Mrs Rosa Smith Dies at Midway
Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Alice Garretson Smith 63 of Oud will be at 2 p m Saturday at Odd Missionary Baptist Church with Rev Phillip Gorham officiating Burial will be in the family cemetery at Odd She was born May 5 1885 at Tommy Creek daughter of Tommy and Priscilla Meadows A lifelong Raleigh County resident she is survived by seven children including William of Odd and Mrs Mike Coskey of Midway One brother and several sisters and half siblings are listed among the survivors The obituary also notes election results and party outcomes in local offices with Republicans and Democrats securing various posts in the county and district races
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Rosa Alice Garretson Smith
Oud
Midway
Mike Coskey
Odd Missionary Baptist Church
Phillip Gorham
Odd
Tommy Creek
Tommy
Priscilla Meadows
Missionary Baptist Church
Raleigh County
William
Earl Basham
Elsie Hodge
Beckley
Josephine Garretson
Josephine
Howard Beeson
Highpoint
N.C
Warren Jenkins
Clarksburg
Willie Meadows
Mhodell
Nelson Bolen
Fire
Massey
Ghent
Ora Fin John Adkins
Ley
Amigo
Ever|Adwight
Else Robertson
Lester
Qmer Acard
Arnett
Regeana
Publicin
Richmond
Marcus F. Eye
New
Edward Kingsley
Pluto
Constable
James A. Richmond
Plato
C. QO. Smith
Okey Mills
Ned
Ragland
Ira Whitlock
G. Farmer
Hubert C. Byrd
William H. File
W. A. Burke
W. A. Curtis
J. P., Meadows
J. N. Thurman
Earl ¥. Martin
W. B. Gilkerson
Clear Fork
Hibert Burgess
Artie
Clifford E. White
Ameagle
Billy MM. Queen
Dorothy
Henry Ward
Slab Fork
Charles J. Burdiss
Coal City
JK. Cole
Rhodell
Raymond E. Honham
Killarney
W. A. Slump
Helen
Shady Spring
Thomas J. Wills
Beaver
J. H. McGhee
W. W. Brammer
R. L. Childs
Shady Springs
Trap Hill
Charles E. Keesee
Eccles
L. W. Worley
Bott
eGhee
Dalton
Ben McGhee
Board of Education
Robert W. Chambers
J. E. Daniel
Leevale
Four Republicans Survive Democratic Landslide in Raleigh County
Raleigh County canvassing begins Monday to tally votes after a Democratic landslide swept most offices. Clerk Harry B. Anderson notes that only four Republican positions remain, with Democrats securing both justice of the peace seats and several precinct wins.
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Raleigh County
Induction Set For 25 Draftees
Raleigh County Draft Board No. 18 lists 25 men who will report for induction examinations at 8 p.m. November 9. Names include John Mike Kosco Oswald John J Eckenrade Feckley Eugene Leon Whited Beckley Ordie Arthur Shirews bury MacArthur Hershey Car Penry Dry Creek Clifford Tag gart Stanaford Emilio Malina Rivera Ernice John Michael Leevide Norman Cole Winding Gulf Ralph Joseph Shuck Beaver Harry L. Sturgill Slab Fork Wayne McGulffen Heath Beck ley Willard James Julius Lee vale William Herold Darby Dry Creek Floyd McKinney Lester Lloyd Thorns Edwight Howard Smith Helen William E. Laind strom Heckley Milton Gilbert Aliff Jr Marfork John Lewis Rennett Pluto Dewey Joseph Cox East Beckley Jennings L. Sweeney Mr Hope Lawrence E Meadows Helen Gerald Trent Daniel Edwight J G Harris Coal City. Twenty five inductees were examined yesterday and 10 are being examined today.
