Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Returning to Perrin Air Force Base Texas after completing accounting and finance training at Sheppard AFB Texas is S Sgt John A Payne son of Mrs Okey Payne Long Branch. Specialist five Ace C Shrewsbury of Besoco is a missile crewman in Germany with the 38th Artillery First Missile Battalion. He is a 1959 Stoco High School graduate who joined the Army in January 1960 and arrived overseas in July 1960.
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Perrin Air Force Base
Tex
Sheppard Afb
John A. Payne
Okey Payne
Long Branch
Pax High School
Babenhausen
Germany
38Th Artillery
Ace C. Shrewsbury
Carl Shrewsbury
Besoco
Stoco High School
Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Veterans push for World War I pension bill discharge
News For Veterans by C S Collier Jr reports World War I veterans and allies pressing HR 3745 to discharge from the House Veterans Affairs Committee. With 192 signers and all six WV lawmakers on board, supporters argue the modest pension offer with income limits is fairer than existing benefits and aligned with past educational gains and postwar needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Collier JR
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
House of Veterans Affairs Committee
House of Representatives
Washington
West Virginia
Congress
Social Security guidance and aging retirement rules explained
The Beckley Social Security Office urges early action for first retirement payments and notes changes that may affect those working past retirement age. Citizens should bring social security cards, birth proof, and 1961 earnings documents. if unavailable,\\nother proofs may be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security Office
Dwight B. Billings
Beckley Social Security Office
Billings
Social Security
Howe St
Virginia Towns Pledge Use of C40 Trains
Staunton and Waynesboro witnesses urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to keep two Washington Huntington trains operated by Chesapeake and Ohio. The line had proposed discontinuing trains 547 and 6 citing declining ridership and revenue, with the ICC ordering four more months of service amid local protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Staunton
Waynesboro
Interstate Commerce Commission
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
John L. Bradford
C&o
Commission
ICC
Marines at First Bull Run Battle 1861
United States Marines from Marine Barracks Washington DC took part in the first Battle of Bull Run at Manassas Virginia on July 21 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marine Barracks
Washington, D. C
Bull Run
Manassas
Does an electric fan truly cool a closed box room
Bob Brown explains a classroom demonstration with a fan in a box and a wet towel. The fan raises air temperature in the box while evaporation cools air from sweat or towel. In indoor rooms exhaust fans bring in outside air, affecting comfort and humidity differently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Brown
West Virginia trial lawyers plan Beckley workshop
State jurists will join WV Trial Lawyers Association in Beckley for a Saturday workshop from 1 to 6 pm at the Elks Lodge. A 15 man Charleston delegation and judges from Huntington Princeton Mullens Bluefield and Fayetteville will attend. Lecturers include Disbro Feeney Sacks and Owen with Thornhill Sparacino Lilly and Burton organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Stanley E. ‘Preiser
Association
Preiser
Robert R. Disbro
Cleveland
Ohio
John Feeney
Pittsburgh
Stanley Sacks
Norfolk
Dr. Thelmas Owen
Huntington
School Officials Back From Meet
Raleigh County school officials returned from a three day leadership workshop at Jackson's Mill guiding leaders and training ideas. Attendees included Virgil Sarrett Carl Jarrell Mason Anderson and J A Blackburn. The session covered leadership development merit pay broadcasting and educational resources while a foundation school support proposal was tabled for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Jackson's Mill
Virgil Sarrett
Carl Jarrell
Board of Education
Mason Anderson
J. A. Blackburn
Sarrett
Banks Wilburn
Marshall University
Dale Hayes
Department of
School of Education
University of Nebraska
Earl Boggs
West Virginia University
John B. Chase
University of North Carolina
Real estate deeds filed in county court records
Deeds On File record lists transfers in multiple districts. Dennis Price to Harless and Edna Stover for Victory Garden Homesites at $450. C O Smith Jr to L L Fitzwater for Clear Fork District at $6.85. Eckard to Raleigh Real Estate Co for Beckley Town District at $11,985.59. Chester A and Laura White to iBill Mickil Burge for Gulf Townsite Slab Fork District at $200. Elmore to Earl W Richmond in Town District at $6,500. Herman Allen to The New River Co in Town District for under $100. Vanney Construction Co to Natheniel Phames in Town District at $4,000. Betty Irene Dunbar to Irene Vada Dunbar in Clear Fork District at $3,300. John W Wood to Charles Wesley Buchanan in Town District at $5,100. J L Gollehon to Robert B Sayre in Slab Fork District with no value given. Sayre to Gollehon in Slab Fork District with no value given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Price
Harless
Edna Stover
Victory Garden
C. O. Smith Jr
L. L. Fitzwater
Clear Fork
John F
Patsy R. Eckard
Raleigh Real Estate Co., Inc
Beckley
Chester A. and
Laura White
iBill Mickil Burge
Gulf
Slab Fork
Robert R. Elmore
Earl W. Richmond
Herman Allen
The
New River Co
Vanney Construction Co
Natheniel
Phames
Betty Irene Dunbar
Irene Vada Dunbar
John
Eight men enlist in Air Force at Beckley station
Eight men have enlisted in the Air Force at the Beckley Recruiting Station. They are Larry Foster Lockhart of Charleston, John Ray Whittington of South Charleston, James Leo Hale of Honaker Virginia, Ray Clayton Hall of Keen Mountain Virginia, William Henry Calloway of Mount Hope, Richard Lake Crook of Charleston, Jeff Lee Holdman of Williamstown, and Robert L. Holmes of Charleston. They will be sent to Lackland AFB Texas for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Beckley
Larry Foster Lockhart
Charleston
John Ray Whittington
South Charleston
James Leo Hale
Honaker
Ray Clayton Hall
Keen Mountain
William Henry Calloway
Mount Hope
Richard Lake Crook
Jeff Lee Holdman
Williamstown
Robert L. Holmes
Lackland
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Texas
West Virginia Centennial trailer tours town sites
A 40 foot preview trailer promoting next year’s centennial is touring Beckley Stotesbury Mullens Pineville Hinton and other sites. The Jaycees host the displays with labor and industry cooperation led by Charles Hodel praising the centennial enthusiasm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Grandview State Park
Beckley
Courthouse Square
Stotesbury
Coal Town Museum
Mullens
Pineville
Hinton
Chamber of Commerce
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Bell
Teamsters’ Union
Jaycees
Charles Hodel
West Virginia Centennial
Marine Corps Reserve To Begin Weekend Training
The 4th Engineer Company FMF U S Marine Corps Reserve at South Charleston will start weekend training periods this month. Capt Francis H Patterson Jr commanding officer invites former Marines and reserve members to contact the Inspector Instruct or Staff at the Reserve Training Center 3116 MacCorkle Ave South Charleston. Training begins at 1 30 p m with one session per month
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FMF
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
South Charleston
Francis H. Patterson Jr
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
MacCorkle Ave
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News For Veterans
Internal Revenue Service
Marine Corps
Virginia
LD Rights
Science
Meet
Bermans
Tginia's
Kredit Jewelers
Neville St
Beckley Theatre
Beckley Hotel
Hill Bldg
Oak Hill
Marine Corps Reserve
Freezer
General Electric
Appalachian
Sealy
Neville Maytag & Furniture CO
Neville
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