Retired Rail Conductor Plans Easy Life After 49 Years
J H Winner a 67 year old Raleigh County rail veteran retires after 49 years with the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. He recalls shifts on rough branch lines the shift to diesel power and the decline in crew sizes. Winner will rest travel and garden with his wife Grace Hess Winner was born July 12 1893 worked from a Fayette County coal mine to Thurmond in 1911 served in World War I then resumed railroading from Beckley in 1922. He never injured never involved in a serious wreck and recalls a caboose gained by a poem. He plans a quieter life free from on call duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Winner
Garden Terrace
Raleigh
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Winner
Fayette County
C&o
Thurmond
U. S. Navy
U. S
France
Beckley
Grace Hess
Ansted
June Winner
Appalachian Power Co
Joe H. Winner
Jean Winner
Bureau of Mines
Mount Hene
First Christian Church
Yleigh County
Henry W. Doolittle
East Beckley
Florida
Doolittle
C.&o
Piney River
Ex-Beckleyan Garner Phipps Dies in Tucson
Mrs. Garner Phipps, 30, formerly of Harper Road, Beckley, died Sunday in a Tucson hospital of complications after surgery. Survived by husband Garner Phipps, two sisters Lucy Kolman of Beckley and Otto Kinsler, Bradley, a brother Howard Goins of Tucson, and three children Frederick California Richard Lake Charles La and Ann Chamberlian Tucson, plus five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are in complete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner Phipps
Tucson
Ariz
Harper Road
Lucy Kolman
Beckley
Otto Kinsler
Bradley
Howard Goins
Frederick
California
Richard
Lake Charles
Ann Chamberlian
Police Trials Slated Tonight
James A Saunders of Canaday Street Beckley faces Beckley Police Court tonight on a moonshine possession charge after arrest at 12:45 a.m. Saturday. He posted 500 bond and was released from Raleigh County Jail at 2:05 p.m. Sunday. Four others charged with drunk driving were released Sunday after bonds. Cecil Louis Fain Beckley posted 500 bond on a second offense and will have a 7:30 p.m. hearing. M E Moore Shady Spring and Spencer A Stanley Boonville NC scheduled 10 a.m. Saturday before Magistrate Cotton White. both posted 50 bonds and were released. Moore apprehended Saturday night. Stanley arrested again by Turnpike State Police. Howard Perkins Mabscott posted 110 bond. hearing set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Perkins nabbed Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Saunders
Canaday Street
Beckley
Raleigh
Cecil Louis Fain
M. E. Moore
Shady Spring
Spencer A. Stanley
Boonville
N. C
Cotton White
White
Moore
Stanley
Turnpike State Poice
Howard Perkins
Tams
Mabscott
Perkins
Arthur Scott Dies at Local Hospital
Arthur Scott aged 54 of 150 Priller Man Avenue was dead on arrival at a local hospital Sunday morning. The body remains at Wright and Anderson Funeral Home while arrangements are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Scott
Prillerman Ave
Wright and Anderson Funeral Home
Night of Games to benefit March of Dimes
Mrs. R. J. Howard co chairs a Mothers March event at the New Pioneer Hotel on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Night of Games fundraiser supports the March of Dimes with proceeds directed to the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Howard
Mothers’ March For the
New Pioneer Hotel
Raleigh School Board Meeting Set Tuesday
The Raleigh County Board of Education will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the County Court room. City Council members are expected to discuss improvements to the Woodrow Wilson High School auxiliary field to condition it for Little League use. Personnel recommendations and insurance matters may also be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Board of Education
Woodrow Wilson High School
Little League
Dr Tieche Heads Bank of Raleigh
Officers and directors of the Bank of Raleigh were elected at the stockholders annual meeting. Dr. A A Tieche was named president with most officers reelected. new assistant cashier Pat O Dell joins the staff. Directors include Dr McRae C Banks J R Carr Charles C Farmer and others as they anticipate a new building opening soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of Raleigh
A. A. Tieche
E. S. Pugh
Hal M. Scott
John R. Hornbrook
J. R. Carr
Isaac McKinney
T. L. Maynor
R. M. French Jr
Paul Phipps
Pat O'Dell
Dr. McRae C. Banks
Charles C. Farmer
W. H. File Jr
J. G. Lilly
John H. McCulloch
Phill A. McDaniel
Paul P. Payne
Howard Phipps
M. W. Powers
Floyd M. Sayre
L L. Scherer
Hulett C. Smith
Albert M. Tieche
