Beckley Recreation Board approves 1959-60 budget
The Beckley Recreation Board approved a 1959-60 fiscal year budget of 28,560 dollars at a Monday night meeting. It will go to City Council that night but appears for Aug 4 budget action. The board requests 24,700 dollars from the general fund and notes 5,800 dollars annual rent from city facilities. Teen Town and Youth Center funding increased to 4,100 and 2,100 respectively, with new facilities sought via special levy funds. Raleigh County Circuit Judge Norman Knapp granted a divorce to Lorraine McKinney from Paul Moore McKinney, with three children in the mother's custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Recreation Board
Youth Center, Inc
Raleigh
Norman Knapp
Lorraine McKinney
Paul Moore McKinney
Wanted: take over payments on used bedroom suite
WANTED Manager seeks reliable party to assume payments of $3 weekly for a used modern bedroom suite with bed, dresser, chest, mirror, mattress, box spring, pillows and bedspread. Also seeks someone to take over $1.50 weekly on a used refrigerator. Also seeks to transfer $3 weekly on a used living room suite including sofa bed, chair, end tables and coffee table. Contact Mr West at
Lad Improves After Fall At Aunt's Home
Jeffrey Mark Clark two year old nephew of Mrs Marie Chat tin of 113 Orchard Ave lies at Raleigh General Hospital after fracturing his skull in a fall down basement stairs at his aunt residence. He is improving and slept well last night. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Dorsey L. Clark of Lewisburg.
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Jeffrey Mark Clark
Marie Chattin
Orchard Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Dorsey L. Clark
Lewisburg
Beckley hosts greet 67 exchange students from 23 nations
American Field Service teens tour the Southeast and plan to return home after a year in U S high schools. They will attend college abroad, with a final Midway meet for 1,170 students before departures from New York and Montreal by ship and air.
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American Field Service
Foreign Exchange
Beckley
America
Southeastern United States
U. S
Woodrow Wilson High School
Cecil L. Miller
Wayne Reynolds
Margaret Thompson
Woman's Club of
Midway
New York
Montreal
Revival Services Led by Elder Ernest Stewart at Harper Church
Elder Ernest Stewart, pastor of the Free and Independent Holiness Church in Harper, conducts revival services at 7 p.m. each evening. Assisting is Elder Stanford Stewart of Long Island, New York.
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Ernest Stewart
Free and Independent Holiness Church
Harper
Stewart
Stanford Stewart
Long Island
N. Y
Three Raleigh Banks Pick Convention Delegates
A spokesman said each of Raleigh County's three banks the Beckley National the Raleigh County and the Bank of Raleigh named representatives to attend the annual convention of the banking association.
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Raleigh County
Beckley National
Bank of Raleigh
Real estate deeds filed in Raleigh County clerk's office
Deeds on file show transfers in Raleigh County including Mae and Seldon Mann to John Jr. and Sara Ellison for about 7000 dollars on Beckley property. various other parcels change hands with most transfers listed as no consideration or about 1500 dollars. The record also lists a three day West Virginia Bankers Association convention at the Greenbrier with Raleigh County Bank officials and notable speakers and events.
