City Considers Paving Hargrove Street
City Attorney William File announced at last night’s council meeting that the unpaved portion of Hargrove Street belongs to the city by prescription after public use and spending on grading and surfacing. The council took the matter under advisement while also approving firehose purchase, appointing two regular fire department members, denying sidewalk work, seeking drainage fixes on Prince Street, and planning storm drain ordinance work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargrove Street
William H. File
Herbert Stansbury
File
Clarence Bibb
A. K. Minter
B. F. Goodrich Company
H. A. Sloan
Robert Perdue
Clifford Maynard
Fred Richmond
Prince Street
Richmond
William P. Larew
State Road Commission
Laren
D R Crawford Wounded in Korea
Pic. David R Crawford of MacArthur sustained a spine injuring wound in Korea on Sept 21. From Osaka hospital he wrote his mother Mrs Arlen Crawford that his back should be fine and he expected to be sent home soon. The 21 year old enlisted Aug 15 1949 and trained at Ft Benning before deployment with the 25th Infantry Division. He attended Woodrow Wilson High School prior to enlistment. He is listed as wounded in casualty report 119.
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David R. Crawford
MacArthur
Arlen Crawford
Osaka
Japan
United States
Army
Ft. Benning
Korea
25Th Infantry Division
Woodrow Wilson High School
Crawford
Local Bureau to Set Christmas Hours at Meeting
The Beckley Business Bureau will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Raleigh County Court room. Christmas store hours are expected to be set at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Local Business Bureau
Beckley Business Bureau
Raleigh County
Beckley Man Treated After Auto Accident Nose Injury
Domenick Caponiti, 61, of East Beckley, suffered a nose injury in an automobile crash while returning home from work at Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company in Glen Rogers. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Domenick Caponiti
East Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Caponiti
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Glen Rogers
Acme Construction Wins City Street Contract
Acme Construction Company was awarded the city contract to place sidewalks on E Prince Street Vancey Drive Westwood Drive and Central Avenue and pave Cross Street and Scott Avenue for 73497.75. Westwood Drive is the costliest at 18470.54 with other streets totaling 16138.29 13888.93 9892.93 7945.54 and 7711.72. City Recorder William P. Laren said work would start in about ten days.
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Acme Construction
E. Prince Street
Vancey Drive
Westwood Drive
Central Avenue
Cross Street
Scott Avenue
Vance Drive
William P. Laren
Police Sergeant to Attend School in Dunbar
Police Sergeant Earl Ballangee will represent Beckley’s Police Department at a four week law enforcement officers school at the State Police Academy in Dunbar starting October 23. City funding will cover his expenses. The City Council recently approved sending one officer. A two week program was run in 1946 by the State Department of Public Safety with FBI cooperation.
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Earl Ballangee
Beckley
State Police Academy
Dunbar
Anthony Scalise
Ballangee
State Department of Public Safety
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harper Man Fined On Two Charges
Stuart Cooper of Harper was fined 50 dollars on two charges and given six months more in jail by Magistrate T N Thurman. He faced counts of permitting a drunk to drive and unlawfully carrying a pistol. Russell Miller, also of Harper, was found guilty of driving while drunk and without a license, fined 75 dollars and jailed in default of payment. A Mabscott juvenile waived to the grand jury for bicycle theft and was released after posting 500 dollar bond. Howard Treadway alias Bill Bills was convicted of unlawful entry and trespass at Lillybrook Coal Company bath house and fined 5 dollars. Virgie Lovern of MacArthur was found guilty of trespassing and fined 5 dollars. she was returned to Raleigh County jail for nonpayment.
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Stuart Cooper
Harper
T. N. Thurman
Russell Miller
Thurman
Mabscott
Howard Treadway
Bill Bills
J. P. Meadows
Lillybrook Coal Company
Bath House
Affinity
Virgie Lovern
MacArthur
Meadows
Area Children Undergo Tonsillectomies at Beckley Hospital
Four area children underwent tonsillectomies yesterday at Beckley Hospital. The patients are Larry Sidney Lacek, 2, son of William Lacek of Raleigh. Roger Lee Beckelheimer, 6, son of Roy Beckelheimer of Sprague. Leon Carson Harper, 8, son of Stanley Harper of Stanford. and Meldora J. McClung, 4, daughter of Roy McClung of Beckley.
