Municipal Court Dogfight Ends With Fines In Infamy
In Municipal Court Judge George L Ballard fines Grove Avenue resident Helen Lawson six dollars after she clashes over a dog incident. Lawson accuses city dog catcher Edward Carmen and the court of infallibility while Carmen testifies the dog was seen earlier and ticketed. Another defendant, Virginia Barnett, seeks to dodge two fines for a dog at large by giving up one of her dogs. Bond forfeitures total 365 dollars, with 118 from intoxication charges. Bluefield’s Frank George to perform at New River Hootenanny, featuring bagpipes, fiddle and banjo, Monday night at Cliffside Amphitheater. tickets 1.75 dollars. Proceeds go to Honey in the Rock continuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Avenue
Helen Lawson
106
Edward Carmen
George L. Ballard
Carmen
Ballard
Mrs. Lawson
Virginia Barnett
Miller Ave
Beckley
Martin Backus
Robert N. Newman
Curtis Hale
Woodlawn Ave
James Reed
Bluefield
Frank George
New River
Prince St
Jan Campbell Music Co
Melody Shop
Colony Drug
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Sgt James Braxton 27 son of Mrs Minnie Braxton Harvey Fayette County is at Camp Zama Japan for malaria treatment after seven months with Co A 2d Bn 7th Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division Braxton earned a Purple Heart for wounds in Operation Davy Crockett Bong Son May He served ten years in the Army with overseas tours in Korea and Germany and attended Mount Hope High School He and his wife Norma and three children live in Harvey Richard P Williams First Class USN son of Mr and Mrs Lonnie Williams Sprague returned to Alameda California after 264 days off the coast of Vietnam aboard USS Hancock Hancock a Seventh Fleet unit launched 14 900 aircraft and flew over 1 000 strike sorties delivering more than 16 million pounds of ordnance Williams traveled 75 000 miles during the cruise including combat zones in the South China Sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Braxton
Minnie T. Braxton
Harvey
Fayette County
U. S. Army Hospital
Camp Zama
Japan
Braxton
Viet Nam
Co. A
7Th Cavalry
1St Cavalry Division
Bong Son
Korea
Soman
Mount Hope High School
U. S. Post Office Department
Detroit
Mich
Army
Norma
Richard P. Williams
USN
Lonnie W. Williams
Sprague
Alameda
Calif
Vietnam
USS
Hancock
U.S. Seventh Fleet
South China Sea
Recent Enlistments AIR FORCE To Lackland AFB Tex
A list of air force recruits shows Robert H. Showalter Leroy Marvin C Fletcher Norton Danny L Boggs Earnest E Markham Banner Eugene E Kelley Shelby D Worley Danny E Davis Coeburn Roger D Austin Coeburn To Amarillo AFB Tex Robert L Ramsey Charleston Denver A Powers Chesapeake Richard L Cameron Sissonville William C Ripley LU Charleston ARMY Paul Eugene Hill Fayette Summersville ville son of Gertrude Smith Randy Joe Christian War Rob Orvin Lee Hopkins Jr Sutton
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Force
Lackland Afb
Tex
Robert H. Showalter
Leroy
Marvin C. Fletcher
Norton
Danny L. Boggs
Pound
Earnest E. Markham
Banner
Eugene E. Kelley
St. Marys
Shelby D. Worley
Bristol
Richard L. Cameron
Sissonville
William C. Ripley LU
Charleston
Paul Eugene Hill
Fayettert
Lee Vaughan
Summersville
Ville
Gertrude Smith
Randy Joe Christian
War
Rob
Orvin Lee Hopkins Jr
Sutton
Private First Class Cook Assigned to 82nd Airborne
Private First Class Larry G. Cook, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Creed C Cook of Daniels, has been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina. An airborne unit of the Strategic Army Command the 82d maintains an immediate force for deployment worldwide. He entered the Army in October 1964 and completed basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. Cook attended Shady Spring High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry G. Cook
Creed C. Cook
Daniels
82Nd Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Strategic Army Command
82D
82Nd
Army
Fort Knox
Cook
Shady Spring High School
Welfare Checks Now In Mail In Raleigh County
Airman First Class John P. Martin, son of Mrs. Virginia E. Martin of Detroit, volunteers as a disc jockey in Thailand on a U S Air Force radio program to promote U S Thai understanding. The program airs six nights weekly at a Royal Thai Air Force station and features an American Record Request Show for Thai listeners. Checks for Raleigh County residents were mailed after a brief delay due to late form submission, with aged, blind, and disabled recipients affected. Barbara Martin, Airman Martin’s wife, is the daughter of Fayetteville resident Mrs. Beulah Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Air Force
Fayetteville
Thailand
John P. Martin
Virginia E. Martin
Detroit
Royal Thai Air Force
RTAF
U.S
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Charleston
Welfare Department
Martin
Barbara
Beulah Harris
Rt. 1
Air Force
Health Board To Hear Sewage Survey Results
Beckley Raleigh County Board of Health to review the Shady Spring sewage survey findings at the next Sept. 1 meeting. Results show many unapproved wells and privies. Board also weighs legal action against water operators lacking licenses.
