Blind poetess Braxton to be honored on 78th birthday
Beckley resident Mrs. Sarah G. Braxton who became blind at 41 remains independent through a life of poetry elocution and religious work. She will be saluted Friday at the Church of the Living God Broad Way Street as friends honor her 78th birthday.
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Corey O. Mitchell
Sarah G. Braxton
Beckley
God
Mary Triggs Campbell
Main Steet
Abingdon
West Virginia
Kimball
Hilltop
Mabscott and
McAlpin
Moristown College
WJLS
WWNR
Winding Gulf Sunday School Convention
West Virginia Baptist State Singing Convention
West Virginia Blind group maps yearbook plan and events
Dr John Adkins first vice president of the West Virginia Federation of the Blind outlines plans for a 1962 yearbook at a Saturday meeting. He and Miss Billie Joyce Thomson lead committees while committee members present set dates for White Cane Week May 15 to 21 and a state convention August 11 and 12 in Clarksburg. A state bowling tournament is set for April 28 in Clarksburg.
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John Adkins
West Virginia
West Virginia Federation of the Blind, Inc
Adkins
Pikeville
Kentucky
Tri-State Dental Depot, Inc
Huntington
Pineville
Pikeville High School
Pikeville College
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Billie Joyce Thom
Progressive Blind
Beckley
Kelly Lilly
Lee Barnett
Bob Holdren
Miss Thompson
Federation
Stonewall Jackson
Clarksburg
First Christian Church
Joe Minter
Primitive ornaments mark gender and status, Britannica notes
Encyclopedia Britannica states that ornament types in early societies signal distinctions of sex and social status. The commentary highlights how items worn or displayed reflect gender roles and hierarchical positions within communities.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
Ebenezer Baptists Plan Youth Week Program
In observance of Youth Week the Ebenezer Baptist Church Youth Fellowship will sponsor a program Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Guest speaker Mrs. Robert Redd of The Raleigh Register will discuss Christian Marriage A Covenant of Intimacy. A devotional, scripture reading, solo, and offertory follow, with Rev. Corey O. Mitchell delivering remarks. Refreshments afterward.
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Youth Fellowship
The
Ebenzer Baptist Church
Fellowship Hall
Robert Redd
Raleigh Register
Joan Hairston
Diane Redd
Patricia Merritt
Brown W. Payne
Eva Martin
James Topsale
Charles Moss
Corey O. Mitchell
Welcome Baptist Church
East Park
Central Baptist Church
East Beckley
How's Adlai As A Family Man Read
As governor and presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson became a global figure yet family perspectives remain intimate. Borden Stevenson offers a close-up in Family Weekly's Men Who Decide Our Destinies. Also in the issue a child psychiatrist discusses signs of low spirits in children and disturbance. Other features include Entertainment Centers for small spaces and a wartime courage tale We Were Sealed with Death Below the Pacific. A twist riddle for cha cha recovery and regular Family Weekly recipes and Quips and Quotes add variety.
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Adlai Stevenson
Borden Stevenson
Stevenson
Family Weekly
Circle Sponsoring Coal City Clinic
The polio clinic at Coal City Community Church is sponsored by the Fellowship Circle of the Church not by the Parent-Teacher Association as announced earlier. The clinic runs Friday from 10 a.m. to noon in the church basement.
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Coal City Community Church
Fellowship Circle of the Church
Parent-Teacher Association
Cashier Injured as Register Topples at Interstate Hosts
Miss Betty Lou Stone, 102 Johnson St., Beckley, a cashier at Interstate Hosts, was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for injuries to her right arm and shoulder when a cash register toppled while being opened. A restaurant spokesman said the accident occurred during opening.
