Delegates Head to NAACP Convention in Philadelphia
A motorcade from Stratton High School carried three local delegates to Prince for the 52nd annual NAACP convention. Brenda Jones and Barbara Leasure represent the youth chapter while George White, Raleigh County branch leader, represents the senior branch. The Philadelphia meeting opened at 8 30 a m with a delegates workshop. voting, employment, schools, actions and housing are the yearly focus.
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Stratton High School
Prince
Philadelphia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Brenda Jones
Barbara Leasure
Young Peoples
George White
Kentucky Ave
Raleigh County
Young People’s Group
Penn-Sheraton Hotel
White
New Municipal Officers Take Oath in Historic Ceremony
Hutchings Dana Lopez Phoebe Wyce Ruby Augustine Lucille Sizemore stood with Meadows as Rosa McKinney mayor took the oath. Sadie Simmons recorder was sworn at a different time. Meadows said this was the largest group he had ever sworn in, and the officials pledged to fulfill campaign promises.
County Horsemen Win Prizes In Grafton Show
County horsemen topped prizes at the Grafton Class B Horse Show over the weekend. Bair and Sammy earned first and second in juvenile walking horse with Midnight Lustre and Tallulah's Chieftian. Don Galloway placed second with Midnight Lustre in amateur walking, third in walking stallions and geldings, and first in walking mares with K's McKay. Ida Kay Amon rode Dixie Duke to fourth in amateur five gaited and fourth in open five gaited.
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Grafton
Bair
Sammy Ing
Jimmie Ray Smith
Don Galloway
K’s McKay
Ida Kay Amon
Dixie Duke
Commodities Distribution Near Skelton Cranberry Area
Commodities for the Skelton Cranberry area will be distributed at Percy Fountain’s home in Skelton from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today Tuesday and Wednesday. Recipients are asked to bring containers. The note also mentions a regional rise in agricultural sets from 4,200,000 in 1950 to over 12,000,000 in 1961 across Czechoslovakia Romania and Bulgaria.
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Skelton- Cranberry
Percy Fountain
Skelton
Czechoslovakia
Romania
Bulgaria
Seventeen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Seventeen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Friday. They were one waitress, two sales clerks, one maid, one janitor, one plumber helper, one jackhammer operator, two truck drivers, one transportation foreman, two construction laborers, two coal cutting machine operators, one coal loader and one electrical repair man. Twenty seven persons were placed in local employment last week by the local office.
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Beckley
Beckley College Officials Named to Special Committees
D. K. Shroyer president of Beckley College joins the Higher Education Committee to synthesize conference talk into a program for Higher Education Week. Dean Topsy O'Dell of the college titled to a special committee examining post high school education possibly for more junior colleges in the state.
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Beckley College
D. K. Shroyer
Topsy O'Dell
Andrew Jackson Born in Waxhaw 1767
President Andrew Jackson, born in 1767, hailed from Waxhaw on the North Carolina South Carolina border, a small pioneer village.
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President Andrew Jackson
Waxhaw
North Carolina
South Carolina Border
Increase Noted In Youth Campers Bible Institute Camp
Increase noted in attendance at Bible Institute camps in Bradley with 100 white campers expected first week and 23 last year, plus 17 Negro campers registered for second week four more than last year. Camp program includes Bible hour, missionary hour, crafts, recreation, services, music and prog am. Rev Garlen Howington directs with staff including Rev William Hanmer and Pete Fisher. Students come from West Virginia Virginia North Carolina and Tennessee.
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Garlen Howington
William Hanmer
Hanmer
Pete Fisher
Howington
Anna Marie Carmean
Midge Perdue
Don Jarvis
Betty Kemper
Jean Randolph
Glenna Goins
Dolly Hughes
Ruth Fraizer
Bob Comstock
Christ
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Bibb Elected To RDC Office At Annual Meet
E. E. Bibb was elected second vice president at the 12th annual dinner of the RDC held at Beckley Farmers Market. Other officers were re-elected: Barksdale as vice president, Roger Sharp as secretary, and H. Wayne Mason as treasurer. Directors include Bibb, Hodel, Smith, Carter, Kessinger, Long, Hutchinson, Barksdale, and Snider. Guest speaker from West Virginia University urged long term development programs and explained root causes of out-migration due to job shortages. Awards honored area poultry and dairy farms. several farms earned Honor Poultry and Honor Dairy Farm awards based on a 100-point scoring system. Countywide farm prizes totaled $500 for country life, divided among Ballengee, Maxwell Hill, Dry Hill Prosperity, with additional community awards for Cabell Heights-Oak Grove-Pleasant Hills and Trap Hill.
