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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1949
Page
9
Richard E. Bailey, area rent director, explains under the 1949 act rent increases require substantial improvements or changes to living space and services. No automatic rent hikes exist and tenants must be notified in writing before any petition is granted. old decontrolled units return to controlled maximums.
Raleigh County schools lack a full time nurse though Negro schools retain one. D W Bryson notes two posts created years ago, two hires since, both resigning from white schools. Miss Moretta Wright has served in Negro schools since creation. No recommendations yet. many applications under review. Budget includes funds for the vacancy.
Captain John Roy Jones of the Salvation Army reports donations from local women’s groups to feed about 20 area families. At Citadel, 115 attendees, mostly children, enjoyed a full course dinner with hams vegetables milk and sweets from local businesses. The event praised as a success with children saying they were stuffed. The piece notes a separate line about the 1869 transcontinental railroad yet this fact is unrelated to the meal.
Beckley postmaster J. T. Hollands worth receives praise from L. S. Philpott chairing the 149 Christmas Seal Sale for dependable postal aid in launching and distributing seals. The Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association thanks postal employees, who were given double-barred cross tape pins as recognition.
Mary Pedro 17 year old Calloway Heights resident died Monday after a 10 week illness. Funeral services set for 9 am Wednesday at Saint Francis de Sales Catholic Church with Rev. John Halpin officiating. Burial in Mount Calvary addition of Sunset Memorial Park. She was born in Austria and came to the United States in 1907. Survived by husband John Pedro deceased 11 years, two sons John and George, two daughters Mrs John Pachula and Mrs Mike Vargo, 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral director Caffee Funeral Home.
The Raleigh County clerk's office recorded the sole marriage license application yesterday for Donald Nunn aged 22 of East Gulf and Pauline Vogelsonk aged 19 of Killarney. The rest of the text references 1860s American Indian chiefs and totem pole ownership in social register context.
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