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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1948
Page
6
Beckley post office adopts an electrical postage meter to stamp and seal parcels. The Piney-Bowes device prints a ready to use label with exact postage and postmark, halving waiting time and speeding sorting for daily 400 parcels. Only offices with sufficient visitor volume qualify for installation.
Three area men enlisted in the navy announced by Beckley recruiting station Chief Petty Officer T R Sherman. Hlenesson Brooks Yancy 19 of Edwight joined under the one year enlistment program for 18 year olds while William Robert Ward 20 of Price Hill and Carl Lee Riffe 17 of Crab Orchard signed for three years and Hlenesson Yancy is noted as son of Nat Yancy.
Private Alelyin Edwin Shafer, son of Lacy James Shafer, of Smoot, became the first applicant accepted at Beckley Marine Recruiting Station. He will undergo 10 weeks of basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina, and will be granted a ten day leave after training.
Forest protection changes announced for Raleigh and Kanawha counties. Clay of Pine Ranch and Clarence Gooilson return to Hernshaw while Henry Love of Charleston area becomes patrolman for Fayette County. Fire season rules restrict underage recruits and require state certification and work permits for 18 to 21 year olds.
The Tams Parent-Teachers Association held its first meeting of the year with new president Nelson Scarbro presiding. New officers include Mrs Bernard Bower as secretary-treasurer, while retiring officers are Van Thompson and Mrs Bertha Lytton. Miss Anna Munes’s sixth graders performed two plays and piano solos were by Ferne Thompson, Bob Rushbrook, and Byron Cook.
Two forest fires were reported as the season opens in the Kanawha District. One fire north of Gauley Bridge burned two acres, likely started by children. A second blaze at Camp Creek in Merced County burned half an acre and may have been hunter started. Olney Clay of Pine Knob was named forest patrolman for Raleigh County for the season ending December 15. Sgt. Lawrence G. Hunt, son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hunt of Beckley, reported to the 1912th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron at Olmsted AFB for assignment.
West Virginia cities share 221 062 70 in liquor tax receipts from the State Treasury. Beckley receives 8 956 77 and Charleston leads with 26 959 89, with several other cities listed including Bluefield Clarksburg Elkins Fairmont Huntington Logan Martinsburg Morgantown and more.
Roger Brown of the Beckley Social Security office warns wives to know their husband’s Social Security details. Monthly benefits to widows and children are retroactive for three months, and the lump-sum claim deadline expires two years after the worker’s death. An analysis notes no large difference in nutrition between light and dark shelled eggs.
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