YMCA Vacation Club wildlife study excites local girl
Susan Wilder, granddaughter of Dr and Mrs Theodore Wilder of Bea, along with Jimmy Williams and Kendall Moore, watches a lizard on a nature study jaunt by YMCA Summer Vacation Club members. The wildlife session is part of a seven week program for ages 6 to 14, with activities Monday through Friday through August 14. A sailing scene features Bobby and Dana McCorkle during the trip, with additional events including miniature golf and a picnic at Blue Stone Dam as the season closes August 1.
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YMCA
Susan Wilder
Theodore Wilder
Bea
Susan
Jimmy Williams
Kendall Moore
Bluestone Dam
Deeds On File Record of Local Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers filed in the county clerk's office include E H and Bessie G Jarrell to Don and Daisy Jarrell for 2700 on Coal River Marsh Fork District. Basil Richmond to Jack A Richmond for 600 in the Richmond District. Charles and Clarice Ransom to Loyd F Ransom near Glen Hedrick Section Shady Spring District no value listed. Florence R Armentrout to Alvin R and Carol L McNiel for 900 in Shady Heights Addition Shady Spring District. Thelma Workman and Bruce Secco to Joseph Larken and Nannie Workman near Toney's Fork Clear Fork District for 150. W B and EF S Meadows to Robert R and Ramona G Hatfield at Sophia Slab Fork. J H Lilly Land Company to Jimmie Franklin and Mandy Gloriie Gross near Ballard Street Town District for 150.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H
Bessie G. Jarrell
Don
Daisy Jarrell
Coal River
Marsh Fork
Basil Richmond
Jack A. Richmond
Richmond
Charles and
Clarice Ransom
Loyd F. Ransom
Glen Hedrick
Shady Spring
Florence R. Armentrout
Alvin R
Carol L
Jimmie Franklin
Mandy Gloriie Gross
Ballard Street
Four new veteran laws signed by President Johnson
News for Vets notes four laws signed July 7 expanding NSLI disability benefits to age 65, removing burial allowance offsets, aiding education for children of 100 percent disabled veterans, and waiving NSLI premiums for totally disabled veterans. The Orphans Education Assistance Act opens eligibility to children of living totally disabled veterans, with allowances up to 110 dollars monthly for full-time study and 36 months of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. S. Collier JR
W. Va
Department of Veterans Affairs
Johnson
P. L
Garten And Eye Families Hold Annual Reunion
About 40 people attended the Garten and Eye families annual reunion Sunday at Bass Lake near Hinton. Attendees included G H Garten Rt. 1 Shady Spring the oldest present, C B Garten Hinton, Emmet Garten Sandstone, Elmer Garten Meadow Creek, Lada Garten Kales Hinton, Daymon Williams Hinton, McGhee Garten Fort Lauderdale Fla. Johnny Garten Lewisburg, John W Eye Beckley, Mona Garten Fox and Clifford Fox Rt. 1 Shady Spring, Ada Garten Tolliver Sophia, M F Eye Rt. 1 Shady Spring and Hillie Garten Meadow Bridge.
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Garten
Lada Garten Kales
Hinton
Daymon Williams
McGhee Garten
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Johnny Garten
Lewisburg
John W. Eye
Beckley
Mona Garten Fox
Clifford Fox
Rt. 1
Shady Spring
Ada Garten Tolliver
Sophia
M. F. Eye
Hillie Garten
Meadow Bridge
Bloch Believes Goldwater Can Win Election
Stuart Bloch of Wheeling, leader of West Virginia for Goldwater, says Goldwater can win without New York and Pennsylvania. He expects moderates and liberals to unite behind Goldwater soon, notes WV group dissolved after nominating delegates. Bloch believes Goldwater will win the South California and likely Texas, and that Wallace's withdrawal may swing votes.
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Wheeling
UPI
West Virginia For Goldwater
Barry Goldwater
Stuart Bloch
Goldwater
New York
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Bloch
South
California
Texas
Alabama
George Wallace
Confidence Man Is Success In Russia
Nikolai Basilievich Bychkov, a 40 year old salesman, profited from housewives wanting refrigerators by taking orders, bribes, and money for non existent goods. He traveled with sports gear and even sold a refrigerator to a manager on a trip, then vanished. He is serving his ninth prison term and the Soviet paper questions bribe givers and suggests by letting him off readers may excuse their own actions.
