Right Of Way Deeds Recorded In Beckley WV
State Road Commission offers were released with settlements reached for two remaining pieces of property from the initial list. Deeds filed recently name owners including Ella Peters Scott R T Scott O E Settle Mrs C E Beall Mrs Belle H Evans Hazel Perry Paul Perry Edna Roles Harris Alfa Mankin C H Lowry Evelyn J Lowry C D Anderson and Ali Anderson with payments listed for each property. Owners have 40 to 1 days to deliver property to the state.
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Sents
State Road Commission
C. H
Evelyn J. Lowry
Woodlawn
C. D
Ali Anderson
County Court Appoints Two To Fill Vacancies In Raleigh
The Raleigh County Court appointed two individuals this morning. T. T. Harris of Marsh Fork District was named to the Park Board replacing J. S. Chapman who resigned to move to Middletown Ohio and will move June 1. Edna Wills Mankin was named to the Health Council to fill Reginald Dietz’s vacancy after his move out of state.
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Raleigh
T. T. Harris
Marsh Fork
Park Board
J. S. Chapman
Middletown
Ohio
Edna Wills Mankin
Health Council
Reginald Dietz
Fire damages set at 25 dollars in Stamford home
Fire department responded to a blaze at 6:30 a.m. in the Stamford residence of Eugene Schoolcraft. Fire Chief Cecil P. Connor cited possible spontaneous combustion. damages were estimated at 25 dollars.
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Stamford
Beckley
Cecil P. Connor
Eugene Schoolcraft
Suit Filed Over $2000 Damage Claim in Raleigh County
Highlands Coal Co. Inc., Virginia corporation, files suit in Raleigh County Clerk's office seeking 2000 damages from Mechanical Equipment and Construction Co. Beckley firm. Plaintiff alleges property damage during blasting tied to tipple erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands Coal Co., Inc
Virginia
Raleigh County Clerk
Mechanical Equipment and Construction Co
Beckley
Glen Rogers Treated for Thumb Injury at Beckley Hospital
David Trump treated at Beckley Hospital for an injured right thumb suffered while working at Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co. Glen Rogers was involved in the incident at the coal site on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Trump
Glen Rogers
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co
Pasteeth ad for false teeth confidence
An old style ad claims alkaline non acid powder helps false teeth stay in place. It promises a firm bite and secure fit, reducing wobble when talking eating laughing or sneezing. Available at drug counters as PasteiTH.
Rosemary Case Back In Court
Parsons West Virginia AP The Forrest Isners seek custody of Rosemary the 12 year old girl they fostered alleging DPA custody was improper A Tucker County Circuit Court hearing set for April 29 The case has involved the State Supreme Court and Gov Underwood with the DPA previously overturned in favor of Rosemary s custody by Judge Lee DPA director Thomas Egbert and child welfare worker Martha Rochenderfer ordered to appear at the hearing.
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Parsons
W. Va
Forrest Isners
Rosemary
Tucker County Circuit Court
Department of Public Assistance
Ernest A. Lee
DPA
Isners
State Supreme Court
Underwood
Isner
Casemary
Lee
Gov. Underwood
Tucker ‘Circuit Court
Thomas Egbert
Martha Rochenderfer
Former Castro Guerrilla Beaton Linked To Bandits Report
The semi official paper Revolucion claimed Beaton led a band of bandits and killed a peasant linked to Castro, while El Crisol identified the farmer Tamayo as a government army unit chief. Reports of another guerrilla band emerged in Sierra Cristal as Beaton escaped from La Cabana fortress after alleged killings.
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Ince
Beaton
Revolucion
Francisco Tamayo
Castro
Havana
el Crispl
Tamayo
Sierra Cristal
Sierra Maestra
Beat
Secondary roads upgrade project details and routes
A listing of road segments in various counties outlines prep work and asphalt surfacing. Routes include Rock Creek and Dry Creek corridors with mileages from junctions on Secondary roads to connect with US and state routes. Specifications mention all weather and bituminous surfacing, widening, and extensions to improve access.
