Stratton Student Wins T B Essay Prize With Letter Advising Friend
Ameagle Justice, Ameagle Justice of the Peace, wins a civil case verdict for the defense in a $7 500 damage suit filed by Grady H Scarbrough over a 1946 collision between his car and Kincaid s. The jury found for the defendant while Kincaid testified he was not drunk and that Scarbrough failed to dim his lights. Witnesses for the defense stated Scarbrough had complained of back pain prior to the wreck.
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Grady H. Scarbrough
Leonard Kincaid
Ameagle Justice of the Peace
Dorothy
Ameasie
Scarbrough
Kincaid
Robert” Maynor
Carriston
Clear Creek
Quin Burgess
Ameagle
Ghent Man Wins Accident Suit
In Ghent Frank Begin and James Craghead testified as part of an accident suit about braking on a slippery grade near a bridge. Lester testified he slowed using gears due to a slight downhill, while Craghead claimed he speeded up to beat Lester to the bridge. Gilbert Meadows supported Craghead’s account, Craghead denied the bathhouse remark. Doris Merchant of Stratton High School earned third in a statewide tuberculosis essays contest praising education and early detection, urging trust in doctors and home care when hospital access is limited.
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Arhead
Frank Beg
Lester
Craghead
James Hatcher
Ghent
East Gulf Coal Mining
Gilbert Meadows
Bath House
Doris Merchant
Stratton High
Helen
Model Airplane Contests Planned in Beckley This Summer
Beckley Modeleers Club outlined four contests for summer including June 8 free flight June 15 U control and June 24 U control races plus an August free flight and U control event. American Legion Post No 32 will fund two members to the National Contest in Minneapolis. Plymouth Motor Corp aims to sponsor the First International Model Plane Contest in Detroit August 33 16 with $6000 in prizes and 93 trophies.
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Beckley
Beckley Modeleers Club
Gene Keatley
Beckley Modeleers
American Legion Post No .32
Minneapolis
Minn
C. D. Perkins
Duncan-Catron
Plymouth) Motor Company
Plymouth Motor Corporation
United States
Aero Club of Michigan
Detroit
U. S
Canada
Mexico
Perkins
Plymouth
Beckley Muadeleers Club
Beckley Mondeleers
The
Academy of Morlel Aeronautics
National Aeronautic Association
Jocdl
Burdette Announces No Charge for 36‑Day Phone Service
A W Burdette of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co says no charges will be made for local telephone service during a 36 day period, with exceptions for out of town calls. Yellowstone National Park is described as having more and larger geysers than anywhere else on earth.
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Register
Oak Hill
A. W. Burdette
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Burdette
Yellowstone National Park
Welcome Relief From Stomach Gas and Sour Taste
Nervous distress after meals with bloating and sour taste may ease by increasing gastric juice flow. The ad claims 585 Tonte and 858 Tonte improve digestion, blood nutrition, sleep, and strength, urging readers to buy 366 Tonio from drugstores to build hearty health.
Retail business failures rise in New York region week
NEW YORK May 22 Dun and Bradstreet reports a weekly total of 102 business failures, the highest since March 1943. Most failures exceeded $5,000 in liabilities, with manufacturing and retailing hit hardest. The sharpest rise occurred in retail trade, where failures outnumbered last year's week six to one.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Boston
United States
Four H Members Awarded Scholarships at State Conference
Four H members Marty Kathryn Tolbert Mr Tabor and Willeard Riffe attended the Older 4-H Mem s Conference June 24 30 at Jacksons Mill County I H Agent Clarence Wooten announced the two were awarded scholarships
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Marty Kathryn Tolbert
Mr. Tabor
Willeard
Bint) Riffe
Crib Orchard
Jackson’s Mill
Clarence Wooten
I-H
Schelare
Richard Oscar Thomasson to be buried in Dorothy today
Funeral services for Richard Oscar Thomasson 64 of Dorothy will be held this afternoon at 1:30 at the Assembly of God Church in Dorothy with Rev C W Pindar officiating. Burial will follow at Witcher Creek cemetery in Witcher. Survived by wife Annie Peters Thomasson two sons Shirley and William of Dorothy three daughters Anna Lee Thomasson and Mrs Harokeney of Akron Ohio and Mrs Hessler of Byrdstown Tenn one brother George Thomasson of Witcher three sisters Mrs J A Rose Eunice Dorothy and Mrs Stella Chandler Athens Ohio.
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Richard Oscar Thomasson
Dorothy
Assembly of God
C. W. Pindar
Witcher Creek
Witcher
Thomasson
Annie Peters Thomasson
Shirley
William
Anna Lee Thomasson
Harokiney
Akron
Ohio
AM £. R. Hessler
Byrdstown
Tenn
George Thomasson
J. A. Rose
Eunice
Stella Chandler
Athens
Local war dead return plan committee formed
A steering committee led by Roy J. Smith plans a July public meeting to outline details for returning bodies of World War III dead to Raleigh County. Members include Red Cross, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars representatives. A film and expert speaker will explain procedures for next of kin.
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Roy J. Smith
Beckley Office
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot
Smith
Red Cross
Veterans Organizations
Tt. C. Moorefield
P. B. Earwood
Glenn Webb
Fred Morgan
American Legion
E. Guy Graves
George McMillian
Veteran of Foreign Wars
T. C. Moorefield
Legion
Warren Williams
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Quartermaster Depot
Raleigh County
Faytle County
Fim
Quartermaster Dépot
Mrs Clowers Rose Enters Raleigh General for Major Surgery
Mrs Clowers Rose Mullens of West Mullens has entered Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley for a major surgical operation with plans for the procedure to proceed under medical supervision.
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Register
Mullens
Clowers Rose
West Mullens
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley
Council Examines 3 Bids For New Beckley Fire Engine
City council reviewed three quadtype fire truck proposals in the $20 000 range. American La France offered a truck for 218 000 with 12 to 14 month delivery and cash discount. Liberty Fire Apparatus quoted 20 606 75 with 600 for lighting and 5 year guarantee. Buffalo Fire Apparatus proposed 20 408 with 600 lighting extra and 5 year guarantee. Council will study specs before deciding. The note adds a Belzian crusade leader Godfrey of Bouillon as Jerusalem’s first king.
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Beckley Fire Department
State Inspection Bureau
Dwight Teeter
American la France Company
Inspection Bureau
Stewart
Cottingsmen
Elistick
la France, D. Co
Thumb
Buffalo Fire Apparatus Company
Arlington
Ohio
Buffalo Company
Rites Set Today For Truck Victim Darred Abney
Rites will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of God in Coal City for 14 year old Darred Abney who was struck and killed by a truck. Rev. H H Hungate will conduct the service with burial in Coal City cemetery. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Weck Martin Jr two brothers Paul Eugene Ronald Glen a sister Judith Carol paternal grandfather of Whitby and maternal grandmother Mrs Sallie Blevins Coal City.
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Darredl Eareold
Church of God
Coal City
H. H. Hungate
Weck Martin, Jr
Paul Eugene
Ronald Glen
Judith Carol
Weck Martin
Whitby
Sallie Blevins
Pikeville Blaze Takes One Life
Pikeville Kentucky fire killed Henry Edn son Aders, 38, and left three families homeless as two houses burned after midnight. Police Chief Jude Williamson estimated property loss at 14 000 dollars. Flames of undetermined origin broke out while Aders, a World War II veteran timber worker, tried to salvage belongings.
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Associated Press
Pikeville
Henry Ednson Aders
Jude Williamson
Aders
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