Two More Circus Shows Added At Raleigh Armory
The Hamid-Morton International Circus schedules two extra performances at Raleigh County Armory, 10 a.m. Saturday and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, joining the original 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday lineup. Tickets for the Saturday morning show go on sale first come, first served at regular prices. The circus, billed as the world's largest indoor show, features Chico the chimp and trainer Derrick with Ellie, plus a grand parade to open the event. Friday will serve as announcer and host for the procession.
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Hamid-Morton
Jon Friday
Beckley
North American
Derrick
Chico
Ellie
Armory
Mrs Hodson Appointed Raleigh County Registrar of Vital Statistics
Mrs. Donald Hodson becomes Raleigh County Registrar of Vital Statistics, replacing Mrs. Robert Sayre who left to teach at Beckley College. Hodson, a Beckley native, is a 1956 College of Commerce WVU graduate. She previously worked in John Macy's Civil Defense office in Washington and as a legal secretary at Scherer Bowers File and Hudson in Beckley before taking the registrar post.
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Donald Hodson
Raleigh
Beckley chamber starts 19 percent membership drive
The Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce opened a kick-off breakfast at 8 am to start its 1962 membership drive. The group has recently reorganized as a county unit and has new incorporation status.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
Former County Boy Killed While Hunting
A former McAlpin youth Charles Eugene Ring 14 died in a Chilhowie Virginia hunting accident Saturday afternoon. Ring was en route home after hunting with cousin Randy Whetsel when his .22 rifle discharged as he crawled under a barbed wire fence. He reportedly died instantly. A Chilhowie High School freshman born 1947, he lived at Big Stick. Funeral plans await his father’s return from Germany where he serves in the U S Army. The body is at a Chilhowie funeral home.
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McAlpin
Chilhowie
Charles Eugene “Bucky” Ring
Charles Ring
Randy Whetsel
Sophia and McAlpin
Chilhowie High School
Beckley Hospital
Big Stick
Germany
U. S. Army
Beckley Press Club Accepts Associate Members
The Beckley Press Club approved associate memberships at a Sunday meeting in Beckley. Active members total 46, and associates are limited to this number. Applications are available at WJLS WWNR WOAY and Raleigh Register Beckley Post Herald, or from the membership committee led by Miss Martha Winston.
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Beckley Press Club
Quarlters
Beckley-Winn Hotel
George Springer
Membersip
Beckley
WJLS
WWNR
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
Woay Radio
Martha Winston
Hazel Phillips
Tom Fazio
Board of Governors
Elegy Muse Tied to Stokes Poges Visit in Buckinghamshire
Thomas Gray found inspiration for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard after visiting the village churchyard of Stokes Poges in Buckinghamshire where his mother resided.
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Thomas Gray
Stokes Poges
Buckinghamshire
Investigation continues in Toney's death
Violence may have played a part in the death of Victor Toney formerly of Beckley and a companion John Roloff both of Madeira Beach Florida whose bodies were recovered from the Gulf of Mexico Thursday A third crewman of the missing Playboy a fishing vessel has not been found Autopsies were performed by Dr Robert Brewer county medical examiner He said Roloff may have died before entering the water Roloff had bruises on the neck and eyes were black Death due to asphyxiation Brewer ruled out an explosion There was indication the bruise on Roloffs face could have been caused by a fist Further tests to determine timing of bruises and presence of sea water elements will be available today or Tuesday Brewer said If he died before entering the water such elements would not be present It looks like he did die before he went into the water There is relatively little doubt Possibly there was violence before death The Playboy radioed Monday it was heading for port 60 miles away because of engine trouble It was not heard from again Still missing is George Decarua Madeira Beach Florida and formerly of Gloucester Massachusetts
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Victor Toney
Beckley
John Roloff
Madeira Beach
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Playboy
Coast Guard
Robert Brewer
Brewer
Roloff
George Decarua
Gloucester
Mass
Late Filings Swell Democratic Ballot For House of Delegates
Sixteen Raleigh County residents seek four House of Delegates seats in the May primary as late filings arrive by mail and in the clerk’s office. Candidates include Paul J. Vennari Beckley teacher and coach and W Jackie Withrow Sophia. The field features A P Tony Leeber Beckley and H Dale Covey Glen Daniel, former Raleigh County Board of Education members, plus two men with same Burgess name running for County Court. Major backgrounds include mining, education and local business.
