Beckley AF Recruiters Lead Nation in 1955 Enlistments
Beckley Air Force Recruiting Detachment topped national production for fiscal year 1955 July 1 1954 to June 30 1955 enlisting 2338 of 1209 quota. Fairmont placed third. Capt James L. Palmer credited hard work salesmanship and public relations. Top recruiter salesmen include M Sgt Antonio Junco Sgt William L Jones S Sgt Bill Elkins S Sgt Alfred H Ashworth and T Sgt William Stewart with 343 269 268 254 and 222 enrollments respectively.
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Air Force
Beckley
Fairmont
West Virginia
James L. Palmer
U. S. Air Force
Air Forces
Antonio Junco
Junco
William L. Jones
Charleston
Jones
Bill Elkins
Bluefield
Alfred H. Ashworth
Welch
William Stewart
Logan
Stewart
Beckley Air Force
M-Sgt
Robert Looker
Beckley AF
Alfred Kelly
Asa Golden
Lewisburg
Alfred Ashworth
Six Beckley Residents Faces Gambling Charges
Beckley police arrest six men at Ramey’s Grill in Neville Street raid at 1:50 a.m. The group includes Mose T. Ramieh, 52, proprietor, charged with operating a gambling house. The others—Alex Michael, Hobart Sardenella, Sam Rahall, Jimmy Kambouris of Beckley, and John Duarte of Logan—face gambling counts. Trial delayed to next Thursday. officers testified to watching a craps game through the grill window. No money was seized.
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W. A. Fink
C. D. Buckland
John Peters
Police Warn of Bogus CARE Collections Swindle
Beckley area residents were warned of a second swindle by canvassers collecting for CARE Cooperatives for Americans Remittance to Europe. A Mabscott woman gave 10 dollars to the first solicitor and was told to give three more times. Police say CARE handles relief work by mail subscriptions through its New York HQ. A separate team of confidence men told residents they could arrange Civil Service exams and employment, taking 200 dollars from victims.
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Mabscott
CARE
Cooperative For
Europe Inc
New York
Fairfax Rites Incomplete
Dennis Fairfax, 61, Wheeling, resident of Beck ley, died Sunday at West Virginia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Men and Women Mc Kendree. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Dennis Fairfax
Wheeling
Beckley
West Virginia
McKendree
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home
Ground Observer Corps Day Honor Set in West Virginia
Gov. Marland proclaims Thursday as Ground Observer Corps Day to honor Raleigh County Civil Defense volunteers. GOC post at Memorial Airport under Civil Air Patrol. county unit expands to 125 members with officers Fourney Parson, Williams, Pauley assisting.
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Raleigh County
Civil Defense Organization
William C. Marland
Ground Observer Corps
West Virginia
Harold Sopher
County Civil Defense
GOC
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Paul J. Fourney
J. G. Parsons
Joseph E. Williams
Paul E. Pauley
United States Air Force
Continental Air Defense Command
Ground Observers Corps
Civil Defense Organizations
Break-In Probed at Sophia Hardware Store
State Police and Sophia Police today continued their investigation into a break in at the Sophia Hardware Store. The break in was estimated at 4 a.m. Sunday and the thief or thieves took an undetermined amount of money and merchandise.
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State Police
Sophia Police
Sophia Hardware
Car Discussion Set For Sophia Council
A special Sophia City Council meeting at City Hall will discuss buying a new police cruiser. The action focuses on equipment, budgeting, and council approval for the purchase.
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Sophia Council
Sophia City Council
Sophia City Hall
Massie Faces Grand Jury on Stolen Goods Charge
Grady Massie of Piney Knob is to be presented to the grand jury when it meets in October on a charge of possessing stolen goods. Massie was released last week after waiving a preliminary hearing and posting a $1,000 bond with Magistrate J. P. Meadows.
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Grady Massie
Piney Knob
Massie
J. P. Meadows
Rally Month at Magnolia Baptist Church Helen
Rally month declared at Magnolia Baptist Church in Helen with Sunday services led by Rev. H. B. Booker and choir from Stanaford. Nearby churches from Slab Fork led last week's program. Bluefield State College hosts a PTA workshop July 25 29 on desegregation juvenile delinquency and integration. Dr. Stephen J. Wright will give the opening keynote. 4 H Camp opens at Clifftop July 16 with bus routes from Mount Hope. The Practical Nurses Association of Beckley meets at Central Street Baptist Church. Revival and rally services continue at Saint Matthew Church of God Apostolic Glen White and Saint John Baptist Raleigh with multiple leaders and choirs. Autograph program planned for Sunday under Julia Reed and Maggie Washington.
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Magnolia Baptist Church
Helen
H. B. Booker
Stanaford
PTA
C. Anderson Davis
Harry L. Brown
Jo A. Shelton
Ora Middleton
E. Garrett Holland
J. Edward Batten
Fred Coffindaffer
Carl T. Hairston
Stephen J. Wright
G. W. Whiting
J. Lee Iriving
J. T. Flippen
Fayette County
Washington Carver
Ethel Banks
Mount Hope
Sun
Glen Jean
Hilltop
Greentown
Oak Hill
Minden
Fayetteville
Big Creek
Practical Nurses Association of
Beckley
Central Street Baptist Church
Annie Mosley
Charlie
John Mosley
Thaddeus Norman
Philadelphia
Saint Matthew Church of God Apostolic
Glen White
Inez Hill
Ophelia Coles
Saint John Baptist Church of
Raleigh
Annie Brown
Lillian Carter
Sallie Roberts
Callie Bowles
Martha Watkins
Erin Timbers
Elmer Day
Young People’s Choir
Lottie Clay
S. P. Price
Lego Page
Wanda Goodson
Cecil Montgomery
Archie Johnson
East Park
Helping Hand Club
Julia Reed
Maggie Washington
Delegates Named for Legion Meet from Raleigh Post 32
Ira Holliday and Dr. T. C. Moore of Beckley were elected alternate delegates to the National American Legion Convention. Delegates from Raleigh County Post 32 attended the Pineville District 6 Convention where Roy Bobbit of Gary was chosen assistant vice commander. The national gathering runs October 9 to 18 in Miami.
