UMW Doctor to Speak at West Virginia Health Conference
Dr. Dean F. Brooke of Beckley will address the 30th annual State Health Conference in Charleston May 17 18 and 19 on Long Term Illness. Raleigh County offices close May 18 19 for officials and workers to attend. Attendees include Mrs. Epperly nurse Mrs. Lewis nurse Miss Miller health secretary Mr Hall sanitarian Mr Williams sanitarian and Mrs Harvell county registrar in charge of vital statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean F. Brooke
Beckley
Charleston
Brooke
United Mine Workers of America Welfare and Retirement Fund
Raleigh County Health Department
Raleigh County
Jackolin Epperly
Mabel Lewis
Minna Belle Kellman
Mildred Miller
Public Health Department
Elgin M. Hall
Joseph E. Williams
Marie Harvell
Jaycees Trophy Honors Williams at State Convention
The late Warren B Williams, past Beckley Jaycees president, will be honored at the state Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Bluefield this weekend. His name adorns a trophy and plaque for the outstanding youth activities program for 1953, with Ted Kessinger presenting the awards. The plaque stays with Beckley, the trophy returns to state officials for the next winner, and BeckleyJaycees will provide a new plaque annually. Kessinger heads to Bluefield while Beckley Jaycees field entries in at least 20 award categories. Carl Rexrode also travels to seek the state vice presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Williams
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Warren B. Williams
Beckley Jaycees
Ted Kessinger
Bluefield
Williams
Kessinger
Disease Decline Noted in Raleigh County WV
Raleigh County shows disease counts in three of 17 categories for the week ending May 1 per West Virginia Health Department. Reported: infectious hepatitis 6, measles 27, tuberculosis 1. Neighboring counties list varied totals across measles, hepatitis, polio, rabies, rheumatic fever, streptococcal infections, whooping cough, syphilis and other diseases with multiple county figures.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia
State Department of Health Disease Control
Mercer
Monroe
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Summers
Wyomng
Wyoming
Boone
Haynes Receives City Permit for 6-Room Frame Dwelling
O. F. Haynes has been issued a building permit by city recorder E. J. Smith for a 6 room frame dwelling with a three quarter basement on Jennings Street. Estimated cost is $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. F. Haynes
E. J. Smith
City Recorder
Jennings St
Daniels 4-H Club Awards Blue Ribbons on May 3
Daniels 4-H Club awarded blue ribbons for all projects on display May 3 with exhibits judged by Clarence Wooten Raleigh County 4-H Agent. Exhibits included names such as Lewis Wilburn Melvin Bennett George Lester and Dorothy Lester. The club, organized two years ago, has 14 members and officers Ruth Ann Burnette president Anna Lee Burruss vice president Dixie Knapp secretary George Lester treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniels 4-H Club
Clarence Wooten
Raleigh County
4-H
Daniels Hustlers
Coal City News Item Highlights Local War Era Visits
RNS dateline Coal City reports Hobart Bradley a patient at Raleigh General Hospital. Army Private Carl Ritter on 12 day furlough with wife and his J J Ritter parents at Fort Campbell Kentucky. Mrs Charlie Hodge and Mrs Carl Burdiss visit Charlottesville Virginia. Seaman Howard McKinney stationed Bainbridge Maryland visiting Corbett and Mrs McKinney of Princewick. Alda Grace Eppling and Ernest Vandall with Camp Creek visit. Tom Grose of East Gulf guest of Willis Meadows. Mr and Mrs Jim Canney and niece Louise Burke return from year in Detroit. Mrs Wiley Setliff of Princewick visits J E Shumate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
RNS
Hobart Bradley
Raleigh General Hospital
Army
Carl Ritter
Fort Campbell
J. J. Ritter
Charlie Hodge
Carl Burdiss
Charlottesville
Seaman Howard McKinney
Bainbridge
Corbett McKinney
Princewick
Alda Grace Eppling
Ernest Vandall
Camp Creek
Tom Grose
East Gulf
Willis Meadows
Jim Canney
Louise Burke
Detroit
Mich
Wiley Setliff
J. E. Shumate
Contempt of Court Fine Paid in Trial Disturbance
Jess Underwood and Sophia paid a $5 fine and costs Friday after Magistrate J. E. Mays ruled them in contempt for disturbing a trial. Underwood was jailed by State Police but released upon payment of the fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Underwood
Sophia
J. E. Mays
Underwood
Legion to Elect Officers at Raleigh County Post 32
