City Patrolman Ed Easley Wins Lodge Shooting Match
Beckley West Virginia patrolman Ed Easley topped active members of Black Diamond Lodge No 81 Fraternal Order of Police with a 262 out of 300 score in the lodge’s annual shooting on Wednesday at Beckley State Police headquarters. Associate winner Lee Burleson earned a $10 certificate, while John McKay and A David Abrams received $5 certificates. About 400 lodge members participated.
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Beckley
Black Diamond Lodge No. 81
Order of Police
Easley
Beckley State Police
Mike Smiley
Day
Lee Burleson
John McKay
A. David Abrams
Tra Holliday Jr
Ralph Cole
J. M. Laing
A. David Abrams Jr
George Patterson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dean Howen
FBI
Lee Waldron
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Unit
U. S. Treasury Dept
J. N. White
Earl Ballangee
Steve Peelish
Claude England
ATTU
Leslie Cox
Ross Cottle
Lodge
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Fraternal Order of Police
Speech Hearing Clinic Aid Denied By Jaycees
The Raleigh County Speech and Hearing Clinic will not receive help from the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jaycee members voted to not sponsor a fund raising drive for the clinic despite earlier discussions and a board decision to offer support with a roadblock for funds. The meeting included remarks by Dick Lepkowski seeking aid and Douglas Painter urging higher membership.
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Raleigh County
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
Dick Lepkowski
Raleigh County Crippled Children’s Association
Junior Chamber
Painter
Hugh Bosley
Six Men Sign With Air Force At Beckley Station
Six men enlisted in the Air Force at the Beckley Recruiting Station on Monday. They are John Kerr Learmont Jr., James Andrew Bennett, Ernest Henry Crapt, Charles Eugene Alley, William Rice Hess Jr., and Ronald Lee Richards. The group will report to Lackland, Texas for basic training.
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Air Force
Beckley
John Kerr Learmont Jr
John E. Learmont
Fayetteville
James Andrew Bennett
J. E. Bennett
Rainelle
Ernest Henry Crapt
Ernest H. Crapt
Dille
Charles Eugene Alley
Lacy Alley
William Rice Hess Jr
Miss Ruby Bowyer Joins Raleigh County Board Office
Miss Ruby Bowyer of Beaver started work in the Raleigh County Board of Education office on Monday as a secretary and clerk. She replaces Miss Carolyn Davis who left for employment in Roanoke Virginia.
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Ruby Bowyer
Beaver
Raleigh County Board of Education
Carolyn Davis
Roanoke
Rickard Resigns Vocational Post in Beckley West Virginia
Charles F. Rickard, counselor at Beckley WV Vocational Rehabilitation Office, will resign August 19 to join a Pontiac Michigan public school. A 1944 Oak Hill High School graduate, he earned a 1954 Marshall College BA and 1960 Marshall MA in guidance and counseling. Rickard taught at Collins Junior High Oak Hill in 1954-55 and has five years with the rehabilitation office. He and his wife Ruby Rhodes of Scarbro reside at 512 Johnston Rd with their son Mark Steven. He expects the move to public schools will aid his future work.
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Beckley
West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Service
Charles F. Rickard
Pontiac
Mich
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Oak Hill High School
Marshall College
Collins Junior High School
Oak Hill
Marshall
Ruby Rhodes
Scarbro
Johnston Rd
Mark Steven
West Virginia
Pythian Convention Set In Beckley In '61
Beckley will host the annual convention of the West Virginia Knights of Pythias and the Grand Order of Calanthe next year, following plans completed at Welch. New officers include J. A. Shelton of Welch as grand chancellor and Lola M. Mack of Bluefield as grand worthy chancellor. More than 175 attended the three day meeting.
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Beckley
West Virginia Knights of Pythias
Grand Order of Calanthe
Welch
J. A. Shelton
Lola M. Mack
Bluefield
First Methodists Will Hear Pastor Elmer S Wilson
The Rev Elmer S Wilson pastor of the First Methodist Church will preach his first sermon Sunday after a five week illness The 11 am service will focus on What a Man Has and the 7 30 pm program will feature The Worlds most Troublesome Religion
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Elmer S. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Camp Apache trip launches Beckley youths to camp
Eleven excited young sters on the way to their first camping trip left Beckley Tuesday for Camp Apache in Camp Gala. Photos show the group loading cars with Mrs. Mabel Vest supervising. Most children are in Raleigh County schools special education classes. Camperships totaling 425 funded by local clubs will aid 90 campers, with Beckley contributing over 10 percent. They will stay 10 days and return August 14. Donations came from Woman's Club, Kiwanis, Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults, Golden Age Club, and others. The trip included a first view of a tunnel in Charleston.
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Camp Apache
Camp Galahad
Jackie Mc
Lita Ketchersid
Stevie Bruster
Clarence Boston
David Garnett
Jackie McKinney
Raleigh County Board of Education
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Charleston
Robert Thomson Jr
Robert L. Amick
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Woman’s Club
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Civitans
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Homemakers’ Club
Elizabeth McQuade
J. E. Otto
Joseph X. Fazio
Anderson
Mrs. West
Political Past Will Bob Up When Republicans Convene
Charleston AP analysis traces West Virginia GOP platforms from 1920 1924 and 1956 noting promises on roads taxes education salaries and anti waste. 1960 convention aims for a brief positive platform focusing on natural human and governmental resources with fewer indictments of Democrats and an emphasis on measurable promises.
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Parkersburg
Shakespeare
GOP
West
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