Beckley Sanitary Board sets 1972 73 expenses
The Beckley Sanitary Board projects 1972 73 operating costs and debt service at 954 900 with bond interest principal payments totaling monthly 8 556 20 through March and 10 566 thereafter. The bond issue exceeds 15 million for a 3 5 million facility funded by federal grants. A computer breakdown delayed the detailed budget and financial statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Sanitary Board
City Recorder
Larry F. Stover
Stover
Economic Development Administration F
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
Tthe Sanitary Board
E. D. Meadows
Honey in the Rock draws 561 at Cliffside Amphitheatre
Attendance for the Wednesday evening performance at Grandview State Park totals 561 despite cold weather. Groups represented include Calhoun County Youth Camp with 92, National Retired Teachers Association 21, American Association of Retired Persons Romney 21, and American Friends Service Committee Lorado 16. Sixty-one attendees from 17 states, with Alabama to West Virginia represented. Total for Honey mon 9,334 and Hatfields and McCoys 15,585, combining to 24,929 for both dramas. Shows run on alternate nights except Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview State Park
Cliffside
Calhoun County
National Retired Teachers, Association
American Association of Retired Persons of
Romney
American Friends Service Committee
Lorado
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Marriage Permits List of Couples From Several Towns
An itemized marriage permits list includes John Bengier and Pamela Delight Thomas from Newport News, and many others across Beckley Bluefield Crab Orchard and nearby towns. The record cites ages and parental names for couples including Edward Bengier and Wanda Magnone, Frank Meadows and Mary Cooper, and Carol Jessup with Patty Jessup among many pairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Edward Bengier
Kincaid Smith
John Seldon
Virginia Maxine Holt Cole
Pegsy Jean Proctor
Crab. Orchard
Clifford
Mae Orange Proctor
William Harold Johnson
Bluefield
Robert
Corine
Woods Johnson
Gloria Mae Law
Beckley
William and
Willie M. Cotton Law
van Earl Carr
Ghent
Gary Randall Meadows
Arthur Lee
Christine Odd
Lacy L
Sybil
Lilly Carr
Debra Darknell
Jessup
Garnish A.andj Patty Oday Jessup
James Lee Gill
Raleigh
Bertha Allen ‘Gill
Deborah Ruth O'Dell
Ralph
Betty Mabrey O'Dell
Ronald Lee . Hayworth
Beaver
Geraldine Hawkins Hayworth
Darlene Elizabeth Smith
Coal City
Robert Noel
Nellie Maxine
South Viet Nam Press Sees Shutdowns Over Thieu Law
Two opposition newspapers have ceased operations and a third plans to close by month end under President Thieu’s new press law. About 60 other South Vietnamese papers planned a two day refusal to publish in protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viet
Fold Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
Credit Union Shareholders To Be Repaid
The defunct Raleigh County Community Action Association will repay shareholders Monday and Tuesday next week. A total of 1200 dollars has been transferred from surplus funds to liquidate the credit union and pay out 5501.08 to shareholders. Shareholders must visit ACCAA central office at 332 Prince St by 4 30 p.m. on August 14 or 15 or call RCCAA at 252-6396 for alternative arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Credit Union of
Raleigh County Community ‘Action Association
Credit Union
Steve Quesenberry
Noel Snuffer
Accaa i
Quesenberry
Jim
Piece Meal Puzzles Tie Food Fun To Collectors
Youth fans snap up six jigsaw puzzles called Piece Meal shaped like Chinese dinner cake mixed nuts popcorn spaghetti and penny candy. Packaged as real food wrappings a quart carton carryout or bakery box showcases the designs at toy stores and supermarkets. A Gilbert O Sullivan update notes his 1971 album Himself and the rise of Alone Again Naturally after styling and image shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernestine Guglielmo
Gilbert O’sullivan
O’sullivan
Gordon Mills
Tom Jones
Engelbert Humperdinck
O'Sullivan
Britain
Medical rarity situs inversus affects Clewiston man
Wesley Jones of Clewiston Florida a 44 year old former Beckley resident is described by doctors as a medical rarity because all his organs sit on the opposite side of his body His heart liver spleen stomach and colon are reversed with the appendix on the left He underwent a 1950 appendectomy but the surgeon had to switch sides after finding the appendix on the opposite side The condition known as situs inversus is very rare occurring about one in one hundred thousand births Jones learned of his reversal as a child and later during a reenlistment physical in the Air Force led to an early retirement
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Jones
Clewiston
Fla
Beckley
Jones
Benjamins
Veterans Administration
House
Miami
Toj
Air Force
Ex-Sophian Named Banking Manager
