Paving of Hargrove Street and Sewer Ordinance on Tonight’s Agenda
City Council meets at City Hall at 7 30 p m with A K Minter reporting estimated blacktop costs for Hargrove Street and William H File presenting a storm drain sewer ordinance. The council will consider tapping permits with no fee but require a permit before taps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargrove Street
A. K. Minter
Beckley Street
City Council
City Hall
William H. File
File
University Professor To Visit Area Schools
Prof Francisco Herrera of West Virginia University will visit eight area high schools from Oct 30 to Nov 3 as part of a third annual university counseling tour. He will discuss college courses campus life and other topics with seniors at Woodrow Wilson Sophia Stoco Pineville Mark Twain Marsh Fork Clear Fork and Trap Hill high schools. He holds bachelor and master degrees and has authored several romance languages articles.
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Francisco Herrera
West Virginia University
Woodrow Wilson
Sophia
Stoco
Pineville
Mark Twain
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Trap Hill
The
University
Herrera
West Virginia
Teen Agers Elect Board to Oversee Recreation Room
A six member teen age board was chosen to supervise the Beckley Recreation Building lounge. Tom Knight chairs with Patsy Sullivan Joan Waddell Jack Smith Robert Manning and John Tanner as members. A name contest will be announced later and a request for used furniture and reading material was discussed to improve the lounge.
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Beckley Recreation Building
Ted Cook
Tom Knight
Patsy Sullivan
Joan Waddell
Jack Smith
Robert Manning
John Tanner
Cook
Witness Mistakes Cop For Culprit in Case
In Police Court Patrolman Lonnie Price was mistaken for the liquor seller during the Roscoe Waddell trial. The witness pointed to Price amid laughter, and Waddell was found guilty but appealed the verdict.
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Lonnie Price
Roscoe Waddell
Sprague
Anthony Scalise
Patrolman Price
Waddell
Slab Fork Scouts To Have Outing
Slab Fork District scout units will hold a Friday to Saturday camporee at Tams Mountain directed by John Kalasky Stotesbury camp and activities chairman. UNIT LEADERS and boys from Sophia Slab Fork Amigo Rhodell East Gulf Lillybrook Whitby Pemberton Stotesbury and Highcoal are expected to attend.
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Tams Mountain
Slab Fork
John Kalasky
Stotesbury
Sophia
Amigo
Rhodell
East Gulf
Lillybrook
Whitby
Pemberton
Highcoal
Cincinnati Scout Knepper to Address Appalachian Dinner
Howard B. Knepper from Cincinnati Ohio will be principal speaker at the Appalachian Council annual meeting. Deputy regional director Knepper is set to speak to 100 to 150 scouters at the 6 30 p m dinner in First Methodist Church.
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Cincinnati
Howard B. Knepper
Appalachian Council
Knepper
First Methodist Church
Handbills Explain Bond Amendment in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County school bond amendment campaign expanded with 25 000 handbills prepared for distribution. The leaflets state the amendment does not raise taxes but allows future votes on more school buildings due to overcrowding and rising birth rates. Principals will oversee distribution to students who take them home to parents, with car stickers and billboard posters also in use.
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Raleigh County
Sophia High Names 1950 Class Officers
Sophia High School announces 1950 senior officers led by president James Cirer son of Mrs Mary Cirer who also plays football and serves on the 4 H and Sophian staff. Senior officers include Jack Gearhart as vice president Merle Denny as secretary treasurer Jimmy Phillips as sergeant at arms and Judith Lusk as reporter. Junior class president is Charles Walker former football manager with Jewell Hartson as vice president Patsy Basham as secretary Virginia Brewer as treasurer and Arden Wilson as sergeant at arms.
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James Cirer
Mary Cirer
Sophia High School
Cirer
Onward
Walker
Jewell Hartson
Patsy Basham
Virginia Brewer
Arden Wilson
Infantile paralysis hits 30 cases this year
A fifth case reported yesterday to the Raleigh County Health Department raises the annual total to 30. Judy Meadows five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Emmitt Meadows of East Gulf was stricken and sent to Morris Memorial Hospital at Milton for treatment.
