TB Sunday Proclaimed in Raleigh County Churches
In Raleigh County TB Sunday is proclaimed with Dr. Walter Griswold asking Beckley Ministerial Association members to urge church prayers for health workers and TB patients. The Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association conducts its annual Christmas Seal Drive as church leaders and volunteers support detection, treatment, and recovery efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Beckley Ministerial Association
Walter Griswold
Griswold
Odessa Lewis
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
W. Reece Burns
The
Methodist Temple
Kenneth Swank
First Baptist Church
Ministerial Association
Mabscott Council Faces SRC Paving Promise Delays
Mabscott Town Council reports State Road Commission failure to honor a 1964 pledge to pave Whitestick Street and Old Soak Road. Letters from Burl Sawyers cited specifications and routes, while residents note crushed stone wore away and trash collection delays persist. The council seeks a resolution before Governor Elect Hulett Smith's inauguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
RNS
State Road Commission
Whitestick Street
Old Soak Road
Hulett Smith
Mabscott Town Council
Burl Sawyers
W. Va
Sawyers
B. C. Sisk
SRC
SRC Pays $15,500 in Condemnation Case Verdict
After over two hours of deliberation Circuit Court jurors awarded J. E. and Ardath Short the $15,500 agreed settlement in a 1960 land taking by the SRC for an access road to the Raleigh County Armory. Judge Norman Knapp called the case first of its kind in his court and perhaps in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit
J. E
Ardath Short
State Road Commission
SRC
Short
Raleigh County
Fletcher Mann
Shorts
Robert Carr
Princeton
Eling
Norman Knapp
West Virginia
Jerry J. Ellison
Mary J. Ellison
Anthony J. Sparacino
Blackburn- Patteson Realty Company
Raleigh County Court House
Sand Branch
Paint Creek
Old Giles, Fayette & Kanawha Turnpike
Evaline Feazell
Iron Stake Corner
Blackburn-Patteson Realty Company
Blackburn Patteson Realty Company
Police Court Forfeits Aggregate $368 in Beckley Cases
Judge George L Ballard presided as bonds totaling 368.25 were forfeited on multiple charges including reckless driving failure to control and red light violations. Defendants include Charles Kurn Paris Shrewsbury Edward Graves Thomas Freeman Jack Dempsey Meadows Vandall Hardeman Callahan and others with fines and bonds forfeited to the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Ballard
Charles Kurn
Mabscott
Ballard
Beckley
Paris W. Shresbury
Daniels
Harper Road
Shrewsbury
Edward Guy Graves
Granville Avenue
Thomas E. Freeman
Blue Jay
Jack Q. Dempsey
North Oakwood Avenue
James Robert Meadows
Stotesbury
Wilbur Vandall Jr
Trafic
Civil Rights Meeting Draws West Virginia Participants
About 250 West Virginians are slated to attend a Civil Rights Act briefing at the Charleston YMCA on Quarrier Street. The event runs 10 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. with sessions on education employment medical service and public accommodations. Miles C Stanley will chair the morning session with sponsors including the WV Advisory Committee and the National Citizens' Committee on Community Relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
Quarrier Street
Charleston
Register
John Hodel
West Virginia
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
National Citizens’ Committee
Miles C. Stanley
W. Va
Afl-Cio
Georgia
South Carolina
Delaware
Tennessee
Arkansas
Daniels 4-H Club Initiates Members
William Clark Raleigh County 4-H Agent spoke at the Daniels school PTA meeting on Monday night. Forty new members joined the Daniels Hustlers 4-H Club while Miss Lilly, Mrs Bays and Mrs Meadows led three blue ribbon clubs in Raleigh County. The PTA approved ten dollars per room for noon games and a committee was formed to seek an additional room and teacher to ease crowding in grades four through six. Bays’ room won the attendance banner and silver offering for most parents present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Clark
Raleigh County
4-H
Daniels School Parent Teacher Association
The
Daniels Hustlers
Clark
Genevieve Lilly
Merle Meadows
Sandra Bays
P.T.A
Raleigh
Bays
Indiana statehood and world events noted in almanac
Almanac entry for December 11 1964 recalls Indiana becoming the 19th state in 1816 and Roosevelt abdication 1907 as well as Edward VIII's 1936 abdication and 1941 war declarations. Also lists a thought by Henry Adams and a Raleigh County court docket with civil action for divorce Hipkins v Hipkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Mars
Indiana
Theodore Roosevelt
White House
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Germany
Italy
U. S
Congress
Charles Hipkins
West Virginia
Anthony J. Sparacino
P.O. Box
Beckley
Harold Hanks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mabscottt's
Mihopes
Waney
Robert Oil Au hWvet Morse
SLA
Panavision
E Pon Arts Company
Ame
Peter Selers
Paula Prentiss
Angel Lansbury
Cae
Henry Orient
Plum Orchard Country Club
Usic
the Imperials
New Years
Oak Hill
Gues
Russ Hicks
U.S
Craig Breedlove
Family Weekly
Beckly Post-Herald
Galeigh S
Joshua Logans
Ensign Pulver Irobert
Walker
Millie Perkin
Lee Marvin
Angie Dickinson
HE Fougi
Frontier History
Badman
Murphy Sumer
Mosavine
Clarence Hardeman
John Doe Callahan
James Darren
Pamela Tiffin
Paul Lynde
Steve Cochran
Kurt Jergens
Technicolor
Techniscope
Daniels 4-H Club
the Almanac
Henry Brooks Adams
Jewell Hipkins
Lilly M. Shelor
Raleigh County Bank
Oregon
Cranberry
City Ave
Lumpa
Pennsylvania
Memoriam
Evelyn Gillenwater
Odo OD
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mgr
Vance Drive
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Hillcrest Park
Manchester
Beckley National Bank
Reward Aiing Co
Robert L Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Tuddle House
Affinity Union Hall
Old Skelton Road
Baptist
LILLY
Harper Saen
Smith’s
Cohen
Lazier
Delmar Beauty Shop
Heber St
Mt City Ave
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
Nashville
P. D. Box
John W. Eye CO
W. Neville St
We & All
John Ww. Eye CO
Dial
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Sparks Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
Halstead’s
Wright
Call Call
Dwight Lewis
Willey Brothers
Hinton
L. C. Smith
Parker
Jan Campbell Music Co
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Carl Treadway
Glen Morgan
Donald Fitzgerald
Mount Hope
A. E. Deck
Elsie Deck
MacArthur
Agnes Rider
Oceana
CURB
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick
Mt. Hope
Joe Carter
Clear Creek
Care Beckley Newspapers Corp
A. H. Parker
Neely
Lewisburg
Guarantee Reserve Life Insurance Co
W. V. H. C. Sowards
Dist. Mgr
A. R. Meadows
R. L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Edward Manning
Pine Pine Knob
AKC
Bertha Ward
Midway
Raleigh Safe Deposit Box
Bank of Raleigh
F.D.I.C
Price Brothers
City Avenue
Dairy Queen
Oak Hill, W. VA
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