Beckley Area Scouts Win Region 4 Award in Cincinnati
The Appalachian Council of the Boy Scouts of America received the Region 4 Service Award at the annual meeting in Cincinnati for the largest gain in youth in units. The council, serving Summers Wyoming and Raleigh counties, posted a 20 percent increase. Arthur A. Schuck and Luther R. Stein attended along with E. Urner Goodman and regional officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Howard B. Fillmer
Appalachian Council
Cincinnati
Boy Scouts of America
Wyoming
Raleign
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Arthur A. Schuck
Luther R. Stein
E. Urner Goodman
BSA
G. T. Gibson
Eunice
T. E. Hanifan
Hinton
Gus Walker
The
Beckley
Council to Hear Paving Protests Tonight
City Council set hearings for protests on Beaver Avenue John Street West Virginia Street Glenn Avenue Reservoir Road Alley Cannady Street Hylton Street and Kentucky Street as part of the fourth paving contract let this summer. Acting city engineer Phil H Wilson said this will be the last paving contract this year and weather may curb further paid work. Nearly all of the 29 streets in the third contract are finished and 40 streets were completed under the two earlier summer contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover C. Hedrick
Beaver Avenue
John Street
West Virginia Street
Glenn Avenue
Reservoir Road
Cannady Street
Hylton Street
Kentucky Street
Phil H. Wilson
Wilson
Marion Tate Dies After Four Year Illness
Marion Tate of Beckley and Corinne died in a Welch hospital after a four year illness. Funeral services are set for 1 30 PM Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Hazel Widner in Corinne with burial at Cannady Cemetery Glen White. Rose Funeral Home in charge. He was a retired miner and survived by wife Nellie Tate three sons Basil Tate W R Tate Delmer Tate two daughters Hazel Widner Ethel Horton a brother E C Tate a step daughter Thelma Cotton and 14 grandchildren. The body will stay at the Widner home after being at the funeral home until 4 PM today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Widner
Corinne
Marion Tate
Beckley
Welch Hospital
Cannady
Glen White
Rose Funeral Home
Tate
Nellie Tate
W. R. Tate
Basil Tate
Black Eagle
Delmer Tate
Crown Hill
Ethel Horton
Alderson
E. C. Tate
Sprague
Thelma Cotton
Ansted
Widner
Lost fire wagon picked up by City Police
A fireman-red four wheel wagon was found and picked up by City Police yesterday morning and will be held at the police station until its unknown owner claims it. Identification will be required before release from the ledger. the note mentions the word truck deriving from the French troquer meaning to barter.
Charleston Man Arrested For Public Disturbance
James Snodgrass of Charleston was arrested by City Police last night on a charge of creating a disturbance in public. He was released and ordered to appear in Police Court Monday night. Two speeders Jessie Terry Jr of Sprague and Marie Carter of Crab Orchard were also arrested and ordered to appear in Police Court Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Snodgrass
Charleston
Speeders
Jessie Terry, Jr
Sprague
Marie Carter
Crab Orchard
Beckley Man to Speak at Princeton Methodist Dinner
George W. W. Bright of Beckley will address the Methodist Men's Club at Princeton First Methodist Church. The dinner meeting starts at 6 30 p m in the Appalachian Social Room.
Railroads Carry Most Of States Soft Coal
The 1949 Annual of the Bituminous Coal Institute notes railroads moved about 81 percent of the states soft coal in 1948, totaling 484 million tons. Pennsylvan ia led with 95.7 million tons, followed by Chesapeake and Ohio routes, New York Central, Norfolk and Western, Baltimore and Ohio, Louisville and Nashville, and Illinois Central.
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Pennsylvania
Chessie
Chesapeake and Ohio
Raleigh County
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Baltimore & Ohio
Louisville & Nashville
Ilinois Central
Seaboard
Norfolk
Chesapeake & Ohio
Amick Calls Education Crisis a Call to Action at PTA
Dr. Andrew Amick, Lewisburg physician and former health officer, told Institute PTA members that the three Rs have failed and that religion and responsibility must be added. He blamed politics, the teachers' lobby, and neglect of roads and schools for rural and urban educational slums, urging parents and teachers to work with boards and churches to reform. He stressed five criteria for a good school and urged public engagement with education leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Amick
Lewisburg
Institute
Parent- Teacher's Association
Tri-County
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Monroe
Reading
Riting
Beckley
Fayette
Charleston
State Education Department
Board of Education
Raleigh County
Dr. Amick
House of Delegates
Little Red
Amick
Striking Miners Build Homes For Neighbors In Need
Two groups of miners refused to strike their hands. They built homes for neighbors Henry Lilly and Arlie Shumate. Lilly, after a fire destroyed their home, moved into a new three room frame house built by 14 local miners. Shumate, facing eviction for a slate dump, moved into a four room house completed by neighbors in Killarney. Ed Wynn interview ends the piece. he prefers being called Ed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Wood
Henry Lilly
Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
Killarney
Arlie Shumate
Mary
Lego
Traubie
John Atkinson
Shumate
Coal Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bituminous Coal Institute
America
Virginian
C&o
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mountain Pacific
Fred Richmond
Amateur Carpenters Aid
Claude Maxwell
Sam Adkins
Bud Atkinson
Sandy Bolen
Adam Carte
Hollywood
Ed Wynn
France
Cole
Pearl
Carolina
DIAL
Barton Mfg. Co
St. Louis
Met
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia
Hydra-Matic
Lincoln
Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
South Oakwood Ave
W. VA
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