Military men in the news at home and overseas
A compilation of service members from West Virginia and surrounding areas. Marine Grayson Brantley and Lance Corporal Preston Dixon serve in Cuba aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Others reassigned, trained, or deployed across Texas, New York, Germany, Turkey, Puerto Rico, and Virginia, with cadets, airmen, and sailors detailing stations, duties, schools, and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
U. S. Naval Base
Guantamo Bay
Cuba
Marine Pfc
Grayson J. Brantley
Lawrence Brantley
Whitby
Marine L. Cpl
Preston O. Dixon
Beatrice Johnson
Slab Fork
Superior Decorum Lightens Police Lead
Raleigh County Sheriff C A Slim Thompson praised residents for a quiet New Year holiday with fewer calls and no citations. Beckley records show six drunks arrested over two days and seven people jailed for intoxication, while state police noted no New Year’s Day accidents. An incident on South Fayette and Prince Streets involved James F Robertson and Leodre A Barnett, with damages around 150 dollars and Robertson ordered to appear in city court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
C. A
Slim) Thompson
Thompson
Beckley
Fred Aaron
Don Lilly
South Fayette and
Prince Streets
James F. Robertson
Mount Hope
Leodre A. Barnett
Beckey
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission Sets Jan 15 Meeting
The Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission will hold its next meeting on January 15. Members did not meet Tuesday night due to the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Real estate transfers filed in Raleigh County clerk's office
Deeds on file record transfers: Henry Azle Meadows to James Azle Meadows for Ghent Shady Spring district. Southern West Virginia Land Co. to Kenneth Ridenour and Nellie Ridenour on Beckley Lanark Road for 2500 dollars. L D Hartwell and Hazel Hartwell to George L Pierce and Mary F Pierce for Mabscott Town District for 9500 dollars. William H Hatfield and Oma Gay Hatfield to Ioie Williams for Beckley Town District for 3250 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Henry Azle Meadows
James Azle Meadows
Ghent
Shady Spring
Southern West Virginia Land Co
Kenneth Ridenour
Nellie Ridenour
Beckley-Lanark Road
L. D. Hartwell
Hazel Hartwell
George L. Pierce
Mary F. Pierce
Mabscott
William H. Hatfield
Oma Gay Hatfield
Ioie Williams
Beckley
Baptists To Hear Tenn Missionaries This Month
Missionaries from the Missionary Conference Free will Baptist Headquarters in Nashville Tenn will speak in local churches over the next two weeks. Kilsyth tonight Bethel Friday and Saturday Sophia Sunday and Monday Ghent Tuesday and Wednesday Maple Fork January 10-11 Sprague January 12-13. Services start at 7 p m and Forrest Gillespie invites the public to learn about missionary work abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Conference Freewill Baptist Headquarters
Nashville
Tenn
Kilsyth Freewill Baptist Church
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Ghent Freewill Baptist Church
Maple Fork Freewill ‘Baptist Church
Sprague Freewill Baptist Church
Rhodell Council Meeting Cancelled by Holidays
A Rhodell town council board meeting scheduled for Tuesday night was not held due to holidays. A Lincoln monument marks the site of an old blockhouse in Dixons, Ill, where Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln met and were friends during the Black Hawk War era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
Lincoln
Dixon
Ill
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe C. Shelton
Shipfitter
Joe Shelton
Thomas E. Lilly
Joseph Lilly
Beaver
Istanbul
Turkey
Blytheville Afb
Ark
U. S. Air Force
Lowry Afb
Colo
Robert W. Bucklin
Daniels
Shady Spring High School
Glenn Bucklin
Route 66
West Virginia University
Sheppard Afb
Tex
William H. Calloway
Calloway
Leighton Calloway
Mount Hope High School
Air Force
Amarillo Afb
C. Malcolm E. Hatfield
Bill Hatfield
New Richmond
Plattsburg Afb
N.Y
Pineville High School
United States
Don Q. Scarbro
George Scarbro
Clear Creek
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Kenneth Duke James
K. R. James
James
Robert C. Byrd
U. S. Navy
Woodrow Wilson High School
Columbian Preparatory School
Washington, D. C
Infantry School
Ft. Benning
National Guard
Ronald K. Wright
Lois
Huntington
Elmer
Germany
Charles D. Castle
Sylvia Castle
Mahan St
Fayetteville
Castle
440Th Signal Battalion
Kaiser- Sslautern
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Ft. Gordon
Fayetteville High School
347Th Transportation Company
Ft. Story
Billy L. Pennington
James Pennington
Midway
Pennington
Sophia High School
53Rd Ordnance Company
Ernest M. White
Ernestine Laster
Oak Hill
Naval Station
Roosevelt Roads
Puerto Rico
Nicholas J. Bongalis
James Bongalis
Naoma
U. S. Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Larry E. Bolen
Charles Bolen
Coal City
Stoco High School
Bolen
Navy
Albany
Herschel R. Zornes
Clarence Zornes
Ameagle
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Peter H. Kincaid
Wallace Kincaid
Route 1
Chemical School
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Pvt
Denver C. Miser
James Miser
Glen Daniel
Army
Trap Hill High School
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
Parris Island, S. C
John K. Daniel
Nelson Daniel
Piney View
K. D. James
R. K. Wright
Robertson
Beckley City
Pic
A&p Brand
Welchade
U.S. No
Ann Page
Morton
Sultana
Welch
Florida
Elce
Pillsbury Flour
Lindsay
ITC
Pkg
OIC
Jane Parker
Ajax Cleanser
Action
Dion
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