A. U. Tieche
Councilmen Seek Court OK on Fluoridation Plan
A three man city council committee will ask the Raleigh County Court Tuesday for approval to fluoridate Beckley Water Co. water. If the court agrees a public hearing would follow. The push comes from Beckley Woman's Club dentists medical society and the chamber of commerce. West Virginia pediatricians report solid progress in immunizations fluoridation and infant mortality reduction as part of a national study ahead of a White House conference. They call for more rural health facilities beds clinics and physicians and note expansion of the medical school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Water Co
Noel Christian
John W. Smith
Hyden Smith
Beckley Woman’s Club
Raleigh County Dentists
Raleigh County Medical Society
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia
White House
Eisenhower
Academy
Canada
United States
Central and South America
West Indies
Donald M. Burke
Elkins
Marcus Farrell
Clarksburg
Thomas Folsom
Huntington
Robert Nottingham
Morgantown
Theodore Wilder
Beckley Memorial Hospital
West Virginia Medical School
Brownies Hold Investure Service In Raleigh County
Cathy Long and Cynthia Shrewsbury received Brownie pins at a investure service. Mrs John Phillips org chair for the Raleigh County Girl Scout Council welcomed the girls into the troop. Several Brownies attended including Linda Adamos Sandra Long Debra Worley Patty Burroughs Jackie Worley Frances Bryant Barbara Eagle Patty Swartz and Jo Ellen Catlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cathy Long
Cynthia Shrewsbury
John Phillips
Raleigh County
Yocas Funeral Rites Tuesday In City
Final rites for John Yocas age 69 of 104 Nathan St will be held at 10 30 a m Tuesday in the Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with Rev C E Walker in charge Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park He died at home Sunday morning a retired coal miner last worked at Raleigh Wyoming Coal Co at Glen Rogers He was a member of the Jane Mine Workers of America One brother Anthony Boston Mass survives The body will remain at the Rose and Queenberry Funeral Home until services.
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John Yocas
Nathan St
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
C. E. Walker
Sunset Memorial Park
Yocas
Raleigh- Wyoming Coal Co
Glen Rogers
Jane Mine Workers of America Re
Anthony
Boston, Mass
Rose and Queenberry Funeral Home
Bus Drivers to Meet for Safety Film at Trap Hill High
Beckley state police will show a film entitled Safely Transporting Children to School to Raleigh County School Bus Drivers Association members tonight. Wendell Thurman said the meeting starts at 7 30 p m at Trap Hill High School.
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Beckley
State Police
Raleigh County
Wendell Thurman
Trap Hill High School
Troop Participation Sought For Jubilee Show
Beckley District Jubilee Arena Show planned for April will feature skits from all Scout Troops as leaders meet to organize. About 50 district representatives discussed progress since Scouting began in 1909 and Colie Minter urged nonattending scouts to join a 7:30 p.m. round-table at Ashworth Firestone Store on Prince Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Boy Scout Movement
Colie Minter
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St
Raleigh Wyoming Press Group Meeting at Stoco High
The Raleigh Wyoming Press Association will meet at Stoco High School at 7 30 p m today. Staff members from all county school newspapers are invited with advertising as the program topic. Martha Christian of Woodrow Wilson High School serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh - Wyoming Press Association
Stoco High School
Martha Christian
Woodrow Wilson High School
Feazelle Funeral Planned In Maynor For Charles A Feazelle
Final rites for Charles Alex ander Feazelle 68 known as Alex will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Maynor Freewill Baptist Church with two reverends in charge. Burial is set for Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died at 1 a.m. Sunday in a local hospital after a long illness. A retired electrician for New River Co and last employed at Garden Ground mine he was born Sept. 30 1891 in Raleigh County. Survived by wife Mabel two sons Robert Beckley and William stationed in Patuxent Md with the Navy four daughters Evelyn Hoskins Mary Evans both of Maynor and Ethel Pennington Betty Wilson both of Beckley 1M grandchildren. The body will be taken to the home at 4 p.m. Monday from Tyree Funeral Home at Mount Hope and to the church one hour before the funeral.
