Bradley Lions to launch drive for community building
Bradley Lions plan a house to house pledge drive starting Wednesday to fund a limestone block building at U S 21 Old Horseshoe Road. The club has spent 1200 on site prep and will seek monthly pledges for 12 months via pledge cards.
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Bradley Lions
Old Horseshoe Road
Bradley Club
Joe's Drive
Bradley
Ken Larabee
Larabee
Edward Ferrell
Bradley Market
Ferrell
Charles Honaker
A. Blackburn
Dewey Honner
Lonnie Goddard
Bradley Lions Club
Deweyee
Presient
Arbitration Set To Begin Friday At Beckley Plant
A meeting between Beckley Manufacturing Co. and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is set for Friday at the Beckley-Winn Hotel in Skelton. Union reps include Tom Willey of Baltimore. company reps are P. J. Brady of Newark and Sam F. Caseino. Union workers walked off May 1 and returned May 7. settlement calls for binding arbitration. The plant on Beckley-Mount Hope road makes components for electrical devices.
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Beckley Manufacturing Co
Skelton
Beckley-Winn
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Afl-Cio
Tom Willey
Baltimore
Beckley-Mount Hope Road
Register's Annual Water Ballet Planned
The second annual water ballet at Little Beaver Park will be sponsored by The Raleigh Register. Mrs. John Pate Beaver will instruct the swimmers and says interested participants should contact her before 2 p.m. Wednesday. Practice begins at that time for the program planned Aug. 12.
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Little Beaver Park
Raleigh Register
John Pate
Beaver
Teen Driver Cited For Speeding In Crab Orchard
Johnny Ray Pack, 19, of Crab Orchard, was arrested by City Police on South Fayette Street at 7 30 a m today for speeding and will appear in Police Court on August 8 to answer the charge.
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Johnny Ray Pack
Crab Orchard
South Fayette Street
Illicit Drug Seizures Highlight 1961 Traffic Volumes
The 1962 Britannica Book of the Year reports large quantities of opium and opiates, cocaine, and cannabis seized in international illicit traffic during 1961, outlining the global scale of drug trafficking and enforcement efforts.
Coughs That Persist Signal Hidden Illnesses
A chronic cough may follow a cold for five to six weeks or longer and can indicate tuberculosis lung cancer bronchitis emphysema or bronchiostasis. Heavy smoking compounds risk and self medication hides advancing disease. See a doctor rather than endure a persistent cough per the Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association.
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Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
First Aid Responds to Two Beckley Incidents
The Beckley Fire Department rushed to Heber Street at 12 50 p m Monday after 12 year old Louis Goins fainted on the sidewalk. His father reportedly took him home from a dentist. Earlier Sunday the rescue squad aided Paul Mann at 100 Patch Street, where Mann fainted and received oxygen before hospitalization and later release.
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Beckley
Theodore Roosevelt's Versatile Legacy as President and Figures
Theodore Roosevelt emerges as a figure of remarkable range, renowned as a naturalist, soldier, orator, and historian. He stood among the era’s most read and influential leaders, shaping public discourse and national identity.
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Theodore Roosevelt
The
United States
Troopers Move As 11 Graduates Get Assignments
Capt G F Randall announced Monday the transfer of 16 State Police troopers. Eleven new troopers were assigned to Co D Beckley and five veterans were reassigned to posts including Beckley Whitesville MVI Beckley Summersville Logan Williamson Princeton Welch Pineville Lewisburg Oak Hill.
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Ats
G. F. Randall
Co. D
Beckley
Tpr
Summersville
H. A. Lee
Logan
Williamson
T. K. Williams
Princeton
MVI
A. E. Bumgardner
R. A. Perry
W. A. Johnson
J. A. Miller
J.L. Dotson
Ray Jeroski
Welch
G. E
Dr. C. W Umland Will Exhibit Exfoliative Cytology
Dr C W Umland chief dental service Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital will represent the director dental professional service and monitor an exhibit titled Oral Exfoliative Cytology at the West Virginia State Dental Society meeting in The Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs Sunday through Wednesday The cooperative study includes 13 VA stations. Dr Umland a Fort Atkinson Wisconsin native and Marquette University School of Dentistry graduate has served in VA hospitals in Madison Wisconsin and Downey Illinois and seven years at Lyons Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Lyons New Jersey.
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C. W Umland
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Dental Professional Service
West Virginia State Dental Society
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Umland
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Marquette University School of Dentistry
Milwaukee
Madi
Two Charges Lodged Against City Driver
A Beckley motorist Edward L Cochran 21 is to appear in Beckley Police Court July 30 to answer charges of driving with improper registration and driving with no city operators license He was cited by City Police at 1 a m Monday Ralph Gilbert Cleveland Ohio was released from the Raleigh County Jail at 7 15 a m Monday after serving time on charges of failing to stop when properly signaled and driving with defective equipment
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Beckley
Edward L. Cochran
Ralph Gilbert
Cleveland
Ohio
Raleigh County
Miner Injures Back at Pocahontas Fuel Co. Mine
Paul Hite, 38, of 116 East Main Street, is a patient at Beckley Memorial Hospital for back injuries from lifting a bag of limestone dust at the Pocahontas Fuel Co. mine. Admitted at 9:45 p.m. Monday, he is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Paul Hite
E. Main St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Pocahontas
A's Sign Pitcher Wixson From Oklahoma State
Jim Wixson a 22 year old ace of Oklahoma State pitching signed a bonus contract with the Kansas City Athletics and is assigned to the Albuquerque New Mexico farm club in the Texas League.
