West Virginia Civil War Governor John Jeremiah Jacob
John Jeremiah Jacob fourth governor of West Virginia and first Democrat elected to that office, his life in Hampshire County born December 9 1829 in Romney and educated at Dickinson College. He served as professor in Missouri University during the Civil War, was elected to the West Virginia Legislature in 1869 and governor in 1870, guiding the state through capital moves and constitutional changes before his death in Wheeling on November 24 1893.
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West Virginia
John Jeremiah Jacob
Hampshire County
North Branch of the Potomac
Potomac
Maryland
Jacob
Congress
Michael Cresap
Upper
Ohio Valley
Wheeling
Cresap
Logan
Hancock County
Methodist Church
Virginia
Summers Streets
Charleston
Democratic Party
Johnson N. Camden
Parkersburg
Supreme Court
Camden
Nomeinee
Romney
Academy
Classical Institute
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Young Jacob
Missouri University
Missouri
Robert White
William E. Stevenson
Republican Party
Republican Convention
House of Delegates
Ohio County
Jacob B. Jackson
Thursday Is Past Presidents Night For Local Jaycees
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts two state officers and a national Jaycees director to honor 20 past presidents. Cocktail party at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 15 p m at Beckley Hotel. Guests include Jack Steelman Rex Dotson and Jim Cain.
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Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Jack Steelman
Charleston
Rex Dotson
Princeton
Jim Cain
Bluefield
Beckley Hotel
Doctoral Journey Highlights military professor's travel miles
Col James M Morgan of Virginia Military Institute earned a medical doctorate after traveling 83400 miles across the United States. His work examined methods for disposing of atomic wastes and advanced nuclear related research from Johns Hopkins University.
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Lexington
James M. Morgan
Virginia Military Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Separate Accidents Send Two Boys to Hospital
In unrelated incidents two youths were treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital Tuesday. George Martin, 13, Crickmer, suffered a deep cut on his left leg when a horse stepped on him. Freddie Smith, 12, McAlpin, was admitted at 7:50 p.m. for a cut tendon in his hand from a fall on broken glass.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
George Martin
Crickmer
Freddie Smith
McAlpin
Drama Group To Have Booth At State Fair
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association met at the Beckley Hotel Tuesday night with five members present. They discussed a booth at the State Fair in Lewisburg to promote the proposed drama and urged fair visitors to stop by. No official action was taken due to lack of a quorum.
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West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Beckley Hotel
Lewisburg
Both Parties Needed To Work For Post Office
William T. Blakely of Beckley urged the Sophia Chamber of Commerce to form a bi partisan group to secure a new U S Post Office for Sophia. He outlined seven steps including contacting the postmaster, compiling utility and growth data, and informing Washington offices with Robert C Byrd of Sophia as his home town.
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William T. Blakely
Beckley
Sophia Chamber of Commerce
U. S
Sophia
Washington
Blakely
Robert C. Byrd
United States
Sophia Town Council Sets 1959 60 Budget Meeting
SophiaTown Council held a special meeting to approve the 1959 60 budget with a total levy of 10127 37 for 12 months. Police 4350 Street Lights 2000 Street Department 987 and Fire 600 noted. another special meeting set for Aug 18 at Town Hall after the State Tax Commissioner acts on the estimate.
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Sophia
ANS
Sophia Town
Police Department
Charleston
Rhodell Council To Meet Tonight
The Rhodell Town Council will hold a meeting at 8 p.m. today. It was moved from Monday night due to the absence of town recorder Roy Bradbury.
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Rhodell Council
Rhodell
Roy Bradbury
Stoco High Band Practice Set by Director Sara Bailey
Mrs. Sara Bailey announces Stoco High School Band practice at 9 a.m. Thursday on campus. The director says sessions will begin at the school and run as scheduled.
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Sara Bailey
Stoco High School
Mrs Whitt Joins Husband in Mainz Germany
Mrs Edwin E Whitt Jr joins her husband Sp Edwin E Whitt Jr a paratrooper in Mainz Germany. She flew to Frankfort July 28 and they will live in Germany until he is returned to the states. She is daughter of Mrs Vonda Birchfield and daughter in law of Mr and Mrs A E Whitt of Beckley. Their marriage took place November 13.
