City Plans Negro Park on Raleigh County land
Raleigh County to create its first Negro park with tentative approval to buy about an acre between Mill and F streets. Beckley Recreation Board seeks 2992 for land and 750 for equipment. Council to visit park Monday before final approval and has directed attorney to draft a land agreement with Quality Lumber.
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Raleigh County
Mill
F Streets
Beckley Recreation Board
City Hall
Benjamin Tissue
Quality Lumber and Supply Co
City Avenue
Stevens
Oakwood Avenue
Mabscott
Smoot Avenue
Tigsue
Bernard Martin
Marriage Applications for Britt Underwood Snow Bennett Wilson
Marriage applications filed for manare Junior Britt 21 of Sullivan and Maggie Loretta Underwood 21 of Resoco. Also Troy Glen Snow 40 of Helen and Katherine Adkins Bennett 33 of Helen. Ray Charles Wilson 44 of Beckley and Mary E Crosier 47 of Beckley.
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Manare Junior Britt
Sullivan
Maggie Britt
Maggie Loretta Underwood
Resoco
Jack Underwood
Troy Glen Snow
Helen
Byrd Snow
Katherine Adkins Bennett
Jonah Adkins
Ray Charles Wilson
Beckley
Mary E. Crosier
Kingston High School Honors Top Graduates
Kingston students Anna Margaret Patterson and Mary Sue Sokoff led the class as valedictorian and salutatorian. Patterson, daughter of Dorothy Patterson, spoke on Pass Our Blunders By. Sokoff, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Sokoff, spoke on Find A Way Or Make It. Graduation was Thursday at 8 p.m. in the high school gym.
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Kingston Kingston
Anna Margaret Patterson
Mary Sue Sokolf
Kingston High School
Miss Patterson
Dorothy Patterson
Kingston
Miss Sokoff
Pete Sokoff
73 Pints of Blood Given By Local People Tuesday
Local Red Cross bloodmobile collected 73 pints for Korea or local hospitals with a quota of 12. St Stephens Episcopal Church led the Beckley clinic at the Moose Club aiding with a full roster of volunteers, nurses, aides, canteen and gray ladies. Next stop for the bloodmobile is Montneal with W. B. Burgess in charge.
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Red Cross
I Beckley
Korea
Beckley
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Moose Club
P. B. Earwood
Howard Griffith
J. G. Polley
Norman Hornstein
Leo Killorn
James Roark
George Psimas
C. FP. Black
Paul Levison
Edna Starr
Hazel Jamison
Lillian Powers
K. Douglas Bowers
Robert Sheffler
F. L. Conway
Joan Daniel
Gladys Craft
R. D. Watts
B. H. Magee
D. D. Ashworth
Gray
L. T. Putman
R. G. Broaddus
Duff Daniel
Gene Edwards
Deane Brooke
Eula’ Durrett
Harry Sessions
Motor Service
A. S. Johnston
George Kellman
Benjamin Yissue
S. B. Ferris
Bloodmobile
Montenal
W. B. Burgess
TGR
Cohen and
White Cross Drug Stores
King Drug Stares
Reynolds Dies in Mabscott Home
Sidney Marion Reynolds a 44 year old resident of Mabscott died at 2 55 pm Tuesday after a six month illness He was born July 16 1908 in Meadows Dam Virginia and was married to Sally Lou Scott on June 30 1930 He owned Modern Shoes Shop in Sophia and belonged to Odd Fellows Lodge 369 of Sophia Surviving are his wife his father of Cane Virginia two daughters Mrs Russell Blevins Daytan Ohio and Beulah Reynolds Mabscott four sons Wheeler Hora Frank and Eddie all at home and Jane granddaughter The body will lie in state at Melton Mortuary from 4 pm today until funeral at 2 pm tomorrow in Melton Chapel with Rev Freddie Steele Oak Hill presiding Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Active pallbearers are John Hensley Freeland Layne William Humphrey Richard Perdue Arnd Hatcher Otio Winston Russell Hayne Charles Sensabaugh and Harry Lovell.
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Sidney Marion Reynolds
Mabscott
Tuese
Meadows Dam
Tilton Reynolds
Hettie Hilton Reynolds
Sally Lou Scott
Reynolds
Odd Bellows Lodge
Sophia
Cane
Russell Blevins
Dayltan
Beulah Reynolds
Wheeler
Hora
Frank
Eddie
Jane
Melton Mortuary
Melton Chapel
Freddie Steele
Oak Hill
Butrial
Sunset Memorial Park
John Hensley
Freeland
Layne
William Humphrey
Richard Perdue
Nd Hatcher
Otio Winston
Russell Hayne
Charles Sensabaugh
Harry Lovell
Hunters Plan to Sail June 3 for Scotland
Mr and Mrs John F Hunter of Brooklyn plan to sail June 3 aboard the Queen Mary to Scotland England and France for an extended visit. Hunter, superintendent of the Scotia Coal and Coke Co, will return in the fall. Accompanying them are Mr and Mrs Jack Richards of Brooklyn and Mrs Charles Holt and Virginia Wire of Gatewood for a few days in New York.
