Monumental Snowman Stands 13 Feet On Moyes Lawn
The Moyes family of MacArthur built a towering 13 foot snowman on their lawn. Randy 5 Robbie 15 and Ricky 8 crafted the figure with a bright yellow scarf red hat green Easter egg buttons and a nose made from a Johnny Seven Gun bullet. Their father assisted with shoulders and head using a ladder. Diamond the cat climbs the snowman’s back while Ginger the dog barks nearby in 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Moyes
MacArthur
Route 16
Moye
Randy
Robbie
Ricky
Diamond
Ginger
Beckley Region Needs Hospital Beds and Facilities
A West Virginia health summary outlines Beckley region comprising Raleigh Fayette Wyoming and Summers service areas needing 464 long term care beds costing 5.568 million 200 medical beds 4 million 39 general hospital beds 975 thousand four diagnostic and treatment centers 3.2 million and one rehabilitation center 600 thousand. Plan for 1965 funds allocations hinges on federal approval and matching Hill Burton share with regional priority set by type of facility and existing inventory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
U. S. Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Board of Health
Hill- Burton
Morris Harvey College extends two Beckley Oak Hill centers
Representatives from Morris Harvey College plan extension centers in Beckley and Oak Hill with 6 30 p m organizational meetings at Beckley Junior High School and Oak Hill Elementary School. Faculty will teach extension classes and counselors will assist students selecting degree programs or individual courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris’ Harvey College
Beckley
Oak Hill
Beckley Junior High
Beckley and
Morris Harvey College
Versailles
Beckley Police Cite Two Men and Youth in One Day
Beckley City Police cited two men and a 15 year old youth Monday. The 15 year old was cited for truancy at 6 30 p m. J H Ely of Beckley was fined 5 for blocking a traffic lane at 1 25 p m. Joseph D Kilsear 45 of Beckley was cited for failing to keep his vehicle under control at 4 05 p m and must appear in Police Court January 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Four to Be Tried for Murder in Raleigh Grand Jury Indictments
Raleigh County Grand Jury returns 37 indictments at January term. Four murder cases involve Mrs Okvey Bailey, Mrs Orpha Hart, Oscar Lee Jr, and Herbert Banks. Other defendants face forgery, burglary, grand larceny, arson, shoplifting, and related charges. Several cases were withdrawn or remanded. five no true bills were returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Grand Jury
Criminal Court
C. Berkley Lilly
Okvey Bailey
Besoco
Geraldine Hall
Pickshin
Orpha Hart
Bero Avenue
Harold Robinson
Edward Mann
Norman Lee Bankston
Quentin Cook
George Thomas Todd
Isaac Winston
David Burnett
R. E. Scott
Billy Young
Justice of the Peace
James Gilbert Vaughn
Danny Bradley
Docket Set For Wednesday Morning With Several Cases
Charles Blankenship faces resisting arrest charges by city police while Nathaniel Crosby is charged with maiming. Everett Farmer is accused by Quincy Bolen and Naomi Bolen of assault and battery. Vonda Stover charged with maiming by Beulah Carroll. Steve Agee and Ernest S Agee charged with grand larceny in a note about Ernest Smith. Junior Wesley Bennett accused by Glenna Adkins of rape. Lilly said cases will be docketed Wednesday morning with some readied for trial Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Blankenship
Nathaniel Crosby
Everett Farmer
Quincy Bolen
Naomi Bolen
Vonda Stover
Beulah Carroll
Steve Agee
Ernest S. Agee
Ernest Smith
Wesley Bennett
Glenna Adkins
Lilly
State Baptist Workshop Planned Here Thursday
The fifth annual West Virginia State Baptist Women s Missionary and Educational Convention workshop will run all day at Ebenezer Baptist Church with minister’s and executive board meetings. Sessions open at 10 a m led by Ruth E Price. Delilah A Hannah will give devotions, with welcomes by J A Payne and Georgia Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia State Baptist Women’s Missionary and Educational Convention
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Ruth E. Price
Huntington
Delilah A. Hannah
Hilltop
J. A. Payne
Beckley
Georgia Brooks
Braeholm
Lee Wright
Wheeling
E. L. Johnson
Price
Hannah
Wright
S. A. Abram
Viola Clark
Bluefield
Ruth Price
Marie Logan
Versa Steed
Myrtis Walker
J. H. Moorer
Flat Top
Mount Zion
Tygart Valley
New River
Winding Gulf
Guyan Valley
Tug River
Mount Olivet
Reimbursement Suit Filed Over Auto Crash Injuries
Francis S Keiling and Dorothy B Keiling sue Albany Milam Jr claiming 74000 for injuries from an October 20 1963 crash near an unimproved street NW of a West Virginia Turnpike overpass. Dorothy seeks 50000. Francis 10000. vehicle damages 2200. medical 300. future hospital care 1400. loss of services 10000. Trial by jury requested. Separately Broughton Farm Dairy Inc sues G F Stover Jr and Eva Stover for 840.36. Attorney Truman L Sayre represents the Keilings. Mann Lynch and Mann represent the dairy suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis S