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Edwin E. Whitt Jr
Mainz
Germany
United States Army
Frankfort
States
Whitt
Vonda Birchfield
Forest Ave
A. E. Whitt
Beckley
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Elhugh Smith, construction apprentice, with Mobile Construction Battalion One, deployed to Guantanamo Bay Cuba, wife Linde Haskins at Mabscott, Seabees building housing and other projects during a nine month Cuban deployment. Franklin E Woody, Pvt., graduated from 101st Airborne Jump School at Fort Campbell Ky, son of Rich and Mary Woody Jonben, 18, entered Army November 1958, basic at Fort Jackson S C, attended Stoco High School.
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Mobile Construction Battalion One
United States Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Elhugh Smith
James Smith
Terrell St
Beckley
Linde Haskins
Mabscott
Seabees
101St Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
Franklin E. Woody
Rich H. Woody
Jonben
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Stoco High
Army Reserve Lt Garten completes two weeks at Fort Leonard Wood
Army Reserve 1st Lt. Randal L. Garten, 30, son of Roy L. Garten of Piney View, completed two weeks of active duty training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He entered the Army in 1951 and is a 1945 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and a 1953 Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy graduate. His wife Carolyn lives in Liberty Missouri.
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Fort Leonard Wood
Army Reserve
Randal L. Garten
Roy L. Garten
Piney View
Army
Woodrow Wilson High School
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Carolyn
Liberty, Mo
Massie Begins Advanced Infantry Training at Fort Dix
Pvt. Lloyd M Massie 17, son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Massie of Prosperity, is undergoing advanced infantry training at Fort Dix New Jersey after completing basic at Fort Knox Kentucky. He will be released from active duty as a member of the Army Reserve Company C Four Battle Group 19th Infantry 83rd Infantry Division and recently was home on furlough.
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Fort Dix
N. J
Lloyd M. Massie
Arnold Massie
Prosperity
Shady Spring
Fort Knox
19Th Infantry
Multiple Local Items Highlight Wheeling and State News
Wheeling City Council considered eight tax increase ideas to raise 150 000 to 200 000 in extra revenue. Kanawha Valley Mining Institute hosts Safety Day with Miss West Virginia Janet Hill as guest. Morgantown opens its first metered parking lot with 12 hour limits, 24 hour access. Charleston Municipal Planning Commission wants motel zoning input. building code silent on motels. Wheeling police applicants face written exams for 49 positions. oral exams later. Huntington leaders tapped for capital improvements advisory committee by mayor. Reunion for 264th Coast Artillery veterans set for Aug 15 16 in Elkins. West Virginia delegates to national American Legion Convention Aug 24 27 in Minneapolis. Bonn Brown leads as department commander.
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Wheeling City Council
Council
West Virginia
National American Legion
Minneapolis
Bonn Brown
Elkins
Vienna Mayor proposes balanced budget with no tax hike
Vienna Mayor Charles R Juse proposed that the city council run the 1959 60 budget with fewer dollars than the prior year. He said the plan aims to balance the budget without tax increases while still delivering additional services.
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Vienna
Charles R. Jusethe
State FHA insured record home loans in state
State Director W Herbert Welch said the Federal Housing Administration insured 1885 home mortgages in the last fiscal year, nearly doubling the previous all time high of 1065. The loans totaled 23772250 dollars.
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W. Herbert Welch
Federal Housing Administration
Gardener freed after leg stuck in cattle guard rails
In Tubac Arizona Frank Eldridge a 60 year old gardener was running to catch a bus when his leg slipped between cattle guard rails. Friends helped but the leg remained stuck until Sheriff Deputy Abe Trujillo arrived with lard applied and freed the leg after moving it up and down.
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Tubac, Ariz
Frank Eldridge
Abe Trujillo
Choir in Need of Singers at St Mark's Church
In San Diego the St Mark's Episcopal Church front sign announced an appeal for volunteers. The message read Choir is badly in need, inviting residents to join the church music program and help restore its choral duties.