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Beckley Hospital
Larry Sidney Lacek
William Lacek
Raleigh
Roger Lee Beckelheimer
Roy Beckelheimer
Sprague
Leon Carson Harper
Stanley Harper
Stanford
Meldora J. McClung
Roy McClung
Beckley
Rites Tomorrow For Charles L Neal
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m tomorrow for Charles L Neal 76 of Lewisburg who died at 4 p m yesterday at his sister s home Mrs W P Boggs of Frankford The Calvary Church Richlands will host with Rev L W Rudy and Rev S C Grosecup officiating Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery Death attributed to heart attack Survivors include six sisters Annie Nelson Mrs Boggs Mrs William Walkup Rupert Nelle Alderson Clifton Forge Cecil Brown Beckley Myrtle Neal Lewisburg and four brothers R H Neal Beckley H H Neal Lewisburg Austin Neal Arlington Va Sidney Neal Omaha Neb Body will be removed from Rose Funeral Home to Mrs Boggs residence at 4 p m today Active pallbearers listed.
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Charles L. Neal
Lewisburg
W. P. Boggs
Frankford
Calvary Church
Richlands
Annie Nelson
Boggs
William Walkup
Rupert
Nelle Alderson
Clifton Forge
Cecil Brown
Beckley
Myrtle Neal
R. H. Neal
H. H. Neal
Austin Neal
Arlington, Va
Sidney Neal
Omaha
Neb
Rose Funeral Home
Committee to Seek Amendment Votes
A special committee on the Raleigh County school bond amendment met yesterday to discuss ways to persuade voters to support the measure in the November 7 election. The finance chair reported pledges from the Raleigh County Education Association and Classroom Teachers Association plus the High School Principals and Eccles Parent Teacher Association. A plan to use billboard space and handbills was approved. Retired note: Robert R. Neyland, in 18 years as a football coach, has 143 wins, 23 losses, and 11 ties.
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C. D. Munson
Raleigh County
Mason Anderson
Raleigh County Education Association
Classroom Teachers Association
Eccles Parent Teacher Association
Robert R. Neyland
25 Additional Area Reservists Get Calls to Report for Active Service
Beckley area reservists are ordered to report for active duty on October 25 and 26. The list names 25 personnel with their duty stations at Fort Knox Fort Campbell and Fort Knox again, including ranks from sergeants to privates and home towns such as Quinwood Lewisburg Rainelle Webster Springs Oak Hill and Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley and Vicinity
Ft. Knox, Ky
Henry W. Linkous
Berwind
Glenzil Faulkner
Richwood
Samuel C. Reynolds
Fayetteville
William Jones
Glen Daniel
Robert G. Fitzpatrick
Oak Hill
Mack Hatfield
Hanover
Ray J. Taylor
Princeton
John K. Morrison, Jr
Bartley
Norman E. Buckland
White Labour Springs
Walter J. Fowler
Webster Springs
van A. Miller
Fort Knox
le John S. Crowe
Koda McComs
Layland
Claude B. Smith
Beckwith
James H. Toler
Clear Fork
Thomas J. Brooks
Guvan
Oscar H. Martin, Jr
Mullens
Billy J. Farley
Hinton
Robert R. Francis
Peterstown
Rites Set Tomorrow for Barbara Lee Grass
Graveside services are planned for Barbara Lee Grass infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Grass of Crow at Anderson Cemetery Grandview at 11 a m tomorrow. The newborn died yesterday at 9 30 p m at the residence. The mother is Daphana Isabell Smith. Surviving relatives include maternal grandparents Alton B Smith and his wife of MacArthur. Body to be moved from Keyser Funeral Home to the cemetery shortly before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Lee Grass
William H. Grass
Crow
Anderson Cemetery
Grandview
Daphana Isabell Smith
Alton B. Smith
MacArthur
Keyser Funeral Home
Stotesbury Woman Files $10,000 Suit
Emily Louise Holland of Stotesbury sues Richardson Furniture Co of Sophia in Raleigh County Circuit Court seeking 10000 for alleged auto crash injuries and pistol and shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling. Also listed are arrests for grand larceny and contempt of court. Becket suspect births and local notices follow.
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Stotesbury
Richardson Furniture Company
Sophia
Raleigh County
Emily Louise Holland
O. G. Richardson
Frances Richardson
The
Furniture Company
John Grubb
Howard Burdiss
Sprague
Clarence Farrow
Crab Orchard
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Pet Lee
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Quinwood
Sidney E. Allen
Edward R. Thompson
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Grover F. Thornton
Rainelle
FT. Campbell Ky
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Shady Springs
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MT. Hope
Howard Erskin Illy
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Newspapers
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