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EIGHT BECKLEY POST-HERALD, BECKLEY, W. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 10, 1952 1,300 Gaines Delivers Banquet Address At Annual Meet More than 1,300 persons attended the various activities during the Fifth Annual Miners' Encampment sponsored last week by West Virginia State College's Mining Exgension Service with the co-operation of the State Vocational Division of Education and the State Department of Mines, Educational opportunities were offered the miners attending the week's events, as well zs opportunity for advancing themselves by "taking part in the mine foremen's examinations conducted by the State Department The largest crowd assembled at Washington Carver 4r-H Camp, Clifftop, site of the encampment, on Friday, July 4, when over one thousand persons assembled on, the. Miners' Encampment Whipple Men Make Study Of Mishaps SPEAKER, OFFICIALS CONFER--Pausing for a moment in the busy schedule of the Fiftn family field dav and picnic Annual Miners' Encampment at Clifftop last were the men shown in the above picture. James recreational activities were offered Banks (extreme left), field representative of the State Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics, was or-entertaining family members of one of spea kers on the program and is shown as he conferred with Robert Long, of Gary, secretary- 0 treasurer of the encampment, and C. T- Hairston, director of Washington Carver 4-H Camp, where the Highlighting Friday's events was I event was held.

(Coal Page Photo). the annual meeting of the Certifi- ed Miners' Association presided over by Bernice M. Booker, of Beckley, president; John Patterson, of Norfork, vice-president; and Hobert Long, of Gary, secretary treasurer, Raymond M. Greene, of Beckley, examiner with the State Department of Mines, addressed, the group on "Have Present-Day Attracted Youth to or Repelled Them From the followed by a speech by W. H.

Nelson, director of compensation, for District 29, United Mine Workers- The concluding feature of the encampment on Sunday was the annual banquet at which L. Ebersole Gaines, of Fayetteville, president of the New River Company, delivered the principal address. Preceding his address was a 'short talk by J. W. Garver of Wuaona, vice-president of New River Coal Company.

Presentation of three scholarships to West Virginia State College was one of the program's highlights. Two schloarships presented by New River Coal Operators Association were given Ernest Edward JJubanks, of Laurel Creek, graduate of DuBois High School, and Thelma Oletia Bowles, of Winona, graduate of Simmons High School. The tL S. Steel Company scholarship was given Marvin Law, of Gary, graduate 'of Gary Colored High School. M.

D. Cooper, of Pittsburgh, director of engineering education for National Coal Association; C. 0. Carman, superintendent of Stotesbury; Clifford Davis, superintendent at Garten; John W. Davis, president of West Virginia State Madison Broadnax, director of agriculture, West Virginia State; Joseph Bierer, acting chief of the State Department of Mines; W.

B. Sweazy, general superintendent, Maryland New River Coal Company; Mayor Bernard Rocke, Mt Hope; Daniel P. Lincoln, registrar, West Virginia State College. During the encampment, James P. Aden and Frank King, examiners with the State Department of, Mines, conducted examinations for mine foremen's certificates for the following men: Leroy Easley, Louis Ferguson, Lawrence Pukovich, Edward Terry, George Johnson, Charles T.

Williams, Frank Maddow, "James Page. W. F. Monroe, Camp Phillips, John Harper. Sterling Gamble, Thelbert Thompson, Lloyd Johnson, Charles Smith, Albert Brown, Freeman Thomas Frank Stiger, C.

C. Smith, Nicodemus King, William Smith. Robert Elkhart, James W. Anderson, James A. Brown, William Walker.

James W. Johnson. William Christian, and George L. Spancer. U.

G. Carter, director of West Virginia State's Mining Extension Service and head of the encampment, declared this year's encamp- rrient an outstanding success, judged by the attendance and great interest shown by the men present. SHIRLEY WILL DIRECT HARD WORK for the miners attending the encampment at Clifftop was the state mine foremen and fire boss examination given by the State Department pi Mines. Among the men taking the- tests were those shown in the above picture. Shown above, from front to rear, they are: First row George Johnson, Northfork; Edward Witt, Kimberly; Edward L.

Terry, Kimball. Second row -Carl C. Smith, Gary; Frank Stiger, Anawalt; and Freeman Thomas, Switchback. The tests were given by James P. Aden, chief examiner, and Frank King, examiner, both of the State Department of Mines.

(Coal Page-Photo) Accident prevention in coal mines has 'been studied by 29 miners and foremen employed at the Whipple mine of New River Company in a course completed recently. The 40-h'our course presented by the U. S. Bureau of Mines, with Lloyd G. Fitzgerald, explosives engineer with the 3VTt Hope Branch, as instructor.