Dorothy B Keiling
Albany Milam Jr
Glen Daniel
Dorothy
Francis
Milam
Keiling
Truman L. Sayre
Broughton’s Farm Dairy, Inc
G. F. Stover Jr
Eva Stover
Tastee Freeze
Valley Drive
Mann, Lynch, and Mann
Area Teachers Plan To Attend Test Workshop
Raleigh County educators will join a testing workshop on January 20 at Concord College in Athens. The event, hosted by the West Virginia Department of Education, gathers teachers, supervisors, principals and counselors from eight counties to study STEP test data across math science reading writing and social studies with a panel on SCAT and STEP interpretation. Miss Klaus will represent Raleigh County on the panel alongside officials from the State Department and public school guidance sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Concord College
Athens
West Virginia
James Lowry
Ralph S. Webb
Marsh Fork High School
Claude Worley
Marsh Fork
Geraldine Mullins
Trap Hill High School
Gladys Gwynn
Mark Twain High School
Richard Mann
Shady Spring High School
Aubrey Jackson
Shady Spring
Marion Mitchell
Stratton High School
Ruth Laren
Woodrow Wilson High School
Boyd Humphrey
Beckley Junior High
Mary Louise Klaus
State Department of Education
Klaus
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Police Investigate Two Accidents Here
Beckley police investigated two two car accidents. A 1955 model car driven by Joseph D. Kulscar, 45, collided with a 1963 model car driven by John L. Kesser, 40. Kulscar was charged with failure to keep vehicle under control. No injuries. A second crash at South Oakwood Avenue and Valley Drive South and Fourth Street involved a 1961 model pickup driven by Thomas Andrew Noon, 49, hitting a 1960 model car driven by Roy Blankenship, 55. Noon left turn from right lane while Blankenship went straight. no injuries and no charges.
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Beckley
Joseph D. Kulscar
Eisenhower Drive
John L. Kesser
Campbell Street
Kulscar
Thomas Andrew Noon
Maben
Roy Blankenship
MacArthur
Noon
Blankenship
Encyclopedia Britannica cites world cashmere production
Annual cashmere production in China Outer Mongolia and Iran totals about 9 million pounds, Britannica says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Outer Mongolia
Iran
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Scouts Complete First Aid and Safety Courses
Twenty nine members of Boy Scout Troop 80 of the Methodist Temple have completed first aid and safety courses. Instructors were Lewis C. Jones and Archie Riner. Participants include Randy Rumberg Mark Sweeney David Rumberg Jim Starr Mark Waddell Mike Bodnar Linnie Jones Toney Cremmons Terry Jones Billy Joe Dixon Paul Wilbur Van Lucas Steve Whitener Jimmy Dyer Kenny Sturgis Toney Reedy Dennis McCoy David Whitener Mike Lilly Conrad Cooper Nick Legg Thomas Hunter David Francisco Burge Spillman Daniel McCorkle Kim Cooper Brownie Billins Richard Scruggs Sam Gillenwater Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout Troop 80
The
Methodist Temple
Lewis C. Jones
Archie Riner
Randy Rumberg
Mark Sweeney
David Rumberg
Jimmy Starr
Mark Waddell
Mike Bodnar
Linnie Jones
Toney Cremmons
Terry Jones
Billy Joe Dixon
Paul Wilbur
van Lucas
Steve Whitener
Jimmy Dyer
Kenny Sturgis
Toney Reedy
Dennis McCoy
David Whitener
Mike
Distribution Planned for Mabscott Town Hall Hours
Commodities will be distributed from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. to noon Friday at Mabscott Town Hall. Recipients are asked to bring their own containers, according to Richard Basham, agent.
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Mabscott Town Hall
Richard Basham
Soccer may be dropped from the 1968 Olympic Games
If soccer is removed from the 1968 Olympic program the players will have a real cause to complain. The remark suggests discontent among athletes about potential policy decisions affecting the sport at the games.
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MacArthur Lawn
Morris Harvey College Center
Beckley Police
Raleigh Grand Jury
Bobby Gene Arthur
Arthur
Oscar Lee Jr
Plumley Avenue
Edward Snyder
South Fayette Street
Lee
Snyder
Herbert Banks
Sweet Willie’ Brooks
Banks
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Buddy Lee Parum
Jo Anne Guzman
Kenneth Hall
Everett Eugene Bonds
James Lilly
Patty Fekete
Richard Young
Harold Miller
Roscoe Egnor
Claude Hurt
Tracy Maynor Jr
Gene Durham
Robert Allen Linkous
Jimmy Paul Simpson
James W. Carter
Roy Smith
William Harold Breckenridge
Edward Leroy Mann
America
Ne Morsrican Sobacer Company
Atce
State Baptist Workshop
Gamble
John P. Gamble
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
West Roxbury
Mass
Erie
Mrs. Gamble
Kimberly
Joseph
Troutman Plumbing & Heating
Vance Drive
Rambler
Ambassador
American Motors
Earehart Rambler Company
Danny Kaye
Cbs-Tv
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