Dist Queen Contest Balloting Set to Begin
Raleigh County centennial marks district queens contest with seven districts. Balloting runs until Aug 10 at the Memorial Building Beckley. Queens must be alive over 40 and native to Raleigh County, recognized for county history contributions. Ballots run in Beckley papers until Aug 3, with winners announced after the deadline.
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Raleigh County
Memorial Building
Queens
Richmond
Raleigh
Beckley
W. Va
Local Youth for Christ to Hear Missionary Rally speaker set for Beckley
The Rev. Roy Paddock of Princewick will headline the Beckley Youth For Christ second anniversary rally at Beckley Junior High School auditorium. Also on program are Isaac Jen from Shanghai and Mrs. Claude Sans of Beckley with a musical. Final Book of John quiz pits Stoco High against Woodrow Wilson, winner earns a week at State Youth for Christ Camp at Camp Steckworth Fayette County.
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Roy Paddock
Ver. Buskirk
Princewick
Mont
Johnson
Beckley
Christ Others
Carter Iron
India
Evangelical Missionary Alliance
Isaac Jen
Shanghai
China
Claude S. Sans
Carl Johnson
Stucy High School
Woodrow Wilson High School
Youth For Christ
Camp Steckwith
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Woodrow Wilson
Trap Hill
Stoo
Mark Twain
Sophia
Shady Spring
Stoco
Joan Pugh
Lillybrook
Betty Baldwin
Odd
Joyce Bolon
Shirley Hubbard
Epperly
Jerry
June Magistrate Fines in Raleigh County Totals $2227
Six Justices of the Peace reported June fines in Sheriff Okey Mills' office. T N Thurman Town District 66 fines $240 J H McGhee Shady Springs 54 fines $1137.50 C E White Clear Fork nine fines $85.90 T H Wills Shady Springs six fines $69 J P Meadows Town District 71 fines $340 J H Cole Slab Fork 32 fines $255 Magistrate J H McGhee collected the largest sum though J P Meadows led in fines.
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Raleigh
Justices of the Peace
Okey Mills
T.N. Thurman
J. H. McGhee
Shady Springs
C. E. White
Clear Fork
T. H. Wills
J. P. Meadows
J. H. Cole
Slab Fork
McKinney Funeral Scheduled Today
Funeral services for Raymond Thomas McKinney of MacArthur, who died en route to a local hospital a week ago, were set for 2:30 p m today at Fitzpatrick Community Church with the Rev. Sam Smith officiating. Burial planned at Fitzpatrick Cemetery. Active pallbearers listed include Jack Stump, Junior Stump, Roy Stump, Claude Stump, Montague Stump, and Ray Kinzer.
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Raymond Thomas McKinney
MacArthur
Fitzpatrick Community Church
Sam Smith
Fitzpatrick Cemeters
Inchude
Jack
Junior
Roy
Claude and
Montague Stump
Ray Kinzer
Local VA Office Reports 1268 Cases and Contacts
Beckley VA Office reports a decline in June activity with 1258 personal contacts, 412 counter contacts, and 937 telephone contacts. Forms completed totalled 1207, compared with 140 in May, as officer Keith W Bailes announced the figures for the local veterans administration office.
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Beckley Veterans
Keith W. Bailes
Beckley Area Men Summoned into Court
Four Beckley area men were arrested and ordered to appear before Police Judge Anthony Sparamcino at seven tonight. Named defendants: James Scott of Grand View driving without brakes Sam E1nuck of Sophia improper lights Samuel Davis and Cele Henderson of Berkley, both charged with speeding.
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Beckley
Anthony Sparacino
James Scott
Grand View
Sam E1. Inuck
Sophia
Samuel Davis
Cele Henderson
Berkley
City issues fifty eight building permits in June
City Recorder William P. Laven announced fifty eight permits issued in June with an estimated value of 278,200. Be Civil residents received permits for remodeling and new construction including 49 homes, four garages, three remodels, one business building and one showerhouse. Total residential value reached 268,500 with other projects at 1,500 for remodels, 2,000 for the business building and 300 for the showerhouse. Two additional permits were issued yesterday to S Homes of M. Hope for two five room prefabricated dwellings at 5,500 each.
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William P. Laven
Beckley
Laren
Is & S Homes
M. Hope
Reunion Honors Life Of Last Century In Hall Family Meet
Mrs Jennie Moye recalled life before 1900 at Glen Daniel during the Hall family reunion Sunday describing mud for chinking walls of a log house and open hearth cooking wolves at butchering time and social activities like stringing beans apple peelings and molasses making She travels to visit children and grandchildren across the region including Beckley and East Beckley while her grandson hosts her at Glen Daniel and several relatives readied news from other family members.
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Jennie Moye
Glen Daniel
Hall
Daniels
Moye
True
White Oak Mountain
Rudolph V. Swatzyna
Washington, D
William Swatzyna
Fof Beckley
Mary Emma
Mary Matroris Marczinko
Land
Joe Marezinko
East Beckley
James R. Walker
Ballenger Rites Set Tomorrow
Funeral services for Elmer Harvey Ballenger, 42, will be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow at Piney View Community Church with burial in End of the Trail Cemetery at Clintonville. Ballenger died Wednesday of gunshot wounds. The body will be removed from Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle. He is survived by his wife Ethel V. Ballenger two daughters Alice Dinahoe of Charleston and Audrey Jean at home two sons Ray Houston of Falls Church Virginia and Raymond Jason of Washington DC three sisters Ina Griffin Stella Smith Beelick Knob Edina Shields of Beelick Knob three brothers Alva Alya both of Beelick Knob and Guy of Meadow Bridge.
