Funeral Rites Set For Neville Clay
Funeral services for Neville Graig Clay 79 of Lincoln St will be at 1 30 pm Tuesday in the Clay Chapel Glen Daniel by Revs A S Clendening and C D Walker Burial in Sunset Memorial Park He died Sunday at his residence after an extended illness Born July 11 1873 in Cameron he was a native of Raleigh County Survivors include his widow Mrs Mahessie Clay a sister Mrs Mary Gunnoe Mabscott and a brother George Clay Beckley Active pallbearers are R H Holloway Fred Clark Phillip Stover Noel Christian Addie Gunnoe and Omar Fleshman The body will remain at Rose Funeral Home until this evening when moved to his Lincoln Street residence
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Neville Graig Clay
Lincoln St
Clay Chapel
Glen Daniel
A. S. Clendening
C. D. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Clay
Raleigh County
Cameron
James and
Death of W A Fisher 78 Funeral Wednesday at Beaver
William Alexander Fisher 78 of Beaver dies at 5 27 am at home after a career as a merchant and long Raleigh County resident. Funeral services set for 2 30 pm Wednesday at Beaver Baptist Church with burial in Crow Cemetery. Survived by wife May Scott Fisher brother C W Fisher of Beckley sisters Kate Kuvach Cincinnati and Mary Breeden Standardsville Va. Pallbearers named Roy Brash Frank Cook L M Lafon Jack Rakes Dee Meador Luke Mays.
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William Alexander Fisher
Beaver
Beaver Baptist Church
A. H. Wilyson
Crow
Raleigh County
First Christian Church
Pulaski
George T
Henrietta Cook Fisher
May Scott Fisher
C. W. Fisher
Beckley
Kate Kuvach
Cincinnati
Mary Breeden
Standardsville
Caffee
Roy Brash
Frank Cook
L. M. Lafon
Jack Rakes
Dee Meador
Luke Mays
Two Babies Die in Fire Near Zelienople Pa
A kerosene explosion started a blaze in a Zelienople area home killing two infant girls Judy Elaine Lambert 14 months and Sandra Susan 2. Fire left four other family members badly burned with parents Linda 5 and Wilma 4 hospitalized. Five siblings remain with friends.
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Zelienople
Judy Elaine Lambert
Sandra Susan
Earl Lambert
Ellwood City Hospital
Linda
Wilma
Friends
Raleigh County Medical Society elects Lewin president
Dr. Julian Lewin was chosen president of the Raleigh County Medical Society with Dr. John Hedrick as first vice president and Dr. T A Vermillion as second vice president. New members include Dr. Leoj Kanieczny and Dr. J W Banks. A three state search is underway for Roy Gene Smith, 16, missing since Friday from an A and P in Dayton Ohio. Mrs. Bowden asked to spread word and police are seeking information on his whereabouts.
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Julian Lewin
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh County Medical Society
Shirley Rogers
John A. Hedrick
T. A. Vermillion
George Psimas
Klara Balajsthy
Pinecrest Sanitarium
M. L. White Jr
Huntington
Leoj
Roy Gene Smith
Dayton
Ohio
Smith
Sprague
Walter Eaton
John Bowden
Beckley
Tennssee
Local Draft Board Lists Delinquents
Twelve Raleigh County men are delinquent from the Local Selective Board 18 and their names have been turned over to A Garnett Thompson of Charleston United States District attorney. Five failed to report for pre induction examination and seven failed to execute draft board questionnaires. Delinquents may face five years in jail or $10000 in fines.
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Raleigh County
Selective Board
A. Garnett Thompson
Charleston
United States
Alma Smith
U. S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Miss Smith
Draft Board
Ncluded
Charles Winifred Woody
Sullivan
Arton Severn Roark
Ghent
Delmas Curtiss Callaway
Raleigh
Winding Gulf
Alfred Lee
Rorrer
Arnett
Charley ‘Brown
East Park
Beckley
Charles Marcus Cook
Stanaford
Tom Phillip
Pineycrest Sanitarium
Lois Ernest Maranto
East Beckley
Kenneth Martin
Skelton
Robert Elvin Kotz
Hazy
Charles Edgar Atkinson
Pine Knob
Justine Downs
General Delivery
Crab Orchard Church to Dedicate New Addition
Dedication services for the Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren new addition will occur at 3 p.m. Sunday November 30 at the church. Rev Elbert J Clower of Oak Hill will deliver the dedicatory sermon. Old Sunday School officers and teachers will be recognized. The offering supports the building debt. The addition adds seven classrooms a pastor study and two toilets. The church founded nearly 100 years ago in Crab Orchard vicinity and the current building was dedicated in 1907.
