Pursuit of Happiness play linked to Azalea Garden Club
Mrs. Joe Keatley of Prince Street backs the Abingdon Barter Theatre production Pursuit of Happiness on October 28. The Beckley resident recalls early Barter shows and notes acquaintance with cast member Bob Porterfield and his aunt Elizabeth Hufford.
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Beckleyan
Joe Keatley
Prince Street
Barter Theatre
Abingdon
Azalea Garden Club
Keatley
Retreat
Baker
Bob Porterfield
Elizabeth Hufford
Porter Players
Beckley
Buker
Education Week Observed by Raleigh County Officials
Education Week to be observed November 7 to 13 with co chair Mason Anderson of Stanaford Elementary and Anderson of Stanaford Top Negro Elementary leading a Raleigh County committee. Members include Clyde Law Cirlsville Elementary principal William B Connoley Trade and Industry School director Mrs Helen B McClung Eccles Junior High teacher Miss Frankie Corley Sylvia Elementary Miss Margaret Sullivan Crab Orchard Elementary and Miss Bess Kate Snyder Daniel Elementary. Assistant superintendents C D Munson and John B Elliott will assist. Plans include extra radio time and window displays by Beckley Business Bureau. The committee will meet one evening at Beckley Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Anderson
T the Stanaford
sand-Caséie Anderson
Stanaford Top
Frankie Corley
Sylvia
Margaret Sullivan
Crab Or
Beckley Junior High School
Marines open Beckley recruiting office in Legion Club
The U S Marines have opened a temporary recruiting station on the third floor of the American Legion Club at 105 South Kanawha Street Beckley first full time post in Beckley says M Sergeant C W Roberts Huntington Station who will be in charge Be all men 17 to 28 may apply 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday Sgt Roberts served in the First Marine Division Peleliu and other Pacific campaigns earning the Victory Medal Asiatic Pacific Medal Bronze Stars a Presidential Unit Citation and multiple service medals The American Legion Post provides the office space free noting no room was available at the Raleigh County post office Beckley courthouse or City Hall for Sgt Roberts to set up prior facilities
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U.S. M Marines
American Legion Club
Kanawha Street
Beckley
C. W. Roberts
Huntington
Ias
Clarence R. Aldridge
Charleston
Roberts
Tams
Fayette County
Themarines
Marine Division
Raleigh County Court House
Beckley City Hall
Snow Thornton
Prince St
Perenne
Renin Soper
North Oakwood
Ridge Avenues
Osrner
Beck
Powel
South Heber Street
Alipio Lona
Stanley St
J. J
Calloway Heights
Arnet Lilly
H. Andrews
Milton Young
Tonawha St
Harvey
Justice & Son
Bondex
Carl Clark
Seslies Plumbing and Heating Co
Slinical
Lair
H.C. Kinzer
Becktey
J. L. Anderson
South Kanawha ST
Robin
Ettc
Jarrell
Dial
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Dial En Classefien
Ohlinger Rites To Be Held Today
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Frances Ohlinger 72 of Char mee are set for today at the Church of the Brethren in Char mee. The Rev HW K Crowder and the Rev J F Forbes will officiate with burial in Jannette Cemetery Lookout. She died at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery after injuries from a fall and a cerebral hemorrhage. Surviving include a granddaughter Mrs Ernestine Stephens, two great grandchildren Clifford Stephens Jr and Donna Jean Bearn, three nieces and other relatives. She was born August 24 1876 at Acme to German natives. She was a member of the Arm ed Methodist church and lived in Charmco for many years.
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Charmcoq
J. F. Forbes
Jannette
Lookout
John Ohlinger
Ernestine Stephens
Clifford Stephens, Jr
Donna Jean Bearn
Wall
Oblinger
Mason City
Ohio
Ohlinger
Ernest S Treager
Acme
Germany
Armed Methodist Church
Charmco
Rites Conducted For Logan F Bell
Funeral services for Logan Fleming Bell 82 retired Gilboa farmer were held at 10:30 a.m. in Gilboa Church with Rev J E Brown officiating. Burial is in Winebrenner Cemetery at Drennen. Survived by son James Grafton Gilboa and four daughters Bessie Swindler Huntington Dainty Bias Huron Ohio Fred Johnson Logan.
