League and Jaycees Drive to Boost Voter Turnout
Raleigh County groups led by the League of Women Voters and Beckley Jaycees push to reach 90 percent turnout in the November election. A multigroup, bi partisan committee will coordinate a county wide get out the vote effort with personal contact and a large motorcade as key pre election activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women
Beckley
Coun
Topsy O'Dell
League of Women Voters
J. C. T. Kessinger
Jaycee
Miss O'Dell
Four Men Enlist In Army And Air Force At Local Station
Four men enlisted Tuesday at the local recruiting station. In the Army at Fort Meade Maryland are Mills Mill s and Billy Toler both two year terms plus Worley Kin nes three years and Cpl Frankie Shroyer six years assigned to Fort Riley. In the Air Force for four years at Sampson AFB New York are Arnold Schwartz Jimmy Perry Bobby Brogan and William Lawson. Also noted a cheese tip: Camembert should be left out several hours before serving to soften the interior for creaminess and edible crust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Air Force
Ft George G. Meade
Billye-Dean Mills
Odd
John Mills
Billy Toler
Simon
Bedford Toler
Worley Kinnes
Orangeburg
Mary A. Kinnes
Cpl
Frankie H. Shroyer
Dothan
Elsie A
Harold Brogan
William A. Lawson
Williamson
Dixie Lawson
Thurman Fines Three in Local Magistrate Court
Three men were fined in Magistrate T. N. Thurman s court. Chester Ward of Mabscott paid 10 dollars and costs for operating a motor vehicle with defective brakes. Theodore Farrero of Skelton was fined five dollars and costs on an assault charge filed by Arbutus Lopez of Bradley. John Corona of 438 Bailey Avenue owed five dollars and costs for a trespass charge brought by John Fugett. Concord College opens adult education registration at Beckley Junior High School for courses in American literature, world economic problems, applied arts, and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurman
T. N. Thurman
Chester Ward
Mabscott
Theodore Farrero
Skelton
Arbutus Lopez
Bradley
John Corona
Bailey Avenue
John Fugett
Concord
Concord College
Beckley Junior High School
David Kirby
Conleord College
West Virginia Board of Education
November Meet Set by Chamber of Commerce
The Beckley Chamber of Commerce schedules its annual meeting for early November with the board authorizing officers to set the date. Reports from committee chairmen occupied the remainder of the session as discussions covered a master plan survey, proposed financing methods, and plans for a fall carnival as a regional goodwill event.
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Beckley Chamber of Commercce
Charles Hode
Raleigh
Hodel
C. D. Hall
Field House Committee
Walter Duncan
Beckley
Medical Society Meets Thursday Raleigh County Speaker Dr Miyakawa
Dr George Miyakawa orthopaedic surgeon of Charleston will address the Raleigh County Medical Society Thursday at 7 30 pm at El Chico He is linked with the crippled children division of the Medical Services of the State Department of Public Assistance He will hold a clinic for crippled children Friday from 9 am to 1 pm at First Baptist Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Miyakawa
Charleston
Raleigh County Medical Society
EL Chico
Miyakawa
Crippled Childrens’ Division
The
Medical Services
State Department of Public Assistance
First Baptist Church
Mooner Services for Vera Exie McKinney Mooner
Funeral services set for Mrs. Vera Exie McKinney Mooner at 2 pm at Coal City Community Church with Rev. Cleve Young presiding. Burial at Coal City Cemetery. She died yesterday at 12:30 pm after a lengthy illness. born September 28, 1901 in Lashmeet. Survived by four sons Coy Matoaka Leo in Germany Dillard and Clinton Narrows. four daughters W T Herold Odd Miss Eupha Charleston Mrs Claude Lefridge Narrows Miss Naoma McKinney. brothers Melvin Dores Basham Lashmeet. sisters Phillip Taylor Sand Lick Aaron Bartell Straley Shrewsberry Pin Oak. Also noted: two physicians granted licenses, Wilmer Oliphant Monicoal and Charles Merritt Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera
Exie McKinney Mooner
Coal City
Cleve Young Will Cone
Mooner
Lashmeet
Charleston
Claude Lefridge
Naoma McKinney
Narrows
Melvin
