Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Beckley natives and other West Virginians are highlighted for military service. Signalman Second Class Russell E. Weeks Jr. returns from a four month Sixth Fleet deployment aboard USS Grenadier in the Mediterranean, with visits to Naples Marseille Palma and Lisbon. Staff Sergeant Louis C. Green earns Outstanding Non-Commissioned Officer of the Quarter at Kimpo Korea. Marine Private First Class David C. Hatcher serves with Marine Attack Squadron 331 in Puerto Rico. Numerous enlistees across the Army Navy and Air Force are listed for basic training or boat training and future assignments at Lackland Fort Knox Great Lakes and Parris Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell E. Weeks Jr
USN
Russell FE. Weeks
Beckley
Grenadier
United States
Mediterranean
Sixth Fleet
Naples
Italy
Marseille
France
Palma
Mallorca
Lisbon
Portugal
Key West
Fla
Louis C. Green
Norma
Levi Daniel
Kimpo AB
Korea
Green
Military Air Transport Service
Marlene Morrow
Stratton High School
American River Junior College
Sacramento
Calif
David C. Hatcher
James B. Hatcher
Marine Attack Squadron
U. S. Naval Air Station
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Circuit Court Jurors Named for September Term
Circuit court jurors named to serve during the August term are asked to report at 9 a.m. Sept. 7. The list includes Ralph Adkins Louis Adamos Melvin Ash Mrs Dottie Auldridge Robert D Boxley J B Bibb Zada Brooks Mrs Paul Barley Carl Basham Bernice Baker Scott Ballard G R Bartley Rev H B Booker Mrs Kyle Broyles and many others. The article notes the umbrella’s ancient origin as sunshade from Egypt and Nineveh per Britannica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Ralph Adkins
Louis Adamos
Melvin Ash
Dottie Auldridge
Robert D. Boxley
J. B. Bibb
Zada Brooks
Paul Barley
Carl E. Basham
Bernice F. Baker
Scott Ballard
Belpre and Bluefield families linked in listing
Kenneth R Liegey of Belpre Ohio son of Leroy A Liegey and John M Hall of Belpre Ohio son of Ralph C Hall Warren D Furrow of Bluefield son of Warren 8 Furrow Roger L Hurst of Bluefield Ohio appears in the same listing. The fragment notes family connections across Belpre and Bluefield, detailing parental names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Liegey
Belpre
Ohio
Leroy A. Liegey
John M. Hall
Ralph C. Hall
Warren D. Furrow
Bluefield
Warren 8. Furrow
Roger L. Hurst
Blue
Complaint Is Dismissed In Hampshire County Case
A former complaint by Oscar N. Strieby of Slanesville against General Telephone Co. of the Southeast was dismissed by the Public Service Commission. Strieby claimed the firm refused to provide him with tele- services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Hampshire County
General Telephone Co
Southeast
Public Service Commission
Oscar N. Strieby
Slanesville
Dangers of Childbirth Are Being Eliminated
A leading life insurance study reports the U S risk of death in pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 2815 births, a record low with 1962 63 births over 4 million and maternal deaths under 1500 annually. Regional gaps show South and Southwest lagging while New England and Midwest lead. improvements cited from prenatal care physician training and hospital resources. The article also notes Columbus was arrested in 1500 and sent to Spain in chains for mistreating natives of Haiti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South
Southwest
New England
Midwestern
Christopher Columbus
Haiti
Spain
Local Companies Get Charters From State
Southeastern Claims Service Inc. in Beckley was chartered by the Secretary of State. It was incorporated by Charles A. Kinder Daisy Kinder and Eileen Kinder of Montgomery with stock of 1500 and capital 1000. Royal Sparks Mining Company in Raleigh County was incorporated by Sherwood E. Sparks of Layland and Stanley Higgins Jr and R J Thrift Jr of Fayetteville with stock 50000 and capital 5000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Claims Service Inc
Beckley
Secretary of State
Charles A. Kinder
Daisy Kinder
Eileen Kinder
Montgomery
Royal Sparks Mining Company
Raleigh County
Sherwood E. Sparks
Layland
Fayette County
Stanley Higgins Jr
R. J. Thrift Jr
Fayetteville
Dodecanese Name Origin
The term Dodecanese refers to a Greek island group in the Aegean Sea and derives from the Greek for twelve islands, as noted in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodecanese
Aegean Sea
Islands
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Lee Davidson
Mount Hope
Betty Fogus Davidson
James Millard Atwell Jr
Rocky Gap
James Millard Atwell
John Lewis Dale
Matewan
Ethel Pauley Dale
David Lee Phillips
Gauley Bridge
Robert Lee Phillips
Fort Knox
NAVY
Neale Randolph Clark
John and
Norine Clark
Patrick Leon Mustoe
Rupert
Ralph
Winifred Mustoe
Gene Oliver Estee
Bradley
Roland
Alicia Estoe
Jerry Lee Snuffer
Oak Hill
William and
Goldie Snuffer
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Daniel Elsworth Frazier Jr
Elizabeth Frazier
Parris Island
S.C
John Phillips
West Virginia
Beaver
Grandview
Phillips
West Virginia University
Christ
Susan Greenwood
Honey's
G. R. Bartley
H B. Booker
Kyle Broyles
Elbert
Baker
Roy Brash
A. F. Combs
Okey Cox
Bernard Crawford
Edward Corey
Walter C. Canterbury
Ewell Curtis
Joe Bruce Carper
Joe Cagna
Ruth Cuckler
Lowell R. Cawley
Robert L. Cook
W. A. Dempsey
Joe E. Davies
Anna Egich
Claude M. England
Egypt
Ninevah
Encyclopaedia Briannica
R. W. Martin
Elsie McCain
H. A. McClanahan
Robert E. McKinney
John McKeever
Eugene O'Neal
Noble Pettry
Sylvia Pettry
Beulah L. Parsons
Nellie Philpott
C. D. Parsons
George Rahall
Carrie Shumate
Lloyd Sweeney
Noel Surratt
W. L. Strafford
Larry B. Stone
A. A. Thewes
ATR
PSC
Strebu
California
Chicago
Oulic
ART and
Baer Coumny
Mey Weer
American Electric
Appalachian Power CO
Cote
Popov Distilling CO
Menlo Park
Cal
Hartford, Conn
Popow
Vooka
Popoy
Beckley Hardware and Supply CO
Heber Street
Hanna
Crocus
K&e
B.T.U
Furniture Department
Hollywood
WCIAK
Onle
China and Glassware Dept
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