Thornton Joins Belt Sales Inc in Mount Hope as Chief Engineer
James L. Thornton a noted coal industry figure is named chief engineer for betting sales at West Virginia Belt Sales Inc Mount Hope announced by president M A Ping Johnson Thornton who for 15 years led Goodyear Belting Sales coal section designed underground mining systems and advised in potash phosphate and copper mining He plans to move back to West Virginia from Ohio and holds degrees from West Virginia University He is a member of multiple industry bodies and a registered professional engineer in WV and Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Thornton
West Virginia Belt Sales, Inc
Mount Hope
M. A. “Ping” Johnson
Thornton
Belting Sales
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Akron
Goodyear
United States
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Florida
Bluefield
West Virginia University
Jones Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
American Institute of Mining Engineers
West Virginia Coal Mining Institute
American Mining Congress
West Virginia
Ohio
Military personnel listings from Beckley area
Peggy Kessinger reports local service members and family ties with marriages and transfers. Airman 1C Troy L Bragg graduates from reciprocal engine technician course at Sheppard AFB Texas. Sgt Charlie Putnel reenlists in Germany. John E Smith gunnery mate aboard USS Providence with Seventh Fleet. Pvt Leland Millsaps completes Marine basic training. Airman Douglas Day selected for finance course at Sheppard AFB. Billy Lyons aboard USS Coral Sea. Pvt Charles Cooper completes data processing course at Fort Benjamin Harrison. James A Hatcher serving with Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. Pvt John Malashevich Jr with First Cavalry in Korea. Airman 1C Charles Ballengee assigned to Charleston AFB. Jack L Jenkins aerographer at Barbers Point Hawaii. Bobby J Clay aboard USS Saratoga in Sixth Fleet. Airman James Terola attending supply technicians course at Amarillo AFB. Airman Grant DeWeese selected for air traffic control at Keesler AFB. Jerry Wickline completes eight-week cooking course at Fort Lee. Pfc John Elmadolar assigned as unit policeman in Bamberg Germany. Specialist 4 Harry Kincaid arriving in Heidelberg. James T Crawford at Oceana NAS Virginia Beach.
Income Tax Exemption Rules for Dependents and Support
This guidance explains who may claim exemptions for dependents under 19 or full time students, including providing over half the support. rules for claiming exemptions for a married son or daughter. scenarios where a child may claim an exemption for a parent. and how Social Security benefits are treated in computing support. It emphasizes recordkeeping and three-part tests for each claim.
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Herrt
West Virginia sees 1961 income rise 3 percent says survey
West Virginia will see a 3 percent gain in total personal income in 1961, with earnings rising to about 3.24 billion from 3.15 billion in 1960. Per capita income in 1960 is estimated at 1,693 dollars, likely up to 1,742 dollars in 1961.
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Carlo J. Salzano
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Business Week
West
Club Operators Held On Second Whisky Charges
The 21 Club operators Daniels Frank Hensley and Percy Mullins Beckley were arrested by State Police in a Sunday raid and charged with possession of tax paid whisky for resale sale of tax paid whisky and possession of firearms in an establishment where whisky is sold. Nine others were arrested for drunkenness. Hensley Mullins were booked at Raleigh County Jail at 1 30 a m and released after posting bonds of 1000 each. They had been arrested on similar charges during a December raid and awaited Grand Jury action.
