Daring 1862 Raid at Sinking Creek Valley
The 1862 Sinking Creek raid in Greenbrier County saw Major William H. Powell lead 20 Union troopers to a bold surprise attack on a 500-strong Confederate camp at Lewis’ Mill. Despite brutal winter conditions, the force captured or scattered the Rangers, seized horses and arms, and completed a low-casualty operation that earned Powell a Medal of Honor.
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Boyd B. Stutler
Sinking Creek Valley
Greenbrier County
West Virginia
William H. Powell
2Nd
West) Virginia Cavalry
United States
Powell
Sinking Creek
U. S. Volunteers
George Cook
Kanawha Valley
Camp Piatt
Belle
Lewisburg
Lewis’ Mill
Cold Knob Mountain
Jenkins
Rockbridge Cavalry
Braxton Dragoons
Churchville Cavalry
Valley Cavalry
Nighthawk Rangers
Wood County
John A. Gibson
Williamsburg
Crook
Covington
Virginia
Dr. Buck
Pocahontas County
West)Virginia Cavalry
John C. Paxton
11Th Ohio Infantry
Philander P. Lane
Summersville
Paxton
Alry
Rendevous
Cold Knob
Lane
Cavalry
Wheeling
Leutenant
Jeremiah Davidson
Gibson
2Nd Cavalry
Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Belleville
Illinois
Willian H. Powell
Three Men Enlist for Air Force Training at Lackland AFB
Three men who enlisted Tuesday will enter basic training with the United States Air Force at Lackland Air Force Base Texas. The enlistees are Charles Steffen Donchatz Jr Kimball Robert Daniel Kirk Berwind and Roy Mitchell Jr Kimball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Charles Steffen Donchatz Jr
Kimball
Robert
Daniel Kirk
Berwind
Roy Mitchell Jr
West Virginia Tax Exemption Lets 5,000 Retailers Escape
About 28,000 West Virginia retail businesses file under the business and occupation tax program for 1958-59, paying 6,642,403.37 to the state treasury, a drop of roughly 32,000 from the prior year. State tax commissioner John A. Field Jr. notes 5,000 retailers escape the gross sales tax due to a $50 annual exemption, 12.50 per quarter, while many avoid municipal gross sales taxes. Approximately 150 of 225 incorporated communities have gross sales tax plans in effect, with city rates not exceeding state rates as of January 1, 1959.
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West Virginia
John A. Field Jr
Field
State Health Dept Endorses New Method Of Life Saving
The West Virginia Department of Health endorses mouth to mouth resuscitation for drowning or suffocation victims. Dr. N H Dyer says it offers six major advantages including adequate ventilation, monitoring the airway, low energy use, applicability to all ages, no equipment, and minimal training. Studies show its superiority over manual methods across ages.
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West Virginia
State Department of Health
N. H. Dyer
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Specialist 4 William C. Brown, 20, son of Mrs. Ruby Brown of Beckley Route 3, displayed Nike Hercules and Nike Ajax missiles with the 56th Artillery at a Paris area air show while assigned to Battery A in Ger mersheim Germany. He entered the Army in 1958 after basic at Fort Knox and arrived in Europe in June. A 1957 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate, he previously worked for Foley Construction Co before enlisting.
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56Th Artillery
Paris
France
William C. Brown
Ruby Brown
Beckley
Germersheim
Germany
Army
Fort Knox
Europe
Brown
Woodrow Wilson High School
Foley Construction Co
Beckley Men Return Aboard USS Independence after Caribbean Training
Three Beckley men came back to Norfolk Virginia aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS Independence after eight weeks of training in the Caribbean Sea. They are James A Hatcher aviation structural mechanic third class son of James A Hatcher and Mrs Hatcher of 1191-2 S Heber St Heber Street Heber City, Bobby A Moore Seaman son of Willie W Moore of Chester and Mary W Moore of Chester, and Chester A Peyton ship's serviceman second class son of Mary S Peyton of 246 S Heber Street and husband of Catherine L Youeel of Hopewell Virginia.
