Boy Scouts Set $27 660 as Goal In Three County Drive
The Appalachian Council of Boy Scouts of America launches a three county fund drive opening October 13 in Mullens and running through early November. The budget is 27660 with 7648 from Beckley Mabscott Community Chest. Campaign chairs and local leaders from Beckley Mullens Coal City Eunice and nearby towns prepare campaigns across Raleigh Wyomin Summers counties.
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Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Mullens
Gus Walker
Beckley- Mabscott
Raleigh
Wyoming
Summers
Walker
el Chico
Cate
S. Austin Caperton
C. W. Connor
Manicoal
Advance Gifts
Harry Gibson
Beckley
Howard Fillmer
Oe Appalacinan Council
Boy Scouts
G. C. Walker
Joe L. Smith, Jr
Slab Fork
W. Connor
Montreal
H. B. Fillmer
FE. E. Bibb
Robert Keller
Hinton
Music store ad touts instruments for sale now
Local music shop urges customers to visit CONNtore for a wide selection of musical instruments ready for delivery. Emphasizes stocked items and quick purchase at the neighborhood store.
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Ste Emart
Aviation Courses to be Added If Demand Exists
Raleigh County schools may add aeronautics to high school curricula contingent on demand. Past wartime courses taught at Woodrow Wilson, Shady Spring, and Stoca High Schools educated about 200 students. Separate public notice reports a special commissioner sale in Raleigh County with a 0.5 acre tract in Clear Fork District and a cash-only sale set for October 1 1987.
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Raleigh
C.D. Munson, Jr
Munson
Woodfrow Wilson
Shady Spring
Stoca
Circuit Court of
Raleighounty
West Virginia
C. C. Lewis
Demarius Powell
Raleigh County
Clear, Fork
Westi Virginia
Jessie Wo
Wl FL Perry
Ceed
Herbert Stansbury
I. van Hunter
Circuit Court
van Hunter
Mullens Station Changes Hands w Resistor Stall Writer
Gene Atkins leases the Lilly service station at Moran Avenue and Fourth Street from H. E. Lilly and son DeForrest. Atkins names WE Tibbs as manager of the new Fourth Street Service Station and will keep his Guyandotte Avenue station open. Lilly plans to enter the coal industry after leasing. Fire Chief Bernard Martin urges Beckley residents to observe Fire Prevention Week, citing rising fires from unsafe habits and noting limited prevention by the department.
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Mullens
Gene Atkins
Lilly
Moran Avenue
Fourth Street
H. E. Lilly
Beckley
National Fire Protection Association
Chamber of Commerce
Martin
MOTHER DIES IN LYNCHBURG CALL
OCEANA B L Elder has returned to Oceana after being summoned to Lynchburg Virginia by the serious illness and death of his mother Mrs Nannie Elder. Beckley fire chief cites convictions for causing fires by bridged fuse plugs and notes a brief drop in fires during fire prevention week followed by rising losses as public attention fades.
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Meister
Oceana
B. L. Elder
Lynchburg, Va
Nannie Elder
Beckley
Martin
Taft Heads East Still Undecided About 1948 Bid
Senator Robert A. Taft, en route home to Ohio after a 12,000 mile tour, plans Cincinnati talks with Rep. Clarence Brown. Brown canvassed the country while Taft spoke in Wyoming Idaho Nevada Washington Oregon and California. A formal declaration that Taft will seek the 1948 Republican nomination is anticipated, as he frames a Republican program and attacks the Truman administration.
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Associated Press
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
West
Republican Congress
Castner
Wyo
Truman
Cincinnati
Clarence Brown
Brown
Wyoming
Idaho
Nevada
Washington
Oregon
California
Inspector Advises Safety Methods at Wyoming Mine
Federal inspector urges stricter timbering, safe haulage, and enhanced safety practices at the Hed Jacket Coal Corporation mine in Wyoming. Improvements include face-post timbering, roof testing, better ventilation, hazard pre-shift checks, explosive storage safeguards, and eye protection. Training, first aid, and mine rescue drill updates are noted alongside new equipment and signaling measures.
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Ressler
Wyoming
Cor
Bureau of Mines
Hed Jacket Coal Corporation
T. F. Curry
Curry
Hans
Evans and Ward Apply for Raleigh County Marriage License
Elmer Evans aged 21 and Lois Alberta Ward aged 18, of Route 4 Mount Hope, have filed for a marriage license at the Raleigh County clerk's office, as recorded by local authorities.
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Elmer Evans
Lois Auberta Ward
Rt 4
Mount Hope
Raleighi County Clerk’s Office
Ladonede
Ruth Ann Fitch Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Ruth Ann Fitch of Oceana is back home after spending a few days in Welch as a hospital patient. Her sister Pat stayed with her during the hospital stay and accompanied her home.
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Register
Oceana
Ruth Ann Fitch
jOceana
Welch
Pat
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Guy Amato
E. E. Bibb
Noel Meadows
B. K. i Wilcox
Crab Orchard
L. E. Schol
Eunice
A. O'B. Hogue
Lawrence Pruett
Beaver
W. L. Williamson
E. M. Maxwell
H. J. Horam
Lester
F. FE. Lampton
OVC
W. Va
Beckley Music and Electric Co
Colin McLuckey
Mer
South Fayette St
Todd's Cash Grocery
B.T.U
Pinevilele
Robert G. Lovell
Brownsville
Texas
S. H. Carr
Charleston
Pineville
Reister
Bob
W. H. Long
Luther Kerns
Italiens
Lydia B. Pipgham
Yale
Lydia E. Pankwam
Wash-lit-Quick, Inc
Harper Doad
Beckley, W
Coca- Cola Company
Spike Jones
Dorothy Sway
Victor Borge
C&s Network
WJLL
Berman’s
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Berkley
Hotel Hill
Oak Hill
Nixon Furniture CO
Keville St
Prince St
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