County Health Center May Get X Ray Outlay
Raleigh County Court Commissioner John C Ward said Thursday the proposed county health center may receive an additional 30000 for an X ray room and equipment The money would be tentatively approved by the State Board of Health as part of 300000 in a prospective Hill Burton Act allocation to meet local health center needs If more funds are required the County Court would need to appropriate from the general revenue fund The health center has a 100000 local share levy and Dr S A Ford said the X ray equipment could cost more The board also tentatively approved 4477352 for federal hospital construction grants in West Virginia with final allocations to follow after federal action and state share is set The Senate would provide 211 million nationwide while the House proposes 1435 million and state shares may be revised downward accordingly Priority will largely determine cuts including health centers and mental health facilities An additional 500000 was tentatively approved for the West Virginia University Medical Center at Morgantown for teaching hospital facilities
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
John C. Ward
State Board of Health
Beckley
Ward
General Revenue Fund
S. A. Ford
West Virginia
N. H. Dyer
Congress
Senate
West Virginia University Medical Center
Moregantown
County Students Make Outstanding Records
Three Raleigh County graduates posted top scholastic marks. Nan Whitlock of Woodrow Wilson High and William Fourney of Shady Spring High joined 35 WVU students with 4.0 averages as nearly 6,000 WVU enrollees. Whitlock, daughter of Dr and Mrs J W Whitlock, will enter Medical College of Virginia as a physical therapy major. Fourney will start his aero nautical engineering junior year at WVU while summering with General Electric in Cincinnati. Mary Anne Butterworth of Harper Road is among Lynchburg College high honors students in Lynchburg Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Nan Whitlock
Woodrow Wilson High School
William Lawrence Fourney
Shady Spring High
West Virginia University
WVU
Whitlock
John W. Whitlock
Raleigh Heights
Medical College of Virginia
Richmond
Fourney
General Electric Company
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mary Anne Butterworth
H. D. Butterworth
Harper Road
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Social Security Payments Down in Charleston Report
The State Employment Security Department reports a 29 percent drop in benefits for the first six months of this year compared with January-June 1958. Six-month total payments reached 17,357,358 through last month, down 7,197,274 from the 1958 period. Regular unemployment benefits in June totaled 2,408,696, down 177,753 or 7 percent from May, and 47 percent below June 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Employment Security Department
Two City Teachers To Attend Workshop
Beckley teachers Mrs. Nelle Keefer and Mrs. Lillian T. Wright will attend the Conservation Education Workshop at West Virginia University from August 10 to 26. Sponsored by Beckley Newspapers Corp. and its banks, the program costs 90 dollars per sponsorship. Additional Raleigh County teachers await sponsors from other businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Nelle Keefer
Campbell St
Lillian T. Wright
McClure St
West Virginia University College of Education
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Glennis H. Cunningham
Raleigh County
Boone County
Fayette, Greenbrier
Monroe Counties
Keefer
Sophia Elementary
Opekiska lock project may start sooner than thought
A Senate Appropriations Committee move could speed the Opekiska lock and dam construction on the Monongahela River near the Marion Monongalia county line. The panel included 500000 dollars in the rivers and harbors bill for the start. Bridgeport prepares for M L Benedum birthday events at the Civic Center. West Virginia State Folk Festival parade in Glenville features nearly 50 units. Wellburg ends fiscal year with a cash balance of 2098.92. Lon H Hairston of Charleston elected state president of the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of Elks of the World. The 16th Northern District Convention of the Junior Dept of the State Federation of Women's Clubs meets at Bethany Aug 29 with Bethany Club hosting. Harold W Ewing elected president of the West Virginia Music Educators Association. He directs the Charleston Civic Chorus and serves on the National Association of Teachers of Singing board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Mountain
Opekiska
Monongahela River
Marion-Monongalia County
Senate Appropriations Committee
Improved Benevolent, Protective Order of Elks of the World
Lon ‘H. Hairston
