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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1951
Page
7
Court hearings clarified municipal plans to condemn land for a half million dollar parking lot. Commissioners were named for several tracts while disputes with Lova and Dow Snuffer and other property owners were reviewed. May 8 pleadings and May 18 briefs set deadlines in the condemnation process.
Seven area men enlist in the U S Navy as enlistment standards are loosened across services. Beckley recruiting chief Chief W E Bartlett notes uniform mental and physical requirements and urges early applications due to a May and June rush. High school seniors may volunteer and wait until graduation to be called, with waiting lists and guarantees to not be called until school finish. The seven enlistees include David Lee Webb 17 minority enlistment seaman recruit sent to Bainbridge Maryland and James Edward Cadre 20 seaman recruit four years sent to Bainbridge. five others to Great Lakes Illinois. Names: John Duran Jr 20 Mabscott Charles Ackley Hubbard 18 MacArthur Nunziato DeLuca 19 Kilsyth Bernie Carr Jinkins Jr 19 MacArthur.
Area business notes report Dr Lee Hedson, Pennsylvanian physician, opening general practice offices near the new Crab Orchard Elementary School in Crab Orchard with plans to add beds. Also: King Tut Drive Inn on Crab Orchard Road reopens after winter closure. Meador leads New York Life West Virginia applications in Pittsburgh. Kenneth Coal Co. secures state charter. M. Payne’s Beckley store reopens after remodeling. Raleigh Glass & Mirror opens second store at Welch. Beckley store manager named. Top Hat Drive Inn manager change at Oaks Yat. Mrs. Thelma Wicker attends hospital association meeting in Roanoke. Crest Gates project planned for Bluestone Dam office established in Hinton.
Week ending April 28 saw 1 924 282 net tons mined area wide, with Winding Gulf producing 220 757 tons and New River 158 244 tons. Pocahontas fields reached 545 281 net tons while year to date totals exceed 1950, driven by 14 844 643 tons from smokeless coal regions and 8 677 685 tons from Pocahontas.
Hulett Smith of Beckley seated as state Jaycee president presiding over a three day convention opening in Fairmont. Virgil Miller, also of Beckley, heads a 22 member nominations committee from each Jaycee chapter. William Barrett of Beckley named as candidate for state president. National Jaycee vice president M F Broone of Rajesh scheduled to speak at a banquet. Registration expected above 300.
Calvary Baptist Church hosts a two hour program ending tonight led by Rev James H Neal with O Kidd directing visiting quartets and county singers invited to attend the Mabscott event.
Raleigh County announces Rhodell precinct 69 registration books will close for 30 days starting Monday May 7 ahead of the June 5 town election. The countywide order excludes other precincts and follows election law. County health officials report 151 measles cases in Raleigh last week.
More than a hundred Explorer Scouts from Raleigh, Wyoming, and Summers counties will spend Saturday at Shanklin's Ferry camp on the New River. The program includes exploring the site, improving the camp, and an intensive Explorer session during the following day. Gus F. Walker of the Appalachian Council and W. H. Gibson of Craw will lead along with other advisers.
Funeral services for Oscar Elwood Smith 65 of Skelton will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sprague Church of God with Rev. Earl P. King officiating. Burial will be in Wright Cemetery at Prosperity. Autopsy showed death from heart condition and drowning. Survivors include two sisters and three brothers. The body rests at Keyser Funeral Home. Active pallbearers named.
Ralph Gordon of Price Hill waived preliminary hearing Wednesday after being arraigned on breaking and entering charges. He failed to post 500 bond and was remanded to Raleigh County Jail. Gordon faces illegal entry charges for the Two Way Lunch at Price Hill. Odd PTA elects officers Lerer Walker will be president for the coming year with James Lilly as vice president. Mrs Al Massey, secretary, Mrs Lorena Wallace, treasurer, and Mrs Bernice Adkins, reporter. Scout roundtable slated A Slab Fork District Scouters roundtable is set for 7 pm Tuesday at the Sophia Scout Cabin.
Polio pointers for 1951 are distributed to thousands of Raleigh County homes through the Board of Education and the county chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Scout leaders in the Negro division will meet at 7:30 p.m. to discuss distribution and precautions, with sheets outlining steps if a family member shows signs of paralytic disease.
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