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Rock Creek
Pluto Road
Saxon
Dry Creek
Cabell
New River Road
Cool Ridge
Summers County
Tommy Creek
Bradley Road
Bradley
Ghent-Odd
Dry Hill
Riffe Branch
Mining Surveys Begin On Site Of County Lake
Mining teams start work at the county lake site to assess whether creating a lake would affect nearby mining operations.
Shortening The News on a Los Angeles homicide case and Charlottesville Founder's Day
The first witness testified about the shooting of William Stanciu with Beverly Aadland undergoing a lie detector test and re telling her account. The DA would not accept certain pleas and hinted more suspects in the death case. Adlai Stevenson attended UVA Founders Day in Charlottesville with 21 guests. State briefs mention WVU pharmacology grant, Skeen denying gubernatorial bid, and Follansbee council re elects Delmar Jenkins as city manager.
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Beverly Aadland
William
Billy the Kid
U. S. Public Health Service
West Virginia University
WVU
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Orel Skeen
Follawsbee
Delmar Jenkins
Loss Reported In Coal City Club Break-In
A Sunday night burglary at the Coal City Club tavern pool hall resulted in over $25 stolen. State Police noted $15 in candy and cigarets and at least $10 in coins from vending machines. Harold Garten discovered the break-in Monday morning. owner is Thomas Garten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
Harold Garten
Thomas Garten
Repairs and paving near Beckley National Guard Armory
Project plan covers six timber bridges on an access road to the Beckley Armory. Work includes grading drainage and paving 1,861 feet. Estimated cost for 19 projects totals $336,967.
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National Guard Armory
Beckley
First Hand Report On Gathering Cuban Storm Clouds Resentment
A field report describes Cuban disillusion with Castro, noting U S marines at a Cuba leased base and tight rounds ups in Camaguey province. It cites Soviet visitor Mikoyan and fears of exodus after term ends. An anonymous Cuban businessman says no neutral ground, Americans in Cuba number about 8,000, and education for hate follows.
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United States
Cuba
Ing
Camaguey
Mikoyan
United State
Lack Of Water Closes School
Principal C E Walker said a broken water pump cut a half day at Mark Twain High and Elementary School. Archie Webster, water company owner, raced from Charleston to fix the pump before noon. No lunch was available due to the outage, and school will resume Wednesday. The pump, an old piece, has caused nighttime outages but this is the first spring disruption to affect classes this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
C. E. Walker
Archie Webster
Stotesbury
Glen White
Helen
Charleston
Walker
Walkler
Two Plead Guilty In Cranberry Break In Series
Robert Dee Acord and William Harlow Ewing Jr pleaded guilty in Raleigh County Criminal Court to a sequence of breakings and enterings at the Tuddle House in Cranberry. Indicted for thefts at the drive in restaurant owned by Thomas Vidovich they await sentencing Thursday while released on bond.
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Robert Dee Acord
William Harlow Ewing Jr
Raleigh County
Tuddle House
Cranberry
Thomas Vidovich
Kennedy and Stevenson in Virginia speech plans
Stop Kennedy faced Republican reach as talk centers on foreign policy in a Charlottesville speech prep. Stevenson, amid party chatter, is seen by some colleagues as likely nominee if Kennedy exits. Kennedy and Humphrey campaigns toured Bluefield and Charleston, with racial issues surfacing as pickets protested at the West Virginia hotel.
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Stevenson
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Kennedy
Humphrey
Bluefield
Virginia
Bluefield State College
West Virginian
Minnesota
Newsweek
Ralph Bunche
Charleston
Reset
Conah
Attendance Director Suffers Back Injury
E. R. Hartson Raleigh County school attendance officer is recuperating at home after a bumper jack slipped while he was repairing a tire Friday. He was knocked down and bruised, with X rays showing no fractures but keeping him in bed, according to a spokesman.
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E. R. Hartson
Raleigh County
Sophia
Teel Elementary School Break-In Under Police Investigation
Beckley state police are investigating a night break-in at Teel Elementary School. Details on the incident were not available at 12 30 p.m.
