Beckley Fanny Line Hearing Set With City Lawyers
A public hearing September 9 in Charleston will test Chesapeake and Ohio Railway request to discontinue Beckley passenger service. Beckley and Lester leaders, the Chamber of Commerce, and local lawyers plan to present witnesses on mail, hospital, and medicine access impacts while arguing the service remains useful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Beckley
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
G. Berk Lynch
Chamber of Commerce
William H. Fite, Jr
Kermit A. Locke
American Legion
Lynch
C&o
C. E. Nethken
Commission
The
Alate
Nethken
United States
Nethken Aso
Civi
Court House
Veterans Hospital
Pinecrest
S. M. Bledsoe
F. A. Seymour
Beaver
Federated Railroad
George Daniels
Berkley
Hulett Smith
Smith
H. J. Oram
Lester
Grover C. Sedrick
Lonnie Green
C&O’s
Annexation Petitions Target October City Ballot
Beckley and Calloway Heights residents may vote on including a city section in October elections if 1,750 signatures are collected by Sept. 20. Chamber group notes petitions and maps outline the area and petition circulators will be Junior Chamber of Commerce members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Calloway Heights
Thomas F. Stafford
Chamber of Commerce
Stafford
Anthony Scalise
Bernard Martin
A. K Minter
Mann
Skelton
C. W Lovell
Chamber
Appalachian Electro Power Company
Polio Nurse Recruitment Plea By Raleigh Red Cross
Mrs. Sarah Brown announces urgent need for nurses to serve in polio assignments across the nation. Nurses become temporary hospital staff at $250 monthly for 40 or 48 hour weeks with travel advance paid by the local Red Cross and maintenance aid up to 75 dollars monthly from the National Foundation. Registered nurses may contact Mrs. Brown or the local Red Cross office for details. The note ends with mention of Don Newcombe and Roy Campanella of the Dodgers as former players in the Negro National League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Brown
Raleigh County
American Redd Cross
Red Cross Chapter
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Negro Pastor Seeks Bid to Council Post
Beckley’s NAACP chapter endorses Rev. S A Abram for City Council in a bid to boost Negro representation. Abram, president of the Negro State Baptist Convention, aims to win votes from white and colored residents and top city posts such as police and fire if elected. The effort follows a local push for representation and consolidation of Negro forces in Beckley government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
S. A. Abram
Central Street Baptist Church
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
J. S. Butts
Reity
Butts
Abram
James H. Rowland
NAACP
HH. W. Dandridge
H. JC. Hargrove
Rowland
Lester
Feyetteville
Curtis Walton
Henry Davis
Hope Dandridge
Miner Roy Bolen Dead After Woods and Farley Rock Fall
Roy Carl Bolen a 44 year old Odd miner was killed in a rock fall at the Woods and Farley Coal Company mine in Odd. The foreman of the mine and a member of Odd Community Church died at 10:10 am Thursday. His body was moved to Calfee Funeral Home awaiting arrangements. He is survived by his wife Ruth five children and several brothers and sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Carl Bolen
Odd
Woods
Farley Coal Company
John F
Sara Elizabeth Bolen
Beckley
Calfee
Odd Community Church
Ruth
Allen Brad‘ford
Jack
San Francisco
Toxie [Bolen
Lewis
Wash
Joyce
Jenny
Tome
Land
Lewis G
Mullens
Levi
Aid on Insurance Benefits Planned for Veterans
Fayette Countians and Coal River area residents may have National Service Life Insurance dividend applications filled out and mailed next week. Roy I. Smith announces a West Virginia Veterans Affairs team will assist in Whitesville at Valley Funeral Home and in Fayetteville at the American Legion Club rooms on specified days, with stenographers in each location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Coal River Area
Veterans’ National Service
Roy I. Smith
West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs
Whitesville
Valley Funeral Home
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Fayetteville
American Legion Club
Smith
Beckley Memorial Building
Beckley Residents Urged to Repair Sidewalks
Beckley officials announce hundreds of notices to property owners urging sidewalk repairs to fix defects and assign liability for any damages caused by failure to repair. City records say owners are liable for costs after notification under the city charter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Grover C. Hedrick
William Laren
Leave Troubles Home Chief Urges Drivers Over Labor Day
Beckley Police Chief Anthony Scalise urged residents to leave their troubles at home as they hit the roads for Labor Day travel. He emphasized clear focus, safer driving, vehicle checks, and avoiding alcohol, noting the city’s highway death rate is near its minimum with only one fatality so far this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Scalise
Continuance Denied In Campbell Law Suit
James A. Campbell pursues a $10,000 suit against Beckley city and Beckley National Bank. Special Judge Bal lard denied the continuance motion after Campbell and the bank settled with the bank dismissed. The case, first heard last June, ended with a hung jury. Campbell sues as executor for damages alleged from a death after his mother fell into a sidewalk hole on Sept 7 1947. The court set Tuesday for further hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
James A. Campbell
Beckley
Beckley National Bank
George L. Ballard
William H. Files
