Record-Setting Miles Seek Accident-Free Driver in Raleigh
The Raleigh County Safe Driving Day Committee seeks a Raleigh County resident who has driven over 1,100,000 miles without an accident. The milestone honors Boyd Canterbury whose Des Moines bound route earned him company recognition and a spot in last year’s S D Day parade. Entry offers publicity, parade inclusion, and the satisfaction of promoting safe driving.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Boyd Canterbury
Mount Hope
Peerless Packing Co
Beckley
Des Moines
Iowa
Canterbury
Walter M. Duncan
West Virginia
National Automobile Dealers Association
Three Hospitalized After Car Accidents in Beckley Area
Three of eight people injured in three unrelated automobile accidents near Beckley are recovering in local hospitals. Ruby and Jane Mitchem, sisters, 16 and 14, are in good to fairly good condition at Raleigh General Hospital after stepping into Route 19 21 traffic near Lincoln Logs Motel. A three car collision on State Route 16 at Mabscott Hill left driver Carl Edward Thornton 20 Mabscott with a head cut, not hospitalized. Others treated and released included Joe Rogers III, Pearlie Mae Smith, and Ruby Stewart. A second crash on Route 16 near Midway and Crab Orchard injured Anna Turner and William Walter Jones, with Jones hospitalized for head injury and fractured knee. Property damage estimated at $1,000 to $800.
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Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Ruby
Jane
Mitchem
Roscoe Mitchem
Herndon
Mabscott Hill
Carl Edward Thornton
Mab
Scott
Thornton
Beckley Hospital
Joe Rogers III
Besoco
Pearlie Mae Smith
Mabscott
Ruby Stewart
Rogers
Elbert Fairbanks
Harper
Midway
Crab Orchard
Anna Turner
Point Pleasant
Mallard C. Hunt
Detroit
William Walter Jones
Glen Morgan
Jones
Turner
Plumley Fined For Drunk Driving In Jumping Branch
Wilbert F. Plumley of Jumping Branch was fined 50 dollars plus costs after arraignment Monday before Magistrate T N Thurman on a driving while drunk charge. The conviction includes a six month automatic license suspension. He was arrested at 425 PM Sunday by State Police.
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Wilbert F. Plumley
T. N. Thurman
Plumley
Piles Relief Promoted By Non Surgical Treatment
An advertisement touts a non surgical remedy for painful piles claiming instant pain and itching relief from a unique Triolyte formula. It promises reduced swelling and healing while the medication works, offered as stainless Pazo suppositories or ointment available at druggists.
Rites Incomplete For Mrs Street
Camie Elizabeth Street age 71 died at home in Raleigh County after years of illness. Born July 13 1884 in Pulaski Virginia she was daughter of the late Alex Thornton. Survived by four daughters six sons a sister numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Body at Queenberry and Webb Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Camie Elizabeth
City Ave
Pulaski
Alex Thornton
Raleigh County
James P. Street
Sybil Tucker
Washington, D. C
Thelma Huffman
Beckley
Mayda Cook
Chicago
Madeline Cook
Mullens
Waddy B. Street
Delaware
Cherry Creek
William C. Street
Baltimore
Billy Lovern
Lovern
Queenberry and Webb Funeral Home
County Father Appeals in Raleigh County Traffic Death Case
The West Virginia State Supreme Court was asked to grant an appeal from a directed verdict in a $10,000 Raleigh County suit over the death of a 99 year old child. Talmage Pigg Sr. seeks damages alleging negligence by Raleigh Coca-Cola Bottling Works for parking a large truck partly on the highway near a grocery store and Bible school when the child, Talmage Pigg Jr., was struck July 15, 1954 on Princewick road.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Raleigh
Talmage Pigg Sr
Princewick
Talmage Pigg, Jr
Lawrence Martin
Crab Orchard
Coca-Cola
Pigg
Martin
Summer Bible School
Ham radio operator builds antenna from beer cans
SHREWSBURY New Jersey ham radio operator Watson P Czerwins ki built a ground plane type antenna from empty beer cans. He soldered together 82 cans for a 32 foot mast. It works.