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Aubrey ©. Smith
Raleigh County Draft Board No. 18
John Mike Kosco
Oswald
John J. Eckenrade
Feckley
Eugene Leon Whited
Beckley
Ordie
Arthur Shirewsbury
MacArthur
Hershey Car Penry
Dry Creek
Clifford Taggart
Stanaford
Emilio Malina Rivera
Ernice
John Michael
Leevale
Norman Cole
Winding Gulf
Requests Recount in Marsh Fork District Justice Race
John Adkins a Republican from Edwight trails Democrat Er nest A Large of Naoma by an unofficial margin of 41 votes for the second Justice of the peace post in Marsh Fork District. Adkins has asked for a recount which County Clerk Harry Anderson said would likely be placed first on the canvassing docket Monday.
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John Adkins
Edwight
Ernest A. Large
Naoma
Justice of the Peace Post
Marsh Fork
Harry Anderson
Eat-Crew Invitation Accepted by Pollster Gallup
Washington Post proposed crew dinner drew mixed reactions as pollsters including George Gallup accepted or offered to bring his own team. Gallup pledged to attend at the President’s convenience as Dewey election miscalls sparked playful crowing over forecasts.
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Washington
Truman
Washington Post
George Gallup
The
Post
Mr. Truman
Gallup
Deputy Named by Raleigh County Court in Mills Era
Sheriff elect Okey Mills will not take office until January 1 yet the Raleigh County Court appointed Mason Farley of Odd to fill the vacancy caused by Oakey Meadows death in Princewick. Clerk Harry E. Anderson said Farley was slated to be named deputy in Slab Fork district by Mills. J P Hughes of Beckley and Circle Oney of Killerney were named nolacks public and election officers pay set at five dollars for two days.
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Okey Mills
Raleigh
Harry E. Anderson
C. C. Lewis
Mason Farley
Odd
Oakey Meadows
Princewick
Farley
Anderson
Slab Fork
Mills
J. P. Hughes
Beckley
Circle Oney
Killerney
Nolacks
Death of Luther Day Snuffer Under Raleigh County Jail
Funeral services for Luther Day Snuffer age 8 of 501 Neville Street will be held at home at 1 p.m. Sunday. He died yesterday in Raleigh County jail where he was held on a drunkenness charge. Born June 1, 1909 he was the son of J. W. and Colimbia Snuffer and lived in Raleigh County all his life. Survived by sister Miss Lora Snuffer of Beckley and brother Dov Snuffer of Beckley. Body to be removed from Keyser Funeral Home to the residence at 6 p.m. Burial in Sutphin Cemetery at Crab Orchard.
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Luther Day Snuffer
Neville Street
Raleigh County
Lune 1
J. W. and
Colimbia Snuffer
Lora Snuffer
Beckley
Dov Snuffer
Keyser Funeral Home
Sutphin J
Crab Orchard
Sunday Funeral Rites Set for W. Davis, 61
Funeral services for W. W. Davis 61 of Glen Rogers will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Glen Rogers Community Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Park. He died Wednesday after an extended illness at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Survived by wife Grace, two daughters, three sisters, his father Albert Davis, and one granddaughter. Davis was a lumber contractor with Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company. He had lived in Glen Rogers 25 years and was born January 22, 1887 in Maple Meadow, Raleigh County.
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Hegisler
Weiler Glen Rogers
Ha W. Davis
Glen Rogers
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Caffee
Tomnorrow
Glen Ropers
Sunset Memorial Park
Davis
Baltimore
Maple Meadow
Raleigh County
Albert Davis
Tayne E B. Cook Davis
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Grace E. Davis
Planes Missing in Northwest With 30 Aboard
Three planes including a Pacific Alaska Airlines airliner vanished yesterday in the Northwest maritime area. The airliner bound Anchorage to Seattle carried 11 to 15 aboard. A Navy Neptune bomber with seven to nine crew members went missing off the Washington British Columbia coast during joint maneuvers. A Navy PBY patrol plane with 12 aboard disappeared in the Aleutian region Wednesday night.