Officers for the 1954 55 year will be elected at a meeting of Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 in Room 10 of the Memorial Building at 8 p m today. The evening's program will include an address by Major William C Cumbey commander of Southern West Virginia Recruiting District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
American Legion
Memorial Buildue
William C. Cumbey
West Virginia
Real estate deeds filed in Raleigh County clerk's office
Deeds recorded show transfers in Beckley, Crab Orchard, and surrounding areas. Names include Howard, Powers Ward, Williams, Ethel Williams, Bays, Wheeler, McMillan, Roberts, Blackburn, Mandeville, Massie, West, Meadows Lumber Co, Wipperman Construction Co, Kopec, Tyree, Ferguson, Lafferty, Mitchem, Sizemore, Vanney, Ritter, Logan, Morgan, Massano poli, and Massanopoli. Amounts range from no consideration to about 11,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence L
Sarah Massie
James B. West
Shady Spring
Meadows Lumber Co
Wipperman Construction Co
Matthew Kopec
L. Z. Tyree
The
New River Co
Billie A
Isabel C. Ferguson
Sprague
James H
Ellie Lafferty
Nelson
Ellie C. Mitchem
Trap Hill
W. B. Sizemore
George Vanney
Shady Grove
Jessie
Sadie Ritter
Blanche Logan
James
Aldine Logan
Beckley Office Manager Named President of WV Employment Group
James P. Painter, Beckley office manager of Employment Security, was elected president of the Employment Security Personnel Association of West Virginia at the annual meeting in Clarksburg on May 8. He lives in Oak Hill and the group voted to hold next year’s meeting in Beckley in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Employment Security Personnel Association of
West Virginia
Clarksburg
James P. Painter
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Oak Hill
Engineers Hear Accomplishments at Beckley Chapter Meeting
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers state president outlined the group’s 20 year history to about 1,100 members at El Chico in Beckley. The May 27 Energy in Action program in the Memorial Building will be hosted by Westinghouse with local sponsors New River and Winding Gulf Mechanical and Electrical Mining Institute Appalachian Chapter and Appalachian Electric Power Co. The non technical event will show how TV radio and gadgets using electrical energy work. Armco representative G T Lowe showed a film on a railroad into Canada to obtain iron ore for Armco steel plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
Beckley
George W. McAlpin
el Chico
McAplin
Energy In Action
Memorial Building
Westinghouse Electric Company
The
New River and Winding Gulf Mechanical and Electrical Mining Institute
Appalachian Chapter
Appalachian Electric Power Co
G. T Lowe
Armco Drainage and Metal Products Co
Canada
Armco
Open House Planned at Beckley Recruitment Station
On Armed Forces Day May 15 the Beckley Main Recruiting and Examining Station will host an open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Maj. William C. Cumbey, commanding officer, says the enlistment center will be staffed by military personnel to escort visitors. He plans to show the enlistment and processing steps for new recruits. Red Cross hostesses will serve coffee and doughnuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Armed Forces
William C. Cumbey
Maj. Cumbey
Red Cross
Prince Bridge project to host two inspections next week
Soldiers at the Prince Bridge post prepare for two inspections during the coming week. Inspections will be conducted by engineer officers and the Red Cross field director of Fort Belvoir Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Bridge
Red Cross
Fort Belvoir
Loyalty Dinner Set for Thursday at St Marys Church
The annual Loyalty Dinner will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at St Marys Methodist Church as a covered dish affair. Charles Harvey and Rev Paul H McKain lead the arrangements with Mrs M L Keyser and Mrs C J Harvey heading the food committee. A film titled The Hidden Heart will be shown for the St Marys congregation as part of Beckley District church events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Charles Harvey
Paul H. McKain
M. L. Keyser
Woman's Society of Christian Service
C. J. Harvey
Beckley
St. Mary's
Golden Horseshoe Group To Visit State Capital
Raleigh County's five Golden Horseshoe winners travel to Charleston Friday for statewide ceremonies. County winners James Daniel and Jerry Williams Mab scott Elementary School Drena Hatcher James Francisco Sylvia Elementary School Francene Mitchell Morton Reeves Elementary School will be knighted by State School Supt W W Trent. The students and other winners touring state government will spend one day in the capital.
