Midway Smokeless Coal Co modernizes mine near Fireco
Three Raleigh County men purchase the Midway Smokeless Coal Co near Fireco and launch modernization to boost production from about 100 to 156 tons daily. New owners E Noonecaster president J M Jessup vice president and H D Tucker secretary treasurer bring combined decades in mining. Upgrade includes opening a new drift mouth, replacing two ponies with an electric locomotive, upgrading power with a 90 kilowatt diesel generator, and upgrading equipment to haul coal to the Lillybrook processing line. A community note highlights Girl Scouting in Raleigh County with camp notes and a leadership training ceremony for new volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midway Smokeless Coal Co
Fireco
Sophia Co
Raleigh County
E Noonecaster
J. M. Jessup
Pocahontas No. 4
West Virginia
Big Stick
United States
France
Germany
Baileywood
Mac Alpin
Winding Gulf
Mrs. Myrtle Marks Dead at 60 in Mt Hope
Mrs Myrtle Marks 60 of Mt Hope died Sunday after a two day illness from a heart attack at the home of her daughter Mrs Lawrence Angle. Funeral services will be Tuesday at Mt Hope Baptist Temple with Rev Clarence Figgatt officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park Oak Hill. Survived by daughter Mrs Angle another daughter Mrs Wayne Farrow Cedar Grove three brothers B B Bryant Richmond Val D D Huntington and W Logan. Body moved from Thomas Funeral Home Oak to the Angle residence then to church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Hope
Myrtle Marks
Lawrence Angle
Mt. Hope” Baptist Temple
Clarence Figgatt
High Lawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Summers County
Hinton
Angle
Wayne Farrow
Cedar Grove
B. B. Bryant
Richmond
Val
Huntington
Logan
Thomas Funeral
Oak
Bill
Mrs Booth Heads Affinity PTA
Mrs Paul Booth will serve as president of the Affinity Parent Teacher Association for 1952 53 term. Other officers elected include Mrs Buck Moody vice president Mrs Jane White secretary treasurer and Mrs Fred M Meadows publicity chairman. Plans for a Halloween carnival to be held at the school Friday also were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Booth
Affinity Parent- Teacher Association
Buck Moody
Jane White
Fred M. Meadows
Kitchen
Margaret Meadows
Alvin Cochran
Ruth Wiseman
Ira Howell
Arlie Stamper
Richard Jolly
Tte
Steve Harrison
George Reid
Verlin Walker
Major Gay Heads To Robbins Air Force Base Georgia
Major Wayaite J. Gay, long time at Beckley Army and Air Force Recruiting Station, departs for the 14th Headquarters at Robbins Air Force Base Macon Georgia. He will visit his wife and three daughters in Tennessee before reporting to the new base. Born Milton he enlisted in 1939 and earned Air Force wings two years later. He served overseas by 1944 and piloted C-54s during the Berlin Air Lift. Previously a recruiter at Richmond Virginia, he spent 26 months at Beckley before moving on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayaite J. Gay
Army and Air Force
Beckley
Robbins Air Force Base
Macon
Gay
Beckey Station
Tennessee
Signal Corps
W. J. Gay
Berlin
Milton
Mrs Cynthia Lilly Dies at 82 in Charleston Funeral
Mrs Cynthia Jane Lilly 82 of Charleston died at her home Saturday night. Funeral services are set for 2 p m today at Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Carl Lilly, burial in the family cemetery near Spanishburg. She was born at Flat Top and was sister to A A Lilly of Charleston and C Lilly of Bluefield. She was widow of two husbands Senator T H Lilly of Hinton and Bee Lilly of Flat Top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Jane Lilly
Charleston
Flat Top Primitive Baptist Church
Carl Lilly
Glen Rogers
Lilly
Cunningham Chapel
Spanishbourg
Flat Top
A. A
Abe” Lilly
C. Lilly
Bluefield
T. H. Lilly
Hinton
Bee Lilly
Coffee Condemned As Underweight by Federal Division
Nearly 4,000 pounds of unbranded coffee distributed in Raleigh and nine nearby counties have been condemned as underweight by the U.S. Pure Food and Drug Division. Inspector Charles W. Delaney said the coffee is stored in a Beckley warehouse and will be moved only by Pure Food agents. The coffee, which appeared on grocers’ shelves about three weeks ago, was tested for purity and found unadulterated. merchants holding it have been allowed to offer it for sale after governmental inspection orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy
Beckwith
Troop 22
Court House
Pinecrest
England
United States
Juliette Low
Savannah
America
Raleigh
U. S. Pure Food and Drug Division
Charles W. Delaney
Beckley
Department of Labor
Pure Food Division
Delaney
Safety meeting at Raleigh County Courthouse sponsored by WV Motor Truck Assn
A safety meeting will be held Wednesday at 7 30 pm in the criminal courtroom of the Raleigh County Courthouse under the sponsorship of the West Virginia Motor Truck Association. Major R W Boyles of the Department of Public Safety Charleston will speak, with Harold Gainer and R J Lucas presenting and showing the film A Day in Court by the American Truck Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
R. W. Boyles
Department of Public Suet
Charleston
Harold Gainer
R. J. Lucas
American Truck Association
Services Held for Bailey Infant at Basin Cemetery
Graveside services were held yesterday for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Peyton Bailey of Amigo at Lewis Graham Cemetery Basin. The child was stillborn Saturday at Wyoming General Hospital. Surviving include two brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peyton Bailey
Amigo
Lewis Graham
Basin
Wyoming General Hospital
Demo Rallies Set In Raleigh County
County candidates will appear at a series of Democratic rallies leading to the Nov 4 election. Norman Knapp heads the speakers bureau announcing 7:20 p.m. start times for rallies in Price Hit Monday Shady Spring Thursday Edwight Elliott High School Oct 24 Clear Creek Tue Oct 22 Pettus Wed Oct 29. Special music will be included at all rallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Knapp
Price
Shady Spring
Edwight
Elliott High School
Clear Creek
Pettus
Two Men Transferred to Huntington for Trial
Two men were moved today from the Raleigh County Jail to Huntington to await trial in the Southern District Federal Court. Deputy U.S. Marshal W. W. Thompson from Ronceverte brought in Fred Crutchfield, 22, Bluefield, arrested for theft and forgery in a government check cashing scheme, and Thomas Neely, 19, Pipe Stein, charged with chair theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Huntington
Southern District
W. W. Thompson
U.S. Marshall
Ronceverte
Fred Crutchfield
Bluefield
Thomas Neely
Pipestein
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covel
Wyoming County
E. E. Nooncaster
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Monticello
Lee Coal Company
Stotesbury No
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Afinity
Navy Yard
Baltimore
Midway Smokeless
HK. D. Tucker
Raugers
Killarney
Midway
Lillybrook
Lillybrook Coa Company
United Fund of
Gect
Evelyn
Ruth
Velma
Helen
Mrs. Marks
Mrs. Booth
Affinity Pta
John Wirtz
Beckley Motor Co
Wirtz
Georgia
Stanley Howarth
Will Tianal
Camp Pickett
New River
Mnoon
White Oak Country
Oak. Hill
Rece
Bailey Infant
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company of
Gibson
John W. Eye
W. Neville St
Beckley Insulation Co
Purity Maid
Encne
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