Emergency Reinforcement Plan Initiated by Army
The Department of the Army announced a continental plan to recall officers and enlisted personnel for active duty. Known as the Emergency Reinforcement Plan, it designates nonparticipating reservists for three year terms to reinforce active units and National Guard and Army Reserve installations near home, with eight year obligations for those affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental United States
Department of Army
National Guard
Army Reserve
Army
West Virginia Military District
Department of the Army
Mabscott Lions To Name Workers At Meeting
Mabscott Lions Club will announce committee chairmen and members at a 6:30 p.m. meeting at the Methodist Church. Appointments were made at the last board meeting. New cubs from Beckey are Don Weir Sam Miser Robert Bane and Elmer Hutchinson making their first appearance tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott Lions Club
Methodist Church
Joe M. Bower
Bill Hurt
Howard E. Blymer
Fred C. Cook
Gordon Richmond
Ora A. Riddlebarger
Henry E. Melton
H. V. Waybright
Buford C. Sisk
Clyde O. Winston
Claude E. McCormick
Everette C. Fleshman
James W. Woolwine
Norman Harless
Carl Wood
James Sparacino
Civic Improvement
Herbert L. Kiser
Frank Marcinko
Health and Welfare
Bill V. Ford
Fred E. Davis
Boyd C Humphrey
United Nations Committee
Paul R. Gunter
George Dale
Don Weir
Sam T. Miser
Robert Bane
Elmer Hutchinson
Beckey
Road Violations Charged to Four at Raleigh County Jail
Four of 23 people jailed in Raleigh County over the weekend faced road law violations. William Lawson Amos and two companions were jailed at 5 p.m. Sunday by State Police with one charged with reckless driving and others with intoxication. James Radford was jailed 9:10 a.m. Sunday for driving while drunk after arrest by the county constable. Ray Richardson and Charles Smith faced driving while drunk offenses, with Richardson jailed 11:25 p.m. Saturday by Lester Police Chief and Smith released on bond for a hearing. The majority of prisoners were charged with intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
William Lawson Amos
Amos
James Radford
Abraham
C. O. Smith
Ray Richardson
Lester
L. F. Smith
Charles Smith
Quinnimont
J. E. Mays
Lodged in Jail After Drunk Driving Arrest
Clyde Testreman was arrested Sunday on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was lodged in Raleigh County Jail at 11 p.m. after his arrest on the West Virginia Turnpike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Testreman
Raleigh County
West Virginia Turnpike
Beckley Taxi Driver Charged With Speeding
James M. Blackburn, 56, of Hull Street, was arrested Sunday and ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight to answer a speeding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James M. Blackburn
Hull St
Services Tuesday For Fred Yates
The Rev. Shirley Donnelly will officiate at funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Crab Orchard Baptist Church for Fred C. Yates 62 of Crab Orchard who died at 10 p.m. Friday in VA Hospital Ot ten NC Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park The body will be taken from Rose Funeral Home to the residence at 4 p.m. today Pallbearers are B A Riffe Kenna Martin W M Horton W F Shrewsbury Clyde Crowley and John Fitzpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Donnelly
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Fred C. Yates
Crab Orchard
Veterans Administration Hospital
Otten
N. C
Sunset Memorial Park
Rose Funeral
B. A. Riffe
Kenna Martin
W. M. Horton
W. F. Shrewsbury
Clyde Crowley, and
John Fitzpatrick
Cool Ridge Youth Awaits Judgment
A 16 year old Cool Ridge juvenile is in Raleigh County Jail awaiting action by the Raleigh County Juvenile Court. The youth was arrested by a deputy sheriff Friday in connection with a burglary in Cool Ridge. He previously served time at the State Industrial School for Boys in Pruntytown, a court official said. Judge Harry L. McCreery was due back today after a week’s vacation but did not appear at his office.