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Moscow
UPI
Nikolai Basilievich Bychkov
Bychkov
Sovietskoye Rossiya
Auto theft arrests dominated by youths in 1963
United Press International reports that 88 percent of auto theft arrests involved people under 25, based on the FBI uniform crime report for 1963. The finding highlights young offenders as the largest group in auto theft cases nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
FBI
Elwood T Baker credited with creating gin rummy in 1909
Brooklyn businessman Elwood T. Baker developed the card game gin rummy in 1909, marking a notable invention in American gaming history and influencing later card game editions and play styles.
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Elwood T. Baker
Brooklyn
West Virginians Follow Tipton Family Funeral Journey
Eddie Tipton family endured six months of disasters starting in Biloxi and ending with a son dying in Bell Gardens. Diana Sue Tipton died of meningitis, funeral set for Cedar Grove. Family traveled via ambulance and air from Monett to Charleston with community aid from veterans groups, the Ministerial Alliance, Red Cross, and Vincentian Sisters of Charity.
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Charleston
UPI
Eddie Tipton
Diana Sue Tipton
Tipton
Kanawha Airport
Joplin
Diana Sue
Bell Gardens
Calif
Cook Funeral Home
Cedar Grove
Shrewsbury
Biloxi
Miss
Air Force
Tiptons
Verona
Monett
Ministerial Alliance
The
Red Cross
Vicentian Sisters of Charity
Monett Hospital
Beckley residents seek zoning approval for garages and alleys
Three Beckley property owners appeared before the Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission seeking permission to improve their premises. A committee was appointed to inspect properties at 215 Hull Street and nearby alleys. Requests include waiving yard restrictions for a 12 by 18 foot garage, permitting a 24 by 24 foot garage at a blind alley end, and opening an alley behind Springdale and Bishop Streets for rear garages. Permission was denied for Warren G Webb to fill a gully at 1542 Harper Road and construct a basement with a later above ground structure.
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Beckley
Baren Kidd
Springdale
Bishop Streets
Warren G. Webb
Harper Rd
Webb
Salt intake and child health guidance from an era
A health column notes adults should limit salt to about one gram daily while many consume ten grams. It cites Eskimos and Japan data linking salt with blood pressure, urges early salt restriction in families with hypertension, and warns against delaying limits. It also answers questions on boils and infant digestion with antiseptic washing and common antibiotics, and on carbonated drinks for babies, deeming them useful only when fluids are scarce.
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Eskimos
Alaska
Japan
United States
Annual Meeting Slated For RDC In Beckley WV
The 15th annual Beckley Area Rural Development Council meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday July 30 at Dry Hill Prosperity Community Center. Oscar Hutchison Appalachian Center West Virginia University will be principal speaker. Rural leaders from five communities will receive cash awards. four dairy and twelve poultry farmers will get Honor Farm Awards. RDC officers are Bibb Lar rick Peabody Sharp and Mason.
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Beckley Area Rural Development Council
Dry Hill
RDC
FE. E. Bibb, Sr
J. S. Larrick
Paul M. Peabody
Roger A. Sharp
H. Wayne Mason
Committee Chosen To Sell Lodge Building
An 11 member committee of the Loyal Order of Moose Beckley Lodge No. 1606 was formed to sell the current lodge home at Fayette and Far wood Street and to choose a new plot for a one story family type club. Chairman is A T Kessinger with members Frank Ubeda Ralph Withrow Woodrow Bales William J Au rednick Thomas Young C. W. James Sidney C. Fox C. B. Reed Dillard Todd the lodge treasurer and Nace.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Beckley
Fayette and
Farwood Street
A. T. Kessinger
Frank Ubeda
Ralph Withrow
Woodrow Bales
William J. Aurednick
Thomas Young
C. W. James
Sidney C. Fox
C. B. Reed
Dillard Todd
Nace
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Bobby McCorkle
Navy
Bobby
Dana
Garten and Eye Families
Russia
Daytona
Comet
Mercury
Champions
Lincoln-Mercury Sales, Inc
Oakwood Avenue
Je Ceywayp
Widr CC
Lincoln
Cury Divi
West
Wayne Brandstadt
Assa
National Foundation
Family Weekly
Brenity Posttterarp
Paleigh & Neglater
Monraomery Ward
Neville
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