Nobody Appears For Night Court
A Beckley City Police Court session saw $403.50 forfeited as no shows and fines on drunken driving and shoplifting charges. Two men Jerry D. Cameron and Alvie Adkins did not appear to answer drunk driving charges, each forfeit $106.50 bond. Ruth Griffith failed to appear after arrest at G C Murphy store, while Willie Turner paid $5 for driving without a city operator license. Five others forfeited an $85.50 total on drunken counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Stansbury
Jerry D. Cameron
Kingston
Fayette County
Alvie Adkins
Piney View
Ruth Griffith
Dry Hill
G. C. Murphy Company
Beckley
Willie Oscar Turner
Beckley Junior High Callers Prompt Scheduling Confusion
Beckley Junior High reports nonstop calls from parents and students who missed the registration schedule printed in The Raleigh Register. Ninth graders slated for 9:15 a.m. Monday in the Recreation Building to receive room assignments with a trial schedule in the afternoon. Seventh and eighth graders to report at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, with a trial schedule in the afternoon. On Wednesday, a full class schedule will be in session. The cafeteria will be open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior High School
Office G
Raleigh Register
West Virginia State Service to be held in Valley Forge
Huntington minister Dr John W Hollister will represent Gov Cecil H Underwood at the 36th West Virginia State Service in Washington Memorial Chapel Valley Forge Pa on Aug 1959 The event honors West Virginia with artistic state displays Hollister a West Virginia Centennial Commission member and state chaplain for the Sons of the American Revolution will retire from the Army as a colonel Oct 6 after 31 years in service and prior roles as church district superintendent and American Legion chaplain Underwood attended the 1957 service at the National Shrine and named Hollister to represent him this year.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Valley Forge
Cecil H. Underwood
John W. Hollister
Beverly Hills
Washington Memorial Chapel
Hollister
American Legion
Gov. Underwood
National Shrine
Water shutoff in Summit Street area for repairs
The water supply for Sophians on Summit Street and near the Town Hall was turned off from 8 to 9 30 a.m. today for water line repairs, according to Buford Mann, water commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Riis
Summit Street
Buford Mann
Lunch policy for students new to the US at Inequiar
Daily lunch rules begin Monday with pupils allowed to eat in the cafeteria or bring meals. No excusal to leave the school for lunch. New students in the United States must enroll at the Inequiar.
Judge Orders Youth's Release From Raleigh County Jail
A 16-year-old Mabscott juvenile was released from the Raleigh County Jail by order of Juvenile Court Judge Harry L. McCreery. The youth and a 14-year-old Beckley juvenile face tampering with an automobile charges from an incident at Ward Evans Motor Co. The 14-year-old was released to parents. both await Juvenile Court action. Howard Stotler of Beckley was jailed on a parole violation and William Paul Peak of Sophia on a nonsupport charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
Raleigh County
Harry L. McCreery
Beckley
Ward-Evans Motor Co
Oakwood Ave
Howard Stotler
Wiliam Paul Peak
Sophia
Bond Purchases Down In West Virginia Savings Sales
July bond sales in West Virginia fell to 3,948,582 from 4,653,580 in 1958, according to state director Thomas H. Vander ford. Series E accounted for 3,435,582 in 1959 and 3,554,580 in 1958, while Series H was 513,000 in 1959 and 1,099,000 in 1958. Raleigh County reported 53,921 in July 1959 with 52,921 in Series E and 1,000 in Series H. Wyoming County had 28,500 in Series E and no Series H. Fayette County totaled 88,350 with 69,850 Series E and 18,500 Series H. Chief imports of Russia are metals and machinery.
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West Virginia
Thomas H. Vanderford
Raleigh County
Wyoming County
Fayette County
Local Clubwomen Attend Institute in Beckley
Four Beckley women joined 306 clubwomen from across West Virginia at the third annual Adult Education Institute. Highlights included Miss Topsy O'Dell leading a symposium on lifelong learning and Dr Elvis J Stahr Jr speaking on WVU's history and future. Representatives from Monongahela Power Appalachian Power Potomac Edison attended, with Morgantown Women’s Club hosting.
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West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs Extension Division
Beckley
Robert Thomson Jr
Beckley Club
Paul Phipps
Fred Hays
Topsy O'Dell
O’dell
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia University
West Virginia Federation of Woman's Clubs
Mary Katherine Barnes
West Virginia
W. C Handlan
Monongahela Power Co
Dorman M. Miller
Appalachian Power Co
C. Vernon Stone
Potomac Edison Co
Delmas Miller
Morgantown
E. B. McCue
University Extension Division
Woman's Club of
Beckley Church to Feature Anderson in Elijah Solo
William Anderson a Beckley baritone will headline a 4 p m Sunday solo role as Beckley Presbyterian Church Choir offers an abridged Part I of Mendelssohn Elijah in the sanctuary Soprano soloists Mrs O W Brown and Mrs B K Peter and organist Mrs T A Jones accompany under William Critser the minister of music The program notes praise Elijah and recounts its Bach Haydn and Mozart influences with Elijah's challenge to worship one God and the drought ending the abridged setting showcases the dramatic contest between Baal and Yahweh Anderson is set to enter Army service after this final Beckley appearance He has sung with local groups and WVU ensembles and taught mathematics at Clear Fork High School all last year inviting the public to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Anderson
Beckleyresbyterian Church
Elijah
Felix Mendelssohn
O. W. Brown
B. K. Peter
T. A. Jones
William Critser
Mendelssohn
Bach
Haydn
Mozart
Cruser
Ahab
Jezebel
Baal
Israel
God
Yahweh
Anderson
Beckley
West Virginia University
Clear Fork High School
Beckley Presbyterian Choir
Knifing Victim Mrs Dergledy In Good Condition
Saturday stabbing at the Cezgledy home left Mrs Adam Dergle dy Skelton in Raleigh General Hospital with abdominal wounds while her husband Cezgledy aged 79 was treated and later moved to Huntington hospital. He wounded his wife with a cane, then stabbed himself during a family argument.
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Adam Dergledy
Skelton
Raleigh General Hospital
Huntington Hospital
Cezgledy
Assigned to State Fair duty by law officers
Assigned to state fair duties this week are First Sgt. Glenn Starcher of Co. D and Trooper K. J. Neely of the Beckley Detachment headquarters. The two members of the department are assigned to coverage and security tasks for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn Starcher
K. J. Neely
Co. D
Beckley
Rites Thursday For Letcher Thompson
Last rites for Letcher Thompson of 209 Laurel Terrace will be at Central Street Baptist Church at 2 p m Thursday with Rev S A Abrams officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Thompson died in a local hospital after a long illness. Survived by wife Beulah Thompson, son Bobby, brother Sam of Cleveland, and three sisters Addie Johnson Eva Watkins and Emma Wilson. Body to be moved from Wright and Anderson Funeral Home to the church an hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letcher Thompson
Laurel Terrace
Central Street Baptist Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Thompson
Beckley Moose Club
Beulah Thompson
Bobby
Sam
Cleveland
Ohio
Addie Johnson
Eva Watkins
Delaware
Emma Wilson
Rocky Mount
Wright
Pompeii Buried By Vesuvius Eruption In 79 A D
Department of Public Safety teams with troopers from Co D at the annual event to discuss emergency response lessons from the famous eruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pompeii
Vesuvius
A.de
Partment of Public Safety
Co. D Area
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