Jones Satisfactory After One Car Wreck in Raleigh County
John C. Jones, 20, of Premier in McDowell County, is reported in satisfactory condition at Veterans Hospital after a single vehicle crash at the WVa 16 and M4 intersection. State Police say Jones lost control of a 1956 model car, went over an embankment, and no charges are filed pending investigation. Also today, John M. Gates announced Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce coordinators for 1965, detailing division heads and a broad program of road, tourism, education, and business development for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Jones
McDowell County
Veterans Hospital
W. Va. 16
Jones
John M. Gates
Beckley - Raleigh County
Gates
West Virginia
Alan Susman
Edith Sanderson
Beckley
Robert Sayre
Alfred T. Benton
BGR
Joe Bissett
Mercantile
John W. Straton
Chamber
Clyde Castilow
Raleigh County
Epiphany Eve Services Planned by St. Nicholas Church
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church will celebrate the Eve of Epiphany at 7 30 p m led by Rev Elias Armistradt. The service includes the Blessing of the Waters with Old Testament prophecies and hymns about Christ’s baptism by John and the Holy Spirit as a dove. Readings by Louis Rahall and Armistead, with Vespers and the Lord's Supper to follow.
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St. Nicholas Orthodox Church
Elias Armistradt
John
Jordan River
Armistrad
Russia
St. Nicholas
Louis Rahall
Fayetteville
Mr. Armistead
Fire standards for Beckley public buildings outlined
State Fire Marshal Lewis E. Myles has outlined fire standards for building construction and alterations in Beckley. A Monday letter to Mayor John Wesley Smith requires preliminary and final plans and specifications for additions or new construction to be submitted and approved before work begins. Jurisdiction covers asylums hospitals hotels motels multi family residences churches schools halls theaters night clubs state buildings nursing homes sanitariums and all public gathering places.
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Beckley
Lewis E. Myles
John Wesley Smith
Myles
Mrs Abram to Address West Virginia Baptist Convention
Mrs S A Abram will present the main address at the evening meeting of the West Virginia Baptist State Convention in Beckley on January 14-15 extra session. The program includes workshops, ministers meeting, executive board, and a series of sermons and inspirational periods. Officers named include E L Johnson president and R L Petty statistician with a range of pastors and host church leaders listed.
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S. A. Abram
West Virginia
W. M. Jones
W. N. Harris
Parkersburg
N.H. Staples
Thorpe
Hill Top
Abram
E. L. Johnson
W. A. Jones
Fairmont
P. H. Johnson
Weirton
Lewis Griffin
Charleston
Warren S. Lewis
Lewisburg
Emma Cosby
Scarbro
Thelma Gregory
Bluefield
R. L. Petty
Hinton
Model railroad trestle and historic diorama display
A handcrafted display features a railroad trestle built from sticks by Gary Humphrey and a southern mansion by Sandy Lilly. Mary Cae Carr, Pat Graham, and Della Adams contributed background paper, with a complete rice plantation model in front by Margaret Thorne and Gale Phillips. Dolls dressed to mirror Martha Washington and Abigail Adams are clothed by Connie Evans, a Gettysburg Address sugar cube memorial (1750 cubes) by Rose McClanahan and Rose Goins, plus a wooden fort by Margaret Fink and Rebecca Hall.
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Mary Cae Carr
Pat Graham
Della Adams
Gary Humphrey
Southern
Sandy Lilly
Margaret Thorne
Gale Phillips
Connie Evans
Martha Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Rose McClanahan
Rose Goins
Margaret Fink
Rebecca Hall
Woodrow Wilson students model early American life in history project display
Junior students under James Vanover create 112 detailed era recreations at 8 p.m. open house. Projects include Plymouth Colony built with 2500 toothpicks, a 4 ft Valley Forge plaster model, a sugar cube map, a Manhattan Island sale replica, and a cotton gin. Jacobyn Utermark, a Dutch student, contributes.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
James Vanover
Patricia Moore
Barbara Karnes
Plaster of Paris
Vanover
Four Civil Suits Filed In Raleigh County Court
Four civil suits were filed in the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office Monday seeking judgments totaling 16439.65. Jimmy Paul Simpson seeks 15000 from Okey Lambert and Judy Bradford in separate estates for injuries from a July 27 1964 crash near Jessee's Drive Inn in Wyoming County. Gulf Oil Corp sues John Washburn for 362 plus attorney fees for gasoline and petroleum products sold. Joe Herrera is sued for 562.68 by B&M Corp. Beckley Hospital seeks 494.23 for services rendered to Juanita Sweeney, Jack Grose, and Ellis Wheley.
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Raleigh County
Jimmy Paul Simpson
Okey J. Lambert
Frontier St
Mabscott
Judy C. Bradford
Matheny
Wyoming County
Gerald Ray Bradford
Plaintiff
Lambert
Rt. 10
Jessee’s Drive Inn
Joseph Luchini
Gulf Oil Corp
John Washburn
P.O. Box 21
Sophia
Washburn
Gulf Oil
Truman L. Sayre
Joe Herrera
Town and Country Drive Inn
B&m Corp
Samuel Solins
Welch
Beckley Hospital, Inc
Juanita Sweeney
S. Valley Drive
Jack Grose
Bartley
McDowell County
Ellis Wheley
Raleigh County Library and Bookmobile Drive Aims 6000
Mrs. Richard Starr and James K. Edmundson named co chairmen for Raleigh County Library and Bookmobile Emergency Fund Drive to fund operations through the new fiscal year. Rondey L. Webb assists. Beckley College to mail direct appeals. County court cut funds Nov 14 and will not pay 1964 65 costs, prompting county reaction to support the drive. Board members listed include William H. File Jr Warren Thornhill III Warren Jarrell Carroll Simpkins and D K Shroyer.
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Richard Starr
James K. Edmundson
Raleigh County
Rondey L. Webb
South Kanawha Street
Edmundson
Beckley College
Raleigh County Library-Bookmobile Board of
Charge Dropped Against Akers
Akers is released from Raleigh County jail after posting a 28.50 bond on a disturbing the peace charge. Police say he fought with his sister during a building altercation on Neville Street and threatened her with a knife before deputies. The sister declined to prosecute, but authorities will still pursue the charge.
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Akers
Raleigh
Ramey’'s Grill
Neville Street
Beckley Ministers Hear Church History
Beckley Ministerial Association opened its first 1965 meeting at the First Church of God with Dr John Winters outlining host church beliefs and history. The group tabled a religious census for now and Dr Kenneth L Swank, newly elected president of the First Baptist Church, announced 1965 committees.
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Beckley Ministerial Association
Church of God
John Winters
Kenneth L. Swank
First Baptist Church
Harriston Arrested by Beckley Police on Moonshine Charge
Beckley authorities report the arrest of 41 year old Buti Harriston of 110 State Street on a moonshine possession charge. Harriston was taken into custody at 1 a.m. and will appear in Police Court on January 7. In another case, deputy and sheriff arrested David Trip lit of Ethel for petty larceny and booked him at Raleigh County Jail at 12:30 p.m. Monday.
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Buti Harriston
State Street
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Joan W. Straton
Orthodox Church
Christ
Father
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Neville St
Neville St. Beckley
W. Va
Mrs. Abram
Baptist Convention
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Ae Ae
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Plymouth Colony
Circuit Clerk's Office
Bradford
Drive Inn
William H. File Jr
Warren Thornhill
Warren Jarrell
Arnett
Carroll Simpkins
D. K. Shroyer
Garland Akers
Monday
Harriston
Beckley Police
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