Missing Mother Reported Seen at Beaver Last Week
Relatives say Betty Jane Meadows was reported seen in Beaver at 2 p.m. last Saturday after her disappearance from Beckley Hotel where she visited her husband who works as a barber. Family notes she had visited Veterans Hospital seeking work and had not picked up films at White Cross Pharmacy. She is described as five feet seven, 140 pounds, blonde with glasses, and her husband says she had been ill and very nervous.
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Betty Jane Meadows
Beaver
Fines Collected by Five Raleigh Justices in August
Five Raleigh County magistrates gathered a total of 3674.50 in fines during August with costs of 858.50 and jail fees of 225. Magistrate T Thurman led in fines at 1436 including 693.50 against Kirby Lumber. Meadows handled the most trials at 88, taking 1041 in fines and 415.90 in costs with 173 in jail fees. Mays tried 34 cases, accruing 198.90 in fines 124 in costs and 13 in jail fees. Wills of Shady Springs tried 22 cases and collected 998.60 in fines 94 in fees and 2 in jail fees. J K Cole, Slab Fork District, had 18 cases with 65 in costs.
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Raleigh County
T. Thurman
Kirby Lumber Company
J. P. Meadows
Meadows
J. E. Mays
Shady Springs
Justice of the Peace
T. H. Wills
J. K. Cole
Slab, Fork
Safeguards Proposed for Affinity Mine Slopes
The U S Bureau of Mines report outlines additional safeguards for the Affinity slope mine of Lillibreck Coal. Inspector Robert Parkett calls for gas testing before and after blasting, new emergency escapeways, higher air volumes, improved haulage, and removal of electrical hazards. Existing measures include roof fall hazard removal, increased ventilation, better blasting, and guarding of machinery.
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Affinity Slope
Lillibreck Coal Company
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Robert Parkett
Alta Coal Company Receives State Charter
A state charter was issued yesterday to the Alta Coal Co a Raleigh based mining concern in Raleigh County with chief works on Glade Creek in Richmond District. Capitalized at 20000 dollars by C A Thompson Alta Thompson of Beckley and Charles G Heath of Daniels.
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Alta Coal Co
Raleigh
Glade Creek
Richmond
C. A. Thompson
Alta Thompson
Beckley
Charles , G. Heath
Daniels
Eight Raleigh Men Enlist in the Navy
Raleigh area youths including Richard Leroy Wingham and Delano Curtis Lipscomb join the U S Navy for four years. Chief W E Bartlett notes no waiting list and details recruiting locations and times in Beckley Hinton Oaksin Fayetteville and Bonreverte.
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Raleigh
Greenarier County
U.S
W. E. Bartlett
L Beckley
Navy
Berk
Naval Training Stat ‘Tics
Great Lakes
Richard Leroy Wingham
Leroy Wingham
East Rainelle
Delano Curt Hs Lipscomb
Clyde
Beckley
Lemua | Lipscomb
Walter James Richardson
Thelma Richardson
Robert Frankin Lilly
East Beckley
Carl T. Lilly
Albert Evaene
Keith Dean
Arnett
Mac
Roger McGee
Herman, McGee
Clyde Street
William Frederick Parker
Mason Parker
City Avenue
Cecil Roscoe Shrewsbury, Jr
C. RB. Shrewsbury Sr
Odd
Sylvian Glen Vaught
Oakes T. Vaught
Bariletti
E. K. Abshire
Arrest Returns No License Charge Involved
A man arrested last week by Conservation Officer Progresso Tocado was fined for hunting without a license and not in legal possession of a ground hog out of season. The error in Thursday’s Register prompted calls about the ground hog season. The officer noted the ground hog was in the man’s possession at arrest, and the season remains open.
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Progresso Tocado
Tocado
Beckleyans to Attend State TB Convention
Two Beckley residents will attend the 21st annual meeting of the West Virginia Tuberculosis Association in Morgantown. Mrs. A. 3. Ginkel and Rexi Barnes will participate in sessions starting with a noon business luncheon and a 2 p.m. general session led by Dr. Sleeth. The program features multiple speakers, a 7 p.m. banquet address by John N. Wilson, and Thursday sessions with executive secretaries and talks on TB control and veterans affairs.
