Dry Hill-Prosperity Fair Horses Show Day Two
The 6th annual Dry Hill Prosperity Fair and Horse Show enters its second day with a cattle parade at 6 p.m. and the horse show third performance at 8 p.m. Virginia James was crowned Teen Queen Thursday with a slate of princesses named. Saturday features a free morning breakfast for exhibitors and the championship horse events at 8 p.m. Gov Hulett Smith is expected to attend. The Rev Eugene C Garner leaves his church for a four year assignment in Cleveland Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia High School
Virginia James
Walter James
Prosperity
Donna Lilly
Sandra Morton
Jo Ann Handforth
Kathy Humphrey
Carol West
Wayne Stewart
D. B. Stover
O. B. Akers
C. L. Allen
Sam Feazelle
Noel Thurman
D. B. Stover, Jr
Harold Lilly
Harry Neal
Crookneck
Michael Himley
Acorn
Hulett Smith
Eugene C. Garner
Church of God
North Cleveland, Tenn
Garner
Cleveland
South Kanawha Street
General Headquarters Church
Dry Hill
Dry
Mobile X-Ray Unit Visits Raleigh County in October
The West Virginia Health Department mobile X-ray unit will tour Beckley and nearby communities from October 17 to 28. Schedule includes Memorial Building Beckley and Armco Steel Montcoal, among others, with hours posted. Chest X-rays aim to aid case finding for heart, cancer and thoracic conditions, while certain groups are not admitted such as pregnant women and under 17s. Sponsored by State Health Department, Raleigh County Health Department and Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Health Department
Beckley
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Assn
Memorial
Howe Street
Bradley
Armco Steel
Montcoal
Sophia Coal Field Parish
Coal City Club
Shady Spring Methodist Church
Raleigh County
Honey in the Rock runs final two weeks at Cliffside
Honey in the Rock enters its last two weeks of the summer outdoor drama season at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park Beckley. The musical about Civil War era pioneers features a new score and costumes by a professional cast. Attendance Thursday night reached 600 with 18 867 paid for the season and audiences from 15 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Mountain State
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
Beckley
Mountaintop
Joe Moss
Hulett Smith
Ae P. O
Alabama
California
Florida
Iowa
Kentucky
Maryland
Michigan
Missouri
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Smith Titler Set for Beckley Mine Rescue Meet Saturday
J A Philpott announced the guests for the safety day contest in Beckley this Saturday. The event combines the statewide biennial Mine Rescue and the Eleventh Annual Mine Rescue and First Aid Contest. Notable invitees include Gov Hulett C Smith Beckley Mayor John W Smith George J Titler and many U M W A and Bureau of Mines officials. Registration and schedules were released with eight mine rescue teams and six first aid teams anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Philpott
First Aid League
Beckley
West Virginia
Tri-County League
Armory Field House
Gov
Hulett C. Smith
John W .Smith
George J. Titler
U.M.W.A
Washington, D.C
Wilbur F. Eigenbrod
State Department of Mines
Charleston
Walter Hibbard
United States Bureau of Mines
Washington, D. C
Arnold M.vickers
W. Va
W. Va.Coal Operators’ Association, Charleston; James C. Westfield
Harry C. Gandy, Jr
National Coal Association
R. B. Williamson
Smokeless Coal Operators’ Association
Bluefield
Charles Ferguson
Quinn H. Morton, III
Southern Coal Operators’ Association
George C. Trevorrow
Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
William R. Park
State Committee of Mine Rescue and First-Aid
Faylette-Raleigh-Wyoming
Tri
Bond For Drunk Driving Posted By Bradley Man
Lonnie Griffith of Bradley posted a $62 bond and costs after appearing before Town District Magistrate W A Burke on a drunken driving charge and was released from Raleigh County Jail. Aubrey Coleman of Cleveland Ohio posted bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez and was released. Beckley juvenile charged with three counts of mistreatment. police investigate laundromat break in. several court appearances set for August. Municipal Court bond forfeitures totaled 301 with multiple fines for intoxication and traffic offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Griffith
Bradley
Raleigh
W. A
Gene) Burke
Burke
Earl Adkins
Beckley
Aubrey Coleman
Cleveland
Ohio
Joe Rodriguez
Dorcas Ave
Raleigh County
Johnstown Road
Junius Flynn
S&s. Fayette St
George Ballard
Roger Voies
Russell Fette
Charleston
Fette
Glen W. Holliday
Piney View
Holliday
George L. Ballard
Arbutus Minor
North Kanawha St
Evelyn Davis
John W. Jones
Crab Orchard
Ronald Pettrey
N. Pike St
Mary Jane Starr
Klaus St
John Lee Pate
Beaver
Oda F. Biggs
Eddie Hill
William T. Aliff
Bible Ave
Survivor Tells Details Of Bus-Trailer Wreck
