Ravencliff Guests Visit Kin and New Births Reported
Mrs Elizabeth Pettry and Glen Daniels visit Raven cliff relatives including Mr and Mrs Cather Pettry and Mr and Mrs Asa Hurst. Mrs Charles Stewart rests comfortably after admission to Wyoming General Hospital Tuesday. Mrs Giles Lucas stays with son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Bill Philyaw in Charleston. The Philyaws welcome a baby boy Billy Jr born this week in a Charleston hospital.
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Ravencliff
Elizabeth Pettry
Glen Daniels
Cather Pettry
Asa Hurst
Charles Stewart
Wyoming General Hospital
Giles Lucas
Bill Philyaw
Charleston
Philyaws
Billy Jr
Dunlap Circle Elects Officers at First Baptist
Dunlap Circle of the First Baptist Church held a meeting at Mrs. Charles Stump’s home electing officers led by Mrs. Stump as chairman. Reports were given, and 824 canceled stamps and 105 used Christmas cards were turned in.
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Everett Greene
Albert Toler
Roger Pritchett
Mays
Grover C. Worrell
John Bryant
J. K. Smith
Harold Bradford
Longshoremen Talks Resume After Weekend Recess
Longshoremen's strike enters day 23 as talks resume in New York. The walkout has halted shipping from Maine to Texas since December 23. No clear progress is reported with ILA seeking a 55 cent hourly wage rise and NYLA noting a 23 cent top offer.
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New York
UPI
Maine
Texas
International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
New York Shipping Association
NYLA
McGraws Update From Raleigh General Hospital
Fulton Brown, patient at Raleigh General Hospital since Christmas, returns home Thursday. Mrs. Morton Sadler recuperating at home after injuries. Olen Sizemore has left for Camp LeJeune after a two week leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Sizemore.
Meridith Exams Signal Crises at Ole Miss
At the University of Mississippi James Meredith faces final exams as a pending end to his enrollment looms. The 29 year old Air Force veteran returned from Memphis to find vandalism on his car near the dormitory and was later seen renting an apartment near his former all Negro college in Jackson.
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Oxford
Miss
UPI
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Air Force
Meredith
Memphis
Ole Miss
Jackson
Jackson State College
WSCS Members Hear New Frontiers in Home Missions
Pineville RNS Mrs Charles Waddell chaired the regular WSCS meeting in Fellowship Hall. She spoke on New Frontiers in Home Missions assisted by Mrs R J Chenowth Jr and Mrs Oran McKinney. The group announced 400 of 500 yearly parsonage pledge would be paid. They approved a 25 donation for home and foreign missions. A study course Today’s Children for Tomorrow’s World will begin Feb 3 led by Mrs Paul A Viers and Mrs Chenoweth. Refreshments were served to 16 members and one guest Miss Ann Hawley.
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Pineville
RNS
Charles Waddell
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Fellowship Hall
R. J. Chenowth, Jr
Oran McKinney
O. E. Wilks
Tampa
Paul A. Viers
Chenoweth
John Scoleri
Jack Goode
Twila Wilkinson
Ann Hawley
Wife Held In Slaying At Berkeley Springs
Mrs. Geraldine Mason, 21, Berkeley Springs, was held today in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband, David N. Mason, 31. Authorities say the Saturday night shooting apparently climaxed a family argument.
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Berkeley Springs
UPS
Geraldine Mason
David N. Mason
Local News Correspondents Invite Raleigh Register Tips
Residents in Fayette, Raleigh and Wyoming counties are urged to report news to Raleigh Register correspondents listed with names and phone numbers for rapid dispatch of stories. The notice identifies reporters by the RNS logo and encourages quick reports on events, naming multiple communities and contacts.
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Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Commander's Dinner Set By Legion Post In Fayetteville
Fayetteville LaFayette Post No. 149 of the American Legion met at the Legion Home on Maple Avenue with plans for the annual Post Commander's Dinner on January 21 and an initiation night February 4. Students from Fayetteville High, Mount Hope High, and Collins High will compete in a district oratorical contest in Lewisburg in March. Members sent sympathy and get well cards, and 434 members have been signed for 1963 against a 350 quota. Also noted were notices of estate matters and fiduciary settlements in Raleigh County.
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Fayetteville
RNS
LaFayette
American Legion
Legion
Maple Avenue
Frank Cline
H. L. van Camp
Fayetteville High School
Mount Hope High
Collins High
Oak Hill
Lewisburg
Harry W. Miller
University Hospital
Morgantown
D. Ellis Brown
Alva Anderson
Mildred Post Phipps
Walter Caldwell
LaFayette Club 49, Inc
Moretz Marks 88th Birthday in Ravencliff
Dave Moretz, almost at 90, celebrated his 88th birthday with a niece led dinner. Born near Wantaga County, he is one of 12 children and survived by a living brother Calvin. A widower, he raised his four daughters and spent decades as a miner in McDowell and Greenbrier counties before settling in Ravencliff. He remains active with long walks, reading, and summer gardening.
