Weekend wrecks leave four injured two hospitalized
Two motorists suffered injuries when a car hit a utility pole on Batoff Mountain. Theodore R. Martin Lester remains in fair condition with hand and foot injuries and body lacerations. Howard Berry and Clara Phillips were treated and released. A second crash near Waterdale left Joyce Pittman in good condition under observation after a noninjurious embankment slide. her daughter was uninjured.
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Beckley Hospital
Theodore R. Martin
Lester
Batoff Mountain
Martin
Howard Berry
Glen White
Clara Phillips
East Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Joyce Pittman
Beckley
Waterdale
Sprague
Maxwell Hill Fair Plans Advance for August Event
Preparations for the fifth annual Maxwell Hill Community Fair proceed at Maxwell Hill Community Park on Saturday August 27. Sponsored by the Farm Woman's Club and the New River Country Life the event will feature entertainment for all ages exhibits and refreshments including plate lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Farm Woman’s Club
New River Country Life
Native Returns After 60 Years
The SMU English professor Dr. John Owen Beaty, a Raleigh Countian born at Crow in 1890, returned for a Beaty cousins reunion at Grandview. Attending were Dr. Beaty, J. R. Beaty, Mrs. R. R. Bunton, Mrs. Raymond Rudacile, Miss Mary Elizabeth Beaty, and others connected to Beaty Lumber Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Methodist University
John Owen Beaty
Raleigh
Beaty
Raleigh County
Beaty Lumber Co
Dr. Beaty
J. R. Beaty
R. R. Bunton
Horace Beaty
Old Beaty Lumber Co
Raymond Rudacile
Ann Beaty Lawson
J. R
Tazewell
Mary Elizabeth Beaty
Three Road Violations In Weekend Arrests
Three persons, all charged with road law violations, were among 14 lodged in Raleigh County Jail over the weekend. William Cunningham, 34, released on 105 dollar bond after a 12:30 a.m. Sunday jail entry for driving while intoxicated, to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight. Richard B. Jones of Peterstown bonded on driving with improper license. Emmerson Whiting of Crab Orchard jailed Sunday for driving after license revocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
William Cunningham
Woodlawn Avenue
Beckley
Richard B. Jones
Peterstown
J. P. Meadows
Emmerson Whiting
Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Two Day Camp Begins With Registration
About 35 persons attend the Crab Orchard Baptist Sunday School two day camp at the 4-H Raleigh County Camp. Events include candle light services recreation council meeting Sunday School and church services led by camp director Mason Lilly and leaders Fred Crews and Clyde Fitzpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard
Raleigh
Mason Lilly
Fred Crews
Clyde Fitzpatrick
Drowning Victim Had Been County Hospital Patient
The body of Jack Lee Howe, 39, Huntington, a former Pinecrest Sanitarium patient in 1954, was found on the Ohio River bank Sunday. A Cabell County coroner ruled drowning as the cause. Howe was last seen Thursday near the Fifth Ave Bridge. Survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Lee Howe
Huntington
Raleigh County
Ohio River
Howe
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Fifth Ave
Guyandotte River
Howes
Robert S. Barrett
Cabell County
Mabscott's Financial Status Explained by Officials
Mabscott leaders James Sopara cino and H V Way Bright compare current town finances to 1948 and 1955. They note a shift from a $1,660.49 balance in 1948 to $2,741.95 indebtedness on July 1, 1955. They detail fire protection costs including pre and post truck purchase, totaling $14,960.31 over four years versus $450 earlier. The fire truck and interest totaled $13,524.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
James Soparacino
H V. Waybright
Beckley
Camping Experience At Little Beaver Park
About 30 boys from Camp Greenbrier Alderson spent Wednesday and Thursday at Little Beaver Park for camping experience. Frank Bowman, director, said the group engaged in swimming fishing boating and cooked their own meals outdoors.
