Shortage of Materials Holds Up SRC Work
In Raleigh County SRC head George Gadd says a general material shortage delays four of five ongoing projects. Lumber and stone are scarce as mills prioritize mines, halting two Little Marsh bridge builds and delaying blacktop on the two mile segment pending flooring and surface materials. Elsewhere Jenny's Gap filling proceeds. Route 1 patching at Sophia continues, with Acme Construction blacktopping Crab Orchard to Tams Mountain under SRC contract.
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State Road Commission
Raleigh
George Gadd
SRC
Rhodell
Little Marsh
Gadd
Maple Meadow
Rogers Funeral Set for Thursday
Everett Rogers 66 died yesterday morning after a brief illness in a local hospital. Final rites 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church Mabscott with Rev James Neal officiating. Burial Hilltop Cemetery near Oak Hill. Rose Funeral Home holds the body. Survived by two half-sisters Loretta Carlton Detroit Mich and Burndetta Mitchell Summerlee and two half-brothers Leslie Rogers Anstedt and Cecil Rogers Red Star.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Mabscott
Everett Rogers
James Neal
Hilltop Cemetery
Oak Hill
Rose Funeral Home
C. E. Neubert
Loretta Carlton
Detroit, Mich
Burndetta Mitchell
Summerlee
Leslie Rogers
Ansted
Cecil Rogers
Red Star
Boy from Ballard Treated For Fractured Arm
Thomas Canterbury six of Ballard was treated at Raleigh General Hospital yesterday for a fractured left arm. He was released following treatment.
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Thomas Canterbury
Ballard
Raleigh General Hospital
Police Hold Man On Shooting Count
James Robert Anderson of East Park faces a malicious wounding charge after police arrest last night for allegedly shooting Clarence Anderson, also of East Park, with a pistol on Monday night. Clarence was admitted to Beckley Hospital with a bullet wound in the right side and was reported to be doing fine. Anderson is to be arraigned before a magistrate today.
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James Robert Anderson
East Park
Anderson
Clarence Anderson
Beckley Hospital
Robert Anderson
Dr C R Bepler Enlists in Army for Yokohama Duty
Dr C R Bepler of Woodlawn Avenue will depart Friday for Yokohama Japan to serve as a First Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps. He recently finished training at the Medical Field Service School in San Antonio Texas and is a Temple Medical School graduate with internship at Allegheny General Hospital.
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C. R. Bepler
Woodlawn Avenue
Yokohama
Japan
Army Medical Corps
C. S. Bepler
Medical Field Service School
San Antonio
Tex
LT. Bepler
Temple Medical School
Philadelphia
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh
Millions of Oxygen Atoms Clean Plates Naturally
An ad explains Coleo cleans dishes without brushing by using a wetting agent to make water penetrate better and releasing active nascent oxygen atoms as it dissolves. The foaming action visibly penetrates crevices, sweeps away sticky film, and flushes decaying particles, leaving plates clean and tasting fresh.
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Coleo
Coleo Gets Denture Shine Without Brushing
Brushing alone cannot clean false teeth as well as Coleo and cannot reach tiny hiding places like Coleo can. Brushing may wear dentures and cause costly repairs. Coleo never injures plates. Soak 10 to 15 minutes or overnight to remove film and stains for naturally bright plates.
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Coleo
Dems Lead GOP In Raleigh County Registration
In Raleigh County 230 people registered to vote over recent days. Democrats outnumber Republicans three to one. County Clerk Harry Anderson cited 174 Democrats and 56 Republicans since totals began. The Oct 9 deadline looms for registrations and address changes. Eligible voters turning 21 by Nov 7 may register.
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Raleigh
Harry Anderson
Anderson
PTA at Crab Orchard Sets School Open House
The Crab Orchard PTA schedules an open house on Nov. 9 at the new school building. Principal Carl Stover reported progress on the building at a Monday night PTA meeting. C D Munson Raleigh County assistant superintendent spoke about the bond amendment to the 125 attendees.
