Blankenship Fails To Out Run Police
Beckley man Robert Blankenship fled the scene after a collision at Harper. He ran into woods then called a taxi to Beckley and was later arrested at the La Fayette Hotel. Damages were about $30. He is charged with reckless driving and leaving the scene and posted bonds for magistrate hearings.
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Beckley
Robert Blankenship
Burgess St
LaFayette
Harper
Raleigh
John A. Hunter
Blankenship
Hunter
J. E. Mays
Services Tuesday For Perry Combs
Funeral services for Perry Marshall Combs 83 of Posey will be at Star Methodist Church Sax ton at 2 p m Tuesday with Rev Doff Harvey and Rev Virgil Cook officiating. Burial in Milans Cemetery Saxon. He died Sunday noon after a long illness. The body will be moved from Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home to his residence at 4 p m today. He was born February 4 1872 at McGraws the son of the late Lum and Sarah Acord Combs. A retired farmer and member of Breckenridge Baptist Church Bolt he was a lifelong Raleigh County resident. Survivors include his wife Cresa Webb Combs ten sons Leonard Lawrence F R and Johnny all of Posey Jack in the U S Navy Virgil and Aldie
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Star Methodist Church
Saxton
Perry Marshall Combs
Posey
Doff Harvey
Virgil Cook
Milans
Saxon
Combs
Quesenberry and Webb
McGraws
Lum
Sarah Acord Combs
Breckenridge Baptist Church
Bolt
Raleigh County
Cresa Webb Combs
Leonard
Lawrence
F. R
Johnny
Jack
U. S. Navy
Virgil
Aldie
Sewer Work Expected To be Finished Today In Sophia
A 150 foot sewer pipeline install is to be completed today in Sophia after a Church Street break. The city employee reported the leak Saturday. a construction company was called to lay the pipe and relocate the sewer. Eight families were affected as crews worked past midnight to stop the overflow.
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Sophia
Church Street
Southeast Insurance Club To Meet in Beckley Tuesday
About 90 members of the Southeast West Virginia Insurance Club are expected for the annual meeting in Beckley Tuesday. Attendees hail from Raleigh Mercer Greenbrier Summers Wyoming and McDowell counties. Dinner starts at 6 p.m. at the Beckley Hotel. This marks Beckley’s first year hosting the event.
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Southeast West Virginia Insurance Club
Beckley
Raleigh
Mercer
Greenbrier
Summers
Wyoming
McDowell
Beckley Life Underwriters Association
Basil Minter
Bicycle Licenses Available at City Hall
Beckley Police Department has received bicycle licenses and they are now available for purchase. Police Chief James Poole reports the department has been issuing the licenses for several months.
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Beckley
James Poole
Police Departments Probe 3 Break-Ins
State and city police continue weekend break-in investigations. Beckley reports burglary at the Armstead Store on Beaver Avenue with 25 cents, two bottles of soda, and a few lollypops stolen through a back window. Shiloh Elementary, and Glen Tanner’s Calloway Heights home were also hit, pennies from a piggy bank worth about $10 taken after a broken front window. Raleigh County school entry followed Friday as investigators press the case.
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Beckley
Armstead
Beaver Avenue
Shiloh
Glen Tanner
Calloway Heights
Tanner
Charleston
Raleigh County
17 Booked at Raleigh County Jail Over Weekend
Seventeen people were jailed in Raleigh County over the weekend on road law violations and drunkenness. Two drunk drivers and a reckless driver were held Sunday. Joe Franklin Matheny was jailed at 12 30 a.m. and Ray Laws Prosperity at 3 15 p.m. for driving while drunk. Winston C Staunton Kincaid was jailed at 1 a.m. for reckless driving and posted bond later. Ozela Graham jailed at 10 40 p.m. Saturday on a felony warrant by Constable R L Childs.
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Raleigh
Joe Franklin
Matheny
Ray Laws
Winston C. Staunton
Kincaid
Staunton
T. N. Thurman
Ozela ‘Graham
Raleigh County
R. L. Childs
City Issues Building Permits Totaling 4000
City Recorder last week issued four building permits totaling 4000. Noel Christian of Vine Street seeks rear halfroom addition with estimated cost 2000 and a 2 fee. Max Lewin of Saunders Avenue requests a one room addition costing about 1000 with a 1 fee. Stanley Mackovick of Ellison Avenue plans two room additions costing 1000 with a 1 fee.
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City Recorder’s
Noel Christian
Vine St
Max Lewin
Saunders Ave
Stanley Mackovick
Ellison Ave
Police Seek Clues in Missing Item Case
Police announce an investigation into a missing item. authorities request public help to locate the stolen property and identify the responsible person. Detectives urge anyone with information to contact the missing item unit.
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Perry Combs
Hme SS
Newton Falls
Ohio
Teddie
Jesse
Okey
Fairdale
Allie
Maggie Gunnee
Bob
Myrtle McMillion
Beulah Styles
Glen Fork
Jeff Lemon
Pipestein
Elvira Webb
Walter
Chris
Willie
Arnett
James
South Charleston
Lewis Webb
Ray Stover
Arthur Milan
Raymond Hurst
Callie Allen
Ash Daniel
Southeast Insurance Club
City
Scott
Beckley Manufacturing Co
Mabscott Police
H. B. McGhee
Franklin
Laws
Call Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co
City Ave
Ae Nero
Kroger
W. Va
Gerber
del Monte Fruit
Birds Eye
Heinz
SWIFT
Simoniz
Prem
KRAFT
ZESTA
Kretscher
Chicken of the Sea
Helene Curtis
Mennen
Baby Macic
Armour
River Brand
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