State Practical Nurses Meet Draws Beckley Crowd
About 250 people are expected in Beckley for a three day state convention of the Practical Nurses of West Virginia Inc opening Wednesday. Speaker at Friday’s 9 30 am business session will be Rose Martin Elkins director of nurses at General Memorial Hospital who will discuss licensing. The group will hear from a panel of Beckley and state nurses and physicians led by Dr R G Broaddus and Miss Betty Moyer. The convention runs through Friday with sessions on Thursday and a Friday luncheon by Dr Paul Vaughan Raleigh General Hospital and adjournment that evening.
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Beckley
The
Practical Nurses of
West Virginia
Colorado
District of Columbia
Cal
Ohio Practical Nurses
Jennie Dunn
Huntington
Charlotte Kerr
Miner's Memorial Hospital Assn
Paul Vaughan
Raleigh General Hospital
Four Countians Enlist in West Virginia Air National Guard
Raleigh Countians Coy D. Lilly Shady Spring Gary G Harrison Affinity Sherman L Shumate Ghent and Robert E Richmond Beckley joined the 130th Airborne Material Assembly Squadron last week. Captain William P Hall Jr says openings remain for many specialties and youths under 18 12 may enlist now for basic training at Sampson AFB New York in May and June. Call 9361 for information.
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Raleigh
Coy D. Lilly
Shady Spring
Gary G. Harrison
Affinity
Sherman L. Shumate
Ghent
Robert E. Richmond
Beckley
William P. Hall Jr
Sampson Air Force Base
New York
Hall
Air Guard
CEA to Elect Officers Tonight at Beckley Junior High
Raleigh County Education Association holds an election at 7 30 p m at Beckley Junior High School to choose officers. Retiring president John Saunders of Shady Spring High School will be replaced per tradition by an elementary principal as top officer.
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Raleigh County Education Association
Beckley
John Saunders
Shady Spring High School
NAG Inspection Slated May 6
Federal inspection of the 130th Airborne Materiel Assembly Squadron of the West Virginia Air National Guard will be conducted by the Air Force on May 6. Squadron Commander Captain William P. Hall Jr. reports preparation drills were held last weekend in Charleston. A St. Albans man received the Air Medal for Korea action.
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130Th Airborne
West Virginia Air National Guard
Air Force
William P. Hall Jr
Charleston
St. Albans
Korea
Car Wreck Victim Improves After Head-On Collision
Marilyn Wood 19 of Sophia is reported in good condition at Beckley Hospital after a southbound car collided head on with a vehicle driven by James Smith 18 of Calloway Heights in front of Colony Drug Store on South Oakwood Ave Sun. Damages to both cars totaled 700 dollars.
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Marilyn Wood
Sophia
Oakwood Ave
Beckley Hospital
Colony Drug Store
Miss Wood
James Smith
Calloway Heights
Leonard Cwalinski
Sprague
Evangelist Praises Local Revival at Nazarene Church
Dr. Nettie A. Miller leads the Crusade for Souls revival at 607 Johnstown Road in its fifth day with nightly decisions for Christ. Miller, a Trevecca Nazarene College alumna and author, has traveled widely and reports abundant blessing as the revival continues through Sunday with special music nightly under Pastor O F Haynes.
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Crusade For Souls
Church of the Nazarene
Johnstown Road
Nettie A. Miller
Trevecca Nazarene College
Nashville
United States
Canada
British Isles
France
Hawaiian Islands
Air Guard Sponsors Recruiting Contest Near Raleigh County
The 130th Airborne Materiel Assembly Squadron of the West Virginia Air National Guard sponsors a recruiting contest among Raleigh County high schools. Squadron Commander Captain William P. Hall Jr. reports the prize is a May 20 trip to a big league double header. Winners are current squadron members plus new enlistees from the winning school, who will be flown to the game in a C 4 aircraft.