ALTAVISTA Virginia UP I reports a pre dawn collision between a Trailways bus from Tallahassee to New York and a 16 wheeler loaded with hats and transistor radios killed nine and injured 32. Survivor Norma A Greig of Chimney Rock NC described headlights appearing from nowhere and seats being thrown as the bus plunged over a 20 foot embankment. The crash killed both drivers Ralph J Carter and Robert W Woodbury. others aboard included Greig and her two grandchildren. Police investigate the cause in the Blue Ridge town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altavista
UPI
New York
Blue Ridge Mountain
Tallahassee
Fla
Norma A. Greig
Chimney Rock
N.C
Robert W. Woodbury
Greensboro
Man Killed With Pickax in Charles Town
Luther Carey about 30 was found dead late Wednesday night hacked to death with a pickax and police have charged Ervie Webb about 50 with murder. Webb was arrested at his home and jailed on the murder charge about an hour later and remanded to jail without bond to face grand jury action. The weapon is a pickax and was recovered by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Town
UPI
Luther Carey
Ervie Webb
Carey
John Skinner
Webb
Justice of the Peace
Merle Alger
Skinner
Moss opposes electronic eavesdrop service for congressmen
Rep. John E. Moss of California says congressmen are offered an electronic anti eavesdrop service for 25 dollars a month and objects to any requirement for a privacy security check. He urges the House Commerce Committee to consider a bill making it a federal crime to use eavesdropping devices against anyone, official or otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Morse
House
House Commerce Committee
Drivers Should Rotate Behind The Wheel On Long Trips
Policy urges that drivers take turns and rotate behind the wheel at least every two hours during long trips to reduce fatigue and maintain alertness.
Rider Injures in Dry Hill Relay at Prosperity Horse Show
Billy Sisk of Mabscott rode the horse Lady in a Dry Hill Prosperity Horse Show relay. The horse failed a curve, throwing Sisk through a fence. He was hospitalized at Beckley for minor injuries and listed in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Sisk
Mabscott
Dry Hill
Sisk
Beckley Hospital
Civic Club Views Slides Of Summer School
Beckley Civitan Club heard a slide presentation titled A Day in Summer School shown by Cecil L. Miller Sylvia School principal. Jack Bailey served as narrator with students from eight grades displayed classroom work and reading math English with emphasis on writing spelling phonics using aids film strips and overheads. Parents from East Park East Beckley and Sylvia attended via ESEA. Miller praised the program as beneficial and likely repeatable next year. Additional slides from Civitan International conventions in Jacksonville Florida and Washington D C were also shown. Earl Halsey reported on parkersburg council meetings with 17 state clubs represented. guests St Charles Moore and Basil Minter attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Civitan Club
Cecil L. Miller
Sylvia School
Jack Bailey
WJLS
East Park
East Beckley
Sylvia
ESEA
Miller
Civitan International
Jacksonville
Fla
Washington
D. C
Earl Halsey
Parkers
St. Charles Moore
Basil Minter
West Virginia conducts first strip mine inspector training
In Charleston the first in a series of inspector training schools began under an expanded state program. Classes run four weeks in Charleston Clarksburg Beckley and the Roaring Creek Acid Mine Demonstration Project Randall County officials say the program will train more inspectors, increase work districts and enable more frequent and closer mine inspections. The State Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Mines sponsor the initiative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Clarksburg
Beckley
Roaring Creek
Randolph County
Hulett Smith
State Department of Natural Resources
The
Department of Mines
Beckleyan To Attend National VFW Meet
A large West Virginia VFW and Auxiliary delegation will attend the 67th National Convention in New York City through the 26th. Led by Emmett Williams from Beckley and Mrs. Wesley Berger from Follansbee, the group aims to elect Richard W. Homan of Sugar Grove to Jr. Vice Commander-in-Chief. Homan, a buckwheat miller, has been State VFW Commander and Loyalty Day Chairman. if elected, he advances toward Commander-in-Chief in 1968.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
VFW
New York City
Emmett Williams
Beckley
Wesley Berger
Follansbee
Mountainstaters
Richard W. Homan
Sugar Grove
Pendleton County
National Organization
Homan
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Glenn Dorsey
McCarus
Shaneshy
Anthony McCarus
Madison Square Garden
H. B. Thomas
Simeon Warren
Voca
Stratton High School
Hill - Prosperity
Lewisburg
Honey
Bond
Bradley Man
Survivor
Civic Club
E. Martin
Sophia
Kenneth
Bobby
Beckley College
First Baptist Church
Bank of Raleigh
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
F.D.I.C
Patricia C. Martin
Neville Discount & Furniture Co
Neville ST
Beckleyan
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