Paraplegic ex‑taxi driver starts repair business in Memphis area
Clarence Daniel, a WWII Navy veteran and paraplegic since 1951, starts a small electronic repair shop with aid from the local Vocational Rehabilitation chapter and the VA. Located at 220 Mercer St in a rebuilt family garage, he specializes in toasters irons and vacuum cleaners, aided by coordinated shop support.
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Clarence Daniel
Beckley
The
Veterans Administration
Daniel
Memphis
Tenn
Mercer St
County Girl Scouts Enjoy Weekend Camp
Fifty three intermediate Girl Scouts attended a weekend camp at Camp Segun near Beaver Lake. Activities included archery classes, water sports, softball, badminton and horse shoes with awards for archery winners Beth Ivery Faye Rogers and Judy Chikos. Camp staff and helpers were listed, including Mrs Stover as director and Tom Thies waterfront director with assistants.
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Segun
Beaver Lake
Ted Stover
Graham Breck
J. R. McDaniel
Richard McDaniel
W. G. Scarborough
Waller Krysztolix
Edward C. Lilly
Beth Ivery
Faye Rogers
Judy Chikos
Tom Thies
Charleen Carson
Mary Anne Lilly
Tom Ramelli
Sam Thies
Louise Breck
Button Lowe
Nancy Hutz
Anne Kessinger
Patsy Skaggs
Becky de
Paulo
Ann Ratcliffe
Marcia Anderson
Shelia Jackson
Mark Skaggs
Allen Weinfield
Bernard Crawford
Jo Ann Meadows
Mary Frances Staton
Ruann Ernst
Rebecca Richmond
Ellen Thurman
Brenda Whitehead
Mary Sue Jackson
Beth Very
Lavonia Radford
Sharon Sharp
Sue Smith
Ann Akers
Linda Harris
Vacant House Razed By Fire near McAlpin
Fire destroyed an empty house late Sunday night near McAlpin. Sophia fire chief Dan Pinson said the blaze nearly burned the structure to the ground before the Sophia Fire Department arrived around 9 30 p m. The house stood on a hill above the company bathhouse and belonged to the Winding Gulf Coal Co.
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McAlpin
Dan Pinson
Sophia
Jim McAlain
Winding Gulf Coal Co
Familiar Face in Raleigh County Courthouse Celebrates Ninth Year
Mrs Herman Davis of 306 Ellison Ave marks nine years as Deputy Clerk in the Circuit Clerk's Office August 22. She previously served as a secretary for Sayre and Sayre and worked a year as an extra helper at the courthouse. Her hobbies include caring for her two daughters Patricia Sue and Joan Ellen.
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Philadelphia General Hospital School of Nursing
Philadelphia
Sherry Lee Persinger
Neville St
Beckley College
Raleigh County
Herman Davis
Ellison Ave
Davis
Janice
Circuit
Sayre and Sayre
Patrica Sue
Joan Ellen
Glen Daniel Personalities Visit Family and Friends
Glen Daniel area residents share homecomings and visits with relatives in Fairdale Beckley and nearby towns. Families including Placed: Brenda Kay and Sarah Jo Lusk return from Allen Junction. Marie Richardson from Beckley visits Daltons in Roanoke. Carl Laver and Kylene from San Pedro Calif. visit parents. numerous local relatives attend a Fishburn Park reunion and funeral events.
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Glen Daniel
Brenda Kay
Sarah Jo Lusk
Allen Junction
Hester Manning
Fairdate
Ford Dalton
Bernard Dalton
McKee
Marie Richardson
Beckley
Dalton
Carl Laver
Kylene
San Pedro
Calif
David
Brenda
Clinton
Myrtle Furey
Wayne Exbank
Beckley Hospital
Thomas Bailey
Posey Bailes
Mirtle Beach
S.C
Vaughn Brooks
U.S. Army
Germany
Frank Barrett
Frank Jr
Michael
Terry
Fairdale
W. J. Barrett
E. E. Erskine
Beckiey Hospital
Real estate deeds filed in county court records
Real estate transfers listed with grantees and grantors in multiple districts. Properties include lots, additions, and parcels in Beckley Court, Lilly High land, Shady Spring, Rock Creek, McLean Addition, Davis-Garrett Subdivision, Ra leigh, Slab Fork, and Crab Orchard. Considerations range from none to about $7,000.
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Transac
Diana P
Douglas Bryant
Carrie W. H. Weeding
Beckley Court
Alvin W
Beulah Farley
John W. Hicks
Lilly Highland
Stevana
Domenico
Rosa ‘Simmons
Trap Hill
Clove Lilly
Tommy
Esther £. Brown
Peter and
Irene P. Ambrosiani
McLean
Robert €. Hart
Arden L. Summers
Country Club Plaza
Black Knight Country Club Inc
Lewis Aa. Nixon
Bernard E. Carter
Vecellic Corp
Fred and
Ada
da Elder
Davis
Jack Farms
A. G. Davis
John A
Christine Houchins
Davis - Garrett
H. E
Nora M. Lilly
Cole
Cook
Hotchkiss
J.W. Walters
Elmer
Mary H. Teets
Pauline
James R. Hylton
Ethel Hatener
Slab Fork
Carson Booth
Mary E. Booth
Shady Spring
Mount Hope Investment Co
Josep and
Bernice Melliefee
Dennis Price
Juneus
Thelma Collins
Marsh Fors
Virginia W. M
E. S. Pugh Jr
E. §. Pugh
Flat Top Lake
W. J. and
Della M. Denielle
Blaine L. Daniel
Marsh Fork
Ruth and
Russell E. Scott
Dorothy S. Thomason
Homewood
Mattie Nida
L. T
Wilma Hopkins
C. Pinecrest
Carl S
Wanda J. Humphrey
Conrad W
Helen Lively
Mrs. Lula Justice Rites Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Lula Ann Justice, 74, of Wind ing Gulf and Coal City, will be held at 2 p m Thursday at the Web and Neal Funeral Home Chapel. Justice died Monday after an extended illness. She leaves four daughters, two sons, three sisters, 13 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park.
