PSC Chairman Warns Smaller Bus Firms On The Way Out
West Virginia Public Service Commission Chairman Myron R. Renick warned that small bus companies face extinction due to high costs and dwindling riders unless aid is found. He dismissed municipal ownership as a cure, citing Nashville’s cooperative model with an independent transit authority, which improved service and finances. He remains open to city collaboration but notes no concrete plans yet.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
Myron R. Renick
West Virginia
Renick
Nashville
Tenn
Huntington City
Local social notes from Beckley area residents
Mossy Mossy notes Thursday guests at Homer Powers home include Mildred Webb and children Donald and Patricia Mabscott and Georgia Cripple Perkins of Ocean View Virginia Leonard Payne of Dothan admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital Lillian Stover visiting from New Brunswick New Jersey Martha Spencer recovering from influenza at East Kingston home Various visits in Pax Narrows Alexandria Charlestown Ravenswood Crab Orchard Camp Lejeune notes Pfc Douglas Burnside on 10 day leave from Camp Lejeune Families relocate to Beckley Oak Hill visits and local moves listed.
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O. E. Compton
Joe Compton
John DeLong
Vanessa
Pax
Oliver Settle
Catherine
Wayne Dale
Ravenswood
Nathan Poston
Bill Aliff
Charles Johnston
Sally
Alexandria
Aliff
Lee Johnston
David
Narrows
James Blaker
Junior Jarrett
Thearon Jarrett
Floyd Connors
Milburn
Connors
Beckley Memorial Hospital
J. P. Scarbro
C. D. Scarbro
Delaney
Crab Orchard
Douglas Burnside
Camp Lejeune
S. C
Nelson Burnside
Charlie Hall
Charles Shroyer
Melinda
Marsha
John L. Shamblin
Charleston
Ernie Morris
Joan Batton
Rayford
Patrick Meadows
Pat Jr
Peter
Beckley
FE. C. Waugh
Ora Waugh
Oak Hill
Burdette Elected Legion President
FAYETTEVILLE Clifford Burdette was elected to serve as 1961 president of the LaFayette Club 49 American Legion at the board of directors meeting in the Legion Home on Maple Avenue. John L. Witt Jr. was named vice president and Walter Caldwell re elected secretary treasurer.
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Fayetteville
Clifford Burdette
LaFayette Club
American Legion
Legion
Maple Avenue
John L. Witt Jr
Walter Caldwell
Legion Home
Harry Miller
Post
William R. Hesse
Riley Propps
Witt
Charles Payne
C. Boyd Selvey
Aubrey Riner
John
Commander Propps
John K. Witt Jr
Harry W. Miller
James Bowling
Ravencliff Weekend Visits From Farley and More
Miss June Farley of Cincinnati and various relatives from Ohio and North Carolina spent the weekend with parents in Ravencliff. Visits included the Ellers in Ravencliff, the Brookses and Reba Price from Winston Salem, and the Lambs from Cleveland. The Lambs welcomed their first child, a son born January 3 weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces. Hospital patients include Mrs. Sadie Sizemore in Mullens and Douglas Perry in Beckley Memorial. Other visits featured George Farley’s Arlington, Virginia relatives and Falls Church, Virginia guests Linda Denoff and family visiting Chris Denoff.
