Tax Vote Postponed by School Board for 30 Days
The school board postponed action on an excess levy for 30 days despite 80 percent of PTAs supporting it. Voters’ letters were read. most groups favored added levies. Two building plans discussed. one funds new and renovated schools with a 5 percent teacher raise, the other spends all 396,000 from the levy on buildings with no salary increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
J. L. Huffman
P.T. A
Inin
Golden Meadows
Ge O. Green
Auto Accidents Showing Decrease in West Virginia
Corp A Scalise of the state police says auto accidents have fallen in the last two weeks. Raleigh County leads WV highways deaths with 13, Kanawha 12, Logan 10. A two week crackdown on road violators yielded arrests and quick magistrate actions, and only one highway accident was reported this week.
Watkins' Catarrh Remedy Advertisement
Go to Watkins' and get a bottle of . Guaranteed for Catarrh Sinus and bad Head Colds. Prompt action guaranteed. $1.00 for 60-day treatment.
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Watkins
How Modern Women Lose Pounds of Fat Swiftly Safely
A vintage weight loss ad promotes Kruschen Salts as a quick fat reduction method for women. It claims a half teaspoon daily before breakfast and cutting fatty foods will reduce fat in three weeks, with skin and eyes improving and overall vigor enhanced. The ad notes a four ounce bottle is inexpensive and widely available.
Notice of Trustee Sale at Beckley Court House
Public auction at the Raleigh County Memorial Building Beckley WV on May 22 1937 at 11:00 A M for 31 acres of surface land described as Coal City area bounded by county roads with a partial exception for land conveyed in 1935. Terms Cash in Hand on Day of Sale.
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W. A. Ward
Letha Ward
R. M. French
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Court House
Memorial Building
Beckley
Coal City
Town
Beulah Bailey
Public sale of Beckley property under 1934 deed of trust
The undersigned trustee will sell at public auction at the Raleigh County Courthouse Beckley West Virginia on Friday May 14 1937 at nine oclock forenoon the lot 10 block 7 Roosevelt Addition fronting West Moreland Street 45 feet and back to a 15 foot alley as described in Beaver Heights Inc deed to Herbert Stansbury recorded Deed Book 69 page 292. Sale is subject to unpaid taxes. Terms: one third cash one third with interest in one year and the remainder with interest in two years from sale, purchaser to give notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxie
Roxy) Penn Lybrooks
Augustus Lybrooks
R. M. Hiner
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Beckley
Town
County of
Raleigh
State of
Roosevelt
Beaver Heights Inc
Herbert Stansbury
Westmoreland Street
CCC Men Build Sewage System at Camp Raleigh
Camp Raleigh will gain a new sewage disposal system in two weeks built by CCC enrollees. A 100 by 30 by four foot hole will hold porous material, crushed rock, and sand with pipes from septic tanks and bathhouse drains feeding into the filter bed area. Medical officer Lt Palevsky says water should flow from the bed area free of contamination. Workers focus on the filter bed area between forest fires, Lt Kramer notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Raleigh
A. Kramer
CCC
Palevsky
Kramer
Deferred payments and lien reserve in deed of conveyance
The text notes securing deferred payments by a lien in the deed of conveyance or, at purchaser’s option, cash on the sale day. It names R. M. Hiner as Trustee and includes a 513h4rr designation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Hiner
Reduce Safely Promises Fast Fat Loss with Watkins Tablets
An advertisement touts Rock A Water Tablets from Watkins with a 30 day treatment. It claims a 10 pound reduction in 11 days and a guaranteed fat loss without dieting for two dollars. The block urges readers to visit Watkins' to purchase a box.
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Watkins
School Superintendents Organize Southern Association
West Virginia school superintendents from seven counties met in Princeton to form a temporary body led by Raleigh County Superintendent Bernard B. Chambers with Summers County secretary Margaret Nicely. They expect a permanent group name and quarterly meetings to tackle general school issues and consider larger levies for funding. McDowell County voted to the maximum levy increase, and a June state meeting in Montgomery is planned.
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West Virginia
Princeton
Bernard B. Chambers
Raleigh
Margaret Nicely
Summers County
Chambers
Southern Association of School Superintendents
Cording
Chanmers
McDowell County
Montgomery
Southern Association
Prince
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Guy Biggs
Otway Gunnee
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