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Cool Ridge
Raleigh County
State Industrial School For
Pruntytown
Harry L. McCreery
Jaycees to Attend State Board Meeting
Beckley Jaycees will send six of eight members to the state Jaycees Board of Directors meeting July 29 to 31 in Williamson. Officers John Hammer Alvin Rohrer and Grover St Clair will attend with others chosen from the Beckley group tonight. State president Bob Ross of Logan and Princeton’s Dic Copeland are also noted among area attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hammer
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Beckley Jaycees
Jaycees Board of Directors
Williamson
Alvin Rohrer
Grover St. Clair
Bob Ross
Logan
Dic Copeland
Princeton
Army Reserve unit returns from Letterkenny training
Twenty six enlisted men and four officers from the 433rd Ordinance Co. (Motor Vehicle Assembly) Army Reserve Unit, Beckley, returned Saturday after two weeks of training at Letterkenny Ordnance Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. They learned vehicle restoration, attended a hydramatics school, and spent a day shooting carbine rifles on the firing range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
433Rd Ordinance Co
Army Reserve
Beckley
Letterkenny Ordnance Depot
Chambersburg
Eight Hurt In Sunday Auto Crashes In Beckley Area
Funeral services were held for Edith Clay Hopkins 47 Raleigh Heights with burial in Winchester Tennessee. She formerly served as secretary to the Raleigh County Board of Education and was active in local clubs. Eight people were injured in four Sunday accidents including a Batoff Mountain crash that sent Monroe Worthington and seven others to Raleigh General Hospital. A hitchhiker arrested on a drunken charge and two more minor crashes on wet streets were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Temple
Edith Clay Hopkins
Raleigh Heights
Winchester Cemetery
Winchester
Tenn
Hopkins
Edith Clay
Raleigh County Board of Education
Beckley Methodist Temple
Beckley Woman's Club
Rebekah
The
Stephen
H. J. Monroe
H. A. Sloan
Paul T. Davis
John Wirtz
E. van Dorsey
D. W. Bryson
E. D. Armstrong, Sr
Tom Trent
Rose Funeral Home
Batoff Mountain
John Laslo
Cool Ridge
New River
Monroe Worthington
Beaver
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Worthington
Raleigh General Hospital
Ashton Burruss
Daniels
Drema Diane
Patricia
Laslo
Carol Anne Ferguson
Ben Ferguson
Edwight
Neville St
Oakwood Ave
Clyde E. Green
Brenton
Beckley
Central Avenue
Virginia Street
Merle Andrighetti
Harper Road
James D. Harmon
Mabscott
Piney View
Charles Napoleon Fruit
Thayer
Lewis Thornton
Fourth Son Arrives For Judge and Mrs Knapp
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge and Mrs Norman Knapp announce the birth of their fourth child, a son born at 12:45 p.m. Sunday at Raleigh General Hospital. The infant weighs 7 pounds 3 ounces and has not been named. Mrs Knapp, formerly Frances Robertson of Charleston, had a girl’s name ready for six years.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Raleigh General Hospital
Knapps
Knapp
Frances Robertson
Charleston
Clinics to be Held Wednesday at Crab Orchard Mark Twain Marsh Fork
Polio vaccine clinics will be offered Wednesday at Crab Orchard Baptist Church Center 4 Mark Twain High School Center 6 and Marsh Fork High School Center 11. First and second graders scheduled for their second Salk inoculation must arrive by 9 30 a m. Transportation to the centers will be provided from specified routes with no service for certain areas. Volunteer doctors include Dr Ross Daniels Dr John Hedrick and Dr E B Wray with unit directors Mrs Viola St Clair Mrs Jackolin Epperly and Mrs Mabel Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Center No
Mark Twain High School
Marsh Fork High School
Glen White
Crab Orchard
Oak Grove
Center No. 6
Helen
Helen Grill
Tams
Stotesbury
Big Stick
Big Stick Company
McAlpin
Pineknob and
Miller
Pineknob
Victor