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Ravencliff
RNS
Dave Moretz
Moretz
Giles Lucas
Wantaga County
New River
Calvin
Wilkes County
N. C
Martha Riner
Virginia
Charleston
McDowell
Greenbrier
P. G. Young
Sophia
Burglars Hit Roofs Striking Several Charleston Stores
In St Albans and Charleston, thieves entered rooftops to reach safes at Cohen's Drug Store in Gateway Shopping Center Heck's discount store and another Cohen outlet. Total losses exceed six thousand dollars from Heck's and about ten thousand from the Charleston Cohen store. Authorities expect a full tally after investigations.
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ST. Albans
UPI
Cohen's
Gateway
Heck's Discount
Charleston
Cohen
Heck's
Almanac highlights and world events for January 14
This almanac notes today, January 14, 1963, as the 14th day of the year with 351 days remaining. It lists celestial bodies Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter, a birth anniversary for Albert Schweitzer, and historical notes on Supreme Court desegregation in 1878, Ford’s assembly line in 1914, a 1943 Morocco conference, and a 1962 Algeria terror wave.
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United Press International
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Albert Schweitzer
U.S. Supreme Court
Henry Ford
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Morocco
Algeria
Local Classifieds Offer Repairs Jobs and Bargains
Classified ads from Beckley list Montgomery Ward repair services, auto radios, pickup and delivery, and a guaranteed warranty. Job listings for plumbing heating, shop training in auto and diesel fields, and an immediate lumber inspector opening. Also used goods including camera, sewing machines, boats, furniture, tools, and electronics with contact numbers.
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O. H. Bennett
E. Beckley
R. L. Stinson
Myers Ave
Beckley
Dial
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Glen Daniel
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Mabscott
Elizabeth Robinson
MacArthur
Elmer Akers
Maple Fork
Madge Davis
Mount Hope
Margaret Marchie
Helen
Starlen
Stella) Teasler
William R. Hesse
Tommy Jones
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Reva Naomi Justice
Raleigh County Bank
West Virginia
Roy A. Cunningham
Raleigh County
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John Bonar
Lorrene Wilcox
O. W., Lilly
M. Inez Atkinson
Edward E. Burks
Ada Mary Jackson
John H. Jackson
Teressie B. Reynolds
P. E. Reynolds
Nannie L. Jarrell
James L. Jarrell
Phyllis Gillenwater
Gary Gordon Matherly
Josephine Lopez
John L. Lopez
Roy A. Cuningham
Beckley National Bank
Don W. Loflin
the Almanac
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William M
Mikey
Sophia Freewill Baptist Church
Wade Webb
Leo Kendrick
G. E. Pauley
Sunset Memorial Park
Paul Hurley
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
R. H. Neal
Mer
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Todd
Beaver
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
W. Va
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
General Motors
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Harold Williams
Sam G. Foley
Lowell Foley
Bank of Raleigh
F.d.sc
Earl S. Huddle
RARL
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S. Fayette St
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South
P. O. Box
Nashville 2
Tennessee
Halstead
Wright
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Y Wy TV
Ashworth Firestone
Sparks
Prince St
John W. Eye Television
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Neville St
Willey Brothers
Hinton
Wizard OF OZ Day
Jan Campbell Music Co
Will Jesse Covey
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Care
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Tax Commission
King Aluminum Company
Business Confidential
Jim Green
WELY
Arista Employment Agcy Dept
Jamaica
N. Y
Beckley Newspapers Corp. Dietitian
Mullens
F. J. Isoldos
Brown
President
Aeeaions Co, Inc
Clifton Forge
el Chico
E. Robinson Avenue
Barberton
Ohio
Joe Myles
Glen
Olan Mills
Scott's Kennels
Fotos & Co
AVON
Avon Cosmetics
Bostick Avenue
Beckey
Town and Country Drive Inn
P.O. Box
Vineland Glass Co
Landis Ave
Vineland
New Jersey
Greenbrier County
Gibson
Tappan Gas Range
RCA
North Kanawha Street
Singer
Glass House
Lincoln Loans
Heber
Jack’s Trading Post
Aqua-Swan
Dowdy
S. Kasnawha
East Beckley Post Office
Lincoln
Prince Street
Wards
Montgomery Ward
Beckley, W. Va
Ford Po
LESCO
Warren French
Virgil French
Mgr. MacArthur
Foster Hardware, Inc
Main Street
J. L. Mills
J. W. Huddle
CALL
Zenith
Prince St. Ph
Wilson
S. Kanawha Ph
Remington
McCreery St
K. M. Walker
Electrolux Sales and Service
Temple Street
Fayette 1
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Hopkins
SKY Lanes
Valley Drive South
F.H.A
Quality Lumber & Supply Co
Beckley Insulation Co
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