Pilkington Patents New Leaf Spring Design
William Pilkington Sr and Paul Mallamas Jr of Mountain Truck Sales patent a new leaf spring with indentures. Each leaf bears cup like projections fitting into the leaf above, simplifying construction for heavy trucks and possibly passenger cars. The U S patent 2 587 522 issued Feb 26 1952 runs 17 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Allen
Intion
Yale
Iliam Filkington Jr
Beck
Washington, D. C
U. S
Pikington
Pilkington
William Pilkington
Paul Mallamas Jr
Mountain Truck Sales, Inc
Mountain Truck Sales Company
Pilkingtons
Mallamas
United Fund Names City and County Campaign Chairs
The 1952 United Fund campaign organization was realigned at the Monday meeting. J E Sharp remains general chairman, with G Peregoy of Beckley and A J Walker of Slab Fork named to the two posts. Three committees operate under city Beckley Mabscott and Raleigh County divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Fund
J. £. Sharp
G. Peregoy
Beckley
A.J. Walker
Slab Fork
Beckley-Mabscott
Raleigh County
Mej
Act
Beckstreet
Jey
Mabscott
Mountain
Pilkington
Roancington
Oke Auto Spring
Roan
Lake, Va
Elect Temporary Officers At CBI Veterans Meeting
Veterans of the Temporary Officers elected at the CBI Veterans meeting held at Babcock State Park Beckley. Carles W. Keener Logan China Burma and India theater commander John H. Davis named vice commander Luther Mann Beckley and Gordon L. Bolla as secretary. The Mountaineer Band unit will speak on The Advantages of Becoming a Member at the Charleston meeting on Nov 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Carles W. Keener
Logan
China
Burma
India
John H. Davis
Babcock State Park
Beckley
Luther Sunday
Mann
Adamant
Tafter
McNie
Gordon L. Bolla
Parks Recreation and Finance
Rela
T-Sgt
Nians
Mountaineer
Bain
Advantsha
Charleston
Needy Children aided by button sale profits
Community drive called Kids Day to benefit Berkley area children. Funds from buttons and Raleigh Register sales aid families in need with eye tests spectacles dental work hospital care and emergency food. Local groups including Kiwanis Key Club and Salvation Army participate. two court notes reference unrelated charges and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berkley
Roy I. Smith
Kiwanis
Raleigh Register
Salvation Army
Smith
Woodrow
Eng
T. N. Thurman
Earl Bybee
Beckley
Trafic
Tommy Matherly
Akron
Raleigh
Thorman
Ruth Matherly
Helen
Matherly
It Happened In Raleigh Grand Jury Action
Napoleon Washington of Beckley failed to post bond for Raleigh County Grand Jury appearance and was jailed after a preliminary hearing. He is charged with felonious assault in the alleged beating holding Sarah Pate of Harper Heights. Hospital reports her condition as fair with possible loss of sight in the right eye. In separate cases Carl Crisp of Glen White was fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding, and Charles Kincaid of Princeton forfeited a 56 dollar bond for reckless driving by failing to appear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Napoleon Washington
Beckley
J. PB. Meadows
Washington
Sarah Pate
Harper Heights
Raleigh General Hospital
Carl Crisp
Glen White
Charles Kincaid
Princeton
State Inspector Probes Brandless Coffee in Beckley Area
State weights and measures inspector Charles W. Delaney says 34 Beckley area stores remain to be checked for a coffee labeled with no brand. He warns merchants to hold cans with bright red labels for weighing and inspection as federal officials order a Pure Food and Drug Division probe into possible underweight and impure coffee once packed for the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Charles W. Delaney
Charles Sattler
West Virginia
Delaney
Iment
Pure T Food and Drug Division
Coal Production Shows Slight Drop Across 28 Mines
The Winding Gale Operators Association reports total output of 205,214 tons for the week ending Sept 20, down 4.7 percent from the prior year. Week lost 45,079 tons, up from 42,885 the year before, with 82 percent operating time. Poca womas field up 5.1 percent. New River down 3.7 percent in the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winding Gale Operators Association
WGOA
Pocawomas
New River Producion
Vets to Organize Club for Marland Veterans
Veterans in Raleigh County invited to form a Veterans for Marland Club meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Raleigh County Courthouse. Estel Thorne and Okey A. Mills lead the effort with plans for officer elections and a motorcade for William C. Marland, Democrat candidate for governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans For Marland Club
Raleigh
Estel Thorne
Okey
A. Mills
William C. Marland
Dorton Services to Be Held at Local Mortuary
