Police tests yield thirty six passes at Beckley HQ
Thirty six motorists passed operator's tests at Beckley State police headquarters Tuesday and a similar number with their instruction permits. nine failed the oral exam and nine more failed the oper ational division. Beckley residents listed among those receiving permits include Agnes Rath Trump Evelyn Mitchell Velma Joy Boblett Marian V Hall Joyce Wipperson Helen M Bonham and Thomas William Slater plus many others from East Beckley Crab Orchard Mr Howe Long Branch Lennie Mae Jones Coal City Affinity Etcles Glen Daniel Petty Le Allen MacArthur Iris Bessie Zebrook Rhodell Naomi Ruth Burgess Burnwell Mona Lisa Bardette Oak Hill James Bryan Kinser Lillybrook Icie Pearl Greer Beaver Anette I and Dora Belle Broadnay Ury Paul Edward Humphrey Bax Marie Fink Gray Sophia Everette Jane Elder Sanger Ella Mae Worley MacArthur Anna Frances Williams Glen White Charles Gravely Mabscott Pearl Hughes Lester Freddie Cole Raleigh.
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Beckley State Police Headquarters
Beckley
Agnes Rath Trump
Evelyn Mitchell
Velma Joy Boblett
Marian V. Hall
Joyce Wipperson
Helen M. Bonham
Thomas William Slater
Margaret L. Bly
Theresea M. Durgan
Herbert William Wagner
East Beckley
Robert Eugens Karnes
Claude Spence
Crab Orchard
Clarence Edward Wristion
Maurice Hanes Smith Jr
Mr. Howe
Ralph C. Foose
Long Branch
Lennie Mae Jones
Coal City
Frank Wheeler
Affinity
Donald French Wilson
Etcles
Thomas Brirley
Glen Daniel
Petty le Allen
MacArthur
Iris Bessie Zebrook
Rhodell
City approves purchase of Ridge Ave playground site
Beckley City Council tentatively approves buying a 495 by 150 foot Ridge Ave lot to convert into a four playground. Purchase price 1400 with 960 for improvements, Recreation Board officials say Earl Carter owner to hold property during consideration. Council to inspect before final decision amid local injury report from Layland mine worker.
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Beckley
C. G. Peregoy
James Kessinger
City Recreation Board
Peregoy
Kessinger
Earl Carter
Ridge Ave
Thomas E. Bazzarre
Two-Car Crash on W Neville St Causes $30 Damage
Police reported a two car accident around 6 pm Monday on W Neville Street. Frank Alderson of Calloway Heights had about $3 in damage while Willard Meadows of 117 Clyde Street Beckley sustained roughly $25 in damage.
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W. Neville St
Frank Alderson
Calloway Heights
Willard Meadows
Clyde St
Beckley
United Fund Advance Gifts Kick-Off in Raleigh County
The United Fund for Raleigh County plans a 7:30 pm kick-off meeting at campaign headquarters 336 Prince St. J. E. Sharp, general chairman for the 1953 drive, urges pledgees to attend for supplies and information. Sharp emphasizes the fund’s countywide reach and the collective benefit from all eleven Red Feather agencies.
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United Fund
Raleigh
Advance Gifts Committee
Prince St
J. E. Sharp
iSharp
Red Feather
Sharp
Jeleven Red Feather
Waldo S. la Fon
M. D. Hensley, Jr
C. C. Maples
L. W. Bays
C. Hadel
C. D. Perkins
W. F. Watts
F. W. Meyer
T. L. van Stavern
R. D. Milliran
3. H. White Jr
D. O. Means
G. Hall
C. M. Johnson
R. B. Sigmund
W. B. Conneley
C. C. Darrah
P. B. Earwood
L. C. Gages
B. B. Conken
J. M. Wintz, Jr
E. S. Pugh, Jr
A. 5. Cappellani
R. J. Lucas
J. D.smith
R. A. Hinkley
J. E. Williams
Rural Scout Director Visits Appalachian Units
J H Browne, assistant nations director of scouting for rural communities, visits the Appalachian Council. He works this week in the Wyoming District and Summers County, meeting scouters at the Beckley Hotel and dining with the Wyoming Districts organization and extension committee at the Victory Cafe in Mullens. Charles Stewart of Mullens High School chairs the committee.
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Appalachian Council
J. A. Browne
National
Boy Scout
New York City
Gus F. Walker
Guy Amato
Browne
G. Berk Lynch
Pinty River
Kenneth Mugridge
Pineville
Appalachian
J. H. Browne
Assistant Nations
Walker
Wyoming
Summers County
Council
Beckley Hotel
Wyoming District
Victory Cafe
Mullens
Charles Stewart
Mullens High
Abraham Woman Drowns: Funeral Rites Thursday
Thelma Vance, aged 60 to 64, wife of Harve Vance, was found drowned in the New River near Abraham after heavy drinking and being ferried across. Authorities found no foul play. the body was recovered by Summers County Rescue Squad and forwarded to E. M. Meadows Funeral Home in Hinton. Funeral services are planned for Thursday.
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Thelma Vance
Harve Vance
Abraham
New River
Meadow Creek
E. R. Turner
Summers County
C. B. Garten
Andy Bryson
Raleigh
Grace Brandt
Summers County Rescue
E. M. Meadows
Hinton
J. W. Stokes
Sidewalk Assessment Protested By South Kanawha St. Residents
Residents on South Kanawha Street protest a sidewalk levy approved by Beckley City Council, calling the charges exorbitant and unfair. Speakers cite previous votes against paving and object to high engineering costs while promising legal action if necessary. The council approved the assessment and pledged consideration before plans proceed. A separate fire loss at a Shady Spring sawmill, valued at $10,000, may have been set or caused by a cigarette, with a new mill and truck destroyed and no water available to firefighters.
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Shady Spring
S. A. Farrow
The
Register
Furrow
Farrow
Donald Shelton
Shelton
S. Kana 1
Beckley City
Margaret May Gleason
E. A. Hall
Joe Luchini
Hull Eote
Shooting Victim Files $25,000 Suit
HB S Meadows Jr of Richmond District sues neighbor Meredith Taylor Meador for 25 000 damages over a shooting last Saturday. Meador held for grand jury after pleading not guilty to felonious assault at a hearing before Magistrate Ted Kessinger. Suit filed Tuesday afternoon in Raleigh County Circuit Court by Kermit A Locke attorney for the plaintiff.
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HB. S. Meadows Jr
Richmond
Meredith Taylor Meador
Meador
Ted Kessinger
Raleigh County
Kermit A. Locke
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Boyd P. Gruen
Layland
Beckley Hospital
Parahontas
United Fund For
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New Salem Church
Grover Hedrick
John W. Eye
Edgewood Drive
Wileson
Ben Tissue
Home & Commercial Loans
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Lilly Building
Orkin
Voward Wek
Berman
Fairbanks Ward
Bali
Fairbanks
Wat
Suaramitta
He Greta
UT S
OOS Manila
ORV
Iagoses
Acai 2
Renee
West Virginia
Bermans
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Beckisy
Hotel Hill
Ock Hill
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