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Northwest
Associated Press
North Pacific
Pacific Alaska Air Express
Sean Anchorage
Seattle
Washington-British, Columbia
Aleutiant Area
Permits Issued for Three New Buildings
City Recorder reports issuance of three building permits. Ben H. Ashworth builds a three room block house on Glenn Avenue for 2500 dollars. Sam Worley constructs a four room garage apartment at 210 Elkins Street for 2000 dollars. Eliza Mahone plans a four room frame house on Quarry Street for 2500 dollars.
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City Recorder
Ben H. Ashworth
Glenn Avenue
Sam Worley
Elkins Street
Eliza Mahone
Quarry Street
Four German war criminals hanged in Munich
Fourteen German war criminals were hanged at Landsberg prison in a speeded up execution. One man received a last minute reprieve. Reports from Munich describe the mass execution for atrocities against American fliers and forced famine.
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Munich
Germany
Landsberg
West Virginia Briefs Highlight local incidents and state finance
Princeton airport instructor Homer Aliff and Randolph Wrankenship survived a small airplane crash with minor injuries. Mt Storm miner Charles Kifer was among five killed by smoke in a George Nethken mine incident. Watt B. Powell, longtime Charleston conservation official, remained in critical condition after a heart attack. State banking deposits and resources hit new highs, with 1406 banks reporting 433.9 million in deposits and 475.2 million in resources. West Virginia miners reportedly voted Democratic in Truman’s favor, despite UMW leaders urging support for Dewey. Rear Adm. Felix Stump of Parkersburg was named to lead the Atlantic Fleet’s air force. Elkins faces a water pollution hearing on November 23.
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Charleston
John H. Hoffman
West Virginia
Truman
William Blizzard
United Mine Workers District 17
Blizzard
UMW
Thomas —. Dewey
PSC Will Audit Raleigh Transit Company Books
The Public Service Commission will audit records of the Raleigh Transit Company before ruling on its request to raise bus fares from 10 to 12 cents. Chairman C. F. Nethken announced the audit. Raleigh Transit operates buses in Beckley and cited high operating costs as the rationale for the fare increase request.
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Public Service Commission
Raleigh Transit Company
Commission
C. F. Nethken
Recods
Beckley
Concord College Campus Landscaping Underway
ATHENS The northeastern section of Concord College is being landscaped and will be planted with shrubbery next spring. J Thermn Rogers, the college controller, said the area near two temporary buildings the music building and quonsets is also being prepared for concrete sidewalks to be laid, weather permitting, this fall.
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Reester Stats Whier Athens
Concord College
J. Thermn Rogers
Music
Methodist Temple Circles Report November Meeting
Reports of November meetings for the Methodist Temple women circles outline Circle No. 9 led by Mrs. D. C. Lynn meeting with Mrs. Ann Ross at 109 Pine Street. Devotions by Mrs. James Lilly on Thanks Unto the Lord. Plans for a Christmas dinner at Mrs. Lynn’s home with 17 members and one guest. Circle No. 7 led by Mrs. B. H. Ellison heard devotion by Mrs. J. W. Woolf with a poem The Lord and Me. Dr. W. B. Eastwood spoke on Working for Christ in Our Daily Life. Gift exchange planned and gifts to Bethlehem Center. Pinecrest Sanitarium reports presented. Refreshments by Mrs. Ralph Darby and Mrs. Robert Miller for 11 members and one guest Miss Barbara Darby. Circle No. 5 hosted by Mrs. Mary Lee Gregory at Harper Road Home with devotional One World in Christ by Mrs. T. F. Barnett. Business meeting led by Mrs. Phyllis Presley. attended by 12 members, one new member Mrs. George Daniel, and guest Mrs. L. A. Wire of Loissevair, Va.
