Three Auto Crashes Injure Seven In Beckley Area
Seven people were hospitalized after a three car crash on U S Route 1991 near Raleigh Heights at about 8 p m Sunday. Injured include Rev Raymond Mills 34 his wife Marie 28 and her daughter Janette Brammer with head injuries. Mills in poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital. Others treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital included Virginia 9 and Vivian Mills 7 and were listed as satisfactory. Police noted Mills middle lane turning left into Route 3 when he collided head on with Ernest Morgan driving the Morgan vehicle. No charges were filed.
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Raleigh Heights
Raymond Mills
Marie
Janette’ Brammer
Virginia
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Vivian Mills
Mills
Raleigh General Hospital
Carroll C. Penshington
Scarbro
Juanita Young
Sumenerlee
Roosevelt Messier
Robson
Faysette County
Ernest Morgan
Oak Hill
Messer
Morgan
Beckley Hospital
Pennington
Miss Young
Crab Orchard
West Virginia
Beckley
Messer. Pennington
Miss. Young
W. Neville
Mellon St
Andrew Terry
Smith St
Joseph Patrick Dickerson
Crescent Rd
J.C. O'Dell
MacArthur
Nila McManamey
Terry
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Woodlawn Ave
O'Dell
Union Day and Night Cab Co
Dickerson
Prince and Neville Sts
California Rites Set For Shooting Victim
Roy Ern est Bowling, 17, of Long Beach, was shot and killed during a hunting trip when a companion’s rifle discharged. An inquest and autopsy were planned in California. Burial is tentatively planned in the Long Beach area.
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California
Roy Ernest Bowling
Assembly of God Church
Cypress
Calif
Long Beach
Melvin
Bowling
Harold Mandeville
Vance
Beckleyan
Pakns
Mandeville
Patsy
Ray
Roy Williams
Beckley
C. E. Bowling
Michi-gan
Garvin Rubin
Anaheim
Methodist
Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson High School
Over 500 Receive Salk Injections
A clinic at the First Christian Church administered Galk polio vaccines to 410 children and youths up to 19 years old, operated by four Raleigh County Health Department nurses. Vaccine will remain available at the courthouse health department clinic until further notice.
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First Christian Church
Raleigh County Health Department
Health Department
Disabled People Eligible For Benefits Warned
Ray L. Colyer, Beckley Social Security District Office manager, urged disabled workers to apply for disability insurance before June 1957 to avoid losing eligibility at age 50 or facing reduced retirement or survivors benefits. Eligible applicants must be severely disabled, have five years of work under Social Security in the past ten years, and have worked in the last three years, with railroad or military service sometimes counted.
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Ray L. Colyer
Beckley
Colyer
Infant Services Are Incomplete
Funeral services for Ruth Ann Worley two day old daughter of Kenneth M and Ruth Collins Worley Glen Morgan remain incomplete. The baby died in a local hospital at 1:45 a.m. Sunday. Surviving are paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Lucy Worley and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Marshel Collins of Glen Morgan. Father Kenneth Worley is stationed in Cuba with the U S Navy. The body will remain at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Ruth Ann Worley
Kenneth M
Ruth Collins Worley
Glen Morgan
Lucy Worley
Marshel Collins
Kenneth Worley
Cuba
U.S. Navy
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Quick action after voter sign prompts repair at Mabscott underpass
The State Road Commission sent a crew at about 7 15 a m to fill a chipped hole near the Mabscott underpass with blacktop after motorists complained the crater damaged a car. A bystander said the hole had knocked the front end out of alignment on his vehicle.
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Mabscott
State Road Commission
Bylander
Three Post Bonds For Later Hearings In Raleigh County
Three Raleigh County residents posted bonds for hearings before Magistrate J. E. Mays and were released from Raleigh County Jail on charges including reckless driving and assault and battery. Gray Deck Daniels Eddie Quinn Canterbury Beckley arrested by State Police with times 11 15 p m Saturday and 1 20 am Sunday. Martin Durham East Beckley released after posting bond on assault and battery charge. arrested by State Police at 5 p m Saturday.
