County Court backs Honey project with funds and moral support
The Raleigh County Court forwarded financial and moral support to Honey in the Rock by collective $2 checks from each member to the West Virginia Historical Drama Association. A resolution urged county residents to aid the folk drama to boost Raleigh County as a state tourism hub and the centennial focus in 1963. Other actions included approving beautification work at the Stephen's Branch Dam entrance, permitting Wickline to operate a garbage dump at Raleigh County Memorial Airport, naming Ewing Mitchell deputy dog warden, and approving Nora Robertson as notary public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
West Virginia Historical Drama Association, Inc
Folk Drama
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Trap Hill Home
Stephen’s Branch Dam
Route 3
H. Dale Covey
L. A. (Smokey) Wickline
Beaver
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
Wickline
A. J. Lilly
Peppery pep at seventy with Ostrex tonic tablets
An advertisement claims Ostrex tonic tablets boost energy for iron-deficient fatigue labeled as aging. It promotes an 8-day trial and an economy pack nearly four times the tablets, advertising savings of $1.47. Aji druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aji Druggists
Firefighters Respond to Smokehouse Furnace Fire
Beckley Fire Department two calls late Monday night and today. At 11 55 p m the Smokehouse on Heber Street was heated by a furnace and a clogged flu. Firemen summoned a repairman and rescued James Leasure 41 of Scott Avenue and 12th Street after a heart attack. Ambulance stood by but patient did not require hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Heber Street
Scott Avenue
12Th Street
James Leasure
Leasure
Harris to Return for Checkup at Bluefield Sanitarium
B Harris of Beaver and State Farm Mutual Insurance planned a checkup at Bluefield Sanitarium today after recent head injury from a fall at home. Harris said he feels fairly good and expects to be at his office after the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Harris
Beaver
State Farm Mutual Insurance
Bluefield Sanitarium
Harris
Petit Jurors Selected For Raleigh County March Term
Seventeen hundred jurors summoned to Raleigh County Circuit Court will report March 5 for a February term. Court opens February 19 for pretrial conferences. Names of Beckley and area residents summoned include Mrs. Josse Ashworth, Walter Arndt, Robert Burnham, Miss Martha Godbey, Rev. J. W. Nunn, and many others from Beckley Shady Spring Prosperity Coal City Crab Orchard Glen White and surrounding communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Josse Ashworth
Walter E. Arndt
Robert Burnham
Odi Casali
A. B. Cummings
Bernard Dehart
W. B. Darling
Andrew Durgan
L. M
Aubrey Jackson
H. E. Jacobs
T. M. Jamison
W. D. Kelley
Irvin Mahoney
Leon Neal
J. W. Nunn
Everett O’neal
Russ Parsons
James A. Page
Howard Quesenberry
C. F. Ratliff
Ronald Roach
Floyd M. Sayre
D. B. Shumate
Julia D. Secrest
H. B. Thomas
Beckley
Elmer Atkinson
Lego
Walter Bowman
Sophia
Alice Bailey
Raleigh
Joe Brozosky
Tams
Daniel Banker
Woody Bolen
James R. Bair
Shady Spring
Ada Butler
Egeria
Henry Cain
Epperly Hill
Ernest Cadle
Fitzpatrick Road
Roy Coulson
Ghent
Herman H. Daniel
Harper
Dean D. Dale
Prosperity
Herbert Dancy
Coal City
Claude S. Davis
Glen White
H. B. Garretson
Princewick
Paul Gallimore
Anthony Gargas
Skelton
Wesley B. Hamrick
George Hatcher
Ellis H. Jackson
Curtis Kallam
Soak Creek
Ray C. Lilly
Flat Top
Boone Lilly
Frank Lester
State Sues Oceana Firm For Back Taxes
Myles J. Crowder of Oceana doing business as Crowder Drug Co. faces a tax suit in Raleigh County Circuit Court to collect $1,105.57 in back taxes. Tax Commissioner C Howard Hardestry's office says $934.47 in sales and services taxes plus $171.10 in business and occupation tax are due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myles J. Crowder
Oceana
Crowder Drug Co
Raleigh County
C. Howard Hardestry
Deaths And Funerals at Sam Dav is and Ernest L Foster
Funeral services for Sam Davis at Moor Street will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Trent and Durgan Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. D. Kelly officiating. Burial in Greenwood Memorial Park. Davis found dead at home Sunday. wife Cora Lee Davis surviving. Body at funeral home. Ernest L. Foster 56 of Sandstone died Monday morning at Hinton Hospital after four months illness. Born Sept 1 1905 in Sandstone, son of James W. and Leona Johnson Foster. Lifelong Sandstone area timber businessman and Laurel Creek Baptist Church member. Survivors: wife Pauline Harris Foster, son James L. Foster, three daughters Harless Hoser of Waynesville, Mary Lee Foster of Lebanon, Joan Foster at home, brothers Herbert of Spring Creek and Joe of Newton Falls, Ohio, sisters Annie Meadows, Oma Harris, Josie Calles, Virginia Shaffer, Rosa Cox, and three grandchildren. Body at Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Davis