Charleston
Clarksburg
State Federation of Women’s Clubs
Bethany
Harold W. Ewing
Morris Harvey College
West Virginia Music Educators Assn
Charleston Civic Chorus
National Assn. of Teachers of Singing
Railway Hearing Scheduled Monday
The Public Service Commission will hear two Railway Express Agency requests to curtail service in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. One seeks to close its New Cumberland agency and the other to shut the Weirton office and merge operations with Steubenville, Ohio, saving about $235 monthly while continuing daily pickup and delivery in Weirton from Steubenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Public Service Commission
Railway Express
West Virginia
Northern
Panhandle
New Cumberland
Hancock County
Weirton
Express
Steubenville
Ohio
Ohio River
Two Permits Issued for Home Construction in City
Two building permits were issued by the City Recorder for about 16,000 dollars of work. W H McGinnis Jr received a permit to build a six room brick veneer house on Craig Street costing about 15,000 dollars with a 35 dollar fee. Augustus Durgan paid 110 dollars for a permit to add a room to his Patch Street residence with an estimated 1,000 dollar project cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Recorder's Office
W. H. McGinnis Jr
Craig Street
McGinnis
Augustus Durgan
Patch Street
Fang the police dog tests gentleness in courtroom
In St Louis a police dog named Fang proved gentleness during a courtroom test when Judge Morris Rosenthal shook hands with him after Fang bit a man during a scuffle with an arresting officer. The man was fined 35 dollars for peace disturbance and resisting arrest. Nathan B. Young declined to shake hands with the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Fang
Morris Rosenthal
Nathan B. Young
Young
Judge Rosenthal
Antique cabin travels cross country to San Antonio home
San Antonio buyer Hal Clayburne moved a 203 year old log cabin from Virginia to Texas after learning it faced razing. Rail trip proved the structure sound though aged. He paid $65 to secure the homestead and now uses it as a rustic family dwelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Hal Clayburne
Virginia
Clayburne
Shenandoah Valley
Boat built by students shown in Edmonton display
A 16 foot cabin cruiser, constructed by students at the Province Training School in Red Dee, was shown in Edmonton. The vessel is valued at 3000 dollars and represents a notable effort by the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Canada
Province Training School
Red Dee
Last male telephone operator in Hawaii retires after 32 years
AP reports Tokuichi Sugawa, 60, the final male operator in the Hawaiian Islands, leaves Hawaiian Telephone Co after 32 years on Kauai. He recalls the growth from about 500 to 7000 phones on the island and notes the system could recognize nearly every caller by voice in early days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switchboard
Honolulu
Hawaiian Islands
Tokuichi Sugawa
Kauai
Hawaiian Telephone Co
Sugawa
Sheriff Finds Whisky Joint Doors Removed In Oklahoma
SPOIL SPORT CHICKASHA OK AP Sheriff Emmett Watson acting with a court order to padlock an illegal whisky joint found the front and back doors removed by the owner leaving nothing to lock The incident underscores enforcement actions in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Emmett Watson
Alme
Testing programs for WV Tech freshmen expand to three cities
Guidance Director Luther Hasely announced fall testing for incoming freshmen at West Virginia Tech will be held in Summersville Charleston and Beckley this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Tech
Summersville
Charleston
Beckley
Luther Hasely
Hungarian Pianist Aladar Ecsedy To Perform At Bluefield State College
Hungarian pianist Aladar Ecsedy, native of Budapest, will present a concert at Bluefield State College in Hall Auditorium at 10 a.m. He studied from age six, attended Franz Liszt Academy, earned an Artist's Diploma, toured Hungary, won a Sibelius Academy scholarship in 1948, gave over 100 recitals, and has since performed across Canada and the United States, including a Town Hall debut in New York and appearances with symphony orchestras on radio and TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield State College
Aladar Ecsedy
Budapest
Hungary
Ecsedy
H. L. Dickason Technical Science
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Sibelius Academy
Helsinki
Finland
Jan Sibelius
America
Canada
U. S
New York
Used refrigerator offered for weekly payment plan
Person seeks a responsible buyer to take over payments of 1.50 dollars weekly for a secondhand refrigerator. The ad requests reliable repayment and prompt pickup.
