Youth Week at First Baptist Church in charge of services
First Baptist Church youth lead all services for Youth Week with Lynn Hoffman minister of music James Ballengee to preside at offertory prayer and William Mason scripture reading in morning session Eleanor Snodgrass and Earl Whitener among evening speakers and choir performances Tommy Thomas of Woodrow Wilson High School highlighted as church rep to Baptist Youth activities with a long list of departmental superintendents and secretaries coordinating Sunday School and youth programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church
Lynn Hoffman
William Mason
James Ballengee
Eleanor Snodgrass
Glen Cantley
James Stewart
Mary Hutchinson
Earl Whitener
Roger Burns
Palmer Farley
Don Forbes
James Snider
Benjie Lowe
Michael Ramsey
Danny Patton
James Griffith
James Bowyer
Sharon Keatley
Bill Wooton
James Bland
Carolyn Taylor
Lila Ashworth
Tommy Thomas
Fifteen Men Sign For Army Duty
Fifteen men enlisted in the Army at the Beckley Recruiting Main Station on Thursday and Friday. Names include Bailey of Ronceverte airborne, Conklin of Welch Regular Army, Mullins of Queen Shoals Europe, Casto of Charleston artillery, Elkins of Charleston artillery, Stewart of Ashland radio repair, Reed of Charleston Regular Army, Buchanan of Berwind, Reeves of Premier Regular Army, Brewster of Big Creek Regular Army, Rush of Hansford automotive, Malcomb of Cowen Regular Army, Beane of St Albans, Phillips of War Europe, and Webb of St Albans medical school. They will be stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James On. Bailey
W. E. Bailey
Ronceverte
Airborne
William Rickey Conklin
Glen Conklin
Welch
Regular Army
Danny Carol Mullins
Madgie Mullins
Queen Shoals
Europe
Clyde Wilford Casto
Ida Slater
Charleston
Artillery
Richard Conrad Elkins
Stella M. Pennington
Raymond McClelan Stewart
Fuller Stewart
Ashland
Kelley Evert Reed III
Charles A. Midelburg
Kanawha Blvd
Willard Earl Buchanan
John Buchanan
Berwind
William Clifford Reeves
Lawrence E. Phillips
W. Alexander
Harry Glenn Webb Jr
H. Glenn Webb
Grant Ave
St. Albans
Fort Jackson
S. C
BNC Reports Slight Financial Improvement
Beckley News Papers Corp. showed a small rise in its 1960 finances at the annual stockholders meeting. George Warren Hodel was named to the Board of Directors replacing William A. Chrisley who resigned last summer for Texas. All other board members and officers were reelected: Charles Hodel president, Dr. Robert Winston first vice president, C. J. McQuade second vice president, E. J Hodel secretary, Fred W. Roschi treasurer, Palmer Farley and George Hodel as directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Newspapers Corp
George Warren Hodel
William A. Chrisley
Texas
Charles Hodel
Robert Winston
C. J. Mc.Quade
E. J Hodel
Fred W. Roschi
Palmer Farley
George Hodel
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
S Sgt Bernard R Blume completed jet aircraft maintenance at Sheppard AFB Texas after six years in the Air Force earning the good conduct medal He is married to Shirley Pert of Live Oak Florida and parents three sons Sgt Harry K Gillispie graduated from the Seventh U S Army NCO Academy in Bad Toelz Germany and serves as section chief in the 78th Artillery Previously Greenbank High School attendee Pfc Walter W Radford received a safe driver award while with the Second Evacuation Hospital in Bad Kreuznach Germany for 16000 miles driven without incident Pfc Paul G Sias assigned to the Fourth Armored Division in Germany is a tool clerk in Headquarters Company 54th Infantry Heilbronn and began service in May 1959 after Fort Hood and Fort Jackson training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Air Force Base
Tex
Bernard R. Blume
Walter R. Blume
Rupert
Rupert High School
Maple Ridge Goal Co
Air Force
Set. Blume
Sheppard Afb
Moody Afb
Shirley B. Pert
Live Oak
Fla
U. S. Army
Bad
Talz
Germany
Harry K. Gillispie
H. Clifford Gillispie
Arbovale
Fourth Armored Division
78Th Artillery
Crailsheim
Fort Sill
Okla
Greenbank High School
Bad Kreuznach
Pfc
Walter W. Radford
Walter R. Radford
Princeton
Radford
Fourth Armored
Paul G. Sias
Winfred Sias
Route 3
Beckley
54Th Infantry
Heilbronn
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Fort Hood
Know Your Deputy C L Walker Joins Raleigh County Force
Know Your Deputy C L Walker of 134 Orchard Ave Beckley has taken duty as Raleigh County Deputy Sheriff in Town District under Sheriff C A Slim with 24 years in the West Virginia State Police. A 55 year old Page ton native, he joined the State Police in 1935 rising to captain before retirement last year. Walker, married to Frances Rita Radoccio, moved to Beckley in 1947 and has one child. He attends The Methodist Temple and is a Welch High School graduate who studied at Concord College. He holds memberships in the Masonic Lodge and the Charleston Shrine Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Walker
