Maxwell Hill Man Is Charged After Wreck
A two car crash in Prosperity at 2:30 a.m. Sunday caused about 500 dollars in damage. Joseph B. Brown, 26, of Maxwell Hill Road, was arrested for drunken driving after sideswiping Elizabeth Little, 50, of Beckley. Brown posted a 50 dollar cash bond and was released. No injuries were reported.
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Prosperity
Jsoeph B. Brown
Maxwel Hill Road
Elizabeth Little
Otis Wright
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Bil Amos
Bud Burgess
Fireco
Joseph Lee Chandler
Carter St
Emilie Tipton
Mabscott
Carlos W. Hanson
Earl Lacy Long
Linco
Sheriff Sets Deadline For Tax Payment
Raleigh County Sheriff Okey A Mills issued a deadline for 1964 personal property taxes. He warned those who have not paid to settle by week end or face collection actions starting Monday August 30. Delinquents may have taxes turned to employers or the vehicle may be levied and sold. About 98 percent had been collected by July 1, leaving many to pay.
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Raleigh County
Okey A. Mills
Motor Vehicles Department
Charleston
Mills
Civil Service Exams Open For Technicians And Social Workers
The U S Civil Service Commission announces new exams this week for technicians and social workers. Technician posts cover engineering and scientific support roles mainly in Washington DC with salaries from 4480 to 10250 dollars yearly. Social worker and related positions in Washington and nationwide pay 6050 to 16460 for Social Worker and 6630 to 10250 for other roles. No written test. details in Announcements 364 B and 356 B. apply via G I Kincaid in room 101 Beckley Post Office.
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U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
G. I. Kincaid
Beckley Post Office
Deeds On File Record of Beckley real estate transfers
Real estate deeds show various transfers in Beckley and surrounding districts. Raleigh Real Estate Co. to Elbert Cox and Katherine Cox for Pine Lodge Addition Beckley for $900. Moten to Bragg for Eccles Road Truck Farms for $300. Eye to Luoni for Beckley Addition $4,040. Thorne to Manning for Bailey Addition $12,500. Means to Means for city property in Beckley Town District. Means to Raines, Inc. for McLean Addition $2,400. Crickmer to Roberts for Beckley City District deed from child to parent. Banks family to Caroline Banks in Glen Morgan Addition Town District. Banks to Misiti for two parcels on Raleigh Beckley and New Raleigh Roads for $35,000.
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Raleigh Real Estate Co., Inc
Elbert L. Cox
Katherine Mae Cox
Pine Lodge
Beckley
Andrew C
Lola Marie Moten
Herbert H
Marion C. Bragg
Eccles Road
Trap Hill
John W. and
Gertrude Eye
Billy K. Luoni
City of
Frederick Mason Thorne
Dora Alice Thorne
B. E. Manning
Verna Manning
Bailey
Bradley
John W
Illian G. Saunders
D. O
Thelma Means
Raines and Raines, Inc
McLean
Hilda Roberts Crickmer
F. E. Roberts
City of Beckley
Cornelia Banks Powers
L. Meredith Powers
William M. Banks
Mary Goldsmith Banks
Mary Caperton Smith
C. A. Smith
J. W. Banks
Marsha Ann Nenner Banks
Caroline C. Banks
Glen Morgan
Anthony J. Misiti
Jeannette Irene Misiti
Raleigh-Beckley Road
Raleigh Road
Courthouse to Close for Labor Day Observance
Raleigh County Court house will close Saturday September 4 and Monday September 6 in observance of Labor Day. Secretary Mrs Elinor Hurt of the county court said the closing was approved by the County Court.
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Raleigh County
Elinor Hurt
Burial Insurance Sold by Mail
Old line legal reserve life insurance promotes a $1000 policy for ages 46 to 90 with no medical exam. The offer guarantees permanent coverage with unchanging rates and no agent visits, asking readers to mail in name, address, and year of birth to Central Security Life Insurance Co in Fort Worth Texas.
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OLD LINE LEGAL RESERVE LIFE _ INSURANCE
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Youth, 13, Charged With 3 Burglaries in Beckley
A 13 year old Beckley boy fled from a Service station after being caught looting it. He was nabbed minutes later at his home on Ewart Avenue and charged with burglarizing three Beckley service stations in a week. He entered through unlocked windows and thefts totaled 22 dollars at Prince Street plus losses at Third Avenue and a ring at Prince Street. He will be arraigned Saturday before Juvenile Judge Harry L. McCreery.
