Area Soldier Shines in Army Competitive Shooting Matches
Sgt. Dale McGrady from Ft Knox led his six man Ft. Knox team to the top score in Match No. 4 at Ft Meade. He has earned nine trophies and watches were awarded to team members for strong showings in recent events. McGrady, his wife Melanie Rae Frye McGrady and their 20 month old Rae Ann visited the Bolen family in Rhodell before heading to Ohio for August finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale McGrady
Pat Bolen
Fort Knox
Fort Meade
Bolen
McGrady
Ft. Meade
Ft. Knox
Ohio
Sgt. McGrady
Ora McGrady Perkins
Baltimore
Rhodell
Melanie Rae Frye
Bernie Frye
Bolens
Well Child: Guard Unborn Against Leukemia Warnings
The piece urges prospective parents to minimize radiation exposure during pregnancy and even before conception. It advises doctors and hospital staff to use lead shielding and limit fluoroscopy or imaging, noting the persistent threat of childhood leukemia despite medical advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Institutes of Health
Wool Marketing Checks In Mail In West Virginia
Checks for the 1960 wool marketing year go to 123 producers in Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Total payments show 2,213.65 for shorn wool and 664.74 for unshorn lambs in Raleigh. 98.83 for wool and 24.40 for unshorn lambs in Wyoming. Payments for shorn wool equal 47.6 percent of the producers’ sales, aiming to raise average prices to 62 cents per pound under the national wool program. Lamb payments are 80 cents per hundredweight live weight to discourage early shearing. The 1961 incentive level remains 62 cents per pound. Checks were mailed Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wyoming
Franklin Lilly
ASCS
Beckley
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Kelly Farmer
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Raleigh County
Roberts Named Chairman of State Centennial Speakers Bureau
Donald G. Roberts of Charleston is chosen to chair the state centennial speakers bureau after being appointed Monday by Charles Hodel, chairman of the West Virginia Centennial Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald G. Roberts
Charleston
Charles Hodel
West Virginia Centennial Commission
Four Firms Sue Bolt Mining Co Over Open Accounts
Four suits filed in Raleigh County Circuit Court seek a total of 13,611.82 from Bruns Coal Co Inc doing business as Bolt Mining Co. Plaintiffs are Bluefield Hardware Co 5566.82 Bluefield Supply Co 2170.08 Rush Equipment Co 1394.14 and Superior Sterling Co 4480.78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruns Coal Co., Inc
Bolt Mining Co
Raleigh County
Bluefield Hardware Co
Bluefield Supply Co
Rush Equipment Co
Superior Sterling Co
Josiah Wedgwood Birth and Futuristic Telephone Booths
A horoscope style note predicts income gains through cooperation and perseverance. It mentions Josiah Wedgwood, born July 12, 1730, famed for Wedgwood blue pottery and his insistence on perfection in his factory. It closes with a playful future rumor about round telephone booths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Wedgewood
Staffordshire
Josiah
Aries to Pisces Horoscope for 1961
The astrological for each sign advises practical steps this year. Aries should return favors, Taurus preempt delays, Gemini avoid early reveals, Cancer stay realistic and cautious, Leo guard cash, Virgo state views clearly, Libra accept limits, Scorpio decide promptly, Sagittarius avoid obstinacy, Capricorn ignore distractions, Aquarius use diplomacy, Pisces be cautious under observation. Field Enterprises, Inc. 1961.
Exceptional Children's Camp Ends This Week
Beckley organizations fund two week camp at Camp Apache for eight Cranberry School exceptional children. Camp Galahad hosts three camps Kno-Koma for diabetics Apache for exceptional children and a two week blind camp. Campers left Beckley a week ago though fees were settled last weekend. Local groups including Woman's Club of Beckley Raleigh County Mental Health Kiwanis Civitan provide full or partial camperships. Campers return to Beckley after a final week of activities aboard the town bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apache
Beckley
Woman’s Club of
Fine Arts
Fred Roschi
American Home Department
Eugene H. Meadows
Marc L. Front
Frank Hale
Robert Lee Daniel
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
Virgil Sarrett
Kiwanis Club
Judge L. McCreery
Civitan Club
Clyde McCoy
Raleigh County
Cranberry School
Campers Return Here Thursday
Eight Raleigh County youngsters, guests of Camp Gallahad’s Camp Apache since last Sunday, will return to Beckley Thursday in the little school bus that took them to the vacation headquarters. A closing program at 10 a.m. Thursday invites parents, with directions from Mrs. Mabel Vest. The bus is expected to drop the children at the Courthouse parking lot between 2 and 2:30 p.m. Thursday. The campers attend Cranberry Elementary School classes for exceptional children, and some are second-year guests of the camp sponsored by West Virginia Association for Retarded Children, Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Camp Gallahad