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Crab Orchard Parent-Teacher Association
Carl Stover
C. D. Munson
Raleigh County
Tractor-Trailer Rolls on Raleigh Hill
A tractor-trailer laden with steel beds jack-knifed on wet pavement and overturned early today on Raleigh Hill. Driver Junior Mosier of Galion Ohio escaped injury. He was en route to Orangeburg South Carolina with the steel beds when the crash occurred.
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Raleigh Hill
Junior Mosier
Galion, O
Mosier
Orangeburg
S. Carolina
Nine More Beckley Reservists Sent to Active Duty
Nine Beckley area reservists join 103 West Virginia Army Reservists called to service. Lt Col Otway P Binns announced the group will report Oct 18 and be dispersed to Knox and Campbell forts in Kentucky and Meade in Maryland. Names include Corporal John J Adams East Beckley and others from Stamford Oak Hill Conner Montgomery Lewisburg Grandview
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Beckley
West Virginia
Otway P. Binns
Three Area Men Die In Korean Action
Three area Marines were killed in action in Korea. Eleven area military personnel are listed wounded, with additional personnel missing or injured. Names include Lonnie Ray Jarrell Everett Lloyd Crist Gerald Kermit Smith Charles Lee Foley Kenneth E Arbaugh James L Ball Jimmie J Garrett Elliott E Martin Arthur R Ruffner Bob J Blankenship and William M Owens.
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Defense Department
Lonnie Ray Jarrell
Andrew H. Jarrell
Colcord
Everett Lloyd Crist
George A. Crist
Box
Ansted
Gerald Kermit Smith
Reginald K. Smith
Ronceverte
Charles Lee
Hallie M. Owens
Rupert
Bob J. Blankenship
Hazel Blankenship
William M. Owens
Montigue Owens
Beckley Hospital Reports Record Inpatient Total
Beckley Hospital reached a record 192 patients on Monday night, surpassing the previous peak of 180, according to Business Manager P M Pierson. The figure reflects a new high for an eight hour period and underscores growing demand at the facility.
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the Beckley Hospital
P. M. Pierson
Pierson
Area Men In Draft Call For Inductions In Oct
Approximately 150 men from Raleigh and six surrounding counties are ordered to report for induction on October 17, 19, 24, and 26. Inductions will occur at Beckley Army Recruiting Station in the Ashworth-Farmer Building on Prince Street under Captain R. G. Wilson. Specific boards assign 40 from McDowell County on Oct 17, 30 from Mercer on Oct 19, 15 from Wyoming on Oct 19, 15 from Fayette on Oct 24, plus 20 from Raleigh and 15 from Summers Monroe for Oct 27. Additional calls may come Later this month.
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Raleigh
Beckley
R. G. Wilson
Mercer County Board No. 12
Wyoming County Board No. 21
Fayette County
Wonder Salve promises relief for skin troubles
Advertising copy promotes Wonder Salve as a white greaseless antiseptic remedy for itching eczema psoriasis infections and athlete's foot. It claims Army developed and suitable for children with a money back guarantee and lists Beckley Cohen's Whites Cross and local druggists as outlets.
Six Men Enlist Here For Armed Forces Duty
Six recruits at Beckley U S Army and Air Force stations join for four year terms. Air Force sendees Ray G Dickinson 18 Pax Thomas D Flint 21 Levisa Raymond E Stinett 20 Kegley to Lackland AFB Texas. Regular Army enlistees Edwin Jones 27 Pemberton Walker L Shumate 18 Fayetteville and Ray Whitman 18 Princeton sent to Fort Knox Kentucky.
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U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Beckley
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio Tex
Ray G. Dickinson
Pax
Thomas D. Flint
Levisay
Raymond E. Stinett
Kegley
Fort Knox
Edwin Jones
Pemberton
Walker L. Shumate
Fayetteville
Ray Whitman
Princeton
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PTA
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Wilson
Cohen’s
Whites Cross
Register
Newspapers Corp
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