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Summersville
Logan Fleming Bell
Gilboa
J. E. S Brown
Drennen
James
Grafton
Bessie Swindler
Circuit Court jurors drawn for November term Raleigh County
Circuit Court jurors for November were drawn by Jury Commissioners Isaac Mc Kinney and Brooks Adair. About 100 men from Beckley and surrounding communities were named to report for the November 15 term, with the circuit court convening November 8.
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Isaac McKinney
Brooks Adair
Raleigh County
Circuit Court
C. Lake Allen
C. M. Allen
Herbert Alley
Frank R. Baker
Willis W. Bowyer
Henry C. DuBois
Percy M. Epling
Sidney Fink
Gerald Fleshman
Harry W. Gilbert
A.C. Givens
R. C. Hornbrook
Robert D. Kemp
Kyle Kinker
Jesse J. Lamb
Darrell W. Lowe
J. W. Malcolm
J. L. Merrilees
Estle T. Miller
Ernest Mitchell
C. C. Mudheren
W. G. McMillian
James FE. Otto
Denzil Palmer
BE. Russell Parsons
Zach A. Petty
Jay Philpott
William Pilkington
1. BE. Pruett
Nicholas Rahal
O. B. Richond
Silas Richmond
Paul J. Robertson
Henry C. Smith
Erry W Smith
James P. Spangler
E. T
Stromp
J. We ‘Taylor
J. S. Yorbert
Lacy S. Trump
Herman l L. Tucker
Beckley
Waymond Accord
Bell
Elgie Ballard
Sophia
George Brock
D. M. Brown
Arnett G. W. Burdette
Pines View
Jack Burgess
Cranberry
T Calloway
Glen Daniels
W. S. Carter
Crab Orchard
Jim Cook
Mabscott
Joe Davis
Robert Elliott
Glen Daniel
Azel Fartes
Dry Creek
Lon Fink
Glen White
Estell Pacrow
Walter Furrow
Shady Springs
Charles G. Gwynn
Coal City
Carl Times
OES Conference Reported at Meet in Fayetteville
Fayet teville Chapter 115, Order of the Eastern Star, heard a report by Mrs. Vida Henderson on a grand chapter meeting at Wheeling. Mrs. Eim a Campbell was named worthy grand matron. Membership stood at 21 771 on July 1 1947 with a net gain of 1437 for the year ending 1948. Next grand chapter session scheduled for October 1949 in Clarksburg. Visitor Mrs. Lorena Jenson from Peoria Illinois attended, mother of Mary Wilson, others listed among attendees.
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Register
Fayetteville
Wheeling
Vida Henderson
Order of the Eastern Star
Henderson
Eimma Campbell
Davis
Clarksburg
Lorena Jenson
Peoria
Ilinois
Mary Wilson
Leni Wisevanan
Allie Amick
Ellen Gravely
Minnice Beckelheimer
Dick Rule
Ethel Wickline
Gertrude Ayers
Hattie Wilson
Vidal Henderson
Earl Seay
Lucile Hodkins
Mayvoreen Nutter
Nellie Cottle
Reba Hager
Sarepta Huff
Maggie Wilson
Clara Dooley
Ethel Wick=line
Ete Bennett
Ella Sprouse
Margaret Riz
Irene Underwood
George Moreau
Mildred Holliday
Edna Shuck
Madge Ryan
Gladys Katy
J. Alfred Taylor
Leslie Decker
Patsy Leighton
Building Permits Issued for Garage and Home on City Streets
Sutphin of Laren Street received a permit from the City Recorder for a one car garage. Loomis J. Meadows was granted a permit for a five room frame house on Jennings Street at a cost of $6,000.
