Meadows Miller Nominated For Beckley Mayoral Race
Meadows and Miller win party nominations for Beckley mayor in the May 26 general election. Meadows leads Bibb and Webb. Miller defeats Allen by 142 votes. Council race totals shown for Dem and Republican tickets. turnout is about 29 percent amid drizzly rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
H. P
Meadows
First Avenue
Cecil Miller
Parkway St. Meadows
Clarence L. Bibb
Foote St
James R. Webb
S. Kanawha St
Bibb
Webb
A. C. “Curley” Allen
Houston St
Miller
Allen
Canvass Board To Get Precinct 19 Question
The incident at Temple Street Precinct 19 involved 21 voters who cast the wrong ballots for Ward III. Two did not return a second ballot before polls closed, triggering a council canvass. Officials found ward mixups, alerted City Council members Paul Fourney and Emery J. Smith, and issued new ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Davis
Ethel V. Gibson
J. H. Holt
Sanauaeet
H. H. Christian
Curtis Roosevelt Freeman
Christian
Freeman
Fred J. Snyder
Bishop T. Glashen
E. J. Smith
Madie M. Long
Virginia D. Ward
Russell Shumate
Lucille Farley
John M. Baldwin
Faye Farley
Warren A. Thornhill II
Ward II
Ann Reitz
Fern Burke
Temple St
Paul Fourney
Emery J. Smith
Council
Sense Of Civic Responsibility Shown In Girl Scout Festival
Nearly 600 Raleigh County Girl Scouts gathered at the Recreation Building for a two hour festival showcasing crafts, conservation, international relations, first aid and camping. Troops earned ribbons, with 11 blue red or yellow awards, and Troop 3 Crescent School received a special award for an outstanding multi patrol exhibit.
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Raleigh County
Crescent School
Spain
James P. Bland
Robert Thacker
John Milom
Wade Bardin
Isabele ‘Morton
H. L. Bragg
Juliet Low
India
Japan
China
Sweden
Germany
Scotland
The
Methodist Temple
Claude Collins
Noel Christian
C. E. Galaspie
C. C. Smith
Maxwell Hill
Ted Stover
Rs Methodist Church
Francis Parker
Ar Harrison
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
John Kodak
J. R. DePaulo
Juliette Low
Ann Akers
Carol Lane Christian
Sylvia Perkins Dies At Mabscott
Mrs. Sylvia Perkins of Mabscott died at her Mabscott home at 10 p.m. Tuesday after a long illness. The body is at Wright Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Perkins
Mabscott
Wright Funeral Home
Body Of Drowning Victim Recovered In Bluefield
Charles A Knowles aged 22 of Bluefield died in a drowning accident near Norfolk while James H. Kiser of Beckley also perished. Wardens found the body Tuesday at 1 50 pm during an air search. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 30 pm at Trinity Methodist Church Bluefield with burial at Woodlawn Cemetery. He is survived by his mother Elizabeth Nagy Knowles, a father Charles B Knowles deceased, a brother William James, and three sisters Shirley Ann Knowles Elizabeth Susan Greene and Sandra.
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Charles A Knowles
Bluefield
Beckley
Red Lindsay
Knotts Island
Egg Island
Back Bay
Norfolk
A.m
Knowles
Elizabeth Nagy Knowles
Charles B. Knowles
Riverside Military Academy
Hollywood
Fla
K. and K. Music Co
Trinity Methodist Church
William James
Elizabeth Susan Greene
Shirley Ann Knowles
Radford
Teachers College
Sandra
Eccles Junior High and Elementary Hold Science Fair
Eccles Junior High School and Eccles Elementary School held a joint science fair Friday under sponsor Orlan E. Okes. Teachers assisting included Thomas Worley Mrs Rachelle Cook and Dorcie Covey. Awards went to numerous fourth sixth and junior high participants for projects in plant life drawings habitats and experiments. Principal Cecil D. Cooke led the event.
