Oscar Hutchison Resigns As Farm Market Manager
The Rural Development Council notes with regret the resignation of Oscar Hutchison farm market manager effective end of January. Hutchison accepts a new sales traffic role at Point Express Inc. His 1959 market sales rose to about 80,000 dollars, with 500 users and an average 150 weekly egg cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Hutchison
Rural Development Council
Frank Barksdale
RDC
Hutchison
Point Express Inc
Bob Hicks
Council
Fruit and Vegetable Commission
Porter Lewis
Francis Keiling
Forestry Commission
John Stiles
Agriculture Department
Keiling
Board of Supervisors
Hicks
The
Sid Larrick
William Shanklin
Kvesoi
John J. Flanagan
Country Life Program
Charles Hodel
County May Curtail Free Chest X Rays
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association may cut free chest X rays if the group misses its $10,000 goal this year. The Raleigh County Chapter must also pay a $500 second installment to West Virginia Medical School for the chair in pulmonary diseases. To date $8,252.17 has been raised from the Christmas Seal appeal, with 1,056 previous-year contributors yet to donate. Thomas Deveny, WV TB and Health Association executive director, visited the office Friday as a fourth seal reminder will be sent to 3,165 people. Ninety four percent of seal money remains in West Virginia.
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Raleigh County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
C. C. Lewis
Thomas Deveny
West Virginia
Adult Choir Names Officers At Meet
New officers were elected at the Monday night business meeting of the Adult Choir of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Serving this year are J. A. Payne president Simeon Warren vice president Lonnie T. Williams secretary Majel Harmon assistant secretary Roscoe Mackins chaplain and R. J. Howard treasurer. Librarians are M. E. ee Charles L. Griffin and Dickerson.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church
J. A. Payne
Simeon Warren
Lonnie T. Williams
Majel Harmon
Roscoe Mackins
R. J. Howard
Jury Acquits Man On Murder Charge
William S Hines of East Park is acquitted by a Raleigh County jury in the murder of Bruce Winston Jr at 905 12 Scott Ave the night of March 22 1959. The jury followed instructions on self defense and weighed character evidence before returning not guilty after deliberating about an hour.
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William S. Hines
East Park
Raleigh County
Bruce Winston Jr
Harry L. McCreery
Earl Ballangee
Hines
Winston
Roy Cunningham
McCreery
Joseph Luchini
Cunningham
Anthony J. Sparacino
Luchini
Buck
Beckley
Sparacino
Gnarled Gnat Gnawing Gnome Sparks Gloucester Gazebo Debate
A playful item notes a whimsical scene featuring a glut of gnarly gnats and a grinning gnome in a gondolier role beside a gorge, highlighting local humor and a formal co sponsorship by the Raleigh Register and Principals Associations.
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Gondolier Gorge
Gorgeous Gorilla Grammar
The
Raleigh Register and Principals Associations
Ex Beckleyan Dies In Calif
Harry Dixon Pinkney 55 of North Hollywood California former Beckley resident died in a North Hollywood hospital Tuesday A WVU graduate he was a mining engineer who worked for area mines He played on WVU All Star basketball teams in 1923 and 1924 Survivors include his wife mother two sons one daughter brother and an aunt Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 pm in North Hollywood Burial is in Forest Lawn Cemetery North Hollywood
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Harry Dixon Pinkney
North Hollywood
Calif
Beckley
West Virginia University
Pinkney
WVU
Dorothy Patterson Pinkney
Mae Pinkney
Canon City
Colo
Dixon
Donald
Anne
James
Washington, D. C
W. P. St. Clair
Beaver Ave
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Razor Brings Jail Sentence in Raleigh Court
Kenneth Young admitted possession of a razor at Raleigh County Criminal Court. Judge Harry L. McCreery sentenced him to six months in the county jail with credit for time served. He pled guilty to brandishing the weapon and awaits disposition of his case on his attorney’s motion.
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Kenneth Young
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Young
Influenza like diseases lead county in '59 yearend tally
Raleigh County recorded 1905 infectious disease cases for the year with March leading at 1585 cases and April at 193. Measles was next with 196, while only isolated cases occurred for typhoid rabies meningitis and bacillary dysentery. Most hepatitis and polio cases occurred in the second half of the year.