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San Diego
Calif
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Recruit Williams Completes Fort Belvoir Training
Completing basic engineer training at Fort Belvoir Virginia was Recruit Franklin D Williams, son of Mr and Mrs Kelly J Williams of Oak Hill. He is an 1959 Collins High School graduate and entered the Army last February after basic training at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
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Fort Belvoir
Franklin D. Willams
Kelly J. Williams
Fort Ave
Oak Hill
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Collins High School
Promotion to aviation mechanic third class for Morgan
John D. Morgan promoted to aviation mechanic third class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Eddie Morgan of Route 1 Mount Hope. He serves with Air Development Squadron Three at Oceana Naval Air Station Virginia Beach Virginia.
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John D. Morgan
Eddie Morgan
Route 1
Mount Hope
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Stay Young By Returning To School After Fifty
Advice from Dr. Wilma Donahue at the University of Michigan urges older adults to keep mental activity through courses after 50. She says continued study maintains sharp thinking, helps cope with stress, and can slow aging by engaging with younger minds and trying new skills like music or ceramics.
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Wilma Donahue
University of Michigan
Albany Milam To Fill Vacancy At Mt. View
Raleigh County Board of Education approves personnel changes after review of Albany Milam Sr. status Milam will teach at Mount View Elementary for the same salary as prior junior high post and will be kept until eligible for social security Milam follows retirement age but remains employed to accumulate quarters for benefits.
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Albany Milam Sr
Mount View
Raleigh County Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Everett B. Wray Jr
Trail
Milam
Nuala Foureney
Stoco Junior High
Marilyn Forren Stone
Shady Spring High
Velma J. Hedrick
Mark Twain High
Benny L. Grim
Stoco High
Woodrow Wilson High
O Neals Recall Church Services in Old Days
Rhodell elders Dan and Sarah Jane O Neal reflect on early church life, when services met in homes with fire outside, parched corn and roasted potatoes as neighbors helped raise their families. The couple, long residents with five children, discuss town growth, transport, and changes in Rhodell over decades.
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Sarah Jane Blankenship
Devil’s Fork Creek
John
Mary Blankenship
Madeline
Amigo
Basin
Pierpoint
Barkers Ridge
Wyoming County
Ebb Howerton
E. C. Minter Coal Co
Francis
O'Neals
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J. J. Jacob
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Walt Disneys
Darby oGill vLittle
Sep Love
Pathé
Hope Fleming
Jesse James
Mone
Corey
Open Air Theatre
Stamford Rd
the Naked
Maja
Technicolor
Technirama
Ava Gardner
Anthony Franciosa
Party Girl
Robert Taylor
Cyd Charisse
Christ
Cinemascope
Lee Cobb
Joanne Dru
VistaVision
Anna Magnani
Anthony Quinn
Glen Jear
Richard Burton
Curt Jurgens
Sophia Council
Stoco
By Peggy Kessinger
L. M. Massie F, E
Woody
Mt. State Miscellany
Associated Press
Montgomery
Kanawha Valley Mining Institute
Janet Hill
Nitro
Morgantown
Municipal Planning Commission
Huntington
264Th Separate Coast Artillery Battalion
Dutch Harbor
Alaska
Julie London
Anna Kashfi
John Drew Barrymore
Dean Jones
Agnes Moorehead
Nat King Cole
Jean Simmons
Paul Newman
Joan Fontaine
Piper Laurie
Heaven
Mullens
Mullens and
Herndon
Gigi
Leslie Caron
Maurice Chevalier
Louis Jourdan
Pineville
Audrey Hepburn
Anthony Perkins
Albany
Mt. View
Nora Cole
James’ Elwood Cook
Marsh Fork High
Donald David Craft
Grada Clay
Bertie Bales
Jack Edward Patton
Charlotte M. Daniel
Trap Hill High
Sarah McGinnis Thompson
Anne Armentrout
Richardeson
Carlos Jerome Cook
Mary Margaret Williams
Owen P. Lilly
Sophia High
Charles R.crews
Clear Fork High
Linda Jo Harless
Arlene Meadows
Somphia High
Agnes Smith
Gerald Miller
Marian Lowe
Lester Junior
O’neals
RNS
Dan O’neal
Rhoddell
O'Neal
Nell Blankenship
O’neal
Rhodesi
Christian Baptist
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