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Paris
Sutphin
Laren Street
City Recorder
Loomis J. Meadows
Jennings Street
State Benefits of SS Reach 7 Million Annually in West Virginia
Figures from the Social Security Administration show 33 071 old age and survivors benefits paid monthly in West Virginia as of June 30 1918. Breakdown includes 10 861 wage earners 270 531 3 273 aged wives 11 457 13 823 minor children 178 550 1 767 aged widows 23 835 3 129 widows under 65 with minors 62 255 and 218 dependent parents 2 861. For 1947 48 lump sum payments totaled 312 000 to 2 000 persons, and annual benefits exceed 7 000 000 with growth as more reach 65. Beckley office serves Raleigh Summers and Monroe Counties.
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Social Security Administration
West Virginia
Roger Brown
Beckley Field Office
Brown
West
Landlords face new hardship rules under 1948 Rent Act
The Housing and Rent Act of 1948 introduces a simplified short form for small landlords with four or fewer rental units to seek justified hardship adjustments without proving loss receipts. Landlords may base petitions on taxes or any added expense items, with evidence from bills and tax records, covering fuel taxes utilities and insurance. The revised process allows projected current year expenses while projecting income, and considers units under voluntary leases in Bluefield when assessing adjustments.
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Bluefield
Draftees May Be X-Rayed At Sanitarium Nearby
Capt James C. Mathis of the Heckley Army and Air Force Recruiting station says selectees may receive lung X-rays at Pinecrest Sanitarium if local facilities at Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association in the Memorial Building are overburdened. He notes a 10 passenger carry-all could transport men from Beckley to the sanitarium, with examinations continuing here or at Pinecrest for an indefinite period. Frances Coleman of the Raleigh County TB and Health Association expects to keep X-raying those examined for the army.
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Pinecrest
James C. Mathis
Heckley Army and Air Force
Raleigh County, Tuberculosis and Health Association
Memorial Building
Mathis
Army and
Air Force
Beckley
Frances Coleman
Raleigh County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Army
Huffman Child to Be Buried Today
Funeral services for Jerry Randolph Huffman three weeks old son of Roy D Huffman and wife of Shady Spring will be at 2 p m today at Oak Grove Church with Rev L A Garlen officiating. Burial follows in Oak Grove Cemetery. Survived by maternal grandparents Walter Underwood and wife of Shady Spring and paternal grandmother Mary Frances Huffman of Creamery.
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Jerry Randolph Huffman
Roy D. Huffman
Shady Spring
L. A. Garlen
Oak Grove
Walter Underwood
Mary Frances Hulfiman
Creamery
Raleigh County Retail Gasoline Dealers Form New Association
W C Larrimore was elected president of the newly organized Raleigh County Retail Gasoline Dealers Association at Leslie's Diner. Twenty three dealers attended the meeting to organize. Other officers are Ted Carney as president and C C Stowers as secretary treasurer. G Lee Massey S B Boley and M G Smith also attended representing the Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of West Virginia. AERC members planned to meet November 9. Also noted is the opening of a grocery store by Mrs Tita Parolari in Friendly View and a hunting trip by Mr and Mrs Quintin Barrett in Greenbrier County.
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W. C. Larrimore
Raleigh County Retail Gasoline Dealers Association
Leslie's
Ted Carney
Price
C. C. Stowers
G. Lee Massey
S. B. Boley
M. G. Smith
Retail Gasoline Dealers Association of
West Virginia
Register
Pay Creek
Tita Par‘olari
Groce ‘Ery
Friendly View
Quintin Barrett
Greenbrier County
Louis J Meadows Granted Building Permit for Five Room Frame House
Louis J Meadows received a building permit from the Office of City Recorder for a five room frame house valued at six thousand dollars. The notice appears in the classified display section of the paper.
Thomas 8 Bare Dies Rites Today
Thomas Benton Bare 36 died suddenly at his Union area home after a brief illness. Rites will be at 2 30 p m today at St Johns Church near Salt Sulphur Springs with Rev L D Candler officiating. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Bare was a state auditor on leave and a lifelong Rock Camp Baptist. Survived by wife Sue Hayes Bare a son Thomas Benton Bare Jr mother Mrs J O Bare and sister Mrs Sterling Bare of Ronce verte.
