Light Up for Votes plan in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Get Out the Vote drive calls on coal mines to blow whistles for one minute at 7 p.m. Monday, November, signaling residents to light porch lamps to indicate intent to vote. Publicity chair Gene Morehouse leads the campaign with support from Beckley newspapers and radio outlets.
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Raleigh County
Gene Morehouse
Citizens Committee
Beckley
Gus F. Walker
Topsy O'Dell
County Division Extends United Fund Drive Amid Coal Strike
Raleigh County United Fund Drive extends campaign following coal strike. At the Thursday report meeting $10,434.49 was credited toward a $55,000 goal. General chairman J. E. Sharp announced division totals: Advanced gifts $6,854.97, major gifts $638.50, business division $1,477, women's division $497.02, county division $1,315.
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Raleigh County
Fayette Men Enlist in Marines for Three and Four Years
Two Fayette County teenagers Randall E. Castle 17 of Mr. Hope and Robert W. Miller 17 of Minden enlisted at the local Marine Recruiting Station Tuesday. Castle heads to eight weeks basic in Parris Island S C and Miller to the same training, for three and four years respectively. A Bolivian air network reportedly spans 3495 miles.
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Fayette County
Marine
Parris Island
D. C
Randall E. Castle
Mr. Hope
Ralph Castle
Robert W. Miller
Minden
Evie Miller
Negro Dancing Classes Resume At Stratton High School
Mrs. A M Johnson of Bluefield College offers ballet acrobatic folk and soft shoe dance for girls six and up. Classes meet 430 p m each Thursday at Stratton High School. Also funeral notice for Flora Carson details service Saturday at Central Street Baptist Church with Rev W J Carter and burial at Greenwood Cemetery.
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A.M. Johnson
Bluefield College
Stratton High School
Carson
Flora Carson
Central Street Baptist Church
W. J. Carter
S. A. Abram
Greenwood Cemetery
Maurice Wooten
East Beckley
Vivaiia Jones
East Park
Otha L. Carson
Dayton
Ohio
Benton Carnés
Kistler
Davis
Sullivan
Georgia’ Rogers
Quinnimont
Kayroor
Mahalia Moseby
Jim Brown
Ebert Davis
Florence
Washington, D. C
J. Q. Brown
Tams News
Eugene Wyly
New Salem Church
Mt. Vernon
Pin A.M
Beckleyan Seeks 2500 Damages After Wreck
Beckley resident Robert G. Agee files a 2500 dollar damage suit against Jack D. Lester of Ury. The case stems from a May automobile accident near Cochran's Mill at Daniels. Agee alleges negligence and seeks property and personal damages.
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Robert G. Agee
Beckley
Jack D. Lester
Ury
Cochran's Mill
Daniels
Agee
Lester
Twenty seven motorists qualify for state operator permits
Twenty seven motorists qualified for operators permits in state police examinations this week. Forty six applicants had beginner certificates validated. one failed the physical test. six failed the oral quiz. three could not pass due to operational difficulties. one failed due to faulty equipment. Names list includes Beckley residents Betty Lou Atkinson Betty Ann Pali llare s Roy Morris Jimmy Taylor Richard Vecellio Roberta Rad ford Edith Simmons Nenomi Gray Blandine E McDaniel Kathryn Radford Sophia residents Tack Lee McKinney Ned Hale and others including Jimmy Taylor Mabscott Ethel Green Ghent Laurene Pin Pemberton Chester Rogers Layland For est D Moye Flat Top Franklin Fulton Glen Rogers Betty James Pat Lively Long Branch Dorothy Mackey Ora Mesis Sprague Violet Lilly Stamford Jean Bell Fairdale Myrtle Manning Edyth Lusk Arless Lilly Lola Plumiey Abraham.
