Fire destroys Pettus Consolidated School. temporary classrooms sought
Pettus Consolidated School in Raleigh County burned on Monday forcing classes to be postponed until after January 3. Superintendent D W Bryson said suitable temporary quarters were unlikely before Christmas vacation. about 320 students escaped with no injuries. An estimated $150000 in damages was cited, with $20000 for classrooms and a heating unit included in the board’s new building program.
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Pettus Consolidated School
Pettus Consolidated
Raleigh County
D. W. Bryson
Pettus
Bryson
Board of Education
Dewey Bone
Court refuses Beckley parking lot condemnation appeal
A Raleigh County case involving the City of Beckley seeking land from Hattie Allis Perkins for a parking lot between Prince and Neville Streets was not reviewed by the West Virginia Supreme Court due to a 60 day time limit. Special Judge R J Thrift Jr had certified the issue to the high court for an opinion on the city's right to condemn the land.
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Raleigh County Circuit Court
West Virginia Supreme Court
Beckley
Hattie Allis Perkins
15-Year-Old Boy Dies in Hunting Accident Near Eccles
Frank Delano Egich a 15 year old Eccles resident died from an accidental shotgun discharge while hunting near his home Monday about 2 pm. He was born October 16 1937 in Eccles and attended Eccles Junior High School where he excelled in basketball. Surviving are his parents Eli and Anna Bullock Egich a sister Mary Ann and two brothers Danny of Ashtabula Ohio and Eli Jr. The body is at Melton Mortuary with arrangements pending. Funeral at Community Church Eccles Wednesday at 1 pm officiated by Rev C G Roark with burial at Sunset Memorial. Active pallbearers listed.
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Frank Delano Egich
Eccles
Eli and
Anna Bullock Egich
Eccles Junior High
Mary Ann Egich
Danny Egich
Ashtabula
Ohio
Eli
Melton Mortuary
Danny
Melton
C. G. Roark
Sunset Memorial
Eugene Conjami
Frank x Th Raso
Ralph Herron
Wa Carter
Robert Herron
Hace
Navy recruiter to stay on after retirement in 1957
Walter E. Hardester, a 15 year Navy veteran and chief fire controlman, will become the Beckley recruiter replacing Edwin K. Abshire. Abshire will assist until next August when he plans a sea tour and discharges duties. The Beckley station will expand to enroll enlistees from Princeton, Johnson City Tenn, and Lenoir and process them locally before going to Huntington for induction. Lt. Cmdr. W G Wright inspected the station and a detailed report is due soon.
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Navy
Beckley
Walter E. Hardester
Hardester
Edwin K. Abshire
J c. Abshire
William E. Bartlett
Armed Forces
Prince Street
Abshire
Tnext
High Seas
Huntington
Cmdr
W. G. Wright
West Virginia
Police Court Traffic Hearings Dominate Beckley Session
Traffic charges filled Beckley Police Court with cases including Raymond Belcher fined ten dollars for driving with West Virginia plates but Indiana license, Delmar Ball fined ten dollars for leaving the scene of an accident, Roy Meadows a cab driver with case continued to December twenty seventh to secure witnesses in a reckless driving incident, bonds forfeited by Donald Redden Basil Honaker and a Beckley juvenile for drunkenness improper license and petty larceny, plus Friday night forfeitures for speeding by four men led by J Q Stover Jr Billie W Daniel John C Wright and Oscar Richardson.
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Becktey
Raymond Belcher
East Becktey
West Virginia
Indiana
Delmar Ball
Skelton
Roy Meadows
Donald Redden
Crow
Basil B. Honaker
Layland
Beckley
J. Q. Stover, Jr
Billie W. Daniel
Prosperity
John C. Wright
Oscar Richardson
Harper Road
Forest fire totals by county in fall season
Fayette County led District Six with 43 fires burning 1000 acres. Raleigh County reported 50 fires totaling 964 acres. McDowell 29 fires 354 acres, Wyoming 44 fires 211 acres, Merc Cer 18 fires 63 acres, Summers 10 fires 58 acres.
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Fayette County
District Six
Raleigh County
McDowell
Wyoming
Merc Cer
School Papers Enter Contest for State High School Newspapers
Dr. P. I. Reed, director of the School of Journalism, says area high schools have received entry blanks for the 30th annual state high school newspapers contest. A faculty judging panel will rate entries on 12 factors including page layout and school news coverage.
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P. I. Reed
School of Journalism
Miner Peter Bryant Dies in Crab Orchard Slate Fall
Peter Bryant 58 of Shady Springs was killed in a slate fall at the Crab Orchard mine operated by Gulf Mining Company. Born January 24, 1893 in Giles County Virginia, he lived in Raleigh County 30 years and belonged to Shady Springs Church and United Mine Workers. Survived by wife Maude and a large family, his body remains at Calfee Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Peter Bryant
Shady Springs
Crab Orchard
Gulf Mining Company
Giles County
Kim Bryant
Polly Peting Bryant
Raleigh County
United Mine Workers of America
Maude
Reedie
Brownie
Alley
Avnel Fink
Annis Skaggs
Texas City
Texas
Yheris Balt
Falls View
Brylis Jessup
Antionette Franklin
Huntington
Nizhni Britts
Clownie
Jenkins Jones, Ky
Wilson
Beaver
Palmer
Charleston
Roscoe
Pulaski
Helen Neal
Rainette
Lillie Neal
Bristol, Vai
Judy Brown
Bristol
Florence Mann
Califee Funeral Home
Red Cross workers honored. press session highlights high school papers
Five Raleigh County Red Cross workers received 20 year service pins at the annual board meeting. A press association session at Herndon High School drew 85 representatives from five area high schools to discuss improving student newspapers.
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Red Cross
Raleigh-Wyoming County Press Association
Herndon High School
Phyllis Houck
Mullens
Bill Brogen, Jr
Herndon
Lu ‘Eile Ryan
Stoco
Mary Ruffino
Shady Spring
Jean Donely
Mark Twain
Kitt Moler
Raleigh County
The
American Red Cross
C. G. Peregoy
In Lineweaver
W. A. James
HL. H. Davis
M. W. Powers
James B. Deck
John
Sinclair
New York
National Industrial Conference
Buard
New York Life Insurance Company
Beckley
Bernard Martin
Aracoma ‘Hatal
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Okey
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Colin McLuckey
Mgr
Fayette
Wayne Ey Oy
Clude
Princeton
Johnson City
Tenn
Lenoir
City ‘Police
Raleigh
Beckley Insulation Co
Ata
CT Ea
Pullman
Kredit Jewelers
Neville ST
BeckLey Theatre
Beckley Hotel
Hill
Oak Hill
Central Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Berman
Guitars
W. Va
Hill Bldg
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