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Raleigh
House of Delegates
Paul J. Vennari
Beckley
Eecumbents
W. “Jackie” Withrow
Sophia
A. P
Tony’’ Leeber
H. Dale Covey
Glen Daniel
Raleigh County Board of Education
Fred Burgess
Daniels
C. H. Burgess
Artie
Charles T. Burdiss
Coal City
Lillian Coal Co
Shady Spring
United Mine Workers of America
State Supreme Court
Leeber
Covey
Board of Education
Fred
Sadie Trump Covey
Trap Hill
Beckley College
Mar
Garet M. Smith
The
Elks
Loyal Order of Moose
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Joe Fourney
Watkins Drug Store, Inc
Raleigh County
Neville Street
West Virginia Workmen's Compensation Commission
WWN
New River Pharmaceutical Association
Vennari
Beckley Junior High School
County Board of Education
Raleigh County Circuit Clerk’s
S. Heber St
Moose
Lions
American Legion
Lumberport Public Schools
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Salem College
Mareshall University
West Virginia University
Joe
Rochella
Mazza) Vennari
Mildred
Mickey) Cales
Withrow
Friendship Baptist Church of
Gulf Woman's Club
Raleigh County Young Democrats
Raleigh County Park Board
Coal Ae
Order of Eastern Star
Willie Flanagan Neubert
Mabscott
C. F. Neubert
Mullens
Woodrow Wilson High School
Liquor Tax Distribution To Beckley And Other Cities
Beckley received 6060 dollars from the 215,352 dollars in liquor taxes distributed to 115 municipalities in the last quarter of 1961. State Treasurer John Kelly said the total was the lowest quarterly distribution since 1957. Other area communities and amounts include Fayetteville 565, Hinton 1468, Lewisburg 1467, Logan 2984, Mount Hope 1143, Oak Hill 1928, Pineville 750, Princeton 2987, Sophia 799, Summersville 889, Welch 2136, and White Sulphur Springs 1427.
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Beckley
John Kelly
Fayetteville
Hinton
Lewisburg
Logan
Mount Hope
Oak Hill
Pineville
Princeton
Sophia
Summersville
Welch
White Sulphur Springs
Local youths hurt in separate weekend accidents
Two area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital Sunday after unrelated incidents. Roger Haley, 16, of MacArthur, suffered a left arm injury while skating. Boyd Boblett of Skelton sustained a right hand injury when caught by a piece of wire on a gate post.
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Beckley Hospital
Roger Haley
R. P. Haley
MacArthur
Boyd Boblett
Skelton
Kent County Caterers Hear Coffee Industry Lecture
London based Caterers Association members heard a lecture on the coffee industry and watched a film, followed by a tea break.
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London
UPI
Kent County
Caterers Association
Questions and Answers on Dental Health Notes
Editor’s note outlines dental topics during National Children's Dental Health Week. It covers handling newly erupted teeth with saw edges, regular denture checkups, aging ridges affecting dentures, and the ongoing importance of baby teeth for chewing, facial development, space preservation, and speech, noting some baby teeth remain until ages 11 or 12.
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Raleigh Register
New River Dental Society
Nature
Heart Fund drives Raleigh County to reach 1962 goal
Archie Ellenbogen leads Beckley committee as Heart Fund canvass opens to raise $18,000 for Raleigh County. The effort will run until Heart Sunday February 25 with large donors and many groups targeted by phone letter and personal solicitation. Heart disease is America’s No 1 killer and the Beckley hospital network supports intensive Heart Foundation work. Give generously to help hearts and communities.
