County's Oldest Church Plans Annual Homecoming
The Coal Marsh Baptist Church in Raleigh County, oldest in the county, schedules an Aug 5 homecoming with Sunday School at 10 am, morning worship at 11, lunch at noon, and a second message at 2 pm by Rev. Victor Garlow. The piece notes historical ties to Guyandotte Baptist Church and Elder James Ellison.
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Hope Walker Register
Glen Daniel
RNS
Raleigh County
Coal Marsh Baptist Church
M. H Dinsmore
Victor Garlow
Quinnimont
Guyandotte Baptist Church
Oceana
James Elli
Son
Daniel Shumate
Coal Marshes
Monroe County
New Hope Meeting House
Guyandette Baptist Church
James Ellison
Addison
Felix
Mathew
James Eli Ellison
Ellison
Area Doctors Invited To Hear Lecture Web
Doctors in the Beckley area are invited to a lecture on the diagnosis and management of hemorrhagic disorders to be given Wednesday at the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. Dr Milton Sacks of the University of Maryland School of Medicine will present the talk in the fifth floor lounge.
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Milton §. Sacks
University Hospital
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore
Sacks
Baltimore City College
University of Maryland General College
Medical School
Mercy Hospital
Hitchcock
Fair Plans Slated For Completion Tues
Final plans for the Maxwell Hill fair are to be formulated at a special meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the community building. Tony Gonzalez president urges all residents to attend to help make this year s fair the biggest and best ever.
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Maxwell Hill
Tony Gonzalez
Primatene Tablets Sell Without Prescription in Most States
Asthma formula prescribed by doctors for private patients is now available over the counter. Primatene tablets relieve asthma attacks within minutes and provide hours of relief by opening bronchial tubes, easing congestion, and reducing nervous tension. At 98 cents, many drugstores carry Primatene.
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New York
N. Y
Two Waive Hearings in Unrelated Crimes
Police report multiple arrests and bails in a Sunday roundup. Individuals include Lewis C. Terry Beckley and John M. Snyder Ghent Kentucky, with bonds set at 108 and 106.50 dollars. Several drivers cited for reckless driving and license violations, plus a murder case involving James Burchett and a related felonious assault charge.
Lester Mother Suffers Accidental Gun Wound
A Lester woman, 30, was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital after a flesh wound from a loaded .38 pistol discharged by her 12 year old son. State Police said the weapon discharged while the boy played with it. The incident occurred late Saturday night and did not require further hospitalization.
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Lester
Raleigh General Hospital
Freda Blankenship
MacArthur Driver Charged In Wreck Near South Oakwood
Police say John Z. Gibson 27 MacArthur rammed the rear of Willie Ray Coleman 34 Fayetteville on Valley Drive South near South Oakwood Avenue Saturday night. Gibson was charged with driving while drunk and booked at Raleigh County Jail. He posted 108 cash bond for Police Court appearance.
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Raleigh County
Lewis C. Terry
Azzara St
Beckley
Main Street
John M. Snyder
Three Forks
South Fayette Street
Bill McGrady
Russell Sr
North Fayette Street
Rudolph E. Meador
Beaver
Neville Street
William H. Lester
Daniels
Burchett
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Eccles
Larry Gene Bradley
Rodriguez
Bradley
Kampton Kernie Cook
New Jersey
Glen Rogers
Cook
Beckley Hospital
Paris Junior Bailey
Benjamin Bailey
Blue Room
Sanitary Cafe
Baileys
Joseph A. Johnson
Mount Hope
Raleigh
Johnson
Turnpike
Sam Jennings
Odd
Dewey Akers
Valley Drive
Oakwood Avenue
John Z. Gibson
MacArthur
Willie Ray Coleman
Fayetteville
Gibson
Soldier flaunts bachelor status on furlough dare
Sgt Charles Knapp from Fort Campbell Kentucky left July 13 on a five day Beckley furlough carrying a sign stating it pays to advertise and take a dare. He says he has not received any marriage proposals but has drawn many comments and laughs. He is set to collect from Sgt Ronald Arkless, a buddy at Fort Campbell, as recruiters note he is the only unmarried man in his outfit and his friends want him to settle down by changing his status.
