Political Leaders Predict Heavy Turnout Tomorrow
County chairmen from both parties issue final instructions to election officials and precinct workers. They warn against attempts to slow or steal the vote and urge a large turnout, with estimates around 33,000 voters out of 40,282 registered. Republican and Democratic leaders forecast a close contest though Democrats push for a landslide.
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Pra Af Itn
Alannad Slantiane
Palavar
Anderson
Harry E. Anderson
Democratic Executive Committee
Robert J. Ashworth
Republican Executive Committee
Ashworth
Adlai
Marland
Kilgore
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
McAlpin
Stotesbury
T. R. Wilson Jr
GOP
Stratton High School
Robert L. Gibson
Wilson
Norman Knapp
Mayor Demands Enforce Voting Laws For Election
Mayor George E B Chambers releases a letter to Police Chief Evan Hall urging strict enforcement of polling place laws to keep Tuesday's election honest and fair. He cites alleged vote buying in the primary and asks for peace, honesty, and removal of drunkenness and intimidation at all polling sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George EB. Chambers
Evan Hall
Ces
Chambers
Hall
Lester R. Steele Jr
Allen Age
Steele
Stamford
Beckley College
Marriage Application for John F Smith and Letitia Reynolds
John Frederick Smith 21 of Siab Fork son of Mr and Mrs James Smith and Letitia Reynolds 21 of Siab Fork daughter of Mr and Mrs John Reynolds file a marriage application in the local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frederick Smith
Siab Fork
James Smith
Letitia Reynolds
John Reynolds
Local College Student Elected to ROTC Group
Barry Woods, a junior at the University of Virginia Engineering School, has been elected to membership in the Jefferson Sabres honorary military society of the Army ROTC. Selection is based on outstanding achievement in military academic ROTC work. Woods is the son of Mr and Mrs Jay Woods of Fairview Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Woods
University of Virginia Engineerng School
Jefferson Sabres
Army Reserve Officer Training Corps
Woods
Jay Woods
Fairview Ave
Wesleyan Grant Awarded Student From Beckley
Mary Sue Malone of Beckley has been awarded a need based grant in aid by West Virginia Wesleyan College. The funds assist with college charges based on character and scholarship. Malone, daughter of Mrs. Evelyn Smith Malone and Paul James Malone, is a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate majoring in religious education at the Methodist college and belongs to Alpha Gamma Delta.
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Mary Sue Malone
S. Heber St. Beckley
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Stuckhannon
Mary Sue
Evelyn Smith Malone
Beckley
Paul James Malone
Ocala
Fla
Alpha Omicron
Alpha Gamma Delta
Woodrow Wilson High School
Methodist Institution
Jones and Oliver Pair Named in Local Engagement Report
Robert Wayne Jones 21 of Sophia son of Mr and Mrs Pewey Jones and Mary Oliver 27 of Sophia daughter of Mr and Mrs John Oliver are listed in the local social announcements.
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Robert Wayne Jones
Sophia
New Scouting Units Organized in Appalachian Council
Two new scouting units are organized in the Appalachian Council area. Troop 90 at Dry Hill, sponsored by the Dry Hill Community Improvement Club, lists D W Kinzer Roy S Coe Baren Williams Beaulis Lively J B Ratliff and C T Miller as leaders and includes Donald Arthur Eddie Brown Ronald Crain Joseph Jones Daniel Lively Jack R Miller Charles Coe and Donald Ratliff as Scouts. Pack 70 at Heckley, sponsored by American Legion Post 70, is led by Lacy B Burke William F Hinton Fred Morgan Mae Akers Parthenia Edmunds and Katie Jones as den mothers. Scouts include Theodore Akers Lucys Burke Sr William Hannah Earl Hairston Charles Hinton and James Edward Jones.
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Dry Hill
Heckley
Charles Coe
Donald Ratliff
American Legion Post 70
Lacy B. Burke
William F. Hinton
Fred Morgan
Mae Akers
Parthenia Edmunds
Katie Jones
Ack
Theodore Akers
Lucys Burke, Sr
William Hannah
Earl Hairston
Charles Hinton
James Edward Jones
Larew and Hartson Named Leaders of Raleigh County Teachers
The Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association appoints Miss Ruth Larew science teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School and John Hartson teacher at Crab Orchard Elementary as president and vice president after resignations by former president Miss Edythe Clay and former vice president Miss Atheline Rogers. The next general meeting will focus on the Legislative Program. Patrick Toliver aged 22 and Libby Mae Thomas aged 21, both of Crab Orchard, are noted residents in connection with the report.
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Raleigh County Classroom Teachers Association
Ruth Larew
Woodrow Wilson High School
John Hartsong
Crab Orchard
Edythe Clay
Atheline Rogers
Board of Education
CTA
Crab Orchard Teen Injured in South Heber St Crash
Dewey Hamrick an 18-year-old Crab Orchard youth was driving the car and sustained a fractured leg in a collision with a motorcycle on South Heber Street Sunday at 8:20 p.m. John Milo Beckley also injured and taken to Raleigh General Hospital where city police reported the condition today.
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Crab Orchard
Dewey Hamrick
John Milo
Beckley
Saidé Hamrick
South Heber St
Raleigh General
Legionnaires Plant To Attend Meet
Nine members of Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 were named delegates to the November 18-19 West Virginia Department wager meeting in Bluefield. Attendees from Post 33 include W. M. Houchins Commander and eight others. Houchins reported on a bloodmobile visit that contributed 91 pints. The legion pledged to protest 1952 VA hospital bed and staff cuts and to push funding for VA programs in the 83rd Congress.
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Raleigh Couns
American Legion
West Virginia
Bluefield
W. M. Houchins
Kermit A. Locke
William R. Guge Itt
Glenn Shanklin
Ray Barcel
James Tolbert
Tra Holliday
Oa Thompson
C. M. Johnston
Houching
Legion
Legion Head
Legionaires
Veterans Administration
83Rd Congress
Veterans
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Appalachian Council
Gus E Walker
Council Scout Execuive
Miss Larew
John Hartson
Patrick Toliver
Ash Toliver
Libby Mae Thomas
Ernest ‘Thomas
E. E. (Ewart) Stafford Beckley
W. VA
Republican
Neville Maytag
Furniture Co
Pal
Burleson Motor CO
Woodlawn Avenue
Legionnaires
West Virginia House
Senate
Edmund Burke
Congress of the United States
United States
Free Europe
Middle-East
Far East
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Congress
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