Those completing the course were: John W. Adkins, trackman; Nelyn I. Arrington, trackman; James V. Aurentz, foreman; Elick L. Boso, W.

Caldwell, leader; Ottie B. Collins, foreman; Joe B. Davidson, brattice- man; Mike Delridge, foreman; Virgil- B. Dillon, foreman; ert E. Drake, maintenance Joseph L.

Elkins, foreman; Cody Elmore, foreman; Major Green, loader; Carl H. Harrah. foreman; Clarence E. Harris, motorman; Lake A. Holasapple, foreman; Raymond Hughes, fire boss; Roman A.

Kopihski, foreman; Conward J. Lawson, leader; Isaac McClung, electrician; -John M. Midrowskry, trackman; Ralph Q. Nichols, fire boss; Richard P. Nicholls, superintendent; Jacques R.

Price, foreman; James F. Pringle, loader: Stanley C. Renick, fire boss; William- J. Rice, foreman; Edgar R. Smith, loader; and James C.

Staton, foreman. Partially trained in the course were Aultie L. Burgess, fire boss; Raymond H. Elmore. loader; Fredrick H.

McCormick, weighman; and'Weld on Pound, loader. By Dick Mason Coal mines of the Winding Gulf Tield, as in other mining areas, were lonely places Monday as the annual miners' vacation drew to a close. A. trip through part of the'field by disclosed that only a few supervisors and the office personnel were on duty Even the streets of the mining communities were almost deserted as the miners took advantage of the last" day to rest up or were traveling back from the long trips they took during the vacation period. As the idle period ended with the first shift Tuesday morning, most of the miners were out for their day's work, except at the mines where it was decided to hold off reopening until Wednesday.

A good turnout was reported at the majority of the mines as the miners apparently were ready to get back into harness for another year's work. Before too long the mines of Powelltoji Coal Company will be represented by a mine rescue team following the-training of a number of men by the State Department! of Mines and certification of their ability by the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Training was given at Mai- lory by Robert Lilly and Howard' Thompson of the State Mines Department and the men were examined by Federal Inspector ECV- NEW SHAFT-New River Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company now has in operation new 355-foot deep shaft at its Layland mine that facilitates the movement of men places and the removal of slate and other refuse from inside the mine.

The miles from the drift mouth and preparation plant, transports the miners and out of the offering quick movement to the working face instead of the long underground tap from the main entrv to the mine. Fifteen men can, be carried on the cage each trip up and down from the shatt bottom. When the six-ton mine cars filled with slate-are hoisted from the bottom, tney into a bin at the head of the shaft and then hauled away by truck. The shaft housmg is shown at the right of the picture, while the quarters for the mine foremen, lamp- house ana hoist house are housed in the building at the right of the picture. The larger portion of the building the hoisting machinery and its operator.

(Coal Page Photo). Smokeless Coal Page RICHARD H. MASON. Coal Editor the course and for certification were John mororman: Almeida, Hobart L. Ryder; Arthur Sammons, rodman: John J.

Somers. transitman; Hudson Sor. operator; Ralph Raymond Cook. section foreman; William Donald Dale, shuttlecar, operator; Edward Garrett; section foreman; Joe section- foreman; Jasper Edward mine foreman; John Mandola, foreman; Curtis L. Mann, miner; Hiram H.

Parsley, foreman: Ray Brooks, foreman; Jesse W. Hall, section foreman; James Paul Hamb, section foreman; Rufus Kirk, section Harrison Phillips, foreman; Howard Leonard Yeager, foreman: Verlin C. Brown, shuttle- car operator; Willard Brown, ma- chineman; Clyde W. Crawford, foreman; Quill England, foreman; Haskel Eplin. foreman; Leo E.

Evans, stoper operator; Vester Gibson, foreman; Cecil Justice, foreman; Claude Letsinger, elec- engineer; Samuel C. Anthony, foreman; A. Cline, foreman; Clarence Elkins, foreman; Willie G. foreman; Raymond Justice, foreman; Deward W. Moore, foreman; Ralph A.

Nunley, foreman; Hezzie C. Parsley, brakeman; and Earmil D. Zornes. electrician. Finishing the training but not wearing the oxygen breathing apparatus were Thomas H.

Barnes, Tom K. -Christian, Hillie Sparks, Fred Davis, and John Weir, all foreman: Finishing the course but not appearing for examination were Willard Bailey, Joy operator; Franklin Cook, shuttlecar operator; Joseph M. Fadlevich, foreman; Chris B. Kossos, electrician; Timothy A. Salvati, mining; Henry A.

Sewell, Smoot, foreman; driller. and Calvin C. Spears, When we listed the men taking first aid training given by J. S. Feyraro, XL S.