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Little Beaver Park
Camp Greenbrier
Alderson
Frank Bowman
Bowman
Little Beaver
Beckley Student Gains Practical Teaching Experience
Virginia Jacobs of Beckley is among 29 education majors who taught at University High School during the summer session, staffed by College of Education faculty and student teachers. the program concluded August 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia University
Virginia Jacobs
University High School
College of Education
Detroit Speaker At Helen Church
The Rev. Clarence Berger of Detroit preached at Magnolia Baptist Church of Helen. The Rev. G. C. Gilbert delivered the afternoon message. Mrs. Fannie Julia Preston has returned home after surgery at Raleigh General Hospital. Johnnie Mae Barnes visits Sprague. The Rev. H. E. Davis visited Mrs. Sarah G. Braxton and her daughter Elizabeth Evans. vacation briefs note Roanoke and Dayton trips by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Berger
Detroit, Mich
Magnolia Baptist Church of
Helen
G. C. Gilbert
Fannie Julia Preston
East Beckley
Raleigh General Hospital
Johnnie Mae Barnes
Columbus
George Barnes
Sprague
H. E. Davis
Sarah G. Braxton
Broadway Street
Charlestonian Arrested on DWI Charge by State Police
Herbert Johnson Hodges of 224 Viking Road Charleston was arrested and jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 9 45 p m Sunday on a driving while drunk charge by State Police on the West Virginia Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Johnson Hodges
Viking Road
Charleston
Raleigh County
Shower Is Given For Mrs. Jimmy H. Thomas
A bridal shower was held Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs. Ira Rose in Baileysville. Hostesses included Mrs. Haven Lusk and several others who served refreshments to a long list of guests led by Mrs. Lee Aliff and Mrs. Rontley Stafford, with Iola Short, Patsy Shields, and Karen Roberts among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
Rns
Jimmy H. Thomas
Ira Rose
Haven Lusk
June Aliff
Alvin Thomas
George Thomas
William Thomas
Lee Aliff
Rontley Stafford
Paige Downs
Charlie Rhoddes
Carrol Aliff
Willie Wilmoth
Virginia Moore
Dothan Man’s Car Destroyed by Fire
Edgar Smith of Oak Hill had a 199 se dan car destroyed by a fire of undetermined origin Sunday. Fire Chief Arthur Akers said the locked vehicle on Church Street had likely burned before volunteers were called about 6 p.m. Smith was in an Oak Hill theater. the car was insured.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Edgar Smith
Dothan
Arthur Akers
Church St
Smith
Akers
Harv ey car inspector injured in railway mishap
M G Harvey a car inspector for the Virginia Railway received treatment at Wyoming General Hospital Sunday after his foot slipped on a rail and he fell, cutting his left knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
M. G. Harvey
Corinne
Virginia Railway
Wyoming General Hospital
Lane couple to visit Charleston after stay in Clewers home
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lane left Saturday for Charleston after spending a week at the Moran Avenue home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Clewers. They will visit relatives in Charleston before returning to their home in Coral Gables.