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Raleigh County
J. E. Mays
Gray Deck
Daniels
Eddie Quinn Canterbury
Beckley
Canterbury
Deck
Martin Durham
East Beckley
Mays
Graveside rites slated for infant son of Reeves
Infant son of Mr and Mrs Robert L Reeves of Mabscott will be buried in Sunset Memorial Park at 11 a m Tuesday The baby died Sunday afternoon at a local hospital Surviving are the maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Elmer Vin of Mabscott and the paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Henry Reeves of Cleveland Ohio The body will lie at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until the service hour
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Robert L. Reeves
Mabscott
Sunset Memorial Park
R. H. Dean
Elmer Vin
Henry Reeves
S Teveland
Ohio
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral
Vaughan Rites This Afternoon
Funeral services for James F. Vaughan were to be conducted at 2:90 p.m. today in the Methodist Temple by Rev. J. B. F. Yoak Jr. Burial was to be in Sunset Memorial Park. Vaughan, 61, of 107 Clark St. died shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday after a heart attack. Calice Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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James F. Vaughan
Methodist Temple
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Sun Set Memorial Park
Vaughan
Clark St
Calice Funeral Home
Inter-City Rotary Meeting Draws West Virginia Leaders
About 200 Rotarians from eight West Virginia cities gathered in Beckley to hear Rupert Prohme of the State Department discuss U.S. policy in the Middle East. Guests included Rotarians from Fayetteville Oak Hill Pineville Mullens Hinton Princeton and Matewan plus district governor Moses G Alley of Matewan.
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I West Virginia
Beckley
State Department
Rupert Prohme
Bureau of Near Eastern
U.S. State Department
U.S
Middle East
Rotary Club
Fayetteville
Oak Ball
Pineville
Mullens
Hinton
Princeton
Matewan
Beckley GOC Post commended for alert exercise
The Beckley Ground Observer Corps post JH 4 Red is praised for its participation in an alert held last Sunday. 1st Lt Walter R Evans at the Charleston Air Defense Filter Center sends a message stressing vigilance, early detection, and a pass system as crucial to survival.
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Beckley Ground
Oservent Corps
JH 4 Red
Beckley Business and Professional Women's Club
Walter R. Evans
Charleston Air Defense Filter Center
Piney Oaks Elementary Hosts Open House Tour
About 30 parents and guests attended an open house at Piney Oaks Elementary School from 1 to 4 p.m. Thursday. Third grade students greeted visitors in the reception room and refreshments were served before tours of classrooms.
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Piney Oaks
Beckley Junior Chamber Awards May 6
Five outstanding citizens will receive Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce awards at the May 6 meeting in the Beckley Hotel Ballroom. Also honored will be Jaycees members for internal services. John Ashworth named campaign manager for William Wilbur local president candidate for state vice president. state convention in Charleston May 17 18 19. Posters for the convention are being prepared.
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Beckley Junior, Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Hotel
Jaycees
Floyd Sayre
John Ashworth
al Rohrer
Eddie Zopp
A. W. Duprie
J-C
William Wilbur
Charleston
Would Christ Fare in Washington Today Says Rev May
The Rev O Worth May of St Stephen s Protestant Episcopal Church asks if Jesus would fare better in Washington today than in Jerusalem in 29 A D He argues three reasons Jesus is worthy of kingship and asks if modern people would accept a ruler like him The Palm Sunday sermon describes the church service and May s background and ministry at Beckley West Virginia The article notes St Stephen s Beckley predecessor buildings and the church s place in Raleigh County and the broader Anglican Communion
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Mike Wren
Jesus Christ
Washington
Jerusalem
O. Worth May
St. Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church
Jesus
Mr. May
God
Ali
St. Stephen's
Catherine Sherman
Martha
Catherine
Margaret
Ann
Grifton
N. C
May
University of Virginia
Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
New York City
St. Paul's
Clinton
Christ Church
Xenia
Ohio
Johns Memorial
Farmville
Beckley
St. Stephen’ Church
Protestant Episcopal Church of America
Ben D. Tissue
Palm Sunday
Duff Daniel
Nancy Tate Sparkes
John Prindle Scott
A. N. Breckinridge
Raleigh County
Methodist
Woodlawn Avenue
Protestant Episcopal Church
Church of England
Henry the Eighth
Rome
Vatican
America
Jamestown
St. Stephen's Church
Stephen
Salvation Army Provides Ray Of Hope In Beckley
The Salvation Army in Beckley is praised as a beacon for the needy. Captain R H Boyce describes the organization's service as unlimited and focused on both material aid and spiritual counsel. A case involving Mrs X shows how SA counseling helps families in crisis and keeps faith central to aid. The article notes the Army’s ongoing drive to fund services across Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming counties and to sustain its local post.