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21 Club
Daniels
Raleigh County
Grand Jury
Frank Hensley
Percy Mullens
Beckley
Hensley
Mullins
J. E. Mays
Beaver
Deeds On File Record of Beckley Real Estate Actions
Real estate deeds recorded in Raleigh County include Coponiti to Cook in Coponiti Subdivision with no consideration. Shrewsberrys to Woodie Bender in Shady Spring District for 3800 dollars. Skelton and Jennings to Carpenter in Town District for 600 dollars. American Legion Raleigh County Post 70 to Nannie Foster in Town District for 1225 dollars. Morton Davis and others to James Lacy and Joyce Miller in Brooklin for 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Coponiti
Marie Coponiti
John H
Sarah R. Cook
Coponiti
Beckley
Everett Shrewsberry Jr
Eloise Shrewsberry
Robert Lee Shrewsberry
Woodie Evelyn Bender
Shady Spring
L. L
Willie Belle Skelton
L J. Jennings Jr
Odessa Jennings
Donald G
Nancy Pat Carpenter
Raleigh County Post No. 70
The
American Legion
Nannie Foster
Laura Maud Morton
Edna Davis
K. M. Davis
James Lacy
Joyce Miller
Brooklin
Kiwanis Club installs 1961 officers in ceremony
In Beckley on Friday the Kiwanis Club installed 1961 officers led by President Judge Harry L. McCreery with Roy J. Lucas as first vice president. The slate included Don Francis as acting secretary, Kyle K. Cooke as secretary, Paul Phipps as immediate past president, Fred W. Roschi as treasurer, Eugene F. Eager as second vice president, and Lawrence Thorne ley presenting commendations to outgoing officers and board for budget and policy guidance after a successful convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Don Francis
Kyle K. Cooke
Paul Phipps
Fred W. Roschi
Eugene F. Eager
Harry
L. McCreery
Roy J. Lucas
Beckley Club
Lawrence Thorneley
Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Lawrence Thorne
Kiwanis International
Judge McCreery
Midway rookie among three named to WV State Police
Raleigh Countian Thomas E. Richards is one of three applicants accepted for the West Virginia State Police. Three passed from 97, with others failing due to vision issues. The other two rookies are Ronald L. Cross of Ridgeley Mineral County and Ray L. Pratt of Industrial Doddridge County. They will train in the field then attend 14 weeks at the State Police Academy near Dunbar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Thomas E. Richards
Midway
West Virginia
Hazen H. Fair
Fair
Ronald L. Cross
Ridgeley
Mineral County
Ray L. Pratt
Industrial
Doddridge County
State Police Academy
Dunbar
West Virginia U Night School Announces 41 Fields
Wartime style. Forty one fields of study will be offered to West Virginia University night school students for the second semester. Registrar J Everett Long said residents will be charged eight dollars per semester hour for evening study and non residents twenty dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
J. Everett Long
West Virginia
West Virginia Road Bid Sealed for Mabscott to Crab Orchard
State Road Commission of West Virginia invites sealed proposals for 0.958 miles on Route 16 Mabscott Crab Orchard with grading draining base and Portland cement concrete paving in Raleigh County. Bid guarantee $36,000.00. Bids opened Jan 17 1961 in Charleston. Executive Secretary Bobby A Boaz signs notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission of
West Virginia
Charleston
Raleigh County
Mabscott-Crab Orchard
Bobby A. Boaz
Ph&rr
Copper plate a nail in a copper sulfate bath
A simple metal plating experiment showing iron displacing copper from copper sulfate to deposit a thin copper layer on a cleaned nail. The process relies on iron being more reactive than copper, with zinc coating improving results due to zinc’s higher activity.
Cub Scouting Attracts 46
About 46 persons attended a Thursday night Cub Scouting session in the Greenbrier Dairy Recreation Room. Robert L. Amick publicity director said attendance was the best in the area. The session was led by Amick Al Ellison Colie Min ter Guy Amato Charles Bosely and Wallace Noble. Refreshments were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier Dairy
Robert L. Amick
Amick
al Ellison
Colie Minter
Guy Amato
Charles Bosely
Wallace Noble
Youth population rise from forties to sixties
Between 1940 and 1960 the number of U S teenagers increased by about four million to 25 856 000 A much larger rise is expected by 1980 when the Census Bureau estimates the nation will have 41 071 000 youths between 12 and 20
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U. S
Census Bureau
Funeral Services for Eugene L. Lott Scott in Charleston
Eugene L. Lott Scott, 48, of Charleston formerly Beckley, died Saturday. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Christian Church, Rev A H Wilson officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home, to church an hour before service. Active pallbearers listed. honorary pallbearers Beckley Rotary Club and Beckley Newspapers Staff. Arrangements by Keyser Bryant.
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Lott Scott
Eugene L
Charleston
Beckley
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Johnstown Road
Daniel L. Lochery
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr
Fred O. Blue
Howard Corcoran
Henry Butts
C. S. Weaver
James Lee Wood, Jr
E. J. Hodel
Beckley Rotary Club
Beckley Newspapers
Keyser- Bryant Funeral Home
Iran Caviar Exports Reach One Million Dollar Value
Iranian fishermen harvest sturgeon earning about one million dollars annually. The report highlights caviar as a major export and notes the scale of sturgeon fishing in Iran.
