Fatalities Decline on Raleigh County Highways
Highway accidents killed 12 people in Raleigh County in the first ten months of the year, with October recording no fatalities. Statewide, 281 highway deaths occurred in the same period. County totals show reductions from last year, while Beckley saw only one fatal highway crash within city limits since January. State Police Company B, Beckley region, notes 83 deaths in its 11-county area this year, down from 104 last year. Company D covers Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette, Mercer, Summers, Monroe, Greenbrier, McDowell, Logan, Boone and Nicholas, reporting October each for Summers, Nicholas, McDowell, and Greenbrier. county results list several counts by county.
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Tricul Ck Punter
Poete Eae
Beckley
Company B
Company LD
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayette
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Greenbrier
McDowell
Logan
Boone
Nicholas
Mabscotts Land Sells for $1 000
Thomas A. Hylton Jr purchases Lots 46 and 47 in Lilly Highland Addition Mabscott from Sherman R. Stover for about $1,000 per a deed filed in Raleigh County clerk's office. Other transfers include multiple adjacent parcels with varying prices and no consideration in some cases across Mabscott Beaver Heights and Crab Orchard.
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Thomas A. Hylton, Jr
Lilly Highland
Mabscott
Sherman R. Stover
Raleigh
Glenda Tabor
D. B. Dickens
Howard Peters
Garrett A. Tabor
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
Eddie Gravely
Amanda J. Moye
Mabscout
Teresa Stansbury
Herbert Stansbury
David Robertson
Beaver Heights
Beckley
Leo Bridi
Charlie Lannutti
Lilly Land Company
Beatrice Polk
J. Q. Polk
Ethel Mae Hatcher
Soak Creek
Beffer Softball Field Urged. Beckley Recreation Needs
Beckley Jaycees heard city recreation director Ted Cank urge expansion and improvements at Beckley softball diamond at Woodrow Wilson High. He noted the recreation building runs on a full schedule and called for civic groups to assist. The Jaycees agreed to seek a seat on the Berkeley Recreation Board and noted December 5 Bosses Night with five local men to be cited.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ted Cank
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Cook
Jay~iece
Berkley Recreational Board
Dave Abrams
Abrams
Jaycees
Cranberry PTA Elects Amburgey President
Ira Amburgey was elected president of the Cranberry Parent-Teacher Association at a meeting where plans were made to buy new reading circle books. Other officers elected were Glendon Sawyers as vice president Janet Snyder as secretary and Tennis Tyree as treasurer.
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Ira Amburgey
Cranberry Parent- Teacher's Association
Cranberry Community Church
Pauley
Cranberry School
PUA
Seven Couples Seek Permits for Marriage in Raleigh County
Seven marriage licenses issued by the Raleigh County clerk list couples including Joseph Pierce 22 of Mountain City Tennessee with Mae Davis 21 of Helen. Aaron Runyon 37 of Stotesbury with Virginia Ayers 38 of Epperly. Bert Smith Jr. 34 of Farmville New York with Joan Moran 24 of Beckley. Jay Chambers 23 of Prosperity with Mildred Feavell. Charles Taber 34 of Charleston with Maxine Hichmond 30 of Ameagle. John Uartsog 22 of Sophia with Mary Anderson 21 of Beaver. Clarence Mills 21 of Helen with Virginia Smith 6 of Helen.
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Raleigh County
Joseph Pierce
Mountain City
Tenn
Mae Davis
Helen
Aaron J. Runyon
Stotesbury
Virginia Elizabeth Ayers
Epperly
Bert S. Smith, Jr
Farmville
N. Y
Joan Moran
Beckley
Jay Jake Chambers
Prosperity
Mildred Joyce Feavell
Heckley
Charles Lee Taber
Charleston
Maxine R. Hichmond
Ameagle
John Dennis Uartsog
Sophia
Mary Frances Anderson
Beaver
Clarence Mills
Virginia Smith
Beckley College to Name Christmas Parade Queen
Beckley College will pick a parade queen for the Weekley Cheishinas event on December 2 from its student body. Parade chair George Valdane noted no selection method has been decided yet while a Court of Honor may also be chosen. Merchants are pledging financial support as the event aims to raise about $3,750 for the full Christmas program. Santa will greet children at the courthouse after the two hour parade, and over 400 Raleigh Countians will join the procession with 30 imported acts and 20 balloon floats.
