Thieves Break Safe at Dunbar Clinic in Beckley
Thieves cracked a safe at Dunbar Clinic on Stam ford Road taking about $140. Police said $300 damage followed a three car crash on Woodlawn Avenue near Lawnwood Terrace. A busy police log details several arrests and fines across Beckley including intoxication, speeding, and improper license issues.
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Dunbar Clinic
Dunbar
Stamford Road
U. S. 19
Lloyd A. Dunbar
Russell E. Dunbar
Willo V. Dunbar
Woodlawn Avenue
Lawnwood Terrace
Daniel H. Dirkhring
Batesville
Ind
James E. Short
Rural Acres
Elmer Thomas
Daniels
Robert F. Lilly
Beckley
Nick Johnson
Skelton
Princess Susan Coal Co
Pratt
Conserva
Wreck of Ole 97 remembered by Beckley man
Gordon E Foster recalls the 1902 wreck near Danville as a child, noting the trestle curve, air brakes failure, and riders crushed beneath wreckage. He later retired after 48 years with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, sharing details of the scene and the workers. Foster and his wife, Stella, have two children, Emmette and Betty Jarrell.
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Betty Bare
Register
Gordon E. Foster
French St
Foster
The
Danville
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
C&o
Newport News
Rainelle
Raleigh
Southern Railroad
Stella
Emmette
Atlanta
Kyle
Betty) Jarrell
Beckley
YMCA Announces Three New Fall Classes At Beck ley Location
Joe Vinson reports Beck ley Raleigh County YMCA fall program adds knitting water color and tempera art and flower arranging. Knitting 10 weeks at 10 am weekly with $2 member $5 non member. Watercolor and tempera 7 to 9 pm Mondays 10 weeks $12 member $16 non member. Flower arranging six weeks 6:30 pm Wednesdays with 12 cap 8:10 pm makeup class if needed. $8 member $12 non member.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
YMCA
Joe Vinson
W. A. Thornhill
Frankie Wheeler
Betty Shulte
Davis Will Graduate From Lipscomb College in Nashville
Brenda Kay Davis the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jesse Davis is a candidate for the B S degree at David Lipscomb College Nashville Tennessee on August 20 The commencement marks Lipscombs largest summer class 113 graduates President Athens Clay Pullins will confer degrees in Alumni Auditorium at 6 30 p m Dr Ernest Stockton Cumberland College Lebanon Tennessee will be the commencement speaker Miss Davis a 1960 Sophia High School graduate majors in elementary education and is a member of the Sigma Club Dean Mack Wayne Craig will host a breakfast on commencement day for class members and President and Mrs Pullins will host a reception for graduates and families in the college dining room from 4 to 5 30 p m.
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Brenda Kay Davis
Jesse Davis
Sophia
David Lipscomb College
Nashville
Tenn
Athens Clay Pullins
Lipscomb
Ernest Stockton
Cumberland College
Lebanon
Miss Davis
Sophia High School
Sigma Club
Mack Wayne Craig
Pullins
Martin On Dean's List At Princeton University
Thomas Runge of 404 Northwestern Ave. earned a place on Princeton University's Dean's List announced by Edward D. Sullivan. The list honors students with a 2.0 GPA or higher on Princeton's five point scale, spanning 37 states DC and eight foreign countries, with Robert W. Childs of Morgantown as the other West Virginian named.
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Thomas Runge Martin
Northwestern Ave
Princeton University
Edward D. Sullivan
Princeton
District of Columbia
Robert W. Childs
Morgantown
Welfare Cases Down in Raleigh County June Report
The Raleigh County Department of Welfare shows 1,785 cases receiving aid in June, down from 1,942 in June 1965 and 1,837 in May. Local breakdown lists old age 498, aid to the blind 34, families with dependent children 585, work and training 298, disabled 293, general assistance 70, other 7. Area totals Fayette 2,031 and Wyoming 974.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Lammar Chosen Elks President in West Virginia
A. S. Buddy Lammar of Logan was named president of the West Virginia Elks Association at the close of the annual convention. He succeeds William T. Terri of Clarksburg. Also chosen were Timothy Murphy Northern District vice president, Francis Balfour Central District, Rogera A. Benzey Southern District, Garnett W. Shipley secretary, and Ralph C. Adams treasurer. About 800 members attended. next year’s event will be in Charleston.