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Beckley
Archie Ellenbogen
Heart Fund
Raleigh
Heart
Raleigh County
Cause of the Heart Foundation
America
The
Heart Foundation
United States
Active Worker Faces Surgery in Virginia Hospital
Wallace Price a longtime Heart Fund worker from Raleigh County will undergo heart surgery February 16 at the Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond Virginia. He was driven to Richmond Saturday by his wife and faces a possible complication free operation using the heart lung machine developed through Heart Fund research. He survived two rheumatic fever attacks and a heart attack last July.
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Heart Fund
Raleigh County
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Wallace Price
Ewart Ave
Price
Press Club To Host Chess Club Thursdays
The Beckley Press Club will host the Beckley Chess Club for weekly game sessions in the Beckley-Winn Hotel clubroom. A Press Club member must host each session and meetings are at 7 30 p m Thursdays. The club invites members to participate or kibitz and offers instruction for learners. The arrangement may be withdrawn if facilities become taxed on meeting night.
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Beckley Chess Club
Beckley Press Club
Press Club
Board of Governors
Chess Club
Beckley-Winn Hotel
General Press Club
Insect intelligence limited by brain size say biologists
Biologists argue insects cannot rival humans in intelligence due to their small brains. They contend flexible behavior requires vast neural processing and that insects have not evolved bodies large enough to sustain the necessary brain power.
Mrs Price Caffee Improves After Jan 24 Surgery
Mrs Price Caffee of 1325 Harper Road is reported improving at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville following an operation performed January 24.
Proposed Allegheny Parkway Topic For Byrd Meeting
Senator Byrd plans a Charleston meeting after today’s session to discuss a 550 mile Allegheny Parkway linking Hagerstown to the Cumberland Gap with a 360 mile WV stretch. A 30 mile Eastern Panhandle spur to Harpers Ferry and a 5 mile southern spur to New River Gorge and Babcock State Park are proposed. Byrd cites 15 WV counties and a cost near 500 million.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
Charleston
Raleigh
West
House
Senate
Del
Richmond
Neal Butterfield
Byrd
Panhandle
Monongahela National Forest
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky-Virginia-Tennessee
Harpers Ferry
New River Gorge
Babcock State Park
Randolph, Pocahontas
Greenbrier
Monroe, Summers
Fayette
Beckleyan Posts $164 In Bonds
Beckley man Lacy Hal Phipps, 23, posted bonds totaling $164 before Magistrate W. A. Burke and was released at 12 25 p m after waiving to the grand jury on drunk driving and hit and run charges. He had been jailed Saturday night by Beckley State Police after striking four cars on U S 21 near Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, injuring four people and causing $2,000 in damages.
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Lacy Hal Phipps
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Phipps
U. S. 21
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Edward Lilly
Ruth L. Lepto
Patsy Lepto
Micky Lepto
Mount Hope
Margaret Vargo
Bradley
Kinzer Leaves Hospital After Pneumonia Treatment
D. W. Woody Kinzer of 117 Willowood Road was discharged from Beckley Hospital Saturday where he had been treated for pneumonia for several days. His wife, a Beaver Elementary School instructor, said he planned to return to the State Legislature today as a Raleigh County member of the House of Delegates.
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D. W
Woody) Kinzer
Willowood Rd
Beckley Hospital
Kinzer
Beaver Elementary
Raleigh County
House of Delegates
Rev Samuel Francis Smith Wrote Words For America Hymn
Rev Samuel Francis Smith wrote the words of the patriotic hymn America. They were first used at a children's Fourth of July picnic in Boston Massachusetts.
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Samuel Francis Smith
America
Boston
Mass
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C. W. Martin
Lillybrook
C. M. Ring
Harper Road
Charles ‘Bucky’ Ring
Sherwood Brown
Beckley Newspapers Corp
John Semerau
Woay-Tyv
W. W
Jackie” Withrow
Toney
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Albert Burgess
Julia Marcum
Davey
McDowell County
United States Supreme Court
Kirk Douglas
Laurence Olivier
Jean Simmons
Charles Laughton
Peter Ustinov
John Gavin
Tony Curtis
Recuamcovor
Super Technirama
Pauision
Raleigh Folk
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Claudelle English
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