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Beckley
Norfolk
Independence
Caribbean Sea
James A. Hatcher
Heber St
Bobby A, Moore
Willie W. Moore
Chester A, Peyton
Mary S. Peyton
Catherine L. Youeel
Hopewell, Va
Soldiers Enter Eight Weeks of Basic at Fort Jackson
Talion, First Training Regiment at Fort Jackson South Carolina begins eight weeks of basic combat training. They include Pvt Willard V Roberts, son of Mrs Gracie Roberts Fireco, and Lt Amos L Toliver, son of Mr and Mrs Ash W Toliver Route 2 Beckley.
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Talion
Fort Jackson
S. C
Pvt
Willard V, Roberts
Gracie Roberts
Fireco
Amos L. Toliver
Ash W. Toliver
Beckley
Army officer completes eight week course at Fort Ord
Lt. Jon K. Baldwin 22, of Beckley West Virginia completed an eight week basic Army administration course at Fort Ord California. He entered the Army in February 1959 after graduating Woodrow Wilson High School in 1955 and attending West Virginia University and Pasadena City College. He is a member of Alpha Psi Omega.
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Fort Ord
Calif
Jon K. Baldwin
John M. Baldwin
Grove Ave
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Pasadena
City College
Alpha Psi Omega
Naval graduates and fleet assignments of two sailors
Gerald G. Garnett from Great Lakes Naval Center graduates from recruit training. David C. Burgess serves aboard the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines flagship of the Sixth Fleet, now operating in the Mediterranean, as a ship fitter fireman apprentice. Both are listed as sons of local families.
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Great Lakes, Ill., Naval Center
Gerald G. Garnett
Rose Garnett. Skelton
Des Moines
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
David C. Burgess
B. M. Burgess
Mount Hope
Joyce Fritz Promoted to Team Leader at Beckley Memorial
Steve J. Soltis announces Joyce Eve lyn Fritz promoted to Team Leader in Beckley Memorial Hospital nursing service. Daughter of Ross Carter of Sophia, she graduated Sophia High School and St Marys School of Nursing Huntington. Joined Beckley Memorial in August 1958 as a general duty nurse.
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Steve J. Soltis
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Joyce Evelyn Fritz
Ross Carter
Sophia
Fritz
Sophia High School
St. Mary’s School of Nursing
Huntington
Harold Wills Completes BS in Accounting at Bowling Green
Harold Lugene Wills, son of Mr and Mrs C L Wills of Crab Orchard, graduates Saturday from Bowling Green College of Commerce with a bachelor of science in accounting. He is a Woodrow Wilson High School alumnus and a member and secretary of Pi Tau Nu and Beta Pi Honorary Accounting Fraternities.
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Bowling Green College of Commerce
Bowling Green
Harold Lugene Wills
Wills
C. L. Wills
Crab Orchard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Pi Tau Nu
Beta Pi
Veterans Hospital Admission Priorities For Korean War Veterans
Veterans may apply for hospitalization through the VA Beckley office. Priority one covers those injured or ill in line of duty during any war or the Korean period. Priority two includes service during war or Korean period with line of duty disability or compensation for a service connected disability but needing non service related treatment. Priority three covers veterans not discharge for disability yet eligible if medically necessary, financially unable to pay, and beds available.
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Veterans Administration Office
E. F. Gibbs
Beckley
Gibbs
Permits Issued For Two Construction Projects
City Record office granted two building permits totaling about 9700 dollars. C T Harvey received permission to build a five stock prefabricated house on Jackson Street for 7500 dollars with a 16.25 dollar permit fee. C W Blevins of 111 Jennings Street paid 10 dollars for a breezeway and garage addition with an estimated 2200 dollar project cost.