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Shady Spring
Beckley-Raleigh
Eunice
Pemberton
Eccles
Pettus
Friendley View
Whitby
Epperly-Winding Gulf
Hume
Department of Welfare
Tax Questions and Answers on Dependents and Deductions
A set of IRS Q and A style responses covers claiming an unrelated person as a dependent who lives with you all year and earns under $600, amended tax penalties for interest at 6 percent, and the Social Security number used for reporting interest. It also notes due dates for maid Social Security payments, substantiation rules for entertainment and travel expenses, and tax benefits for people aged 65 including a $600 additional exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IRS
Area students to attend WVU Journalism Camp
Four area students from Beckley and Pineville will attend the West Virginia University Journalism Camp starting Sunday. Beckley participants are Miss Susan Barbera and Francis L. Edwards II, while Pineville is represented by Miss Diane Dodd and David Phillips. Director Prof. W. R. Summers says the one week training aims to improve high school publications. The camp is part of WVU's five annual summer fine arts institutes alongside art, music, drama and library science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Pineville
West Virginia University
Susan Barbera
Francis L. Edwards II
Diane Dodd
David Phillips
W. R. Summers
WVU
Seven Mines Seek Permits In West Virginia
Seven mining firms applied at the Beckley Office of the West Virginia Department of Mines for opening permits last week. Names include Barnette Coal Co No 1 Greenbrier County Beatrice Barnette Richwood Ruby Coal Co No 4 Fayette County Ruby Tanner Runa Kitchekan Pocahontas Mining Corp No 56 Wyoming County White Coal Co No 1 Fayette County Tea Creek Coal Co No 2 Greenbrier County J E Coal Co No 1 Nicholas County McCutcheon Coal Co No 7 J P McCutcheon Quinwood and owners such as Ruby Coal Co Ford White J E Lockabill and R L Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
White Coal Co
Fayette County
Ford White
Fayetteville
Tea Creek Coal Co
Greenbrier County
R. L. Taylor
Craigsville
J. E. Coal Co
Nicholas County
J. E. Lockabill
Quinwood
McCutcheon Coal Co
J. P. McCutcheon
Governor and SCS Supervisors Set Watershed Tour
Gov Hulett C Smith and the Southern Soil Conservation District supervisors will tour Brush Creek Watershed in Mercer County on August 18 meeting at the Princeton entrance of the West Virginia Turnpike with Tom Evans state conservationist and A James Manchin state director of the Farmers Home Administration. Three SCS supervisors Aubrey Riner R J Robert and Francis Kennedy will attend the Northeast area SCS meeting in Boston August 14 17. Planning for the Dunloup Creek watershed in Fayette County could begin around September 1 pending approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hulett C. Smith
Southern Soil Conservation District
Brush Creek
Mercer County
Daniel Hale
Princeton
SSCD
Smith
Thomas B. Evans
SCS
A. James Manchin
Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia Turnpike
Boston
Mass
Aubrey Riner
Fayetteville
R. J. Robert
Francis Kennedy
Jolo
Baker Hopkins
Beckley
Dunloup Creek
Fayette County
Tabor
Beckey
New Catholic Priest Here Beckley welcomes Rev. Leon Alexander
The Rev. Leon Alexander 26 year old Huntington native arrives as new curate at St. Francis de Sales Church Beckley on his first assignment. He was ordained May 14 in Wheeling at St. Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Joseph D Hodges. He replaces Rev. Edward Burley now at Immaculate Conception Clarksburg. Father Alexander is pictured with Very Rev. Thomas Kerrigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Alexander
St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Beckley
Huntington
Wheeling
St. Joseph’s Cathedral
Joseph D. Hodges
Diocese of
Walter J. D. Alexander
St. Joseph High School
That City
St. Charles College
Catonsville
St. Mary’s Major Seminary
Baltimore
Edward Burley
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Clarksburg
Alexander
Thomas Kerrigan
Beckley Church
Paper Plant To Hire 75 To 100 New Employees
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Co Covington mill in Covington Virginia seeks 75 to 100 new workers within weeks for permanent positions. Applicants need a high school education or equivalent and be in good physical condition, aged 18 to 35. Those accepted will receive full benefits and inquiries should be directed to the Covington mill.
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West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company
Covington
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Mill
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Beckley Industrial Savings & Loan
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