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Beckley's Quiet Thanksgiving Preludes Christmas Season
Thanksgiving in Beckley was calm except for a football game and a prelude to Christmas. Lights tested and a Raleigh County Bank carol phonograph trialed. Stores dressed for shopping, parades teased, cash prizes planned by merchants. Jail dinner, hospital turkey meals, ice cream from Mrs. Bessie Carroll, and a Red Cross food basket from Central School third grades. Temperatures reached 54 with no snow or rain. A 6-year-old, Billy Rogers, fractured a leg after being struck by a truck in Sprague. Ray Belcher of Bluefield was the driver. About 5000 attended the Hinton Beckley game. parking overflowed into nearby areas. First Christian church service criticized press for calling Thanksgiving Turkey Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Raleigh County Bank
Mercantile Board
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Bessie Carroll
Pinecrest
Brooks Adair
G. O. Mills
Red Cross
Billy Rogers
Jees Rogers
Sprague
Ray Belcher
Bluefield
Goforth
Hinton
Joe L. Smith
Woodlawn Avenue
First Christian Church
J. M. Helm