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City Recorder's Office
C. T. Harvey
Jackson Street
C. W. Blevins
Jennings St
Seminar on Premature Births at St Marys Hospital Clarksburg
A one day seminar on Prematurity and Infections of the Infant and Newborn will be held at St Marys Hospital Clarksburg in the School of Nursing Auditorium. Sponsored by the West Virginia State Department of Health Division of Maternal and Child Health, the program features speakers from New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and Ohio State Medical Association. The event runs November 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a welcome by the Harrison Clarksburg Health Department health officer and a series of talks on infections, obstetrical aspects of prematurity, and advances in treatment. Aimed at doctors and nurses, it includes discussion periods after each address.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Clarksburg
Division of Maternal and Child Health
West Virginia State Department of Health
William W. Currence
Frederick H. Dobbs
Theod Boysen
N. H. Dyer
School of Nursing
B. S. Brake
Harrison- Clarksburg
Heinz F. Eichenwald
M. D
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Anthony Ruppersburg, Jr
Ohio State Medical Association
Columbus
Charles H. Bauer
Department of Pediatrics
Minister Dr Jarvis to Lead Christ Methodist Wheeling
Dr James Clair Jarvis of First Methodist Fairmont will become minister of Christ Methodist Wheeling on Sept 1 as announced by Bishop Lloyd C Wicke. He succeeds Dr Garrett Evans, with Huntington awaiting the replacement of the late Dr Arthur Beckett. Jarvis, from Catlettsburg Kentucky, studied at Morris Harvey College and Duke Divinity School and has served in Lillybrook Romney and Clarksburg.
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James Clair Jarvis
First Methodist Church
Fairmont
Christ Methodist
Wheeling
Lloyd C. Wicke
Jarvis
Garrett Evans
Arthur Beckett
Huntington
Catlettsburg
Morris Harvey College
Duke University Divinity School
West Virginia
Lillybrook
Romney
Clarksburg
Big Registration Set For Annual Short Course
About 700 men from across the nation are expected to register today for West Virginia University s 19th Appalachian Gas Measurement Short Course. Sponsored by the School of Mines the three day program opens with addresses by C D Rader of Tennessee Gas Transmission Co chairman of the course general committee Dean G R Spindler of the School of Mines and James S Phillips Charleston president of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association. Courses cover gas measurement meters regulators telemetering and installation planning plus supervisory and general subjects to inform on operation repair and latest developments in gas measurement.
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West Virginia University
School of Mines
C. D. Rader
Tennessee Gas Transmission Co
Dean G. R. Spindler
James S. Phillips
Charleston
West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
Eight Of Every Hundred Subject To Headaches
Eight of every hundred Americans suffer regular headaches. Causes include colds, eyestrain, poor sleep, and stress. Tension headaches linked to emotional conflict treated with relaxation. migraines more common in women, sometimes tied to menstrual cycle. Prevent with medical guidance and lifestyle changes. Sponsored by Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
FAA proposal would require weather radar on passenger aircraft
The FAA proposes amending Civil Air Regulations to mandate airborne weather radar on all transport category passenger planes. Airlines like Piedmont note mixed applicability to DC-3s, while FAA cites proven safety of radar equipped flights. Comments on the rule are due by October 8, 1959.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Charles F. Field
Piedmont Airlines Inc
Raleigh County
FAA
Speed Still Major Cause Of Accidents In July
During July excessive speed remained the leading cause of highway crashes in West Virginia. Twenty nine people died on state roads including fourteen drivers eight passengers six pedestrians and one bicyclist. Co D of State Police based in Beckley reported seven fatalities. Most fatalities happened in daylight on level roads with poor weather. Eight involved drinking drivers or pedestrians.
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West Virginia
State Police Co. D
Beckley
Drink With a Kick at Park After Midnight Incident
Frank Barto a concessionaire at an amusement park was thiristy late when a coin drop failed. He banged the soda machine and a shotgun blast wounded him in the head shoulder and back. Park owner John W. Stewart said he heard the noise and believed burglars were robbing the machine.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Frank Barto
Barto
John W. Stewart
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