Delinquent Land Tracts to Be Sold at Public Auction
58 Raleigh County parcels with forfeited tax status will be auctioned June 10 to the highest bidder. Deputy Commissioner Anthony J. Sparacino notes proceeds support tax funds and State School Fund. Listings include numerous tracts across Beckley and surrounding town districts with former owners named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Senda
NCU WW
Ca Ac
Westwood
Joe
Opa Farley
Beckley
Hattie Faulkerson
Hollywood
Dora L. Flannigan
Baby Farms Addition
B. F
Lula Foley
Lilly Addition
Seliana Ganaldo
N. Kanawha Street
Steve Hylton
Marsh Fork
Raleigh County Land Company
C. C. Commander
Sylvia
J. C. Baker
Central Addition
Florence Barrett
E. T. Berger
Ewart Heights
Better Homes Service, Inc
Roosevelt Or Ford Addition
W. E. Bradley
Meadows Addition
G. W. Brooks
Centra Addition
James S. Brown
Lincoln Addition
Army Instruction Team to Lecture ORC Unit Tonight
A visiting instruction team from the Second Army Headquarters Fort Meade Md will hold classes tonight for the Beckley reserve engineers and other interested reservists. Construction and demolition instruction will be at the Reserve Armory at 7:30 p.m. A full schedule follows with multiple units meeting at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the Armory and Beckley Lincoln-Mercury Garage on South Oakwood Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Army
Fort Meade
Beckley Reserve
Reserve Armory
Carl C. Dunham
Organized Reserve Corps
798Th Engineer
Felix E. Fisher
Engineer
Leonard G. Peterson
497
D. E. Casto
John E. Cooper
2894Th Ordnance Training Group
Beckley
Lincoln-Mercury
Oakwood Avenue
No Time Limit on Claims for Social Security Benefits
S Roger Brown Beckley office manager said there is no time limit on filing for monthly Social Security benefits. Delays cost because payments are retroactive only three months before the filing month. Eligible persons include wage earners 65 and widows of deceased workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Administration
S. Roger Brown
Beckley
Widow and dependents eligible for lump sum death payment
The wage earner must be deceased for two years before a lump sum death payment is filed. The payment applies when no one else qualifies for monthly benefits, with at least one dependent parent 65 or older and minor children. The widow, aged 65, may receive benefits if they meet the criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Beckley Couple Fined in Hinton Magistrate Court
Leonard Kenneth Payne and Goldie Marie Payne of Beckley were fined a total of 35 dollars and costs in a Hinton magistrate's court yesterday. He was fined ten dollars and costs for permitting an unauthorized person to drive his vehicle and she twenty five dollars for operating a vehicle without a license after their arrest on State Route 3 Saturday by State Police before Magistrate A G Ryans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Kenneth Payne
Goldie Marie Payne
Beckley
Hinton
Payne
A. G. Ryans
Graduation Tomorrow For Elliott High School
Elliott High School will hold commencement exercises on Wednesday with Carl Hazzard principal of Conley High School Mullens as the main speaker. Students from Elliott High and Ameagle Elementary held a picnic yesterday at Washington Carver 4 H camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott High School
Carl Hazzard
Conley High School
Mullens
Ameagle
Washington-Carver
Black Knight manager hosts floral misfire at private family dinner
Robert Parker new manager at Black Knight Country Club arranged a floral centerpiece for Mrs. E. M. Payne junior's birthday dinner. The iris arrangement caused amusement as guests used it at one end of the table while their own flowers appeared at the other, impressing the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Parker
Black Knight Country Club
E. M. Payne
South Kanawha Street
Parker
Johnson to Speak To Vet Leaders
Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson and Carl R. Gray Jr. will join the Service Officers fifth annual conference May 26 to 28 at Jacksons Mill. Beckley will be represented by veterans officials. The local VA Hospital under construction is on the convention agenda for discussion. Gray will deliver the keynote address closing at noon May 28. John son chairs the Veterans Council of the West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis A. Johnson
Carl R. Gray, Jr
Service Officers
Jackson’s Mill
Beckley
Veterans Administration
Roy I. Smith
State Department of Veterans Affairs
T. H. McGavran
W. Va Department of Veterans Affairs
Leo F. Steindler
Huntington
Clarksburg
Walter H. Patton
Gray
Johnson
Veterans’ Council
Department of Veterans Affairs of
West Virginia
Whitby Man Completes Marine Non-Com School
S Sgt Arthur D. Wills Jr son of Mr and Mrs Arthur D Wills of Whitby has completed a five weeks course of instruction at the First Marine Division Non-commissioned Officers School at Camp Pendleton Oceanside Calif
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitby
Arthur D. Wills, Jr
Arthur D. Wills
First Marine Division
Camp Pendleton
Oceanside
Calif
Stratton Dedication and Sophia Lions Club Meeting
Dr A D Belton will speak at Stratton High School gym dedication and commencement tonight at seven. Clifford Hill delivers valedictory. Ethel Campbell is 1950 salutatorian. Sophia Lions Club plans June 7 election of officers with multiple nominations and June installation at Daniels camp.
