Recognition Day Set for May 26 at Woodrow Wilson High
Recognition Day for Woodrow Wilson High School pupils is scheduled for Wednesday May 26. Becket civic clubs and school officials met to review the annual awards program with WWHS Principal C G Peregoy and attendees including John Wirtz Betty Jarrell Morri R Wein C H Carson Mabel Baker and A J Kinzer. Clubs sponsor first second and third place honors in various subjects with gold silver and bronze medals and a $200 scholarship funded by local service groups awarded to a senior meeting donor criteria. Last year winners were Kathryn Huddleson and Roland Walls.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
WWHS
C. G. Peregoy
John Wirtz
Kiwanis Club
Betty Jarrell
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Morri R. Wein
The
Civitans
C H. Carson
Beckley Art Group
Mabel Baker
Raleigh Business and Professional Women’s Club
A. J. Kinzer
Beckley Lions Club
Rotary Club
Beckley Women's Club
Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club
Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club
Kiwanians
Rotarians
Kathryn Huddleson
Roland Walls
Reclassify Eight 4-Fs In Re-Exam Of Thirty
Eight of twenty men previously rated 4-F were deemed fit for duty in a re-exam conducted as part of a Selective Service test program in Beckley and Fairmont. Ten in 1-C were re-examined but none were accepted. The eight accepted will join availability rosters for potential future call.
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Selective Service System
Beckley
Fairmont
PTA Officers Form Committee at Institute Elementary
The Institute Elementary PTA names a six member nominating committee to select next year’s officers with Principal A R Tucker assisting. The meeting at First Baptist Church featured a Tucker led invocation and a Glee Club program, which earned $5 for music purchases. Guest speaker Mrs P H McClure spoke on the value of musical education.
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A. R. Tucker
O. A. Phillips Jr
George Springer
Isadore Wein
Alex George
Pat Roach
Tucker
First Baptist Church
The
Institute Glee Club
Leslie Carter
Island of Desire
PTA
Glee Club
P. H. McClure
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mabscott youths forfeit bonds in police court
Three Mabscott youths forfeited $16 bonds each for trespassing after failing to appear in Beckley Police Court. James Gunther of Mabscott received a $5 fine and five days in jail after a Monday hearing. Nary, 17, was sent to Raleigh County Juvenile Court for trial. Bond forfeitures totaled $111 with other defendants posting $63 for drunkenness. James Anderson was arrested March 14 for driving while intoxicated and posted $500 to appeal in Raleigh County Criminal Court.
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Mabscott
Beckley
James Gunther
J. P. Meadows
Jonathan Cox
Gene Lehman
David Nary
Nary
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
C. Berkley Lilly
James Anderson
Itmann
Raleigh County Criminal Court
MacArthur Man Fined for Driving While Drunk
Marion Clarence Bragg of MacArthur was fined $50 and costs and given a six month license suspension after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Arraigned by Mag istrate J. E. Mays in Beaver, Bragg was involved in an early Sunday collision on State Rt. 16. Passenger Agnes Adkins of Fireco and driver Edwin W. Jolly Jr. sustained injuries.
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MacArthur
Marion Clarence Bragg
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Bragg
Agnes Adkins
Fireco
Names on Walls Don’t Count For Jury Summonses
Circuit Clerk Van Hunter explains that being named or listed publicly does not constitute a jury summons. In Criminal Court on Tuesday he questioned potential jurors and clarified that a name on a wall does not imply reporting. Grady Morgan’s name was misread as Morgan Grady with no response.
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van Hunter
Criminal Court
Grady Morgan
Morgan Grady
Enlistees Noted By Beckley Recruiting Station
The Beckley Main Recruiting and Examining Station reported nine enlistments on Monday. Army recruits assigned to Fort Knox include James Conrad Poore Jr., 23, son of Mr and Mrs J R Poore of Fayetteville. Robert Glenn Sexton, 20, son of Harmal Sexton of Tazewell. Danny Campbell, 19, son of Matilda Campbell of Berwind. Robert Douglas Lomax, 19, son of James Lomax of Cedar Grove. and Guy Edward Wolfe, 17, son of Guy Buckles of War. Air Force enlistees assigned to Sampson AFB in Geneva, New York, are Elisha Rose, 28, husband of Mildred Rose of Laexer. William Dunford, son of Avery Lee Dunford of Mabscott. William Ray Graham, 18, son of James and Mrs. Graham of Judson. and William Herschel Jackson, 17, son of William Henry Jackson of Iaeger.
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Beckley
Army
Fort Knox
James Conrad Poore Jr
J. R. Poore
Fayetteville
Robert Glenn Sexton
Harmal Sexton
Tazewell
Danny Campbell
Matilda Campbell
Berwind
Robert Douglas Lomax
James Lomax
Cedar Grove
Guy Edward Wolfe
Guy Buckles
Air Force
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Elisha Rose
Mildred Rose
Laexer
William Dunford
Avery Lee Dunford
Mabscott
William Ray Graham
James Graham
Judson
William Herschel Jackson
William Henry Jackson
Lego Miner Hospitalized After Mine Car Accident
Carl Miller, a Lego man employed at Lillybrook Coal Co. in the Lillybrook mine, was hospitalized at Beckley Hospital after a Monday accident where he was caught between a mine car and the top of the mine, suffering a crushed injury.
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Carl Miller
Beckley Hospital
Lego
Lillybrook
Lillybrook Coal Co
Wesley Scott Jr. Injured in March Beckley Car Crash
Wesley Scott Jr of East Beckley was examined at Beckley Hospital on Saturday to assess injuries from the March 22 automobile accident. He was allowed to return home after the examination.
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Wesley Scott Jr
East Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Thumb Injury Sends Woman to Raleigh General Hospital
A severe cut to Mrs. Arthur Cook's right thumb occurred while opening a can of food sending her to Raleigh General Hospital Monday evening. She was to be released today. Mrs. Agnes Adkins of Fireco is at Beckley Hospital with facial and knee cuts from a car crash on State Route 1 about 5 30 a.m. Sunday.
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Arthur Cook
Oakwood Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Agnes Adkins
Fireco
Beckley Hospital
State Rt
Woman Recovers After Chicken Bone Removed From Throat
Mrs Velma Joy Boblett of 404 Valley Drive returned home after hospital treatment in Beckley for a throat injury when a chicken bone was removed about 2 p m Saturday.
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Velma Joy Boblett
Valley Drive
Beckley 'Hospital
Besoco Miner Injured in State Fall
Besoco miner Besoco, an employee of CJM Coal Co., fell Monday at the Besoco area. He sustained leg and back injuries and is a patient at Geckley Hospital for treatment.
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Wharten Jenkins
Josephine
Geckley Hospital
CJM Coal Co
Besoco
City approves two room addition for home at 502 Russell St
The City Recorder's Office issues a building permit to A. M. Witzell to build a two room addition at 502 Russell St. Estimated construction cost is about $2000.
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City Recorder's Office
A. M. Witzell
Russell St
Beckley Chamber Board Meeting Set for April 22
The Beckley Area Chamber of Commerce schedules its next board meeting in the Memorial Building Offices on April 22, per managing director O. L. Johnston.
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Beckley Area
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