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A’s
Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Jim Wixson
Oklahoma State
Kansas City Athletics
Albuquerque
N.M
Beckley Elks sponsor area youths to West Virginia camp
A Beckley Elks Lodge chartered bus took 13 area youngsters to the West Virginia State Elks Association crippled children's camp in Huntington. Tonight the lodge hosts a Beckley Night at Cabell 4-H Camp with a New Year’s Eve party from 7 to 9, supper at 5:30, inviting local Elks to attend.
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Beckley Elks Lodge
West Virginia State Elks Association
Huntington
Ray Hawley
Youth Activities Committee
Cabell
Stephen Ray Foster
William Clifford Frye
Charles Harmon
Beckley
Henry Jackson Adkins
Edith Arlene Stewart
Glen Daniel
Liela Reed
Norma Snuffer
Thomas Luther Teel
Mabscott
Benny Ross Bruney
Sprague
Annette Wiley
Arnett
Kathy Iline Butcher
Lester
Darrell Cleveland Mintz
Violet Faye Carter
Pemberton
Storm assessment notes at Grace Henrichs home
Report notes storm damage at Mrs Grace Henrichs residence including 10 broken windows. Balm of Giliad tree estimated at 50 feet tall.
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Grace Henrich
Lack Of Evidence Reduces Charge For Dr John O Dell
Dr John H O Dell of 317 S Kanawha St was's charged with driving under the influence of narcotics but the Beckley Police Court reduced the charge to reckless driving due to lack of sufficient evidence He posted a cash bond of 108 and was released The arrest occurred July 12 on South Kanawha Street His wife remains charged with narcotics law violations The court reported bond forfeitures totaling 32550 John M Snyder Grace forfeited 10650 for a drunk driving charge Vernal Washington 210 Spangler St forfeited 25 for speeding and red light violations Susan Lynne Miller Princeton forfeited 20 for speeding
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John H. O'Dell
S. Kanawha St
Beckley
Runaway Car Damages Put At 100 In Beckley Incident
A 1959 model car driven by Judith Buckland West of Raleigh tapped a parked sports car on East Main Street around 12 15 p.m. Monday, knocking it out of gear and causing about 100 in damages to a second parked vehicle owned by Barbara A. Alderman. No injuries or charges.
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East Main Street
Beckley
Judith Buckland West
Raleigh
Herman H. Harvey
Daniels
Barbara A. Alderman
West C St
Rural Acres Drive
Rai P.m
Crystal Mae Hoffman
Rt. 2
Marvin G. Bostick
Resurfacing Work Begins on Prince Street
Acme Construction Co began preparing Prince Street for a resurfacing project from Valley Drive to Kanawha Street, per the State Road Commission. The job will take several days, with Prince Street closed to parking and traffic and all traffic routed around the work area per the city police.
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Acme Construction Co
Prince Street
Valley Drive
Kanawha Street
State Road Commission
Miners Injured In Weekend Coals Accidents
Two miners are patients at Beckley Memorial Hospital from weekend mine accidents. Buel Brewster, 33, of Sand Rock, admitted 9:40 a.m. Saturday after a shuttle car mishap at Pocahontas Fuel Co. sustain back injuries. condition satisfactory. Elmer Anderson, 33, of Leivasy, also listed in satisfactory condition after a fall at Donegans Coal Co. enters hospital Sunday with leg and back injuries.
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
Buel Brewster
Sand Rock
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Elmer Anderson
Leivasy
Donegans Coal Co
Company Commander Bennett Leads Beckley Guard Troop
1st Lt Basil Bennett, 31, of Crab Orchard, named company commander of Beckley’s National Guard Troop C, 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment now at Ft Meade Maryland. He succeeds Capt Frank Rodriguez, attends Armor Career Course, to finish in November. Bennett and his wife La Vaughn Thomas live in Crab Orchard with three children. He is undergoing jungle training in Panama until July 27 before returning to Ft Meade and heading to Beckley Aug 10.
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Beckley
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Ft. Meade
Basil O. Bennett
Crab Orchard
Bennett
Frank Rodriguez
Ft. Knox
Gernie Bennett
York Haven
Homer Bennett
la Vaughn Thomas
Medicine Lodge
Kan
Carolina
Panama
Maryland
Two 90-Year-Old Siblings Hospitalized In Beckley
Miss Sophie Reinecke sister of Mrs Bernard Bolton is a patient at Beckley Hospital. Mrs Bolton's husband a Spanish American War veteran has been a patient at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital for about three weeks. Both are 90 years old.
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Sophie Reinecke
Bernard Bolton
Mount Hope
Beckley Hospital
Beckley Sergeant Named Bluefield Police Chief Sept. 1
Beckley State Police Detachment leader E. C. Guthrie to become Bluefield Chief of Police Sept. 1. The 49 year old retiree with 27 years in policing replaces retiring Chief William De Moss. Guthrie headed Princeton Detachment 1958 to 1964 and supervised Mercer and McDowell counties state police activity.
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E. C. Guthrie
Beckley
Bluefield
Guthrie
Randolph G. Whittle Jr
William E. de Moss
Princeton
Mercer
McDowell
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