Juvenile Delinquency Topic At Raleigh PTA Meeting
Prosecutor Anthony Sparacino spoke at the Raleigh County PTA meeting on juvenile crime trends since 1948 noting one offense daily for seven years. He urged home training, youth recreation clubs, and church guidance while citing comic books as a factor and praising censorship efforts.
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Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Institute Parent-Teacher Association
Vocational School
Raleigh
Harry L. McCreery
VA Medical Chief Attends Conference At New York Hospital
Dr. Saul Fortunoff, chief of medical service at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital, attends a two day conference at the New York VA Hospital for all medical service chiefs from the Trenton and Boston areas. Beckley is in the Trenton VA region.
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Saul Fortunoff
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
New York VA
Trenton
Boston
Beckley
Trenton VA
Beckley Moose Attain Honors at District Meeting
Beckley Moose Lodge 1606 lists F. H. Carter and Paul Bowles as the first 25 Club members in the new conservation program designed to re enroll delinquent dues. Cather Jones of Oak Hill is the third member. The announcement came at the District Six Moose meeting in Hinton with 162 attendees and 7 lodges represented. The Oak Hill lodge earned membership and attendance trophies. the next district meeting is April 29 in White Sulphur Springs.
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Beckley Moose Lodge 1606
F. H. Carter
Paul Bowles
Cather Jones
Oak Hill
Moose
Hinton
Ra leigh-Wyoming HS Press Association tour Beckley plant
Fifty six members toured Beckley Newspapers plant Monday night. A pre session resolution called for a workshop at fall term's first meeting to create interest in the press association. Officers received pins. Glen Rogers High School joined, welcomed by President James Eanes. A banquet committee was named for the annual banquet.
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Raleigh-Wyoming High School Press Association
Beckley
Press Association
Glen Rogers High School
James Eanes
Frances Whitt
Mullens
Sophia
Lola Ann Maynor
Mark Twain
Senate panel delays Beckley job probe hearing
A U S Senate subcommittee on unemployment delays its Beckley hearing to Monday April 4 after three weeks of Washington hearings. The group led by Sen M M Neely has moved from Washington to Altoona and will visit Beckley and Pikeville with witnesses expected to testify on local labor surplus conditions.
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Senate
Beckley
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
Congressional
Sen
M. M. Neely
Dw.va
Southern Coal Producers
Neely
Washington
Altoona
Pikeville
Production in Mines Continues Increase in Winding Gulf Field
The Winding Gulf Operators Association reports higher mining output with the week ending March 26 yielding 122 546 net tons from 20 mines, up from 119 726 the prior week. Year over year gains show 95 703 tons from 23 mines last year and total Jan 1 to March 26 at 1 412 687 tons, while the Pocahontas field totals 5 481 407 tons through March 19, up from 4 928 268 the previous year.
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Winding Gulf Operators Association
Winding Gulf
Pocahontas Field
Joe Bava Dies After Car Injury in New Jersey
Joe Bava aged 70 died Monday night at Maple Lane Rest Home Camden New Jersey where he had been a patient since being struck by a car at MacArthur two years ago Born in Reggio Calabria Italy he lived in Raleigh County 27 years Survivors include three sons Toney Beckley John Mac Arthur and Charles serving with Armed Forces in Merchantville New Jersey one daughter Mrs Everett Elkins Dayton Ohio three stepdaughters Mrs Lena Capone Dayton Mrs Frank Caruso Oswald and Mrs George Parnell MacArthur one stepson Sam Pilliteri Crab Orchard and 14 grandchildren The body will be returned to Raleigh County for final rites and burial in Sunset Memorial Park Funeral arrangements are incomplete pending arrival of the body
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Maple Lane
Camden
N. J
MacArthur
Reggio Calabria
Italy
Raleigh County
Toney
Beckley
John
Charles
Merchantville
Everett Elkins
Dayton
Ohio
Lena Capone
Frank Caruso
Oswald
George Parnell
Sam Pilliteri
Crab Orchard
Ward remanded for non-support bond in Ra leigh County
Willie C Ward of Beaver was sent to Raleigh County Jail after magistrate T N Thurman denied release for failing to post a 500 dollar performance bond on a non support conviction. The incident occurred Monday in the county area.
