Red Pring and Other Rural Tales From Hardy County
A quirky collection of anecdotes from the Hardy County area during Prohibition and later. Old Red Pring entertains with bootlegger tales while neighbors critique TV watching, a termite joke unfolds, a name change debate for West Virginia is noted, and local youths raise funds for St. Jude Hospital with a swing dance event led by Ray McCain and Joe Kessell. Gov. Barron becomes an honorary member of the Swing Train group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Jude Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Ray McCain
Woodrow Wilson Junior High
Joe Kessell
St. Albans High School
Gov. Barron
Bluefield police unit hit by series of burglaries arrests
A fifth Bluefield police officer was arrested on burglary charges as authorities widen an investigation into a long-running string of breaking and entering cases dating back to 1955. Capt. Cregger Lt. Fox Sgt. Kirk Sgt. Gibson and Patrolman Lee faced charges. the city scales back to a two-man department as staffing and morale are scrutinized. Prosecutor Bivens says more arrests may come but no more officers are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield (Ap
Bluefield
Robert R. Gibson
Mercer County
W. 0. Bivens Jr
Charles P. Cregger
Charles A. Fox
Eugene Kirk
R. E. Lee
Wall
W. de Moss
James Belcher
Princeton
Randolph G. Whittle Jr
Bivens
Guthrie
Beckley
Princeton State Police
William Furman
Rabbit
Martin
Cregger
John Michaels
Marvin Brooks
Los Angeles
Calif
FBI
Brooks
Michaels
Fox
J. c. Penney Co
Gibson
Penney
Set
Kirk
F. Bailey's Lumber Co
Lee
Bluefield Supply Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia presidents dodge branch college stance
The West Virginia Association of College and University Presidents adopted a report that neither endorses nor opposes branch colleges. The discussion centered on Parkersburg’s WVU branch, cost, and the need for broader support, with key officials urging clearer positions and caution about potential educational colonization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackwater Falls
West Virginia Association of College and University
Elizabeth Hallanan
Charleston
West Virginia
K. Duane Hurley
Salem College
Clarksburg
Salem
Hallanan
Parkersburg
WVU
Wood County Board of Education
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
Concord College
Concord
Martin
Virginia
Big Leonard Riggleman
Wanted Man Held in West
A Charleston man is jailed in Los Angeles on forgery charges linked to a $135 government check passed here. Dewey Ellis, 24, of 2600 Piedmont Rd., is to be returned for trial if he pleads innocent. otherwise California will handle the case. Vincent Mroz, Secret Service special agent in charge, announced Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Los Angeles
Calif
Secret Service
Vincent Mroz
Dewey Ellis
Piedmont Rd
Calfornia
Man Admits Series of Thefts In St Albans
A St Albans man on Fairview Drive confessed to a string of break ins dating back two years in the city. Police say Robert Lee Adkins, 31, admitted to at least 12 thefts including a movie projector from First Presbyterian Church and items from Joe’s Grill Alban Theater and Hardman Hardware. He was held on $1,508 bond and awaits grand jury action after waiving a hearing. Police report most stolen items have been recovered and Adkins’ confession followed confrontations over pawned goods.
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St. Albans
Fairview Drive
Charleston
Ad Falls Baptist Church
Fairview
St.School
Coal River Road
Albans
Ber
Robert Lee
Poolkins
General Delivery
Summers Street
Chariston
J. A. Murphy
First Presbyterian Church
Adkins
Nolien
Main Street
Justice of Peace
Eddie Burnside
Groves
Lester Groves
Joe's Grill
Alban Theater
Flower Mart
Hardman Hardware
Herbert Music Co
Geen
Renry C. Easter
River Road
West Virginians in Phoenix Seek Help to Stay Connected
Troy H. Stevens, treasurer of the West Virginia Club in Phoenix, asks the State Department of Commerce for literature and maps to keep West Virginia memory alive for 200 members who met June 17.
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West Virginia Club of
Phoenix
Ariz
State Department of Commerce
Troy H. Stevens
West Virginia
Bondsman Faces Forfeiture Costs in Judge Thompson Ruling
Intermediate Court Judge William J. Thompson ordered a $200 judgment against Betsey Green of Green Furnished Bond for James V. Elswick. Elswick, arrested last year on a drunk charge, failed to appear in justice court.
