Aunt Mary Whitlock Receives Visit From 77-Year-Old Son
In Camp Creek, Mrs. Mary Whitlock near 100 receives her son C Willie Whitlock of Ramsey New Jersey for the first visit in five years. Born Flat Top, she recalls church memories, Civil War era soldiers and a long life with 13 children, 12 grandchildren, and 99 years of changing photography.
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Cordie Nugen
Mary Whitlock
Camp Creek
Willie Whitlock
Ramsey
N. J
Whitlock
Bette
Mary
Ira Whitlock
Raleigh County
Betty Doughten
C. Willie Whitlock
Charlie Walker
Mother
Flat Top
Primitive Baptist
Sprague Man Rejoins Army In North Carolina
James R. Kennedy of Sprague reenlisted in the U S Army Saturday at Beckley Army Recruiting Main Station and was assigned to the Army Signal Training Center Fort Gordon Georgia. Seven other men enlisting for the first time were sent to Fort Jackson South Carolina for nine weeks of basic training.
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James R. Kennedy
Sprague
U. S. Army
Beckley Army
Army Signal Training Center
Fort Gordon
Fort Jackson
S. C
Jimmie E. Weldon
Bernice R. Weldon
Smithters
Homer D. Skidmore
Bailey C. Skidmore
Charlton Heights
William Biddley TenEyck
William W. TenEyck
Charleston
Clifford L. Settle
Harry J. Settle
Kanawha Falls
John L. Cottrell
Henry 5. Cottrell
Winsfield
Paul D. Amos
Ardith L. Amos
Elk‘view
Kelly Nottinghan Jr
Kelly Notting
Ham
Fayetteville
May Help To Answer Your Questions On Taxes
The West Virginia Department of Public Assistance issues Public Assistance Statistics for May detailing May Raleigh County assist 2064 cases with various aid types including old age and dependent children payments. Fayette County 2325 cases and Wyoming 1000 cases show a state total of 53425 individuals receiving state aid in one month.
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Uncle Sam
Department of Internal Revenue
West Virginia
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Six Men Sent to Great Lakes for Navy Training
Six men enlisted at Beckley Navy Recruiting Station and were sent to the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes Illinois for nine weeks of basic training. They are Roy Lee Gilliam Raymond Russell Grace Moore Lester James Harold Daniel Robert Eugene White James Ray Stuppio and Paul Eugene Schwartz.
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U. S. Navy
Beckley
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Roy Lee Gilliam
Roe Gilliam
Raleigh
Raymond Russell
Laura
Grace Moore
Lester
James Harold Daniel
James Oliver Daniel
Robert Eugene White
James H. White
Fayetteville
James Ray Stuppio
Rachel Mae Stuppio
Oar Hill
Paul Eugene Schartz
Leo Lee Schwartz
Victor
Byrd Backs Farm Marketing Loan Legislation
Rep. Robert Byrd of West Virginia endorses a bill to insure loans for developing and improving marketing facilities for perishable farm products. He said the legislation, to be considered in the House this week, targets modern facilities suited to West Virginia and would be certified by the Agriculture Department based on need and planning.
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Robert C. Byrd
Dwva
West Virginia
Byrd
House
Agriculture Department
Pigeon Hunter on Ninth Floor Ledge in Tucson Shooting
Police respond to sounds of gunfire in Tucson where bank employee Duane Jackson sits on a ninth floor window ledge with a rifle. He admits shooting at pigeons each morning and shows a mayoral letter authorizing the activity before resuming his hunt.
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Tucson
Ariz. G
Duane Jackson
Jackson
Don Hummel
Linkous to Receive Bachelor of Divinity in Fort Worth
Claude Hamilton Linkous Jr. son of Mr and Mrs C H Linkous 13403 Kanawha Sr will receive a bachelor of divinity degree at the Baptist Theological Seminary summer commencement in Fort Worth Texas on July 18 He is among 105 graduates this year including four from the School of Church Music 68 from the School of Theology and 32 from the School of Religious Music Dr Lloyd R Simmons Southwestern Seminary graduate and president of Grand Canyon College Phoenix Arizona will speak at the ceremony.
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Claude Hamilton Linkous Jr
C. H. Linkous
Kanawha Sr
Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Tex
School of Church Music
School of Theology
School of Religious Music
Lloyd R. Simmons
Southwestern, Seminary
Grand Canyon College
Phoenix, Ariz
Mystery of Old Meadows House Secrets Revealed
Gene Riffe of Rose Funeral Home explains that a tombstone and casket packing cases found during Neville Street demolition came from prior burial ground use and were kept as scrap. The old house will be cleared for the Beckley National Bank Building, while Mrs Ida O Dell laments the loss of the horse chestnut tree planted by her husband 50 years ago.
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Raleigh County
Old Meadows House
Rose Funeral Home
Gene Riffe
County Man Returned To Jail In Lieu Bond
A Sprague man, James Tracy Arthur, was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a $900 support bond after a guilty finding for non-support by Magistrate W A Burke. He was ordered to pay his wife Mattie $40 monthly. Shirley Bika Shumate of Skelton received 50 days in jail and $65 in fines after arraignment for hit and run, plus separate charges of tampering with an automobile and intoxication leading to multiple sentences. She had initial police arrest, then a separate weekend arrest by State Police for the additional charges.
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Sprague
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
James Tracy Arthur
Arthur
Mattie
Shirley Bika Shumate
Skelton
Raleigh County
Burke
Pea Picker's Pincher Advances Caning Prep
The American Can Company developed a pea-pincher or tenderometer to judge ripeness for canning. The device records pea tenderness on a gauge as peas pass steel fingers, with harder peas deemed more mature and ripe peas considered young and tender.
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New York
American Can Company
W. B. Shannon Ill in Portsmouth Hospital
W B Shannon formerly of Beckley is ill in a Portsmouth Virginia hospital while visiting relatives Mr and Mrs A L Hayes his wife Hattie Hart Shannon and other family members. He had lived in Clearymont Florida for 17 years and worked with E M Payne Co for about 20 years and planned a trip to Raleigh County to visit son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Ritchie Shannon at Mabscott.
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W.B. Shannon
Beckley
Portsmouth
Shannon
Hattie Hart
A. L. Hayes
Shannons
Clearymont
Fla
E. M. Payne Co
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Plain Dealer
Dallas
Texas
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Valeria Walker Lilly
Zack Lilly
la Grande
Ore
Susan Brammer
Athens
Irving
Princeton
Miss Frances Lilly
Z. Lilly
Sprague Man
RCA
Melody Shop
Neville St. P
Napoleon
Cleburn
Byus
Beaver Church of God
Beulah Pack
Pas
Deana Kay
Alt
Band
Asadore Meadows
Mike G. Varge
Calloway Heights
Old Meadows Place
Legislature of
Ilssser
White House
Neville St
Beckley National Bank
Gillette
Gillettes
Mr. Gillette
Jay
Fred J. Gillette
Aybach Power Company
Rotems
W. B. Shannon
Crrich
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