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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 10, 1948

Page

4

Nancy Yore Wins State Wide Golden Horseshoe Test

Nancy Ann Yore of East Beckley tied for second place with 141 points in the state wide Golden Horseshoe contest held Saturday at Beckley Junior High. Patricia G. Alley of Mabscott led with 149 points. Doris Clark of Harper Heights had 110.5 points. About 45 eighth graders from the county competed in West Virginia history geography and nature study under James B. Decky and John B. Elliott. Winners from across the state will visit Charleston on May 21 for planned activities by the State Board of Education.

Beckley Junior High School Nancy Ann Yore East Beckley Carol Lee Fadely Mabscott Patricia G. Alley Doris Clark Harper Heights West Virginia James B. Decky John B. Elliott Charleston State Board of Education

Knife Brandisher Gets Jail Term

Willie Jude of Pilgrim Kentucky faced magistrate J F Clenden in Whitesville for chasing people from the Leevale store with a butcher knife. He was fined $10 and costs and received 60 days in Boone County Jail at Madison. Trooper N Otto of the Whitesville State Police described the investigation and arrest. Jude gave the alias Bill.

Weiler Jude Whitesville Bill

Coal River Scout Leaders to Meet for Camp Planning

Coal River district scouters plan a Monday round table at Patty Stockdale home Colcord to discuss a camp. Scouts will bring their own vittles and begin supper at 6 p.m. I S Chapman district commissioner presides with Kenneth French B B Lucas John Yaden Sherman Rumberg Guy Amatd and Vanda Gui Walker in supporting roles.

Coal River District Mee P Patty Stockdale Colcord S. Chapman Kenneth French Marfork B. B Lucas Montroal John Yaden Ameagle Sherman - Rumberg Guy. Amatd Vanda Gui Walker

Wilcox Coal Plans New Office and Garage at Shady Spring

Wilcox Coal Corporation announces a new office and garage at West End near English Village in Shady Spring this month. A. G. Wilcox, president, says the bottom cinder block section will be 40 by 70 feet and the top 28 by 40 feet. John G. Wilcox will manage the garage while A. G. Wilcox runs the office. A summer mine opening is planned.

Wilcox Coal-Corporation Shady Spring English Village A. G. Wilcox John GL Wilcox A.G

