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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1947

Page

5

Airport Regis tered For Air Transport West Virginia list

The Beckley Mount Hope airport is among ten small WV fields issued letters of registration for air transport firms by the Civil Aeronautics Board. Other registrants include Buckhannon Flying Service Buckhannon Keyser Air Service D S Baker Burlington West Virginia Air Service Inc Clarksville Clarksburg Aviation Peace Airways Welch Air Service Wheeling L Weikle Ronceverte and K R Frazier Scott Depot.

Beckley-Mount Hope West Virginia Civil Aeronautics Board Buckhannon Flying Service Buckhannon Keyser Air Service Keyser D. S. Baker Burlington West Virginia Air Service, Inc Clarksville Clarksburg Aviation Company, Inc Clarksburg Peace Airways Peace Springs Welch Air Service Welch Wheeling Ronceverte K. R. Frazier Scott Depot

Mercantile Board Plans Thursday Meeting on Hours

Beckley Mercantile Board will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday to discuss moving Wednesday closing time from 1 p.m. to noon and to review the Community Chest budget to remove solicitations from business establishments.

Beckley Mercantile Board

Migration Drains Southern Population in War Era

Census data show 3,140,000 Southern residents moved to other regions from 1940 to 1946 as California alone absorbed 2,218,000 newcomers. Only Florida, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and D C posted net gains. eight Southern states saw population declines amid war-time migrations and military losses. The South also faced about 1,000,000 more births than deaths, with notable shifts along the Atlantic coast.

Washington South North Central West California Florida Washington, D. C Maryland Virginia Delaware District of Columbia Texas Oklahoma Kentucky West Virginia Atlantic Seaboard North Carolina Tennesssee Louisiana South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Bureau West Coast

Infant Daughter of Ex Beckleyan Dies

Funeral services were held Tuesday September 9 for the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs James E Shrewsbury of Christiansburg Virginia The child was born Monday September 8 The Shrewsburys are former Beckley residents and she is the former Miss Hope Via Burial was at Resthaven Cemetery in Princeton

James E. Shrewsbury Christiansburg Shrewsburys Beckley Miss Hope Via Resthaven Princeton

U S Needs Bigger and Longer Pipe Line to Solve Oil Shortage

William C. Kinsolving, a Sun Oil pipeline executive, argues the United States must build more and larger pipelines to end oil shortages. He notes a 36 inch diameter future pipe and cites wartime experience in building long lines from India to China, warning steel bottlenecks limit expansion. He emphasizes abundant U.S. oil and the need for available steel and pipe mills to meet demand.

U.S Associated Press Elphia United States William C. Kinsolvin Texas Kinsolving Sun Pipe Lime Company Susquehanna Pipe Line Company Sun OU Co Bill Kinsolving Cornell Corsicana Beaumont Lucas Kingfish Petroleum Administration For Cairo Chiang Kai-Shek CBI Washington Army Calcutta India U.S. A Texan Teas Louisiana Illinois Oklahoma Pennsylvania Ohio New Jersey New York

Notice of Trustees Sale in Raleigh County WV 1947

Trustees will sell to the highest bidder at the front door of the Raleigh County Court House in West Virginia on October 1 1947 at 10:00 a m the real estate secured by a deed of trust dated October 16 1944 made by Sam Badnash and Florence Badnash to Charles T Ross trustee recorded in Trust Deed Book 119 Page 241. The 20 acre parcel along Piney River includes Lot Nos 1 and 3 with described boundaries and road meanders. Cash due day of sale.

Sam Badnash Florence Badnash Raleigh County West Virginia Court House Piney River Etaoioo Maple Corner Bepinta Charles T. Ross

Mrs Sarah Reed 90 dies at East Beckley September 7

Mrs Sarah Reed aged 90 of East Beckley died Sunday September 7 at 8 35 p m at her residence. Funeral services will be held at her home Wednesday September 10 at 1 p m with Rev A F Eggleston officiating. Burial in Gwinn cemetery McKendree. Active pallbearers named. Arrangements by Caffee Funeral Home. Also local ads for painting wallpaper and services follow.

Richardson Richardson Kinlaw Brooklyn Tyree Funeral Home Rev O. C Odd Fellows Cemetery Oak Hill Reed Reed Sarah Frances East_ Beckley A. F. Eggleston Gwinn McKendree Gray Howland William Keys, Jr Denvis Reed, Jr Garvin Reed Marvil Reed Johnny Grubb Caffee Funeral Home

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