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Salvation Army
Beckley
R. H. Boyce
Capt. Boyce
Raleign
Fayette
Wyoming
Noy
Guidance Meet Attended By 50 Raleigh County Students
A vocational guidance program at Woodrow Wilson High School, arranged by the Beckley Kiwanis Club and with cooperation from the Key Club, drew about 50 Raleigh County high school students. Professionals from diverse fields spoke on accounting, dentistry, engineering, journalism, law, medicine, nursing, teaching, and the armed forces.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Key Club
Raleigh County
Last Words From Cross Reflector at New Hope Baptist
Holy Week services begin at 7 p.m. with Rev. W. W. Carter delivering The Seven Last Words of Christ From the Cross at New Hope Baptist Church. Sunday School classes will present a program as announced by Rev. Henry Dubois.
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New Hope Baptist Church
WW. J. Carter
Henry Dubois
Glorious Church of God In Christ
Stamford
Phillip Jones
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
A new healing substance called Bio-Dyne shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage while easing pain, marketed as Preparation Hi with suppositories or ointment and a money back guarantee.
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New York, N.Y
Bes
Pat OC
League of Women Voters Holds West Virginia Convention
A state convention in Huntington gathered members from Morgantown Charleston Beckley Parkersburg and Huntington. They discussed informing women and the public on legislative issues and promoting informed voting. New president J N Compton of Charleston was elected, succeeding A M Reese.
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Beckley League of Women Voters
Huntington
League of Women Voters
Morgantown
Charleston
Beckley
Parkersburg
Edward M. Boyne
Pittsburgh
Nan T. Davis
Middle - East
J. N. Compton
Prichard
A. M. Reese
League
West Virginia
Sophia Elementary Talent Show Winners Named
First place Kenneth Bower sang Singing the Blues. Second Joyce Spriggs danced ballet. Third Sandra Farley performed Best Bottom Trousers. Primary division winners Jackie Riggs Eddie Rushbrook Brenda Richards. Intermediate division winners Connie Sue Huff Roma Davis. All show honors go to Alfred Eudy for Hound Dog.
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Sophia Elementary
Kenneth Bower
Frank Bower
Joyce Spriggs
John Spriggs
Sandra Farley
Wayne Farley
Jackie Riggs
Jesse Riggs
Eddie Rushbrook
O. Rushbrook
Montana
Brenda Richards
Jim
Connie Sue Huff
Stanley Huff
Allesheny Moon
Roma Davis
Edward P. Davis
Alfred Eudy
Gerald Eudy
Key Club Collects $113 In Street Solications
Woodrow Wilson High School Key Club raised 113 dollars through street solicitations at Main and Fayette Streets for the Raleigh County Easter Seals campaign. Club members listed include David Mankin Bob Mankin John Sawyers James Hoye Steve Bibb Grant Slack John Whitlock Linus Holloway and Melvin Jamison. Tom Hayes said 1943 dollars total has been collected to date. the drive aims for 4800 dollars to aid the Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The campaign began March 15 and ends soon.
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Raleign County
Woodrow Wilson High School
Key Club
Main and
S. Fayette Sts
David Mankin
Bob Mankin
John Sawyers
James Hoye
Steve Bibb
Grant Slack
John Whitlock
Linus Holloway
Melvin Jamison
Tom Hayes
Hive
Raleigh County Society For
Negro Well Child Clinic Appointments In Raleigh County
A well child clinic by appointment only will be conducted in the Raleigh County Health Department Office on the courthouse. Dr. C A Smith will be clinician. A second clinic at Monteval in Dr T C Sims office will run 12 39 to 2 30 p m with Dr Sims as clinician.
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Raleigh County
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Tom Ramieh
Larry Anderson
Sam Philipott
C. S. Lewis Jr
A. F Matecan
Shin
Cross
Yellow Rose Christmas Savings Chubr
Telford Johnson
Central St
Edward M. Rayne
Reckiey
Edward Ellis
Alma Martin
Club
Green B. Horton
John Gorsiea
State Department of Education
Sophia
Arbuckle
Arbuckles
Confectioners
Super
Praline
Valley Bell Milkman
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