Cove Creek Community Church Reopens Under New Leadership
Cove Creek Community Church in Fairdale reopened after more than two years under Rev. John Richardson. The reorganized congregation of about 50 formed a Baptist Youth Fellowship, a weekly Wednesday prayer service, and Sunday School, with services twice monthly each morning and evening. Superintendent Juddie Hurst leads, and Rev. Mike Potega preaches. The church traces to 1880 as Workman's Chapel, with a history of fires, rebuilt in 1950, and a paused history from 1957 until now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairdale
RNS
Cove Creek Community Church
John Richardson
Juddie Hurst
Mike Potega
Cove Creek Community
Workman
Andrew Workman
Wallace McGinnis
Willie Clemens
Daley Milam
Lewis Daniel
T. J. McGinnis
Mason Richmond
Red Bird School
Dolph Harvey
Richardson
Over 3 500 Immunizations Reported In Quarter
The Raleigh County Health Department released immunization figures for the quarter ending June 30, totaling 3 595 complete courses. Typhoid shots rose by 2 950 from the prior quarter, with 332 smallpox vaccines and 275 diphtheria pertussis tetanus combos administered. Booster and basic series counts are listed by age group and vaccine type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Mildred Miller
Greene Returns to Post After Clarkburg Funeral
G Greene chief clerk and budget director for Raleigh County Board of Education returned to his office Thursday from Clarksburg where he attended the funeral of his uncle Sherman Ogden. Mr and Mrs Nelson Greene also returned to Beckley. Greene's mother Mrs Jennie Greene is visiting relatives in Bridgeport Shinnston and Clarksburg staying two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Greene
Raleigh County Board of Education
Clarksburg
Sherman Ogden
Nelson Greene
Beckley
Greene
Jennie Greene
J. W. Ward
Bridgeport
Shinnston
Police Court Takes In 763 Bond Forfeitures
Beckley Police Court collected 763 in bond forfeitures after 16 defendants failed to appear. Walter R. Eaton of Dayton forfeited 206.50 on reckless driving and moonshine charges. he was jailed briefly and released after posting. Others forfeited bonds ranging from 5 to 150 for offenses including tax paid whisky sales, speeding, and driving without a license. Eight drunks total forfeited 130.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Walter R. Eaton
Dayton
Ohio
Eaton
John Steelman
Edewin Lewis Kountz
Collins D. Trent
Dennis B. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Earl Gene Pack
Cool Ridge
Harry Harvey Jr
Eddie Tramer
Alabama
County Group To Attend Development Conference
Five representatives from the Dry Hill Prosperity community and C T Shackelford will attend the Eighth Annual Conference of the Southeastern Community Development Association July 15 17 in Raleigh North Carolina. The Dry Hill Prosperity group will accept an award for the outstanding rural non farm community while Shackelford the third vice president will preside at an evening session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Hill Prosperity
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
Gran
Southeast
West Virginia Guardsmen Complete Final Fort Knox Drills
Combat-equipped units of the West Virginia Army National Guard 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment finish a two day bivouac at Fort Knox Kentucky. The 3rd Squadron led by Lt Col Milton B Crisp of Welch practices war games field maneuvers and armored combat with 76 mm 90 mm cannons and 105 mm howitzers as they simulate battle conditions before returning to home armories. Units are set to reach their home points by Sunday around noon with bivouac plans at Pikeville Kentucky Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Army National Guard
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Fort Knox
150Th
Daniel Holiday
Beckley
Princeton
Bluefield
Hinton
Oak Hill
Logan
Welch
Milton B. Crisp
Ina
Pikeville
Tucson Man Asks Leniency For Burglary Case
In Tucson Arizona Albert E Grant 33 stood before a judge for sentencing on a burglary charge he claimed his 18 year old stepson was the thief and said the crime arose from an error in his own actions to show him crime doesn’t pay his words reflecting family conflict and wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
Albert E. Grant
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Navy airman Benjamin E. Meadows of Winding Gulf earned a commendation for initiative and skill at Oceana Virginia Beach. Six area servicemen from Pohang Korea’s Third Marine Division have returned to Okinawa. Other personnel include Lewis E. Halstead aboard USS DeSoto County with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean.
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Fleet Aircraft Service Squadron Five
Oceana Naval Air Station
Virginia Beach
Benjamin E. Meadows
Milton C. Meadows
Winding Gulf
Navy
Stoco High School
Third Marine Division
Pohang
Korea
Okinawa
William L. Doss
Dolph Doss
Mead
Kenneth R. Hurd
Mount Hope
Ronald J. Pierce
Ernest Pierce
Lester
Cecil O. Lee
Alfred C. Lee
Raleigh
Chester M. Miller
Ebbie Tanks Mullens
Arnold H. Bowles
Robert E. Bowles
Guyandotte Ave
Mullens
DeSoto County
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Lewis E. Halstead
Seaman
Violet Grose
Beaver
Paratrooper Williams Marks Mock Assault in Pittsburgh
Participating with the 101st Airborne Division in a mock parachute assault on Pittsburgh was Pfc. Charles K. Williams, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Williams. He trained with fellow soldiers and simulated battlefield drops during a refresher exercise in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
101St Airborne Division
Pittsburgh
Pfc
Charles K. Williams
Andl
Williams Enlists In Army From Mount Hope High School
Mrs Clifford A Williams of Glen Jean reports her son is assigned as an automatic rifleman in Company A 327th Infantry at Fort Campbell Kentucky. He entered the army in March 1958 and completed basic training at Fort Knox Kentucky. He attended Mount Hope High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford A. Williams
Glen Jean
327Th Infantry
Fort Campbell
Fort Knox
Williams
Mount Hope High School
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