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Shrewsbury
N.J
Watson P. Czerwinski
Regional School Meet Set in City Saturday
The West Virginia Regional Elementary Principal's Association will convene in Beckley at Beckley Junior High Auditorium on Saturday. Registration starts 9:30 a.m. with the program an hour later. The theme is The Area Concept of Curriculum Development. Special music by Central Grade School pupils directed by Ethel Martin. Invocations by Rev. Carden A. Hillman. Book review Why Johnny Can't Read by Allie Proctor. Participants include Clarence Young Concord College Anna Laura Waid Summers County Schools Virginia Sizemore Concord College Karl Okes McDowell County Emma Jean Wright Keith Thompson leads planning.
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West Virginia
Beckley
Ethel Martin
Carden A. Hillman
Johnny
Visual Aid Survey Discussed at Glen Leigh PTA
At Glen Leigh Elementary PTA meeting Dr. W H Holliday Beckley optometrist explained a school visual aid survey using the telebinocular owned by the Beckley Lions Club to find children with defective eyesight. The PTA weighs running the program testing about 130 students with Oscar Hutchinson presiding.
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Glen Leigh
Parent-Teacher Association
W. H. Holliday
Beckley Optometrist
Beckley Lions Club
PTA
Oscar Hutchinson
Thoughtful landlord leaves free rent to tenants
In San Diego California two tenants of N A Lindberg who died at age 80 were left two months free rent in his will. The rental property was left to relatives.
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San Diego
Calif
N. A. Lindberg
Becl ey Roadblocks Cite 5 Unlicensed Drivers
About 1,000 motorists were checked by Beckley police at city roadblocks. Five men, all from East Beckley, were cited for lacking the $2 compulsory driver license as officials said enforcement would continue. Fines range from 5 to 50 dollars. 5,928 licenses had been sold, leaving roughly 4,000 residents unlicensed.
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James H. Poole
East Beckley
Beckley
Huntington
VA Dentist to Speak To NA Dental Society
Dr. Felix Nori of the Beckley VA Hospital will be guest speaker at the New River Dental Society meeting at the Mount Hope Lions Clubhouse. He will present on Oral Diagnosis with color slides from the VA hospital. New River adds Dr. Charles Saul Dr. Donald Neil and Dr. Lawrence Van Wilmouth as new members. The West Virginia State Dental Society executive council meets in Clarksburg on Nov 20 with local attendees. New River members named for 1956 posts include editor Dr. Francis L Edwards and others. New River officers elected for January are Dr. Paul Loflin president Dr. James Farris president elect Dr. Earl Seay vice president and Dr. James Shelton secretary treasurer. No December meeting.
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Felix Nori
Beckley Veteran's Administration Hospital
New River Dental Society
Mount Hope Lions Clubhouse
Frank Garrett
Neii
Charles Saul
Beckley
University of Maryland
Donald Neil
D. E. Gallagher
West Virginia Dental Society
West Virginia Dental Journal
Francis L. Edwards
Carl Kennedy
Montgomery
C. C. Cottrill
Glen Rogers
John Callaway
A. E. Higgenbotham
Gauley Bridge
Theresa A. Edwards
Paul Loflin
James Farris
Earl Seay
James Shelton
Theresa Edwards
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Criterion
E. Webb
J. E. Sharp
Webb
Public Officials
John C. Ward
A. K. Minter
Sgt. Webb
A. H. Wilson
S. A. Abram
J. W. Witherspoon
John Hammer
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Mercantile
H. C. Sheets
Beckley Business Bureau
Walter Duncan
Roy Lucas
W. W. Vines
Mel Verost
Bernard Palausky
Dallas Boyd
Gene Morehouse
Zina French
Pat Stoutamyer
Market
W. E. Webb
Leigh County
Shady Spring
U.S
Ernest Whitely
Daniels
Storm Doors
Call Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co
Mrs. Street
Zenith
John W. Eve
W. Neville ST
Holliday
Coe
Cohen
Beckley, W. Va
Neville St
W. Va
NA Dental Society
Penin
Penney
Chromspun
Fine & Tops
Penney’s
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