Babcock Park Debate Over Rail Line Raises Coal Plans
A public hearing in Morgantown explored whether the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway should build a four mile line through Babcock Park to access a 50 million ton smokeless coal field. Massie and coal interests argued for development and jobs, while conservationists and locals warned of park damage and landscape loss.
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Thomas F. Stafford
Babcock
Fayette
Walker
William Baden
United States
Priv
Cleveland
West Virginia
State’ Conservation Commission
Morgan Massie
A. T. Massie Coal Co
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Babcock Park
Fire Creek
Sewell
Frederick C. Babcock
Babcock Coal and Coke Co
Pittsburgh
Massie
BE. V. Babcock
Babcock Company
Glade
Manns Creeks
Great Smoky National Park
Dixie
Thompson
Kanawha
Kanawha Valley
H.L. Gray
Meedow River Coal and Land Co
Rainelle
Gray
The
Conservation Commission
Commission
Higgins
George J. Titler
District 29
United Mine Workers
Titler
Carl Johnson
Charleston
J. D. Shultz
Fayetteville
Fishi
Jaw County
West Vir
Fed
Shultz
Johnson
Kermit McKeever
John B. Wray
Voice contest planned by Raleigh Jaycees for students
The Beckley Jaycees announce the sixth annual Voice script writing and voicing contest for 16th to 12th grade students nationwide aligned with National Radio Television Week November 9 to 16. Rodney Webb says more committee members will join for citywide school outreach and judging. National winners tour Washington with an expense paid trip and attend the awards banquet.
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Raleigh
Beckley Junior Chamber of
Willaim G. Snyder
William R. Barrett
Ben Thompson
Rodney Webb
Jaycee “Chapter
U.S. Office of Education
Federal Security Agency
United States
Washington
Citizens' Group On Rent Control To Visit Council
Beckley City Council maneuvers over rent control as citizens committees seek to keep controls past Sept 30. Mayor Chambers may call a special session if interest grows. renters and landlords likely to speak. Nearby Sophia Town Council and Raleigh County Court have already moved to extend controls amid UMW petitions.
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Beckley
George
Chambers
Sophia Town Council
Raleigh County Court
United Mine ‘Workers
Five Injured In Two Beckley Area Accidents
Two traffic crashes injured five people Sunday. A truck driven by Julius Hendricks of Sundial went off a mountain road. Hendricks and his wife were treated for minor bruises and released, while Nye Price Jr. remained hospitalized for back injuries. A separate crash on Valley Drive involved two youths on a motorcycle. Richard Holliday, 16, Mabscott, suffered a fractured right leg, and Joseph Harrah, 17, Stamford, was passenger with injuries to the right knee. Four men enlisted in the Army and one in the Air Force were sent to training after the local Armed Forces recruitment cap.
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Julius Hendricks
Sundial
Hendricks
Beckley Hospital
Nye Price, Jr
Valley Drive
Richard Holliday
Mabscott
Joseph Har
Rah
Stamford
Air Force
Army
Armed Forces Cap
Thomas Alfred Young
Coalwood
Katie Jones
Excelsior High School
Sabatino Falgiano
War
Quinto Falgiano
Patito Pete Santoro Jr
Welch
Pete Santoro
Welch Dalley News
Sampson Air Force Base
Principals Study School Problems at Raleigh County meeting
C. D. Munson Jr prominent speaker at the Secondary Principals Association gathering in Raleigh County. Fourteen of the county’s seventeen secondary schools attended to discuss student dropouts and record keeping during a delayed opening amid infantile paralysis concerns. Brooks Adair welcomed as new member and host for October. next meeting set for Oct 27 at Shady Spring High School with noted attendees from multiple high and junior high schools.