Orchard Ave
Beckley
Raleigh County
C. A. “Slim
West Virginia
Inspectors Urge Safety Talk At Holmes Meet
Two federal coal mine inspectors from Mount Hope spoke at Beckley Council of the Holmes Safety Association in the Raleigh County Courthouse on Job Analysis for Accident Prevention. They cited limited miner safety knowledge and outlined powder handling limits while presenting safety statistics for Stamford No. 2 Stotesbury No. 10 McAlpin Eccles No. 5 mines showing ten lost time accidents and 117,779 man hours over December 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
Raleigh
J. C. Muir
Luther A. Le‘wallen
United States Bureau of Mines
Mount Hope
Muir
Lewallen
Stamford No. 2
Stotesbury No. 10
McAlpin
Eccles No. 5
Daniels Driver Forfeits Bond In Beckley Court
Conrad Wilcox Daniels forfeited a 55 dollar bond in Beckley Police Court Monday night on a reckless driving charge. It was the only case to come before the court that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Wilcox
Daniels
Beckley
Emergency Garden Program Sees 50 Percent Funding Hike
The West Virginia Emergency Garden Program led by WVU Extension officials and Commissioner John T. Johnson will get a 50 percent funding increase for 1961. A 1960 survey showed 8,170 families in 19 counties received seed and plant kits, with high planting rates and good crop yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
W. H. Conkle
West Virginia University Extension
Carl Hardin
John T. Johnson
State Department of
State Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Extension Service
Three seniors and eight juniors join Alpha Chapter NSS at Stoco High
The article lists new members including juniors Jimmy Ann Jennings Mollie Wood Norma Payne Sandy Sturgill Lacy Meadows and Charles Miller with seated and standing group photos. Seniors Charlene Thompson Mike Meadows Joyce Lilly Flora Mitchem Emile Meadows also join, among broader society members Bill Spradling Phyllis Farley Bonita Waddell Beverly Waddell Gary Moorefield Barry Stanley Jim Bowman Charles Wallace Corinne Bowling Collette Sanders Sandy Lusk Doris Cole Vince Fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha Chapter
National Honor Society
Stoco High School
Sandy Sturgill
Glen Rogers High School
Lacy Meadows Jr
Charles Miller
Charlene Thompson
Mike Meadows
Joyce Lilly
Flora Mitchem
Emile Meadows
Bill Spradling
Phyllis Farley
Bonita Waddell
Beverly Waddell
Gary Moorefield
Barry Stanley
Jim Bowman
Charles Wallace
Corinne Bowling
Collette Sanders
Sandy Lusk
Doris Cole
Vince Fares
Milk Production Down In State
The Federal-State Crop Reporting Service found West Virginia milk production in December 1960 fell six million pounds from December 1959, totaling 63 million pounds. As of Jan 1, 1961 the average daily output per cow was 14 pounds, 1.2 pounds below last January but above the 10-year January 1 average of 11.6. Wholesale milk prices are expected at 5.20 per hundred pounds in December 1960, unchanged from the prior month and year. Milk fat in cream mid-December averaged 47 cents, down one cent from both prior month and year. Cows averaged 155 dollars per head as of Dec 15, 1960, unchanged from a month earlier. Mixed dairy feed prices mid-December 1960 were mostly five cents per cwt higher than mid-November, with bran up and middlings cornmeal and soybean meal lower than both. Feed ingredient prices rose for bran while other items declined from the previous month. hog prices remained lower than a year earlier despite heavier feeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal-State
West Virginia
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Janie Howery
Marsha Wooton
Judy Kidd
Helen Turner
Margaret Meadows
H. B. Thomas
Northwestern Ave
Tommy
Woodrow Wilson High School
WWHS
Baptist Youth Fellowship
American Baptist
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Hoge-Cook
Elaine Faull
Carol Thurman
Philathea
Janet Thomas
Anne Rose
Rodney Weikle
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Fellowship
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Marcia Anderson
Tower
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Eileen Snodgrass
Patty Swarthout
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Barbara Zimmerman
Barbara Shirey
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Sue McNeish
Linda Faull
Carol Jernigan
Shirley Kendall
Pam Hughes
Doris Ann Cook
Linda Maggard
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Robert R. Elmore
Earl W. Richmond
BNC
Anthony, Kenneth and
Bernard
Ray W. Weaver
New Haven
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Appealachion Power Company
Roanoke
Virginia
He En
Holmes Meet
Carl Bunch
UMW
Bunch
Raligh
WVUI
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Jimmy Ann Jennings
Mollie Wood
Norma Payne
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