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Beckley State
Teel
Deaths and Funerals In West Virginia Community
Funeral arrangements are in complete for Lester Willis of Shady Spring who died of a heart attack at Glen Daniel. Willis worked for a construction company building a tipple for Gloam Coal at Blue Pennant. Body at Calfee Funeral Home. In another death, Willie Ray Sarrett of Cleveland formerly of Arnett will be buried at Van-Sar hospital after services at Arnett Chapel. Survivors include wife Ruby and two sons Rex and James. daughters Phyllis Wilson and Randall Sarrett. a granddaughter. Burial in Cleveland area. Funeral details list pallbearers and service locations with church connection noted.
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Lester Willis
Shady Spring
Glen Daniel
Funeral Home
Willis
1 Construction Co
Gloam Coal Co
Blue Pennant
Calfee Funeral Home
Willie Ray Sarrett
Cleveland
Ohio
Arnett
Van-Sar Hospital
General Motors Corp
The
Baptist Church
Laney
Flora Honaker Sarrett
Ruby
Rex
James
Phyllis Wilson
Randall Sarrett
Charles Howell
Jack Honaker
Arthur
Cather
Lee Sarrett
Mont
Ted
Kermit Cook
Final rites for Mrs Tinnie Moore and other notices
Mrs. Tinnie Moore of Beckley dies after long illness aged unknown. service at Ebenezer Baptist Church with Rev Corey Mitchell, burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Surviving daughters Cora Brown and Savannah Page. Body to church from Trent Funeral Home. Dominick Stocchi 71 of 1021 Johnstown Road. Requiem Mass at St Francis de Sales Church. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home. Rosary tonight. Pallbearers listed.
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Tinnie Moore
E St
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Corey
Mitchell
Greenwood Memorial Park
Joseph Mascioli
Dominick Stocchi
Johnstown Road
St. Francis de Sales Church
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Stocchi
Chi-Chi’s Grill
Rose and Quesenberry
Bill Hylton
Fred Carter
Norman Garten
Leonard Della Mea
James Roberts
Homer McClung
Billy Meadows
Louis Puskas
Joe Tolvato
Infant Jones Born At Local Hospital In Mill Street
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Jones was born at 4 am today in a local hospital. The body lies at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor awaiting completion of arrangements.
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Henry Jones, Mill
James W. Acord Funeral Services Held for 68-Year-Old Eccles Resident
Funeral services for James W. Acord 68 of Eccles were held at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev. H G Kiser and Rev. Sam Foley presiding burial followed at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. Acord died at 7 10 am Monday in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a year’s illness born January 4 1892 in Dry Creek a son of the late John Calvin and Pearlina Morris Acord lifelong Raleigh County resident and Eccles resident for 38 years survived by his wife Della Elkins Acord two sons James J of Beckley and Herbert E of Ashtabula Ohio one daughter.
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James W. Acord
Eccles
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
H. G. Kiserl
Sam Foley
Sunset Memorial Park
Acord
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Dry Creek
John Calvin
Pearlina Morris Acord
Raleigh County
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Della Elkins Acord
James J
Beckley
Herbert E
Ashtabula
Ohio
Daugh
Mrs Audrey Robinson Dies After Short Illness At Local Hospital
Mrs Audrey Robinson aged, of 309 Saunders Ave, died at 6 30 am today in a local hospital after a short illness. Survived by husband, sisters Mrs Agnes Smith and Mrs Alice Savage of Indianapolis Indiana, and brother Justine Lenoir of Akron Ohio. Body remains at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Audrey Robinson
Saunders Ave
Agnes Smith
Alice Savage
Indianapolis
Ind
Justine Lenoir
Akron
Ohio
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Leonard L Farley dies after long illness at 84
Leonard Lee Farley aged 84 of Colcord died at home after a long illness. He was a member of the Reorganized Assembly Church. Funeral service will be conducted by Rev Homer Stone. Burial is planned for Odd Fellows Cemetery Colcord. Body to be moved from Valley Funeral Home Whitesville to the residence of Mrs Wilagee at 6 pm today.
