciata
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Ida Swain
Alma B. Johnson
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David R. Cook
Georgia Meadows
Ohley
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Nannie Lovenia
Robert Conner
Lena M. Jones
Charles McMillian
Lawrence Jones
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Break-In Reported in Beckley Home on Crawford Street
Beckley police investigate a break in at the home of Mrs. Robert L. Bair 223 Crawford Street. About $30, including $23 in silver, was taken after a screen was pried from a kitchen window.
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Government Worker Speaks at Sophia High
H. L. Berthold of the Central Intelligence Agency spoke to Sophia High School seniors about government careers. An open forum followed the talk with aptitude tests offered for those seeking positions as Secretaries, stenographers, clerk typists, and clerks. Requirements included age 18 or older, good health, strong character, dependability, emotional stability, U.S. citizenship, and willingness to undergo investigations.
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Sophia High
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Converting Insurance May Cut Premiums for Veterans
World War II veterans who keep GI term policies face higher premiums and lower dividends at each five year renewal. Harry W. Stewart of the Beckley VA Office urges five year policy holders to convert to permanent GI insurance with level premiums. Non changing premiums also bring cash surrender value loan value and extended insurance benefits.
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Harry W. Stewart
Beckley Veterans Administration Office
Stewart
Area Persons Forfeit Bonds on Beer Counts
Two area residents forfeited $31 bonds each after missing arraignment before Magistrate C. T. Burdiss on charges of selling beer after midnight. Named defendants are Aileen Gilliam of Crab Orchard and Clarence Lewis of MacArthur. They were arrested Sunday morning by State Police at the Brazil Club in Crab Orchard.
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Aileen Gilliam
Crab Orchard
Clarence Lewis
MacArthur
Brazil Club
Forest Hill Man Held on Road Law Violations
Floyd Carl Meador is held in the Raleigh County Jail awaiting disposition on two road law charges. State Police booked him at 7 p.m. Tuesday for reckless driving and driving with four persons in the front seat. Patrick Basham of Sophia is scheduled for a hearing tonight before Magistrate C. T. Burdiss on a driving while intoxicated charge after posting an appearance bond and a 3:3 p.m. Monday jail booking.
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Patrick Basham
Sophia
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Basham
Raleigh
Burdiss
Out-of-Town Fires Reported Damages Small
Three residents reported fires to Beckley Fire Department within 12 hours. Mrs Ballard’s Sprague home suffered about 500 dollars damage from a closet fire believed started by wiring. A Maxwell Hill trailer had 10 to 15 dollars damage from attempting to melt water. West Raleigh home of C W Montgomery had 25 dollars damage from spontaneous combustion in a bedroom.
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C. C. Ballard
Sprague
Ralph Rawley
Maxwell Hill
C. W. Montgomery
West Raleigh
Bernard Martin
Thieves Break Into Sophia Elementary School
Sophia Elementary School suffered slight damage in a Monday night break in reported by Principal Norval Cook. Thieves entered through the kitchen window, shattered the principal’s office door and ransacked cabinets and desks, but nothing was stolen.
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Perry Haga
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Lester Buys Track To Aid Street Work
Mayor E G Miller reports residents launched a DIY street improvement campaign funded by a donated track purchased by citizen contributions. Final donations were received Saturday evening at a town meeting as the truck hauls slate and rocks to lay on roads abutting properties. The town awaits installation of street lights and a next town meeting is slated for April 3.
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