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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1957
Page
9
Spelling bees in Tri County and Quinnimont districts run tonight at Layland and Beckley with 7 8 division winners named from Affinity Eccles Shady Spring and Trap Hill schools and Layland. Local champions include Linda Lawson of Eccles and Thomas Jolly of Affinity with several runner ups in the field.
New York prom pons: Jack Soble and wife Myra pleaded guilty to conspiring with Russian nationals to obtain documents and other material related to espionage. The Sobles were arrested with Jacob Albam on six counts. Sentencing set for May 3, faces potential prison terms and death penalty discussions hung over the plea.
Federal charges accuse the Sable party and spouse of conspiring to transmit secret information vital to U S defense to the Soviet Union. The maximum penalty cited is death. The Beckley Recreation Board official disputes the actions of the couple as the District Judge Richard H Lever presides. their attorney filed the plea through their manager.
Lilly announces resignation as recreation building manager just before noon Tuesday. A Monday board meeting reportedly ousted Lilly and janitor Denny Skies, merging their duties from April 23. Lilly contends he learned of neither meeting nor card notices and criticizes board members for self interest while praising Kessinger and Irle as hard workers.
A Raleigh County raid netted Otha Robertson Ella Roberts and William Brown on numbers charges. The raid included state police city police and sheriff’s deputies from Beckley. Lilly, a board member, criticized coverage and noted the raid is Beckley’s first since last September. Officers confiscated money in addition to arrests.
Willa Jean Williams, 10, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donlin Williams, won the Clear Fork District spelling bee at Clear Fork High School defeating runner up Tommy Workman 78 division. Her twin brother Wallie and siblings attend Lower White Oak Elementary. The four district spellers advance to the Raleigh County Spelling Bee to be held April 24-25 in Beckley.
Clarence Tiz Jones, 40, Charleston, was sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to ten years in the State Penitentiary after being found guilty on a breaking and entering charge. A 60 day stay of execution was granted to appeal to the Supreme Court. Jones maintained his innocence and declared, I am His and He is mine. He remains jailed with bond set at $5,000. Weather prospects include fair to tonight with increasing cloudiness and warmer showers at night.
City Council approved financial help to the Warren Williams Junior Baseball League to keep it operating this year and authorized resurfacing eight streets. James Webb urged aid to prevent the league from folding, noting $500 already spent on uniforms and potential losses for sponsors. The council also authorized Mayor Minter to arrange street resurfacing, targeting Main and Neville streets among others, with repairs on City Ave.
John Clapperton 81 died at 10 55 p m Tuesday in a local hospital from complications He was a former superintendent at mines near Minden and ran several mines near Glen Jean Born May 1 1875 in Ayrshire Scotland he lived at 201 N Kanawha St for three years Survivors include wife Edna Daisy Claperton two sons John Stewart Fairborn Allan Pittsburgh one brother James S Coleman Michigan two sisters Mrs Catherine Cantwell Detroit and Mrs Mary Browning Cleveland The body will be moved to Beck Funeral Home Portage for 2 p m Saturday services Burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery Portage
About 300 Beckley area pupils from Raleigh County high and junior high schools are expected at the Beckley Kiwanis Club Vocational Guidance Seminar Friday at Woodrow Wilson High School. The 7:30 p.m. event will feature 13 professions with representatives from accounting, armed forces, business, dentistry, engineering, journalism and radio, law, medicine, ministry, nursing, secretarial work, social work, and teaching.
State and local sports leaders advocate a $630,000 Raleigh County Auditorium in the second levy election on April 22. They cite benefits for youth, indoor tennis and broader tournaments across high schools, colleges, and county events, urging unity and voter turnout.
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