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Raleigh County
Mae
Seldon Mann
John Jr
Sara Ellison
Beckley
Charles
Harriet Shrewsberry
Gledis Shrewsberry
Edsel C. Wood
Daniels
Robert L
Beulah Martin
Ora Massey
Trap Hill
Walter G. Eanes
Elizabeth Eanes
Slab Fork
Billy Luther
Wanda J. Miles
Jesse Leonard
Maude Ennis
Shady Heights
Pete and
Della Bonds
Cecil J
Louise Gunnoe
Marsh Fork
John Walter
Elouise E. Crook
Ona Ingram
Glade Park
John R
Ida A. Buchanan
Jack
Cletus Wall
Lilly
Coal City
Jessie Glasco
Woodrow
Teresa Woods
Ruth and
Virgil Matherly
Charles A
Mary C. Lively
Shady Spring
Catherine Slack Cunningham
Garnet Edward Slack
Wildwood
James Lilly Inc
William Lee
Joan Cole
Woodland Hills
B. W. Hodge
Hattie Hodge
Hedrick-Walker Carter
Dennis D
Connie Sue Dawson
Eva L. Dawson
Rhodie Tyree
J. H. Phillips
Mary Ann Massey
Marshall and Maude Bailey
Lala
Lala F. Stewart
Lilly Highland
J. W. Walters Sr
Gussie and
E. J. Hutchings
Beckley Court
West Virginia Bankers Association
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Beckley National Bank
Joe L. Smith
Smith
Woodlawn Avenue
Elmer L. Davis
Davis
A. G. Bowles
Bowles
Harper Road
W. A. Stanley
Stanley
Austin Avenue
E. R. Foster
Foster
McLean
Joe L. Smith Jr
J. A. Hunt
Hunt
Raleigh County Bank
Oakey A. Patteson
West Virginia
W. A. Haslam
Tams
Roy D. Milliron
Grover St. Clair Jr
Eddie Whitt
Louise Corey
Frances Riffe
Eva Jean Graham
Stella Fraga
Virginia Wiley
Linda O'Dell
Harry Cook
Nancy Miller
Bank of Raleigh
A. A. Tieche
Tieche
South
Oakwood Avenue
E. S. Pugh
Pugh
Death Claim Abraham Man Plumley Dies in Abraham
Funeral services for Jesse William Plumley will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at New Salem Baptist Church Abraham with Rev. Owen Lilly and Rev. G M Garten presiding. Burial is in New Salem Cemetery. Plumley died Monday at a local hospital after a heart attack while working as a brakeman for Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co. at Cranberry. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The body goes from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Beckley to his residence at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Pallbearers include J W Harvey Jr D W Mann D B Meadows Ams Taylor James Berry and Bregory. Born February 2 in Abraham he was the son of the late Ikey and Gracey Plumley. He worked for 2 1/2 years as a C and O brakeman and belonged to New Salem Baptist Church. Survivors include wife Ercel Plumley of Abraham two sons Kenneth of Beckley and Ira at home three daughters Gracey Bennett of Slab Fork Neva Graham of Graham NC and Merelene Plumley at home three brothers Buster and Giles of Virginia and Roy of Texas two sisters Maudie Goodson of Bellwood and Naomi Eye of Charleston and five grandchildren.
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New Salem Baptist Church
Abraham
Owen Lilly
G. M. Garten
New Salem
Plumley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Cranberry
Brotherhood of Railway
Rose and Quesenberry
Beckley
J. W. Harvey Jr
D. W. Mann
D. B. Meadows
Ams Taylor
James Berry
Bregory
Ikey
Gracey Plumley
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Ercel Plumley
Kenneth
Ira
Gracey Bennett
Slab Fork
Neva Graham
Graham, N. C
Merelene Plumley
Dogs Bite Three Citizens in County Health Report
Raleigh County Health Department reports three residents bitten by dogs last week. Dogs are confined for 13 days to check rabies risk. An adult from Sand Lick was bitten July 5, plus a Mabscott child and a Sophia child bitten on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
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Raleigh County
Sand Lick
Mabscott
Sophia
Judge Fails To Reach Decision In Murray Case
Beckley police court session hears Cleve Murray charged with resisting arrest after July 13 drunken public incident. Judge Stansbury undecided on whether pushing car door counts as resisting. Other cases include Palmer's improper registration and tolerant equipment charges, resulting in a $20 fine, and several speeding and license fines.
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Beckley
Edeward P. Stansbury
Cleve Murray
City Police Court
Murray
Fayette Street
Brown Hugo Payne
Stansbury
Armand D. Palmer
Hunter St
Palmer
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
John P. Reed, Jr
East Gulf
Bruce Anderson
Allen Ave
Robert N. McKever
Mool St
John Shumate
Northwestern Ave
Funeral rites set for Malinda S Lucas in Beaver
Malinda Stewart Lucas 70 of Beaver dies Monday in local hospital. Funeral at 2 pm Thursday at her residence with Rev. Virgil Cook officiating. burial Blue Jay Cemetery. Body at Caffee Funeral Home until 11 am Wednesday, moved to residence. Survived by husband John Lucas, one son John “Buster,” six daughters, two brothers, one sister, and 25 grandchildren.
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Malinda Stewart Lucas
Beaver
Virgil Cook
Blue Jay Cemetery
Caffee
Charley Stewart
Ceredo
Allen Stewart
Kenova
Molly Lucas
Miss Youth Center Queen crowned at Fitzpatrick Park
Janice Spradling was crowned Miss Youth Center of 1959 at Fitzpatrick Recreation Park ceremonies. Garland Jackson, president of the Novelettes Club, sponsored the event now in its second year and sixth project. Proceeds fund the Youth Center and Fitzpatrick Park.
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Janice Spradling
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