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Ira Holliday
T. C. Moorefield
Beckley
National American Legion
Raleigh County
American Legion District 6
Pineville
Miami
Fla
Roy Bobbit
Gary
West Virginia American Legion
Raleigh
L. O. Bickells
Tommy Jones
Edgar Pauley
Cyrus Kump
Elkins
Goulot Bias
Charlie Booth
Legion
Mercer
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
American Legion
Charleston
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
The
U. S. Department of Defense
Fifteen Lodged in Jail Over Past Weekend
Using Raleigh County Jail as a barometer, county residents were on good behavior over the weekend with fifteen persons lodged, the lowest weekend total this year. Most arrests were for drunkenness. Woodrow Jennings Bailey Daniels was jailed at 5:10 p.m. Sunday by State Police on a charge of driving while drunk.
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Raleigh
Beckley
Woodrow Jennings Bailey
Daniels
Catholics Urge Boycott of Beckley Theatres Film
Approximately 1,100 worshippers at St Francis de Sales Catholic Church attended three Masses yesterday and were urged to boycott the Beckley Theatre until it stops showing the film Sons of Sinbad which runs through Tuesday. Father Leo Lydon said theater officials refused to cancel the movie after discussion with the parish. Archbishop Swint's letter banning the film was read in West Virginia churches. The Legion of Decency rated the film Class C with Protestant and Jewish group support.
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St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church
Beckley Theatre
Leo Lydon
Bers
Fr. Lydon
J. J. Swint
West Virginia
Legion of Decency
CAP Cadets Plan Beckley House-to-House Canvass
Civil Air Patrol cadets have raised only 12 dollars of a 650 dollar goal for their own plane. About 75 cadets will canvass Beckley Shady Spring Pax Helen and Sophia all day Wednesday to solicit funds. Cadet commander Don Moyer says broad community support is needed as the plane would serve the entire area for fires and disasters. The group will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Beckley-Mt Hope Airport to map canvassing sections.
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Civil Air Patrol
Don Moyer
CAP
The
Dets
Moyer
Beckley
Shady Spring
Pax
Helen
Sophia
Beckley-Mt. Hope
Escapee Convicts Sought From Huttonsville Prison
Police in Raleigh and Monroe Counties seek two young male escapees from West Virginia Medium Security Prison Huttonsville. George Edward Smith age 19 from Dry Creek and Junion Lafferty age 19 from Monroe County fled Sunday afternoon. Smith convicted in Raleigh County for breaking and entering. Lafferty jailed for grand larceny in Mercer County. Both described as five eight, about 150 to 151 pounds with brown hair and eyes.
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Raleigh
Monroe Counties
West Virginia
Huttonsville
George Edward Smith
Dry Creek
Junion Lafferty
Monroe County
Smith
Raleigh County
Lafferty
Mercer County
Brown
New Council to Hold Regular Meet Tuesday
The first regular night meeting of the new City Council will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall. The Rev. A. H. Wilson, pastor of the First Christian Church, will give the invocation.
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New City Council
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Mrs Porterfields Services Tuesday for Vinnie Bray Porterfield
Funeral services set for Mrs. Vinnie Bray Porterfield 84 of Mabscott at 2 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Beckley with Dr. Alvin J. Cook and Rev. L. S. Elder officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She died Sunday morning after two years of illness. Survived by four daughters five sons one brother. 29 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. Body at Quesenberry and Webb Funeral Home.
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First Baptist Church
Vinnie Bray Porterfield
Mabscott
Alvin J. Cook
L. S
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley First Baptist Church
Porterfield
Summers County
Madison Hughes
Virginia Warren Bray
Isaac F. Porterfield
Eugene Bray
Everett, Wash
George Vance
Claude Lucas
Beckley
Edith Paffenberger
Bellevue
Densil Brannon
Toledo
Ohio
Harry
Kentucky
Paul
Charlestin
Ben F
Clyde
Bernard
Charlesburg
Roy Ellison
Quincy Gunnoe
Bill Nicely
Forest Bell
James Bennett
Chester Marshall
Quesenberry
Beckley Parking Lot Receipts Fall Short of Targets
Street receipts topped street meters but the Beckley Municipal Parking Lot earned only 399.99 for the week ending Friday while meters brought in 625.10. City Recorder Emery J. Smith said the lot must average at least 500 weekly to cover principal and interest, else the city will use a sinking fund from street meter revenue to cover the shortfall.
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Beckley Municipal
Emery J. Smith
Cat Insurance Policy Proves Its Broad Coverage
A prospective customer asks if the Watts Agency offers a broad automobile physical damage policy. Mrs James W Bair’s Ford sedan slept on a warm motor block, a cat woke, and the next morning a fan blade struck the cat, bending the blade and damaging the radiator. The insurer paid $69.06 after confirming the damage was caused by the cat.
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Watts Agency
James W. Bair
Harper Road
Toy Park
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Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation
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