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Raleigh
Mildred Miller
Health Department
Flu Epidemic Feared In West Virginia Statewide Rise
State Health Director N H Dyer warned of a serious possibility that influenza like diseases could reach epidemic proportions in most sections of West Virginia within days. Reports show 7224 cases for the week ending Saturday, with Cabell and Wayne counties hardest hit.
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West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Verlin H. Walker
Raleigh
Dyer
Cabellenti
Wayne Counties
Guy R. Post
Marion County
Fairmont
Post
Ross Files For Town Constable
William Lee Edward Ross Jr., 24, of Laren Ave., is a candidate for Town District constable in the May 10 Democratic primary. A Beckley truck driver for eight years, he cites his qualifications and family background, including his father’s run for justice of the peace and his marriage to Moreda Ball with three sons.
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William Lee Edward Ross Jr
Laren Ave
Justice of the Peace
Ross
May King
Beckley
Sylvia
Moreda Ball
Skelton
Virgie Mae Rose Ross
Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Democrats Seek Constable Posts In Raleigh County
Three candidates filed certificates for constable in Raleigh County circuit clerk’s office on Tuesday. Paul A Thompson Ashwood Sr seeks Town District, W A Stump Helen and Perry Haga Sophia seek Slab Fork District. The three are Democrats. Mrs Leona Gadd Kirk Mab Scott seeks Democratic Executive Committee in Town District, while Mrs Annie Allen Reservoir Road files for Ward I committee.
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Raleigh County
Paul A. Thompson
Ashwood Sr
W. A. Stump
Helen
Perry Haga
Sophia
Slab Fork
Leona Gadd Kirk
Mabscott
Annie Allen
Reservoir Road
Sprague Post Office Hit by Third Break-In in Week
John Hayden of Sprague reports a Tuesday night break-in in the Sprague Post Office located with a small store. Three entries in under a week used a broken basement or front door method. A few hose pairs may be missing. no groceries or charity fund money were taken. Beckley State Police investigate.
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John Hayden
Sprague
Clyde Bostic
Bostic
Beckley State
Demo Women's Day Chairman Named For State
Hulett C Smith, state Democratic chairman, named Emma Lou Kincaid Huntington as chairman of the 1960 Democratic Women's Day to be held in Charleston at the Daniel Boone Hotel on March 19. Kincaid, associate chairman of the State Executive Committee, has long served in Democratic campaigns and education roles in West Virginia and earned a Marshall College masters degree. She is mother of five.
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Hulett C. Smith
Emma Lou Kincaid
Huntington
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
Kincaid
West Virginia
Violet Snedegar
Elkins
Esther M. Heil
Wheeling
Hugh Kincaid
Cabell County
Jennings Randolph
Young Democratic Clubs
Marshall College
Vocal music school under Professor Kidd at Memorial Baptist Church
A school of vocal music conducted by Professor O. O. Kidd is in progress at Memorial Baptist Church in FS. It opens each evening at 7 p.m. and continues through next week. The Rev. C. E. Walker, pastor, invites the public to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. O. Kidd
Memorial Baptist Church
Ic. E. Walker
Philadelphia Visitors Due To Arrive Today
Philadelphia residents Gerald Richardson Portia Mitchell and their two sons Kenneth and David come to visit their relatives in Fayetteville. Mrs. Blaney undergoes surgery at Raleigh General Hospital and is reported in good condition. Airman Hugh R Williams II from Lackland visits Mount Hope with his family for a 10 day furlough.
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Gerald Richardson
Kenneth
David
Philadelphia
Richardson
Portia Mitchell
Corey O. Mitchell
S. Fayette St
F. D. Blaney
Westmoreland St
Raleigh General Hospital
Madison Street
Mount Hope
Hugh R. Williams II
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Velva Williams
Judy Wise
Juanita Broadus
Joe Knight
Pittsburgh
Beckleyan's Kin Dies In Pennsylvania
Otto Reichert of Sewickley Pennsylvania grandfather of W. M. Sprague and Lee Sr. died Tuesday in a Sewickley hospital. Mr and Mrs W M Sprague left for Sewickley Tuesday. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
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Otto Reichert
Sewickley
W. M. Sprague
Lee Sr
Sewickley Hospital
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Words of the Champions
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