Thieves Hit Beckley Firms and School in Break-ins
City and State Police probe three break-ins in Beckley. Cannon Shoe Store manager B L Page reports thefts of $12 to $15 in change plus a $1 bill, and many ladies shoes stolen from Main Street shop after 5 30 p m Saturday to 11 30 p m. Paul Babich, owner of Paul’s Grill on Johnstown Road, says 10 cartons of cigarettes five cans of orange juice and a large piece of salami were stolen after 1 a m Sunday with no estimated value. No arrests at this time. Blue Jay Elementary School reports theft of a Remington model typewriter overnight Friday through side door entry. value not known.
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Beckley
Cannon Shoe
B. L. Page
Page
Paul Babich
Paul's Grill
Johnstown Road
Blue Jay
Reading Workshop Sessions Under Way
In Beckley West Virginia Beckley Junior High School hosts a reading workshop directed by Dr. Eddie Kennedy of West Virginia University. Sessions run weeknights 6 30 to 9 00 pm with a Saturday morning class. Registration tonight at 6 30 pm for those who missed Monday. Credit options 1 2 or 3 hours. Open to area teachers.
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Beckley Junior High School
Eddie Kennedy
West Virginia University
TV Typing Course Again Offered by Beckley College
Beckley College will offer TV typing on WOAY-TV starting Monday Jan 15 from 1 to 1 30 pm for 18 weeks. Instructor Miss Topsy O Dell invites all ages to learn keyboard basics, letter writing and speed building with a $10 typing kit available at the college. College credit possible after testing and standard tuition. Also notes a winter promotion by General Heating and Appliance on the 1921 By Pass awarding a gas dryer to the accuracy winner, with temps recorded by Amere Gas Utilities Co and led by Jack Chapman and Charles Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley College
Topsy O'Dell
Woay-Tv
Miss O'Dell
Jack Chapman
Charles Scott
Jimmie Simms
Mabscott
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Chapman
Raymond Chapman
Woodrow Wilson High School
Scott
Federal Building Plans Due Feb 16 For Bids
Senator Byrd reports renovation of the vacated Woodlawn Avenue Post Office into a federal building should have drawings ready for bids by February 16 or soon after. Henry T. Elden and Associates of Charleston draft the $175,000 project. GSA targets April 23 for contract award with completion by August 23, year. If bids are nonresponsive, delays will occur as new bids must be sought.
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Woodlawn Avenue
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
General Services Administration
Henry T. Elden
Eye Injury Suffered by Mount Hope Worker
Joe Bragg of Mount Hope was treated at Beckley Hospital for a left eye injury incurred at work for The New River Coal Company in Mount Hope on Monday.
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Joe Bragg
Mount Hope
Beckley
New River Co
Deacons Meet Tonight At St John Baptist Raleigh
A deacon board meeting will be held at 6 p m today at St John Baptist Church Raleigh. Officers will be elected during the regular business session following the board meeting.
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St. John Baptist Church
Raleigh
Prayer Services Set at Faith AME Church Ra leigh
The Faith AME Church in Raleigh hosts three prayer services starting at 7 tonight. Sponsored by Rev. David L. Smith and Virgilious Glenn, the series aims to offer spiritual reflection.
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Faith Ame
Raleigh
David L. Smith
Virgilious Glenn
Heating and cooling firm expands West Virginia work
The company, incorporated Jan 1 1961, specializes in residential, industrial and commercial heating and cooling. It is an American Standard dealer with a sheet metal shop. Recent projects included Bowl Wick Lanes duct work and Stone and Cook Department Store in Mullens. They installed equipment for Grace Gospel Church Beaver, Methodist Church Shady Spring, and Church of Christ Prosperity. Both founders plan to resume WVU winter studies in heating and air conditioning begun in 1961 and may attend Elyria factory schools. The firm offers oil gas and coal heating service facilities.
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Stone
Cook
Mullens
Grace Gospel Church
Beaver
Methodist Church
Shady Spring
Church
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
A Lebanese youth attends the University of Lebanon this semester aided by a $200 grant from USS Hugh Purvis crew members led by William L. McCormick. Navy and Army personnel appear across bases in California, Okinawa, Germany, Virginia, and Kentucky with family ties listed for several.
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University of Lebanon
Hugh Purvis
William L. McCormick
Ruth McCormick
Slick Roads Cited As Cause Of Wreck At Busy Intersection
Beckley state police blamed slick roads for a three vehicle crash at Routes 19 21 and Rural Acres Drive at 8 30 a m Monday. Drivers Charles Morris Cranberry Hiawatha Burnette 48 Daniels and Jesse D Petty 23 Beckley were identified. Petty allegedly emerged from Rural Acres Drive striking Morris truck pushing it into Burnette’s vehicle. No arrests were made and no injuries reported.
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Beckley
Rural Acres Drive
Charles Morris
Cranberry
Hiawatha Burnette
Daniels
Jesse D. Petty
Petty
Morris
Burnette
Noone
Engineer Specialist 4 Homer Persinger Arrives on Okinawa
Specialist 4 Homer Persinger arrives to serve with the 809th Engineer Battalion on Okinawa. His wife Lorris resides in Sprague and his parents Mr and Mrs Homer Persinger live at Crab Orchard. He entered the Army in 1954 and serves as an engineer equipment mechanic in Company B.
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Okinawa
809Th Engineer
Pvt
Harding D. Richmond
Harding Richmond
Blue Jay
Ft. Buckner
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Ft. Leonard Wood
Shady Spring High School
Homer D. Persinger
Lorris
Sprague
Homer Persinger
Crab Orchard
Marines graduate at Norfolk and Kaneohe Bay school
Private Freddy L. Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Brown Beckley West Virginia, graduates Marine Corps Sea School at Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth. Private First Class S. A. Thomas, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Thomas Helen Hawaii, completes Field Radio Operators School at Kaneohe Bay Hawaii.
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Miramar
Calif
Naval Air Station
Manville Puckett
Harvey S. Puckett
Glen Morgan
Marine Corps Sea School
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth, Va
Marine Pvt
Freddy L. Brown
F. L. Brown
Ridge Ave
Beckley
First Marine Brigade
Kaneohe Bay
Hawaii
Marine Corps Air Station
Pfc
S. A. Thomas
John H. Thomas
Helen
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Beckley State Police
Specht
Heart Fund
New Armory
W. Main St
Center
Eve Breck
Federal
Deacons
Army War College
Carlisle Barracks
James L. Riffe
John F. Riffe
Ikes Fork
Davidson College
University of
529Th Military Police
Heidelberg
Germany
Harry N. Hambric
N. Oakwood Ave
Ft. Knox
Hambrie
Ft. Knox, Ky
John ‘B. Grim
Robert L. Grim
Epperly
Stoco High School
Motion Picture Operators
The
Val Schools Command
Norfolk, Va
Gary L. Carter
Seaman
W. L. Carter
Francis Marion
James E. Rector
Commissaryman
Walter W. Rector
Glen White
Northhampton
James L. Ratliff
Ethel Adkins
Garfield St
521St Military Police
Ft. Belvoir
Aulda L. Adkins
Jasper R. Adkins
Keyrock
521St
Lola
Alexandria
J. B. Grim
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
West Virginia Coal Association
Homart
John Wood White
NORGE
A. O. Smith
Fairway
American Standard Waldorf
AMERE
Kst Company
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