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Raleigh County Health Department
Judy Meadows
Emmitt Meadows
East Gulf
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Planning and Zoning approves Raleigh Sub-Division
Pine Lodge Addition Planning and Zoning Commission approves Raleigh Sub-Division after review of sewers streets and right of way provisions. Unanimous vote allows subdivision and related building sites on Lot 20 and Lot 1. Also OKs Pine Lodge Addition Calloway Height and Ebenezer Church plan with Pure Oil station plot tentatively approved.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Raleigh
Pine Lodge
W. T. Lilly
Grady Morgan
Lilly Land Company
Okeh
Beckley
Lilly
Ebenezer Negro Baptist Church
J. O. Freeman
S. Fayette Street
Pure Oil Company
Truman Street
Cooper Funeral Rites for Mrs. B. M. Cooper Held at Johns Town Road
Final rites for Mrs. B. M. Cooper aged 90 will be at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Johns Town Road Baptist Church. She died Monday at 718 Johnstown Road after a long illness. Interment is in Wildwood Cemetery with grandsons as pallbearers. Surviving are three daughters, a son, four stepsons, a stepdaughter and many relatives. The body was moved from Rose Funeral Home to Mrs Martin's home yesterday.
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Johnstown Road Baptist Church
B. M. Cooper
Johnstown Road
Everett Shafer
Wildwood Cemetery
Raleigh County
Floyd County
Lester McAlexander
Beckley Drug Store
Mt. View
Lacy Trump
C. P. Martin
Hester M. Cole
Beckley
Craig Cooper
Medford
Ore
Charles A
Hinton
John E
Mount Carbon
Green F
Huntington
T. R. Cooper
Sarah Mills
Jumping Branch
Rose Funeral Home
Martin
South
Kanawha Street
Beckley Mabscott Chest Leaders Plan Clean-Up
Beckley Mabscott Community Chest leaders announced a two week clean-up campaign to raise 22110 more dollars to hit the 29573 goal for 1950 51. Industrial committee reported 2615 raised, expecting 2500 more. Women workers totals ranged from 414 76 to 25 with others not started yet.
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Beckley-Mabscott
C. Marshall Johnston
Industrial and Manufacturing Committee
Johnston
C. S. Bepler
Beckley
Carl Wood
Mabscott Women’s Drive
W. M. Kessel
Raleigh General Admits Three for Observation
Three area women were admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Monday for medical treatment and observation. They are Mrs. Comer Gray of Oak Hill Mrs. Mike Rubin of Coal City and Mrs. Donald Mann of Raven Cliff.
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Raleigh General Hospital
Comer Gray
Oak Hill
Mike Rubin
Coal City
Donald Mann
Ravencliff
Governor to Accept Ells Vows Tomorrow
Governor Okey L. Patteson will be initiated into the Beckley lodge of Elks in a father and son class. District Deputy Lawrence Pruett will visit Beckley, speak on grand lodge activities, and preside over a 6 p.m. dinner honoring Pruett with lodge chairmen.
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Okey L. Patteson
The
Beckley Lodge of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Rite WaAnecdis
Patteson
Lawrence Pruett
Beaver
Lodge
Beckley Group
Grand Lodge
Pruett
Elks
West Virginia
Lewisburg
Hinton
Princeton
Bluefield
Williamson
Charleston
Huntington
Beckley
Five Guilty In Illegal Whiskey Sales Case
Police Court Judge Anthony Sparacino found James Young of 400 G Street guilty of sale and possession of moonshine whiskey. Four other defendants arrested Saturday night were convicted. three appealed. Bets, Thomas, and Cox each fined 50 dollars plus costs. Wad dell fined 150. Several others forfeited bonds or posted appeals.
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James Young
G” Street
Anthony Sparacino
Young
Sparacino
James Perdue
Fifth Avenue
Myrtle Betts
Antonio Avenue
Frances Thomas
Sour Street
Junior Cox
G Street
Roscoe Waddell
Sprague
Cox
Dave Aldridge
South Fayette Street
Orren Thompson
Lafatte Hotel
Lucille Napper
Mabscott
Edwight PTA Carnival Planned for Oct 28
Edwight Elementary School hosts a Halloween carnival on October 28 organized by the Parent Teacher Association. Activities include games such as dart throwing bingo and cake walk plus a cake guessing stand and the crowning of a king and queen with student contestants listed by grade. Refreshments will be available.
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Edwight Elementary
Victor Gabony
Janie Adams
Freddie Long
Louise Sifers
James Scott
Dottie Sheets
Robert Belcher
Trusby Neece
Roger Brooks
Sue Woods
Douglas Parson
Pebble Green
Two Suits Filed In Circuit Court
Alta Erskine seeks 3000 in damages from Atwell-Catron Motor Co Inc for injuries after a company truck struck her on Oct 6 on Prince Street. Edith Marie Adkins Dickens Claudette Adkins Dottie Lou Adkins and Drema Gay Adkins seek 25000 damages from Lara Adkins and Glendale Tabor and attempt eviction from a four room dwelling and a business dwelling in Naoma. Suit brought through guardian Edith Adkins Dickens.
