Beckley Mayor and Chief Push Traffic Improvements
Beckley Mayor A K Minter and Police Chief James H Poole won council backing for traffic aid measures including synchronizing street lights at the Beckley Hotel corner and Main and Fayette Streets to ease bottlenecks. They may also cover parking meters near the post office to free spaces. Council asked planning to address trailer parking and lane painting could be extended. An official canvass on the three year levy failed by 41 votes.
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Beckley
A. K. Minter
James H. Poole
Minter
Beckley Hotel
Main and
Fayette Sts
Poole
Council
Clarence Bibb
Traf
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bibb
Parte
Evy
Sam Thompson
City Ave
City Recorder
Board of Appeals
G. C. Porter
Harold Miller
Martin
Antonio and
Mills
Telephone Co
Deaths of Raleigh couple ruled murder suicide
State Police labeled the deaths of Brown Carter 56 and Sarah Carter 69 as murder by own action. The bodies were found in their six room Raleigh home after 4 p.m. Tuesday. Police believe despondency over Mrs. Carters illness led to the shootings. The couple were last seen Monday evening and the shooting is believed to have occurred about 7 a.m. Tuesday. Authorities said Mrs. Carter shot her husband as he slept, then killed herself with the same pistol. The case remains under investigation.
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Raleigh
Brown Carter
Sarah Carter
S. A. Ford
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sara Carter
Carter
Schools Win Dental Trophies At Seven Elementary Schools
I R Wein chairs the dental committee with Sam Tucker and Dr James Farris as members. Trophies become permanent possessions of the winning schools while the Civitan Club will award a trophy annually for the best improvement. Seven schools participate: Lincoln Central Sylvia Mabscott Crescent Road Institute and Sprague.
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I. R. Wein
Sam Tucker
Institute
James Farris
Civitan Club
Lincoln
Central
Sylvia
Mabscott
Crescent Road
Sprague Elementary
Civitan
Civitan Dental Health Committee
Francis Edwards
Clyde Law
Rites Incomplete For J. J. Staples
Funeral arrangements for Jesse James Staples 61 Kistler are incomplete and the body will remain at Trent Funeral Home pending arrangements. Staples was found dead at 745 PM Tuesday by his landlady who was returning from an overnight visit in a neighboring community. Sheriff Ray Watts said death apparently due to a heart attack.
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Jesse James Staples
Kistler
Trent Funeral Home
Staples
Logan County
Ray Watts
Counties Buy $265000 in Saving Bonds in April
Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming Countians purchased a total of 265080 in Series E and H Saving Bonds during April. Raleigh accounted for 114443, Fayette 125712, and Wyoming 24925.
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Raleigh, Fayette and Wyoming
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Casey Rites Incomplete Funeral Arrangements
Funeral arrangements for Harry Casey of Beckley are incomplete. The body remains at Wright Funeral Home pending further arrangements after his death Friday at Lincoln Hospital.
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Harry Casey
Beckley
Wright Funeral Home
Casey
Lincoln Hospital
Frank Rice jailed in Raleigh County for loaded firearm
Frank Rice of Mount Hope was booked by State Police at Raleigh County Jail at 9 p.m. Tuesday on a charge of carrying a loaded firearm in a vehicle.
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Frank Rice
Mount Hope
Raleigh
Stover Elected President of Pi Kappa Alpha at Marshall College
Udy G. Stover of Bradley was chosen president of Pi Kappa Alpha for the upcoming term at Marshall College. He also won a seat as senior senator in the Student Government. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Willis Stover of Bradley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Udy G. Stover
Bradley
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Marshall College
Willis Stover
Lester residents designate Saturday as cemetery cleanup day
In an effort to improve the Lester Cemetery the town designates Saturday as cleanup day. Food will be provided by women of the community. Town recorder Mrs. Violet Daniels said they hope for a large crowd of volunteers to complete the job.
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Lester
Violet Daniels
Town Recorder
Diamond Rites Set Thursday for Mrs Willie A Diamond
Funeral services for Mrs. Willie A Diamond of Mount Hope will be held Thursday at 2 30 p m at the First Union Baptist Church in Mount Hope with Rev J A Divers officiating. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Body moving from Wright Funeral Home to the church one hour before services.
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Willie A. Diamond
Mount Hope
First Union Baptist Church
J. A. Divers
Greenwood Memorial Park
Wright Funeral
Singing Class to Meet At Whipple Saturday
James Whipple, president of the Second District Singing Class, announces a meeting at 3 p m Saturday in New Hope Baptist Church of Whipple. Evelyn Smithers serves as secretary.
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Whipple
James Whipple
Second
New Hope Baptist Church
Evelyn Smithers
Son Dies in Ohio At Ohio Valley Hospital
Mrs. Vina Teel of Calloway Heights learns her son Cather F. Teel died Tuesday morning at Ohio Valley Hospital. He previously resided in Amsterdam, Ohio.
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Vina Teel
Calloway Heights
Cather F. Teel
Ohio Valley Hospital
Amsterdam
Ohio
Bradley man held on illegal parking and registration charges
Charles Lee Bennett Jr. is jailed in Raleigh County on charges of illegal parking and operating a vehicle with improper registration. He was arrested by State Police at 9 p.m. Tuesday.
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Charles Lee Bennett Jr
Bradley
Raleigh County
Senate Vote to Decide Fate of Library Bill
The House passed a library service bill by voice vote that could extend services in Raleigh County if the Senate approves. The measure would allocate 40 000 dollars to each of the 48 states to promote library work and fund rural bookmobile development. Raleigh County could gain its own demonstration area separate from other counties, according to Mrs. C H Graham and Dora Parks.
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House of Representatives
Raleigh County
Robert C. Byrd
Senate
Federal Library Service
C. H. Graham
Graham
Dora Parks
The
West Virginia Library Commission
Becke y Fire Department to discuss residence issue May 22
A special Beckley Fire Department and City Council session after the May 22 meeting will consider firemen living outside city limits amid an Attorney General opinion that residency must be inside. The discussion will address two current outside residents and related policy questions on probation and pay.
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Beckley Fire Department
Bernard ‘Martin
A. K. Minter
Martin
John G. Fox
W. A. Thornhill II
Clifford Maynard
Leonard Lyons
Thornhill
Fox
May Day Program Set Thurs at Crab Orchard
The Old and New Crab Orchard Schools hold a 1 30 p m May Day program Thursday with two kings and two queens crowned. Principal John Hartson says both programs take place at the New Crab Orchard School.
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Crab Orchard
New Crab Orchard School
John Hartson
Parent-Teacher Association
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MT. Hope
Life Electric Power Company
Beaver Ave
Dennis Leary
J. S. Butts
Mulberry St
John Quintier
Levi Taylor
Roy Anderson
Barry Huffstutler
Thomas Tilley
Roger Goodson
James Easley
James Cox
Harry Wooten
Sarah Jane Meador
Elizabeth Shelor
Norma Combs
Anna Lee Sanger
Marbles
James Blankenship
Spelling
Sherman Meadows
Gerald Manning
Emma Lilly
Connie Suddreth
BIG Mercury
Phaeton
WCHS
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
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