Coolridge Man Gets Best Pay Check For Duty
Raleigh county paid 1,299.60 to 61 jurors for services during the circuit court term ending Friday. Top pay went to Ben Richmond of Coal Ridge for 31.20 after serving all regular days and one Saturday. Fourteen juries were empaneled across 12 trial days. Witness fees were uncalculated as these are paid by litigants, while litigants also paid 135 for court stenographer services. Jurors traveled 771 miles total, with G L Jarrell from Packsville traveling 40 miles daily for six days.
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Raleigh County
Ben Richmond
Coal Ridge
John Ward
Richmond
Ward
G. L. Jarrell
Packsville
WPA to Fix East Beckley Streets
East Beckley streets will be repaired by WPA crews under AK Minter area engineer. A federal appropriation of 26900 will fund rock base and red-dog top dressing. An additional 17896 will cover sewer line construction with city adding 5952. Work to start once laborers are assigned.
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East Beckley
Minter
Asa Crawford
Barber Shaves One Man Nine Thousand Times
Clarksburg scene features Flanagan a 30 year barber who estimates he has shaved a steady customer in excess of 9 900 times He says he enjoys shaving the ill and recalls a hospital anecdote about patients dying after being shaved
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Clarksburg
John
Flanagan
Beckley Post Wins Arthur G. Yates Trophy for Service
Veterans of West Virginia honor Beckley American Legion Post No. 32 as the top chapter in community service and organization advancement for 1996 with 755 points. The award recognizes sponsorships with Boy Scouts, high school games, Red Cross donations, flag education, military funerals, and membership growth, and will be engraved before delivery. Charles E. Booth will install new officers October 9, with E H Shriver to become post commander, succeeding D D Ashworth.
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Raleigh County
American Legion
West Virginia
Beckley Post
Arthur G. Yates
Legionnaires
St. Albans
Boy Scout Troop 65
Beckley
Bluefield
Charles E. Booth
Huntington
E. H. Shriver
Raleigh
D. D. Ashworth
Sixth
West Virginia Legion District
Four Holidays For Schools Okayed By AP
The state school system approves four holidays for over 360,000 pupils. November 11 and 12 mark the first break during the state education association sessions in Huntington. Thanksgiving closes schools November 26 and 27, with Christmas holiday from December 24 to January 3.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Fred ‘G-Teal
Kanawha County
State“ Education” Association
Huntington
The Star Opens Modern Store In Beckley
Beckley shoppers flocked to The Star on South Kanawha Street for a grand reopening. Sid Danbury, store manager, thanked Beckley and coalfield residents for making the event a success as The Star showcases grand opening values in men’s women’s and children’s clothing with easy payment plans.
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Beckley
The
Star
South Kanawha Street
Sid Awanbury
Danbury
Star’ S
Mrs Williams to Be Buried Today in Beckley
Funeral services for Mrs Edna Maynor Williams of Beckley will be held at 2 30 p m at the Cirtsville M Ez church with burial in Maynor cemetery She died Friday after kidney operation Surviving husband Frank and three sons Emery French and Alva all of Beckley four daughters and many relatives The service will be conducted by Rev Ross Culpepper at the Williams home at 1 p m before the cortege to Cirtsville SUCCORS PIGEON Sheriff Reynolds fed a carrier pigeon found in the jail yard It died of starvation and exhaustion The leg band read AU38FAR No 775
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Edna Maynor Williams
Beckley
Cirtsville M. Ez. Church
Maynor
John Maynor
Cirtsville
Lonnie D. Maynor
Beckley City
C. A. Craddock
Amos Stover
J. W. Cottle
Fayetteville
Ross Culpepper
Williams
South Kanawha Street
Cittsville
Clarksburg
Fitzhugh Reynolds
Reynolds
Doctor Delivers Four Sets of Twins At Once
Webster Springs reports Dr. J M Coffer delivered four sets of twins within 82 days, claiming a record for consecutive twin births supervised.
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Idoctor
iBy
Associated Press
Webster Springs
J. M. Coffer
Fever Reported at White Sulphur Springs
Health Commissioner A. E. McClure reports multiple cases of typhoid fever in and near White Sulphur Springs today. Residents advised to seek medical attention and maintain sanitation as officials monitor the outbreak.
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Prince Street
Charleston
A. E. McClue
White Sulphur Springs J
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Coolridge
WPA
East Beckley Streets
Drege
Legion
Davenport
Grace
Gladys
Singing Sisters
Cleveland
Veterans
Raleigh County Post
S. E. A. Meet
Sid Danbury
Herbert Starkey
West Plains, Mo
Germany
Home Motor CO
Caperton’s
Hudson
Terraplane
General Auto Repairing
Cirtsville Church
Welch’s Grape Juice
Miracle Ade
Kanawha St
Sox
Th. Jar
Healtit Gard
ARTEX
Dic
Ary
Campbell
Richmonday Cleaner
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