Autos Taken From Grady Whitlock Ford Inc
State Police report two late model automobiles and about $1,000 in tools were stolen from Grady Whitlock Ford on the 1921 By-Pass early today. The 1957 blue and white Ford and the 1959 white Ford with keys in them were missing from the garage. Entry method not yet determined. A McGill employee’s car was found at the sales lot, believed stolen from his East Beckley residence earlier.
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Grady Whitlock Ford Inc
George McGill
East Beckley
UCYM Aids Churches During Youth Week
The United Christian Youth Movement will conduct services teach Sunday School and assist in church activities during Youth Week Jan 25 through Feb 1 A pot luck supper for UCYM connected churches is Jan 31 at 6 p m at Beckley Presbyterian Church Special Beckley youth services are Feb 1 at 2 p m UCYM will host two radio plays and a television program with the theme Dare We Live in the Household of God
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United Christian Youth Movement
Beckley Presbyterian Church
UCYM
Church For
Beckley
Curtain Callers open Light Up The Sky tonight in Memorial Building
Advance ticket sales indicate a large audience will attend the Curtain Callers production of Light Up The Sky at 8 30 p m today in the Memorial Building. The Moss Hart comedy stars John Rist Ed Totten Archie Ellenbogen Lynn Clark Max Baer Kent Hackleman Pete D Agostino Ed Libby W W McKinney and Steve Meadows. Tickets are on sale at the Beckley Hotel Saks Jewelers and the Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Building
Moss Hart
John Rist
Ed Totten
Archie Ellenbogen
Lynn Clark
Max Baer
Kent Hackleman
Pete D'Agostino
Ed Libby
W. W. McKinney
Steve
Jennings Executes Bond and Is Released
Garfield Jennings Bailey Avenue released from Raleigh County Jail after posting a 500 property bond for appearance before Magistrate J F Move. He was charged with hit and run after a collision with Willard Dale Parrish near the Perdue Transfer Company on the 192 By Pass. Police said Jennings left the scene and Parrish obtained the warrant. Damaged vehicles valued at zero dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garfield Jennings
Bailey Avenue
Raleigh
J. F
Jennings
Mays
Willard Dale Parrish
Fayetteville
Perdue Transfer Company
Parrish
Kenneth Stanley Granted Temporary Permit for House Move
Kenneth Stanley of Second Street received a temporary permit from the City Recorder to move his house from 300 First Avenue to 404 Second Street. The building cannot be placed on a foundation until Planning and Zoning Commission approval is secured. A $5 fee was paid.
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Kenneth Stanley
Second Street
City Recorder's Office
First Avenue
Planning and Zoning Commission
Stanley
Letter from child to father in heaven found in mail
The FAIRMONT West Virginia letter was undeliverable due to a child’s scrawled handwriting. It begins Dear Daddy and expresses that the family is fine and wishes for Daddy to come home for Christmas. The note is addressed to My Daddy in Heaven, care of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Sissy
Oxford Trooper Uses Shortcut to Stop Stockcar
State Trooper Stanley Sobieski chased stockcar driver George Rzeszutek through back roads then abruptly reversed course and cut ahead via a side road. Rzeszutek, 24, was arrested for driving with a suspended license and driving an unregistered car.
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Oxford
Conn
Stanley Sobieski
Sobieski
George Rzeszutek
Postal Position Deadline Extended to Feb 24
The closing date for applications for substitute clerk carrier positions with the U S Post Office has been extended to Feb 24. Applications received after Feb 4 are allowed if mailed and postmarked by Feb 24. Some substitute carrier duties involve driving. applicants must have or obtain a motor vehicle operator's permit within 60 days. Full details are provided by the Board of U S Civil Service Examiners, Charleston 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. 8 Post Office
Board of
U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Charleston 1
Rites set for Cletis Pigg killed in Slab Fork mine
Funeral services for Cletis Pigg 41 Abney will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Coal City Church with Rev R H Doan. Burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pigg injured fatally in a state fall Saturday at Slab Fork Coal Co mine. He belonged to United Mine Workers Local 6108. Survivors include wife Irene and two sons Roger Lee and James Harold. Funeral home arrangements noted.