Hal Payne Campbell
Disabled Minor Plans To Start New Career
Cecil Pitt man, 38, of Glen White, left yesterday for Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center at Fisherville for a six month training course in electricity. Sponsored by the West Virginia Vocational and Rehabilitation Service, he will receive restoration via United Mine Workers of America Health and Medical Services and aims to open a small business on return. Pittman, injured October 4, 1943, at MacAlpin mine, has used crutches since. after New York treatment in 1948 he switched from waist to ankle braces and shows high aptitude for mechanics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Pittman
Glen White
Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center
Fisherville
West Virginia Vocational and Rehabilitation Service
United Mine Workers of America
Fitman
MacAlpin
Beckley Hospital
Medical Center
New York
UMW
Beckley
Pituman
County Land Sales Total $12,000 in Beclky Beckley Area
Deeds filed in Raleigh County Clerk's office show land transfers totaling about 12000 dollars. Transactions include Lot 17 in Beckley Court Addition sold for around 4000 dollars by W R Vanney and Edward P Stansbury’s agents, plus multiple parcels in Clear Fork Marsh Fork and Beckley areas ranging from 500 to 3000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ai, Anaours
Monty Holmes Shave
Beckley Court
Beckley
Raleigh County
W. R. Vanney
Edward P. Stansbury
Herbert Stansbury
Joe Osburn
Demesey Winston
Wort Oman
Piney River
Fown
James Lilly, Inc
William ‘Glen Winchell
M. J. Meadows
Paul Gillespie
Emmitt Gearhart
J. L. Rowles
Sophia
Mabel
Fire Crews Respond to Grease Fire at Howard's Lunch
Beckley firemen answered a 4:10 p.m. call on McCreery Street to Howard's Lunch. No damage occurred. Chief Bernard Martin said the blaze was grease related. The restaurant is owned by Earl Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCreery Street
Beckley
Howard's
Bernard. Martin
Earl Lewis
Three Firms Eye Beckley Sites for New Plants
Beckley chambers report several firms express interest in Beckley as a factory location. A Brooklyn shoe concern eyes the Decker Clothes plant on Stam ford Road potentially employing 350 to 730 workers. A New York sportswear producer seeks another Beckley plant with around 500 hires, while a textile firm considers Beaver with about 200 jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hodel
Chamber of Commerce New Industries Committee
Ast Night
Beckley
Brooklyn
Decker Clothes, Inc
Stamford Road
Hode
New York
Decker
Sgite
Decker Clothes
Itnc
Beaver
Chamber I
Ralph ‘Beckett
Civil Air Patrol
Canada
Crab Orchard
Chamber
CAP
United States
E. D. Armstrong
Grover C. Hedrick
Armstrong
Hedrick
Beckley Business Notes Moves And Openings In Beckley
Five Beckley physicians relocate to the Medical Arts Center at 228 South Heber Street and Dr. Hedrick moves to the Raleigh County Bank Building third floor. Beckley Insurance and poster advertising ventures expand as W J Barbour arrives from Columbia to assist. Laird Office Equipment opens a branch at 121% Main Street with new staff. Keasley Brothers to add marine room and repair shop for Evinrude motors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Fred Richmond
J. M. Coram
Harold E. Harvey
W. B. Killy
Medical Arts Center
South Heber Street
John A. Hedrick
Stanley
Heber Street
Raleigh County Bank
Dr. Harvey
W. B. Lilly
Campbell
Hever Street
Dr. Coram
Laird Office Equipment Company of
Charleston
Main Street
Foster Hardware
Keasley Brothers, Inc
Prince Street
Marsh Fork District Coal Mine Incorporators Named
Three individuals, M Boxley Mildred Boxley and James A McWhorter, receive a state charter to operate the T M Boxley Company in Marsh Fork District Raleigh County with capital of 25000. The notice also records a birth Linda Lee Vick August 28 Raleigh General Hospital Mount Hope and a few local property transfers in Beckley Wildwood and Sunset areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marsh Fork District
Secretary of State
Marsh Fork
Raleigh County
of. M. Boxley
Mildred Boxley
Marfork
James A McWhorter
Charleston
T. M. Boxley
Mount Hope
Imike Vick
Linda Lee
Raleigh General Hospital
Buena Vista
Sunset’ Memorial Park
Norman L. Collins
Junius Flynn
Wildwood
Beck- Tley
Rifle squad takes second in tactics at Camp Sendai
Private Bobby R. Runyon son of Mrs Mary Runyon of Glen Daniel served in Company E 17th Infantry Regiment 7th Infantry Division now at Camp Schimmelpfening near Sendai Japan as his unit placed second in squad tactics competition. William B Parker fireman US Navy serves aboard USS Coral Sea on a Mediterranean cruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby R. Runyon
Mary Runyon
Glen Daniel
17Th Infantry Regiiment
7Th Infantry Division
Camp Schimmelpfen
Ing
Sendai
Japan
Mediterranean
Register
Welter Gauley Bridge
William B. Parker
United States Navy
Coral Sea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dodgers
Don Newcombe
Roy Campanella
Negro Pastor
Beckley Junior High School
V. L. Gilley
Bureau of Mines
Welch
A. A. Miller
Beckleyans
Laren
CECHL
Pittman
Raleigh Register
W . Va
Beckley Business Notes
Platt H. Phipps
Beckiey
J. C
J. C. Heaberlin
Heaberlin
Jefferson Standard Company
W. J. Barbour, Jr
Columbia
S. C
Fred &. Stone
Beckley Poster
Barbour
B. Hamilton
Charles Swancor
Swancor
Hamilton
Price Hawley
Beckley Hardware Company
Haseen
Bigelow- Carpet Laying Institute
Thompsonville
Conn
Bigelow-Sanford Company
Cole
Qasseport
H & M Family Shoe Store
Neville St
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