Price and Atkinson Clash in Raleigh County Address
Republican Price backs severance tax and liquor by the drink referendum while championing diversified industry and merit-based state employment. Democrat Atkinson also backs severance taxes, school funding, improved roads, and opposes liquor sales, highlighting parks and tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Clay Price
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
West Virginia
H. Beuran Atkinson
House
Price
Oak Grove
Beckley
West
Halbert Price
J. P. Clay
Fork Union Military Academy
Laen
Morris Harvey College
Marshall College
Price Brothers
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Atkinson
Land O' Hills
South Vance Drive
Atkinson Shopping Center
Johnstown Road
Raleigh
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
South Pacific
Regular Baptist Church
Mrs Rollyson in Raleigh General after hip fracture fall
Mrs. Sarah Rollyson aged 79 of Blue Jay is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital with a fractured hip from a fall at her home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Rollyson
Blue Jay
Raleigh General Hospital
Regional Science Fair Slated At Bluefield College
Plans for the fifth Pocahontas Region III Science Fair to be held April 7 to 9 at Bluefield State College with judges from geology mining chemistry mechanical and electrical fields and college instructors in chemistry mathematics physical and biological sciences. The event directed by David L Banks includes regional exhibitors from Mercer McDowell Wyoming Raleigh and Summers counties and offers first second and third place awards plus special prizes including a five day Navy fleet cruise for a top junior high or 10th/11th grade student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield State College
H. L. Dickason
Bluefield
David L. Banks
Pocahontas Industrial Council For Education
R. C. Luther
J. B. Wooldridge Jr
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Summers
Indianapolis
Grolier Company, Inc
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Polio Vaccination Gap Highlighted in Raleigh County
Volunteers in the January Mothers March for the New March of Dimes report three of five Raleigh County households surveyed had not completed the Salk polio vaccine. The National Foundation notes three crippling diseases—birth defects arthritis and polio—affect hundreds of local homes. A door count conducted by the mothers aims to guide future local programs and aid.
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Raleigh County
I. Wilbur Baws
The
National Foundation
Young Adults Attend District Meet at First Methodist
The Methodist Young Adults Sub-District met Saturday night at the First Methodist Church with guest speaker W T Blankenship from Mount Hope and Beckley College. Participants included Calvin Saunders Sophia Sub-District president Mrs Paul Hinzman and David Lilly who led the program. Churches represented spanned Beaver Besoco Blue Jay Killarney Long Branch Mabscott Methodist Temple Pax Rock Creek Shady Spring Sophia St Marys Winding Gulf and First Methodist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
W. T. Blankenship
Mount Hope
Beckley College
Calvin Saunders
Sophia
Paul Hinzman
Cc. O. Smith
David Lilly
Beaver
Besoco
Blue Jay
Killarney
Long Branch
Mabscott
Methodist Temple
Pax
Rock Creek
Shady Spring
St. Mary’s
Winding Gulf
First Methodist
How hospitals treat patients like a return to youth
A health column explains hospital experiences from admission to treatment. It notes privacy loss, routine exams, blood draws, and injections, plus the aim of therapy to restore health. The piece ends by urging acceptance of hospital routines and mentions sponsorship by the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Ietrest of Better Health
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Bus drivers aid polio charity at inspection collection
Raleigh County school bus driver H L Smiley assists Edith Steward across the road at her bus stop. The County School Bus Drivers Association donated to the March of Dimes and drivers gave 23 dollars split between March of Dimes and another charity at the association inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
H. L. Smiley
Edith
County School Bus Drivers Association
Everett R. Shafer
West Virginia University enrolls 5,028 in-state students
Morgantown figures show 5,028 West Virginians among 5,957 total students at West Virginia University this semester. Monongalia leads counties with 1,198 students. Kanawha 617. Harrison 398. Marion 294. Wood 183. Ohio 164. Raleigh 145. Hancock 142. Preston 138. Other states and 61 foreign students add to the mix.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
J. Everest Long
Long
West
Monongalia County
Kanawha
Harrison
Marion
Wood
Ohio
Raleigh
Hancock
Preston
Mercer
Fayette and Marshall
Randolph
Greenbrier
Brooke
McDowell
Taylor and Wetzel
Mineral
Lagan
Cabell
Nicholas
Berkeley
Lewis and Wyoming
Tucker
Barbour
Pocahontas
Upashur
Jackson
Boone
Mason
Braxon and
Mingo
Grant and
Tyler
Jefferson, Ritchie and Webster
Hardy
Hampshire and
Pendleton
Pleasants
Summers
Wayne
Doddridge
Monroe
Calhoun
Morgan
Putnam
Lincoln
Clay
Gilmer
Wirt
University
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
District of Columbia
Florida
Kentucky
Massachusets
Delaware
Illinois
California
Louisiana
Maine
Michigan
Connecticut
Georgia
Nebraska
New Mexico
North Carolina
Texas
China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Lebanon
Korea
Turkey
Hungary
Philippines
Argentina
Greece
Israel
Lawin
Liberia
Mexico
Nepal
Peru
Vietnam
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk office
Deeds on file show transfers across Town District Slab Fork District Trap Hill District Shady Spring District and Eccles. Transactions include Lonnie E. Deeds to McMillan Land and Finance Co. for 450 dollars and other property moves with varied no consideration notes and several half interests between C C Lewis Odessa Lewis and Virgil Matherly. Names include Elizabeth George J H Lily Land Co. Emmit Burleson H A Stansbury, S R Bronson to Bernice Rhodes Vivian Teel Mamie Carper Arthur Edmondson and Cheryl Audray Edmondson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth George
Laura George
J. H. Lily Land Co
Richard and
Maye Kelley
Slab Fork
Emmit
Effie Burleson
H A. Stansbury
Trap Hill
C. C. Lewis
Odessa Lewis
Shady Spring
C. C
Virgil Matherly
S. R. Bronson
Bernice Rhodes
Vivian Teel
Huber Carper
Mamie D. Carper
Arthur G
Vernie Edmondson
Cheryal Audray Edmondson
Eccles
Rhodell Soldier Pallbearer For Army Mascot
Sgt. Charles A. Lockard of Rhodell served as a pallbearer for Timmy Mears an honorary Army captain and mascot at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Hayward California Six combat infantrymen carried Timmy’s casket as white helmeted honor guards fired volleys A wreath shaped like an American flag and a bugler marked the funeral Timmy died of leukemia his mother had requested Army Times notices Lockard later reassigned to Korea and his wife Dolly Mae lives in Rhodell.
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Rhodell
Charles A. Lockard
Oakland
Calif
Army Terminal
Timmy Mears
Anmy
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Hayward
Timmy
Army Times
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Sgt. Lockard
Korea
Dolly Mae
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Charleston
DPA
State Road Commission
Perry Clay Price
Valances
Bluefield College
Peoples Credit Store
Neville St
Beckley, W. Va
London
Lonnie E
McMillan Land and Finance Co
Praery
Science
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