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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1946
Page
6
Sophia High School band members and boosters will conduct a tag day in Beckley and Sophia tomorrow to raise funds for uniforms. Band director Mrs. Harlow Warren announced that Sophia youths will be on the streets tagging contributors to the band organization.
Two Salisbury Negroes James Lee Fletcher and Robert Holland were executed in Virginia for the July 22 killing of Salisbury Md carpenter George S. Broughton near Accomac. Broughton’s body, found in woods near Farksley, showed his arm in a cast at the time. Coroner J L McComis testified both head crushing and throat cutting could have caused death. Fletcher was executed at 7:45 am, Holland at 7:55 am after being taken to the chair separately.
Funeral services for Cora Lee Romine 69 of Eunice will be held at Chesapeake Baptist Church in Chesapeake tomorrow at 2 with Rev. Joe Romine officiating. Burial will follow at Standard Cemetery. She is survived by two daughters Mrs James Likens Eunice and Mrs Alfred Catron Dunbar and three sons Jessie Romine Winifred Hubert Romine and Daner Romine Monteval.
Beckley mercantile board members vote unanimously to endorse a proposed city manager charter. They urge campaign support and plan to vote October 15. The board also agrees to keep Saturday night shopping hours, citing customer convenience.
The deed of transfer filed in the county clerk’s office shows C. G. and Octavia Richardson purchased Lot 16, Section 1, Crab Orchard from Goldie and Ira Lilly for about 3000 dollars. Other deeds listed include purchases in Highland Addition and Meadows Addition with prices ranging from 900 to 2506 dollars. In Elkins a VA beds plan increases from 500 to 1000 in Martinsburg hospital takeover.
Hollywood veteran Gene Kelly reflects on jitterbugging fading from the scene and its place in American dance culture while detailing his Navy service, film work in Life's for the Loving, and home life in Beverly Hills. He compares himself to Fredric March and notes the toughness of dancing as a career.
Charleston officials discuss last minute ballot changes by sticker to reflect primary results. Circuit Clerk Reynolds notes possible mercy county recount in supreme court. Partlow urges delaying ballot praise until order placement and delivering corrective stickers to poll clerks. Printing of soldier ballots to occur only as needed. Assistant AG Spillers says sheriff may collect 73 cent summons fee in forfeited and delinquent lands cases.
Dr. Luther Wesley Smith, executive secretary of the World Mission Crusade, will speak at 7 30 tonight at the First Baptist Church in Beckley. The event is sponsored by the Raleigh Hopewell Rock Castle Fayette and Greenbrier Baptist Associations as part of a 14 million dollar fund drive by the Northern Baptist Convention.
Three young men from Raleigh County arrived at Fort Hayes in Columbus today to undergo physical examinations for regular Army enlistment after signing at Beckley Army recruiting station. Named are Arch James Harrison Redden, Alvin Fuller Garten, and Charles W. Smith in Harper. Marine recruiting Sergeant S L Baker in Oklahoma City facilitated a guardian for 18 year old J E Goodwin so he could enlist after lacking birth certificate and guardians.
Veterans survivors of World War II now eligible for new social security benefits if not already drawing VA compensation or pensions. The act aims to bridge gaps for those who died within three years after discharge, with insured status and survivor payments based on a minimum monthly wage. Eligible survivors include widows, aged 65 and over, young dependent children, and other dependents, provided prior military service met duration and discharge conditions.
Widows of any age with young dependent children of the insured veteran in their care will receive monthly benefits until they are married or until the children reach a specified age. The policy outlines continued support for widows meeting the dependent criteria and conditions for ongoing payments.
A Sunday afternoon model plane exhibit will be held behind the Pinecrest Sanitarium dairy barn. The Beckley Model Aeronautics group, sponsored by Mrs. Jean Keatley, will fly planes under the Academy of Model Aeronautics rules with members of the Beckley club officiating.
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