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Crab Orchard
Church of the Brethren
Elbert J. Clower
Oak Hill
Crab Orchaiis
Attendance Sets Record At Sophia PTA Meeting
A record 200 people attended the Sophia Parent-Teacher Association meeting on Thursday. About 106 pupils from grades two through five participated, with reports from four committees and plans for a December Christmas cantata and a school talent show to aid the hot lunch project.
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Sophia Pta
Sophia Parent-Teacher Association
Jal Brown
Besisie Wolfe
Clinton Ihumate
Nelle Keefer
Sophia Lions Club
Brown
Dowell
Virginia Kinzner
Handy
Johnnie Staton
Eliabeth Morrison
Kinzer
Glee Club
Safety Group Cautioned Against Overconfidence
Beckley Council Holmes Safety Association members heard a warning against resting on safety gains. Speakers urged persistent effort to cut mining accidents, noting progress but stressing responsibility from miners to managers and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
Beckley
Larkins S. Philpott
District 29
United Mine Workers
State Troopers Probe Saturday School Robbery at Mark Twain High
State police at Mark Twain High School continued the investigation after a Saturday night break in. About 150 dollars was taken from a safe weighing about 1,000 pounds, which was toppled against a window with a crow bar and a chisel used to open the safe. The money was intended for the school picture program and the janitor found the theft. A prior similar incident was reported at Byrd Prillerman High School in Amigo three weeks earlier. Lee Kennedy Jr 17 of Hanover enlisted in the Air Force and was sent to Sampson AFB for four years after service in the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain High School
Byrd-Prillermans /High School
Air Force Hanover
Lee Kennedy
Junior High PTA Honors Football Squad with Turkey Dinner
Beckley Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association plans a turkey dinner at 6 30 p m in the school cafeteria to honor the football squad coaches managers and cheerleaders. Square and round dancing follow from 8 to 11 p m with Frank Bowman calling square dance figures and Jan Campbell and his Orchestra providing music.
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PTA
Beckley Junior High School
Frank Bowman
Jan Campbell
Hospitalized After Fall Mrs Clara Blevins in MacArthur
Mrs Clara Blevins of MacArthur was taken to Beckley Hospital this morning around 7 30 after slipping on frost and falling on steps. Doctors report her condition as good with a hip fracture suspected and the accident attributed to icy stairs.
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Clara Blevins
MacArthur
Beckiey Hospital
Caffee Funeral Home
Prosecutor Pleads To Void Larceny Indictment
Hancock County Prosecutor Frank A. Pietranton asked the Supreme Court today to void a larceny indictment and halt proceedings. He argued the indictment rests on the same facts as a prior true bill later set aside by the court last month in Brooke County Circuit Court.
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Charleston
iStocky
Frank A. Pieranton
Hancock County
Supreme Court
Brooke County
Pietranton
Blood Donations Fall Short of Mark Twain Quota
Sixty one pints of the 125 pint quota were donated at the Red Cross center at Mark Twain High School. The drive covered six area communities and drew fifty three of109 pledged donors. Eleven of seventy two donors were rejected. First time donors numbered 32 with 20 each for second and third donations. E. W. Williams Jr and Dennis Saunders led the drive.
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Red Cross
Mark Twain High School
C. T. Moorefield
Mark Twain
Stotesbury
McAlpin
Tams
Ury
Helen
Hot Coal
E. W. Williams, Jr
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dennis Saunders
Mayor Voted City League Veep On Basis of Beckley's Record
Beckley was named vice president of the West Virginia Municipalities League amid praise for the city’s crime handling and administration record. Mayor George B Chambers credited wide support from city officials and congratulatory communications as he highlighted the City Hall endorsement.