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Nancy Yore Knife Brandisher Coal River Chapman Sound Senate United States Bruce Hoff Parkersburg W. Va Rush D. Holt Weston R. D. Bailey Pincyille Ash Mankin Beckley Justice of the Peace Matthew M. Neely Fairmont James Kay Thomas Charleston Paul R. Gilmore Beckley J. Buhl Shahan Elkins Secretary of State John C. Ward Beckley Gore Beckley W. V Howard Keatley Beckley Clear Fork District Hibert Burgess Artie Raymond Coots Ameagle William J. Gardner Ameagle W. P. Horne Colcord, W. V Arnett Stover Snowden Thompson Colcord, W. Va Clifford E, White Charles H. Workman Clear Creek Sam B. Chilton Noble F. Conner Charleston, W. Va Clay S. Crouse Beckley, W. Val J. BP Meadows Crab Orchard E. H. Hedrick Beckley Kenneth H. Hill New Cumberland, W. Va Ned J. Ragland Beckley Chester Burns T. Noel Thurman Cranberry Clarence D. Belcher Dorothy Slab Fork W. B Booker Adams Princewick, W. Va Russell Blake Helen Charles T. Burdiss Ralph Cole J. K. Cole Rhodell William F. (Frank) Flanagan Stotesbury, W. Va W. P. Garretson Princewick, W. Va Raymond EF. Bonham Ray Crawford Lillybrook Robert H. Kidd Burnsville, W. Va D. Pitt O'Brien Buckhannon, W. Va William E. Thompson Beckley Ernest L. Bailey Frank G. Baker Mannington William E. Byers Grafton of Free Schools W. W. Trent Ira Whitlock Beckley H. G. Farmer Bolt K. Canaday MacArthur, W. V2 Russell Punch Carter Beckley Owen G. Ellison Sophia Douglas F. Hamilton Warren B Janey Ameagle Billy M. Queen Dorothy Robert C. Coakley Huntington Oakey Meadows Princewick, W. V Buck) Gilkerson Beckley Mary Hart Davisson Weston Edgar B. Sims F. J. Moore Killarney, W. Va Harry W.W. Hill -Williamson Walter H. Wolfe Grafton OG. P Pete Spencer Princewick A. G. Gregory Beckley, W. Va Jennings S. George Beckley Ampliss Walker Ameagle Henry Ward Ameagile L. L. Fitzwater Colcord, W. Va George Jackson Jane Lew House of Delegates ELL. James Institute James M. Hatch Huntington John P. Billups Maynor Perry A. Haga Sophia Carlous Jarrell Ameagie W. W. Jennings Prenton Richard E. Talbott Philippi Leo Brid Lester Lucille Chenoweth Jeter Harley M. Kilgore Beckley Eloise ,Campbell Slong Mrs Walker Long Huntington, W. Va W. A Gene Burke Beckley, W. V Robert C. Byrd SV. Va William H. File, JR Lucille L' Enoweth JETER Charleston, W. V T. C. Glashen Beckley Wondell M. Holliday Roy F. Hodge Beckley Billy Winston Mowell Sprague George Roebuck Beckley Kathleen Thompson Kern Mercedes Thompson Ameagie W.va Clarence W. Meadows Beckley Ira J. Partlow Welch A. P Tony) Leeber Beckley W. S. Stovall Sophia, W. Va Trap Hill District Chester R. Ogden M.D Clarksburg Jennings Randolph Elkins Joe F. Burdett Point Pleasant Ulysses G. Suiter Zobito Terreo Eccles James Blaine McLaughlin Howard Underwood Dry Creek Sam H Wheeler Crab Orchard D. Harris Feeles George W. Ballard Beckley Charles Earl Keesee Eccles Buffalo B. L Fats Holman Eccles Daniel W. Ambrose Huntington Supreme Court of Appeals W. A. Curtis Beckley J. W. Persinger Beckley Marie M. Ames C. H. Stoots Eccles L. W. Worley Bolt William J. Hussion Frank A. Knight Myrtle Lee Huntington Fred L. Fox Sutton, W. V Everett Bryan Pennybacker Parkersburg, W. Va City of Beckley George Dalton Eccles Marvin L. Taylor Reedsville National Comvention James’ B. Riley Wheeling, W. Va H. L. Crawford Beckley W. E Ned) Chilton Ward Wylie Mullens W. H Lilly Beckley Elinor Hart Beckley Powell Marsh Fork Atikel Mike) Griffith Eccles Bea McGhee Eccles C. E Kentucky Sturdivant Eccles D. Grove Unoler Mullins L. B. Clay Packsville Henry Lawson Eccles W. T Hrotherton Edwin Ratcliffe Beckley Ernest A. Large Naoma James A. Massey Noama Thelma Hinte Griffith Eccles C. W. Dickerson - Bownemant William Woody Beckley Maxine Davis Cottrill Glen Rogers Nena S. Ross Beckley Orville Miller Peltus Eulas W. Mason Rhodell Willis E. Meadows Coal City, W. Va Everett A. Shutt Rhodell Red W. A. Stumphelen J. Q. Cooper Coal City Ida Church Princewick Richmond District D. E. Fox Abraham Pansy Plumley Abraham Shady Springs District McGhee Beaver Thomas Herbert Wills Beaver Julius L. Adkins Coolridge Curtis E. Ames McCreery George Barbour JR Jonben Roy L. Childs Shady Springs Bud T. Cochran Daniels Kepple Crawford Ghent Ben Green Ghent Albert McGhee Crow W. B. Street Lewis Harvey Eunice Roscoe Meadows Dry Creek F. G. Turner Glen Morgan Hazel Maye Jarrolds Valley, W. Va John Mecginnis I. van Hunter Circuit Court Raleigh County Board of Ballot Commissioners William S. O'Brian van Hunter County Board of Education Keith D. Bobbitt Beaver R. W. Chambers M. D. Beckley J. M.collins Beaver D. Compton J. E. Daniel Glen Daniel R. L. Deitz Edwight Tharles A. Haley Eccles Frank Massey
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