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E. E. Bibb
Beckley Farmers Market
Barksdale
Roger Sharp
H. Wayne Mason
Bibb
Charles Hodel
Hulett C. Smith
Leslie R. Carter
James B. Kessinger
Rosser Long
D. C. Hutchinson
Earl O. Snider
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics
West Virginia University
Nesius
West Virginia
Poultry Farm
R. L. Lares
Oak Grove
J. H. Lilly
Beaver
Ambers Shelor
North Sand Branch
James A. Copeley
Beckley
James Onde
Crow
E. E Morefield
Shady Spring
Beckley Area
Sandra van Meter
Beckley - Lewisburg
Princeton
Walter James
James
Prosperity
Argile Pace
Lundale
Oak Hill
Estel Furrow
Brooklyn Wood
Tony Bava
Pinecrest
Ballengee
Maxwell Hill
Dry Hill Prosperity
Cabell Heights
Pleasant Hills
Trap Hill
Two Cars Reported Stolen Over Weekend
Beckley State Police investigate thefts in Raleigh and Boone counties overnight Saturday into Sunday. A 1960 white Chevrolet owned by Tony Tipane was stolen from an Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co lot while he attended 11 o clock mass at St Francis de Sales. West Virginia plate 302-365. A cream over blue 1958 Chevrolet with WV plate 373-593 was stolen at Seth near Whitesville. owner not listed. Fender skirts from a 1953 car were taken from Greg Cunningham’s Beckley vehicle parked along the highway early Sunday. Contact Beckley State Police with tips.
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Beckley
Raleigh
Boone
Tony Tipane
Foote St
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
Tipane
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
West Virginia
Seth
Whitesville
Glen Jean
Gladstone Cunningham
Cunningham
Peace Corps seeks teachers for overseas work
Raleigh County teachers may join overseas postings through the Peace Corps and Fulbright exchanges. English as a second language, vocational education and science are among needed subjects. No age limit. applicants contact Saunders or write to Peace Corps Agency for forms.
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Peace Corps
Raleigh County
John W. Saunders
Oliver J. Caldwell
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Caldwell
Smith- Mundt
Saunders
Kennedy
Peace Corps Agency
Maratico Building
Washington 25
D. C
Sweeneysburg 4 H ers To Sponsor Picnic Area
The Sweeneysburg Warriors will sponsor a community picnic area after a group meeting Monday night. Day mon Sweeney led devotion, Beulah Sweeney led business, and Judy Smith with Florence Perry demonstrated baking directions. Diana Bailey played a piano solo. Leon Miller, leader, announced next meeting on Aug 7 at Mrs. Millers home.
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Sweeneysburg Warriors
Daymon Sweeney
Beulah Sweeney
Judy Smith
Florence Perry
Diana Bailey
Leon Miller
Mabscott Lions Plan Post Office Dedication
Mabscott Lions Club will sponsor the dedication of the new Mabscott Post Office on Aug. 5. Announcement came from H. V. Waybright, the new club president, at the Thursday meeting. Willie George of Mabscott was named District 29-N Zone Chairman by District Governor James John of Welch. Waybright outlined committees with Stewart Waugh in attendance, J. D. Ballou for information, Willie George for sight conservation, William Hurt, and H. E. Buster Melton for community betterment.
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Mabscott Lions Club
Mabscott Post Office
H. V. Waybright
Willie George
Mabscott
James John
Welch
Waybright
Stewart Waugh
J. D. Ballou
William Hurt
H. E. (Buster) Melton
Soldiers Return From Camp Dawson Training Pace
Members of Company A 16th Special Forces Group (Airborne) completed a two week field exercise at Camp Dawson West Virginia the states only military reservation. The Beckley area troops slept in improvised shelters with supplies air dropped during maneuvers and included nine days in the field. Pfc Dennis R Wilson Glen Daniel and Sgt Danny H Pittman are shown heating a C ration bill of fare as they return home Saturday after training with units from Pennsylvania Ohio and other West Virginia personnel. The program also featured parachute jumps marking the first time such training occurred in the Kingwood area.
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Company A
16Th Special Forces Group
Airborne
Camp Dawson
Beckley
Dennis R. Wilson
Glen Daniel
Danny H. Pittman
Sprague
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kingwood
Escapees Recovered In Tennessee Jail Break Case
Three Clarksville escapees were recaptured at Stotesbury by county deputies after being returned from Raleigh County Jail. A fourth, Jerry Farless, remains at large about a mile from the Mathews home. Farless allegedly aided the escape by passing saw blades to others. Light and Hurt were released from custody after related legal actions.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Raleigh
Tennessee
Stotesbury
Jerry Farless
Frank Denton
Donald Evans
Pat Johnson
Lester Man Waives On Moonshine Charge
Herbert L. Presley, 29, of Lester, waived a preliminary hearing on a possession of moonshine charge. He posted a $1,000 bond for a Federal Court appearance on July 18. Investigators from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division seized 42 gallons of moonshine at Presley’s home while he was unloading from a car. the driver fled.
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Herbert L. Presley
Lester
U.S
W. A. Riffe
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division
U. S. Treasury Department
Presley
Unnecessary Noise Charged To Driver
Beckley teenager Danny Joe Lusk faces Beckley Police Court on July 20 for making unnecessary noise after a citation at 1 45 p m Sunday on Johnstown Street.
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Beckley
Danny Joe Lusk
Heart Attack Victim May Undergo Surgery
A heart attack victim is expected to undergo surgery soon to correct a condition he has suffered since childhood.
Lightning Strikes Again in Same Spot Within Seconds
A report notes that lightning can strike the same location in rapid succession, sometimes within a few millionths of a second, highlighting the intensity and unpredictability of thunderstorm activity.
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