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Charles Knapp
Campbell
Beckley
Ronald Arkless
Ft. Campbell
Beckley Army Recruiting Station
Knupp
Two Children Hit By Vehicles Drivers Cleared
Two area children were treated after separate Sunday incidents with moving vehicles. Mary Ellen Shannon ten suffered a head injury when her bicycle collided with a truck driven by Stephen Janney. Relious Glasco eight was bruised after darting in front of a car driven by Jerold Merchant. both drivers faced no charges.
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Beckley
Mary Ellen Shannon
Sprague
Berm
Hey-U Club
Stephen Janney
Crab Orchard
Pearl Shannon
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Relious Glasco
F St
Raleigh General Hospital
John Witherspoon the sole clergy signer of Independence
John Witherspoon is identified as the only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence. This highlights his unique role among the signatories in early American history.
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John Witherspoon
Morse telegraph first message sent in Supreme Court room
Samuel F. B. Morse's famous phrase What Hath God Wrought marked the first telegraph message, transmitted on May 24 1884 from the Supreme Court room of the U S Capitol. Sand dunes cover about 3.2 billion acres of the earth's surface.
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Samuel F. B. Morse
Supreme Court
U.S. Capitol
Grantsville Scouts To Attend Honey In The Rock
Grantsville Senior Girl Scouts expected in audience Tuesday night as Honey In The Rock begins its fifth week of the season. Rain Sunday night caused the third cancellation of the season with two performances canceled entirely and a third called off when rain fell during a scene in the Pierpont study.
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Grantsville
Pierpont
Comanche Language Used for WWI Message Relay
The passage notes that the Comanche did not have a written language and were used to transmit messages by telephone during World War I. It states their language was unfamiliar to Germans, likening it to a code. Goethe is credited with a separate quotation about self-government.
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Beckleyan
Institute
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James T. Morgangan Jr
Stoco
Harold E. Watt
Charleston
St. Albans
Virginia
Mathew Ellison
Greenbrier Association
Raleigh Association
Guyandotte
Green‘brier Association
Guyandotte Mountain
John Spotts
Edwin W. Woodson
William Margrove
Thomas Shumate
Harper
Fayette Baptist Association
Dinsmore
Elmer Hawley
Paul Patton
Baltimore Rir Laboratory
National Institute of Health
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Ft. Howard
Perry Point
Loch Raven
Sinai Hospital
Red Cross
Supreme Bench of Baltimore
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Pathology
Alpha Omega Alpha
Sigma Xi
Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of
Maryland
American College of Physicians
American Medical Assn
American Society of Hematology
Billy R. Sweeney
Burgess St
Vernal D. Washington
Spangler St
James Burchett
Ghent
Joe Rodriguez
Richard Meadows
Robert E. West
Meadows
Vest
Johnstown Road
Everett Shafer
Donald Barnes
Honey
Goethe
Ancient Acf Dist. CO
Frankfort, KY
Ancient
Kentucky
Raleigh County Bank
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Federal Reserve System
F.D.I.C
Tee
E. E. Bibb Beckley Hardware & Supply Co
Leslie R. Carter Real Estate
Paul Cole Raleigh Baking Company
The
Roy A. Cunningham
W. H. Cunningham
Erma Vecellio Grogan Sec'y-Treas of
Vecellio & Grogan Corp
Vecellio Corporation
Southern Coals Corp
W. A. Haslam
Winding Gulf Coals, Inc
the New River Company
Oppie L. Hedrick
Beckley College
Roy J. Lucas
Roy D. Milliron
Hoke J. Monroe Motor Car Supply Co. Okey L. Patteson President
W. A. Thornhill
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