Forks of Martins Road
Jarrell
Elliott
Edwight
Clyde Montgomery
Pettus
Montreal-Stickney
Center No. 4
Ross Daniels
John Hedrick
Viola St. Clair
E. B. Wray
W. F. Pomputius
Jackolin Epperly
Center No. 11
Mabel Lewis
Two Enrolled In West Virginia State Fire School
Beckley firemen Robert Perdue and James McGinnis attend the 25th Annual West Virginia State Fire School at West Virginia University through Friday. Miss Ella Frances Baker discusses foolishness while G R Layden addresses motorized apparatus maintenance. Evening panel features E Wade Thomas, Dewey Queen, and A L P Schmeichel. Demonstrations conclude with a Fire Research Center finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia State Fire School
West Virginia University
Robert Perdue
James McGinnis
Irvin Stewart
Ella Frances Baker
Owensboro
G. R. Layden
Kenosha
Wis
Peter Pirsche & Sons Co
E. Wade Thomas
Dewey J. Queen
Charleston
A. L. P. Schmeichel
West Virginia Inspection Bureau
University School of Mines
R. E. Hanna Jr
University Industrial Extension
Fire Research & Training Center
Beckley Residents Complete Civil Defense Staff College
Beckley residents Jesse G. Parsons and Paul J. Fourney, both Raleigh County deputy Civil Defense directors, completed the Federal CD Administration staff college course in administration. The FCDA Staff College offers three courses for civil defense workers nationwide and abroad. Courses are taught at FCDA headquarters in Battle Creek, Michigan, or at the Olney facility near Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse G. Parsons
Paul J. Fourney
Beckley
Raleigh County
Civil Defense
Federal CD Administration
FCDA
United States
Battle Creek
Mich
Olney
Washington
Churchmen to Hear State Attorney General
John G. Fox, attorney general of West Virginia, will be guest speaker at the regular meeting of the Men of the Beckley Presbyterian Church at 6 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Fox
West Virginia
Beckley Presbyterian Church
State Commander Visits Fairmont Legion Post 32
Leonard Bickel of the American Legion was honored at a Raleigh County Legion Post 32 meeting in the Memorial Building. A 65-person crowd heard a 30 minute address on Legion programs, community activities, Americanism, and convention plans, followed by a buffet dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Leonard. Bickel
Fairmont
Raleigh County Legion Post
Bickel
Beckley Names James Poole New Police Chief
Beckley Mayor A. K. Minter received a letter from James Herman Poole confirming he will begin police duties on August 1. Poole, appointed at the last city council meeting, expressed pride in accepting the role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
James Herman Poole
A. K. Minter
Poole
Minter
Ben A. Terry Obituary and Funeral Details
Funeral services will be conducted at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Rose Funeral Home Chapel for Ben A. Terry 63 of Beckley who died Sunday afternoon after a three week illness. Dr Alvin J Cook will officiate and burial will follow at Highlawn Burial Park Danville Virginia. Terry born in Danville lived in Beckley since 1928 employed by Beckley Furniture Co for 13 years member of Calvary Baptist Church Charleston. Survivors include wife Hamal B Terry son Ben A Terry Jr Ontario Canada daughter Louise sister Pearl Riddle Danville brothers Lonnie and Womack Danville Roy Terry Grundy and Ruben Baltimore Md.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Funeral Home
Ben A. Terry
Beckley
Alvin J. Cook
Highlawn Burial Park
Danville
Terry
Beckley Furniture Co
Calvary Baptist Church
Charleston
Hamal B. Terry
Ben A. Terry Jr
Ontario
Canada
Louise
Pearl Riddle
Lonnie and
Womack
Roy Terry
Grundy
Ruben
Baltimore
Van Hunters Brother Dies in Madison Home
L. H. Hunter brother of Van Hunter Raleigh County Circuit Clerk died about 1 20 a m today at his brother W C Hunters home Madison He was a mortician for about 40 years Survived by two sisters and three brothers Funeral service planned for 2 p m Wednesday at the Hunter and Hunter Funeral Home Madison Chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Hunter
