Jaycees and Elks To Fete Newsboys
Beckley Jaycees and the Beckley Elks Lodge host a 6 p.m. dinner for more than 100 Beckley Post Herald and Raleigh Register carriers at the Elks Club on S Heber and Barwood. The event accompanies Newspaper Boys Day with a commemorative stamp first day cover mailing to 1100 carriers in 11 Southern West Virginia counties. Basil Meador leads the Jaycee Ellis committee, with guests including William Bates C G Wauhop George Springer Robert Wills Charles Hodel and George W Hodel of Beckley Newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Elks Lodge
Beckley Post-Herald
Raleigh Register
Elks Club
S. Heber and
Barwood
Philadelphia
Beckley Jaycees
Beckley Newspapers
West Virginia
Beckley
Basil Meador
Jaycee-Ellis
Meadar
William Bates
C. G. Wauhop
George Springer
Robert Wills
Charles Hodel
George W. Hodel
Recruiters Sign 11 Nine Men Enlist in Early War Draft
Ten men enlisted at the Ineal U. S. Army and Air Force recruiting station Tuesday and Wednesday. Dennis Franklin Taylor 18 Glen White and Edward H. Newton 39 Wilkinson joined four-year Air Force enlistments at Sampson AFB New York and Fort Meade respectively. Other enlistments include Gene Marley Fitzgerald 19 Beckley Franklin Denzil Richmond 17 Pemberton Junior Stacey 22 Merrimac Frank Sekula Jr. 18 Lanark Robert Leon Wilson 17 Sullivan and two Officers Candidate School applicants William Paul Beck 21 Charleston Joe Herman Wilfong 19 Boyer for two years at Ft Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armed Forces
Ineal
U. S. Army and
Air Force
Army
Sampson Air Force, Base
N. Y
Dennis Franklin Taylor
Glen White
Calla Taylor
Sophia High School
Slab Fork Coal Company
Slab Fork
George
Pemberton
Owen Richmond
Stacey
Merrimac
Ft. Meade
Frank Sekula, Jr
Lanark
Frank Sekula
Robert Leon Wilson
Sullivan
Floyd Monroe Wilson
William Paul Beck
Charleston
Joe Herman Wilfong
Boyer
Market Conditions Blamed for Shutdown Five
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates halted operations at Raleigh County mines yesterday blaming poor market conditions and lack of orders. Two mines at Eccles Belew and one at Stotesbury will be down until Monday. Three other EGFA mines in McDowell at Carswell Keystone and Maitland will also close the last two days of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
EGFA
Eccles
Atl Belew
Stotesbury
Eastern Gas
McDowell
Carswell
Keystone
Maitland
Memorial Airport Sees Increased Traffic and Bar Planned
Memorial airport handles Piedmont and military flights beyond civilian use with six Army landings in seven weeks and eight weather-grounded planes. Management Hanks notes heating and snack bar installations due by October, while passenger counts for August and September show substantial activity. Nearby Fayetteville church celebrates 60th anniversary with services and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanks
Piedmont
United Fund selects Beckleyans to lead three Raleigh County campaigns
The 1952 Raleigh County United Fund named Beckley residents Waldo LaFon Edgar Russell Parsons and Mrs Paul Ash to chair city division advance gifts major gifts and women committees respectively Campaign director J H Crowe announced kickoff dates for advanced gifts October 15 and for the county division drives October 21 with breakfasts at El Chico Cafe Also set are noon luncheon reports and final session dates toward a campaign goal of 55000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund Committee
Beckleyans
Raleigh County United Fund Campainn
Waldo LaFon
Edgar Russell Parsons
Paul Ash
J. H. Crowe
LaFon
Parsons
Mrs. Ash
C. G. Peregoy
A. J. Walker
Crowe
Memorial Building
el Chico
Funeral services held for E. G. C. Haga of Princeton
Funeral services for E G C Haga 85 of Princeton and former Helen resident were set for 2 pm Saturday at First Baptist Church Princeton with Rev Ben Cox officiating. Burial followed in Restwood Memorial Park Hinton. Haga died in Stevens Clinic Hospital Welch yesterday. Body to be moved from O J Douglas Mortuary Welch to his residence at 5 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. GC
Haga
Princeton
Helen
First Baptist Church
Ben Cox
Restwood Memorial Park
Hinton
Stevens Clinic
Welch
O. J. Douglas Mortuary
Deer Crashes Beckley Water Office Window
An early visitor to Beckley today was a 95 pound buck that crashed through the plate glass window of the Beckley Water Company offices on S Heber Street at 7:15 am. The deer was captured by Jess Worrells and Robert Keaton and taken by district game warden T R Samsell to an animal hospital on Harper Road for leg and mouth injuries. If it recovers it will be released on a farm with winter cover. Bystanders speculated it was chased from Woodlawn Avenue by dogs and spotted on Earwood Street before leaping into the offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Water Company