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Sadie Sizemore
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Douglas Perry
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Beckley
George Farley
Georgeanne
Frank Farley
L. T. Kellam
Arlington
Lewis Denoff
Linda
Falls Church, Va
Chris Denoff
Perry Lafferty
Officers Elected At Miriam Circle Meet
Miriam Circle of Mount Hope Baptist Temple met to elect officers for 1961. Mrs J C Gwinn was named chairman with Mrs Robert Penman co chairwoman and Mrs Robert Jeter secretary treasurer. Mrs Frank Graff was White Cross chairman and Mrs Hazel Samples sunshine chairwoman. Bible study covered Exodus. Hostess duties for Mission Society in March and church decorations in April were assigned, along with nursery in May and a June meeting program.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Miriam
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Frank Graff
The
Baptist Temple
J. C.gwinn
Robert Penman
Robert Jeter
White Cross
Hazel Samples
Sunshine
Gwinn
Woman's Mission Society
Theft Is Predominant Charge Listed In Fayette Indictments
Fayetteville dispatch reports thirty individuals named in Fayette County Grand Jury indictments, with theft dominating charges. Several cases involve breaking and entering thefts from occupied dwellings. others accuse individuals of fraud by forged checks, thefts from stores, and looting homes in Dempsey and Gatewood areas including items from Mansour’s Smithers store. Notable names include Alex Mansour, Gary Holdren, Delano Griffy, Clarence Gill Jr., and Underwood pair plus three juveniles.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Grand Jury
Keaton Berry
James Chesterfield Wood
Arville Kenneth Todd
W. B. Caldwell
Wood
Eleanora Douglas
Minden
Withrow
William Tolstock
Caldwell
Dan Blizzard
Alex Mansour
Smithers
Mansour
Gary Lee Holdren
Bobby Lee Snyder
Phillip Romeo
William Whitlock
Sam Jarrett
Oscar Ray Rogers
Charles Keenan
Delano D. Griffy
Aide
Oak Hill
H. H. O'Neal
Clarence Gill Jr
Crawford Motor Company
Lookout
Harry Floyd Adkins
Major Burdette
Johnny Zickafoose
Jimmy Bowles
Charleston
Minnie Beckelheimer
H. R. Beckelheimer
Dempsey
James Means
C. E. Jeffries
Jerry Holstein
Underwood
A. E. Brown
Bowman
Fayette Station
New River
Brown
F & J Coal Company
Brooklyn
C. L. Garvin Jr
Auto blaze along U S 21 near Fayetteville
Cecil Gibson of Fayetteville explains to two onlookers how his auto began smoking under the dashboard and burst into flames after he parked along U S 21 just outside Fayetteville. Fayetteville Fire Department members extinguish the blaze.
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Cecil Gibson
Fayetteville
U. S. 21
Weekend and Holiday Visits Across Several Towns
Weekend guests visited families in Raleigh Cook and Jim Cook households in Princeton while Miley Gunter hosted James Smith Lynch, Dandy Ball Charleston and Bill Gunter Washington DC. Bristol Tenn. visitors Ed Widner joined Jesse and Fairdale relatives. Kenneth Hendricks stationed at Pensacola Fla. hosted by Albn Hendricks. Charles Cochran Columbus Ohio returned home after visiting Carl Webb. Andrew Green and children Ruth and Janet returned from New Richmond and Bluefield.
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Jesse
Raleigh Cook
Ronald
Jim Cook
Princeton
Miley Gunter
James Smith
Lynch
Dandy Ball
Charleston
Bill Gunter
Washington, D. C
Ed Widner
Bristol
Pennsacola, Fla
Albn Hendricks
Charles Cochran
Columbus
Ohio
Carl Webb
Andrew Green
Ruth
Janet
New Richmond
Bluefield
Oceana social notes include travels and visitors
Miss Sandy Hatfield returned from Ashtabula Ohio to Oceana with her parents Mr and Mrs Danny Waldron. Dr and Mrs R C Hatfield returned home after a week with their son and daughter in law in Houston Texas. Miss Linda Bailey was a weekend guest of her brother and sister in law in Charleston South Carolina. Returning with Miss Bailey were Mrs Donnie Bailey and son Perry for a visit. Also visiting in Florida are Mrs
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Oceana
RNS
Sandy Hatfield
Ashtabula
Ohio
Danny Waldron
Leona Hatfeld
R. C. Hatfield
Eugene Hatfield
Houston
Tex
Linda Bailey
Donnie Bailey
Charleston
S. C
Bailey
Perry
Florida
Climax
Colo
Earl Cook Jr
Byron
Sharon Buford
Jack M. Davis
Huntsville
Ala
Chester F. Britton
Joe
Sandy
Dwight
Foes
Lynn Britton
Cabin Run
Tollgate
Doddrige
Richie Counties
Boone County Coal Co Leased by Lehigh Subsidiary
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co announced Boone County Coal Corp leased its West Virginia bituminous lands to Utilities Coal Corp for 40 years with a 40 year renewal option. A $1.5 million purchase option exists with Utilities for the leased property. The Boon e County firm will become Lehigh Boone Land Co while Utilities operates as Boone County Coal Corp.
