Postage Increase For Christmas Stamps Announced
Postmaster Hollandsworth announced a half cent rise in Christmas postage. Unsealed cards require two cents, sealed greetings use a three cent stamp. Holiday packaging should reach the post office by December 15 for pre Christmas delivery. Window hours stay 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. No extra staff planned. Civil Service tests led to three retirements and replacements for the rush season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Hollandsworth
Hollandsworth
Lillybrook PTA Elects Mrs Pugh As President
Lillybrook Parent-Teacher Association selects Mrs. A. J. Pugh as president at its meeting. Officers include Mrs. Clayton Newland as vice president and Esther Suber as secretary treasurer with several committee appointments. Homeroom mothers named. The group voted to spend 20 dollars on educational records and set the next meeting for December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Pugh
Lillybrook
Parent-Teacher’s Association
Clayton Newland
Esther Suber
Z. H. Griffith
Kellas Bowyer
Beckley District Predicted To Have Ample Gas This Winter
Amereas Utilities officials say about 75 percent of Beckley area homes will be heated by gas this winter and that supply should be ample even in cold months. The local office imports gas from Nateigh and Wyoming counties with emergency additions possible within 13 minutes via a Kentucky to eastern seaboard pipeline serving Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Amereas
Amere
Mariscoll
Sophia
Lester
Calloway Heights
Mullens
White Sulphur Springs
Lewisburg
Princeton
Athens
Cork
China
West Virginia
Capitol City
George Washington
Fredonia
N. C
Erie
Edwin L. Draker
Titusville
State Police Honor Officers at Veteran School Ceremony
Beckley police Chief Anthony Scalise and Jr. L. Woofer joined 13 other retired officers at the state police veteran school in Charleston for Retired Members Day. The group accumulated 475 years in service and lectured recruits on state police work amid a turkey dinner at night. Capt. W. L. Taylor and Lt. C. L. Walker from Beckley Company D attended. Walker serves as an instructor during the current recruit cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Scalise
Jr. L. Woofer
Beckley
Reteran School
Charleston
Scalise
Oldsters
Company D
Beckles
A. Taylor
C. L. Walker
Cuppa Coffee Returns to Nickel Price in Berkley
In Berkley last night coffee prices reverted to a nickel after a brief rise to a dime. Restaurant operators say wholesale bean costs rose from 50 cents to over 70 cents, forcing some to revert to the five cent charge while others wait on market trends. No unified decision how long nickel pricing will last.
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America
Berkley
Beckleyan
Services Held For Infant James Pack Of Maxwell Hill
Funeral services were planned at Sand Lick Cemetery for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James D. Pack of Maxwell Hill who died nine hours after birth. Rev. WFB Wiley to officiate. Catie Funeral Home in charge. Surviving siblings are James Ray Wanda Yvonne Judy Kathleen Betty Marie Brenda Kay and Pamela all at home. Paternal grandparents listed as Mr. and Mrs. James Cyrus Pack Beckley and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Daniels Sard Lick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pack
Sand Lick
James D. Pack
Maxwell Hill
W. FB. Wiley
Catiie Funeral Home
Folowing
James Ray
Wanda Yvonne
Judy Kathleen
Betty Marie
Brenda Kay
Pamela
James Cyrus Pack
Beckley
Harvey Daniels
Sard Lick
Inactive Naval Officers Sought in Beckley Navy Talk
Retired officers of the US Navy are asked to contact Beckley Recruiting Station chief W W Bartlett to supply names and addresses of those willing to volunteer time to administer oaths for enlistees and re enlistees into the Naval Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US S. Navy
Beckley
W W. E. Bartlett
Naval Reserve
Needy Invited to Thanksgiving Dinner by East Beckley Church
Women of the Nazarene Church in East Beckley will host a Thanksgiving dinner for Beckley’s needy at Isom's Grocery 1047 South Fayette Street. The meal starts at 1 a m with foot donated by local merchants and prepared by church women. All needy persons are invited regardless of race.
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Women of the Nazarine Church
East Beckley
Beckley
Isom's
South Fayette Street
Foot
Ministers Testify in Two $50,000 Damage Actions
In Federal Court at Charleston, Rev. Paul Walker petitions damages of 50 000 in one suit and Rev. David J du Plessis seeks 59 000 in another against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. Plaintiffs allege a collision at Hemlock Station Fayette County on Oct 5 1948 due to a blocked crossing with lights out and improper marking. Witnesses describe crossing signals dirty headlights and flares as a nightly practice by the railroad. The case proceeds as testimony continues.
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Paul Walker
Beckley
Goo
Chicleston
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
David J. du Plessis
South Africa
W. F. Meadows
Basil
Switzerland
Hemlock Station
Fayette County
Clarksburg
Failure to Pay Fine Lands Man in Jail
Mike Kanha of Coal River is jailed in Raleigh County Jail for failing to pay a $1 fine on a misdemeanor. He was arraigned before Magistrate F. A. Large of Marsh Fork District. Kaul was fined $10 and faced $1 cost plus $6 transportation costs to the jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Kanha
Coal River
Raleigh
F. A. Large
Marsh Fork
Kaul
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Lillybrook Pta
Pugh
Wenig
Brad
Penneys
Chenilles
Penney’s
Dy Pi Hughart
Lawson
Rev. Walker
Meadows
de Plessis
George Weeks
East Rainelle
Prosperity Churches Plan Joint Services
Loelisumn Couprties
Bate
van Asgiv
Selvices
AL Gay
Prosperity Baptist
Ww. B .Harvey
Rev. Harvey
Aspect
T. NX. Thurman
Laird Office Equipment CO
Beckley Smith
Corona
Gibson Distilluing CO
Berman
Meet Patter
Tess Peens
Speen
Crete
Kredit
Roy
Tena
Kredit Jewelers
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Oak Hill
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