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C. D. Munson Jr
Raleigh County
Secondary Principals Association
Munson
Association
Brooks Adair
Shady Spring High School
Harvey Pauley
Trap Hill High School
van Dorsey
Beckley Junior
Delmas Elkins
Glen White
Sherman Trail
Stoco High
W. B. Connoley
Vocational
G. C. Turner
Clear Fork
Virgil Sarrett
Stoco Junior High
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson High
John Saunders
Shady Spring
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork High
C.D. Cooke
Eccles Junior High
Mt. View
C. E. Walker
Mark Twain High
James L. Hornbeck
Sophia High
Beckley Layman's Institute Attended by Local Men
Seven Beckley men attended the annual Methodist Layman's Institute at Jackson's Mill over the weekend. Charles Fannin of Huntington directed the event, which ran from Friday through Sunday. Participants included R. Smoking Light, False Alarm Jr, Davis CB Rider, EA Kidd, Beckley City Firemen S. L. Deck, and others. The group visited law offices on Main Street after the event, led by laymen leader Almer Jr. No fire resulted.
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Beckley
Jackson’s Mill
Charles Fannin
Huntington
Davis CB. Rider
EA. Kidd
Beckley City
S. L. Deck
J. Q. Methodist Church
A. L. Rohr- Hutchinson
Joseph Luchinijer
George Bright
E. T. Gilen
Main St
Almer Jr
List Temple
Two Men Forfeit Bonds In Beckley Police Court
In Beckley City Police Court on Monday two defendants forfeited bonds for failing to appear. William Bowmen of Stephen son was fined 10 dollars plus costs for improper license plates on an automobile. Elsie Williams of Crab Orchard and William H. Dean forfeited bonds for drunkenness profanity and reckless driving respectively. Nathaniel Chambers was sent to Raleigh County Jail for failing to pay a fine on driving without an operator's license.
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William Bowmen
Stephenson
Elsie Williams
Crab Orchard
Bog
William H. Dean
Nathaniel Chambers
Raleigh
Holt and Sims Share Platform in Beckley Meeting
Rush D. Holt the GOP candidate for governor and Edgar B. Sims seeking reelection as state auditor will address a Beckley Memorial Building public meeting sponsored by the Beckley Business and Professional Women’s Club. The event includes a 6:30 p.m. dinner at First Methodist Church and remarks on a “Preserve Our Heritage” theme with invited local Dem and GOP leaders. Holt also plans Sunday talks at Stotesbury Community Church and St. John’s Baptist Church, described as religious in nature.
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Beckley
Rush D. Holt
GOP
Edgar B. Sims
Office of State Auditor
Memorial Building
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
William C. Marland
Holt
Marland
Sims
First Methodist Church
Harry Anderson
Robert Z. Ashworth
Anderson
Raleigh County Democrats
Ashworth
Stotesbury
Stotesbury Community Church
St. John’s Baptist Church
J. E. Sharp Named United Fund Campaign Chairman
J E Sharp of Beckley was named campaign chairman for Raleigh County United Fund 1952 drive scheduled Oct 16 to Nov 10. Budget set at 55000 with 11 agencies benefiting including YMCA American Cancer Society Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and Library. J H Crouse of Chicago to direct the drive. office to open in Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Sharp
Beckley
United Fund of Raleigh County, Inc
Sharp
W. D. Nace
W. R. Fugitt
Betty Jane Gunter
Chicago
Memorial
Advanced Gifts
American iCancer Society
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Children’s Home Society of West Virginia
Library
Salvation Army
Social Welfare Assembly
United Include
Secretaries Defense Fund
Civilian Defense
American City Bureau
Missing Price Hill woman located in Charleston
Miss Patricia Mason twenty one of Price Hill, reported missing since Thursday by her father Jack Mason, is working in Charleston. Mason says he notified authorities when she failed to return from Berkley where she had gone to pay bills.
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Patricia Mason
Price Hill
Jack Mason
Charleston
Mason
Berkley
Mt View School seeks bids for junior high addition
Raleigh County Board of Education announces sealed bids for a general contract to construct an addition to Mt View Junior High School. Bids must be received by Tuesday September 30 at 3 p.m. and sent to the board office in the county courthouse. Public opening and reading will occur at the specified time and date.