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Weckley College
George Valdane
Dave Abrams
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Ite
Abrams Anid
Aew
Pialdane
Lon
Whoa
Jbring
Beckley
The
Jaycees
Beckley Husiness Bureau
Senior Chamber To Commerce
State Highway Crews Called To Winter Road Work
The Weatherman spurred three State Road Commission crews from bed to repair Raleigh County roads. Crews labored on Flat Top White Oak and Skinned Poplar Gap Mountain near Bali with a stuck trailer truck prompting help at 1 a.m. Workers planned to continue blacktopping the Richmond District road and hauling red dog to adjacent roads including a road to a one room schoolhouse below Eccles and the North Sand Branch road.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh
Flat Top
Poplar Gap Mountain
Bali
George Gadd
Eccles
West Virginia Voiture Seeks Carl Gruver Award
The 40 & 8 10 Compete iFor State Award participants vie for the Carl Gruver Award plaque from the Grande Voiture of West Virginia. Al Hazelwood appoints a degree team for a wreck initiation party after year start. Ben Dorsey chairs.
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Beckley
40 & & Society
Carl Gruver
Grande Voiture
West Virginia
al Hazelwood
Ben Dorsey
Harry Dunkley
T .C. Moorefield
Frank Barker
J. A. Thompson
C. Marshall
Johnston
Glenn Shanklin
Chef de Gare
Zanzibar Owner Forfeits Bond
Three men were fined in Police Court last night and one forfeited bond on a charge of keeping a slot machine and maintaining a nuisance. Wilson Watson, proprietor of the Zanzibar, forfeited $125 bond on the slot machine charge. He was arrested November 13 in a raid on his East Park establishment. Police confiscated one slot machine at the time. Charles "Chuck" Allen, of Beckley, was found innocent on a charge of fighting. City police accused Allen of fighting with H. B. Palmer near the Yellow Cab Company. Palmer told the court that he was the one who had started the fight. The court fined Palmer $17 after he was found guilty of fighting. Palmer is appealing grand jury action on an additional charge of robbery, police said. Moe is accused of robbing a man at the local bus terminal last month, Samuel Richardson and Farland Taney were found innocent after trials on charges of fighting. Both pleaded guilty to charges of intoxication and received fines of $10 each.
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Wilson Watson
Zanzibar
East Park
Charles
Chuck" Allen
Beckley
Allen
H. B. Palmer
Yellow Cab
Palmer
Moe
Samuel Richardson
Farland
Taney
Reserve Corps Groups Plan Midweek Meetings
Three Organized Reserve Corps units schedule Wednesday gatherings at 7 30 p m and 1 30 p m. The 971st Engineer Combat Battalion led by Cpl Leonard W Peterson and the 2824th Post Camp Station HQ Special Training Group led by Col Odi Casali meet at the ORC armory on North Oakwood Avenue. The 2894th Ordnance HQ commanded by Lt Col J E Coope meets at the Beckley Lincoln Mercury garage on South Oakwood Avenue.
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Reserve Corps
Organized Reserve Corp
Carl C. Dunham
971St
Engineer Combat Battalion
Leonard W. Peterson
2824Th
Odi Casali
Organized Reserve Corps
Oakwood Avenue
2894Th Ordnance
J. E . Coope
Beckley Lincoln- Mecury
South
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Accident Prevention Bureau of the
Need Ad Pahdia Xafate
Mabscotts
Beffer
Mr. Bester
Beeton
Mose
Cranberry Pta
Amburgey
Roe
Beckley College
Fashions
Irene
Crepe & Saltn
Hottle & Nipple
Esmond & Pepperell
Chene
Bracate
iFor
Pany
Parker
George Parker
Raleigh County, Mathematics Teachers Association
Central Elementary School
Pansy Riffe
June Peters
Elizabeth Ann Harper
Florida
Register
Baileysville
Billy Toler
Gene Toler
Clearwater, Fla
Princes of Syracuse
Knights of Pythias
American Legion
Don Janutalo
Peta Sa Asp.r M
Fioriga
Aevertiged
Shotwell’s
Carolina Super Market Crab Orchard
DIAL
Fort Pitt
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