Calloway Heights Road Linked to By‑Pass Upgrade
Road crews report completion of most of the Calloway Heights link to Route 12 By Pass with minor work left near the bridge over the C and O ford road. Plans include a new bridge, blacktop on Blue Jay road, and a patching crew starting today on Richmond District road by the By Pass entry near Route 4.
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Calloway Heights
George
Ida
State Road Commission
Gadd
Blue Jay
Crescent
Mabscott
C&o
Richmond District
Hinton
Stana‘mond District
Entire Mine Camp Sold to Land Company
The village of Abney and its nine acre Phillip mining town area were purchased for 17000 by Lilly, the local land company, from Beaver Coal Corporation. The sale includes nine houses and a store building, all originally built for miners, to provide home ownership for residents.
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Land Company
Abney
The
Lilly
Conehors
Phillip
Beaver Coal Corporation
Lilybrook
Lanny
Lilly Land Company
Kentucky
Greenbrier
Scout Leaders To Meet Tuesday
Scout leaders plan a Hinton meeting at 7 30 p m with Gus F presiding to discuss repairs and sales, Cub Leaders Conference at Beckley Junior High Thursday, and a Scout rally drill at City Park. Lilly Land Company expands mining reach across Kentucky and Greenbrier regions.
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Scouters
Beckley
Sront
Memorial
Hinton
Gus F
Walker
T. ‘E. Hanifan
H. &. Sloan
Piney River District
Meena Beckley Junior High School
W. T. Lilly
Rally Day Attendance Surges Across Beckley Churches
Rally Day turnout jumps one third with Beckley First Baptist Church leading 46 churches at 927 in Sunday School. Over 10,000 attended morning worship across 48 churches, Crab Orchard Baptist second with 915, Methodist Temple third at 602, followed by many other congregations with varied headcounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley First Baptist Church
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Methodist Temple
First Christian
Presbyterian
Free Will Baptist
Central Baptist
Memorial Baptist
Sophia First Baptist
MacArthur Free Wi! Baptist
Mabscott Methodist
Shady Spring
Beaver Community
Sophia Methodist
Mt. Tabor
Calloway Heights
Beckley First Methodist
Princewick
Midway Church of God
North Beckley
Prosperity Baptist
South Oakwood Church of God
Sprague Church of God
Hollywood Baptist
Church of Nazarene
Regular Baptist
Sprague Community
Oake Grove
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Assembly of God
Stanaford
Daniels Baptist
Skelton Methodist
Glen White
Harper Heights
Blue Jay Methodist
Maple Valley Baptist
Beckley Episcopal
St. Matthew's Methodist
Beckley Advent Christian
White Baby Clinic Scheduled Wednesday
October 5 schedule for the white Well-Baby Clinic at the Health Department in the Raleigh County Courthouse from 10 to 12 a.m. Dr. C. A. Smith will serve as clinician. The colored Pre-Natal Clinic moves to Tuesday October 11 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. by appointment.
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Health Department
Raleigh County
C. A. Smith
A.P. Bellan
Scout Leaders Plan Weekend Conference at Glen Dame
Boy Scout leaders prepare a two day weekend conference at the Nace Williamson cottage in Glen Dame October 8 and 9. The event covers camp planning practices including pitching tents first aid health safety camp stove safety and camp chores, with readers to carry plans to their troops for summer programs.
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Glen Dame
Esokery
Navy Reserve posts stay open for enlistment in Beckley
W E Bartlett MMC naval recruiter says facilities at the Beckley Post Office Building will keep enlisting in the Naval Reserve. About 750 are on the rolls, open to veterans nons veterans and women high school graduates age 18 to 40 who are physically and mentally qualified. Reserve members receive full day pay for drills and can be discharged at their own request.
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Navy
Beckley
Naval Reserve
W. E. Bartlett
MMC
Reserve
Hartlett
Bartlett
United States Navy
Guardsmen Offered Advancement And Education
Guardsmen may pursue Army schools through their units with quotas assigned by leadership. Current avenues include automotive mechanics, infantry radio repair, NCO, read service, and food service, often three to four month courses with Army pay. Notable example: Clifford Lilly's food service school at Fort Knox led to permanent instructional work. Guardsmen also gain pay, training, fellowship and leadership, with weekly two hour drills and incremental pay scales up to master sergeant.
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Guard
Infantry
Capt
Barlow
Clifford Lilly
Sprague
Lilly
Food Service School
Fort Knox
Noah
Cating
Thomas A. Craft
G. ¥. Wyatt
Beckley
Motor Mechanics
Fort Benning
Edward Mastarski
Donald
Worrell
Beckteyan
David le Floyd
Berkley
Focal
Harlow
Ile
False Teeth Fit and Guard Rifle Teams Activated
The article notes dental care for soldiers and details local Guard activities including basketball leagues, formation of rifle teams for the National Rifle Association Indoor Rifle Tournament, and mail matches nationwide. Capt. Barlow explains 99 calibre rifles and indoor targets as units prepare for enlistment drives and weekly drills at Park Avenue Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barlow
Beckley
National Rifle Association
United States
National Guard
Park Avenue
Datiguter Is Born
Register staff reports Mr. and Mrs. W. Be Winner of Princeton welcomed a daughter on September 20 at Princeton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Datiguter
Register
Princeton
W. Be Winner
Princeton Memoarial Hospital
Local College Teacher Publishes New Freshman English Textbook
Miss Elizabeth O'Dell dean of women at Beckley College has published Tools of Expression a three part freshman English guide emphasizing parts of speech phrases clauses sentences and punctuation. designed from Beckley classes it reflects results from hundreds of students and has a 1949 copyright with a September 1930 market release and a second printing planned for summer.
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Elizabeth
Topsy" O'Dell
Beckley College
Dein Bangs
O'Dell
West Virginia
O'Den
Miss O'Dell
University Lithoprinters, Inc
Ypsilanti, Mich
Grand Jurors Face Big Docket Today
Beckley and area jurors report for a heavy October term docket with six murder, 23 maiming, 10 grand larceny and one auto larceny presentments. Grand jurors named include Howard Leno, John W Smith, Clifford E Lilly, and others from Beckley and nearby towns. Also notes bankers plan to attend the West Virginia Bankers Conference October 10 12 in Jacksons Mill with representatives from Beckley National Bank and Raleigh County Bank.
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Criminal Court
Tne
Howard Leno
John W. Smith
Clifford JE. Lilly
EB. O. Sni
Seckley Hawkers
West Virginia Bankers Conference
Jackson's Mill
E. C. Aitchcock
Mary Mathews
Frank N. Gans
Beckley National Bank
W. R. Campbell
Raleigh County
West Virginia Bankers 'Association
West Virginia University
Fedral Reserve Bank of Richmond
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McMahon
Aoftiers
City Park
White Baby Clinic
Renee
Caréul Ac Raya
Ay Et
Navy Reserve
Marsh Fork High School
Midway Chevrolet
Whitesville
Cline Minesiry
Reta Miler
James K. Webb
J. G. Daniels
Beckley Guard
Ee Barlow
Elgin M. Hall
South Oakwood Avenue
Hall
Joseph E. Williams
Coal River
Ing
Baby
Chesapeche & Petcemas Telehone Company
Wee! Virginia
AZ IQ
Eyllrows
Wormoen
Eckwrl
E-Rich
Schenley Distillers Inc
Nsan
Tefermon
Buick
Avoyant
Mountain Motors, Inc
First Ave
Beckley, W. Va
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