Volunteers Aid TB Seal Sale Drive Opens November 17
Volunteers assist Raleigh County tuberculosis officers as 713,000 Christmas seals are prepared at the Memorial Building HQ. Women of the Moose lead mailing with district groups aiding, enclosures and coordination by Prosperity Farm Women’s Club and others. The drive runs from November 17 to Christmas Day to fund tuberculosis fights, with the red double barred cross emblem and a green background on the seals. TD disease impact and fundraising goals are highlighted by Dr. Deane F. Brooke, sale chairman.
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Raleigh County
Women of the Moose
Deane F. Brooke
Sale
Tuberculosis
Trant Trace
Lorraine
Berlin
United States
Brooke
Dr. Brooke
Frank Solace
Raleigh General Hospital
Paul Simmert
Clarene W. Hogg Dies in Florida Rites Not Set
Clarence W. Hogg 61 of 213 Wickham Ave and Hollywood Fla died in a Hollywood hospital after a two week illness. Funeral arrivals from Florida pending. He was a Banks-Miller salesman and Raleigh Coca-Cola executive, Beckley Presbyterian deacon, Shriner and Black Knight member. Survived by wife Bruce Swim Hogg, daughters Susan and Mrs O Fred Bruce, sister Mrs C E Skages, brother Lester Hogg.
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Clarence W. Hogg
Wickham Ave
Hollywood
Fla
Florida
Boby
Keyser
Hogg
Letart
Mason County
Lucian and
Rozie Petty Hogg
Banks-Miller Supply Company
Raleigh
Coca-Cola
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Black Knight Country Club
Bruce Swim Hogg
Susan
O Fred Bruce
Greenville
Mich
C. E. Skages
Louisa
Lester Hogg
Beckley
Hamm Funeral Services Today for Mrs Hamm
Funeral services for Mrs Eliza beth Hamm 217 Mabscott were held at 2 p m in Pemberton Methodist Church with Rev C D Walker of Coal City officiating Burial followed at Hat coal Cemetery She was born in Roanoke Va July 18 1925 parents George and Mae Steele Keaton survived by husband Robert Cecil Hamm two sons Robert C Jr and Herman Clifton Minnix a daughter Mary Frances Minnix five brothers and two sisters Pallbearers named Herman Martin Ernest Dalton Billy Dalton Jimmy Brown Mathon Mc Comas and Clyde Richards
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Elizabeth Hamm
Mabscott
Pemberton Methodist Church
C. D. Walker
Coal City
Coal
Hamm
Roanoke
George
Mae Steele Keaton
Robert Cecil Hamm
Robert C., Jr
Herman Clifton Minnix
Mary Frances Minnix
Carl Keaton
Richmond
George A
Harry James
William R
Frank Keaton
Maude la Mann
Mattie Hennegar
Herman
Auditors and Bank Auditors Meet in Beckley
Beckley hosted the October meeting of the Central West Virginia Chapter of the National Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers. About 75 members heard E C Hitchcock of Beckley National Bank discuss Operation Shortcuts. The next gathering will be in Huntington on November 15, with Dr Madeleine Feil of Marshall College speaking on No Encore on Living.
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Beckley
Central West Virginia
Natonal Association of Bank Auditors and Comptrollers
E. C.hitchcock
Beckley National Bank
West Virginia
Huntington
Madeleine Feil
Marshall College
Walker Home Destroyed by Weekend Fire
A family of three in Table Rock was left homeless after their six room home burned completely early Sunday. Ernest Walker sustained a minor leg injury leaping from the roof as his wife and son escaped through an upstairs window. Firefighters could not determine the blaze's origin though it began on the lower floor or basement and only a trunk and a few clothes were saved.
