Intermediate Court Orders Record Divorces and Licenses
The Intermediate Court of Raleigh County issued orders recorded Thursday granting four divorces with custody arrangements, restoring former names, and issuing a pistol permit to Paul B. Neal with a $3500 bond. Attorney George L. Ballard was admitted to practice before the new court, with similar orders planned for former Raleigh County Criminal Court attorneys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intermediate Court
Raleigh County
Sandra
Rose Griffith
Payton Ray Griffith
Sarah Kathleen O’neal
Charles Edward O'Neal
Corinne Butterworth Schmitt
Joseph Leonard Schmitt
Ina Marie Todd
Larry Dean Todd
Daniel
Paul B. Neal
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
U.S. Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Kermit A. Locke
Beckiey
George L. Ballard
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Locke
Weather Details and River Conditions Summary
Weather for the 24 hour period ending 10 am reports high 79 and low around 67 with calm wind and a 30.16 rising barometer. River levels show Greenbrier 1 ft above normal muddy and Lake river muddy with 6 gates open. Extended forecast calls for sunny to partly cloudy Sunday with a chance of showers Monday and Tuesday highs mid 70s to low 80s and overnight lows mid 50s to low 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
Hinton
Edward Doty Died as Plymouth’s Wealthy Indentured Youth
Edward Doty a Mayflower indentured youth rose to become Plymouth colony second richest man at his death. His prominence highlights early colonial wealth dynamics and social mobility within the pilgrim community.
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Edward Doty
Plymouth
Delivery Of Green Boxes Expected Within Seven Weeks
The Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council solid waste program plans to deliver 141 green boxes in Raleigh County and 24 in Wyoming County within seven to nine weeks. Boxes include 4, 6, and 8 cubic yard capacities for Dempster Dumpsters, with 92 four yarders, 23 six yarders, and 26 eight yarders. Collections start after placement and local dumps will be closed and baited to curb rats as part of a county and council coordinated effort.
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Raleigh
Lanark
Winston- Salem
Nmc
Raleigh County
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Raleigh’ County ‘Court
Taylor
Beckley College Faculty Members Named Outstanding Young Men
The 1972 Outstanding Young Men of America will feature Beckley College faculty Thomas W. Nuckols and James David Hirt for their leadership in profession and community. Nuckols is director of field service and Hirt is a biology instructor, both BC graduates from 1968. The edition, to be published in November, honors men aged 21 to 23 with promise of future national leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Thomas W. Nuckols
Glenn Ave
Beckley
James David Hirt
Overlook Drive
Stamford
Nuckols
Hurt
BC Alumni Association
North Carolina Man Chosen New County Community Action Director
Joseph Fowler of Ayden North Carolina was unanimously chosen as executive director of the Raleigh County Community Action Association after a board vote. Fowler emphasized results driven leadership and outlined plans to reassign programs, retain staff, and boost funding for youth and housing initiatives while noting ties to West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Joseph Fowler
Ayden, N
Albert ’.Patrick
Fowler
Raleigh County
Action Association
Simeon Warren
Mt. Airy
N. C
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
University of North Carolina
Ayden
Beckley
Jean
West Virginia
ADCAA_ positon
Bluefield
Logan
Welch
Cecil Sayre
Piedmont Airlines
Fowlers
John Luce
Vicki
Army Special Services
Charleston
Attormey
Richard Banks
ACCAA
Warren
Banks
Community Action
Noel Snuffer
Herbert Buckley
Accaa Community Organization
Nyc
Buckley College
Buckley
Lewis McManus
Ross Irle
William Webb
M. G. MacAulay
Fred Henderson
Brown Hugo - Payne
Outdoor Life For City Youth At Clifftop 4-H Camp