Dores Basham
Phillip Taylor
Sand Lick
Aaron Bartell
Straley Shrewsberry
Pin Oak
Marriage Applications Lawson Bryson and Audrey Perdue
Lawson Bryson, 25, of Lester, son of Mrs. Rosina Martin, applies for marriage to Audrey May Perdue, 16, of Sophia, daughter of Mrs. Mary Burmeister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson Bryson
Lester
Rosina Martin
Audrey May Perdue
Sophia
Mary Burmeister
Negro Community Activities and Church Events
The Homemakers Club plans a sewing clinic soon. Local residents visit relatives in Pax, Detroit, and New Jersey while several church events, baptisms, dedications, and concerts are announced. Hospital patients and outreach drives are listed, with meetings for Missionary Societies and auxiliaries. A dollar-day rally supports a building fund, and a Wiener roast heads into a weekend social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homemakers Club
Dewitt Walton
Mary Walton
Pax
Robinson
Hope
Diegla Nelson
New York City
Earline Nowlin
Huntington
Johnie Mae Williams
Carol Wiliams
Detroit
Anna Watson
Guinie Carter
New Jersey
Julia Hundley
Laurel Creek
Jackson Minor
Raeigh General Hospital
Margaretta Tyler
Rain Ue
Frank Shelton
Hoir
Slab Fork
Ernest Eubanks
West Virginia State College
Building Fund
Sprague
St. Paul Baptist Church
J. Mead
H. J. Hunt
W. A. Tressenwriter
Alpaca
Whitby, Stephenson and
Amigo
Rev. H. Dubois
West Wickham
New Hope
Summertee
Beckley City Police August report shows crime rise
August city crime figures show increases over June and July. Felonies total 31, misdemeanors 231 arrests 226, with one murder and fourteen breaking and entering cases. property damage rose to 4415 dollars and traffic tickets climbed to 2418. Police answered 233 calls and traveled 8031 miles.
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Beckley
Evan Hall
Vecellio Bid Favored For Beckley Shady Spring Rd
Beckley to Shady Spring road project eyes Vecellio of Beckley after a bid of 584663.65 for 6.06 miles of widening and improvements. An earlier Vecellio Grogan bid was rejected. State road officials must still secure city approval and federal fund compliance. The Beckley slot machine issue is noted with a Bureau of Public Roads memo on licensed operators concentrated in the northern panhandle. Wellsburg leads with 26 operators, Wheeling 21, Moundsville 17. total 220 licensed as of July 1, with a 535 minimum federal registration fee. Listed operators include Oak Hillys, City Bus Terminal, George Haddad, and others in Princeton and Elks Lodge contexts.
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State Road Commission
Eee
Vecellio of
Beckley
Shady Spring
Vecellio and Grogan, Inc
Beckty
Bureau of Public Roads
Associated Press
Panhandle
Wellsburg
Brooks County
Wheeling
Moundsville
Huntington
Parkersburg
Bureau
Qak Hilly
A. Baumgartner
George Haddad
George Rahall
Clivi
Road contract awarded for Bluefield project on Memorial Boulevard
The commission awarded a 134512 dollar road contract to Road Materials Inc for work in Bluefield on a widening and improvement project along a half mile section of U S Rt 21 known as Memorial Boulevard.
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Bluefield
The
Road Materials, Inc
U. S
College Students Hold Get Acquainted Picnic
Beckley College students were excused from classes to attend a get acquainted picnic at Little Beaver Lake. The group left at 9 a.m. and planned to spend the day at the lake with transportation by students and faculty. participants brought lunches. This is part of a series of social events to foster student and faculty familiarity.
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Beckley College
Little Beaver Lake
Blood Bank Report Shows Raleigh Co Leads August Collections
The Lincoln region led the tri state area in August blood collections with 161 pints from the Lego center in Raleigh County, while Maysville Kentucky and Portsmouth Ohio followed. Raleigh County totals 228 pints for August, aided by a second center at Beckley First Baptist Church. September pledges target 300 pints with Mabscott and Beckley churches to meet quotas, under the direction of Carl Wood and recruitment leaders including Mrs. Everett Gadbey and Mrs. Arthur Lindsay.