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City League
Veep
Beckley
George B. Chambers
West Virginia League
Cham
Municipal League
Chambers
Assembly of Mayors
Assembly
Chamber
Evan Hall
Beckley College Hosts Talks on Job Seeking Tactics
Beckley College students heard a series of faculty talks on techniques for applying for and securing jobs during the holiday season. Speakers included Green Horton on Preparedness James Trimboli on Personal Appearance Miss Topsy O Jell on Making Applications and Interview Requests John Van Dyte on Conduct During the Interview and Miss Janie Workman on Manners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Green Horton
James Trimboli
Topsy O' Jell
John van Dyte
Janie Workman
O'Dell
West Virginia Federation of College Students
Morgantown
Clyde Sutphin
Tom Surrett
Fred Tassitino
West Virginia University
Frank Bowman
AP Names West Virginia Chairman and Officers
Named AP Chairman George Hodel of Beckley Newspapers was elected chairman of the Associated Press in West Virginia. Vint Jennings of the Charleston Daily Mail will serve as vice chairman with rotation to chair in 1954. Harry W. Ball was re-elected secretary. The fall meeting at Greenbrier hotel coincided with the Southern Newspapers Association convention and changes to AP photo and news writing contests were approved to boost state competition.
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George Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Associated Press
West Virginia
Vint Jennings
Charleston Daily Mail
Harry W. Ball
Charleston
Greenbrier
Southern Newspapers Association
Killarney PTA Plans December Minstrel
The Killarney Parent-Teachers Association will present a minstrel on December 6 in the school auditorium to raise funds for a refrigerator for the school kitchen. Proceeds support the present term. Cast includes Mrs W C Holbert Iva Harmon Ardyth Bolen Thelma Harless Hazel Perkins Faye Perkins Dorothy Price Hachelle Cook Sadie Daniels Katherine McDowell Wilma Lowe Lilly Bolen Mr and Mrs Howard Thompson Dixie Ferguson Opal Johnson Norma Skeens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killarney
Parent-Teachers Association
Kithen
W. C. Holbert
Iva Harmon
Ardyth Bolen
Thelma Harless
Hazel Perkins
Faye Perkins
Dorothy Price
Hachelle Cook
Sadie Daniels
Katherine McDowell
Wilma Lowe
Lilly Bolen
Howard Thompson
Dixie Ferguson
Opal Johnson
Norman Skeens
Beckley promotion for Army Reserve sergeant
William R. Barrett of Beckley has been promoted to Master Sergeant in the Army Reserve, announced by Lt. Col Edward Roberts. Barrett serves in Beckley’s K Company and previously held First Sergeant rank. The Lincoln PTA meeting and related actions are listed with dates and locations in the surrounding notes.
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Jton
Lincoln
Carl L. Neff
Midway
North Carolina
James Tolbert elected chancellor commander of White Pine Lodge 37
James Tolbert was elected chancellor commander at a White Pine Lodge 37 Knights of Pythias meeting in Beckley. Outgoing leader Dewey Collins and an elected slate including Iray Martin Charles Reed G S Tolbert Tony Black Russell Pringle R H Taylor E W Summers were chosen as officers and trustees. Next meeting set for December 4 with new candidates to be initiated. Pennsylvania mineral products include gold lime iron ore natural gas peat petroleum silver copper graphite soap stone and building stone.
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Pennsylvania
I Will Live and Have My Baby
The article recounts Martha Martins heroic struggle in a deadly Alaskan winter to deliver her baby while fighting for life. It emphasizes her perseverance and survival as she endures extreme isolation and danger.
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Martha Martin
Ladies’ Home Journal
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Neville Clay
W. A. Fisher
Log Cabin
Old Log Cabin
Sou
National Distillers Products Corp
New York
N.Y
Wallace B. Lilly
Harold Harvey
Richard Stoneburner
B. K. Peter
J. M. Halloran
Elks Club
Philpott
United Mine Workers and Management
Harry Quenon
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Quenon
E. Jones
UMWA
Mrs. Hilbert
South Second St
Princeton
St. Clair Food Co
Seeley
THE
Candy Shop
Vda
White Cross Pharmacy
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