Funeral services are set for John B. Dorton 64 of Surveyor at Melton Mortuary on Wednesday at p.m. He died Monday in a local hospital and is buried in Sunset Memorial Park. He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 5770 and lived in Raleigh County for 21 years. Pallbearers include five nephews and several named relatives. The procession ends at a Sophia rally hosted by the Young Democratic Club where Marland will share the platform with U S Senator Matthew M Neely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton
John B. Dorton
Surveyor
Sunset Memorial Park
Dorton
United Mine Workers
Eccles
Raleigh County
F. Dorton
Charles
James Elmore
Clyde
Jack Dorton
Frank Wise
John Martin
Cecil McClung
The
Young Democratic Club
Marland
U. S
Matthew M. Neely
Services Thursday for Heber Walters
Funeral services for Heber Al fred Walters will be held at 1 30 p m Thursday at Weyanoke Church of God with Rev Ben Woodring officiating Burial will follow at Rest Haven Cemetery Princeton Heber Walters 75 died yesterday at his daughter's home in Sophia He had been ill four months He was born in Mason County Va Survivors include six daughters two sisters a brother and a number of in laws and grandchildren The Tennessee Temple Schools in Chattanooga enroll students from 26 states and five foreign countries including Beckley area students Three local youths are enrolled in the Tennessee Temple Schools led by Dr Lee Roberson from Highland Park Church Chattanooga
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber Alfred Walters
Weyanoke
Harald Howerton
Lake Shaw
Walters
Mason County
Suzanna
Moose Lodge
P. Lodge
Matoaka
The
Baptist Church
UMW
McComas
Lorin Thomas Walters
Alexander
Jessie Blake- Ro
Newport News
Janie Demaine
Washingston
D. C
Cletus Vaughan
Paul Shaw
Sophia
Vedal
Vereavosee Eiclialie Ye Hale
Hiawatha
Nellie Har
Giotto
Harold Hower- Baptist
Lake Shawnee
Fount
Howerton
Harlow Walters
Car Pool for Vater Aides Voter Registration Drive
County groups sponsor car pool to transport residents within city limits to register and vote on November 4. The Beckley Jaycees in cooperation with Raleigh County NAACP and Citizens Committee organize rides and a county wide nonpartisan Get Out the Vote effort. A babysitter service is tentatively planned for election day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Raleigh County
National Automobile Dealers Association
Citizens Committee
Ted Kessinger
Jaycees
Duncan-Catron Mot i) Co
D. Perkins
Th County
Get Gut the Vater
Harry Comer
Carl Price
Adele Ee
Citizens ‘Committee
League of Women Voters
Scouts
Payne Challenges Byrd to Debate Campaign Issues
Brown H Payne of Beckley issues a public challenge to Robert C Byrd Democrat nominee for Congress to debate campaign issues anywhere in the Sixth District The challenger claims Byrd was invited to a meeting at Lego Sunday but did not attend Payne says he will appear on a party platform with Byrd and claims Byrd remained active in the Ku Klux Klan after 1944 The Sixth District includes Raleigh Kanawha Boone and Logan counties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Byrd
Congress
Sixth
Brown H. Payne
Beckley Jattorney
Payne
Byrd
Ku Klux Klan
Reigh
Kanawha
Boone
Log
Marriage Applications Listed for Several Couples
A column lists multiple marriage applications with names and ages. Couples include Daniel L. Donahue Jr. and Jo Ann Hutsenpiller Walker, Louis Davenport and Betha Meadows, Matthew Lethcoe and Ella Melcher, Jack Stewart Sunday and Rebecca Reed, Vince Fugate and Dorothy Gray, Albert Grick Jr. and Lois King, Donnie Earl Hamilton and Nira Kincaid, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel L. Donahue, Jr
Charleston
Beckley
D. L. Donahue
Jo Ann Hutsenpiller Walker
Karl Hutsenpiller
Louis
Davenport
Ghent
W. M. Davenport
Betha Mze Meadows
Gilbert Meadows
Matthew Alexander Lethcoe
East Gulf
Athern Howard
Ella Melcher
Rhodell
Dandridge Moore
Jack Stewart Sunday
Sprague
Andrew Sunday
Rebecca Allene Reed
Leona Wright
Vince E. Fugate
Harvey
Vince
Bible Observance To Be Held Today
Beckley presbyterian church hosts a 7 30 pm unveiling of the Revised Standard Version. Dr William J Scarborough president of West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon pronounces The Word of Life in Living Language. Attendees include Amick Johnathan McDaniel 28 Piney View and Bonnie Jean Bonner 16 Piney View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wollie- Kincaid
Amick
Johnathan McDaniel
Piney View
Charles E. McDaniel
Bonnie Jean Bonner
R. E. Bonner
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Ent
Walker
James A. Barnell
MacAlpin, J. S
Chapman
Monteval
Harry Gibson
William YT. Pilkington Jr
CBI Veterans
Melrose
Melrose Distillers, Inc
New York
N.Y
Vets
Heber Walters
Tennessee
Baptist
Tennessee Temple Schools
Chattanooga
W. H. Gibson
H. B. Gibson
Kopperston
Duane Highlander
L. D. Highlander
Rainelle
Robert M. Coburn
R. B. Coburn
Hargrove Street
Highland Park Baptist Church of Chattanooga
Lee Roberson
Bible School
the College
Bapfich Tholaginsl Caminnes
Philip Morris
Pak Ave
N.S
Lipm Rot Phi
Beckley Insulation Co
Sheere & Spiders
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