Minter to Tackle Drainage Complaints This Week
City Street Commissioner A K Minter will investigate sewer and storm drain blockages over the next two weeks after multiple complaints at last night’s council meeting. Residents report sewer stoppage on Clyde Street and water runoff flooding Whitestick and G streets, with a blocked culvert and undersized lines cited as causes.
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A. K. Minter
Winnie ‘Hearn
Clyde Street
W. A. Burke
Minter
Burke
Hear
Williams Street
Whitestick Street
Larew
Elmer Davis
Thomas Henry
G” Street
Henry
William M. Shanklin
Laurel Terrace
H. A. Sloan
Frank Dunbar
Lumberman Seeks Permit to Convert Shed into Lumber Room
A. L. Rohrer of Hill-Rohrer Lumber Co. asked the City Council to permit converting an open shed behind his office into a lumber room for winter kiln drying. The city recorder noted that any commercial building in the fire zone must have an eight inch masonry wall. Rohrer argued masonry walls would cause moisture. The council took the matter under advisement.
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A. L. Rohrer
Hill-Rohrer Lumber Company
Rohrer
William P. Laren
Laren
Local Office Reports 1889 Vets Aid And Requests
A September report by Roy I. Smith deputy director of the West Virginia Department of Veteran Affairs details 2251 people aided and 797 interviews across local and regional offices in Oak Hill Fayetteville Whitesville and Gauley Bridge. Retroactive pay 7991.04 and monthly veterans benefits total 1889 were recorded along with 466 phone calls 759 letters and memos and six disability claims reopened. Seven veterans sought admission to a general medical hospital eight asked for medical treatment and seven for dental work.
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Roy I. Smith
West Virginia
Smith
Veterans Affairs Office
General Medical Hospital
Injuries Reported After Hand Injury in Beckley
Harry Leftwich age 35 of East Beck ley Negro was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for an injured right hand.
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Harry Leftwich
East Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Four County Nurses Attend State Meeting in Wheeling
Four Raleigh County nurses plan to attend the 43rd annual meeting of the West Virginia State Nurses Association in Wheeling from Thursday to Saturday. Travelers Beirne Canterbury Helena Williams and Roy Graybeal will join sessions at Grant LUWILI and at the convention. Mississippi Hartson of Raleigh County Health Department also expects to attend the opening Thursday session.
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Raleigh County
West Virginia State Nurses’ Association, Inc
Wheeling
Fairmont
Beirne Canterbury
Helena Williams
Roy Graybeal
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Grant
Lenda L. Neininger
Post Convention Board
Ghent PTA Plans Saturday Carnival
Ghent Par ent-Teacher Association will sponsor a carnival and box supper Saturday night at the school to raise funds for books for the library. The plan was set at Thursday’s meeting led by president A. T. Lilly with devotion by Rev. Wilmer Lilly. Committee reports followed as Mrs. Winton Canaday was named refreshment chair. About 50 people were served by Mrs. Sherman Shumate and others.
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Ghent
Parent-Teacher Association
D. C. Meadows
A. T. Lilly
Wilmer Lilly
Winton Canaday
Sherman Shumate
Cleve Meadows
Merle Meadows
Mary Meadows
Four Men Receive Work Injuries At Beckley Hospital
Four area men were released from Beckley Hospital Monday after injuries in separate accidents. Stewart E. Goodwin 30 of MacArthur worker for Gulf Mining at Crab Orchard injured right foot. William Wallace Jones 29 East Beckley colored employed by Raleigh-Wyoming Mining at Edwight treated for eye injury. Harry Scott 26 East Beckley colored employed by New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal at Layland treated for left eye injury from Oct 2. Pete Caul year old colored from Tams treated for chest injuries, employed by E C Minter Coal at Wyco.
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Beckley Hospital
Stewart E. Goodwin
MacArthur
Gulf Mining Company
Crab Orchard
William Wallace Jones
East Beckley
Raleigh-Wyoming Mining Company
Edwight
Harry Scott
New River
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Layland
Pete Caul
Tams
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Wyco
Draft Exam Notices List 92 Raleigh County Men
Mississippi State and Mississippi have met 46 times on the football field, with State winning 24 and Ole Miss 20. Two were ties.
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Mississippi State
Mississippi
Executive PTA Board Meeting Sets Committees
Earl Hutchinson former Cranberry Elementary PTA president will chair a 3 p.m. meeting with his executive board to appoint committees. Kenneth Tyree and Janet Snyder join Hutchinson. 114 members voted to relocate playground equipment from Skelton and Cranberry to the new school and to hold meetings on the second Monday each month.