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Leonard Lee Farley
Colcord
Homer Stone
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Valley Funeral Home
Whitesville
Wilagee
Funeral service for Mrs Lula V Ramsey
Funeral services for Mrs Lula Virginia Perry Ramsey of Fayetteville will be held at 11 a m at Fayetteville Baptist Church with Rev J A Crosier officiating. Burial follows at Teays Hill Cemetery St Albans. She was 60 and died in a Montgomery hospital. She was born April 4 1891 in Rush Run to Joseph and Virginia Miller Perry. She was a member of Gatewood Baptist Church. Surviving: son Frank Ramsey Huntington daughter George Ramsey Huntington sister Evelyn Donnelly Oak Hill etc. Body lies at Dodd Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville and moves to church one hour before service.
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Lula Virginia Perry Ramsey
Fayetteville
Fayetteville Baptist Church
J. A. Crosier
Teays Hill
St. Albans
Ramsey
Route 1
Montgomery
Rush Run
Joseph
Virginia Miller Perry
Gatewood Baptist Church
Frank Ramsey
George
Huntington
Hazel
Alley
James W. Perry
Beckley
George W. Perry
North Kenova
Ohio
Evelyn Donnelly
Oak Hill
Dodd - Payne Funeral Home
Bishop Mrs Brooke Godfrey Bishop dies at 79
Mrs. Brooke Godfrey Bishop, 79, died at her daughter’s home in Mullens early Monday. Born June 19, 1880, in Hanover, she was the widow of Henry Bishop who died in 1935. She had lived with daughter Mrs. W. L. Haga for six years and previously resided in Jaeger since 1915. Surviving: two sons Dot and Ralph, four sisters, one brother, and 14 grandchildren. Funeral arrangements set at Fanning Funeral Home chapel with services at Memorial Cemetery two days later.
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Brooke Godfrey Bishop
W. L. Haga
Mullens
Hanover
L. B
Rachel Osborne Godfrey
Henry Bishop
Bank of Jaeger
Dot
Jaeger
Ralph
Richlands
Neda Shannon Hanover
Bertha Cooper
Martinsville
Ida Bailey
Matoaka
Fiona Gadd
Princeton
Pen Hanover
Fanning
Rev. W. S
Kennedy Campaign Seeks New Deal for West Virginia
Senator Kennedy, before about 1000 people, urged a national approach to poverty, advocating a nine point program dubbed a New Deal for West Virginia. He criticized Eisenhower Nixon policies, praised early 1930s reforms, and pledged vigorous action by local and federal governments to aid unemployment, infrastructure, and the elderly. A Beckley crowd welcomed him at the airport as media crews filmed the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Kennedy
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Suffers Foot Injury at Work In Beckley Plant
Robert A. Smith suffered a right foot injury Monday when caught between a mine top and a belt at Gas and Fuel Associates. He received treatment at Beckley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Smith
Helen
Gg Gas and Fuel Associates
Beckley Hospital
U.S. Plea On Cuba Peace and Labor Disputes
The United States expressed profound hope that the Cuban government would restore peace in the Caribbean, but said this hope has not been realized. It rejected Cuban charges that Batista era soldiers work at Guantanamo, refused to rehire a Cuban labor under, and turned down a request to keep U S fruit inspectors in Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Caribbean
U. S. Navy
Guantanamo
Cnder
U. S
Absence From Navy Charged. Local Arrests Noted
Jailed A.W.O.L. James L Lightsey was booked at Raleigh County Jail at 2 p.m. Monday on an absense without leave from the U S Navy. Beckley man arrested by city police at 3 10 p.m. Monday to appear in Police Court Thursday night. Franklin D Perkins 22 of 104 Johnstown Road charged with driving a vehicle without a city operator s license.
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James L. Lightsey
Raleigh County
U. S
Beckley
Franklin D. Perkins
Johnstown Road
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Martha Cook
Fairdale
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Melton
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