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Beckley
Betty Lou Atkinson
Betty Ann Palilares
Roy Frederick Morris
Jimmy Taylor
Richard C. Vecellio
Roberta Ann Radford
Edith P. Simmons
Nenomi Gray
Ora E. Mesis
Sprague
Violet J. Lilly
Stamford
Jean Bell
Fairdale
Myrtle M. ‘Manning
Edyth’ Lusk
Crab Orchard
Arless B. Lilly
Flat Top
Lola P_ Plumiey
Abraham
Beckley Lawyers Appointed to State Bar Committees
Four Beckley attorneys were named to West Virginia State Bar standing and special committees by Duncan W. Daugherty of Huntington. The appointees include J. W. Maxwell as chair of constitution and by laws Leo Birch on unlawful practice Floyd M. Sayre as chairman grievances and Robert J. Ashworth. Ninth District covers Raleigh and Wyoming counties with Robert D. Bailey Jr. as third member on grievances. Beckley hosts the October 1953 annual meeting with Carlton C. Sanders W. A. Brown and Edmund C. Stone Jr. named to plan the gathering.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Duncan W. Daughterty
Huntington
J. W. Maxwell
Leo Birch
Floyd M. Sayre
Robert J. Ashworth
Ninth
Raleigh
Wyoming
Robert D. Bailey Jr
Pineville
Ninth District
Carlton C. Sanders
W. A. Brown
Hinton
Edmund C. Stone Jr
Bluefield
Mrs Kidd Dies Rites Set Sunday
Mrs Isiah Kidd of Sinks Grove dies at home after brief illness. Born February 17, 1884 in Bruce Fork to Stev en and Virginia Stover, she was a member of Beckley First Methodist Church. Survived by husband Isiah Kidd three daughters Mrs R L Robertson Mrs John Futty and Mrs Cliff Moore three sons Virgil Dallas and W W Kidd nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral at Mt Tabor Baptist Church Sunday at 2 p m with Rev C D Whited officiating.
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Isiah] Kidd
Sinks Grove
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
C. D. Whited
Union
Isiah Kidd
R. L. Robertson
Laing
John Futty
North East
Cliff Moore
Elkton
Virgil Kidd
Dallas Kidd
Links Grove
Beckley
Negro speaker accuses Democrats of denying civil rights
National Negro speaker Uugey S. Martin told a Becksley audience that Democrats promise civil rights while Republicans grant them. he urged voting rights action by going to Alabama and challenged listeners about suffering under Democratic states. He labeled Democrats as keeping Black people in slavery and criticized Democratic states.
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Uugey S. Martin
Becksley
Beckley Minister Backs Marland Dem Ticket After Primary Loss
Reverend Everett Shafer urged Raleigh County Democrats to unite behind William C. Marland and the full ticket after his surprise rally at the county courthouse. He defended voting, criticized abstainers, and contrasted Democratic unity with Republican pressures, praising Marland’s victory and stressing party loyalty.
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Bill Marland
Shafer
Raleigh County
Veterans For Marland Club
Young Democratic Club
James Ballangee
Charleston
Norman Knapp
Young Democrat Club
Beckley Regular Baptist Church
Beckley
America
Jhe
Democratic Party
Hedrick Urges Kanawha Sheriff to Oppose Marland
Rep. E. H. Hedrick of Beckley presses Kanawha County Sheriff Carson Richards to oppose William C. Marland for governor. Hedrick, who lost to Marland in the primary, sent a telegram urging West Virginia AML voters and his party allies to vote against Marland. He also said he would back Republican Rush D. Holt for governor.
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William C. Marland
Everett Shafer
EB. H. Hedrick
Rush D. Holt
Rep
Hedrick
Marland
E. H. Hedrick
Beckley
Kanawha County
Carson Richards
Richards
AML
West Virginia
True Blue
Former Beckley Woman J T Webb Dies in Virginia Hospital
Mrs J T Webb formerly Helen Ward of Beckley died in a Farmville Virginia hospital from a blood disease. Born December 1 1930 in Eccles she was daughter of Mrs Vesta Ward and the late George N Ward. She worked as a bookkeeper at Peoples National Bank Farmville before illness. She married J T Webb of Farmville November 28 1951. Survived by husband mother and brothers and sisters.
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J. T. Webb
Helen Ward
Beckley
Farmville
Eccles
Vesta Ward
George N. Ward
Trap Hill
Surveyor
Peoples National Bank
George
Carland
Carpopolis
Herold
Elsie
Lucille
Vernon
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