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Beaver
Willie C. Ward
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
Sophia journalism class hosts April meeting
A meeting organized by the Sophia journalism class was held in April. Attendees included pupils from Mullens, Sophia, Woodrow Wilson, Shady Spring, Mark Twain and Glen Rogers.
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Sophia
Miullens
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Mark Twain
Glen Rogers
Infant Goodwin Dies in Piney View
Charles Thomas Goodwin one month old, son of Mrs. Lavada Smith Goodwin, Piney View, died at 9 p.m. Monday in a local hospital. Born March 3 in Charleston, he is survived by his mother, a sister Sandra Lynn, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Tilden Smith. Body at Quesenery and Webb Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Charles Thomas Goodwin
Lavada Smith Goodwin
Piney View
Charleston
Sandra Lynn
Tilden Smith
Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home
Mine accident victim listed in good condition at Beckley
Harry Sturgill, 27, of Beckley, is reported in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a coal mine accident at Slab Fork Coal Co. He was admitted at 6:30 p.m. Monday with chest injuries from being caught between a block and coal.
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Harry Sturgill
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Slab Fork Coal Co
Slab Fork
Sturgill
Recruit Center Gets New Clerk
S. Sgt. Robert R. George of Greeley Colorado and the U S Marines Corps began duties Monday as chief clerk of the Armed Forces Examining Station. He succeeds T. Sgt. Arland R. Hall transferred to Washington D C. George has eight and one half years service with four and a half overseas including World War II duty in the Guadalcanal South Pacific and Japan. He is married with a son and plans to bring his family to Beckley soon. He was stationed in Charleston before his Beckley posting.
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Japan
South Pacific
Beckley
George
Charleston
Baltimore Livestock Market cattle and hog price report
USDA livestock market notes in Baltimore show cattle at 677 lb stocker steers around 20.00 per hundredweight and calves 125 lb in the 28.00 to 30.00 range with mixed lots down to 18.00. Hogs 400 lb class offers small supplies with choice 160-220 lb barrows and gilts 18.00-19.00 and 240-270 lb at 17.25-18.50 per cwt.
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Baltimore
USDA
Mother and Son in Jail After Run-In With Police
Beckley mother Lucille Vaughn and her son Vernal P. Vaughn faced resisting arrest charges after a Saturday night peace warrant arrest. Vernal was bound to the Grand Jury on resisting arrest and a concealed weapon count for a butcher knife eight inches long. He received six months in county jail, a $50 fine, and a $500 peace bond in magistrate J P Meadows court.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
J. P. Meadows
Vernal P. Vaughn
Westmoreland Street
Vaughn
Lucille Vaughn
Meadows
Police Court Levies $325 In Fines and Forfeits
Berkley Police Court Judge C Berkley Lilly ordered defendants to pay a total of $325 in fines and bond forfeits Monday night. Drewey Blankenship 24 of Free man Kentucky forfeited a $105 bond for failing to appear on a drunk driving charge, license to be revoked six months. John B Greer 22 Beckley found guilty of drunk driving and no operator license, fined 65 and 10 5 costs, driving privileges revoked six months. Ronnie Lee Lusk 19 Crab Orchard fined 35 and 5 costs for reckless driving. Norma Jean Mays Mabscott was dismissed for lack of license but had sent for a new one. Six others forfeited 100 total on drunk charges.
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Berkley
C. Berkley Lilly
Drewey Blankenship
Freeman
John B. Greer
Beckley
Lilly
Ronnie Lee Lusk
Crab Orchard
Norma Jean Mays
Mabscott
Market Feeds for Livestock Weights and Sheep Status
Pricing for sows under 400 lbs at 16.75, 400-450 lbs at 15.75, 450-500 lbs at 14.75, 500-550 lbs at 13.75, 550-600 lbs at 12.75, and heavier weights at 11.75. Sheep noted unchanged with nominal quotations.
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George Springer
PTA
State Congress of Parents and Teachers
William C. Marland
Lawrence Forbes
Institution Schbool
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