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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1949
Page
9
County road supervisor Gadd reports rock base work on Jenny Gap Road toward Lester and George Gadd confirms it. Blacktop crews patch from Hinton road intersection to Richmond District High School as West Prince Street near Beckley Newspapers is paved next week. Temporary widening by 10 feet will allow traffic before full asphalt paving next summer after the fill settles.
Raleigh County school buses logged 57 295 miles transporting 8 845 students in September. Assistant Superintendent C D Munson announced fuel and oil usage, with Bus No 34 traveling 1 962 miles and Bus No 11 carrying the most riders. Spangler noted 222 daily riders, 326 new riders enrolled, and buses in good condition with 90 day state police checks. Four new houses were added in Shady Spring, Mark Twain, Marsh Fork and Clear Fork.
Tickets go on sale Friday noon for the Kiwanis Club Kid Day football game at Woodrow Wilson stadium featuring Ivle's Blues and the Beckley Junior Whites. Proceeds aid underprivileged children in Beckley. parade planned. novelty acts to entertain. National Kids Day aims to address juvenile delinquency and support education medical and recreational facilities.
Beckley Hardware and Heber Street will mark forty years in business with two nights of events including flower tokens for women and refreshments. A 30 minute radio broadcast from the store will air tomorrow evening as part of the celebration. The firm began in 1908 under T. E. Bibb and grew to about 30 employees.
A Raleigh County Clerk's deputy notes marriage licenses dropped in October to 40 from 59 in September, reflecting a coal strike impact. The year’s high was June with 84 licenses. October ranks as the second lowest month after February’s 35. Other months ranged from 34 to 69 licenses.
Becktley Music and Elect Co offers bargains on aluminum folding chain at 199.95 and Thor washers 139.95 US, plus used washers 34.4 and new 293.95. Westinghouse laundromat items, pews and gasoline washers listed with prices. Beckley Music & Elec Co at 1108 Fayette Ot. phone 3303.
State Police Sgt Ezra Zirkle warns that most accidents stem from driver error and urges motorists to heed danger signs before a wreck. He cites weather, mud, parked cars, crowds near schools, dark streets, drowsiness, and drunk driving as key indicators to slow down and seek safer travel.
Raleigh County Sheriff Okey Mills attends a two day convention in Fairmont with West Virginia Sheriffs Association. Topics include juvenile delinquency prevention traffic safety and sheriffs salaries tied to county valuations and populations. Officers will be elected Thursday with Sheriff Grover Combs of Logan County serving as president.
City records show Beckley building activity declined for the fourth straight month as October permits totaled 21, with residential projects at 15 costing about 58,500 and total estimated value 11,075 below September. August had the year’s peak at 100,600, with October’s level continuing the downward trend.
Jay Chambers of Prosperity is in Raleigh County Jail awaiting a hearing on petit larceny charges filed by A J H Richmond of Shady Spring. The warrant claims Chambers assaulted and threatened Richmond and stole $4 and a pocket knife. City police made the arrest. Herbert Keene of Beckley was also arrested on a check warrant for a $100 bad check given to Marco Garcia of Beckley operator of Marco's Case. awaiting hearing.
Beckley Lodge No. 95 plans to award fifty year service pins to Jose W. Wright and William A. Stanley at a 7:30 p.m. ceremony in the Masonic Temple. Wright joined the lodge in 1925 after a Master Mason start in 1899. Stanley earned his Master Mason degree in 1899 and joined Beckley Lodge in 1907. Grand Lodge of West Virginia representatives will assist. the awards will be presented by R. J. Lucas and C. C. Farmer, with a Third Degree conferred on one candidate.
Three Beckley area seamen join Allied forces in Atlantic and Pacific drills. T. L. Earley of Coal City and Robert W. Cover of Lester sail aboard USS Colonial for four weeks of cold weather exercises off Labrador near Hamilton. Howard J. Hurley of Sophia serves aboard USS Segundo in Operation Miki defending Hawaii.
Beck ley Police Department turned $1 751.50 in fines to the city recorder in October led by drunkenness with 47 arrests and speeding with 16. Parking meter fines added $280.57. Weekly totals ranged from $282 to $481, with other citations for reckless driving gambling intoxication and related offenses.
A building permit was issued today for a five room frame dwelling with full basement at an estimated cost of 5000 dollars on Lot 14A Fairview Avenue Fairview Addition. Margaret J Blair of 518 Temple Street received a permit for a storage building estimated at 225 dollars.
Basic compensation rates for service connected disabilities will rise on December 4 under a new VA law. World War I veterans with service connected or determined disabilities will see about an 8.7 percent increase, with specific boosts from 13.80 to 14.90 for 10 percent disabled and 138 to 150 for 100 percent disabled, plus enhanced dla dependents. The law also extends eligibility for additional compensation to dependents of disabled veterans rated 50 percent or more and introduces new ratings for arrested tuberculosis and longer term disability reviews. Wartime widows with children gain higher death benevolence, and the bill liberalizes compensation for injuries incurred under confinement if not self‑inflicted, with line‑of‑duty considerations.
Property records list multiple transfers in Beckley and surrounding districts. Purchases include Lot C in Ewart Heights by Mr. and Mrs. J. We Wiseman from Edward P. Stansbury, various Lilly Land Company tracts, and parcels along U.S. Route 21 in Sprague, with prices ranging from no stated consideration to about 2 1/2 thousand dollars and totals around $4,500 for the main Ewart Heights lot.
Beckley parking meters collected $1,825 in October, a one year low and $415 below September’s $2,240. The month trails 1948’s $1,850 and is the second-lowest month this year after August’s $1,880, with April the peak at $2,560.
Seven men passed a civil service exam at Beckley Junior High School for two police and two fire department positions. Thirteen tested. seven were successful with two earlier successful applicants, enabling the Civil Service Commission to prepare eligibility lists for Mayor Hedrick. Names include William A. Cole Howard J. Thompson Lonnie S. Price William A. Fink Robert E. McKinney Nathan C. Shelton and Joseph P. Collins Jr.
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