Water Users Miss Conservation Request Amid Shortage
Walter Dudley Hall 68 of Mall, Princewick died in a local hospital after a year of illness. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Hall was a World War 4 veteran and a member of United Mine Workers Local 0003. Survivors include Edith Hall his wife and several children and grandchildren. Beckley water users failed to comply with a conservation request causing discolored water and lower storage levels. The filtration plant was down seven and a half hours after a truck hit a pole, contributing to shortages and the need for continued conservation over the next days.
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Walter Dudley Hall
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Mall
Princewick
Floyd County
Frank and
Minerva Shelor Hall
Mtethodist Church
United Mine Workers of America
Indian Mills
Luther Whitman
Lookout
Beckley
Water Company For Conservation
Beckley Water Co
Finney Funeral Set for Wednesday in Beckley
Funeral services for Charles Andrew Finney will be held at 2 40 p m Wednesday at St Matthew AME Church with Rev. William Ricks and other clergy officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Finney 42 died from injuries after a Friday scaffold fall in New York. Survived by wife Mary, mother Annie Finney Craig, sister Ellene Steward, Newark NJ, and stepsister Christine Hill, East Beckley. Body to be moved from Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Andrew Finney
St Matthew Ame
William Ricks
Willie Schofield
N. W. Burton
A. Abram
Greenwood Memorial Park
Finney
Deeds Recorded For Numerous East River Real Estate Transfers
Real estate deeds filed at the county clerk list multiple transfers in the Rock Creek and Shady Spring areas and Mabscott. Transfers include Acords Loomis Covey Willis Perry Lacy King Reed and others with parcels in MacArthur Lilly Heights Lilly Land and Fairview additions. Amounts range from about 300 to 5 000 dollars with several entries around 1 000 to 3 000 dollars.
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Ecourt
Omer 1
Acord
Dennis Price
Willie Acord
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
Laura Acord
A. E
Wayie Acord Miller
James Larold Acord
George Earl
Eileen Acord
Omer Lacy
Ruby Acord
J. C
Nana Acord
Orville Darl
Margaret Acord
Omer L. Acord
Lydahoe Hunt
Crab Orchard
Ww. File
W. M. King
Shady Spring
Ray
Bertha
Emil Leonard
Delia Pike
Louetta Minnick
Thomas J
Maris J. Reed
Charles C
Odessa Lewis
Archie Lucas
Lewis
W. T
Georgia Gallimore
James Kelly
Saevon Howerton
Fairview
Slab Fork
T. F
Maude Hall
Henry and
Elizabeth Hewett
Jones Addition
Hollywood
MacAtt
Child Injures Arm In Fall From Truck
Benjamin Holdren three year old son of WY D Holdren named Pax was treated for an injury to his right arm after falling from a truck bed at about 3 30 p m He was brought to Beckley Memorial Hospital and released after treatment at about 4 p.m Monday His father works for the New River Co.
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Benjamin Holdren
WY. D. Holdren
Pax
Beckley Memorial Hospital
New River Co
Former Raleigh Man Dies in Farmington
Horace Brock of Farmington, formerly of Raleigh, died in a Fairmont hospital on Saturday. Funeral services are set for First Baptist Church Cranberry at 3 30 p m Wednesday with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park an hour later.
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Horace Brock
Farmington
Raleigh
Fairmont Hospital
First Baptist Church
Cranberry
Greenwood Memorial Park
Hearing Set Over To June 24 In Charity Club Case
In Raleigh County Circuit Court a hearing continued to May then set for June 24 regarding dissolving the East Park Charity Club. Judge Tissue heard the case with a third hearing scheduled. Plaintiffs seek dissolution and asset distribution after a 330 member club operated as a burial fund cooperative without proper insurance licensing. A restraining order previously blocked business.
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Raleigh County
East Park Charity Club
Benjamin Tissue
State Insurance
James Thompson
East Park
State Insurance Commission
Prosecuting Attorney’s
Power outage at WWNR hits air for over an hour
A cut off wire burned at WWNR's transmitter in Cabell caused a power failure at about 3 17 p m Monday shutting the station off the air for more than an hour Appalachian Electric Power Co restored power by 4 20 p m and service resumed
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WWNR
Cabell
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Eens
Demonstration Marks 50th Anniversary of Flight Fire Power Event
Attendees at Maxwell Air Force Base and Elgin AFB Fla include Capt Hollie C White commander of the local Recruiting Detachment Jack Neely Man High School principal and Charles W Jurgensmeyer Logan High principal The fire power demonstration showcased new delivery methods for nuclear bombs rockets aircraft air borne weapons and inflight refueling of fighter and bomber aircraft
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Maxwell ‘Air Force Base
Ala
Elsin Afb
Fla
Hollie C. White
U.S. Air Force
Jack Neely
Man High School
Charles W. Jurgensmeyer
Logan High
Police Court Finances Hit By Fines and Bonds in Beckley
Beckley Police Court collected 241 dollars in fines and bond forfeitures as fifteen people paid or forfeited on charges. Rudolph Seasley faced a hazardous driving conviction. Lewis Hale Jr and Sam Harvey forfeited 15 dollar bonds for gambling. Loretta Waddy and Rubert Presley posted 25 dollar bonds for fornication. Luke Adkins paid 5 dollars for driving without a city license. Pete Miller and Fremeis Williams paid 3 dollars court costs on warrants. Ed Snyder forfeited a 20 dollar bond for speeding. Six additional intoxication arrests resulted in bond forfeitures.
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Beckley
Rudolph Seasley
Lewis Hale Jr
Sam Harvey
Loretta Waddy
Big Stick
Rubert Presley
Lester
Luke Adkins
Pete Miller
Fremeis Williams
Ed Snyder
Memorial Day Sunset Services Inaugurate Annual Program
Memorial Day services are scheduled for 2 30 p m at Sunset Memorial Park from the mausoleum steps to inaugurate annual observances by area ministers speakers and musicians. Rev Shirley Donnelly of Crab Orchard Baptist Church will give the address and Rev A H Wilson of First Christian Church will offer the invocation. Music includes Robert Daniels soprano soloist and a brass quartet from Woodrow Wilson High School Band.
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Homeseekers Land! ‘Co
Shirley Donnelly
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Robert Daniels
Woodrow Wilson High School
Five Building Permits Issued by City Recorder
The City Recorder’s Office issued five permits for new construction. Alice Colemary receives a four room frame house on Laurel Terrace costing $5,400 with a $11.25 fee. Steve Sotak of Beckley plans a five room brick house at $7,500 with a $16.95 fee. LQ Holliday on Ewart Ave. gets a car port permit with a $10 fee. John Hotel Houck of Beckley gets a five room cinder block house estimated at $4,500 with a $10 fee.
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City Recorder's Office
Alice Colemary
Beeney
Laurel Terrace
Steve Sotak
Beckley
Holliday
Ewart Ave
John Hotel
Houck
Ratcliffe Heads Charleston Insurance Women Dinner
Edwin Ratcliffe of Beckley led a pious themed dinner hosted by the Charleston Association of Insurance Women at the Kanawha County Club. Roseer Long of Fayetteville also attended. Postmasters to meet Raleigh County League district postmasters hold a regular session at 7:30 p.m. in the Courthouse.
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Avihe
Charleston Association of Insurance Women
Kanawha Country Club
Edwin Ratcliffe
Beckley
Rosser Long
Fayetteville
Raleigh County League of District Postimasters
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Neville St. Giol
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Recreation Board
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Whitesville
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Kenmore
Magic Chef
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Amere Gas
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