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Methodist Temple
D. CG. Lynn
Ann Ross
Pine Street
James Lilly
Ann Ross Hoffman
Circle No. 7
BH. Ellison
J. W. Woolf
Lord
W. BF. Eastwood
Christ
Bethlehem Center
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Ralph Darby
Robert Miller
Barbara Darby
Mary Lee Gregory
Harper Road
T. F. Barnett
Phyllis Presley
George Daniel
L. A. Wire
Loissevair
Beckley Chamber delays tax recommendations for later month
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce tabled tax recommendations after a Clarksburg meeting of WV business groups. Proposals include raising the state gross sales tax discount to 25 percent and giving municipalities 50 percent of liquor profits. A follow up in Clarksburg and a report before the next Legislature are planned, with Peace Week activities and Holiday events scheduled December 5 through 11 including a Christmas tree lighting and community programs.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Paul A. McDaniel
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Tignier
Tax Committee
Stromp
Beckley Military Manpower Committee
Pearl Harbor
Wwhs Glee Club
U S to Evacuate Two China Cities
U S evacuation of about 1000 wives and children of Americans from Nanking and Shanghai proceeds as ships become available. Maj. Gen. David G Barr says military personnel stay at posts. Vice Admiral Badger notes no plan to abandon Tsingtao base on Shantung Peninsula.
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Associated Press
Nanking
Nanking-Shanghai
David G. Barr
U. S
Barr
U.S
Oscar Badger
U. S. Western Pacific
China
Tsingtao
Shantung Pen-insula
Lego Man Injured in 2 Car Collision in Fog
Emmett Hartley of Lego suffered a head injury when two cars collided head on in heavy fog between Lego and Mead. Hartley, a passenger in Rev. JTW Hampton of Lego, was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and released. Driver R H Fuller of Coal City noted Hampton was blinded by oncoming lights. both cars sustained considerable damage.
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Emmett Hartley
Lego
Mead
Hartley
JT. W. Hampton
Raleigh General Hospital
R. H. Fuller
Coal City
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Young Adults Dinner at First Methodist Church
The Young Adult Class of the First Methodist Church held a chicken dinner in Friendship Hall followed by a social hour. Attendees included Jane Houck Marty Houck Joe Ann Bush Hiram Hogg Mary Helen Kirby Clifford Hodson Jean Riggs George Biggs Gertrude Burdiss Bill Burdiss Joan Miller Clayton Miller Polly Ann Hogg Andrew Slaith Pearl Hylton Nancy Hughes Jack Houck Ike McGlothin Gerald Bolen Jack Robinson Boyne Dushkoff Byron Toler and the Rev O H Dorsey. Dinner was prepared by women of the class.
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Register Starr
First Methodist Church
Friendship Hall
Jane Houck
Marty Houck
Joe Ann Bush
Hiram Hogg
Mary Helen Kirby
Clifford Hodson
Jean Riggs
George Biggs
Gertrude Burdiss
Bill Burdiss
Joan Miller
Clayton Miller
Polly Ann Hogg
Andrew Slaith
Pearl Hylton
Nancy Hughes
Jack Houck
Ike McGlothin
Gerald Bolen
Jack Robinson
Boyne Dushkoff
Byron Toler
O. H Dorsey
Tilden 4 H Club Renames to Midgets in Meeting
Clarence Wooten 4 B director announced today that the Tilden 4 H club will be renamed from the Mountaineers to the Midgets. Ten members enrolled and officers elected Alfred Baldwin Glen Morgan president Laura Smith Daniel vice president Mary Prince Glen Morgan secretary Dale Ward Sullivan reporter Eloise Lilly White Oak song leader Marsha Purow Glen Morgan game leader Ruth H Lilly White Oak leader
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Tilden
Mountaineers
Clarence Wooten
Alfred Baldwin
Glen Morgan
Laura Smith
Daniel
Mary Prince
Dale Ward
Sullivan
Eloise Lilly
White Oak
Marsha Purow
Ruth H. Lilly
Coal Production Drops Below Last Week 1947
Washington The National Coal Association estimated bituminous production for the week ended Oct 30 at 12,240,000 tons, down from 12,070,000 the prior week. The 1948 year to Oct shows 485,941,000 tons vs 513,192,000 in the same period of 1947.
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Associated Press
Washington
National Coal Association Today
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