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Beckley
Beckley City
Ewart Avenue
Charles McCormick
Leslie Cox
Jimmy Meadows
Sunoco
Harper Road
Beckley Newspapers Corp
McCormick
Cox
Third Avenue
Prince Street
Harry L. McCreery
Marriage Permits Listed For Several Local Couples
A series of marriage permits is shown for numerous couples including Gilbert Norman Boggs and Dre ma Louise Lane of Beckley, Michael Arlen Brown and Shirley Ann Shirey of Beckley, and Nathan Kenner Gunnoe with Dora Maxine Parker. Other pairs include Dennis Ray Hill and Judith Harvey of Beckley, Johnny Robert Pace and Yvonne Wilson of Sprague, Charles Pierpoint and Marilyn Browning of Naomi, Billy Gene Tzystuck and Ruby Hawkins of Whitby, Wilard Walker and Melva Roach of Glen Daniel, and Robert Wickline with Ruth Bryant of MacArthur.
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Gilbert Norman Boggs
Glen Morgan
Lawrence Boggs
Drema Louise Lane
Beckley
Brady Lane
Michael Arlen Brown
Crab Orchard
Charles O. Brown
Shirley Ann Shirey
Robert H. Shirey
Nathan Kenner Gunnoe
Cleveland
Ohio
Kenner Lee Gunnoe
Dora Maxine Parker
Naoma
Orvile Parker
Dennis Ray Hill
Mount Hope
J. M. Hill
Judith Anne Harvey
Carl T. Harvey
Johnny Robert Pace
Louise Pace
Grady A. Pace
Yvonne Nettie Wilson
Sprague
Matt Wilson
Charles Howard Pierpoint
Montcoal
Charles C. Pierpoint
Marilyn Josephine Browning
Woodrow Browning
Bily Gene Tzystuck
Coal City
John Tzystuck
Ruby Louise Hawkins
Whitby
Appalachian Art and Craft Fair opens September at Raleigh Armory
Famed folk singer not listed. four day Appalachian Art and Craft Fair runs Sept 3 at the Raleigh County Armory featuring nearly 100 exhibitors. Demonstrations include plaster craft by Mrs. Richard Armentrout and Mrs. E. L. Graham, metal spinning by Thomas, and works by John Hill, Bill Davis, Ronald B. Thomas, and Rev. Herman L. Hayes. Davis paints and carves woodcuts. Hill of Hillsboro designs red clay ceramics. Armentrout recalls clay modeling on the way to school in Indiana.
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Raleigh County Armory
Richard Armentrout
Mount Hope
John Hill
Hillsboro
Bill Davis
Droop
Ronald B. Thomas
Charleston
Herman L. Hayes
Coal City
Hill
Armentrout
E. L. Graham
Indiana
Morgantown
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
University High School
Lewisburg-Ronceverte
Lewisburg
Mountain State
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Controller fever and lessons from a metal spinning craft
A safety feature fills the page noting controller fever as a deadly risk without action. The piece recalls Thomas’s 1938 training under Marshall Burn at West Virginia Tech and traces pewter craft, metals spinning, and the spread of the craft to youths. It spotlights Billy Eden, a folk artist, and lists host clubs for a festival. It warns of hazardous machinery and the need for authorization and training with shuttle cars and cutting machines.
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Thomas
Marshall Byron
University of Michigan
West Virginia Tech
Marshall Burn
Europe
Unemployment Down as Teens Drive Summer Jobs in ’65
Unemployment fell to 4.5 percent in July, seasonally adjusted, with teen workers pushing employed totals to a record 74,900,000. The July figure is down 0.2 points from June, while year over year gains include 2.4 million more employed than July 1964. Memorial Gardens picnic honors 18 area cemeteries in West Virginia Virginia and Ohio with top awards to E. C. Murray and Hugh Keatley. Reports from industry leaders and life insurance training note continued growth and regional collaboration.
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Labor Department
Blue Ridge
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Columbus
Hanson
Long
W. A. Burke
Robert D. Acord
Eccles
Orlan Williams
Lacy Blevins
Mead
William Howard Covington
Spartansburg
S. C
Miss W. Va
Jaycee
West Virginia
Lois Gay Ratcliff
Bluefield
Jim Fraley
Beckley Hotel
Ronald
The
Appalachian
Pauline Haga
Billy Edd Wheeler
Sam
Billy Edden
Wheeler
Highcoal
Boone County
Warren Wilson College
North Carolina
Berea College
Kentucky
Kingston Trio
Hank Snow
Billy Edd
Arlene Francis
Merve Griffin
Mr. Rivers
Western Kentucky
Monitor
United Artists
Little Brown Shack Out Back
Knapp Records
America
Woman's Club
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Gulf Woman's Club
Sophia
Orchard Valley
Shady Spring
Marsh Fork
Pineville
Mullens
Baileysville
Civic League of
Princeton
Hinton
Ronceverte
Peterstown
Fayetteville
N. C
RK. Armentrout
R. F. Baker
Summers St
Ashville
Grove Park Inn
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the
United States
Homer A. Stickler
Reserve Life Insurance Company
Prince St
Winchester
Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Louie Gill
Dallas
Tex
Sheaffer
G. C. Murphy CO
W. Main ST
Eh AY
Jebavee
Raleigh Co
Cincinnati
Washington
Charlotte, Columbus
Richmond
Winston-Salem
Piedmont Airlines
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