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Alta Erskine
Atwell-Catron Motor Company, Inc
Raleigh County
Prince Street
Edith Marie Adkins Dickens
Claudette Adkins
Dottie Lou Adkins
Drema Gay Adkins
Lara Adkins
Glendale Tabor
Jarrell School PTA Sponsors Halloween Carnival
The Jarrell School Parent-Teacher Association will host a Halloween Carnival at 7 p.m. next Monday. The event features a cake walk fortune telling fish pond dart throwing guess cake apple bobbing goose float and target shooting with refreshments such as pies cakes popcorn coffee soft drinks and candy. Proceeds fund playground equipment.
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Jarrell School Pta
Parent-Teacher Association of
Jarrell School
Mabscott Soldier Returns to Duty
Cpl. Andrew Sparacino of Mabscott, wounded Sept 7 in Korea, expects to resume active duty after a two week Tokyo furlough. He was hospitalized in Yokohama and called his mother Mrs. Sam Sparacino from Tokyo. He has served nine years and awaits discharge in February, with prior World War II service in the Panama Canal Zone, Germany, and Belgium.
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Cpl
Andrew Sparacino
Mabscott
Korea
Tokyo
Sparacino
Yokohama
Sam Sparacino
Philadelphia
United States Army
Panama Canal Zone
Germany
Belgium
Six Area Reservists Report for Active Duty
Orders to active duty were dispatched today to six area Army reservists who will report to Ft. Campbell Kentucky on November 6. The men are Sgt Samuel J. Legg of Quinwood Corporal Lawrence W. Robinson of Princeton Pfc Henry L. Minor of Ansted Pfc Horace H. Street of Besoco Pvt Henry L. Minear of Rainelle and Warren M. Sharp of Renick.
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Ft. Campbell
Samuel J. Legg
Quinwood
Lawrence W. Robertson
Princeton
Henry L. Minor
Ansted
Pfe
Horace H. Street
Besoco
Henry L. Minear
Rainelle
Warren M. Sharp
Renick
Becket Beckley visits the Greenbrier and Aldarea tour
Marshalltown couple Mr. and Mrs. George Ray White tour the Greenbrier lunch with Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Angell and visit the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderea. in Beckley VA Hospital, staff scramble to improve internal communication as a hospital manager negotiates with a service officer. Local residents face urban walking lanes and a humorous bowling alley scene. Halloween costumes for Linda Slack showcase neighborhood reactions amid daily life notes.
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George Ray White
Marshalltown
Stuart B. Angell
Hargrove Street
Greenbrier
Beckley
Federal Reformatory For Women
Aldarea
Evans Gets Call to Duty for Marine Corps
Sef. H. H. Evans Jr of 117 Mason Street is at Camp Le Jeune awaiting orders with the United States Marine Corps Reserve. He reported to Norfolk on October 10. A veteran of two and a half years with the First Marine Division in World War II he served in four major Pacific campaigns. Before re entering service he worked for Maxwell and Keyser. He is married with two children Maya age three and Bobby eight. The family moved into a new Mason Street home shortly before recall.
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Set. H. H. Evans, Jr
Mason Street
Camp LeJeune
N. C
United States Marine Corps
Evans
Marine Corps Reserve
Norfolk
First Marine Division
Maxwell & Keyser
Mavne
Bobby
Sgt. Evans
North Carolina Motorist Fined for Speeding in Pettus
Carl Milton Hall of North Carolina was fined ten dollars and costs after being arraigned Friday before Magistrate Ernest A. Large in Pettus for speeding.
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Pettus
Carl Milton Hall
North Carolina
Ernest A. Large
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Raleigh County Bankel
Morgan
Land Company
P. B. Earwood
Commission
B. F. Stout
South Beckley
W. M. Mills
H. B. Atkinson
Sylvia Street
Homeseekers Land and Building Company
Calloway
Cooper
Raleigh General
Ells
Wade Kepner
Wheeling Lodge
Warren Wolfe
G. Berk Lynch
George Kourey
B. B. Richmond
Gray Gallagher
James E. Reynolds
Fred M. Corley
Roy Cunningham
Glenn Scharfenberg
Anthony Brigulio
Robert Burton
Norman Chillingworth
Clay Crouse
Owen Cox
Ben Brown
George Michael
Harry Moran
Charles Farmer, Jr
E. P. Ewart
Don Ho
Edwight Pta
Norris
Beckley Music
Colin McLuckey, Mer
South Fayette St
Lawson
Iowa
White
Beckley VA
Shank
James E. Hatfield
Hatfield
George F. Swanson
Nick” Jarrett
Nick
Linda Slack
R. W. Slack
Central Avenue
Linda
H. H. Evans
Penney
U.S. Pat
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