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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1951
Page
6
The U S Bureau of Mines reports week ended Sept 8 coal production at 9.235 million tons versus 10.73 million a year earlier, a 9.2 percent drop or 938 thousand tons. Loadings totaled 147 thousand tons, down from 159,556 tons in the prior year period.
Beckley Kiwanis Club will be represented at the 1951 West Virginia Kiwanis District convention in Parkersburg September 30 to October 2. Club President Charles C. Farmer will head the Beckley delegation joined by E. D. Armstrong Jr and Richard Glass. Homer A. Hoskins will preside. Pre-induction calls went to thirty Raleigh County youths for September 24 exams.
Dr Frank J Holroyd of Prince ton will speak at the Raleigh County Medical Society meeting Thursday at 730 pm It will be held at El Chico Dr Paul E Vaughan secretary treasurer noted the event Also included is a recipe for savory orange grated beet dish to accompany meat or fish
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce forms a committee led by George Haldane Arthur Goldstein and William A to work with the Beckley Fire Department for Fire Prevention Week starting Oct 7. They plan to support Woodrow Wilson High School stadium improvements but cannot assume financial responsibility for shower and dressing room facilities.
Three couples applied Saturday for marriage permits per county clerk records. The parties include Paul Obugene 22 of Calloway Heights and Mary Sue Adkins 16 of Cranberry, Thomas Lowell McKinney 19 of Stephenson and Georgia Lois Norman 16 of Amigo, and David Linkous 24 of Frances and Vivian Allmen 21 of Frances.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond reported that week ending Sept. 8 the dollar volume of Fifth District department store sales lagged behind the same week last year for the first time in three weeks. Holiday slowdowns likely affected buying, with the prior two weeks showing gains. The report covers 18 stores in leading district cities. In Shady Spring Grade School, the eighth grade elected Norma Cooper president with Jackie Cooper vice president, Margaret Lusk secretary, Sue Yancey treasurer, Tommy Hunter librarian, Ruth Ann Cooper song leader, and Barbara Sue Kendrick reporter.
A 12-year-old poliomyelitis suspect, Carlos Holt of Green Sulphur Springs, has been moved from Beckley Hospital to Milton Memorial Hospital in Milton. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Holt.
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