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Raleigh County
130Th Airborne Materiel Assembly Squadron
West Virginia Air National Guard
William P. Hall Jr
Beckley
Air Guard
Funeral services for William Browskey Jr. held Tuesday
Funeral services for William Browskey Jr., 38, of Sophia, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Williams Funeral Home chapel by Rev. Dewey Wilson. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Browskey died at his mother's residence at 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Survivors include his mother Sarah Browskey of Sophia, two half brothers Mike and Toney Lozier of Sophia, one sister Helen Mae Hughes of Fairmont, two half sisters Katie McFarland of Lorraine Ohio and Mary Ceduski of St. Albans, and a son Billy Browskey of Beckley. Pallbearers are Jessie Stone Milano Robert Lowery Pete Donald Stone Marty Marion Tony Milano.
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William Browskey Jr
Sophia
Williams Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Browskey
Sarah Browskey
Mike
Toney Lozier
Helen Mae Hughes
Fairmont
Katie McFarland
Lorraine
Ohio
Mary Ceduski
St. Albans
Billy Browskey
Beckley
Jessie Stone
Milano
Robert Lowery
Pete Donald Stone
Marty Marion
Tony Milano
Hunter Released From Beckley Hospital In Raleigh County
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk Van Hunter was discharged Sunday from Beckley Hospital where he had been admitted last Thursday for treatment and observation after suffering influenza.
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Raleigh County
van Hunter
Beckley Hospital
Electric kite causes teen death in Elyria tragedy
Larry Eugene Tyree, 13, of Elyria Ohio formerly of Sophia was killed Monday afternoon by an electric shock. The boy, son of Alfred and Ruth Tyree, was with two companions flying a kite when a copper wire contact with a power line caused the fatal incident.
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Larry Eugene Tyree
Elyria, O
Sophia
Alfred
Ruth Tyree
Elyria
Larry
Tragic Kite Accident Claims Life of Boy Larry
Mishap occurred when a boy held a kite with a wire and was shocked. Larry, trying to keep it aloft, stepped back and fell dead. He and his mother were in a car crash en route to hospital. mother injured but not seriously. Funeral services were held in Elyria on Thursday.
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Larry
Elyria
Farmers Day Plans Ongoing In Beckley
Final Farmers Day plans to be discussed at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Memorial Building Beclley RDC office. Sponsors include Beckley Rural Development Council and civic clubs Civitan Kiwanis Rotary Lions. Civitan names four new parade committee members: John Hammer Cecil Miller Louis Nixon O D Hall with Basil Minter Albert Whiby and James Kessinger previously appointed.
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Beckley Area Rural Development Council
RDC
Beckley Civitan
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Beckley Civitan Club
John Hammer
Cecil Miller
Louis Nixon
O. D. Hall
Cameron Rites Set Wednesday
Last rites for Mrs. Nancy LouVinia Sizemore Cameron, 70, Beckley, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Memorial Baptist Church by Rev. C. E. Walker. Burial will be in High Lawn Cemetery at Oak Hill. She died at her residence Sunday evening after a four month heart condition. born April 16, 1886 in McDowell County. Survived by husband G. M. Cameron of Beckley, two brothers John of Mount Herron VA and Frank of Onalaska WA, two sons W. R. of Indiana PA and Everett of Kingston, two daughters Mrs. Alice Burdiss and Mrs. Dorothy Burke, 14 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home until 4 p.m. Tuesday, then Cameron residence. church one hour before services.
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Nancy Louvinia Sizemore Cameron
Beckley
Memorial Baptist Church
C. E. Walker
High Lawn
Oak Hill
Cameron
McDowell County
George and
Betty Mitchum Sizemore
Raleigh County
East Beckley
G. M. Cameron
John
Mount Herron
Frank
Onalaska
Wash
W. R
Indiana
Everett
Kingston
Alice Burdiss
Dorothy Burke
Services Tuesday For E. C. Brice
Edward C. Brice of Charleston formerly Beckley died at his East Washington Street home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Moses Newsome. Burial is in Spring Hill Cemetery with Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 27 grave side rites. Body remains at Preston Mortuary until the hour before services.
