Young rider Nancy Tieche to show Big Man's Shadow at Fair
Nancy Tieche, 10, of Dry Hill, will ride Big Man's Shadow, a registered Tennessee Walking horse she has owned since April, in the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Fair English Pleasure Class. The black gelding earned two fourth place ribbons at the Bradley Horse Show this summer as fair week features a live stock show, All Western Horse Show, and evening horse events. State officials Joe F. Burdette, Hulett C. Smith, Leonard Timms, and Max Blizzard are expected for Thursday activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Tieche
A. M. Tieche
Dry Hill
Bradley
Joe F. Burdette
Commerce
Hulett C. Smith
Leonard Timms
State Department of Agriculture
Max Blizzard
Auxiliary Convention Reports Recap from Wheeling Meeting
Mrs C C Hembrick and Mrs Mayme Tatum reported to Auxiliary Unit 70 at the Post home on South Fayette Street. Hembrick was appointed to Pinecrest Sanitarium and trophies committees. Tatum noted Beckley Unit 32's Harry Anderson as first vice president of the state auxiliary. Tatum became scholarship and education chair. An American flag was donated to the unit. The group plans a hospital party on the last Wednesday in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. C. Hembrick
Mayme Tatum
American Legion Auxiliary
Wheeling
Post Home
South Fayette Street
Hembrick
Department
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Tatum
Harry Anderson
Beckley
Department of West Virginia
Louise Cheatwood
Pinecrest
Chiirman
Hettie Trent
Lottie Redd
Guthrie Stays With State Police After Potential Move
First Sgt. Ed C. Guthrie of the State Police Detachment will remain with the West Virginia Department of Public Safety after September 1 instead of retiring to become Bluefield Police Chief. Guthrie led an inquiry that led to theft charges against seven Bluefield officers and a justice of the peace before his promotion and transfer here from Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed C. Guthrie
West Virginia Department of Public Safety
Bluefield
Guthrie
Justice of the Peace
Princeton
Pastor Abrams In Critical Condition At Beckley Hospital
The Rev. S. A. Abrams pastor of Central Baptist Church is listed in critical condition at Beckley Veterans Hospital undergoing observation and treatment.
Mitchells Return Home From Philadelphia Visit
The Rev. and Mrs. Corey C. Mitchell and their daughter Mrs. Hugh Williams returned Saturday from Philadelphia where they stayed three weeks after Rev. Frank B. Mitchells wedding. Mrs. Mitchell spent seven weeks with her mother Mrs. Charles Miller recovering in Germantown after a long illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corey C. Mitchell
Hugh Williams
Philadelphia
Frank B. Mitchell
Mitchell
Charles Miller
Germantown
52 Sophia HS Grads To Meet At Grandview Park
The 1952 graduates of Sophia High School plan a reunion at Grandview Park on September 2 starting at 1 p.m. All class members from the decade past are invited for a park gathering and a later picnic. A spokesman says all addresses are found except three: Virginia Wood, Bernard Taylor, and Dennis Taylor. Contact Annie Rowles in Sophia with any information.
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Sophia High School
Grandview Park
Suu
Virginia Wood
Bernard Taylor
Dennis Taylor
Annie Rowles
Sophia
Miners Injured In Separate Monday Accidents
Two area miners are listed in good condition at Beckley Hospital after separate incidents Monday. Donald E. Cole, 35, of Coal City, was admitted at 3 15 p.m. with leg and knee injuries from an 11 30 a.m. accident at the Paul Cole and Mays Coal Co. mine. Rossie Fox, 48, of Midway, checked in at 7 15 p.m. for facial injuries from a Winding Gulf Coal Co. mine accident at McAlpin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Donald E. Cole
Coal City
Paul Cole and Mays Coal Co
Rossie Fox
Midway
Winding Gulf Coal Co
McAlpin
Housewife it is change of pace work advice
A reader asks about unhappiness with housework and bouts of illness. Dr. Harold T. Hyman suggests trying outside work with spouse and family support, or volunteering locally to gain stimulation and improve household efficiency. He notes the importance of ruling out medical illness and urges readers to send questions for future columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Thomas Hyman
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
M. D
Lee Miller Leads Volunteer Paint Crew at Glen White Church
Lee Miller helps organize a volunteer painting shift at the Glen White Baptist Church, among many volunteers repainting and improving the former Glen White Community Church building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Miller
Glen White Baptist Church
Glen White Community Church
Area students to receive degrees at Morris Harvey College
Twenty area candidates will earn degrees at Morris Harvey College Charleston in a 1:30 a.m. Friday ceremony in the college auditorium. Bachelor of arts nominees include Ona Mae Boggs Bradford Kopperston and others from Beckley and surrounding towns. BS in education candidates include Vivian Shankey Bock Fayetteville Audrey Price McGraw McGraws Janice Privett Meredith McGraws Ednad Lively Spangler Fayetteville and Robert Thurston Rolliver Beckley.
