Blake Blasts Byrd For Armory Charges
West Virginia adjutant general Brig. Gen. William E. Blake condemned Rep. Robert C. Byrd for criticizing the armory program. Blake said the armory effort is bipartisan and remains funded, noting Beckley’s project includes an armory and county airport area development supported by Raleigh County officials and local leaders.
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Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wva
Byrd
Congress
Defense Department
West Virginia
William E. Blake
United States Senate
Gressman Byrd
Washington
Charleston
Raleigh
Damages Set At $550 In Two Collisions
Two motorists were ordered in court Monday by State Police after separate auto collisions. Damages were estimated at 300 dollars when Roger Lee Honaker and Rosalee Reese collided at 3 45 a m at Glen Daniel. Reese was charged with failing to yield and ordered to appear before Magistrate Cotton White. In another accident Richard Lee Lilly was charged with illegal passing after his vehicle collided with Margaret Gambrill Sheets on Route 3 near Pluto Road. Damages to the two vehicles were estimated at 250 dollars.
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Roger Lee Honaker
Saxon
Rosalee Reese
Oak Hill
Glen Daniel
Reese
Cotton White
Richard Lee Lilly
White Oak
Margaret Gambrill Sheets
Ann Street
Pluto Road
Lilly
J. E. Mays
Jury Fails To Convict Bobby Jones
A Raleigh County jury could not reach a verdict in the breaking and entering trial of Bobby Joe Jones and four co defendants over the theft of 2500 dollars worth of copper wire from an Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates building in Eccles. The jury reported deadlock at 7 5 but did not reveal whether they leaned toward conviction or acquittal. Judge Harry L Mc Creery discharged them at 5 15 p m after deliberating over three hours. The case will be reset for the January term.
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Bobby Joe Jones
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Jones
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles
Harry L. McCreery
Henry David Burrell
FHA Mortgages High In September West Virginia records FHA surge
West Virginia FHA mortgage activity set a record in September with insured loans totaling 3,096,900 dollars, more than doubling the prior 24 year high. Director W Herbert Welch credited a liberal program with three percent down payments, strong mortgage funds, and high demand for better homes. The third quarter saw 1,217 applications, up from 518 year earlier, aided by more staff and fee based independent appraisers to handle the workload.
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Federal Housing Administration
West Virginia
W. Herbert Welch
Charleston
W. Va
FHA
West
Ashworth to Speak at Raleigh County Rally Tonight
Beckley attorney Robert J. Ashworth will headline an election rally sponsored by the Raleigh County Junior Republican Club at 7 30 p m today in the courthouse. The event aims to energize supporters ahead of the elections and features Ashworth as the main speaker.
Hazen Fair Warns Of Fall Driving Hazards
Colonel Hazen H. Fair, superintendent of the West Virginia State Police, warns motorists of autumn driving risks. He urges cleaning windshield and windows to remove condensate, using headlights in fog, and not relying on parking lights to improve visibility and safety.
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Hazen Fair
Hazen H. Fair
West Virginia
Fair
Deeds on File in Beckley Real Estate Transfers
Record of real estate transactions filed in the county clerk's office. Multiple properties in Beckley Town District Slab Fork District and surrounding areas change hands, with prices ranging from no consideration to about 9 500 dollars, including several Beckley parcels and Richmond District transfers. Names include Kidwell Bennett Shumate Sey mour Mulford Davis Starling Shrewsbury Callaway Stover Dawson Poindexter Farley Bowles Rahal Lough Deeds Craddock Southern Land Co McCormick Stansbury Chambers Large Shrewsbury Weikle Profitt Stull Millican Thomas Thomas Rao and others.
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William L. Kidwell
Aubrey H. Bennett
Beckley
Maggie M
U. S. Shumate
Arthur B
Barbara L. Seymour
Nannie Mulford
W. Fred
Marinda F. Davis
Eddie L. Starling
Mary E. Starling
Samuel T
Victoria Shrewsbury
L. B
Gladys Shrewsbury
Slab Fork
B. C. Callaway
Edna M. Stover
Jerushie P. Dawson
James L Jarrell
Kelly Development Co
Jack and
Mattie Poindexter
Slab Fork District
Delbert
Bonnie M. Farley
Earnest Pritchett
Rhodell
Delia E. Bowles
Catherine Gwinn
Robert E
Geneva Richmond
George M
Phyllis J. Rahal
A. H. Lough
Darrell Deeds
Richmond
Carl Deeds
Darrell and
Carl
E. E. Craddock
Southern Land Co
Dickinson Properties Inc
Marsh Fork
Robert J. and
Nellie McCormick
Goldie E. Pritt
Town
Robert and
Elizabeth Clayborn
Edward P. Stansbury
Shady Spring
K. Douglas Bowers
Robert T. Dawson
Mattie S
Charles Chambers
Benzie Roberts
Alva
Ruby Large
Sylvia R
Ernest Jarrell
City of
Wanda Shrewsbury
Tina
Charles Rascano
Alton W
Arzula Weikle
Perty
McMillan Land and Finance Co
Marvin L
Macie Profitt
Eern
William E. Stull
Don C. Stull
J. A. Blackburn
Roy D. Millican
Jack H
Sara F. Thomas
Beckley, Rao”y
Employment Office Sees Rise in Beckley Claims
West Virginia Department of Employment Security Beckley office reports 10138 total unemployment insurance claims for September with 3234 for temporary benefits. Nine in-state and out-of-state jobs filled, 103 counseling interviews, 353 tests administered, and 5467 work applications on file including 959 handicapped.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Mount Tabor Group Meeting This Evening
Mount Tabor Country Life Program members urged by chairman James Lilly to attend the monthly meeting at 7 30 pm today. The Davis Farm Cabell hosts. Topics include farm signs local roads plans for a community park building program and a beef barbecue recap.