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Betty Lou Stone
Johnson St
Interstate Hosts
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Beckleyan Wins Educational Grant for AEP Award
Michael A. McMahan a senior at Woodrow Wilson High School received a $500 grant from the American Electric Power System Educational Awards Program. He is among four Appalachian employee children honored this year with scores from the SAT school records and principal input. Other honorees include Richard D. Buckingham and David B. Stoner Jr. of Roanoke and Ronnie Lee Brown of Clinch River plant near Carbo Virginia. McMahan plans to attend the University of Tennessee or Vanderbilt University to pursue law. He is Sunday School treasurer and co chair of a church youth group. golf and tropical fish keeping are hobbies.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Michael A. McMahan
American Electric Power System
W. C. McMahan
Beckley
Appalachian Power Co
Appalachian
Michael
Donald C. Cook
AEP
Richard D. Buckingham
D. L. Buckingham
David B. Stoner Jr
David B. Stoner
Roanoke
Ronnie Lee Brown
William H. Brown
Clinch River
Carbo
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt University
Two Workers Injured In Separate Beckley Incidents
Two area workmen were admitted to Beckley Hospital Monday afternoon for injuries from unrelated accidents. David Hart of Coal City sustained a back injury at the Mary Ann Coal Co. mine in Maben at 2 30 p.m. Jackson Mick of Pennsylvania injured his eye while with Colliers Construction Co. Beckley at 4 15 p.m. Both are listed in satisfactory condition.
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Beckley Hospital
David Hart
Coal City
Mary Ann
Area Chairmen Named In Drive
A. J. Colborn Jr. named area chairmen for the 1962 Heart Fund Drive in Fayette and Wyoming counties. Wanda Farrish heads Fayette County, Sherman Stover the Wyoming drive, and Mrs. George Lowry leads Raleigh County. Heart Sunday falls Feb. 25 with a house to house canvass statewide. Funds support Research Education and Community Service of the West Virginia Heart Assn. affiliated with the American Heart Assn.
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Fayette
Wyoming
A. J. Colborn Jr
Clarksburg
Wanda Farrish
Oak Hill
Fayette County
Colborn
Sherman Stover
Mullens
Wyoming County
George Lowry
Mab‘cott
Raleigh
Heart
West Virginia
Heart Fund
West Virginia Heart Assn
American Heart Assn
Heart Assn
The
Angry Juror Voices on Mind Versus Emotion in Murder Verdict
A juror contemplates whether mind or emotions decide a murder verdict. He warns that after closing statements jurors may think they are logical, but feelings could steer them. He notes twelve jurors discuss facts from witnesses to reach a verdict.
Past President Declares Chamber Helps All Reach Primary Goal
Past President PRICE H. CALFEE JR. urges Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce membership for business and professional men and women. He argues the chamber coordinates plans to develop industry and tourism, with the end goal of more money spent in the area through citizen cooperation and dues.
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Price H. Calfee JR
Beckley- Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Mail Ballots Set To Choose Beckley Bureau Board
Beckley Business Bureau plans a mail ballot to select four directors. President Clarence Bibb reports 31 votes so far and hopes final tally arrives with today’s mail. Officers to be chosen by February meeting at G C Murphy room. Over 100 firms were invited. many did not participate. Top nominees include Phil Payne, Mrs J E Otto, Larry George, and E D Terry.
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Beckley Business Bureau
Clarence Bibb
Bibb
G. C. Murphy Co
Beckley Man Killed As Train Hits Truck
A 34 year old Beckley man, Elton Stanley Pate, was killed instantly when the truck he drove was struck by a Norfolk and Western freight train near Sophia. The vehicle dragged about 400 feet before stopping in front of his father in law Ceil Mahone's house. Police and C P officials investigated. car window and windshield fragments indicated the impact and emergency brakes were applied as the train approached.