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Raleigh _ County
Charleston
W. W. Trent
James Daniel
Jerry Williams
Mabscott
Drena Hatcher
James Francisco
Sylvia
Francene Mitchell
Morton Reeves
Beckley Proposed as Methodist Orphanage Site
Beckley is recommended as a site for a Methodist Church orphanage at the Charleston Annual Conference May 26 30. Rev R L Moore said a State Welfare Board study shows a need for a home in Southern West Virginia with Beckley as the central point. He noted plans for three homes statewide with the southern area slated, though timing remains unclear. Resident Bishop Lloyd C Wicke will preside over the Charleston meeting, which covers the Pittsburgh Erie and West Virginia conferences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh
Erie
West Virginia
Joy-Riding Jones Released After Fines Paid
James Jones of Beckley was freed from Raleigh County Jail after paying roughly 65 dollars in fines for joy riding and driving without a license. Magistrate T N Thurman approved the release, with funds brought by attorney Brown Hugo Payne, who also represented Jones at the trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Beckley
Raleigh
T. N. Thurman
Thurman
Brown Hugo Payne
Payne
Jones
Negro Activities Pittsburgh Singer Recital Planned
Paul C Adkins a Pittsburgh singer will give a concert Wednesday at 8 p m in Ebenezer Baptist Church sponsored by the church choir. The recital features songs by Torelli Handel Scarlatti Schubert Mozart and Burleigh among others. Also covered are Central Street Church plays later this week and local military families visiting relatives.
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Paul C Adkins
Pittsburgh
Adkins
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Handel
Allessandro Scarlatti
Samson
Robert Schumann
Sylvia
Franz Schubert
Mozart
Nymphe
Morley
Cynthia
Richard Kouitz
Captain Mac
Wilfrid Sanderson
Lonesome Road
Nathaniel Shilkret
Mandalay
Oley
Harry T. Burleigh
Moses
Joshua
Jericho
Central Street Baptist Church
Patsy Hudson
Central Street
Thomas Cox Jr
Carnella Spencer
Air Force Gets Three And Army 2 Enlistees
Enlistments at the Beckley Armed Forces Center Wednesday totaled three for the Air Force and two for the Army. Air Force hits include Carl Curtis Harmond Jr. 18 of War Charles Franklin Ison 20 of Matewan and James Stewart Pauley 19 of Spring Hill. Army enlistees Ray Allen Leach 31 of Long Branch and William Edward Branham 22 of Mullens report to Ft Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Armed Forces Center
Air Force
Army
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Carl Curtis Harmond Jr
Carl Curtis Harmond
War
Charles Franklin Ison
Ernest Ison
Matewan
James Stewart Pauley
Stewart William Pauley
Spring Hill
Ft. Knox
Ray Allen Leach
Bert Leach
Long Branch
William Edward Branham
William Branham
Mullens
Dews and Poin dexter announce births and club meeting
Mr and Mrs Willie Sherman Dews and the Home Makers Club of East Beckley plan a 6 30 pm Wednesday meeting at Mrs Evelyn Parker's Sylvia Street home. Alvin Boyd Poin dexter of Stotesbury announce the arrival of Alvin Boyd Jr a 3 pound 6 ounce son at Beckley Hospital at 10 22 am on May 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ces Melvola
G Street
Nelvin Sherman
Beckley Hospital
Willie Sherman Dews
Lego
Home Makers Club
East Beckley
Evelyn Parker
Sylvia Street
Alvin Boyd Poindexter
Stotesbury
Alvin Boyd Jr
Mine Engineers Set May 14-15 For Conference
Mining and metallurgical engineers will hold their spring meeting May 14 and 15 at Morgantown. Officials of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute and Central Appalachian Section AIME will discuss coal industry topics including continuous mining and electrical problems. L. F. Reinartz of Armco Steel will deliver a banquet address on the iron ore shortage and the steel industry’s answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Morgantown
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
Central Appalachian
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Hotel Morgan
L. F. Reinartz
AIME
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UMW
West Va
Jaycees’ Trophy
Blue Dragon
J. M. Harris & Co., Inc
Pron Il A
Daniels
Hers
Coal City News
Legion
Raleigh County Court
Golden Horseshoe Group
Mamie Lynch
Lynch's Station
Maude Barksdale
Mill St
Kenneth Lockett
Korea
Laura Lockett
Kenneth Jr
Helen Locket
Louisville
Cpl
Thomas Early
Louis Early
Germany
Charles Philmore
Fort
National Distillers Products Corp. A
Amoco
American Oil Company
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