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Clark K Sleeth
Monongalia County Medical Society
Wiliam B. Matthews
Maryland Tuberculosis Association
F. J. Holter
West Virginia University School of Physical Education
AL Tent E. Rhody
Bureau of Tuberculosis Control
West Virginia Department of Health
R. A. Kennedy
Monongalia County
John N. Wilson
Tuberculosis
Veterans Ad
Washington, D. C
Executive Secretares
Martha Wooddell
Harrison County Tuberculosis Association
Patricia Baker
Monongalia Tuberculosis and Health Association
iMes
Pauline Hunter
Logan County Tuberculosis and Health Association
F. Ray Power
West Virg
Division of
Vocational Rehabilitaion
Edwin G. Riley
Unif i ‘Ed Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
I Kiwanis Name Delegates for Parkersburg Convention
Beclley club selects five for the convention, naming Phill A McDaniel, Colie Min nes, Virginia Eass Alwauster, J E Williams as delegates. Richard Glass and E 145 chosen as alternates under coach Jerome Van D Armstrong Jr. Meeting discussed football strategy for Sept 30 to Oct 2 in Parkersburg.
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Phill
A. McDaniel
Colie Minnes
Virginia Eass
Whitlock Fined for Improper License Issuance
Grady Whitlock of Bank Motors on Oakwood Avenue was fined 15 dollars in City Police Court for issuing a temporary license without the serial number. Judge Spare noted a new state law requires serial number and car make to be written indelibly on temporary licenses.
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Grady Whitlock
Motors
Oakwood Avenue
Anthony J. Spare Facing
Whitlock
James D. Phillips
Beckley
Jerry H. Metz
John L. Hickman
Stanaford
Brethren Road Surfacing Nears Completion This Week
District Road Supervisor Harold Lambert said the mile long Brethren Church Road project may be finished by Wednesday and certainly by Friday if weather holds. A second two mile section on Tams Mountain Road at Lester is also nearing completion.
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Brethren Church
Harold Lambert
Lambert
Tams Mountain
Lester
Egee
Beckley Students Chosen As Guides For WVU Freshmen
Seventy five West Virginia University upperclassmen will assist freshmen during Freshman Week in Morgantown marking the start of the university’s eighty fifth academic year. Beckley and nearby areas are represented by Betty Holroyd Gordon Thorne Emily Keyser Welch Harry Miller Mullens Richard Morris Amen Rahal Nancy Bowers Sarah Laren Ann Bird along with Richard Ford and Jean Cunningham from Princeton Lewisburg.
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West Virginia University
Morgantown
Beckley
Betty Holroyd
Gordon Thorngle
Emily Keyser
Welch
Harry ‘Miller
Fayetteville
Nicholas ‘Mullens
Rachard Morris
Amen Rahal
Nancy Bowers
Sarah Laren
Ann Bird
Princeton
Richard Ford
Jean Cunningham
Lewisburg
Wilburn Whitten Granted Permit for Six Room House
City recorder approves Wilburn B. Whitten to build a six room frame house with basement on Mankin Avenue Johns town Addition. Estimated cost five thousand dollars. Construction includes red dogging grading and draining scheduled to begin next week.
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Wilburn B. Whitten
City Recorder's Office
Mankin Avenue
Johnstown
Two Men Fined on Traffic Charges in Local Courts
Eugene H. Cook of Otsego was fined 25 dollars and costs for reckless driving before Magistrate Charles T. Burdiss after state police arrested him on Route 16 at Crab Orchard. John Aaron Flannery was fined 25 dollars and costs for no operator’s license in Magistrate J. P. Meadows’ Court after arrest on U.S. Route 19 at Lanark.
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Eugene H. Cook
Otsego
Charles T. Burdiss
Cook
Crab Orchard
J. P. Meadows
John Aaron Flannery
Stave
U.S. Rt 19
Lanark
Two Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses In Raleigh County
Two couples applied for marriage licenses Monday at the Raleigh County Clerk's office. Richard Clanton Barnard 27 of Packsville and Irene Downing 24 of Shady Spring. Bennie Franklin Collins 21 of Clear Creek and Minnie Ann Duff 26 of Clear Creek. A recipe notes a tuna macaroni cheese casserole with pimento, buttered beans, and a green salad.
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Raleigh County
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Clewiston
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