Mount Tabor Man Buys 258 Acres on Big Whitestick
Orville L. Williams of Mount Tabor purchased 258 acres on Big Whitestick Creek from Beaver Coal Company for about $34,000, with stamps used to tally the price. Other Beckley area deeds show transactions involving The Star Dale Dairy, Lilly Land Company, and multiple lot sales across Mabscott, Shady Spring, and Trap Hill districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville L. Williams
Mount Tabor
Big Whitestick Creek
Beaver Coal Company
Raleigh County
Star Dale
Shady Spring
Tom and
Nellie Frame
Frank Dana
Dessie Arline Dowell
Beckley Lumber and Supply Company
A.A. Farmer
Beckley
Olzie and
Tessie Farley
Owen P. Lilly
Ewart Heights
Grayce O. Shrewsbury
W. M. Basham
Carl Basham
Sadie E. Basham
Estell Basham
Shrewsbury
Sophia
Lilly Land Company
John L
Minnie M. Richmond
Fireco
Margie Blakey
Amos Bartley
M.W. Powers, Jr
Beckley Court
Marvin and
Delma Farr
J. E
Belva Wood
Laurel Branch
Trap Hill
Charlie and
Lova Cochran
Marvin Farr
Laurel Creek
Edward McCue
James R. Jarrell
E. H
Bessie G. Jarrell
Marsh Fork
Beatrice Buller
Bernice Marie
Helen Louise
Zel Jacqueline
Robert Dunford Butler
E.d. Dixon
Pines Creek
Slab Fork
C. E. Farley
Dani
B. E. Carter
Et Als
Emma J. Allison
Whitestick
Mabscott
A. W. Allen
L. K
Carrie Allen
Breckenridge Creek
Lilly Land
Willie Brown
Shady
Freedom Train to Tour Nation for Blessings of America
Attorney General Tom Clark outlines a traveling exhibit, the freedom train, to tour across the United States. It will display the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Emancipation Proclamation and other historic papers to remind Americans of their heritage amid postwar crises and civil liberty concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Tom Clark
White House
United States
Justice Department
Clark
America
Mrs. H. H. Williams Honored at East Beckley Church
A surprise farewell party for Mrs. H. H. Williams was hosted by the Woman's Society of Christian Service at St. Mary's Church East Beckley on Monday evening. A dress was presented, readings and refreshments followed, as Mrs. Williams moves to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Williams
East Beckley Church
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
East Beckley
Huntington
A. F. Eggleston
M. L. Kayser
Donaldson
Ray Ellison
Alma Gregory
William Underwood
R. R. Roddy
W. E. Palmer
Lake Palmer
Sarah Beaver
B. T. Farley
W. I. Snyder
Ethel Adams
Margaret Adams
Andrew Adams
C. L. Walker
T. B. Callahan
Nedra Callahan
Crazy Loon Lands at Martinsburg Airfield in Mock Takeoff
Officials at Martinsburg Municipal Airport staged a Sunday demonstration when a loon mistook the concrete runway for water and skimmed 25 feet before stopping. The bird was unharmed aside from chest feathers scraped off, fed by staff, and later placed near a stream to observe take-off feasibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Martinsburg
E. C. Parkinson
VA Education Plans Discussed by Veterans Administration
Education and training officers from the Veterans Administration meet in the Memorial Building to discuss improving the educational program. Key participants include Grady Moore from Richmond and Ralph Grimmett among others, with training officers from Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette, Summers, Monroe, Mercer, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, and McDowell counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Memorial Building
Grady Moore
Richmond
Ralph Grimmett
Mason Cyrus
R. R. Lytle
John T. Watson
Huntington
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayette
Summers
Monroe
Mercer
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
McDowell
Busy Kanawha Valley labor absorbed by growth
The West Virginia State Employment Service says Kanawha Valley unemployment stands at about 7,000 people or eight percent of the civilian labor force. Nationwide unemployment is 3.9 percent. The Charleston report notes rapid area growth outpacing available jobs in key industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha
Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Planes Join Search for Missing Four-Year-Old Boy
Volunteer airplane pilots joined a ground posse in Harrisville to search for four year old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Martin of near Mahone. The boy disappeared late yesterday after noon while walking from a field toward the farm house about a mile from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Harrisville
Ritchie County
Jack Martin
Near Mahone
Barbour Man Dies After Clay County Car Crash
Edward Gray, 36, of Brownle Barbour County, died in Charleston hospital after a two vehicle crash on a rock ledge following a Clay County collision. His passenger Clarence Charlton 36 Brownton sustained minor injuries and was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbour
Associated Press
Charleston
Edward Gray
Brownle
Barbour County
Gray
Clarence Charlton
Brownton
Clay County
Charlton
Auto collision witness accounts and defense testimony heard
7 after the collision and that Kincaid did not appear to be normal although they could not determine whether he was under the influence of any beverage or drug. French told of repairing damage to the Scarbrough car. Clifford Stover of Colcord testified that Scarbrough had been injured in the Ameagle mine prior to the auto mishap. Other defense witnesses are testifying today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kincaid
French
Scarbrough
Clifford Stover
Colcord
Ameagle
Career Army Marine officer Evens Carlson remembered
Evans Carlson joined the Army at 16, served in the Philippines and Hawaii, rose to top sergeant, then fought in World War I in France and Germany. He later joined the Marine Corps, was commissioned as a second lieutenant, married Peggy Whyte in 1944, and had a son Evans Charles who also served as a Marine officer. Carlson was a Mason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
Marine Corps
Peggy ‘Tatum Whyte
Evans Charles
Carlson
District Scouts To Meet Friday At City Park
Boy Scouts of Troop 80 at the Methodist Temple host troops from Piney River District for a Friday night gathering at the city park. The Board of Review occurs June 5 at Beckley Junior High School at 7 30 p.m. A Court of Honor follows June 15 at Camp Wilderness as part of a June 14 15 camporee with Cabin Creeks and Rock House Creek events. Appalachian Council executive board meets June 5 at the Appalachian Electric Power Company building with H B Filmer in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Methodist Temple
Piney River District
Harvey Bailey
Beckley Junior High School
Camp Wilderness
Cabin Creeks
Rock House Creek
Appalachian Council
Appalachain Electric Power Company
H. B. Filmer
Hoover Warns Against Obstruction By Russia
Hoover argues that unless certain revolutionary changes occur the tax burden on Americans will not ease and may rise. He says Russian press shows a method to bleed the United States dry through relief measures as obstruction to restoring production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
United States
Public hours posted for museum family programs
The schedule lists open times from 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, and 9 am to noon on Thursday. Children under 15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Midkiff Rites Set For Beecher Midkiff
Funeral services for Beecher Midkiff 27 will be held Tuesday at 1 p m at the Church of Christ in Whitesville conducted by Vernon Mullins. Burial follows at the family cemetery in Peytona. Surviving are his father Okey Midkiff, stepmother Iceland and New Zealand connections noted, a sister Miss Nora Midkiff and a brother Bernard Midkiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Whitesville
Beecher Midkiff
Okey Midkiff
Bloomingrose
Vernon Mullins
Chapmanville
Church of Christ
Peytona
Iceland
New Zealand
Nora
Midkiff
Racine
Bernard
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