Education Body Names Melton Phillips Retained As President
The Raleigh County Board of Education re elected O A Phillips as president for a two year term and named H E Melton to fill the vacancy caused by B C Callaway s death in two meetings. Melton is a Mabscott native and owner operator of Melton Mortuary who previously ran for the board in 1964.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton
Phillips
Raleigh
A. P
Leeber
Callaway
Trail
Anthony J. Sparacino
Strake Walker
Walker
Carl G. Jarrell
Haskell Riffe
Mabscott
Melton Mortuary
Staples Dies at Beckley Hospital
Millard Staples of Winding Gulf died Monday at 7:40 am in a Beckley hospital. The body is at C. D. Trent Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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Millard Staples
Winding Gulf
Beckley Hospital
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
Lions Club dinner to feature Goodwill director speaker
Alexander J. Waugh executive director of Goodwill Industries will speak at the Lions Club dinner at El Chico at 6 30 p m Tuesday.
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Alexander J. Waugh
Charleston
Goodwill Industries
The
Lions Club
el Chico
County Men Sentenced By Federal Court Judge
Two Raleigh County men were sentenced Monday by Federal Judge Harry L. Watkins in the U S Southern District Court at Charleston. Joe Carter 78 of Rhodell drew 18 months at Lewisburg Pa and fines totaling 600 for making moonshine whisky upstairs from a youth recreation center the blast destroying the building which housed the center. Judge Watkins gave Walton P. Farley 38 of Beckley 18 months at Lewisburg for using worthless checks to obtain merchandise through the mails and John M Danbury of Clay County one year and one day in a Mill Point Pocahontas County Federal prison camp for illicit distilling and possession of moonshine.
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Raleigh County
Harry £. Watkins
U. S. Southern District Court
Charleston
Joe Carter
Rhodell
Lewisburg
Carter
Judge Watkins
Walton P. Farley
Beckley
John M. Danbury
Clay County
Mill Point
Pocahontas County
Teen-Agers to Set Up Six MOD Road Blocks
Beckley teens plan six March of Dimes road blocks at city entrances this Saturday from 8 30 a m to 2 30 p m stopping cars to solicit contributions Bill Wilbur publicity chairman notes further plan details will follow Tom McHugh chairs teen activities John Lynn and Paul Cox lead teen activity efforts Guy Dooley city chairman forms a speakers bureau to present before service clubs and civic organizations for the campaign
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Beckley
March of Dimes
Bill Wilbur
Tom McHugh
John Lynn
Paul Cox
Guy Dooley
P and Z To Hear New Bank Plans
Plans for the new Bank of Raleigh to be built at the intersection of East Main Street and North Kanawha Streets will be presented to the Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission at a 7:30 p.m. meeting today.
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Bank of Raleigh
East Main Street
North Kanawha Streets
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Collision on North Oakwood Avenue Damages Estimed at 150
A two car collision occurred at 6 40 a m Monday on North Oakwood Avenue at Neville Street. Beckley Police report damages around 150 with drivers Clifford Wells 39 Davy and Jack Thomas 4 of 110 Maxwell Hill Road involved.
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Oakwood Avenue
Neville Street
Beckley
Clifford Wells
Davy
Jack Thomas
Maxwell Hill Road
Bolen Services Set On Thursday in Lillybrook
Funeral services for Aaron Washington Bolen 83 of Lillybrook will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Missionary Baptist Church Josephine with Rev F C Calhoun officiating. Burial will follow in Hannah Lilly Cemetery Odd. Bolen died Monday at 10 a.m. in a Beckley hospital after a weeklong illness. He was born May 15 1875 and was a lifelong Lillybrook resident. Survivors include his wife Martha Jane Meadows Bolen four sons two daughters a sister and a brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. The body will be moved to the residence of his daughter Close Stanick at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Pallbearers listed.
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Aaron Washington Bolen
Lillybrook
Missionary Baptist Church
Josephine
F. C. Calhoun
Hannah Lilly
Odd
Bolen
Beckley
Esau Bolen
Missionary Baptist Church of
Martha Jane Meadows Bolen
Sadie Maxwell
Dover
Ohio
Clare Stanick
Pickshin
George Henry
Lonnie Z
Carl B
Esau
Zinia .Garrison
Fireco
Nelson Bolen
James Herbert Bolen
Melton
Close Stanick
Theodore Midkiff
Sherman Walker
Hugh Campbell
Frank Michalek
Bill Hornsby
Ralph Bell
Lilly Building Damaged By Fire
Rhodell Fire Department responded to a late evening blaze at the residence of Mr and Mrs Emmett Sizemore Tommy's Creek. A defective flue caused $150 in damages to the Lilly owned dwelling. Fireman Herbert McKinney slipped on ice on the roof and sprained his arm.
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Rhodell
RNS
Rhodell Fire Department
Emmett Sizemore
Tommy's Creek
Alex Hugbert
B. W
Six Men Enlist In U S Army For Basic Training
Six men enlisted at the Beck ley Army Recruiting Main Station Friday and were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for nine weeks of basic training. The group includes Junior L. Clark son of Garland Clark Levisay Richard P. Cordle son of Ernest Cordle Seaboard Virginia Otis C. Stover son of Troy V. Stover Charleston Jerry A Young son of Gordon Young Charleston Robert L. Bailey son of James E. Bailey Omar and Hiram H. Skaggs Jr son of Mr.
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United States Army
Beckley Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Junior L. Clark
Garland Clark
Levisay
Richard P. Cordle
Ernest Cordle
Seaboard
Otis C. Stover
Troy V. Stover
Charleston
Jerry A. Young
Gordon Young
Robert L. Bailey
James E. Bailey
Omar
Hiram H. Skaggs Jr
Reckless Driving Case Decision Due Today
Beckley Police Court hears Reckless driving case for Woodroy Carter 41 of 1 000 S Kanawha St with judge Edward P Stansbury to rule at 4 p m. Carter says he was forced from the street by an oncoming car after a collision that damaged a parked vehicle owned by R V Collins. Damages estimated at 400 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodroy Carter
S. Kanawha Street
Beckley
Edward P. Stansbury
Stansbury
Carter
South Kanawha Street
R. V. Collins
S. Kanawha St
Robert L. Doss
Grandview
John Chandler
Medina
Ohio
Clifton L. Grant
Smoot St
John Zingo
MacArthur
Fire damages home at 93 Green Street
A house occupied by William Amos at 93 Green Street was slightly damaged by a fire Monday. Beckley Fire Department was called at 6:55 p.m. to extinguish a blaze that started around a furnace flue, with damage estimated at $50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Amos
Green Street
Beckley Fire Department
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M. Staples
Canterbury
S Price
Stok.er
Coats
P and Z
Jeffrey Almond
Bill Almond
Raleigh General Hospital
Eliza
Luna Boggs
Earl Hunter
Marsh Fork
Calla
Cadillac
Burleson Motor Company
Woodlawn Avenue
U. 5. Army
Hiram Skaggs
Princeton
Vinson Stone
Piney Avenue
Thomas R. Holdway
William John Coleman
Hartley Ave
Bobby Sowder
Mount Hope
Ralph Freeland
Tom Jones
Thomas P. Lilly
Richard Davis
Reservoir Road
Delbert Walls
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