van Hunter
Raleigh County
W. C. Hunter
Madison
Hunter and Hunter
Chapel Madison
Crab Orchard Miner Injured at Gulf Mining Co
Crab Orchard resident Paul Moye, 21, was admitted to Beckley Hospital at 1:30 a.m. for treatment of injuries from a motor wreck at Gulf Mining Co. where he works. He is listed in good condition with several fractured ribs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Moye
Crab Orchard
Beckley Hospital
Gulf Mining Co
Moye
Receipts Initiated At Raleigh County Jail
Sheriff John C Ward announces a new receipt system at Raleigh County Jail for bond payments and hearing times. Inmates giving bonds will receive a formal receipt instead of being told there is none and being called their own walking receipt. The new book records bond amounts and hearing times only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
John C. Ward
Ward
18 State Korean Vets Yet to File POW Claims
More than 800 former prisoners of war in Korea, including 18 West Virginians or their survivors, have not filed claims for compensation under Public Law 615. West Virginia Sen Kilgore urges immediate filing with the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, noting an August 21, 1955 deadline for most cases. Survivors may file for a POW death or a survivor claim within one year of returning to U.S. military control or within one year of a DoD death determination for non-returning POWs. West Virginians not yet filed are listed with service numbers and addresses in Morgantown, Fairmont, Princeton, Charleston, Keyser, Williamson, Madision, Anawalt, Parkersburg, and other towns.
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Korea
West
United States
Department of Defense
General Delivery
Princeton
Boyd Cisco, Jr
Devon
Lloyd B. Crosby
Luther Keller
Morgantown
Hayward Hamrick, Jr
Alma Hamrick
Walnut St
Fairmont
Thomas E. Holley
Toni R. Holley
Madison
Joseph H. Horner
Joseph 8. Horner
Center St
Keyser
Eugene G. Hunt
E. 4Th Ave
Williamson
Steve Paluski
Mary Paluski
Cascade
Junior D. Rhodes
Anawalt
Ralph L. Rolston
Parkersburg
Earl E. Roush
Coverner
Capitol St
Charleston
Herbert G. Sayre
Doris Sayre
Leon
James W. Sharp
Marie Sharp
Mannington
Michael A. Taylor
Grace A. Taylor
St. George
James C. Wiles, Jr
Beverly Avenue
Thomas Omeara
Dry Branch
Ersel Beuilock
Eira Beuilock
West Boyd Street
Grafton
Army Air Force Sign Up 24 Men In Army And Air Force
The Army and Air Force recruit ing stations enrolled 24 enlistees over Thursday and Friday. Army men were assigned to Ft. Jackson South Carolina and Air Force recruits sent to Sampson Air Force Base New York. Names include James L Ingram Ernest H Walker Lee Summers E Boggs Jerry D Pettrey Jimmy L Headley James B Phillips Harold G Short Benny M Newhouse Sherman D Hill and many others with parental and hometown details.
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Army
Air Force
Ft. Jackson
S. C
James L. Ingram
Albert Ingram
South Charleston
Ernest H. Walker
Elizabeth Walker
Charleston
Lee Summers
Abe Summers
E. Boggs
Mary Boggs
Jerry D. Pettrey
Donald Butcher
Widen
James N. Brooks
Robert A. Galbraith
Bluefield
Thomas J. Smith
Forrest Smith
Nettie
Morgan E. Triplett
Carl B. Coulter
Clay
Clyde E. Looney
Clyde G. Looney
Bastian
Harold B. Kidd
Mary Brown
James R. Kerwood
Earnest Kerwood
Coal City
Harold D. Buizendine
Walter W. Buizendine
James D., Hill
Clyde H. Hull
Epperly
Benjamin C. Philpott
Nellie A. Philpott
Samuel D. Heynes
Dixie I. Haynes
Crab Orchard
New Bond System Targets Jail Transparency In Courts
A proposed system shift aims to publish prisoner names and offenses along with bond amounts and hearing times, ensuring signatures of both jailer and magistrate on official records. Advocates say the change curbs accusations of jailers pocketing bond money and boosts accountability.