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William J. Thompson
Betsey Green
Charleston
Green
James V. Elswick
Elswick
Justice of the Peace Court
Elewick Jeft
New Dual Beef Grading Starts July 1 With Higher Yields
Federal meat graders in West Virginia will begin the new dual beef grading system on July 1 under USDA. The system splits grades by palatability of lean meat and yield of trimmed retail cuts, allowing retailers to pay more for higher quality carcasses or less for quicker beef. The existing grading service remains voluntary. In another note, West Virginia highway accidents over the weekend claimed 11 lives, raising the 1962 toll to 193, with fatalities including John G. Strittmatter and a pedestrian on Lookout Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
U. S
Deepartment of Agriculture
Fred A. Puckett
USDA
New York
Pennsylvania
Puckett
Associated Press
Counterfeit $20 Bills Seen in Beckley and Charleston
A Secret Service agent said counterfeit $20 bills, linked to a federal probe in Beckley a month earlier, are circulating in Charleston. About 45 have been found statewide since January, with some passed at a DMV for license plates and one spotted at a Charleston bank. No suspects have been charged and investigators have not identified anyone who passed the notes.
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Beckley
Charleston
Secret Service
Vincent Mroz
Incharge
Department of Motor Vehicles
Mroz
National Carbon Signs Contract at Clarksburg Plant
Hilton, manager of the Clarksburg plant of National Carbon a union division of Union Carbide Corp announced a new two year contract with the local Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union AFL CIO. The wage gains are seven cents an hour the first year and six cents the second year effective today affecting about 50 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
Hilton
Clarksislrg
National Carbon
Union Carbide Corp
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Afl-Cio
Democrats Name West Virginia Campaign Leaders
West Virginia Democrats named J Howard Myers and A S Barksdale Jr as co chairs of the party campaign in Virginia with five Democratic House men. Myers is a longtime West Virginia State Senate clerk and former party chairman. Barksdale edits the Sunset News Observer Mercer County daily. Clarence C Elmore was named assistant to the two co chairs and is a Mercer County political figure. The picks were approved at a strategy meeting attended by Gov W W Barron and state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association
State Board of
Ueauion
Charleston
Lewsburg
Weirton Logan
Point Pleasant
Welch Williamson
Berkeley Springs
West Virginia University
Parkersburg
Association For Study
Asaman
Washington
Myers
A. S. Barksdale Jr
West
Virginia
West Virginia
W. W. Barron
Barksdale
Sunset News-Observer
Mercer County
Clarence C. Elmore
Liquor Central
Moers
Man Given Jail Term Freedom and Walks Free
Clarence W. Bird of Clendenin received a four month county jail sentence in Intermediate Court but walked out free after the judge credited time served including good behavior. Bird had pleaded guilty to a liquor sale and was arrested by state police on possession and sale charges. He had already served the equivalent time and had prior concurrent sentences, with legal arguments over whether the possession and sale formed one offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence W. Bird
Clendenin
William J. Thompson
Bird
Thorses
Ping
Thorson
Scorten
Postal Office Breakin Loots Recovered By Inspectors
Postal inspectors fished in Two Mile Creek Monday recovering more than 400 blank money orders stamps and postal cards dumped after a weekend break in at Blue Creek Post Office. A large metal cabinet from the office containing postal supplies was found beneath the Bo and O Railway siding at dawn by a passerby. Missing were 23 dollars a number of stamps cigarettes meat and razor blades taken from D Sb James Grocery where the post office entry was gained by forcing a side door. Charleston patrolmen and a state trooper aided the investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Two Mile Creek
Blue Creek
W. C. Doerr
Bo & O Railway
D. Sb. James
Charleston
J. & Humphreys
A. W. Scridling
R, Ly
Driver Placed On Probation After Fatal Pileup
John Gerald Duncan 27 of Marmet was placed on two year probation in Intermediate Court after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Howard William Layton 29 of Witcher died January 23 when struck by Duncan's car as Layton repaired a gas line beside his vehicle along U S 60 near Rand.
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John Gerald Duncan
Marmet
Howard William Layton
Witcher
Dumcan
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Red) Pring
Wilde
Hardy County
Old Red
Legeer
Red
Pring
Lawless
Pootlegger
Red Pring
Con Cory
Bobby
Department of Commerce
Bobby Wayne
Wayne
Moose Hall
Thomas A. Knight
The
Municipal Planning Commission
Commission
Daniel Boone Hotel
Eric Lane
Lane
Home and Housing Finance Agency
HHFA
Ladislas & Legas Assocites
Cincinnati
Branch College
Preswwent
Eston K. Feaster
Fairmont College
Marie of
Arie
Sar Irgsa Wey
David K. Aten
Davis and Elkins
Paul A. Miller
State Board of Education
Association of Presidents
Miller
Gtat Harveys Clene Su Wieed
Jon and Welfare
Pendlecx
Barts Webster and Nich
Mason, Roane, Wirt, Wad
Taler Courties
Williamson
Logan, Welch
H. OK. Baer
Board of Education
Levi First Baptist Church
Rand
O. T. Moore
John G. Strittmatter
Martinsburg
W. Va
Panhandle
Shirley R - Beaver
Ramsey
Fayette County
National Carbon Signs
U.S 60
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