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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1951
Page
6
Raleigh County Memorial Airport construction stalls through the cold season. Airport engineer Robert L. Davis says the base for runway and taxiway is in place but top paving is blocked by weather. No temporary administration building will be erected or purchased unless a suitable structure is found. Paving likely to resume in April.
John Wesley Smith of Beckley is the new president of the Raleigh County Retail Grocers Association after the officers were elected Monday. Other officers include T. E. Bazzarre of Skelton as first vice president M. H. Wood and Daniel D. Holliday of Beckley as vice presidents Orford Thompson of Beckley chairing the Board of Directors. Board members are Tony Karantonis Calcord Edith Beavers East Beckley Odell Cook Lillybrook Dillard Walker Raleigh Roy Flint Ameagle L. R. Cadle Beckley Robert Byrd Sophia John Tindelin Beckley and G. L. Campbell Glen Rogers Earl Loflin Mabscott.
Marriage applications listed for several youths from Sophia and Beckley. Mycuy Barr 19 and Shelby Jean Akers 16 are listed partners. Donald Mack Bolen 19 has a waiver from a three day waiting period due to U S Army duty in Germany. Frances Fern Farley 17 and Martha Mae Shrewsbury 16 are also named partners.
Proceeds from a Stamford Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association pie social will be used to provide additional books for the school library.
Funeral services for Howard Meadows of Firero are set for 2 pm Wednesday at Fire Ro Community Church. The Rev Leonard Hewlett will officiate, with burial in Phillips Cemetery at Cool Ridge. He died Sunday morning in a local hospital.
Pvt. Jerry H. Cox, son of Mrs. Nellie F. Cox of Beckley, named trainee of the week in the 20th Battalion at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. He earned praise for attention to artillery, personal qualities, and proficiency with the machine gun and infantry weapons. A 1951 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, Cox enlisted August 6 and arrived in Hawaii August 31 for 16 weeks of basic training at the Hawaiian Training Center.
One plaintiff in a $500 damage trial asks that the case be reset for the next term of Circuit Court after Friday’s jury deadlock. Rufus Robinson of Moor Street East Beckley sues Peoples Credit Store, stemming from a prior Justice of the Peace action over a $50 debt claimed for merchandise bought by Mrs. Robinson. The defense calls the suit a spite case.
Funeral services for Mrs. Allie B. Pitsenbarger of Pool Nicholas County will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery. The 90 year old widow of James N. Pitsenbarger died Monday at Sheltering Arms Hospital Athens Ohio. She is survived by five sons Lewis Summersville I A Columbus Isaac Belington Robert Renick and two daughters Mrs Hulda Morgan Howell Michigan and Mrs Nannie Harkins Carpenter.
Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Assembly of God Church Valley Drive for Pfc Charles Kendall Kennedy 18 of Mabscott killed January 31 in a jeep crash in Saemal Korea Burial will be at High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill He was born June 30 1932 in Rayford to William and Goldie Kennedy Surviving siblings include seven sisters and three brothers Active pallbearers are Basil Bennett Tom Covey James Luckado Raymond Sanford Jr Bobby Addis and Mason Lilly.
The Clarksburg detachment will see J M Johnson move to Weirton to replace Sergeant B B Bunn on sick leave due to polio. Bunn seeks Florida treatment, Johnson on temporary duty at Weirton. Trooper assignments shift with W L M Simon taking charge at Clarksburg and D W Reed moving from Shinnston to Clarksburg. R L Burner will go to Shinnston and D L Talbott to Weirton.
The Huntington Navy Recruiting District, home to the Berkley station, ranked fourth in the nation for October enlistments. Local stations averaged over 10 enlistments per recruiter, with only New York City Cincinnati and St. Louis ahead. This marked the district’s fourth straight month supplying the Second Naval Recruiting area. It had ranked third in September.
Fifteen area men enlisted in the U S Navy at Beckley Navy Recruiting Station on Neville Street. They join as sea man recruits for four years, with four 17 year olds enlisted as sea men until age 21. Ralph V Holland Glen Daniel and others listed were sent to the Naval Training Station at Great Lakes.
Dr. Eugene C. Hartman a Parkersburg eye ear nose and throat specialist was to testify in a federal income tax evasion trial in Wheeling. The government contends he evaded 37753 dollars for 1944 to 1947 asserting kickbacks from Rawlings Opticians Inc. were taxable income. The defense says the payments were gifts and not subject to tax.
Voters in Kanawha County decide on a $9,950,000 school construction bond and on continuing a 50 percent excess property tax levy. The plan allocates 1.225 million for Nitro elementary and high school, with funds for 76 projects including new schools and additions. The excess levy would fund teacher salaries and free texts, plus adult education, while a $7,000 debt is noted.
Beckley Jaycees board approves three community plans at Monday meeting. Toys collected by Jaycees and Beckley Fire Department for Mac's Memorial Toy Fund aid Raleigh County children, memorial to editor Ted G. McDowell. Also approved are a radio quiz program benefiting the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association and a circus benefit with Beckley Little League set for April 28.
New Light of Burma editorial notes Burmese Communists are being trained as soldiers in Paoshan China, about 909 miles from the border. The panel treats reports as true pending a Peking repudiation, recalling Beijing’s past statements about Burma’s liberation within two years.
Gordon White still drives his 1918 touring car, an old Studebaker with no mechanical repairs for 21 years. White purchased the vehicle last year amid local interest in preserved antique autos from 1918.
A Berkley man escaped a reckless driving charge by paying $5 costs after the accuser, Reverend Alfred J. Cain, declined to press charges. Cain testified the driver, William Speake, drove on the sidewalk, smelled of liquor, and damaged Cain’s car, but pressed no charges. Lonnie Smith of Beckley paid $130 total after pleading no contest to reckless driving and moonshine possession. Bonds forfeited included Alfonso Campagna $15 for speeding, Samuel Harbin $30 for hazardous driving, Harold Cave $15 for no operator’s license, William Kiblinger for reckless driving and no license, and Mijion Lehman $47 for expired license and drunkenness.
Mrs. Alice Holhauser 62 of Pickshin died at 5 a m Monday in a Beckley hospital. Surviving are husband Rufus Holshouser three daughters Mrs Gladys Meda Mrs Vernie Miller and Mrs Pauline Mullins and three sons Artie Grover Floyd all of Pickshin and Josephine plus five sisters all of North Carolina and two brothers. Body to be moved to residence at 2 pm Wednesday for service Thursday at Prince swick Baptist Church with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Active pallbearers listed.
Beckley area Army Reserve officers will not be required to report from December 16 through January 2. Colonel A R Reeves said some orders exist, but each concerned person will be notified to report after the holidays. Exceptions apply to those reporting directly to ports for overseas shipment.
A Beckley area student named vice-president of the West Virginia University chapter of Scabbard and Blade, the national honorary military society. Robert G. Via of Oak Hill leads a group pledged to the society including James Coulter of Princeton Lacy W. Lilly of Oak Hill Glenn D. Ward of Sullivan and Charles F. Findley of Lewisburg.
In Fort Frances Ontario Milton Hirst caught a 63 pound sturgeon, the largest on record for that district yet in Lake of the Woods. The fishery has yielded few sturgeon there historically.
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