Fayette Firm Wins SRC Project Contract in Raleigh County
The State Road Commission approved a Raleigh County project, letting the contract to Fayetteville firm J. M. Francesca and Co. for 37,797.32 to replace a wooden overpass with steel and concrete over the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway near Beckley. Greenbrier project by W. P. Stickley of Burlington, grading and draining 5.6 miles, awarded for 152,161.05. all planned as Federal Aid projects pending final US Bureau of Public Roads approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Fayette
State Road Commission
SRC
Greenbrier County
Greenbrier
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Raleigh
Burlington
Peenice
Special Court Session Opens in Raleigh County Circuit Court
A one week session opened today due to a crowded August docket. Judge Norman Knapp issued orders dismissing two cases. M. E. Curtis vs Maude A Lene Coal Co. was dismissed by joint motion. Ernest B. Walker vs Orlando V. Spinosi was dismissed on the plaintiff's motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Norman Knapp
M. E. Curtis
Maude ‘A'Lene Coal Co
Ernest B. Walker
Orlando V. Spinosi
Two Applicants Seek Stalls At Farm Market
J A Blackburn and John L Michaels filed applications to the Farm er's Market Board to operate produce stalls. The board will decide at the next meeting. Market manager O C Hutchinson says a 1400 tomato grader is due in two weeks. The board okayed moving the potato grader to Grandview if needed before the quonset hut completion, with discretion to the manager. The grader remains free to farmers if they supply labor. Twenty two certified members have been recognized in the Southeastern West Virginia Farmer's Marketing Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Blackburn
John L. Michaels
Farmer's Market
O. C. Hutchinson
Grandview
Southeastern West Virginia Farmer's Marketing Association
Beckley Woman Ends University Course
Ruth Dandrige of Westmoreland Street completed a summer session at West Virginia University Morgantown and returned home. Esther K. Cuyser of Washington DC visited her mother Esther J. King on Church Street and left for home. Cynthia and Charles King will stay for the vacation. Ruth Ferguson of Huntington spent the weekend with her sister and brother in law Raymond Green on Truman Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Ruth Dandrige
Westmoreland St
Esther K. Cuyser
Washington, D. C
Esther J. King
Church Street
Charles
Cynthia
Ruth Ferguson
Huntington
Raymond Green
Truman Street
Permit Issued for Brick Veneer Double Garage
A permit for a brick veneer double garage was issued to A. W. Bonds of South Kanawha Street by the City Recorder's Office on Monday. The estimated construction cost is 1500 dollars with a 10 dollar city permit fee collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Bonds
Kanawha St
City Recorder's Office
Two Youths Injured In Unrelated Accidents
Ray D. Vest 15 of Raleigh suffered a left ankle fracture after reportedly falling from a fence while watching a baseball game and was treated and released at Raleigh General Hospital. Debra Ann Surbaugh 2 of South Charleston lost the first joint of her left index finger in a lawn mower accident while visiting relatives in Beckley and was treated and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray D. Vest
D. J. Vest
Raleigh
Raleigh General Hospital
Debra Ann Surbaugh
Wayne Surbaugh
Rosemont Ave
South Charleston
Beckley
Davenport named to Arkansas college honor roll
Scott Davenport, son of Mrs. Hazel Davenport of Reservoir Road, was named to the College of Arts and Sciences honor roll at the University of Arkansas this past semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Arkansas
Scott Davenport
Hazel Davenport
Reservoir Road
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Whitesville
Mingo County
Dept. of Army
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Fred Yates
Jaycees
Fitzpatrick
Hollywood
Cleveland
Crab Orchard Center
Company
Glen View
Fayette Firm
Barrack
South
Official
Century Club
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