Danny D Sorrels formerly of Sophia has been named manager of a new mortgage banking office opened by Berens Associates of Washington Inc at Beltway Exit 36 Branch Ave Washington D C Announcement by president Denzil C Nichols notes Sorrels is a Forestville Md resident active in the Oxon Hill Post The American Legion and the Forestville Boys Club He previously worked at Metropolitan Mortgage Fund Colony Investment and Arlington Mortgage Sorrels is the son of Mrs John Sorrels Midway and the late John Sorrels He is a graduate of Sophia High School and attended Beckley College He and his wife Delores Ash of Orchard Avenue Beckley have three daughters and a son
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny D. Sorrels
Sophia
Berens Associates
Washington Inc
Beltway
Branch Ave
Washington, D.C
Sorrels
Denzil C. Nichols
Sortrels
Forestville
Oxon Hill Post
The
American Legion
Forestville Boys Club
Metropolitan Mortgage Fund
Colony Investment
Arlington Mortgage
John Sorrels
Midway
Sophia High School
Beckley College
Delores Ash
Orchard Avenue
Beckley
Postman Rescued From Elm After Sit-In Over Field
Workmen planning to clear a 30 year old elm for a sports field found postman Andrew Boggie perched in the tree behind his home. Boggie, 44, climbed down after builders agreed to postpone the tree cutting decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley Prospect
England
UPD
Andrew Boggie
Boggie
Police Sergeant To Take Course In Lie Detecting
Detective Sergeant Larry Stafford of the Beckley City Police Department will attend a six week polygraph operators course at Keller's Polygraph School in Chicago. Police Chief Thomas Durrett announced the appointment at a City Council meeting and noted Beckley will soon have lie detector capability and work with other area agencies. The Governor's Committee on Crime funds attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Stafford
Beckley City
Keller
Chicago
Ill
Stafford
Thomas Durrett
Durrett
Beckley
Parkersburg
Charles McCormick
Lowell Perkins
Institute On Photography
John Miller
Fort Gordon
Miller
Pat
I Godfrey Pryor
William Coffman
William. and Mary. College
Williamsburg
State Fire Marshal’s Office
Virginia
Death Notices From Richmond Area
Death notices list Mary Jane Richmond 59 of 121 Granville Avenue with funeral at Beckley Presbyterian Church and cremation at Keyser Bryant. others include Nathaniel Craft H 56 of 302 F Street Beckley with service at Ritchie Johnson Parlor. Wayne L Adkins 58 of 215 South Heber Street with service at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Cephas B Harvey 73 of 508 Bibb Avenue with service at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. all arrangements by local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heber, Main
South Fayette
McCreery Streets
McCreery Street
Five Corners
Beckley Tire and Rubber Co
Richmond Richmond
Mary Jane
Granville Avenue
Beckley
Presbyterian Church
Keyser- Bryant
American Cancer Society
Keyser-Bryant Funeral
Craft Craft
Nathaniel
F Street
Ritchie, and Johnson
R.I. Brown
James Jones
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral
Parior, Inc
Harvey . Harvey
Cephas
Bibb Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Kanawha Street
Owen Harvey
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Floral tributes and losses fill a quiet page
A blend of personal notes thanks for flowers and a heartfelt memorial for a father named Joe, who would have turned 61. The page also lists several lost and found notices including a brown dog with a collar, a tool box, a black toy poodle, and a ladies billfold with rewards offered.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sanitary Board
Hartley Avenue
Meadows
Piney Creek
Clint Eastwood
Borsa
Pentaia
Universal Newrtac-Foreman
Panavision
Gracie Belcher
Newcomb
Ry Te
Jane Ir Nmanny
Ferrence
Wayne Matthews
Craigsville
David and
Maxie Taylor Matthews
Frances Marie Jones
Wiley and
Clara Blevins Jones
Oscar Thomas Moore
Charleston
Bertran
Mary Mills Moore
Cleola’ Mae Boyden
G. W
Annie Duckette Wood
Howard Gene Richardson
Harper
Teddy E
Mavis
A. Gillispie Richardson
Vicki Sue Cochran
Cooly Ridge
Earnest and
Ib Dixie Ann Fortner Cochran
MOOSE
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley, W. Va
Tom T. Hall
Tommy Overstreet
Nashville Express
Jeanne Pruett
and Marie Owens
Adminion
Armory
Meek’s Dept
Colony Drug
Rimmer Drug
Cohan’s Drug
Jo Ann’s Fabrics
Tri-State Productions, Inc
Tri-State Production, Inc
Moose Home
Raleigh Drive
Gue
Clear Lake, S.D
Sophian
Camden. Park
U.S. 60
West
Huntington
Pineville DR. IN
Robert I. Amick
Eer
E. Lowell Foley
Sam G. Foley
Gene Crone
Scenic Wonderland Bluestone Lake
Water Gore & Son Marina, Inc
Hinton
Air
Memoriam
Joe Oles
Heaven
Written By
Leora
We Love
You
Opie
Harold
Henry
Lorena
Louise
Leona
Laurel
Betty Joe
Jean
June
Jay, Jr
Valley
Drive
Claim
Beckley and Eccles
Dean ‘Construction
Pine’ Hills
Morgan Hills
Black
Daniels
W. VA
Evan. Adkins
God
Lenard
Adkins
America
Mother Kate Fears
BFG Shocks
Beckley Tire & Rubber CO
Bast Plac
Bfgoodrich
St. Fayette St
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