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Lula Ann Justice
Web
Neal Funeral Home
Roland Kennady
Van
Justice
Coal City
Lncal Hospital
Winding Gulf
Dunganon
Winding Gulf Methodist Church
Hueband
Arthur L. Justice
L. H. Sergent Jr
Charleston
Joe Eye
Weirton
Matt Smolsky
Falls Church
Reba Justice
Coal Citys
Bill Justice
Quinton Justice
Columbia
Indy
WJ. McElroy
Jennie Stiddam
Grace Bennett
Allo
Norton
Webb and Neal
Sunset Memorial Park
Emory Shoemate
L. WH. Sergent Sr
Edward Sutton
Anthony Smolsky
John Harris
Woostey Thompson
Clyde 'Ll
Virgil Hope
False Arrest Suit Against A&P Hears Trial in Bluefield
A $150000 federal case in U S Southern District Court alleges false arrest and slander by A P store manager Lawrence B Dye. Plaintiff Serman Bbetieoe claims Dye stopped him outside the Bluefield store twice and searched his grocery bag, seeking damages of 30000 for slander and 50000 on each false arrest charge.
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Bluefield (Ap
Bluefield
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
U. S. Southern District Court
Serman Bbetieoe
Seexs
Lethcoe
Lawrence EB. Dye
Two Sprague Teens Held On B and E Charge
Two juveniles aged 13 and 15 were released to their parents and ordered to appear Saturday before Raleigh County Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery. State Police charged them with breaking and entering the Market Fair on By-Pass Saturday night, stealing about $100 in cash and $50 in merchandise. They were arrested at 7:30 p.m. Monday. about $62 in cash and $25 in merchandise were recovered. The entry was through a broken flock and basement access to the store.
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Sprague
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Three Ordered to Police Court in Beckley
Three persons were ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court after arrests by city police. George Lewis Jones 28 Mac Arthur and Patsy T Bashan 26 White Oak charged with driving with improper vehicle registration. Eddie Hess 26 Calloway Heights arrested 2 40 a m on operating a vehicle without a state operator license. Jimmy DeHart 22 no address listed ordered to appear after arrest at 6 p m on a charge of spilling dirt on the road while driving a truck loaded with dirt onto the highway.
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Beckley
George Lewis Jones
MacArthur
Patsy T. Bashan
White Oak
Eddie Hess
Calloway Heights
Jimmy DeHart
State Guardsmen to Stand Inspection Amid Training
Gen Bruce C Clark will inspect the 29th Infantry Division National Guard from West Virginia Maryland and Virginia now at Indiantown Gap Pa for two weeks of summer training. Maj Gen William Purnell leads the unit which will pause for religious services and camp setup. A division review Saturday will honor governors Cecil Underwood McKeldin and Almond on the reviewing stand.
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Bruce C. Clark
Continental Army Command
National Guard
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Virginia
Win Trip To State Fair Promised By Corporation
A group including R. L. Amick, circulation manager, and C. G. Wauhop, Beckley Post Her- are offered a funded trip to the State Fair with transportation admission and grandstand seats paid by the sponsor.
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R. L. Amick
C. G. Wauhop
Beckley Post
Pinecrest Controversy Tops May Headlines
May headlines focus on the Pinecrest Santarium controversy with charges of political pressure to force employees to switch registrations to Republican. Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney A. J. Sparacino leads the case.
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Pinecrest
Pinecrest Santarium
Raleigh County
A. J. Sparacino
Catholics Praise Desegregation View In NC Israelite
i Harry Golden editor writes that the Roman Catholic Church desegregates parochial schools without dire consequences and offers a Southern showcase of compliance with Supreme Court decisions. Beckley Lions picnic at Flat Top Lake planned today from 1 pm to 6:30 pm. Several Pinecrest Sanitarium personnel and state officials face changes and investigations as May events unfold, including nurse relief, political pressure denials, and historic Memorial Day observances.
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Charlotte
N.C
Harry Golden
The
North Carolina Israelite
Beckley Lions Club
Flat Top Lake
Jess Richmond
Wil
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Trap Hill High School
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West Virginia Institute of Technology
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United States Air Force Band
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Dick Clark
Scarbre
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B&e
W. Va
Lewisburg
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Jim Elkins
Ray While
Harold E. Neely
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Litliam
Aneces
Snowbus
Shirley Richmond
Institute
Tri-County
United States Navy
Pineville
William Frankie Smith
Bradley
Wanda Lee Lopez
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American Legion
Baers
Ashland
L.P
Ashland L.P. Gas
Ashland Oil Bulk
Mt. Hope Road
Beckley Music & Electric Co
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