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Beckley
Elton Stanley Pate
Canterbury Drive
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Sophia
Affinity Tunnel
Cecil Mahone
Pate
T. W. Sowers
Mullens
Presbyterian Men Install New Officers
The Men of the First Presbyterian Church installed 1962 officers at a church meeting. Doyle Minter became president with Frank Halstead as vice president Reese Mallett as secretary C L West as membership chairman H V Perkins as greetings chairman Iran Brien as publicity chairman and Oakley Dunns as refreshment chairman. Dr James W Witherspoon addressed the group urging hard work to grow the church during 1962.
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First Presbyterian Church
Doyle Minter
Frank Halstead
Reese Mallette
C. L. West
H. V. Perkins
Greetings
Iran Brien
Oakley Dunns
James W. Witherspoon
Carburetor Fire Damages 1961 Car in Beckley
Beckley Fire Department responded to a carburetor fire at 311 Lincoln Street at 5 55 p m Monday. Firemen said damage was limited to the carburetor of the car owned by Miller of 313 Lincoln Street.
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Beckley Fire Department
Lincoln St
Bi, Miller
Lincoln
Training Program Set For Women Marines
A summer program at Quantico for a limited number of college women as Women Marine officers will commission selected recruits as Marine Second Lieutenants after a 10 week training. Candidates must be 21 to 29, single, with some graduates or soon-to-graduate seniors invited. Beckley recruiting sub station in Trailways Terminal is interviewing applicants.
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Marine Corps
Quantico
Corps
Trailways
Prince St
Beckley
WWHS Band Ind Concert Set Thursday
Woodrow Wilson High School Flying Eagle Band and Beckley Junior High Band team for an 8 p m concert in the high school auditorium. Beginning Band with 85 members opens with The Telephone Tune and Playground Suite. Advanced Junior High with 109 performs Handel Aria and Fugue, Bambi selection, and West Virginia Centennial. Flying Eagle Band of 156 performs Nutmeggers March, Madam Falvat Overature, and a South of Music selection.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle
Beckley
Glenn Sallack
West Virginia
West Virginia Music Publishing House
Mountain State
Flying Eagle Band
16 To Report For Induction Local Board No 18
Local Board No 18 Selective Service directs 16 men to report for induction February 6 at 9 a.m. at the Army Recruiting Main Station 332 Prince St Beckley. Names include Floyd Samuel Goff Leslie Sutton Arden Richardson Lester Teddy Cook James Jefferson Quinnimont Russell Bright Ronald Scott Huston Ross William Stump Tommy Small Charles Prince Larry Rogers Jackie Stover Charles Williams John Woody John Hawks.
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Selective Service
Army
Prince St
Beckley
Floyd Samuel Goff
Leslie
East Beckley
Carlos Jack Sutton
Arlington
Arden Arles Richardson
Lester
Teddy Ray Cook
Arnett
James Edward Jeffries
Quinnimont
Piney View
Russell Denson Bright
Ronald Howard
Driver Forfeits Bonds In Beckley Police Court
Robert Lee Spencer aged 39 of 114 Clark Street forfeited $15 bond on red light and unlicensed driver charges after Beckley Police Court Monday night. Alfred Delph, 34 of Maxwell Hill, forfeited $5 for red light violation. A separate forfeiture of $16.50 involved a person charged with drunkenness.
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Robert Lee Spencer
Clark St
Beckley
Alfred Delph
Maxwell Hill
Bluefield State football star Claude Watts signs with Detroit Lions
Bluefield State announces senior Claude Watts, of Bluefield, has signed to play halfback for the Detroit Lions next season. The Big Blues boast a 4-3 record led by James Carter on the basketball squad as Milton Ross and the writer plan to cadet teach this semester. Clarence Harris of Mount Hope, recently nominated to Who's Who, recovers from an auto accident. A Beckley area marriage, William Scott of Tams wed Trichita Stewart, a Kimball senior.
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Bluefield State College
Detroit Lions
Claude Watts
Bluefield
Watts
Claude
BIG Blues
James Carter
Clarence Harris
Mount Hope
Beckley Area
William Scott
Tams
BSC
Sam
Trichita Stewart
Kimball
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