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Lego
Raleigh County
Huntington Blood Bank
T. C. Moorefield
American Red Cross
Tristate
Maysville
Portsmouth
Logan
West Virginia
First Baptist Church
Beckley
First Christian Church
Mabscott
Second Blood Center
Calvary Baptist Church
Beckley Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Raleigh General Hospital
Veterans Administration Hospital
Mabscott Blood Center
George Hyatt
Carl Wood
Everett Gadbey
Arthur Lindsay
Ada Vaughn
Virginia Calaway
Gladys Angle
Arvil_ Wood
Phaeby Wood
Nearl Davis
Marie Hurt
Lillian Hurt
Arnold Fleming
Leancy Hurt
Local Legion Post names honorary campaign chairman
Hulett C. Smith, Beckley insurance man, appointed honorary chairman of the 1953 Raleigh County American Legion Post 32 membership drive. W M Houchins announced plans for an advisory committee of prominent Beckley citizens to back the campaign and oversee four county polling place relocations before the November 4 election. John A Nuckols, president of the Raleigh County membership drive, said efforts are underway to secure new voting quarters, with Johns town Road church and Memorial Building offices as possible sites. Smith, a veteran of World War II and national vice president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce, remains to be assigned long-term polling locations. Court noted progress has been slow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett C. Smith
Raleigh County
American Legion
W. M. Houchins
Smith
Mmost
Beckley
Jack A. Nuckols
Houchins
Court
Nuckols
U. S
Commerce
Johnstown
City Hall
Whiteye
Stick
Harper Road
Johnstown Road
Chamber of Commerce
Memorial
Johnsown
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Rosemary Fleshman
Linda Louise Smith
Delores Gail Waddell
Beaver
Belinda Bright
Beuy Jean Miller
Piney View
Patricia Claypool
Edith Marie Mitchem
Sundial
Delores Gray Redden
Crow
Marcella Oma Berry
Vickie Lynn Meadows
Stanaford
Palio
Eleanor Blaine Short
Glen White
Phyllis Jean Souder
Stanford
Janet Lynn St. Clair
Sharon Yvonne Cooke
East Beckley
Linda Gail Cockran
Kenneth Cockran
Raymond Ortiz
Helen
Melna Goins
Ghent
Thomas Harmon
Egeria
Larry Eugene Church
Eccles
Geneva Grace Comer
Tams
Gary Ross Rack
MacArthur
Drema Hills
Gerald Richard Allison
Constance Lynch
Lawrence Griffith
Tank Branch Road
Burl B. Martin
Signora Mitchell
Lillybrook
Lawrence T. Miller
Norman Larry Hylton
Stotesbury
Kathleen Petiry
Pine Knob
Russell Harris
Edwight
Richard Wiseman
Rebecca Lsion
Equitable Life Assurance Co
Raleigh Co. Bank
Medical Society
Medical Licensing Board
Br. Wilmer Gray Oliphant
Monicoal
Charles Wesley Merritt
Ast Park News
Ednad Gilliam
Bettie Napper
Maggie Watkins
Bill Burnett
Eliza Thomas
Viola Treadway
Walter Thomas
Lee Belt
Deaner
Springfield
Mass
Laura Wingfield
Kansas City
Kansas
Cleveland
Loraine Reynolds
American Legion Auxiliary’ No. 70
Pointer Floral
St. John Baptist Church of
Tams Missionary Society
Sue Dodson
AMLE
McAlpin
John Stewart
Rosebud No. 32
Court of Heroines For
Jericho
William Timberlake
Roy Mitchell
Washington, D. C
Wheeler Hairston
Rosa Mitchell
Eddie Lowe
Welcome Baptist Church
Singersi
Mount Hope
Wiener
Willing Workers Club No. 2
Thompson's Peet
East Park
Mt.Tabor
John W. Eye
Neva
Vecellio
Shady Spring Rd
Princeton
B. P. O. Elks Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Princeton Lodge
Piedmont Airlines
Norfolk
Cincinnati - Richmond
Newport News
Louisville
Lexington - Charleston
Beckley Post Herald & Sunday Register
Raleigh Register Daily
Post Office
P.O
W. Va
Blood Bank Report
Hulett Smith
Legion Campaign
Punt
Beckley Insulation Co
Home & Commercial Loans
Raleigh Insurance
Agency
Lilly Building
Schenley
Neture
Schenley Distributors, Inc
New York, N
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