Confirmation of Williams Arrival at West Virginia Convention
Mennen Williams will arrive Friday afternoon August 26 in Beckley for the Young Democratic Clubs of West Virginia convention. He is to reach Charleston at 1:05 p.m. and will be met by Beckley officials who will escort him to Beckley where he will deliver the keynote address. Williams will depart from Memorial Airport on the first Piedmont Airlines flight Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mennen Williams
Michigan
Beckley
Young Democratic Clubs of
West Virginia
Frank Bowman
Prosperity
Estate Association
Gov. Williams
Charleston
Williams
Bowman
Memorial
Piedmont Airlines
Salk Vaccine Q and A Clarifies Safety and Immunity
A series of Q and A from the Public Relations Department of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis explains Salk vaccine safety. It cites 1954 field trials showing no polio or major reactions and 60 to 90 percent effectiveness, with type II and III around 90 percent. It notes new stringent safety tests and outlines the dosing schedule of three injections for full protection and the distinction between infection and carrier status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Thomas Francis Jr
U. S. Public Health Service
Chicken Bone and Insecticide Incidents Reported in Beckley
Over the weekend in Beckley area, incidents include a man treated for a chicken bone lodged in his throat, a 15 month-old drinking fly spray, a two-year-old cutting his mouth from a fall, and a 17-year-old with a rock injury to the right foot. Thomas Wilson, 52, Pettus, released Sunday after throat obstruction. Karen Dooley admitted Friday night and released Sunday. Gary Lilly, 2, Shady Spring, discharged Sunday. Robert Day Jr., 17, Renick, admitted Saturday with injured foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Thomas Wilson
Pettus
Karen Dooley
Child Welfare Department
Gary E. Lilly
Jonathan Lilly
Shady Spring
Robert E. Day Jr
Robert Day
Renick
President Signs Nationals Law for WWII Claims Programs
The President signed five new international claims programs benefiting about 9,000 American nationals. The laws cover war damage, naturalization and prewar debts against Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Italy and the Soviet Union. Eligible claimants must be U.S. citizens at loss time. corporations require over 50 percent American ownership and US organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy I. Smith
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Beckley
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Italy
Soviet Union
United States
Smith
District of Columbia
Rev Reese Speaker At Beckley Church
Rev David I Reese of Catonsville Md preached at Beckley Presbyterian Church on Sunday while Rev J W Witherspoon was vacationing. The Aug 2 service for Witherspoon will be led by Rev Wayne Ransom of Beckley district Methodist. Witherspoon plans to return from Cape Cod Conn on Sept 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Presbyterian Church
David I. Reese
Presbyterian Church
Catonsville
Reese
Beckley Church
J. W. Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Wayne Ransom
Beckley
Methodist Church
Cape Cod
Conn
Study Sessions Begin Tonight At Methodist Church
The Wo mans Society of Christian Service starts a four part series on Indian Americans at 6 p m today at the first Methodist Church Mullens. Mrs W C Neal secretary of missionary education leads the course with follow up sessions planned for Aug 19 Aug 26 and Aug 2. Volunteers assisting include Mrs Vance Thompson Mrs Harley Christian Mrs Paul Viers and Mrs Eugene Evans. Neal and two others attended the Buckhannon missions school July 11 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vance Thompson
Harley Christian
Paul Viers
Eugene Evans
Neal
Don Neely
School of Missions
Buckhannon
Civinette Club Plans Oak Hill Picnic
The Oak Hill Civinette Club will host a Civitan picnic at City Park on Friday. Seven Civitan members attended an inter club picnic at Flat Top Lake on Wednesday. Attending from nearby clubs were John W. Perry Jr. Kyle Ellison James Russ Leon Ford R. B. Crislip Vince Sundstrom and James Elkins. The next Oak Hill Civitan meeting is set for 6:15 p m Wednesday Aug 24 at the Hotel Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
RNS
Civinette
Civitan Club
City Park
Civitans
Flat Top Lake
Montgomery
Princeton
Bluefield
Beckley
Hotel Hill
Vacationing Couple Reports Perfect Houghton Lake Weather
On vacation at Houghton Lake in northern Michigan Mr and Mrs Herbert Morgan from Moran Ave report the weather as perfect cool enough for a wrap at night and excellent for swimming during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
RNS
Houghton Lake
Michigan
Herbert Morgan
Moran Ave
News Carrier Requests Understanding Over Delayed Deliveries
Ronald Mitchell, son of A C Mitchell of 350 Mankin Ave, reports his English Hercules bicycle was stolen from his front yard Friday night after he left it out overnight while changing clothes following a Raleigh Register route. He notified City Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Mankin Ave
Ronald Mitchell
A. C. Mitchell
Ronald
Graveside Rites Tuesday for Infant Dianna Cook
Graveside rites are set for 1 a.m. Tuesday at the family cemetery in Crab Orchard for Dianna Lynn Cook infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Cook of Princeton formerly Beckley who died Sunday evening in a local hospital. Surviving are maternal grandmother Lilly Montgomery Beckley and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cook Princeton. The body is at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Crab Orchard
Dianna Lynn Cook
John Cook
Princeton
Beckley
Virginia Montgomery
Lilly Montgomery
Joe Cook
Rose
Quesenberry Funeral Home
Land Transfers Listed by Clerk Fayetteville
Fayette County Clerk records show transfers including Denver and Bridie Bayes to George H Bayes for a lot on Armstrong Creek about 10.000 dollars, and George H Bayes to Ernest Lee and Myrtie Price for a Armstrong Creek lot about 2,000 dollars. Various tracts from Eleu Coal Co to Alaska Coal Co, High Lawn Memorial Park to Conrad Haynes, and many others across Oak Hill Ames Falls and surrounding districts with prices ranging from 400 to 6,000 dollars.