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Boone County Coal Corp
Lehigh-Boone Land Co
Educators discuss role in W.Va economic development
A day-long Concord College conference on economic development drawn 95 leaders from business education and government. Speakers urged schools to boost public attitudes and screening of information while stressing gradual returns and need for job opportunities as West Virginia faces unemployment and outmigration in seven counties.
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Athens
West Virginia
Business, Education and Government
Concord College
Conference On Economic Development
West Virginia Association of School Administrators
Region 7
S. D. McMillen
Division of Vocational Education
State Department of Education
Lawrence E. Tierney Jr
West Virginia Coal Association
Concord
Joseph F. Marsh
Andrew McLaughlin
Lewisburg
Oscar Duff
State Department of Employment Security
Hulett C. Smith
Beckley
Grady Carper
West
Smith
Lawrence Tierney
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Don Crislip
Industrial and Publicity Commission
George Moore
Bunch
UMW
M. F
Barksdale
Raleigh Hardware Co
Kennie Hatfield
Superi
Pineville
E. F. Hays
Pocahontas Land Corp
Laura Hinchman
Robert E. Kuhn
Ex Soviet AF Officer To Speak At W Va Tech
Lt Col Leon Volkov, a top Washington authority on the Soviet Union and former Soviet Air Force officer who escaped to the West, will discuss Our Race with Soviet Russia at a West Virginia Tech convocation on January 10 at 1 p.m. The talk will cover the U.S.-Soviet race with inside information from his journalism and State Department contacts. Volkov is profiled in Land of Milk and Honey by W L White.
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Montgomery
Leon Volkov
West Virginia
Tech
Col
Volkov
United States
Soviet Russia
West
W. L. White
Land of
Man and Woman of the Year Named in Fayetteville
Fayetteville selection of man and woman of the year announced by James Bowling with awards soon at La Fayette Post No. 149 meeting. Board elections, memorial day speaker, and district conference notes accompany a report on Christmas baskets and post activities.
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Fayette
Induction Order List Names Mullens Registrant
Mullens local board reports Curtis Wirt Sizemore of Mullan Idaho, formerly Wolf Pen, to report for induction on January 11 at Local Board No 21. Sizemore is the registrant named in the order.
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Mullens
RNS
Curtis Wirt Sizemore
Mullan
Idaho
Wolf Pen
Obituaries for Miller Miller Lilly Stone and Robert Lee Stone
Three obituaries note the deaths of Leiton Edgar Miller Pearley H Lilly and Robert Lee Stone. Miller died at 9 a.m. January 5 at 107 Stansbury Street with funeral services set for January 7 at the Methodist Temple and burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Lilly died January 4 at 12:30 p.m. with funeral services January 6 at Melton Mortuary Chapel and burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Stone died January 2 at 10:30 p.m. with funeral January 6 at Melton Mortuary Chapel and burial at Sunset Memorial Park. All services list active pallbearers and flowerbearers as named. Classified display.
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Miller Miller
Leiton Edgar
Stansbury Street
Methodist Temple
Glenn W. Stewart
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose & Quesenberry
South
Kanawha Street
Holt Kester
Or Lucas
Russell Simms
Thomas Biggs
Millard Tyree
Verne Tuckler
Bierne Canterbury
Elmer Warden
Beckley Lodge No
A.F
Masonic Lodge
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral
Lilly Lilly
Pearley H
Johnstown Road
Melton Mortuary
Elmer Wilson
R. H. Maggard
K. T. Ford
Noel Meadows
A. K. Chadwell
Baron Atkinson
T.W. Creed
Stone Stone
Robert Lee
Eccles
Kenneth W. Hilling
James Pugh
Sam Congemt
George Kores
Snowden
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Ravencliff
Dr. In
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Sophia Loren
Mountain Air Drive
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Man IN the
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Brett Halsey
Yvonne Lime
Miriam Circle
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Fire Department
Boone County Coal Co
Bethlehem, Pa
UPI
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co
Stella Rippeth
Larrr Hatfield
Ashtabula, Io
W. Va. Tech
Jaycees Plan
Oak Hill Junior Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Warrick
Oak Hill Jaycees
American Legion Club
Bowling
LaFayette Post No. 149
American Legion of
Kenneth Wood
James Wagonseller
Lancaster
Propps
Robert Lester
Tommy Jones
LaFayette Club 49, Inc
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