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Cletis Pigg
Abney
Coal City
R. H. Doan
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Pigg
Slab Fork
James Harold Pigg
Willie
Princewick
Carl
Summerlee
Lacy
Glen Morgan
Talmadge Pigg
Vernie Pigg
Helen Thorne
Rita
Susie Burgins
Washington
Bessie Burton
New Orleans
Inez Richmond
Blue Jay
Juanita Price
Crab Orchard
Mildred O'Neal
Williams and Craven Funeral Home
Howard Lester
Alton Dalton
Clifford McGrady
Junior Meadows
Mason Fink
Curtis Blevins
Burt Farley
Parris Laisk
Shady Spring Man Released From Jail After Bond Posted
George Ernest Smith of Shady Spring, 17, was released from Raleigh County Jail at 11 10 a m Sunday after posting a 500 property bond for Beckley Police Court appearance tonight. He was jailed by Beckley Police at 12 30 a m Sunday on charges of hazardous driving and disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ernest Smith
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Beckley
Smith
Be A Reporter Invites Local News Tips to Raleigh Register
Fayette Raleigh and Wyoming counties residents are urged to submit news to Raleigh Register correspondents. Logs show Regional News Service identifiers. Contact nearest correspondent by listed names and phone numbers to speed timely publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette
Raleigh
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Bashia J. Hamilton
Whitesville
Daniels-Beaver-Shady Spring
Dayne Aldridge
Flat Top
Cool Ridge
Ghent
Cordie Nugen
Fayetteville
Bland K. Hesse Jr
Glen Daniel
Kelly Barrett
Glen Rogers
Aubrey Nuckols
Mullens
Kopperston
C. R. Rankin
Oceana Lynce
Kitty Elkins
Oceana
Mount Hope
Ruth Clark
Muttens
Ben Murphree
Oak Hill
Anne Pickens
Phillip Roach
Pax
Thelma Stover
Pineville
Baileysville
Sam Miniaci
E. W. Worrell
A Nee Pansye Whittaker
Resoco
Rock Creek
J. L. Bradford
Sophia
Russell Pegram
Earl and Cookie Howell
Ski Train Coincides With State Ski Week
Governor Underwood proclaims Ski Week as the Bald Knob area and other West Virginia ski sites host events. About 2,000 skiers are expected from Virginia and Washington DC with crowds recalling a sunny weekend, while Bald Knob reports two feet of snow and active Devils Elbow slope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Bald Knob
Cecil Underwood
Cabin Mountain
Weiss Knob
Davis
Cooper's Rock State Forest
Morgantown
Gregg Knob
Terra Alta
John 8. McKay
McKay
Dayton
Ohio
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Washington and Lee University
Lexington
Beckley Delegation Attends Kanawha Girl Scout Council Meeting
Three Beckley women Mrs. J Raymond De Paulo Mrs John L Phillips and Mrs Edwin Davidson travel to Charleston to join the Kanawha County Girl Scout Council meeting at Morrison Building offices Raleigh Fayette Putnam and Boone County councils are invited with Miss Sally Witten regional director from Cleveland Ohio to attend the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Kanawha County Girl Scout Council
Morrison Building
Charleston
J. Raymond DePaulo
John L. Phillips
Edwin Davidson
Sally Witten
Cleveland
Ohio
Kanawha Council
Raleigh
Fayette
Putnam
Boone County
Mrs Callie Bridges In Fair Condition After Fall
Mrs Callie Bridges aged 83 is listed in fair condition at Beckley Hospital after sustaining a broken pelvic bone from a fall at her home Friday night. She is the mother of Mrs A D Cooke of 312 Clyde Street.
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Callie Bridges
Orchard Court
Beckley Hospital
A. D. Cooke
Clyde St
Rev May and Leaders Attend Diocesan Meetings
The Rev O Worth May of St Stephen's Episcopal Church attends meetings of the Diocesan Executive Board Convocational Deans and the Committee on the State of the Church at the Diocesan Center near Wheeling. Attending the Executive Board from St Stephen's are R D Watts vice chairman W F Watts chairman of finance and Mrs P B Barwood Diocesan president of the Woman's Auxiliary. Mr May is scheduled to return Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Worth May
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Wheeling
St. Stephen's
R. D. Watts
W. F. Watts
P. B. Barwood
Woman's Auxiliary
Final rites set for Elijah Payton Carter in Beaver
Elijah Payton Carter 58 of Beaver dies after a heart attack Saturday in Huntington. Final rites are Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Caffee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James R. Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The body lies at the funeral home. Pallbearers named: James E. Bierley Dewey Campbell Jack Mann Earl Rogers Charles Harrah Earnest Roger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Payton
Jim) Carter
Beaver
Caffee Funeral Home
James R. Kennedy
Hinton
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Carter
Huntington Hospital
Caffee Funeral
James E. Bierley
Dewey Campbell
Jack Mann
Earl Rogers
Charles Harrah
Earnest Roger
University Students On Visitation Program
West Virginia University Mountaineer Week team will visit high schools across the state on January 23, 26 and 27 to promote college education. Students listed include Thomas Freeman, Sandra Waybright, William Watkins, John Frisk, and Darrell McGraw Jr. across multiple high schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Thomas M. Freeman
Mount Hope
Pax
Kingston and Sophia
Sandra Lee Waybright
Oak Hill
Sophia
William H. Watkins
Oak Hill High
John Frisk
Stratton
Beckley
Mark Twain
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
Herndon
Pineville
Conley
Mullens
Dwight Cook In Fair Condition At Raleigh General
Prince youth Dwight Cook, 10 year old son of William E Cook, is listed in fair condition at Raleigh General Hospital. He is being treated for head and face injuries from a sled accident late Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh General Hospital
Dwight Cook
William E. Cook
Prince
Beckley clothing drive exceeds goals says chamber official
Beckley Chamber of Commerce manager Harry Anderson called the drive beyond expectations as 11 Boy Scout Troops canvassed from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Clothing gathered fills a room at the Beckley Farmers Market and a bus on Main Street, with about 15 truckloads moved to the market for countywide distribution this week to needy families.
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Harry Anderson
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Farmers Market
Ing
Raleigh County
C. C. Hutchison
Municipalities Group To Discuss Legislation
The West Virginia League of Municipalities executive committee plans a Feb 2 meeting in Charleston at 2 15 p m to review legislative measures affecting municipal government The meeting called by Bill Kell invites every town and city mayor and aims to shape state programs for better municipal services Beckley votes to give 300 to hire legal help for the Legislature but no written reply from other cities is reported
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West Virginia League of Municipalities
Charleston
Bill Kell
League
West Virginia
Eugene R. Elkins
Elkins
Beckley
W. A. Thornhill TU
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Paul Vennari
Ted Stacy
Allan Rickard
Henry Lilly
Jack A. Nuckols
Grady Whitlock
Naleigh
Girl Scout
May
Mr. May
University
Bair
Buick
Bays Buick, Inc
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