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Ernest Walker
Table Rock
Negro Activities Fraternity Organized in Beckley
The Upsilon Upsilon Alumni Chapter of Omega Psi Phi was organized in Beckley with James J Rowland as basileus and E C Smith as viet basileus. Officers include Dr A D Belton keeper of fin ante Clarence Edmondson keeper of records and seat Rev Corey Mitchell chaplain D D Crawford reporter Curtis Johnson sergeant at arms. First meeting held Sunday evening in Beckley. Mrs Evelyn Cosby of Wingrove dies at Oak Hill Hospital after brief illness. Funeral services for Mrs Sarah Helm of Kimberly set for 1:30 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Kimberly Burial Greenwood Memorial Park Beckley. Survived by five daughters five brothers and other relatives. Washington Funeral Home Beckley handling arrangements. TAMS ACTIVITIES P T A carnival at colored amusement hall October 31. Mr and Mrs George Berger visitors in Glen White. Mrs W C Bowles visiting Roxboro N C. Pauline Wayne and Lelia Slaughter returned from Birmingham Ala. Auxiliary To Meet American Legion Auxiliary Raleigh County Unit No 70 to meet 8 a m Tuesday. FALL RALLY program at St John Baptist Church Stotesbury with multiple sermons and choirs through Friday and a Sunday musical program by the Union of the Second Baptist Church Beckley.
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Upsilon Upsilon
Omega Psi Phil
National College
Beckley
Basileus
James J Rowland
E. C. Smith
Mt. Hope
Jis
Viet Basileus
A. D. Belton
Clarence Edmondson
Curtis Johnson
Lester
Evelyn Cosby
Wingrove
Oak Hill Hospital
Washington Funerals Home
Helm
Sarah Helm
Kimberly
Baptist Church
John
George
Rock Mount
Harvey
New Jersey
Annie Mallox
William Holland
Washington
Pauline Wayne
East Beckley
Lelia Slaughter
White Sulphur Springs
Birmingham
Ala
American Legion Auxiliary
Raleigh County
St John Baptist Church
Stotesbury
C. H. Rawlings
FASTEETH Improves Comfort with Non‑Acid Denture Spray
An improved flewder product FASTEETH sprinkles on upper and lower plates to hold them firmer, reducing looseness and denture breath. It claims no gummy taste, is alkaling, non acidic, and does not spur. Available at drug stores.
NAACP Fights Byrd Candidacy In Sixth District Race
The NAACP vows to oppose Robert C Byrd if elected to Congress citing his Klan past and a 1946 letter urging Klan rebirth. Raleigh County GOP leaders note Byrd’s admission of Klan membership briefly, while party figures question authenticity of related letters and urge voters to reject Byrd in November.
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Robert C. Byrd
Congress
National Association
Brown H. Payne
Raleigh County
Young Republican Club
Payne
T. G. Nutter
West Virginia
NAACP
Byrd
Nutter
Ku Klux Klan
Robert J. Ashworth
GOP
Klan
Sixth
Patteson
Sixth Congressional District
Sixth Congressional
Malory Infant Dies iFinal Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for Steve Em ugene Malory, seven day old son of Mr and Mrs Clinton Malory of Mills Branch, will be held at the home at 2 p m Tuesday with Rev W R Parnell. Burial will be in Mills Branch cemetery. Survivors include the parents a brother Eugene four sisters Lannie Mae Joyce Drucella and Phyllis at home maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs James Saunders Mills Branch paternal grandmother Mrs Lettie Mitchell East Park. New Mexico averages in the year about 214 clear days and 99 partly cloudy days.
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Steve Emugene Malory
Clinton Malory
Mills Branch
W.R. Parnell
Eugene
Lannie Mae
Joyce
Drucella
Phylils
James Saunders
Lettie Mitchell
East Park
Dr J Q Godbey Digs Rites Set Today
Funeral services for Dr J Q Godbey of Glen Daniel who died Saturday in a Charleston hospital after an extended illness were to be held at 2 30 p m today at Mt Tabor Baptist Church. Burial in Mt Tabor Cemetery. Survived by wife Etta Ramsey Godbey a son J Q Jr of Williamstown three daughters Theresa Savage Maxine Mason Annabelle Ticini two brothers J W Harper Lacy Oklahoma two sisters Nije Biggs Harper Laura Johnson Rumble and eight grandchildren.