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Elmer Harvey Ballenger
Piney View
Trail
Clintonville
Ballenger
Wallace and Wallace
East Rainele
Ethel V. Ballenger
Alice Dinahoe
Charleston
Seven Couples Seek Wedding Permits in Raleigh County
Seven couples appeared Wednesday at the Raleigh County Clerk's office to apply for marriage licenses. The list includes Richard Cozort, 24, and Verna Mae Trump, 19 of Bolt. Roy Joseph Gentile, 31, of Beckley with Jo Ann Garrison, 20 of Beckley. Edgar L. Jarrell, 23, and Reather Macie Vealey, 28 of Pine Knob. Roscoe Loudermilk, 29, and Trudy Simmert, 23 of Prosperity. Robert Henry Milam, 21, and Lorena Mae Cockran, 22 of Lester.
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Raleigh County Clerk's Office
Wea
Richard Cozort
Oley Cozort
Lettie Richardson
Verna Mae Trump
Noel Trump
Bolt
Roy Joseph Gentile
Beckey
Two marriages mark life of early notable figure
The individual was married twice. Her first husband, James Meadows, died of pneumonia. After his death she married Robert Moye, who died several years ago.
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James Meadows
Robert Moye
Tax Collections Cease Until July Seventeenth
Tax collections are halted until July 17. Chief Deputy Sheriff S. Taylor announced the pause and said the office is compiling delinquent tax lists. Once published, citizens have until the second Monday in December to redeem real property. otherwise it will be sold at public auction.
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S. Taylor
Bays and Cundy to Attend Bluefield Chamber Dinner
President Wilbur Bays and Managing Director Arthur Cundy of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce will attend the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce 46th annual dinner tonight in Bluefield.
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Cundy
Bays
Bluefield Chamber
Wilbur Bays
Arthur Cundy
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Garrett Woman Freed Of Charge Of Murder
Goldie Mae Garrett is acquitted in Thorneleigh County Criminal Court of the shotgun slaying of Attorney Carl C. Sanders at the Shorter home in Stamford. Prosecution and defense differed over the shooting, with witnesses recalling a late night argument. no eyewitness testimony could place Garrett at the scene, and the jury returned a guilty verdict narrative despite the defense.
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Goldie Mae Garrett
Stansford
Thorneleigh County Criminal Court
Hill
Aman
Carl C. Sanders
Johny Henry Shorter
Ned
The.h. Ragisad
Shorter
Stamford
Sanders
Cigarette Lands Naoma Man in Jail for One Hour
Dock Williams of Naoma was jailed for one hour in Raleigh County Jail on a contempt of court charge after entering the courtroom while smoking. Williams pleaded ignorance before Judge W A Riffe and had his usual $25 fine remitted, noting it was his first visit to the court.
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Naoma
Dock Williams
Raleigh
W. A. Riffe
Williams
Building Permits and a Theft Report From City
Building permits granted by Recorder William F. Charen include two reyme and sheet rock projects on Whittesstick Street valued at 400 and a five room frame house with full basement valued at 8000 for Lessie Farley on Mankin Avenue. A limestone biorch building valued at 2000 was built by M. Galloway on the 1921 By Pass. A black 1938 Chevrolet sedan was stolen from L Harris on Mabsvott, taken about 4:30 p.m. from the Lewis Chev Roles lot on Neville Street. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs BW Bradberry of Oak Hill on July.
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Recorder
William F 'Haren
City Recorder
Frank Q Dunbar
Whittesstick Street
Lessie Farley
Mankin Avenue
Biorch Ob
M. Galloway
L Harris
Mabsvott
Ac City
Harris
Lewis Chevroles
Neville Street
Scare Wester
Oak Hill
BW Bradberry
Enlist Here For Army AF Draw 18 Recruits for Training
Eighteen men signed up at the U S Army and Air Force main recruiting station. They will go to San Antonio Texas for basic training. Names include Milford Kein Davis and Darrel Lee Hensley among others. Several others join for different enlistment periods and school programs at University of Kansas and various towns.
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Trhurs
U. S. Army
U.S. Air Force
Bess
Air Force
San Antonio
Tex
Milford Kein Davis
Lyndey
Darrel Lee Hensley
Oveana
Jackie Maurice Marks
Kenperston
Herbert Edgar Parish
Vietor
Donald
Crab Orchard
James Robert Por Sone Bans
Robert Lee Billips
Mallory
Thomas Dew- Pettus
Virgil Lee Carr
Bluefield
Atey Rutherford
Maben
Rob Pettus
Fred Paul Blankenship
Rudolph Cashwell
White
Panther
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Aes Pertae
Beckley Area
David
W. G
Bill) Lowe
Neville St
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Army
Bunting
Byus-Mankin Lumber Company
Merchants & Buyers Week Association, Inc
West Virginia
Pocaslontas Coal Fields
Merchants & Buyers Werk Association
West Virginian Hotel
Merchants and Buyers Werk Association, Inc
Merchants and Buyers Association
Centrail
Merchants and Buyers Work Association, Inc
United States
Merchants & Buyers Week Association
Bluefield Country Club
Merchants& Buyers Week Association
Beckley’s
Neville
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