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Mount Tabor
Country Life Program
James Lilly
Davis Farm
Cabell
Lilly
West Virginia elects for vacancy on high court in 1958 vote
Notice outlines statewide election to fill the Supreme Court of Appeals seat after the death of James B Riley. Governor Cecil Underwood orders November 4 1958 general election to fill the vacancy, with appointive successors named for interim terms and related secretary of state and US Senate vacancy actions. Funeral notices follow for Jack Cook Hiram Wood Walter Randolph Mary Criss and others with service details and burial arrangements.
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State OF
West Virginia
Charleston
Cecil H. Underwood
Supreme Court of Appeals
Our Lord
James B Riley
Robert Tucker Donley
Monongalia County
James B. Riley
I. Cecil H. Underwood
William T Lovins
Henry L. Ducker
Cabell County
Wiliam T. Lovins
United States
Matthew M. Neely
John D. Hobilitzell, Jr
Wood County
Matthew M Neely
West Virinia
D. Pitt O'Brien
Helen F. Holt
Lewis County
Woop Wood
Hiram
Midway
Williams and Craven
Sophia
Midway Primitive Baptist Church
Dowell Stover
Tom Eldreth
Shumate
Maple Meadow
Timmy Wood
James Wood
Douglas Polk
Jimmy Wood
Roy Coulson
iJack
Williams & Craven Funeral Home
Randolph Randolph
Walter James
Wingrove
Rising Sun Baptist Church
Sun
Russell Smith
Ritchie and Johnson
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor
Scales Scales
Homer Scales
Riley
Greenwood Memorial Park
Criss Criss
Mary Imogene
Williams Street
Keyser-Bryant
Marie Bowden
Fairlawn Avenue
Methodist
J. B. F. Yoke
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Emery Criss
H. McKiney
Arnold McKinney
Melvin Garen
Eddie Hopkins
Harold Snodgrass
Temporary authority notice for coal carrier in Raleigh County
Oscar Jones of East Beckley filed with the West Virginia Public Service Commission for temporary authority to operate as a contract carrier from Stanaford No 1 mine to a tipple in Skelton within Raleigh County under Pachuta Coal Co. Rates are set at 70 dollars per ton. Protests in writing may be filed within three days at the Capitol Building Charleston.
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Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Stanaford No
Stanaford
Tipple
Skelton
Raleigh County
Pachuta Coal Co
Commission
Capitol Building
Charleston
Oscar Jones
East
Beckley
W. Va
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Virgil Cook
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Orton Gautier, Jr
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Robert Floyd
Clyde Fitzpatrick
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Robert L. Amick
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Beaver
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Sanders
Gray Lumber Co
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Sander & Edger Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
Earl R. Huddle
Earl’s
Buckley
Church Street
Myrtle
Dam
Daniels
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B. E. Silverman
Re . Kidd
N. Oakwood Ave
Geo. W. Ballard
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wright
Mercer Street
John W. Eye
Neville St
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
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Dial CL
Rvice Electric Contractors
Morgan Electric Service
Johnstown Road
Length Foste Hardware Ca
Ain St
Frank
Aaron Venetian Blind Cleaners
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Variety Sewing Center
Highlander Duraclean
Jalousie
Beckley Insulation Co
Lewis Transfer & Storage
Piney Ave
Jan Campbell Music Co
Cc Crab Orchard
California
Avon Cosmetics
Jennings St
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Main Street
Jim Green
Jack D. Lilly
Lilly’s Men's Shop
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Coalwood
New York
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Clear Fork
Fayette
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Pocahontas
Webster Counties
Richwood
Helen's
Appalachian Hardwoods, Inc
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Regen
Howard Avenue
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Kentucky
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Westey
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President
Ann Pickens
Reliable
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
R. Bare
Roy A. Jones
Bradford
Bibb Snyder
Virgil Kidd
Sinks Grove
W. Ve
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Tony
Beckley Hatchery
Suddreth
Lacy Griffith
Earl Mann
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Foster Hardware, Inc
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H. L. McMann
Orient Hill
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Tama
Grandview
Henry Conway
Henry Conway Hardware
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McCreery St
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Division of Water Conditioning
Piedmont Road
Hopkins
B. H. Hopkins
Hili Lum
Centra
Rohrer Berco
Ave
Electrolux
Singer Sewing Center
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J. L. Mills
Philco Twin Spacker
Armstrong Deltox
Tal
Wause
Clark Neville
Steve Beckley
Fabulon
Atkinson
Johnstown
Arance
Hoover
BY Pass
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Wrds
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City Ave
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Alex N. Breckinridge
South Point
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Highway 52
Morrison Grain Ape
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