Three-car collision leads to charges in Beckley
Henry M Campbell of Sullivan Road faced a Beckley Police charge for failure to have his vehicle under control after a three car crash on South Kanawha Street at 3 15 am causing about 1000 dollars in damage He struck the Meadows car a utility pole and the Darby car No injuries were reported Other arrests included two men for drunk driving Denver L Holdren and Carlos Jones Bond amounts 106 and 108 Elizabeth Pack released on a 76 bond for reckless driving Fire department responded to two separate calls including a car fire on Campbell Court and a gas range fire on Bibb Avenue Minor fines were imposed on several individuals for improper passing improper registration and speeding A juvenile was certified to Grand Jury on burglary charges and released on 500 bond Other incidents included a fainting man near Sprague Underpass and a man held on a capias warrant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry M. Campbell
Sullivan Road
Beckley
South Kanawha St
Campbell
Meadows
Darby
Raleigh County
Denver L. Holdren
Mt. Tabor
Carlos Jones
61St St
New York
Holdren
Jones
Elizabeth Pack
J. C. Basham
Bibb Ave
Elisha Chester Jones
Slab Fork
W. A. Burke
Donald Lee Collins
Burke
Joe Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Lucille Barbara Schambs
Jackie Miller
Rose and Quesenberry
Sprague
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Nathaniel Cosby
Raymond Canterbury
Beaver
W. C. Lilly
Shady Spring
Sherman Marrow
Piney View
Paul Epperly
William Cline
Glen White
W. A
Gene) Burke
Drought Survey Prompts Raleigh County Disaster Request
Severe drought conditions in Raleigh County are reported from a county extension survey conducted this week. The Raleigh County Disaster Committee, after meeting, voted to seek a county declaration as a drought disaster area. Members include Larry Cavendish, Gerald Miller, Franklin Lilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
County Extension Office
Larry Cavendish
Gerald Miller
Farmers Home Administration
Franklin Lilly
Agricul
College To Install Sprinkler System At Beckley Campus
Rural Stabilization and Conservation Service reports drought info from county families with 75 percent returning forms. BeclKey College president D K Shroyer says automatic sprinkler system is being installed in the college’s latest buildings, with designs by C L Hutchson of Brewer & Co. Inc. The system connects to Beckley Fire Department central station, enabling rapid automatic alert and isolated building shutoffs. Contract price for sprinkling the last two buildings is just over $10 000. The story also highlights a planned August Palace Playhouse production of The Fantastics with cast and crew details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Bee Richardson
ASCS
Cavendish
D. K. Shroyer
Beckley College
Kanawha Street
Beckley
Shroyer
College
Flames Threaten Ships At Felixstowe Dockside
Flames engulfed a four story dockside building in Felixstowe threatening two ships loaded with ammunition. Troops from a nearby barracks aided firemen as the ammunition ships were moved to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felixstowe
England
UPI
Hello Dollie Greeting for Mrs Ronald Road Beckley
A short notice greeting for Dollie Ronald known as Dollie of 507 Hull Street Beckley West Virginia daughter of Mrs Margaret L Ellison and the late Lacy E Ellison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald (Dollie
Hull Street
Beckley
W. Va
Margaret L. Ellison
Lacy E. Ellison
Local Figure Named in Community Roles
Ronald L. Husband and Laura Ellen daughter. student at Beckley Jr. High School. member and treasurer at First Baptist Church and Beckley Woman's Club. Also active in the National Association of Bank Women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald L
Laura Ellen
Beckley Jr. High School
First Baptist Church
Beckley Woman's Club
National Association of Bank Women
Dry Hill Prosperity Fair announces 16th event committees