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Earl Huchinson
Parent
Cranberry
Hutchinson
Kenneth Tyree
Janet Snyder
Skelton
Marine Lance Corporal Wounded in Japan
Cpl. L. E. Cumiford, son of Mrs. Stella Hart of Beckley, is hospitalized in Japan with a bullet wound to the left foot. He enlisted at 17, served in China, studied at Beckley College, and rejoined the Marines in August 1949. He was sent to Japan late August 1950 with the First Marine Division.
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L. E. Cumiford
Stella Hart
Beckley
Japan
Cumsford
Marine Corps
China
Beckley College
Marines
First Marine Division
iLocal Hospital Burgeons with Patients in Beckley
Beckley’s iLocal Hospital reports record patient load with 196 patients currently, surpassing previous high. Business Manager P M Pierson notes space fully utilized and 192 patients being cared for yesterday, an all-time peak past 180.
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Beckley Hospital
P. M. Pierson
Quesenberry Funeral Set at 2 p.m. Today
Final rites were to be held at 2 p.m. today at the Keyser Funeral Home Chapel for William Emory Quesenberry, 68, of 104 Nathan Street. He died at 10:15 p.m. Monday at a residence. The Rev. Gerald Lamb would officiate and burial was planned for Woodlawn Cemetery. Local firemen responded Monday night with a resuscitator but failed to revive him. Death attributed to a heart condition.
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Keyser Funeral
William Emory Quesenberry
Nathan Street
Monay
Gerald Lamb
Wildwood Cemetery
Quesenberry
Civil Service Jobs Open for Examiner Post Now
The Fourth U S Civil Service Region announces a probational appointment exam for organization and methods examiner with salaries from 3825 to 4600 yearly No written test is required Applicants will be rated solely on experience and education in their applications Applications must be in by Oct 25.
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Civil Service
U. S. Civil Service Region
Grove Street Paving Petition Brought to City Council
Frank Williams and three Grove Street residents presented a petition to pave West Virginia Street. The group cited washdown onto Grove Street when it rains and difficult travel. Four property owners exist on the street, one signed. Council weighed winter travel safety and grade. a site inspection was ordered with the street taken under advisement.
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West Virginia Street
Frank Williams
Grove Street
Williams
Beaver Avenue
West Virginia
Elmer Davis
AA Invites Public To Meeting Tonight
An Alcoholics Anonymous official announced an open meeting at the Memorial Building tonight at 8 o clock. The principal speaker will be a former Beckleyan, and the public is encouraged to learn more about the organization that has given many people renewed life.
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Memorial Building
Beckleyan
U S Printing Office Jobs Open in Washington DC
Full information and application forms from the United States Civil Service Commission local secretary Henry Kent for book binder and printer hand compositors. Pay ranges from 2.34 to 2.43 dollars an hour with most jobs at Government Printing Office Washington DC. No written test required. Applications due by October 31. Kent reachable at Beckley Post Office.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Henry Kent
Government Printing Office
Washington, D. C
Commission
Washington
Kent
Beckley Post Office
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McKeel Evangelistic Party of Tennessee
Assembly OF God
Valley Drive
W. VA
J. E. Rasnake
Aubrey QO. Smith
Beckley Organized Reserve Corps Armory
Robert Mann
Robert E. Smith
Robert Looney
Howard Lee Green
Sundial
Calvin Adkins
Sophia
Atton L. Nickell
Joe Asbury
Eunice
Charles M. Perdue
Ernest A. Hutchins
Thurmond C. Keen
Whitby
Hugh L Peck
Broley W. Simins
Rhodell
Ira M. Bailey
Jdr
William G. Roman
June Alexander
John C. Covey
Surveyor
Chester C. Tankersby
Coal City
John K. Conner
Crow
Chester H. Foley
Eddie C. Altice
Glen White
Clyde L. West
Raleigh
Theodore M. Lacy, Jr
Mazey
Jack D. Clemons
Doyle B. Davis
E. Beckley
Jimmie R. Farmer
Eccles
Robert E. Dinkler
Junior E. Pate
Victor
PTA
iLocal Hospital
Beckley Newspapers
Broadcasting Service
Grove St
West Virginia St
Clarence Bibb
U. S
Valley Bell
Bey
Aristorcrat
Heath Aunane
Ives
R. E. Mann
Main St
Health Insurance Corp
Baltwaore, Maryland
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America
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General Federation of Women’s Clubs
American Farm Bureau Federation
National Grange Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Conference of Catholic Charities
American Protestant Hospital Association
American Legion National Association of Small Business Men
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Retail Grocers
National Retail Dry Goods Association
American Bar Association
Doctors
American Medical Association
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