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J. Q.godbey
Glen Daniel
Charleston
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Mt. Tabor
Raleigh County
Peachtree
Alexander C
Katherine Pettry Godbey
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dunbar
J. W
Harper
Lacy
Oklahoma
Ninjle’ Biggs
Laura Johnson
Rumble
Bray Dies Rites Incomplete In Raleigh County
Harvey Sylvester Bray 85 of Glen Daniel died at home Sunday after a long illness. Retired Bee Branch Coal foreman, member of the Methodist church, had lived in Raleigh County 17 years. Survived by wife Rosie C Warnick Bray three daughters Gladys Bishop Voda Toney Accoma Smith one son Royal Bray and two brothers John and Scott Bray.
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Harvey
Sylvester Bray
Glen Daniel
Jarrett County
William
Victoria McCrobie Bray
Bee Branch
Bali
Voda Toney
Tampa
Fla
Accoma Smith
Columbus
Ohio
Royal Bray
Glen Deniel
John
Davis
Scott
el Gordon
Mrs. J. F. Harris Dies Funeral Planned
Mrs. J F Harris 76 of Buena Vista Virginia died at home Sunday after an extended illness. Graveside services are set for 2 p m Tuesday in Buena Vista with burial to follow. Survived by two sons J E Harris and E C Harris and three daughters Lora Coffee Maggie Coffee and C C Harris along with 19 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
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Buena Vista
J. F. Hareris
Buenta Vista
J. E
E. C
Washington, D. C
Lora Coffee
Summerlee
C. C. Harris
Shady Spring
Maggie Coffee
Raphine
Hinton driver faces homicide charge in death of passenger
A Hinton man Roger M. Deeds 26 will be before a magistrate charged with negligent homicide after a one car crash on Route 3 near the Richmond District road. Mrs. H W Honaker died and two girls in the car were injured Violet and Pansy Cole hitchhiked after a fishing trip and were later released from Hinton Hospital with injuries. Constable C D Clark witnessed the crash describing seven rollovers before the car struck a guard rail and demolished itself. Deeds said the car slipped onto the rough shoulder and then overturned en route to Pinecrest Sanitarium where their spouses were patients.
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England
H.W. Honaker
Hinton
Deeds
Violet
Pansy Cole
Daniels
Pansy
C. D. Clark
Richmond District
Mrs. Honaker
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Blevins Funeral Rites Slated This Afternoon
Funeral services for George W Blevins, 56, of 412 Laren Avs, who died Saturday after an extended illness, were to be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Memorial Baptist Church by the Rev. C. E. Walker and the Rev. Ray Wilson. Pallbearers were D. C. Holley, Bobby Lemon, Myle Calloway, Frank Adkins, Fray Lilly, and Enoch Quesenberry.
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George W Blevins
Laren
Memorial Baptist Church
E. Walker
Ray Wilson
D. C. Holley
Bobby Lemon
Myle Calloway
Frank Adkins
Fray Lilly
Enoch Quesenberry
Collins Homeroom Mothers Reelect President at Meet
Mrs John Floyd was reelected president of Collins Elementary School Homeroom Mothers at Epperly. The group named officers including Glenn Adams as vice president and Cecil Miller as secretary, with monthly meetings set for 1 pm on the second Tuesday, next on November 11.
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John Floyd
Collings
Epperly
Floyd
Glenn Adams
Cecil Miller
Lawrence Winston
Roy Hambric
Glenn Addams
Roy Anglin
Frelan Hedrick
Cecil Miler
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R B. Armen
James
Catholic Daughters of St. Fran
DeSates Church
Smailing. Comers Club
Clarene W. Hogg
Luke
Sos
THE
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company OF
Hamm Funeral Services
TAMS
P.T.A
Colored Amusement Hall
George Berger
Glen White
Philip Lyles
W.C. Bowles
Roxboro
N.C
Mark Twain High
Alyce Faye Jones
Carol Sue Prissett
Sara Bailey
Alyce
Carol Sue
MacAlpin
Mark Twain
Malory
New Mexico
Ine
First St
Daytona
Bray
J. F. Harris
St.Joseph Aspirin
Roger M. Deeds
J. E. Mays
C. M. England
Thay
Blevins
Roy
U.S. Senator
Pol
Kessler
Wuiskey
Reese
Julius Kessler Distilling Co
Lawrenceburg
Indiana
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