S. Heber St
Jess
Woodlawn Ave
Earwood St
Funeral set for Edith Simms of Beckley area
Funeral services for Mrs Edith Simms 38 of Wevaco and former Beckley resident will be held Saturday at 2 pm in Fairview Church Lockwood conducted by Rev J W Nuell Belva burial Summers Family Cemetery She died in a Charleston hospital at 1030 am Wednesday survived by husband Roy one son Roy Lee at home her parents Mr and Mrs L C Summers of Lockwood five sisters and four brothers all named with locations listed Pryor Mortuary East Bank will hold the body until one hour before the service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pallucu
Brooklyn
Lathe
Robert Powell
Mission Bell Moss
Beckley
B. Sumlin
Cleor
Samuel Bell
Patra Turner
John Viar
Percy Bell
Morning Star Tabernacle
Milburn
Heldton
Etta Mae
Ethelene-Viar
Greentown
Iville
Laura Agee
Maggie McClain
Payetteville
Edith Simms
Wevaco
Fairview
Lockwood
J. W. Nuell
Belva
Summers Family
Simms
Charleston
First Baptist Church
Roy
Roy Lee
L. C. Summers
John Curry
Marietta
Aubrey Hutchinson
Raven
Robert Kennedy
Parkersburg
Earl Kincaid
Gilboa
Carl Harper
Everett
Enon
Carver
Gauley Bridge
Paul
Drennen
Wills
Sophia Lions Sponsor Eye Exams in Sophia Schools
Sophia Lions Club will sponsor eye examinations for all children at Sophia High and elementary schools. The project was discussed at a dinner meeting, with no launch date set. Captain CL Walker of Company D State Police spoke on highway safety, introduced by C C Carman the club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia Lions Club
Sophia
Mark Twain High
Midway
CL. Walker
C. C. Carman
Jaycees Plan Meeting To Brief New Members
Beckley Jaycees schedule indoctrination night for new members. Dinner at 6 30 at El Chico. New members listed include Paul H Loflin JP Bland Thomas E Gray Glen H Watkins John Ashworth Harold Agee Keith L Harper Earnest Allen Baugh Guy Amato Lonnie L Sweeney Ralph H Jackson James L Carney Sid Doherty Ben Guy Jr Leon Neal Don Walker Raymond Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Beckley Jaycees
el‘ Chico
Paul H. Loflin
Jp.bland
Thomas E. Gray
Glen H. Watkins
John Ashworth
Harold ¥. Agee
Keith L. Harper
Earnest
Allen Baugh
Guy Amato
Lonnie L. Sweeney
Ralph H. Jackson
James L. Carney
Sid Doherty
Ben Guy Jr
Leon Neal
Don Walker
Raymond Lamb
Circulation Near Double In Two Years at Library
Circulation at Raleigh County Library nearly doubled in two years. First quarter of 1952-53 up about 41 percent from 1951 and 60 percent from 1950. A new borrower reregistration last December added over 2,000 names. total shelves exceed 10,000 volumes with near 35,300 circulations in the last complete year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Cecil H. Graham
Beckleyan's Grandson Wins DFC in Korea
First Lt. Walter M. Given, grandson of Mrs. Thomas H. Fitzgerald of S Oakwood Ave, received the Distinguished Flying Cross in Korea. His mother is Eve Huddleston Cole, employed by Senator Harley Kilgore in Washington, D C, in absentee voting checks for West Virginians. His father is Walter M. Given Jr. of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Given
Thomas H. Fitzgerald
S. Oakwood Ave
Korea
Eve Huddleston Cole
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
West
United Fund Relocated Offices in Raleigh County
Campaign director J. H. Crowe announced the United Fund will operate from new offices at 2365 Prince Street, in the Ashworth-Farmer building beside the U S Air Force Recruiting Station, as preparations continue for the current drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
Raleigh County
J. H. Crowe
Prince St
Ashworth-Farmer
U. S. Air Force
Building permits issued for two new residences
City Recorder’s office reports two permits issued Thursday for home construction. J Tobie Carbone plans a five room house valued at about 6000 on Dexter Ave. Wipperman Construction Co. to erect a 10000 structure on Hillpark Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder’s
J . Tobie Carbone
Dexter Ave
Wipperman Construction Co
Hillpark Drive
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Jaycees
Elks
Fete
Piedmont Airlines
Navy
C. Harold Hanks
Yoreo
Anather Whele
Surance Ween. Hanks
Fayette
Second ‘Baptist Church ‘of
Fayetteville
Thelma S. Nance
Washington Heights
Nance
TAMS
New Salem Baptist Church
W. M. Dobbins
C. H. Clemens
New Salem Church
Wmiecinuno
Henry Holman
R. J. Patterson
Shady Grove Baptist Church
J. A. Divers
J. A. Haynes
Glenmore
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Louisville
Kentucky
Aerilichus Forest
Sophia Lions
Matthew M. Neely
William S. Marland
Young Democratic Club
Raleigh
Stringbean
Beckleyan
DFC
King Tut’s Drive-In
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