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Fayetteville
RNL
Fayette
Jones
Oak Hill
Victoria E. Riner
F. W. Mann
Helen
Walter K. Smith
Gerald A
Harryette L. Williams
Herbert S
Ethel D. Sanger
William E
Pasty Ann Hinte
Scarbro
L. C
Mary Auldridge
L. C. Auldridge Sr
Prince
Harold and
Eloise Harvey
Weatha Stella Harvey
Harmond
Fred W
Sue Gay
Samuel B
Minnie M. Matthews
Falls District
Speraximate
Price Ames Minin Co
Kenneth Shockey
Levennett
Hayden Thomas
Ames Presbyterian Church
Ames Heights
Coalfield Land Co
George
Dorothy Williamson
Ingram Branch
James E. Wilson
Hughart F
Elen Clench
M. W
Hazel Brown
Gauley River
Dorothy Anderson
C. A
Edith Crosier
Thelma
C. E. Roop
Macie M
Winnie C. Farley
High Lawn
Port
Julia Lester
Winnie C
Macie Farley
High Lawn Memorial Park
G. A
Ethel V. Crosier
Cynthia Bennett
W. P. Broyles
Mount Hope
William T
Lorna C. Crawford
King Coal Chevrolet Co
Summerlee
Grace Thompson Kincaid
Sam H
Edith F. Crist
Farnest
Helen Bulmer
John W. Farmer
Powellton
Joe N
Lane J. Blackwood
R. J
Audrie Mullins
Mine Trolley Wire Thief In Wyoming County
Between 1 500 and 2 000 feet of trolley wire missing from the old Switchback entry to the Herndon mine of Lamar Colliery Co. Sheriff deputy Vernie Morgan said thieves crawled through a large mine fan to reach the wire. The theft was discovered Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Herndon
Lamar Colliery Co
Wyoming County
Vernie Morgan
Morgan
Egyptian Orphanage Founder Lillian Trasher to Speak at Beckley
The renowned Lillian Trasher, called Mamma to thousands in Egypt, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First Assembly of God Church on Valley Drive in Beckley. The Jacksonville native leads the Assiut Orphanage, a faith—based home for babies and widows, with about 827 residents, funded largely by American Assemblies of God contributors. Trasher, visiting the U.S. for the first time in 26 years, has long shaped Egypt’s social fabric through her work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Reader's Digest
Beckley
First Assembly of God
Valley Drive
Lillian Trasher
Florida
T. M. Waldron
Miss Trasher
Lilian Hunt Trasher
Jacksonville
Assiut
America
Foreign Missions Department
The
Assemblies of God
Assemblies Organization
Lillian
Wendell Willkie
Middle East
American
Jerome Beatty
States
Services Incomplete For Major Swain 67
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Major Swain aged 67 of Sprague who died in a local hospital Sunday. The body is at the Trent Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swain
Sprague
The
Trent Funeral Home
New Pile Treatment Promises Non Surgical Relief
New York special reports a science breakthrough with Bio-Dyne behind a new healing substance Preparation H. The non surgical treatment shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain in many cases, with users declaring piles are no longer a problem. Available as suppositories or ointment at druggists with money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
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