Company D Report Shows Fewer Road Deaths in 1959
State Police Co. D based in Beckley reports 1959 highway fatalities in 11 county area down 15 from 1958. Turnpike deaths on Raleigh-Fayette-Mercer route rose to 12, up from four. excluding turnpike, area deaths fell from 98 to 83. County tallies list Raleigh six, Fayette 13, Greenbrier 10, Logan 3, McDowell 7, Mercer 12, Mingo 14, Monroe 0, Nicholas 9, Summers 3, Wyoming 6, with 1958 figures in parentheses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Police Co. D
Beckley
Raleigh-Fayette-Mercer County
West Virginia
H. R. Shields
Co. D
Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Logan
McDowell
Mercer
Mingo
Monroe
Nicholas
Summers
Wyoming
Laura Lee Perkins visits Beckley during holiday rise
Miss Faye Perkins known as Laura Lee Perkins spent holidays with her parents in Killarney and shopped in Beckley. She recently performed in Windsor Ontario and will tour Michigan at the 402 Supper Club, while under Imperial Records contract. She previously won five of seven drag races in Detroit and graduated from Stoco High School in 1957.
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Rhodell
RNL
Faye Perkins
Laura Lee Perkins
Chester Perkins
Killarney
Beckley
Miss Perkins
Winsdor
Ontario
Killarney Castle
Michigan
Port Huron
Detroit
Mich
Imperial Records
Stoco High School
Elyria
Ohio
WEOL
Jeff Baxter
Hollywood
California
Baxter
Raleigh County Vocational School offers electronics program
A second group will start soon at Raleigh County Vocational School under the National Defense Education Act. Interested applicants should contact the school promptly. The 11 month, four nights per week program covers math, fundamentals, industrial electronics, drafting, and lab work. Graduates qualify as electronics technicians, draftsmen, and in related fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational School
William B. Connaley
Connaley
Connoley
D. C
A. C
Funeral Tuesday for 21 Month Old Eugene Pankey
Funeral services for Eugene Sniffers Pankey aged 21 months of 120 Simpkins Street will be held at 3 pm Tuesday in the Wright and Anderson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. W. J. Carter officiating. Burial will follow in Wright Cemetery. He died en route to a local hospital after intermittent illness since birth. Survived by parents Richard and (unnamed) Pankey and four brothers Robert Russell Mike Irvin. four sisters Betty Christy Tressie Norma Jean Braxton. paternal grandfather Oscar Pankey of Everettsville. The body remains at the funeral home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Sniffers) Pankey
Richard Pankey
Simpkins St
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
W. J. Carter
Wright
Robert
Russell
Mike
Irvin
Betty
Christy
Ingram Branch
Tressie
Norma Jean Braxton
Harvey
Oscar Ankey
Everettesville
Forest Fire Season Ends. Outdoor Burning Permitted
The fall forest fire season ends Thursday and outdoor burning restrictions are lifted. Raleigh County forester Francis Keiling says burning is now allowed at all hours until the spring fire season begins March 1, with all normal safety rules remaining in force.
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Francis Keiling
Raleigh County
Fires Damage Houses and Church in Rhodell area
Fires Sunday cause about 14500 in damages across three structures. A Freewill Baptist Church fire started by a faulty furnace occurred after a custodian opened the building. Two Ravens for Sophia firefighters aided in containment and evacuation. The Lilybrook homes suffered total loss of five rooms and furniture. The Shelton couple, ages 73 and 71, lost most belongings and receive aid assistance from the Sophia Fire Department.
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Killarney Freewill Baptist Church
Rhodell
RNS
John Robosky
Killarmey Freewill Baptist Church
Rhodell Fire Department
Alex Hugbert
Sophia
Lillybrook
Smith
Coal City
Sophia Fire Department
Shelton
Fire Department
Recreation Center Ewart Ave Church Plan May Become Reality
Dr Westwood H Holliday and wife bought three lots at Ewart Avenue and Millicon Street in 1957 to found a non-denominational community church. A trustees board has formed, with plans for a building to seat about 112, brick veneer, and later a recreation hall for basketball and indoor games. The group aims to complete outside work soon and raise funds. Holliday says the church lot gift came from tithing his income.
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Westwood H. Holliday
Ewart Avenue
Beckley
Millicon St
Holliday
Harwood James
Wilson Hamilton
First Baptist Church
Three Remain Hospitalized After Turnpike Wreck
One victim of the Turnpike accident at Milepost 26 in Raleigh General Hospital, while three others remain hospitalized. Ernest Rowley was released after treatment for lacerations. Mrs Valleta Gotschall is listed as improved. Mrs Anna Rowley is described as generally unable to contribute.
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Raleigh General Hospital
Ernest Rowley
Valleta Gotschall
Anna Rowley
Whitlock Fund Nears 150 For Scholarship
Jerry A. Lilly, chairman, reports nearly 150 collected from 35 persons for the Whitlock Memorial Fund scholarship honoring John W. Whitlock, a 1959 Woodrow Wilson High School student killed returning from a football game. About 50 pledges will donate through the term, aiming for annual 500 grants financed by a later trust. Donations to the fund go to Whitlock Memorial Fund care of Woodrow Wilson High School. The scholarship will be awarded to an exceptional student for study in the school of their choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry A. Lilly
Whitlock Memorial Fund Committee
John W. Whitlock
Whitlock
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Maryland
Lilly
a_ trust
Whitlock Memorial Fund
New Healing Substance Shrinks Hemorrhoids Without Surgery
New York report announces a science breakthrough with a new healing substance that can shrink hemorrhoids, stop itching, and relieve pain without surgery. Case after case shows gentle pain relief and actual shrinkage, with results noted as thorough.
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New York, N. Y
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Laura Lee
Pankey Child
Rhodell and Sophia
Marshall Smith
Milt Shelton
R. 0. Johnson
Bill Ford
Beckley Hospital
Ewart Ave. Community Church
Whitlock Fund
By Larry Hurb
U.S
Chrysler
Chryser
Beauty
McCutcheon & Drake Motor Co., Inc
Second St. Beckley, W. Va
Martin Motor Company
U. S
East Rainelle, W. Va
Nerier Motor Co., Inc
Fairlea
Lewisburg
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