Moor Street
Trent and Durgan Funeral Home
W. D. Kelly
Greenwood Memorial Park
David
Cora Lee Davis
Ernest L. Foster
Sandstone
Hinton
James W
Leona Johnson Foster
Laurel Creek
Pauline Harris Foster
James L. Foster
Air Force
Bangor
Maine
Harless Hosey
Waynesville
Ohio
Mary Lee Foster
Lebanon
Joan Foster
Herbert
Spring Creek
Joe
Newton Falls
Annie Meadows
Oma Harris
Josie Calles
New York City
Virginia Shaffer
White Oak
Rosa Cox
Jumping Branch
Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors
RNS
Funeral services for Jesse H. Scott conducted today
Jesse Hoar Scott, 68, of Alvon formerly of Sinks Grove, was buried after services at Alvon Methodist Church with Rev. Rex Anderson presiding. He died Sunday in Charlottesville Virginia after a short illness. Born in Monroe County he was son of Isaac P. and Alice Honaker Scott and belonged to Sinks Grove Baptist Church. Survivors include sisters Faye Cook Beckley and C. E. Smith Mullens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Hoar Scott
Alvon
Sinks Grove
Alvon Methodist Church
Rex Anderson
Greenbrier Memorial Gardens
Lewisburg
Scott
Charlottesville
Monroe County
Isaac P
Alice Honaker Scott
Sinks Grove Baptist Church
William E Hess Final Rites Set In Mount Hope
William E Hess 79 of Glen Jean will have final rites at 2 p m Wednesday in Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with Rev H A McClung presiding Burial follows in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Prosperity He died Monday at 6 am after a long illness A retired miner he was born August 16 1883 in Boissevane Virginia Survivors include wife Artie a son Walter Hess Crab Orchard a stepson James McCarthy Oak Hill a stepdaughter Margaret Hess Charlottesville Va 21 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Hess
Glen Jean
Tyree
Mount Hope
H. A. McClung
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Hess
Boissevane
Artie
Walter Hess
Crab Orchard
James McCarthy
Oak Hill
Margaret Hess
Charlottesville
Fleshman Mayson Fleshman Funeral Set At First Christian
Funeral services for Mayson Clueren Fleshman 66 of Garden Terrace will be held at the First Christian Church at 2 p m Wednesday with Dr Walter Griswold officiating Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Fleshman died at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 445 this morning after a long illness Death was caused by malignancy He was born Sept 11 1895 at Forest Hill a son of the late O C and Sarah E Broyles Fleshman He lived in Beckley 38 years and was a plastering mechanic WWI veteran in the 52nd Infantry He married Miss Mattie Michael April 27 1921 who survives Also surviving are two sons Jim of Columbia S C Gerald O of Olean N Y a sister Mrs H B Broyles Fort Defiance Va a brother S Y Fleshman Covington Va and four grandchildren The body will be taken from Melton Mortuary to the church an hour before services Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 today Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayson Clueren
Bill) Fleshman
Garden Terrace
First Christian Church
Walter Griswold
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Fleshman
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Forest Hill
O. C
Sarah E
Gerald O
Olean
N. Y
H. B. Broyles
Fort Defiance
S. Y
Covington
Melton
T. V. Hutchinson
J. E. Garrison
W. O. Garrison
T. R. Allen
Bob Lowe
Jack Akers
K. T. Ford
B. H. Ellison
Infant Vickie Pack Graveside Rites Held
Graveside rites for Vickie Dianne Pack infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Donnie Pack were to be held at 1 pm in the Cool Ridge family cemetery with Rev W E Harvey presiding. The infant died shortly after birth at Hinton Hospital. Survivors include paternal grandparents Archie and Mrs Pack of Cool Ridge and maternal grandparents Charlie and Mrs Farley of Maplewood. Caffee Funeral Home handled arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vickie Dianne Pack
Donnie Pack
Cleveland
Ohio
Cool Ridge
W. E. Harvey
Hinton
Archie Pack
Charlie Farley
Maplewood
Caffee Funeral Home
Cunningham M C and Patsy Hudson to Birmingham Funeral
Mrs Patsy Hudson of 111 Rice St will leave Thursday for Birmingham Alabama to attend funeral services for her brother M C Cunningham about 70 who died at his home there Monday morning Other survivors include his wife Annie of Birmingham a son J D of Cleveland Ohio five sisters three living in Detroit two in Birmingham and three brothers of Birmingham Funeral services will be conducted Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patsy Hudson
Rice St
Birmingham
Ala
M. C. Cunningham
Annie
J.D
