Sing Slated Saturday At Sophia Friendship Church
The community sing is set for Saturday night at Sophia Friendship Banalist Church directed by Harley Alderman. Joy Beall, a Divide Elementary sixth grader, was runner up in the Tri-County Bee and lost to Shirley Richmond on the word ravenous, misplacing the spelling.
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The
Sophia Friendship Banalist Church
Harley Alderman
Geiling
Joy Beall
Divide
Leigh County
Shirley Richmond
Enous
Judy Hughes
Pia
Five tuberculosis escapees flee Hopemont asylum in Terra Alta
Five tuberculosis patients escaped from Hopemont Sanitarium in Hopemouth Terra Alta area. Among them are William L. Elkins 29 William Kerns 46 Ther man Rice 29 Walter Lee White 33 and Theodore McKinney 25 all serving life or terms in various counties. Guards reported two of the men very ill and unable to travel while authorities pursue them through the surrounding mountains and woods.
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Hopemont
State Penitentiary
Terra Alta
W. Va
William L. Elkins
Raleigh
William Kerns
Greenbrier
Therman Rice
Kanawha
Raleigh County
Elkins
Beckley
U. S. Army
Elmer Aleck Meadows
Walter Lee White
Marshall County
Theodore McKinney
Flat Top Crew Called To Kentucky Emergency
Flat Top maintenance crew of Atlantic Seaboard Corp worked around the clock at Bowman Kentucky after high water pulled out 120 feet of gas line. Crew members include Fred Bowling and Chris Allen. Huff Creek maintenance crew also responded to the disaster.
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Flat Top
RNS
Atlantic Seabord Corp
Bowman
Fred Bowling
Chris Allen
Huff Creek
Stanaford man charged with grand larceny in car crash
Andrew Nichols alias Junior Williams was jailed in Raleigh County at 8 30 p m after demolishing a car on South Oakwood Avenue. Police say he took a car owned by Dr Ray Sigmund from Woodlawn Esso Service Station and crashed into a stone wall while traveling toward Mabscott, awaiting arraignment.
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Stanaford
Raleigh County
South Oakwood Ave
Andrew Nichols
Junior Williams
Beckley
Nichols
Ray Sigmund
Woodlawn Ave
Woodlawn
Esso
Mabscott
Deacon Board Plans Meeting and Sunday Service
The Deacon Board of St. John Baptist Church will meet at 5 p.m. Saturday just before the 6 p.m. regular church meeting. Sunday at 2 p.m. Rev. Elmer Day and his chorus Skelton will lead the church service.
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St. John Baptist Church
Elmer Day
Skelton
Interviews Slated for PN Applicants in Miner Hospitals
Applicants for the Miners Memorial Hospital Association practical nurse training will be interviewed in late May and June at Williamson Pikeville Wise and Harlan. The one year program begins September 15 with six-month staffing, board and room provided, a monthly educational allowance, and an eight hour five day week schedule plus three weeks vacation.
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Miners Memorial Hospital Association
Williamson
Pikeville
Wise
Harlan, Ky
Miners Memorial Hospital Assn
Project Discussion Highlights Raleigh County Society Efforts
The Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults board discussed Easter Seal Campaign results and potential purchases. President Tom Hayes noted loans of a wheelchair, medicine for crippled children, transportation to Marmet, and possible artificial limb funding, with campaign totals reaching 7 563 and many school contributions listed. Plans include a July speech therapy clinic in Beckley Memorial Building.
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Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children
Tom Hayes
Hayes
Dorothy
Beckley Junior High
Glen Leigh
Amigo
Riley
Fireco
Lower White Oak
East Beckley
Glen White Junior High School
Princewick
Lester Junior High
Pineknob
Workman's Creek
Fairdale
East Park
Mount Tabor
Montroal - Stickney
Byrd - Prillerman
Maxwell Hill
North Tams
T Te
Beckley Memorial Building
Corliss Man Guilty in Delinquency Case and Damages
A Corliss man, Earl Gibson, was found guilty by Magistrate W. A. Burke of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a $50 fine and costs. Damages were estimated at $300 after a collision on Church Street involving a 16 year old girl and a 12 year old Terry minor who had been with Gibson.
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Corliss
Raleigh
W.A. Burke
Earl Gibson
Arnold A. MecMillion
Terry
Charg
Nick Childonia
Mabscott
A. L. Teubert Jr
Hargrove Street
Gibson
Burke
Terry Minor
SSA questions on disability payments from Beckley office
A district manager outlines how veterans disability and workers compensation affect Social Security benefits. Examples discuss subtracting VA payments from SS, and how workers compensation can offset disability benefits up to age 65. Guidance urges timely applications to protect future rights and family benefits.
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Ashe
Beckley Social Security Administration
Stanley B Earl
Beckley
Veterans Administration
State Workmen's Compensation Agency
Diner Fire Alarm No Damage At Fayette Street Diner
Beckley fire crews answered a 5 30 a m call to Nick s Diner on Fayette Street where grease caught the grill but Chief Bernard Martin reported no damages. Revival services continue at Mabscott Christian Church led by Rev Chick Cart with daily sessions at 7 30 p m. pastor L A Garten also leads Daniels Community Church.
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Beckley
Fayette St
Bernard Martin
Revival IN Progress Daniels
RNS
Mabscott Christian Church
Chick Cart
Mount X
L. A. Garten
Garten
Daniels Community Church
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Wyoming County
Michael Guthrie
Rosedale
Geo
Warren Hodel
Mary Ann Milano
Wayne Moran
Fayette County
Ballengee
Moundsville
Hopemont Sanitarium
Hopemonth
H. C. Holsinger
Conley
Kentucky
Neville ST
Budget Shop
North Fayette St
Court House
Thompson Drug
Floress
Beckley, W. Va
Crab Orchard
Lambda Iota National
West Virginia State College
Mary Frances Singley
Singley
Mary Frances Foy
Frances Foy
the College
Mick
Suite
Neville Maytag & Furniture Co
Neville
Modern Electric Living
Appalachian
Spalding
Westinghouse
Bailey’s House
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