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Sophia Lions Club
Vernon Lawson
John Branna
Carl Neff
O. P. Daniels
Loren Fox
D. W. Kinnamer
C. M. Maxwell
Robert Byrd
Henry Smith
Charles Boinmott
Daniels
Fred Williams
A. D. Belton
Beckley
Stratton High School
Clifford Hill
Floyd Hill
East ‘Beckley
Ethel Campbell
Savannah L. Spencer
Raleigh County Board of Education
S. Austin Caperton
C. C. Ballard
J. E. Daniel
J. D. Swim
M. A. Johnson
D. W. Bryson
Ken Hill Construction Company
Beckley Youths Pick Officers for Tech Junior Class
James Turner of Beckley will serve as president next year of the junior class at West Virginia Institute of Technology. Elected from the Beckley area were Jack Greene of Summerlee senior councilman and Bunky Johnson of Beckley sophomore councilman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Turner
Beckley
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Jack Greene
Summerlee
Bunky Johnson
New Trial Sought in Summers County Suit
A motion for a new trial seeks to overturn a $2,500 verdict against Wilford Fox Summers County game protector in Bluestone Lake arrest case. Defense argues jury prejudice lack of medical proof and excessive damages while plaintiff Clay counters with admitted threats and justified damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde C. Clay
Raleigh
Bluestone Lake
Wilford Fox
Summers County
T. L. Read
Fox
Clay
Read
Harold B. Eagle
Licenses Sought By Four Couples In Raleigh County
Four couples have filed marriage license applications in Raleigh County. Vinson Pettry 21 of Fairdale and Zettie Fleshman 19 of Glen Daniel. Helen Eugene Vest 29 of Mullens and Margaret Blanche Lewis 23 of Epperly. Jake Brannon 35 of Big Otter and Christine Alderman 16 of Pineknob. James Howard Proffitt 31 of MacAlpin and Gaynell Sturgill 23 of MacAlpin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Clerk’s
Vinson Pettry
Hinton Pettry
Fairdale
Zettie Fleshman
Azel Fleshman
Glen Daniel
Helen Eugene Vest
Herman Vest
Mullens
Margaret Blanche Lewis
Joseph A. Lewis
Epperly
Jake Brannon
Okie Brannon
Big Otter
Christine Alderman
Harry Alderman
Pineknob
James Howard Proffitt
Monroe ‘Proffitt
MacAlpin
Gaynell Sturgill
L. H. Sturgill
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Clem Campbell
Leroy Carter
Hedrick-Walker-Carter
W. M. Plogger
Masseyville
Harold and
Charlotte Clay
Surveyor
Trap Hill
James Hunt
Surveyor Creek
Rhoda and
Henry Tolbert
Little Marsh
Zella Jarrell
James and
Pauline Wilson
Pines Creek
Slab Fork
Josie I. Walker
Highview Addition
G.,.w. McCoy
Clear Fork
Sally Kidd
L. W. Davis
Workman Creek
Stovers Fork
Flats
Claude Peters
Paint Creek
J. W. McAllister
Phillips Addition
O. C. Akers
Church Street
Armstead and Company
Anna M. Armstead
Lewis Blakey
P. L. Blankenship
Massey
Tom Chapman
McKinney Street
George Clark
Hedrick
John Fitzgerald
W. L. Foster
Army
ORC
2824Th
Odi Casali
326Th Medical Base Depot
William J. Smith, Jr
the Giants
Wayne Morrie
Claire Trevor
Wyoming
Rialto
Robert Cummings
Paeerme
A Laan
Gree Wee
PINE
Dancing IN the Dark
Mark Stevens
Betsy Drake
Mountainair
al Reece
Glen Jean
W. VA
Rio
Bing Crosby
Bob Hope
Dorothy Lamour
New Valley Theatre
Rhodell, W
Daughter of the Jungle
Lois Hall
James Cardwell
Wright
Prince of the Plains
Monte Hale
Paul Hurnet
Shirley Davis
Crab Orchard Drive-In
Crab Orchard Road
Sierra Madre
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Huston
Elliott High
Peter Lawford
M-G-M
Kerr- Walker Stevens
Lawford
Weekgye Theatre
Holland
Register News
Geraldine, Queener
Lavader Queener
Montcoal
Montcoal - Stickney
Parent- Teacher's Association
Geraldine
Montreal-Stickney School
Tom Thompson
Raleigh General Hospital
Betty Atkins
Thayer
Betty
Shirley Rogers
Mrs. Rogers
Raleigh County Humane Society
William C. Dirk
Raleigh Heights
Karen Neal
L. W. Neal, Jr
Freeman Avenue
Karen
Geraldine Queener
Mt. Hope
Neissmuller As
Jungle Jim
Clil Gorilia
THE
Saat Ae
Prelie
Mithed
Adler Descies
Jean Wegulesco
Casey Robinson
Alan Ladd
Beckleyans
Ted
Tanner Ee
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Claudette Colbert
Fred MacMurray
Rita Johnson
Beckley’s Sports
Lucfc
Listen Ladies Tropicana
Voice OF the Army
Mindy Carson
Cincinnati
Boston
Cincinnati Red
Cool Ridge
Cool Ridge Coal Company
W. F. Eigenbrod
Eigenbrod
Bourbon
National Distillers Dstilers Products Corp
N.Y
Vural EA
Studebaker
Beckley Motor Company
First Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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