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Morris Harvey College
Charleston
Ona Mae Boggs Bradford
Kopperston
David Dee Cantley
Rock Creek
Gerald Avon Dickens
Arnett
Raymond Domingues
Prince
Tommy Kalinoski
Stickney
Margaret Lewis Minor
Beckley
Don Edwin Nuckols
Mullens
Jesse Lee Richardson, Jr
Glen Daniels
Margaret Garten Richmond
Miners Injured In Local Colliery Accidents
Two area miners are listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital. Robert Bailey, 37, of Jesse, was admitted Friday afternoon for injuries to his left arm at an Eastern Gas and Fuel Associated mine. Lyle McGraw, 49, of Ansted, was admitted Sunday morning for injuries to his left side at the Gauley Mountain Coal Co. Mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Robert Bailey
Jesse
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associated
Lyle McGraw
Ansted
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Prosperity postmaster improves after heart attack
W. O. Bowyer Prosperity post master is in Beckley Hospital recovering from a recent heart attack. He is not allowed visitors per his wife Mrs. Bowyer.
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W. O. Bowyer
Beckley Hospital
Commodities Distribution at Lester First Church of God
Commodities will be given out at the Lester First Church of God on Thursday and Friday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Claude Webb will serve as the agent.
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Lester First Church of God
Claude Webb
Jagent
Cool Ridge Farmer Named To County FHA Committee
J.C. Meador, Cool Ridge farmer and former bank employee, named to Raleigh County Farmers Home Administration Committee. The three member panel, serving three year terms, reviews loan eligibility and policies for farmer borrowers with local office in Beckley under director William F. Patton.
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Cool Ridge
J.C. Meador
Raleigh County Farmers Home Administration Committee
Concord Teachers College
Meador
Raleigh
Monroe
Tyler
Beckley National Bank
Princeton Bank and Trust
Glenn R. Scott
Table Rock
Farmers Home Administration
Memorial Building
Beckley
William F. Patton
Fayette
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
J. C. Meador
Raleigh County
Four Leave Raleigh General Hospital Discharges
Four area persons were discharged from Raleigh General Hospital Sunday Donna Albert nine of Stamford was released after treatment for an apparent heart condition admitted Friday Claude Worley principal of Marsh Fork High School has been undergoing observation and treatment Sherry and John Fissick ages one and five were released after treatment for injuries from a one car wreck on Route 3 at Glen Daniel about nine a m Thursday
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Raleigh General Hospital
Donna Albert
Robert E. Albert
Stamaford
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork High School
Sherry
John Fissick
Glen Daniel
Florist Named in Suit Over 1961 Flower Invoices
Clement L Schulte doing business as Snow Thornton Florist Beckley was named defendant in a 1302 52 suit filed by Cleveland Plant and Flower Co in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s office Monday. The complaint covers invoices for flowers plants and floral supplies sold between June 1 1961 and July 29 1961. Truman Sayre of Sayre and Sayre represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement L. Schulte
Snow Thornton Florist
Beckley
Cleveland Plant and Flower Co
Raleigh County
Truman Sayre
Sayre and
Cleaner Safer Environment Aim of Director
State Health Director Dr. N. H. Dyer outlined a centennial year goal for 1963 to improve cleanliness and safety across the state. The Beckley meeting endorsed county and state cooperation for surveillance of sanitarians, with focus on food, water, milk, and facilities used by Centennial visitors. The program calls for inspections of restaurants dairies service stations restrooms motels pools and beaches and promotion of landfills and cleaner drive-in venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. H. Dyer
Health Department
Dyer
W. B.hume
Raleigh County
Seven Beckley Guardsmen Enlist for Regular Army Service
First Lt Theodore W Anderson is the sole officer re enlisting among Beckley s National Guard Troop C members who join the Regular Army for a year long active duty tour. Six non commissioned members sign on for three to six years from their enlistment date. Names include Pfc Robert Chaffin Sp Willie J Gunther Pfc Damon Robertson Pfc Leslie H Burnette Pfc Ronald E Wilson and Sgt Ic Carl Greene. Troop C of the 150th Armored Cavalry had just returned to resume civilian life with separation papers issued. Capt Frank Rodriguez remains in training at Fort Knox after the Berlin crisis call up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore W. Anderson
Beckley
National Guard
Anderson
Basil O. Bennett
Robert Chaffin
Willie J. Gunther
Damon Robertson
Leslie H. Burnette
Ronald E. Wilson
Carl Greene
150Th Armored Cavalry
Frank Rodriguez
Armored Sh!p
Fort Knox
Berlin
Hurt in fall at hospital admits Sprague woman
Mrs Maude Shaw 62 of Sprague was admitted to Beckley Hospital at 5 30 PM Monday for treatment of an injury described as a left shoulder fracture from a fall. She was listed as satisfactory.
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Beckley Hospital
Maude Shaw
Sprague
Boy Hospital Treats Beckley Child After Fall
Gary Lynn Pigg six year old son of Mr and Mrs Vernier Beckley was treated at Boy Hospital Sunday night for injuries from a fall at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Lynn Pigg
Des Moines driver earns clean record after 2 million miles
Des Moines, Iowa: Arnold Graeber, 80, has driven about 2 million miles without a traffic ticket on a 260 mile round trip from Rolfe. He protested a fine for missing an inspection seal. the charge was dismissed as he was not a resident of the area. He could have paid the fine by mail or online.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Arnold Graeber
Rolfe
Graeber
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James Weaver
Salem College
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Southern Regional Education Board
Dickens
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U. S. Medical Center
Bethesda
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Demar Studies and Publishing Co
Charlotte
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Boys State
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Jan Massey
Washington, D. C
Jerry
John R. Cook
Fairdale
Richard Snuffer
Hopital
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Appalachian Power Company
REDDY
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