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Charles Alexander
Alex) Feazelle
Maynor
Maynor Freewill Baptist Church
F. C. Calhoun
Midway
L. A. Garten
Mabscott
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
New River Co
Garden Ground
Maynor Freewill
Hedrick Rites Set Wednesday
Final rites for W. Ed Hedrick age 51 will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Hedrick, an accountant for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, died en route to a city hospital after a heart attack and is survived by his wife Helen Fronsom Hedrick a daughter Harold Martin in Roseland Fila a brother and four sisters and four grandchildren. The body remains at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home.
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W. Ed Hedrick
N. Fayette St
Keyser-Bryant
Virgil Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Hedrick
Summers County
W. J. Hedrick
Mary Carmichael Hedrick
Glen Morgan
Helen Fronsom Hedrick
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Beckley
Beckley Elks Lodge
Young Men’s Christian Assn
Hinton
White Oak Lodge
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
West Virginia Elks
Yankees
Elks Little League
West Virginia Elks Assn
Harold Martin
Roseland
Fila
Orlando
Fla
Paul Cole
Beaver
Earl Meador
Boomer
Melford Holland
Alley
D. Tench
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
Beckley Rotary hears Arm strong tour slides
Mr and Mrs E D Armstrong recently back from Central America spoke at a Beckley Rotary Club meeting at the Beckley Hotel. Attendees viewed slides the couple took during their trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Armstrong
Central America
Beckley
Methodists Hear Report On African Mission Project
Beckley District pledged 20000 dollars for the Kambini Theological School Building after a first hand report by Rev. Julian Rea on his furlough from Mozambique Africa. He spoke at First Methodist Church noting Africa is rising with light and hope and describing the 1000 acre tract for training farm demonstration health administration and minister education. Circles 2 and 3 of the church WSCS hosted a meal for about 80 attendees before the service.
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Beckley District
Kambia
Mozambique
Africa
Beckley
Rea
Woman's Society of Christian Service
New River Pharmacists Install New Officers
New River Pharmaceutical Association held an officers installation Friday at the Elks Club dining room. Beckley members James W. Backus Garvis M. Looney Robert H. Shirey and M. T. Rimmer were pictured with C. T. Justice not shown G L Anderson reported on the Diabetes Detection Campaign yielding 10000 tests 2704 returned 136 positive with 44 followed by family doctors producing one definite and two probable cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Pharmaceutical Association
Elks Club
James W. Backus
Garvis M. Looney
Robert H. Shirey
M. T. Rimmer
Beckley
C. T. Justice
Anderson
Girl Scout Troop 5
West Virginia FHA loans fell to 212 million in 59
Frank Patton reports West Virginia Farmers Home Administration data from Kenneth Shaffer showing 1959 loan total of 2.5 million, down from 3.4 million in 1958, with 995 loans issued that year and 2,100 farmers served. Loans funded equipment, livestock, fertilizer and operating costs for 736 farmers totaling 1.42 million, farm housing for 100 farmers at 750,320, and—through 19 counties—local committee oversight to adapt policies locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Patton
Raleigh
Farmers Home Administration
West Virginia
Kenneth W. Shaffer
West Virk
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MR. and
Mrs. J. H. Winner
Beckleyan
Raleigh School Board
Dr. Tieche
Court
Okeh
Brownies Hold Investure Service
Brownie Troop No. 76
Daniels Elementary School
Connie Pitzer
Debra McGrady
Carol Matherly
Peggy Bryant
Brenda Lester
Susan Wood
Corma McCormick
Raleigh-Wyoming Press Group
Feazelle
Tyree
Mount Hope
Wyoming
Mullens
TNT
Greatest Adventure
Scott - Antony
Julian Rea
Jenning Fast
J. B. Dryfield
First Methodist Church
Jay Wood
Methodists
Read
Aioe
Aaa
Wall Agerz
Columbia O
MIR
Warner Bros
Iarroll Baker
Roger Moore
Walter Slezak
Katina Paxinou
Heri
Cary Tony Grant
Curtis
Petticoat
Eastman
Aun
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