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Arch Fuller Dies at 55 in Princeton Home
Arch Fuller 55 of Princeton died at 3 15 a m on Monday at his home. Death was attributed to a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Fuller
Princeton
Weather continues page one flood, heat contrasts seen
The piece details an ice jam blast on the White River that caused 18 inch flood waters in Rangeley Colorado, forcing 160 to flee. It notes 750 homeless in Wyoming from Big Horn flooding, snowpack in Wind River Mountains, boil water warnings, and school closures. Temperatures varied from 30s to 90s across states with more warmth expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River
Rangely
Colo
Wyoming
Big Horn
Wind River
Virginia
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Omaha
Neb
Wichita
Kan
Midland
Tex
Oklahoma City
Mercury
Gage
Okla
Lubbock
Thieves Break Into Coal City Club, $85 Stolen
Police investigate a Monday break-in at the Coal City Club. Entry was gained by prying the front door lock. About $85 in cash and assorted candy were taken, including $70 from three coin machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City Club
L. M. Lusk
Price Brock, 55, Pax, Dies at Oak Hill Hospital
Price Brock, 55, of Pax, formerly a coal miner, died Monday at Oak Hill Hospital at 11 15 a m after a long illness. Born May 31, 1906 in Fayette County, he was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Joe Brock. Survived by wife Dollie. five sons Jimmy Indiana polis Billy Greenfield Bobby Monroe N C and Larry Jerry Brock of Pax. two brothers Austin Huntington and Richard Brock Memphis Tenn. three sisters Carrie Huddleston Mount Hope Clara Humphrey Mount Hope and Ocie Haynes Winter Garden Fla. three granddaughters. Body at Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope. arrangements incomplete awaiting arrival of son Jimmy from Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Brock
Pax
Oak Hill Hospital
Fayette County
Joe Brock
Dollie
Jimmy
Indianapolis
Ind
Billy
Greenfield
Bobby
Monroe
N. C
Larry
Jerry Brock
Austin
Huntington
Richard Brock
Memphis
Tenn
Carrie Huddleston
Route 1
Mount Hope
Clara Humphrey
Ocie Haynes
Winter Garden
Fla
Tyree
Powers comments after release and Senate watchdog plans
Chairman Richard B. Russell said the Senate watchdog subcommittee will closely follow the U2 matter but does not expect Powers to testify in person. The panel met recently with CIA Director John A. McCone and will pursue further government interrogation results before any further action. Powers remains secluded with his family at a top secret hideaway on the Delmarva Peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powers
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Russell
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
State Department
Delmarva Peninsula
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Two Beckley Women To Attend Red Cross Planning Meet
The Raleigh County Chapter of American Red Cross will be represented at a planning meeting for the 1962 fund drive in Cincinnati Ohio on Friday by two Beckley women Mrs Sher Winter volunteer field consultant for southern West Virginia and Mrs Deane Brooke chairman of the volunteer service program for Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Cincinnati
Ohio
Beckley
Sher Winter
West Virginia
Deane Brooke
Eleven seek jobs at Beckley office of employment
Eleven persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Friday. The list includes a sales clerk, a coil assembler, a stock clerk, a bricklayer, a truck driver, a mine superintendent, a bulldozer operator, and four construction laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Hatcher and Beckley man in good condition at hospital
Hatcher Straley Hatcher and Beckley resident remain in good condition at Beckley Hospital after admission on Wednesday for observation. The case notes indicate continued monitoring and stability with no immediate complications reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Straley Hatcher
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Espionage Ring Ties Highlight Soviet Spy Network
The FBI uncovered a wide Soviet espionage effort involving professional agents and many operatives from the U.S. Communist Party. Notable cases include Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Judith Coplon, Reino Havhanen, and Roy Rhodes, with defections, arrests, and long prison terms revealing coercion, blackmail, and undercover recruitment across government and international fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel
FBI
U.S
Communist Party
J. Peters
Whittaker Chambers
Washington
Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Harry Gold
Morton Sobell
Judith Coplon
Brooklyn
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