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Eccles Junior
Eccles Elementary School
Orlan E. Okes
Oakes
Thomas Worley
Rachelle Cook
Dorcie Covey
John Daniel
Bilk Clyburn
Joan White
Thomas Snuffer
Connie Jean Harper
Bobby Webb
Patrick Holt
John Archie
Janice Lawson
Nancy Pierson
Dolores Nicolau
Sandra White
Alice Callaway
Ida McGhee
Steven Brasky
Buckie Acord
Roger Lester
David Hodge
Danny Bradley
Kenney Loving
Pat Maloney
Patricia Herron
Audrey Atha
Junior Fusion
Charles Webb
Barbara Fuson
Helen Riffe
Cecilia Cormack
Everett Reese
Buddy Crump
Bobby Barron
Rosetta Mitchem
Gloria Lester
Ralph King
Fredis Cooper
Terry Wilson
Glenna Webb
Barbara Fusion
Kenneth Ayers
Sharon Mitchem
Linda Bullick
Vickie Barker
Judy Davidson
David Holt
Junior White
Eddie Worley
Dennis Blaylock
Istell Bennett
Junior Muovich
Everett Reece
Margaret Dancy
Virginia Romine
Cecil D. Cooke
Kinney Services Set On Thursday
Funeral services for James Albert Kinney of 325 N Kanawha St will be held at the Keyser Bryant Funeral Home at 1 30 p m Thursday with Rev J W Witherspoon officiating Kinney died at his home Tuesday at 1 15 p m after a heart attack He was 70 born Oct 22 1888 in Fayette County Surviving are his wife Dellia two daughters Mrs Clement Schulte and Mrs Felix Schwartz and five grandsons Pallbearers named Ned Ragland Charles S Lewis Jr E E Bibb Jr Dr T A Vermillion and Dr Frank Hale Burial in Montgomery Memorial Park He was active in coal mining and Montgomery business for 50 years before retiring and later resided in Beckley after 1949
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert Kinney
N. Kanawha St
Keyser-Bryant
J. W. Witherspoon
Kinney
Ned H. Ragland
Charles S. Lewis Jr
E. E. Bibb Jr
T. A. Vermillion
Frank Hale
Paul Reed
Buvial
Montgomery Memorial Park
Fayette County
Montgomery
Beckley
Dellia Kinney
Clement Schulte
Springdale Avenue
Felix Schwartz
Hurleyville, N. Y
Winners Named In 3 District Spelling Bee Results
The Register reports winners from Trap Hill and Clear Fork and Fayetteville districts in its fifth annual Tri County Spelling Bee. Rosalie Westmoreland 7 8 champion from Eccles Junior High School beat Linda Sadler on harmony. Beverly Darby 54 division champion from Glen Daniel Elementary won guitar. Runner ups include Patricia Bond Glen Daniel and Linda Sadler Lester. Top spellers list across divisions includes Cecelia Cormack Eccles Junior High Carol Farley Lester.
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Register
Trap Hill
S. F. Covey
Trap Hill High School
Rosalie Westmoreland
Eccles Junior High School
Harmony
Linda Kay Sadler
Rosalie
Charles
Westmoreland
Harper
Linda
Lawrence Sadler
Lester
Lester Junior High School
Beverley Ann Darby
Glen Daniel
Patricia Gail Bond
Beverly
Patricia
Robert Darby
West Virginia Club
Velma Shumate
Woodrow Bond
Cecelia Cormack
Eccles’ Junior High School
Carol Farley
Lester Junior High
Mavis Bailey
Thomas Snuffer
Fairdale
Shelia Canady
Patty Miller
Eccles
Patty Meadows
Ella D. Farmer
Gleason Reid
Rachel Cook
Helen McClung
Clear Fork
Faith Lewis
Connie Sue Williams
Lower White Oak
Marilyn West
Connie
Gentry Williams
Artie
C. M. McKinney
Marilyn
Mrs. Donlin
Sts. Peter and Paul
Brenda
Minerva Foster
Harvey
Cecelia
E. R. Bolton
Mount Hope
Beckley
Sarah
Kay Franklin
Oak Hill East End
Dawn Burnette
Fayetteville Elementary
Kay
Dawn
Charles Jacobowski
Oak
Allie D. Proctor
H. F. Trazier
Nelson Zorio
J. G. Thomas
Mrs Rice Substituting At TB Health Office
Mrs Rice of Beckley is substituting as X ray technician for the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association while Miss Anna Marie Peck, the regular technician, is under observation and treatment at the Clinical Center in Bethesda Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Rice
Beckley
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Anna Marie Peck
Bethesda
Watts Returning Home From Raleigh General Hospital
R D Watts of the Watts Insurance Agency returns to his North Kanawha Street home today after being under observation and treatment at Raleigh General Hospital since April 13.
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R. D. Watts
The
Watts Insurance Agency
North Kanawha St
Raleigh General Hospital
150th Infantry Reunion Set in Charleston in August
A reunion of the 150th Infantry Regiment will be held in Charleston on August 15. Men who were members of this unit before October 1956 are asked to write Dan Maroney, chairman of the reunion committee, Box 303, Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
150Th Infantry
Charleston
Dan Maroney
Box 303
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Meadows, Miller
J. S
Sid’ Larrick
Fairview Ave
Joe Sparacino
Locust Drive
Larrick
Sparacino
Robert L. Amick
Reservoir Road
June Matheny
Beckley Ave
W. L. Duxbury
George B
Charles R. Jones
G St
Lloyd Shutko
Grafton Street
Shutko
Jones
Junius Flynn
Fayette St
Hyden Smith
Moon St
Piper
Smith
G. C. Porter
Hillcrest Drive
John Smith
Woodlawn Ave
Vine St
Porter
City Hall
Johnstown Road
Clarence W. Meadows
Augusta Military Academy
Washington and Lee University
West Virginia University
Concord College
Duke University
Sylvia
House of Delegates
A. K. Minter
Elmer Davis
G. C. Hedrick
George B. Chambers
W. A. Burke
H. P. Meadows
Judith Kessler
Janet Kes
James T. Browning
Woodlawn
Rose St
Brenda Null
Gatewood
Sandra Minnick
Rosedale
Sue Dodd
Charles Wade
Scarbro
Kay Berry
L. K. Sadler
P. G. Bona
C. Belton
Fayetteville
Williams , West Clear Fork
Mrs. Rice
TB Health Office
Watts
Kidpower
TELEX
Robert R. Elmore
Teleax
Telex Hearing Center
First Ave
Beckley Ice and Feed Co
Prince Street
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