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Iran
Meadows Alva Meadows obituary in Coal City area
Alva Meadows age 64 of Baltimore Maryland formerly Coal City died Friday in a Baltimore hospital. The body will be moved from Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home to his daughter Jewel Lillys Glen Morgan residence at 4 p.m. Sunday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at Coal City Community Church led by Rev. A G Nichols with burial in Coal City Cemetery. Pallbearers named Earl Duncan Dawson Lilly Basil Willis Paul Shanks Jim Kirk Howard Wills.
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Meadows ‘Meadows
Clownie Alva
Baltimore
Maryland
Coal City
Keyser - Bryant
Johnstown Road
Jewel Lilly
Glen Morgan
A. G. Nichols
Earl Duncan
Dawson Lilly
Basil Willis
Paul Shanks
Jim Kirk
Howard Wills
Keyser - Bryant Funeral Home
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Jack Walls
Tommy Dickerson
Wallace Murphy
Ray Smith
Barney McAlpin
Emory Shumate
Church of God
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
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Eve Breck
Belt Sales Inc
Allen Engineering Co
West Palm Beach
Fla
Sea Wall
West Virginia Engineering Co
Goodyear Aircraft Corp
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Anna L. Clay
Fourth St
Carl F. Knowles
By Peggy Kessinger
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Troy L. Bragg
Everette A. Bragg
Aere Ave
Air Force
78Th Engineer
Germany
Charlie Putnel
Lorraine
Crab Orchard
Kalsruhe
Providence
Seventh Fleet
Western Pacific
John E. Smith
Maurice Maurice H. Smith
Mabscott
Pvt
Leland B. Millsaps
Earnest Miss Millsaps
Helen
Pex
Douglas E. Day
Dewey R. Day
Shady Spring High School
Lackland Afb
Uss
Coral Sea
Billy R. Lyons
J. W. Lyons
Adjutant General's School
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Charles E. Cooper
Ami
Denver D. Cooper
Mills St
Army
Fort Jackson
8. C
Stratton High School
Independence
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
James A. Hatcher
S. Heber St Beckley
First Cavalry
Korea
John Malashevich Jr
Summerlee
Company C
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Knox, Ky
1608Th Air Transport Wing
Charleston Air Force Base
S. C
Charles N. Ballengee
Ernest W. Ballengee
Greer Institute of Technology
Camp Newenham
Alaska
Fire Island
Patrol Squadron 22
Barbers Point
Hawaii
Naval Air Station
Jack L. Jenkins
Dewey C. Jenkins
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Oak Harbor
Wash
Marsh Fork High School
Saratoga
Bobby J. Clay
Gladys F. Boblett
Stamford
Amarillo Air Force Base
James Terola
Sam Treola
Walker Ave
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lackland
Afb
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Grant S. DeWeese
Jacob A. DeWeese
Affinity
Stoco High School
Army’s Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Jerry D Wickline
Saylor G. Wickline
Lee Avenue
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Lackland Air Force Base
Second Armored Cavalry
Bamberg
John G. Elmadolar
Edgar O. Elmadolar
Amigo
Fort Hood
Mark Twain High School
Fifth Surgical Hospital
Harry E. Kincaid
Ina Kincaid
First Ave
Fayetteville
Hiedelberg
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
James T. Crawford
Tom Crawford
L. B. Millsaps CD
Day
J. Treola
C. G. DeWeese
W. Va
Business News
Fairmont
First National Bank
Pt. Pleasant
Mason County
Boone County Coal Corp
Utilities Coal Corp
Boone
Sharples
Utilities Coal
Williamson Chamber of Commerce
Mingo County
Tug Valley
Pike County
Kentucky
Greenbrier Instruments Inc
Ronceverte
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Beckman
California
Greenbrier Instruments
Roger Farrow
Celanese Plastics Co
Farrow
P. A. Pen‘ley
Newark, N. J
U. S. Civil Service Commission
District of Columbia Fire Department
U. S. Capitol Building
Civil Service Announcement
Washington, D. C
Zane E. Lilly
Beckley Post Office
Washington
D.C
Thorne
Kiwanis
Kiwanians
Clear Fork High School
Clear Fork
Science
Bob Brown
Formica
Harvey,Cabinet Co
F.H.A
Nickie
End Valley Drive
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Funeral Home
Douglas T. Bryant
PAU . Craven
Johnstown RD
Rose
Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Gotden
Kanawha Street
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
Vance Drive
R. H. Neal
Prince __ Street
Prince Street
Ad. Beckley Newspapers
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
E Buckley
Church Street
EARL
Main St
South
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South Street
Nashville
Tennessee
Dial CL
Harper Road Radio & TV
Wirst
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