Bureau of Mines inspector, at the Harewood mine of Semet-Solvay Division, Allied Chemical Dye Corporation, we failed, to- give the men who took partial "training. These men were Arthur H. Bowling, Allen- Castle, Lewis Coleman; James C. Egnor, G. T.

Napier, Miles M. Ramey. Fred Sizemore, William H. Snodgrass, Jess Ward, and William. Arvin, all foreman; Stonewall ma- chineman; Homer G.

Doyle, inspector; Emmitt Dunkley, motor man; Ollie Hickman, dispatcher; John Owens, loader; Lawrence Rose, superintendent; Harry B. Stone, bratticeman; Fred Washing- tori; loader; and James P. Washington, maintenance man. While at Clifftop last week, Run- of-Mine ran into Judge Shepherd from Stanaford who now retired, after working' almost a half century in the mines of Southern West Virginia. Shepherd showed this editor a picture of the first Negro mine rescue team formed at the -Kilsyth mine "of The New River Company with the man who trained Robert Lilly of the State Department of Mines.

Lilly trained' 31 men at the mine, of which about 25 are still working around the mines of Raleigh and Fayette counties. In. the picture Lilly and Shepherd, who was captain of- the'team, were tne late Godfrey Taylor. 'Hurley Sidney, Bill Harvey, Jarrett Smith, and -H. Smith.

For i i Camps Backyard Aluminum Folding Tables Invest Season In Permanent Convenience Special Prices To Churches Lodges Etc. PHONE 5324 MINING VETERANS of South-, i ern West Virginia who attended CONSULTANT for the'Min- ers' Encampment was Maurice D. Cooper, of Pittsburgh, director of engineering education for National Coal Association. Cooper has served as one of the chief consultants for this event over the past five years in which it has been presented. EGFA'S COAL TRAFFIC the Miners' Encampment are; shown above as they related somej PITTSBURGH--Traffic manage-j of their experiences to some of the! ment of the 16 million tons of bi- younger miners present for thej tumindus coal shipped annually by i event.

Representing every coun-j Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates i at the encampment are these will go under the control of An-(men. shown left to right: Seated--i drew'K. Shirley July 1 with Popovich, fire boss, U. S.j promotion to traffic manager, ac-iSteel Company, Gary: William; cording to L. Brown, trackman for New Riven vice-president of EGFA.

Pocahontas Consolidated Coalj Shirley will have charge of Kaymoor; John Patter-! traffic from Eastern's 20 mines in son, of Keystone, veteran of 50; West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and years in the mines of West Vir-i Kentucky, and from other coal glnia: Judge Shepherd, of Stana-j producers for whom Eastern 0 rd, veteran of more than 45 i as sales agent. Ke also will handle ea rs in the mines: and Charles' traffic on coal export shipments by Williams, beltman for Eastern Gas! Castner, Curran and Bullitt, anc Associates, export subsidiary of Eastern. Other coal is delivered by rail, coast wise and lake shipment for domestic, by-product coke and gas plant, and industrial use throughout the eastern half of the United States and in Canada. John N. Van Kirk has named assistant traffic mana Fuel Associates, Standing Linville Carter, Fairmont, shuttlecar operator Christopher Coal Company, Os-i age; L.

H. Richardson, shot firer; for Island Creek Coal Holden: Julius Blaney. fire boss, Laing No. 1 mine, Wyatt Coal Company; and Bernice Booker, Beckley, safety instructor for State 1 years. Mabley, Nelson Given Island Creek Promotions Raymond E- Salvati.

president of Island Creek Coal Company, has i announced the election of Carlton' R. Mabley, as vice-president and general manager of Island) Creek Coal Sales Company, and the appointment of William C. Nelson as assistant to the president of Is-j land Creek Coal Company. Mabley, a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, joined Island Creek in 1938. During World War II he served in the Army Quartermaster Corps as a specialist in fuel problems and was advanced to the rank of colonel.

In 1945 he returned to the service of Island Creek as manager of industrial sales and in 1950 became general manager of sales. Nelson has been with the since 1945. Cdlal is the raw material for thousands of chemical products. I More Power From Coal i The utility requirements for coal grew from 36 million tons i in 1931 to 105 million in 1951, a are expected to reach 130 million by 1954. Easy Without Nagging Backache and diiiinew may be due to slowdown of kidney function.

my KOOC kidney function in very important to KOO! With. When everyday condition, nucr. this important unction to HHtTcrnaK- KiiK backache--feel miserable. Minor Madder due to cold or wronjr diet may rettine up or frequent Don't neglect your kidneya if theae condition! bother you. Try Doan'i Pilln--a mild diuretic, XJacd successfully by for 60 It's amazing roany times eive happy relief from the 15milesof kidney tubej and flub out, WMM.

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