Seventy youths from Chicago and New York City attended a 10 day Clifftop Washington Carver 4H Camp program in Fayette County with DNR staff. The project, led by Barry Cunningham, aims to reintegrate first offenders into the community through nature, crafts, and environmental education. Another group from Chicago is expected to join later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Washington Carver
Clifftop
Department of Natural Resources
Raleigh
Chicago
New York City
Dave Gilpin
Beckley
DNR
Karl Williams
Fayetteville
Soil Conservation Service
E. K
Bibb
Ansted
Bentley Humphrey
Pax
George Joslin
Forest Rangers
Humphrey
Barry Cunningham
Cunningham
Institute
Edward Bowman
Christ the [Mediator Lutheran Church
Ill
Tom Turner
Bed-Stuy Steel Academy
New
Yok City
Bed-Stuy
Medgar Evers College
Union Carbide Corp
York City
Gaslight And Boutique Close In Beckley After Sale
The Gaslight restaurant at 111 Main St and the Crystal Palace boutique on South Kanawha Street, both run by Dennis Ott, closed after a constable sold the premises to recover $1,040 in back rent. First Beckley Corp moved restaurant equipment to Beckley Hotel and plans retail space. Crystal Palace may reopen under new management as negotiations continue and Utt has reportedly left the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Gaslight
Main St
Crystal Palace
Kanawha ‘Street
Dennis Ott
Ja Constable
First Beckley Corp
Main Street
Beckley Hotel
W. M. Houchins
Houchins
Utt
Motorist Cited After Red Light Mishap In Beckley
Beckley police cited Mike Bostic 22 of Laurel Terrace for running a red light after his 1972 car hit a 1965 vehicle driven by Marion Lucas 22 of Beaver at Prince and Kanawha. Damages were 200 to Bostic and 100 to Lucas with no injuries. Four total crashes Thursday caused 1725 in damages and one driver cited. William Earl Thompson 59 from Falls Church Va was fined 30.50 for failing to yield after his 1968 car hit Emma Kidwell 1964 at South Kanawha and Laren. Both cars suffered 400 in damage. A second wreck at First Avenue and Neville Street involved Kathleen Fink 26 and Jimmie Tyler 58 with 50 damage to Tyler and 225 to Fink. Rebecca Brooks 18 slid into Richard McDorman 25 on Neville after stopping, 100 and 50 respectively with rain blamed. A hit-and-run at Sullivan Road caused 500 damage to Charlie Bragg’s Glen Morgan car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mike Bostic
Laurel Terrace
Marion Lucas
Beaver
Prince and
Kanawha Streets
Bostic
Lucas
Emma Oleta Kidwell
Kanawha Street
Laren Avenue
First Avenue
Neville Street
Kathleen E. Fink
College Ave
Jimmie Tyler
Sundial
Tyler Auto
Fink
Rebecca Sue Brooks
Glen Rogers
Richard Edward McDorman
Houston St
Brooks Auto
McDorman
Charlie W. Bragg
Glen ‘Morgan
Sullivan Road
Sixth Grade Poster Wins Local Fire Prevention Contest
Theresa Keatley of Sylvia Elementary School wins first place in a local forest fire prevention art poster contest sponsored by the West Virginia Youth Conservation Program. She is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack L Keatley of Beckley and a member of the Sylvia Pioneers 4-H Club. The statewide competition involves 50 000 participants.
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Theresa Keatley
Sylvia Elementary
West Virginia
Miss Keatley
Jack L. Keatley
Wright Road
Beckley
Sylvia Pioneers
Department of Natural Resources
Sears-Roebuck Co
Leary Told To Leave Switzerland By Oct 31
UPI reports American drug cultist Timothy Leary and his wife Rosemary were ordered to leave Switzerland by October 31 or face expulsion. The government specified departure by the deadline.
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Leary
Geneva
UPI
Timothy » Leary
Switzerland
Rosemary
Marriage Permits Listed for Numerous Beckley Area Couples
A long marriage permit notice lists multiple couples including Calvin E Cline Jr and Joan Crawford both teens, Roger Evans and Martha Dunn, Featherstone and Crawford, Green and Poe, Monaker and Honaker, Rutherford and Buckland, Sydenstricker and Koone, Turner and Meadows, Tilly and Lilly, Withrow and Clifton, and others in the Beckley and Crab Orchard region. The entries include ages and parent names, with several couples from Crab Orchard, Beckley, Sophia, Naoma, and Ghent.
