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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1948
Page
7
County prisoners who “worked like Trojans” cleared land for a road surrounding Little Beaver Park lake. A Vecellio and Grogan bulldozer finishes the over a mile and half route, with timber piles readied for skaters. Total cost not over 2000 dollars per County Clerk Marty Anderson.
The Bureau of Mines released reinspection findings for the Dunedin No 1 mine of the Maryland Fire Creek Coal Co at Terry and the East Gulf No 6 mine of the C H Mead Coal Co at East Gulf. Recommendations cover ventilation, electrical protections, ground safety, timbering, blasting practices, haulage hazards, roof support, explosives storage and gas testing to reduce risks and improve operations.
Mrs. Augusta Virginia Stover 77 of Ameagle died Sunday night in a Charleston hospital. Funeral services are held today at 2 p m in Ameagle with Rev. C W Pindar and Rev. Robert Geller officiating. Burial will follow at Estep Cemetery in Colcord.
Suiper Richards, a Fayette Street resident, was jailed on felonious shooting and gun without license charges after waiving a preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. P. Meadows. He allegedly shot James Burton in the thigh at the Pioneer Hotel on South Fayette Street. Burton was not seriously injured.
Curr ent Howe Shufflebarger 72 of Mullens Hill died at 10 48 a m yesterday at home after a paralytic stroke. Funeral services planned in Robertson and Fuglesong Chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. Survived by wife Bessle Shufflebarger son Ernest E. Shufflebarger daughter Mabel McGinnis sister Molly Hunt. Born May 5 1876 near Glenwood Park Mercer County he lived in Mullens since 1916 and was a former deputy sheriff and city policeman. World War II service not cited. Church of Christ member at Stover Raleigh County.
Funeral services for Joseph J Simpson, 40, of 410 South Fayette Street, who died in a local hospital, will be held at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The Rev. Corey O. Mitchell will officiate with burial at Freeman Cemetery. He was born January 6, 1908, son of Roscoe Simpson and the late Addie Simpson, and is survived by Ruth Simpson, two sisters Virginia and Kathleen, and brothers Louis of New York and Roscoe Jr. of Freeman.
Bodies of 22 Beckley area men killed in World War I are returned to the United States aboard the U S Transport Carroll Victory. Next of kin are notified in advance and will learn again after bodies arrive at Graves Registration Service centers. Names and home communities across Raleigh, Nicholas, Fayette, Mercer, Wyoming, Boone, Summers, Greenbrier and Sandytown areas are listed.
Earle Forrest Harrah 49 of Summersville area killed in a traffic crash on Charmco hill near Quinnwood. His 1997 Chevrolet struck a culvert while trying to avoid a truck, with Drennen and Hicks as other occupants. Harrah died on arrival at Greenbrier Valley Hospital. Funeral arrangements are pending.
The Mountain Air Drive-In Theater at Glen Jean begins at 7 p m on Thursday with two nightly shows until winter weather ends the season. Co owners Joel Buffa and William A Patterson opened on 32 acres bought in June from New River Company on the old McKell property. The American Cancer Society seeks one million volunteers for its education service and research program.
Whitesville social notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. Shelby Reed with guests from Charleston and Whitesville. The Clendinin and Stalnaker families are noted as visitors from Whitesville and Racine. S.J. Shultz relocates to Pineville. Carl Jarrell and Billy Reed, sons of local residents, visited Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Teresa Phillips of South Kanawhan Street was overcome by gas from a stove due to a clogged vent pipe. Beckley Fire Department gave oxygen. she revived with no serious injury per Dr Harrod Harvey. A neighbor called after she collapsed.
Whitesville girl scouts lose 33 to 14 to Nellis troop in a softball game. After the game the Nellis group sponsored a carnival. A homecoming softball game is set for Saturday October 23 in Whitesville.
Police say a collision on Kanawha Street and Hume Court involved a northbound truck driven by 18 year old Lewis Carter of East Beckley and a sedan driven by 35 year old William Elmer Berry of Mt Hope. About 350 dollars in damage resulted as the truck prepared to turn into Hume Court while the other car tried to pass.
J K Edmundson and Robert Ashworth urged the City Council at a special meeting to raise their fee from two to three percent of the 175000 street paying program. The higher rate would total about 5000 with past costs. The council also authorized W I File Jr to negotiate with Raleigh Coal and Coke on laying a pipeline on Barber Avenue and air rights through city ground.
The note compares Mauna Loa as a large volcano in Hawaii with about 27 cubic miles of volume, and 44 trillion cubic feet of gas. It mentions Kilauea as a crater on its eastern slope and references United States activity in 1947.
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