Camp Apache
Beckley
West Virginia Association For Retarded Children, Inc
Mabel Vest
Vest
City Man Hurt Cited In Wreck Bypass Collision
Beckley man Jose Perez Moran, 64, was injured and cited after his car struck an Acme Construction Co. truck driven by Melvin Rice, 40, during a left turn near the New River Company Store on the 1921 By Pass at Skelton. Damages were estimated at 1,000 dollars. Moran was treated, released, and charged with illegal passing procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Skelton
Beckley State
Jose Perez Moran
Acme Construction Co
Melvin Rice
Blue Jay
New River Company
Moran
Theora Mae Davis Lilly Death Notice and Funeral
Mrs Theora Mae Davis Lilly aged 59 of Sprague died at 815 p m Sunday July . funeral set for 2 pm Tuesday July 1 at First Assembly of God Church with Rev T M Waldron officiating Burial at Sunset Memorial Park. Body at Webb and Neal Funeral Home until an hour before service pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Lilly
Theora Mae Davis
Sprague
Assembly of God
T. M. Waldron
Sunset Memorial Park
Webb & Neal Funeral
Vance Drive
N. O. Wright
W. G. Johnson
Anthony Kobelia
van Bays
Lonzo Moses
Kevin Lynch
C. B. Quesenberry
B. B. Hanson
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Serviceman En Route Here To Visit Kin
A collage of short notes from Trenton to Harper Heights details travel plans of servicemen and visits with family. Airman C. Snyder, Walter T. Snyder II, and Mrs. Snyder will travel for a 10 day visit to relatives in Harper Heights and Glen Rogers, with plans to be accompanied home by Mrs. Snyder. Other notes mention Robert Smith and son visiting Elizabeth Henry in Harper Heights and Jerome Moore’s 4 H Camp participation with 4 B club members from Harper Heights, plus a memorial tribute to John D. Ly. The items reflect small community notices of travel, visits, and remembrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Snyder
Walter Thomas II
Trenton
N. J
Walter T. Snyder
Harper Heights
Glen Rogers
Snyder
Ian Pearis
Washington, D. C
Robert Smith
Robert Jr
New York City
N. Y
Elizabeth Henry
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Enterprise Assn
Dr. Hyman
Douglas Bryant
Jack McGuigan
Johnstown Rd
Centennial Speakers’ Bureau
By Quir
Japan
Aries
Taurus
Leo
Scorpio
Sagittarius
Capricorn
Usua
Field Enterprises, Inc
R. L. Davis
Robert Thomson Jr
Camp Galahad
Fir
T & G—Shiplap & SQ
Means Lumber Co
Sisson St. Ph
Jerome Moore
Randolph Moore
George Washington Carver
Clifftop
Homemakers Club
Stratton High School
Ronald Pharms
David and
Robert Rhinehart
Patricia Cannada
Sick Dial Floral CO
City Ave
Memoriam
John D. Ly
Leigh Whitt
Barbara Davis
Norma Smith
Brenda
Connie
Vicki Whitt
Rose
Webb & Neal
Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Ph. Ma
R. H. Neal
Mgr
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
W. VA
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard & Logan Dial Beckey
Mt. Tabor Cemetery
Murphy’s
Frank Pierce
Shady Spring
T. A. Fox
Robert L. Amick
Beckley Newspapers
Dramex
Dial
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Foster Hardware Co
Main St
John W. Eye Television
Neville St
Ashworth Firestone
Joe Puckett
RFC
Glen Morgan
Aaron
Cole’s
Sunrise Ave
Willey Brothers
Hinton
TZ Rent
Charles House Bos Ood Hotel
Dial CL
Sander
Montgomery Ward
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
Nashville
Tennessee
South Street
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Wrights
W. R
Bill” Forbes
Halstead
Sparks TV & Appliance Eee
Prince St
Yellow Cab
Radio & TV
Prince St. Ph
Lovitz Television
Jan Campbell Music Co
Morris Harvey
Marie Besley
Arthrid
American Trust Building
Berkeley
California
Jim Green
RALEIGH _INSURAN
Mr. Meyers
Raymond's
Piney View
E. C. Lowe
Forest Hill
Amy’s Ae Inn
Crab Orchard
Skylanes Restaurant
Oakwood Avenue
King Tut Drive Inn
New York
Fayetteville
Neville Street
Alvon Hotel
White Sulphur Springs
Electrolux
America
Mt. Hope
Ean Cleaners
Jones Ave
Oak 1
Glen Daniel
R. E
W. B. Jones
IR. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckeley
Fotos & Co
Eerie Seephie Gere A
H. W. Smith, Bradley
James H. Mi Soakreek
Insley
Periie Machinery Co
Parkersburg
Simmon
Planet
Coleman Packing Company J
Clyde Street
Webcor
Dupont
S. Fayette
Payne Eee
Temple Street
S. Kanawha
East Beckley
Sprague Ave
Wilson’s
Newland
Kanawha St
Jack’s Trading Post
Raleigh Rd
K. M. Walker
Southern Cross
Valley Drive
McCulloch Chain Saws
Basham’s
White Oak Ph
Remington
Remington Monarch
KLAUS
McCreery St
Oakwood
Gray Lumber Co
Beckley Ph
Decorator
Harvey Cabinet Co
American Glass & Mirror Co. Inc
Mt. Hope Rd
F.H. A
Nickie
End Valley Drive
Beckley Newspapers Corp
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