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Calvin
E. Cline Jr
Daniels
Calvin Eugene
Sylvia Lee Street
Cline
Joan Crawford
Beckley
Donald R
Pauline Blankenship Crawford
Larry Allen Daugherty
Kingsport
Tenn
Watt C
Nina Greene
Daugherty
Sharon Kay Bowling
Ernest Clyde
Agnes Pack Bowling
William Neil DuBois Jr
Crab Orchard
William N
Eloise Burrows DuBois
Gail Marie Pruden
Fred A
Dorothy Reed Pruden
Roger Eugene Evans
Mount Hope
James. H. and
Lyvonia C. Brydie Evans
Martha Elizabeth Dunn
Fireco
Martha Ann George Joseph
Featherstone
Bluefield
George J. and
Marie Bouvier Featherstone
Judith Ann Crawford
Cool Ridge
Boyd
Delores Hughes Crawford
Rondal Lee Green
Rock
Wesley
Sadie Belcher
Green
Drema Charlene Poe
Sophia
Charles B
Edith Poe
Rendan Lee Monaker
Prosperity
Denver Abraham
Mary Ruth Hendricks ‘Honaker
Johnny
Sue Cole
Crab. Orchard
John Se
Lenora Gail McClure
Sundial
Charles and
Ethyl T. McClure
Donnie Ray Rutherford
Woodrow Wilson
Margaret
Ann Merritt Rutherford
Debra Kay Buckland
Samuel Henry
Mary
Kathern Willis Buckland
William Stanley - Sydenstricker
Harless William and
Nona A. Hylton Sydenstricker
Linda Jane Koone
Rhodell
William F
Earnestine
Kamus Koone
Marvin Henry Turner
Naoma
Carlos M
Frances Turner
Marianne Meadows
Joseph
Velma Acord Gyovai
John Wayne Tilly
James G
Edna
Chaplin Tilly
Lynda Gaye Lilly
George E
Ida M. Elmore Lilly
Clinton
Edward Withrow
Ghent
J. Edward and
Lettie Creed
Withrow
Brenda Kay Clifton
William and
Lea Hart Webb
Shady Spring High Announces Band Practice and Majorette Tryouts
Band practice starts next week at Shady Spring High School. Girls auditioning as majorettes report August 8 at 9 am. Practice runs August 9 from 9 to 11 30 am.
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Shady Spring High School
Police Beat Crab Orchard Man Jailed On Two Counts After Wreck
Crab Orchard man George T Starr Jr of 110 Orchard Glenn Ave jailed at 1 15 on charges of reckless driving and leaving the scene after his car ran off Maple Meadow Road and flipped. Johnny Beath 29 of Crab Orchard jailed at 11 40 p m after wreck of a 1968 Health car. Damages estimated at 500 dollars. Three other persons jailed Thursday two released. Henry A Cawley 78 of Maxwell Hill Rd jailed at 1 p m on a peace warrant remanded to jail in lieu of 500 bond. Vanessa Musick 21 of Bolt jailed by city police at 2 40 a m Thursday remanded to jail in lieu of fines and costs. He fined 10 for two assault charges 50 for obstructing an officer and 5 on intoxication. Elliot Cline 53 of Brooksville Fla jailed Thursday on drunken driving charge released after paying 50 fine and costs. Ella Forney 21 of Smoot Ave jailed Wednesday on fighting and profanity released Thursday after paying 35 fine and costs. Beckley police cited two motorists for hazardous driving early today Sandra Lewis 17 Route 1 Beckley charged at 12 05 am Dana Dean 17 Prosperity charged at 12 20 am both to appear in Municipal Court. Beckley fire department answered a false alarm at President Hotel 304 Neville St.
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George T. Starr Jr
Orchard Man
Glenn_ Ave
Maple Meadow Road
Ye _ Henry A. Cawley
Maxwell Hill Rd
Vanessa Clayton Musick
Bolt
Joe Rodriguez
Elliot Cline
Brooksville
Fla
Ella. K. Forney
Smoot Ave
Rodriguez
Beckley
Sandra Lewis
Route 1
Dana Dean
Prosperity
School Board Seeks Funds for Vocational Center
Raleigh County Board of Education moved to explore federal and state funds for a vocational center and approved a building needs survey. The board and Supt. William Baker aim to modernize facilities, expand programs, and curb high school dropouts with broader shop offerings. The panel also approved selling the old Raleigh Mining Institute School for 6700 dollars.
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Raleigh County
Blackburn
James D. Robinson
Robinson
Baker
West Virginia State Department ‘of Education
Raleigh Mining “Institute School
Fred Barker
Rhodell
MFHP Dues To Be Discussed At Trap Hill Meet
The Trap Hill District Community Action Association will hold a special meeting Saturday at 7 30 p m at Glen White Health Center District to discuss Mountaineer Family Health Plan dues of 2 per month. President Dwight Daniels urges MFHP recipients to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaineer Family Health Plan
Trap Hill District
Community’ Action~ Association
Glen White Health Center
Dwight Daniels
Trap Hill Area
MFHP
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Blythe
Calif
Hibbing
Minn
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
Civic Center Plaza
Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
Wyoming County
Borden
Office of Economic Opportunity
Peoples’ Press
Douglas T. Bryant
Jack E. O'Neill
Johnstown
Pastry Shops, Inc
Neville St
Beckley Plaza
Devius
Becklay Plaza
Bankamericare
Johnny Beath
Health
James R. Carter
Bradley
Okie Carter
Lorena Wallace
Beckley Fire Department
President Hotel
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