Beckley Fire Prevention Week Promotes Fire Safety
Beckley launches Fire Prevention Week starting October 9 with a city wide drive led by the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce. Fire Chief Bernard Martin will oversee three main phases including inspections, a speakers bureau, and window displays as part of an effort to modernize aging fire laws and educate residents.
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Beckley
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Bernard Marlin
Martin
William Walls
William Reese
Watts
Reese
Ross
Daniel, Jr
Albert Tieche
Roy Cawley
Edwin Ratcliffe
Dave Abrams
William Page
William Bruster
William Houchins
William Barrett
Barrett
Beckleyan to aid West Virginia University paper editors
Terrence W. Trent of Beckley is named among five West Virginia University students chosen as news editor for the Daily Athenaeum during the first quarter. Don Bond, faculty supervisor, announced the selections as part of the editorial staff updates.
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Beckleyan
WVU
Terrence W. Trent
Beckley
West Virginia University
Daily Athenaeum
Don Bond
Bond
Ventilating Fan Change Urged at No 7 Mine Enwight Wyo
A federal coal mine safety review of Raleigh Wy mining No 7 mine at Enwight praises near term safety upgrades. It notes 65 workers, 700 tons daily output in mid August, and a timbering plan largely followed. The report also endorses dust control and haulage features under the Federal Mine Safety Code. It cites inspector M E Hall. John Chandlee elected editor in spring student election at university Morgantown.
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Raleigh-Wyoming
Enwight
Bureau of Mines
M. E. Hall
John Chandlee
Charleston
Joseph S. Richards
Morgantown
Robert B. Sineck
Oakland
Ian
Hall
Polio Fund Container Stolen from Eatwelt Cafe
A infantile paralysis fund drive container was reported missing yesterday from the Eatwelt Cafe. Mrs. Nelle Strachan of the Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club said it was taken around noon while she emptied the container. The club had placed containers in Beckley businesses last week.
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Nelle Strachan
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
City negotiates for parking lot on South Fayette Street
The city staff and Mayor Grover C. Hedrick outlined plans to lease a 200 foot frontage lot beside Beckley Hotel garage for off street parking. The city would handle grading at its cost and deduct expenses from profits with owners receiving one fourth of income. The five year lease allows termination if a buyer for the lot emerges or a building is planned. The measure aims to relieve a serious shortage of off street parking downtown.
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Fayette Street
Grover C. Hedrick
Beckley Hotel
Hedrick
Three Coal Firms Sell Property for 17500
From Raleigh County records a deed shows Beaver Coal Corporation Pemberton Coal and Coke and Lillybrook Coal Company transferring 840 acres to Lilly Land Company for 17500. Additional deeds list various tracts including Glen Morgan Addition parcels, sections of Coal City Slab Fork District and Naoma Marsh Fork District with prices ranging from about 500 to 6000 dollars and some no consideration transfers. Local land transfers include small lots in West Mabscott and Tolley Town with modest sums or none stated.
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Raleigh
Yestones
Stanaford
San
le Cue
Beaver Coal Corporation
Pemberton Coal and Coke and
Lillybrook Coal Company
The
Lilly Land Company
Mary Cole Hall
Kinton E. Hall
E. A. Hall
Glen Morgan
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company
J. E. Shumate
Russell C. Warden
Lillybrook Land Company
Coal City
Slab -Fork
G. C. Hed
Eo DeLucas
Mabscott Hill
Big Whitestick Creek
Prince Land Company
Tom,Walker
Green Valley
James Brierley
Mary Jane Rees
Harper Road
Fayette Land Company
A. L.harrah
Ona. Harrah
Keep Dogs Quiet Police Chief Warns
Police Chief Anthony Scalise urged residents to quiet barking dogs to reduce numerous city complaints. He said owners should confine pets properly to prevent noise. Barking can be ruled a nuisance and brought before the City Council.
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Anthony Scalise
Sealise
Committee to Find Parking Lots in Beckley
The Planning and Zoning Commission appointed a three man committee last week to locate vacant lots for development as parking areas. The move follows Hulett Smith’s remark that Beckley is in worse shape for off street parking than ever before.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Hulett Smith
Beckley
Wednesday Rites Set for Bennett
Funeral services for William Otis Bennett 28 will be held at 2 30 p m Wednesday at Mt Tabor Baptist Church with Rev B C Jennings and Rev C G Roark officiating Burial will be in Calfee Cemetery at Mt Taber American Legion Post 32 will conduct graveside rites He died yesterday morning in Beckley hospital after a tonsillectomy Born in Shady Spring he was a bookkeeper at Beckley Water Company a World War III veteran wounded on Iwo Jima He attended Concord College and belonged to American Legion Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce He is survived by his wife Mrs Wilma Jenkins Bennett his mother Mrs Victoria Bennett and four brothers Grey Dexter Ray and Ira Bennett
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Mit. Tabor Baptist Church
William Otis Bennett
Beckley Hospital
B. C. Jennings
C. G. Roark
Calfee Cemetery
Mt. Taber
American Legion Post 32
Calfee Funeral Home
Shady Spring
William Harvey Bennett
Victoria Bennett
Beckley Water Company
U. S. Army
Iwo Jima
Concord College
American Legion
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Wilma
Jenkins Bennett
Grey
Eccles
Dexter
Prosperity
Ray
Ira Bennett
Coal City
WVU Freshman guides named for Beckley area students
Five Beckley area WVU students will guide freshmen during orientation. Named are Charles Henderson Scarbro Jean Bowling White Sulphur Springs Wanda Baumgartner Montgomery Bernadine McCutcheon Ronceverte and Harry G Shafer Madison. Lease records show Bair and Fadeley renting 10880 square feet on North Kanawha Street for a five year service station, at 2700 dollars yearly. Johnny Barone leases Johnny's Place at 1713 South Kanawha Street to Tomi Brown for three years at 150 dollars per month.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
WVU
Beckley Area
West Virginia University
Charles M. Henderson
Scarbro
Jean Bowling
White Sulphur Springs
Wanda Baumgartner
Montgomery
Bernadine McCutcheon
Ronceverte
Harry G. Shafer
Madison
D. F. Bair
RF. Fadeley
Bair and Fadeley
North Kanawha Street
Ellen and
Ethel Bair
G. E. Honts, Jr
G. E. Honts, III
Raleigh County
Johnny Barone
Johnny
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Scouts
Bobby McMann
Presbyterian Church
Guy Amate
H. B. Fillmer
Colin Minter
Tommy Minter
Mary Snyder
Cora Shepler
Tolley Town
Trap Hill District
Pullation
Sysht
Hotpoint
Hotpoint Headquarters
Beckley Music & Electric Co
S. Fayette St
Bennett
Brown
Georges
Sm-L
Denier Georges
Fab
W. T. Grant Co
Neville
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