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Wester Union
Thomas Benton Bare
Union
St.John's Church
Salt Sulphur Springs
L. D. Candler
Bare
Rock Camp
Colcord PTA Plans Carnival at School
Colcord PTA outlines carnival and activities to raise funds for Colcord Elementary School improvements. Executive committee met at Sadie Cantley’s home to plan. Program committee to meet at Mary Stover’s home on Thursday night Oct 21 to finalize the year’s programs and entertainment. All interested invited.
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Colcord Pta
Register
Colcord
Parent- Teacher's Association
Sadie Cantley
Mary Stover
P.T.A
Funeral Notices from Kilsyin and Shady Spring
Obituaries for Herman Watson Sears age 7 of Kilsyin and Jerry Randolph Aufeman Huffman age 3 weeks of Shady Spring note burial at Highlawn Memorial Park Oak Grove Cemetery and Pike Grove Cemetery with Tyree Keyser and Caffee Funeral Homes handling arrangements. Belle Bailey age 80 of Glen Daniel dies in hospital. services at Coal Marsh Baptist Church with burial at Pike Grove Cemetery.
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Sears Sears
Herman Watson
Kilsyin
Tyree Funeral Home
Tyree Fieral Home
Amos Orrison
Highlawn Memorial Park
Pax Church of Christ
Aufeman
Huffman
Jerry Randolph
Roy D. Huffman
Shady Spring
Walter Underwood
Hey. J. A. Garlen
Oak Grove Cemetery
Keyser Funeral Home
Bailey
Caffee
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
Virgil Harvey
Doff Harvey
Pike Grove
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Peggy. Kessinger
J. W. Lambec
Mount Hope
W. C. Ward
al Hieidrome
Lambert
Jeff
Concord College
Athens
Father
Pen Carney
T. R. Carney
Granville Avenue
Jack Lawler
Connecticut
Concord
Concord Players
Ernest Mann
Mrs. Mann
Jace Spadaro
Munn
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Jack
Thelma Boyd
Mary Kathryn Mann
Patsy Mann
Spadaros
Europe
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Neville Street
Nell Jaffe
New York City
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Switzerland
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Holland
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Mount Hope Lions Club
Tvan Shumate
Garland Potter
Potter
Marine
Legion Club
Logan F. Bell
OES
AERC
Louis J. Meadows
Office of
Thomas
Duncan
Calron
Sip
Associated Press
New York
Franco Giorgetti
Kingsbridge Armory
St. Francis Hospital
Jersey City
N. J
Rocky Graviano
Dom Youbella
Poughkeepsie
Fordham University
United States
Boca
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Cba
Hose
Ate-West
Mbs
Ibs-West
Abe
Cbs
Abe Lowell Thomas
Hopper Clap
Ate-Basic
Beulah
Abe Fulton
Abe Jack Smith
Ebs
Gildersleeve
Lilly Rose
Tbs
Milton Berle
Abe Garrel Heatter
Sto Janes Melton
Thoucho Marx
Abe Evra
Abe-West
Hom Honuments
Sears Monument Co
Charleston Beckley
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
Robert C. Egnor
W. Va
Fiorisia
Wright
NORGE
Lowe Brothers Electric Co
Ceslie's Plumbing and Heating Co
Cremens
General Electric
Nixon Furniture Co_ Dial
Beckely Sy
Norge Kellyvinator
Westinghouse
Crossey Call Hager
Vine St
Dia
John W. Eye
West Neville ST
Kanawsa ST
Mc_Clare Street
Cone Tract
Geo
Scarborough
Sal
Resoco
Campion Construction Co
Amigo
Fisher’s Flowers
Prince ST. — Dial
Sreenhouse
St.hofere
Eee Pen Fox
Houchins Meg
Glass & Mirrob CO
South Oakwood
City Ave
DEAL
Radice Cab Company
South Fayette Street
Chevrolet Motors
Lewis Chevrolet CO
Neville St
Stover
Motor Co
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