Russia
United States
Reino Havhanen
Havhanen
NKVD
Entertainer Lindsay Crosby's Wife Hospitalized In Coma
Barbara Crosby, wife of entertainer Lindsay Crosby, is in critical condition in a Burbank hospital with pregnancy complications placing her in a coma. A spokesman cited expectant motherhood as the cause of hospitalization. The Vatican telegram noted Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski will visit Rome Friday for talks with Pope John XXIII. Additionally a Nike Zeus anti missile test explosion near the California coast sparked speculation of a crash. Former WVU Alumni Day speaker and legal figures were listed in state briefs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindsay Crosby
Barbara
Burbank
Calif
Vatican
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Poland
Rome
John XXIII
California
Summit viewed as cumbersome path to agreement
Diplomats here see the summit as a lengthy speechmaking session that could freeze positions rather than negotiate. Rusk said there is a general feeling in Western capitals that summits require advance preparation or risk ending in disagreement and increased tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rusk
Vandalism Damages Reported In Sophia Areas
Sophia police investigate Saturday night vandalism with door windows broken at Guy Furniture Co Sophia Theater and Modern Furniture Co Damages estimated at 75 dollars No arrests reported Theodore Rosenbaum 4 of 102 W C St in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital after suffering a heart attack Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Guy Furniture Co
Sophia Theater
Modern Furniture Co
Theodore Rosenbaum
W. C St
Raleigh General Hospital
Beckley Police Court Session Canceled for Lincoln Birthday
A Monday night Beckley Police Court session was canceled in observance of Abraham Lincoln's birthday. All cases were continued until Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Police Court
Abraham Lincoln
Shady Spring Band Boosters Postpone Meeting
The Shady Spring Band Boosters Club postponed their meeting to February 20 at 7:30 p.m. in Room 202 of the school. Band director Alan Staton confirmed the new time and location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring Band Boosters Club
Alan Staton
Two Raleigh County Men Sentenced On Probation
Dan ny Dean Barr and Earl F. Sturgill both 23 of Sophia and Coal City pleaded nolo contendere to petit larceny in Raleigh County Criminal Court. They were indicted for grand larceny tied to theft of coins from telephone booths and booth destruction. A Dorothy resident received four months in jail. Barr and Sturgill were arrested Oct. 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Danny Dean Barr
Sophia
Earl F. Sturgill
Coal City
Dorothy
Barr
Sturgill
Nolo Contendre
Kenneth Edward Jones
John Fleming
Ordas
NAACP targets city school segregation across states
The NAACP plans court action to end school integration barriers in Chicago and other cities while stressing continued South efforts. Pasadena and Cleveland officials dispute gerrymander concerns, Robbins Illinois faces mixed results, and Newark Englewood suits allege racial discrimination amid community protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Robert E. Jenkins
NAACP
Jenkins
Cleveland
William B. Levenson
Robbins, Ir
Ernest Maxly
Robbins
Wilkins
Morristown, N.J
Englewood
Detroit
City School Board
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Nora B. Robertson
Pall & Winter
W. Main ST
Jack Massie
Hubert Meadows
Glen Daniel
Leslie Meador
Henry Monk
Odd
Charles Pate
Glen Morgan
Robert B. Parker
Henry D. Parks, Jr
Midway
Steve Radford
Cranberry
Edna Radford
James L. Ransom
Daniels
George Sparks
MacArthur
W. W. Withrow
S. L. Wolfe
State
Oceana Firm
Jesse H. Scott
William E. Hess
M. C
Bill’ Fleshman
S. S. Belcher Co
Buckhannon County
Henderson Fuller
Herman King
A. P.press’ Stover
Amos _ Preston
Stover
Gallaher
Fornia Stover
Kingston Solver Co
Kingston
Methodist Church
Mary M. Stover
Patriot
Lillie Adkins
Columbus
Ira
Clarence Clara
Ruby Stover
B. C. Hooper Funeral Home
Montgomery
Appalachian Power Company
DuPont Lucite
Ede Et Sey & Supply Ltt
Sey
McCone
Hatcher
Advice Call Home Modernization CO
F.H.A. Loans
Earwood St
Estonia
Eugene Maki
Hauhanen
Maki
Col
Moscow
Paris
Roy Adair Rhodes
Rhodes
Irvin C. Searbeck
Warsaw
Scarbeck
Urszula Discher
Miss Discher
Robert L. Hoff
Millwood
West Virginia University
Everett G. Cox
Marshall County Grand Jury
Moundsville
James Arnold
James E. van Zandt
R-Pa
Charleston
James O. Watson II
Kentucky & West Virginia Coal & Mining Co
James O. Watson
Fairmont General Hospital
Watson
Old Fairmont Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
Rosenbaum
FAIR
CIA
Chicago
South
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