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Register Statf
Brooklyn
John F. Hunter
Scotland
England
France
Hunter
Scotia Coal and Coke Company
Jack Richards
Charles Holt
Virginia Wire
Gatewood
Nin
New York
Raleigh County Board Plans Building Of Two Gyms And Schools
The Raleigh County Board of Education accepted bids on four school building projects and tabled several as bids exceeded funds. Wipperman Construction Company won two new schools on New Raleigh Road and Piney View with bids of 102 936 and 112 869 dollars. Raymond Holland Construction of Ripley won the Shady Spring High School gym at 127 687 dollars. Bowers and Chilton of Charleston won the Clear Fork High School gym at 121 400 dollars. Additions to Eccles Junior High were rejected as too costly and handed to the maintenance crew. An addition to Shady Spring Elementary was tabled. The architect was instructed to advertise bids for Central Elementary immediately with bids to be opened at the July meeting. The board authorized the superintendent to select alternates to bring bids within bond issue funds.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Schoo
Wipperman Construction Company
New Raleigh Road
al New School
Piney View
Shady Spring High School
Raymond Holland Construction Company
Ripley
Shady Spring
Central
Midway Resident Mary Vaught Dies After Illness
Mary Ellen Vaught aged 68 of Midway died at a local hospital at 10 15 p m Wednesday after a three year illness. Born December 15 1883 in Kanawha County she was the daughter of the late George and Louvina Dangerfield. She was a member of Pemberton Methodist Church and lived in Raleigh County for 42 years. Survived by husband R A Vaught four daughters two sons a sister two brothers seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Midway Holiness Church with Rev Brooks and Rev Huddleston to officiate burial at Caffee Cemetery Mt Tab or. Also includes Evans birth notice of Susan Marie born May 12 in Bluefield Sanitarium to Eugene and Mrs. Evans.
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Mary Ellen Vaught
Midway
Kanawha County
George and
Louvina Angel Dangerfield
Pemberton Methodist Church
Raleigh County
R. A. Vaught
Sduth Underwood
Beck
Midway Holiness Church
5. G. Brooks
Pemberton
W. J. Huddleston
Fayetteville
Caffee
Mt. Tabor
New Richmond Man Injured In Powder Explosion
Now Tuchmond Aven Size, 25, of New Richmond, was treated at Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch for serious burns to both eyes after drilling a hole into which he placed powder. The powder exploded, burning his face and eyes.
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Tuchmond — Aven Sizemore
New Richmond
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Welch
School Patrol Receives City Park Outing Reward
About one hundred Beckley area school patrol youths earned a free movie and refreshments for a year of service. Ann Louise Harper 17 of Harper Earl Carter manager of the lo ler. The outing included hot dogs soft drinks candy and oranges. Harper missed only two days in twelve years of schooling. Her father worked for Kirby Lumber Company. The feature story covers her elementary to high school schooling across multiple towns ending with plans to study physical education at Concord College. Concurrently a birth notice announces Susan Yvonne Stump born 7 pounds 15 ounces at a Charleston hospital to Cpl and Mrs William R Stump Mullens.
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Beckley Area
Ann Louise Harper
Harp Earl Carter
Woodrow Wilson
Mobile Association
Sters
Cityshor
Kanawha Street
Ann
Main Street
Sam Harper
Neville Street
Kirby Lumber Company
Mont Cutsville
Raleigh County
Green Sulphur Springs
Hinton
William B. Connoley
Cool Ridge
Star of
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson High
Connoley
Concord
Andil
Ak Agel
Automobile collision causes about 860 damages at Neville and Virginia
City Police report a wreck at Neville and Virginia Streets Monday resulting in roughly $60 in damages. Paul Meadows, 4, of Beckley sustained $10 damage to his vehicle, while James Chadwick, 19, of Carbondale incurred $50 damage to his car.
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Neville
Virginia Streets
Paul Meadows
Beckley
James Chadwick
Carbondale
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Liverpool
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Pasquale DiLuiso
Weirton
Many
U.S. Army
Mabscott Home
Cap’n
Boston
Mr. Boston
Boston Vacuum
Boston Distiller, Inc
Mass
Evans
Register
Mullens
Eugene Evans
Deerfield
Susan Marie
Bluefield
Harper
Jghter IS
William R. Stumm
Charleston
Susan Yvonne
Stumps
Yvonne Fish
Stump
Army
Okura
Japan
Charles $. Stump
Ea Aed
Bennett
Bennett’s
Recipe Foods, Inc
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