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Edward C. Brice
Charleston
Beckley
Washington St
First Baptist Church
Moses Newsome
Spring Hill
Beckley Masonic Lodge No. 27
Preston Mortuary
Roy F. Snyder Dies in Hinton
Roy F Snyder, 53, of Hinton, died at Hinton Hospital at 10 10 p m Sunday after months of illness with pneumonia He was born October 4 1902 in Beckley son of the late William I Snyder and Mrs M Belle Hawley Snyder He worked 22 years as a fireman for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway He was a member of Beckley First Baptist Church Survivors include wife Faye Helen Hizer Snyder at home two daughters Virginia and Sharon both at home two brothers Fred J Snyder East Beckley and William R Snyder Warwick Va three sisters Mrs Edith Bailey East Beckley Mrs Elizabeth Setliff East Beckley and Mrs Janet Radford Vacaville Calif Home at home until arrangements complete
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy F. Snyder
Hinton
Beckley
William I. Snyder
M. Belle Hawley Snyder
S. Kanawha St
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
First Baptist Church of
Escapee Betty Vanney Sought By State Police
State Police alert for escapee Betty Vanney 26 of Charleston after she fled West Virginia State Prison for Women at Peace Springs early Sunday. Vanney was serving a Kanawha County sentence.
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West Virginia
Peace Springs
Betty Vanney
Charleston
Kanawha
Weekend Arrests Show Increase In Raleigh County Jail
Weekend arrests rose with 27 people jailed by Saturday 9 p.m. Sunday, up from 21 last weekend. George Brodkins of Ury was jailed for driving without a license. Dave Payne of Helen cited for allowing an unlicensed driver. Gerald Adkins of Hico and Claude Miller of Edwight cited for drunk driving. Four men were arrested by U S Marshal Morris B. Imboden for interstate transportation of motor vehicles including Harold Young of Springfield Ohio Hunter Perdue Louis Moore and a Springfield Ohio juvenile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brodkins
Ury
Dave Payne
Helen
Gerald Richard Adkins
Hico
Claude Miller
Edwight
Morris B. Imboden
U. S
Harold Young
Springfield
Ohio
Hunter E. Perdue
Columbus
Louis D. Moore
Giotto
Schools to Get Civitan Awards for Dental Health
The Crescent and Institute Elementary schools will receive Civitan Dental Health Awards for top improvement in Beckley's Civitan Club program. The awards commemorate an average 20 percent improvement this year, with seven Beckley elementary schools averaging 16 percent. First grade counts: Sylvia 53, Crescent 31, Mabscott 86, Sprague 37, Central 62, Institute 80, Lincoln 81. Civitan committee members include I. R. Wein, Dr. James Farris, and Dr. Francis Edwards.
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Crescent and Institute
Beckley Civitan Club
I. R. Wein
Civitan Club
Civitan Dental Health Award
Civitantal Committee
Beckley
Sylvia
Crescent
Mabscott
Sprague
Central
Institute
Lincoln
Wein
Civitan Dental Committee
James Farris
Francis Edwards
Graveside Rites Slated for Infant St. Clair
Graveside services for Michael Farron St. Clair one day old son of Mrs. Charlotte St. Clair of Pemberton will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Calfee's Cemetery Mount Tabor. The infant died Sunday at the Pemberton.
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Michael Farron St. Clair
Charlotte St. Clair
Pemberton
Calfee’s
Mount Tabor
Calfee
Woman Arraignment Set This Week on Moonshine Charge
Maggie McClanahan of 128 Simpkins St is scheduled for arraignment this week on a possession of moonshine whisky charge. She was arrested Saturday at her home by city police and U S Treasury agents and released on a 15 bond. No hearing date has been set.
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Beckley
Maggie McClanahan
Simpkins St
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U.S. Treasury Department
Booker to Speak to Raleigh County Council Meeting
Bernice M. Booker director of accident prevention for the State Department of Mines will address Beckley Council Holmes Safety Association at 7 30 p m today in the Raleigh County Courthouse. Glen Rogers chapter members led by J Hunter Thomas president arranged the meeting.
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Bernice M. Booker
State Department of Mines
Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
Raleigh
Glen Rogers
J. Hunter Thomas
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