Mrs Haney to Attend White House Conference
Mrs Bess Haney of the Raleigh County Social Welfare Assembly will attend the Midcentury White House Conference on Children and Youth in Washington DC. About 5 000 attendees are expected as the meeting runs from Sunday to Wednesday at the National Guard Armory. Haney chairs the Welfare Assembly Family and Child Welfare Committee and will present Raleigh County needs to secure workshop-based help. The Welfare Assembly coordinates 15 20 organizations across 56 communities in Raleigh County on shared concerns. Four White House conferences have been held this century under the president.
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Bess Haney
United States
National Guard Armory
Washington, D. C
Haney
Raleigh County
Washington
Welfare Assembly
White House
Two Auto Collisions Cause $150 In Damages
Two traffic accidents in Beckley yesterday caused about $150 in damage. The first crash happened at Cova Street and Walker Avenue, involving a 1949 car driven by Harry L. Bowers Jr. and a 1948 car driven by Thomas Harvell Woolwine. Bowers tried to turn left, but his car slid back into Cova Street and Woolwine struck the right rear of Bowers’s vehicle. The second collision on Neville Street involved a 1950 model car driven by E. Russ Parson and a 1950 truck driven by R. G. Jolly. tire chains rubbed the left rear fender and bent the bumper. No injuries were reported.
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Beckley
Cova Street
Walker Avenue
Harry L. Bowers, Jr
Thomas Harvell Woolwine
Mt. Hope
Bowers
Woolwine
Neville Street
E. Russ Parson
Thornton Avenue
R. G. Jolly
Daniels
Jolly
Parson
State Health Officials Here on Routine Visit
Two State Health Department officials, J. P. Connelly and Marvin Conner, are visiting the Raleigh County Health Department on a routine field trip, checking county offices across the state. They plan to return to Charleston on Friday.
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State Health Department
Charleston
Raleigh County Health Department
J. P. Connelly
Marvin
Conner
Dr Richard Y Morgan volunteers for Army duty
Dr Richard Y Morgan, 27, of Raleigh Heights, has volunteered for duty with the Army, announced by the West Virginia Military District. He will become a First Lieutenant on December 31 and serve twenty one months, reporting to the Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas for a thirty day orientation in medical techniques.
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Richard Y. Morgan
Raleigh Heights
Army
West Virginia Military District
A. R. Reeves
Morgan
Army Medical Center
Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Sisterhood Adopts Cerebral Palsy Fundraising Project
The Beckley Sisterhood of Beth El Temple adopts a fundraiser for cerebral palsy. Mrs. William Klein is named committee chair to plan activities. Proceeds go to Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults led by Virgil Miller, which may open a Beckley clinic for handicapped residents.
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Beckley
Beth el Temple
William Klein
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children
Virgil Miller
Police Jail Walter Small on Indecent Exposure and Drunkenness
Walter Small, 31, of Sprague, jailed in Raleigh County on indecent exposure and drunkenness charges. Article notes new city ordinance penalties from 25 to 500 dollars or six months in jail for first offense, and 500 dollar fine plus six months for second offense. Also jailed was 15 year old William Hicks AWOL from Army, stationed Ft. Knox. Elsie Heath alias Williams of Crab Orchard arrested for trespass and profanities in warrant by Magistrate Meadows.
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Walter Small
Sprague
Raleigh
William Hicks
Eccles
Ft. Knox
Elsie Heath
Elsie Heath Williams
Crab Orchard
J. P. Meadows
Fine Not Enough Drunk Seeks Jail Time
A Mag/istrate Thurman trial recounts an arraigned drunk who, after pleading guilty and receiving a fine, angrily requests jail time instead. He asks for several days in the warm jail, hoping for a harsher sentence and reversal of the expected outcome.
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T. N. Thurman
Thurman
Sophia Town Council Sets Dec 12 Meeting
Mayor Elgie Ballard announced that Sophia’s Town Council will meet on December 12. He said the previous Tuesday’s session was canceled due to bad weather and no major business was planned. Work on the sewer disposal project has been paused but will resume when weather improves.
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Sophia
Elgie Ballard
Ballard
Key Club to Furnish Kiwanis Entertainment
The Key Club of Woodrow Wilson High School will furnish the entertainment at the Kiwanis Club meeting at 12 15 p m Friday at El Chico. Richard Glass Woodrow Wilson instructor is in charge of the group.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Kiwanis Club
el Chico
Richard Glass
Woodrow Wilson
Reserve Officers Club To Seek Members
The General Alfred Beckley Chapter of Reserve Officers Association plans a membership drive with a stag party at the Reserve Armory on Jan. 10. Officers named at last night’s meeting include President Lieut. Col. T. R. Wilson Jr., Vice President Lieut. Col. Charles S. Lewis Jr., Secretary Capt. Fred W. Meyer, and Treasurer Lieut. William H. File.
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General
Alfred Beckley
Reserve Officers Association
Reserve Armory
ROA
T. R. Wilson, Jr
U.S.A
Charles S. Lewis, Jr
USAF
Fred W. Meyer
USA
William H. File
USN
Beckleyan to Head State Engineers Beckleyan to Head State Engineers
Leslie C. Gates of Beckley has been elected president of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers for 1951. Other officers named include W. O. McCluskey Jr of Wheeling as first vice president O J Swanson of Gary as second vice president and H J Wagner of Charleston as treasurer. The retiring and new officers will meet at State Headquarters Kanawha Hotel Charleston to plan and set a budget for the coming year. Also an ad promotes Mrs Filbert's Golden Pound Margarine as a thrifty flavor enhancer for cooking and baking.
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Leslie C. Gates
Beckley
West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
W. O. McCluskey, Jr
Wheeling
O. J
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Raleigh County Social Welfare Assembly
TOY Department
Sophia Town
Reserve Officers Club
Beckleyan
State Engineers
Princess
Pat
Jewel
West Virginia
Kredit Jewelers
Seve
Neville ST
Beckley Theatre
Beckley Hotel
HILL
Oak Hill
Syd
Arly
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