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Mt. View
Raleigh County
Eight Men Enlist in Air Force From Local Station
Eight men enlisted at the Armed Forces Recruiting Station Friday and Saturday for four year Air Force tours and basic training at Sampson AFB. Names include John Kyle Daddysman 17 South Charleston George Heslep Jr 20 Racine Clyde Skiles 17 Sanders on Victor Lee Gillam 18 Sharon Ernest Leo Murphy 19 Summersville Donald Floyd Green 19 Richwood Edwine Roy Legg 18 Summersville and Lucian LaFayette Redden 20 Meadow Bridge.
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Sampson Air Force Base
John Kyle Daddysman
South Charleston
Homer Daddysman
George Herbert Heslep Jr
Racine
Herbert Heslep
Sherman High School
Clyde Stanley
Skiles
Sandersson
William Skiles
Victor Lee Gillam
Sharon
Victor Gillam
Air Force
Ernest Leo Murphy
Summersville
Ernest. Murphy
Nicholas County High School
Donald’ Floyd Green
Riverside Drive
Richwood
Madline Green
Richwood High School
Edwine Roy Legg
W. R. Legg
Lucian LaFayette Redden
Meadow Bridge
Harrison Redden
Sandstone High School
Snuffer Family Reunion Set for September 28 in Crab Orchard
The Snuffer family reunion is planned for September 28 at the Crab Orchard home of Frank H. Goode. Rev L Goode in charge notes the 1856 settlement by Peter and Elizabeth Snuffer. Speakers include Rev G P Goode Pineville Rev Mark W Wolf Crab Orchard and Rev Shirley Donneley Oak Hill. The Crab Orchard quartet and the Brethren Church Choir will perform. Program runs 10 30 a.m. to about 3 30 p.m. It is the first reunion in about 19 years.
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New Hope Beckley
Douglas Smith
J Salem
Tams
Mary J. Smith
E. Smith
Mil Street
Beckley
Japan
Oscar Johnson
East Park
Korea
Tt. Leonard Wood
New Salem
Harper Park
Missouri
Ft. Riley
Kan
Stotesbury
Margaret Hamlet
Annie Royal
Red Star
Welch
Viola Leftwich
Lillian Carter
Raleigh
Beckley Hospital
Hiram Abiff
Electra
O. Els
Pride of Raleigh Temple No
Glorious Church
Stamford
Herb Thomas
Reed
Evelyn Morris
Free and Independent
Church of Our Lord Jesus
Church of Amigo
Narcissus Jones
John Stewart
Patterson Temple
Big Stick
Elizabeth Choir No
MacAlpin
A. M
W. P.strickland
Affinity
J. W. Goins
Second Baptist
H. J. Hunt
Dorcas Missionary Society
Central
Janie Hairston
James Long
Grant Street
Joan
Aquilla Mae ‘Penn
Evelyn Hughes
Jeanie ‘Redd
Billie Rowland
AlexanderFinney
Ruther Preston
Roland J Copening, Jr
Kenneth Heath
Ray Owensby
Margaret Elizabeth
Coleman
New Hope Baptist Church
Whipple
A. DuBois
Ing
Greenwood Cemetery
James Ed. Coleman
Theola Mae Eccles
Glen Jean
Attelie Coleman
Eddie Lee
Minden
Charles Richardson Coleman
iWhipple
E. B. Deberry
Gary
Lige Deberry
Bessmer
iAla
Crab Orchard
Frank H. Goode
Snuffer
L. Goode
Peter and
Elizabeth Snuffer
G. P.goode
Pineville
Mark W. Wolf
Shirley Donneley
Oak Hill
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Imona
C. and O
Massie Coal Co
Horace Walker
Richmond, Va
Paul Merton
A. G. Thompson
Charleston Law- Coal Co
Landisburg
Glade Creek
Land Co
Jang
Jaycees
Citizens’ Group
Beckleyans
Layman’s Institute
Dean
Doan
Beckley Insulation Co
United Fund Post
Mt. View School
Sure
Seagram
Seagram's
Seagram Distillers Comp
N.Y
Armed Forces Recruiting Station
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