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Clarksburg
UPI
A. S
Buddy) Lammar
Logan
West Virginia Elks Association
William T. Terri
Timothy Murphy
Wheeling
Francis Balfour
Mannington
Rogera A. Benzey
Princeton
Garnett W. Shipley
Martinsburg
Ralph C. Adams
Huntington
Charleston
Enterprise's Boll Weevil Statue Gains Noted Fame
In Enterprise Alabama a famed statue honoring the boll weevil insect pest stands as a regional landmark. The sculpture draws visitors and symbolizes a paradoxical tribute to the pest that once devastated local cotton crops, now linked to the town's identity and history.
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Enterprise
Ala
Beckley Beatrice Dairy Wins Ninth Sanitary Award
The Greenbrier Dairy Products Division of Beatrice Foods Co. Beckley plant on Stamford Road earned the Sanitary Sam citation for superior sanitation across the year for the ninth consecutive time. Plant manager G C Stallings and president William G Karnes announced a certification letter and engraved plaque. An impartial board of dairy technology educators from several universities tested the facility, which averaged above 95 percent on health quality cleaning and housekeeping. Karnes praised employees for maintaining high standards as essential to company quality.
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Greenbrier Dairy Products
Beatrice Foods Co
Beckley
William G. Karnes
G. C. Stallings
Stamford Road
Karnes
Parliament seeks ban on Last Exit To Brooklyn book
UPI reports conservatives in Parliament labeling Hubert Selby's novel Last Exit To Brooklyn filthy and disgusting as they push a ban. Police failed to locate a copy to present in court after searching area bookstores with no success.
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CAN
London
UPI
Hubert Selby
Brooklyn
Beatniks Replace Kids in Paris Playgrounds
Mothers in the Latin Quarter complain to police that beatniks are taking over children's playgrounds, a report in Parisien Libere said. The piece notes growing incidents in the traditional artistic district as residents seek a remedy.
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Kids Paris
UPI
Latin Quarter
Parisien Libere
Beckley Exhibition Mine tourist growth boosts monthly visits
The Beckley Exhibition Mine welcomed 8,333 visitors in June after a 25 percent rise. City recreation head Frank Rodriguez notes 3,663 people already toured this month, aiming to beat last year. Porter Hall, a guide from Maxwell Hill, starts the motor for another tour batch.
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Beckley Exhibition Mine
Frank Rodriguez
Porter Hall
Maxwell Hill
Ex Sophian to Receive Philosophy Doctorate in History
Carl J. Vipperman, assistant professor of history at the College of Charleston, will receive the Doctor of Philosophy in history at the University of Virginia on September 13 in Charlottesville. His thesis covers William Lowndes, South Carolina Nationalist, 1782-1822, with prior work on Wilson Lumpkin and Cherokee Removal.
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Carl J. Vipperman
Colege of Charleston
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Vipperman
William Lowndes
South Carolina
Wilson Lumpkin
University of Georgia
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
James H. Price
Virginia
Soi
Wilam Frederick Vipperman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Korea
U.S. Army
Elbert County
Duval County
College of Charleston
Wipperman
Charleston Symphony
County draft boards issue calls for men
Local Draft Board No. 18 issues 23 county men to report to AFEES on Sept. 14. Twenty four men report Sept. 15 from Local Board No. 3 at Fayetteville. Mullens Local Board No. 21 calls 17 men for Sept. 14.
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Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station
AFEES
Fayetteville
Mullens
Employment Office lists 29 seeking jobs in four days
Twenty nine persons filed job applications through August 11, per manager Mrs. Sallye Bragg of the local Employment Security Office. The list by clerk Mrs. Nellie Puskas shows open positions including hand presser, packager, welder, waitress, material handler, clerk typist, pipe fitter, day worker, plumber's helper, janitor, dragline operator, orderly, flame cutter, service station attendant, shipping clerk, payroll clerk, electrician helper, lineman apprentice, truck driver, section foreman, nurse and stenographer.
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Sallye Bragg
Nellie Puskas
Ritter Lumber Employees Reunion Slated for Sunday
Ritter Lumber Company employees plan a Sunday reunion at Crab Orchard Baptist Church on Pluto Road from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. About 175 attended last year and an estimated 250 from five states are expected this year. Attendees should bring a basket lunch. the mill’s Beaver base is noted.
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Old Ritter Lumber Company
Crab Orchard
Pluto Road
Mose Pitzer
MacArthur
Beaver
RDC Meeting Tuesday
The Rural Development Council will hold its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce Conference Room.
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Rural Development Counceil
Chamber of Commerce
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Wildwood Ave
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Raileigh County
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College Preparatory School
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Mas Eee
Orkin
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Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
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