The 16th Dry Hill Prosperity Fair and Horse Show set for August 18 to 20 will be guided by committees led by Thurman as fair chair. The Dry Hill Prosperity Country Life Group Inc. lists many chairmen across parking, gate, grounds, teen queen, pet show, games, exhibits, crafts, baked goods, sewing, needlecraft, fruits and vegetables, paintings, 4 H, and publicity. Lawrence Comer, Russell Gene Smith and Joe Jones co-chair the horse show with D Woody Kinzer as honorary chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Hill
Dry Hill-Prosperity Country Life Group Inc
Bill James
Joe Jones
Noel Thurman
Albert Tieche
Thurman
D. B. Stover
Boy Scouts
D. B. Stover, Sr
Lawrence Comer
Thomas Comer
D. D. Holliday
Walter James
Albert Tiecie
Russell Gene
Howard Earehart
Basil Bailey
Shelby Stump
Carl Bailey
Collis Collier
Snowden Pettry
Roman Wood
Walter Griffey
Lewis Dickenson
Nell James
Miltan Milich
Harry Neal
Lloyd Mollohan
Edith Kiser
Gertrude Wildey
J. E. Jarrell
Carl Toney
Stephen Wood
Joe Domby
Bill Ormandy
Sam Feazell
Lake Allen
Gwynn West
Wayne Stewart
Herb Atha
Janice DeGregory
Misses Grace
JoAnn
Betty Wilkes
J. W. Woods
Pete Lilly
Oliver Harper, Jr
Tommy Thomas
Charles Lewis, Jr
Highland Garden Club
J. W. Wheeler
Kenneth Lazenby
Frank Rodriguez
J. W
D. Woody Kinzer
Russell Gene Smith
Harry Cooper
Alan Susman
Larry F. Stover
Joe Johnson
Woody Kinzer
and Mirs
Elwood Hatfield
D. B. Stover, Jr
Ralph West
Thomas L. Comer
WVU Grad Details Red China Refugee Plight for Readers Digest
WVU graduate J. D. Ratcliff describes terror and hardship faced by Chinese refugees fleeing communist oppression in a Readers Digest August piece. He cites food shortages, perilous escapes to Macao and Hong Kong, and stories of starvation and sacrifice, linking the refugees to historic quests for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
Red China
Readers
J. D
Jack” Ratcliff
WVU
Palisades
N. Y
New York City
Ratcliff
Readers Digest
New York
Bamboo Curtain
Hong Kong
Macao
China
WVII
West
Dave Jacobs
Italy
Mountaineer
Pittsburgh
Pitt
Jacobs
Europe
Berlin Wall
Cuba
Crab Orchard Water Outage Shuts Off Service Thursday
The Crab Orchard Water Co announced a water shut-off for customers from the Carolina Super Market to Ward Sophia on Thursday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The outage will affect all areas in Glen White Green Valley Cedar Road and customers beyond the Carolina Market. Officials cited new road construction as the cause of water line changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Crab Orchard Water Co
Carolina Super Market
Sophia
Glen White
Green Valley
Cedar Road
Carolina Market
James Walker
Hereford Inspection Scheduled Thursday for Four Counties
An inspection of Hereford cattle in Raleigh Fayette Nicholas and Mercer Counties will be conducted Thursday in preparation for the New River Hereford Show and Sale to be held in September. Conducting the inspection are farmers Minor Scott H G Farmer and Ritchie Snuffer of Raleigh County and Extension Agent Larry Cavendish. The sale will be held Sept 10 at the Beckley Farmers Market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River
Raleigh
Fayette
Nicholas
Mercer
Minor Scott
H. G. Farmer
Ritchie Snuffer
Larry Cavendish
Beckley Farmers
Galloway Named Secondary Roads Engineer in State SRC
W F Galloway was appointed Secondary Roads Engineer by the State Road Commission to succeed J C Long who retired June 30. Burl Sawyers noted Galloway’s 13 years with SRC rising from Lincoln County Maintenance Superintendent to District 5 Engineer to Assistant Director Maintenance Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
State Road Commission
W. F. Galloway
J. C. Long
Burl Sawyers
Galloway
Commission
Lincoln County
The
SRC
Buyer seeks taker for 1938 car in Yeovil England
Tony Williams has spent a year trying to give away a 1938 car in Yeovil without paying money. He cannot tow it due to a registration fee and cannot haul it away because of charges. His plan is to cut the car into pieces and discard them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeovil, England
UPI
Tony Williams
Trap Hill Saddle Club Hosts Annual Camp-Out
The Trap Hill Saddle Club held its fourth Trail Ride and Camp Out at the Bradley Horse Show Grounds, Raleigh County Horseman's Association, with members and families enjoying woodland trail rides and on-site meals cooked on a coal stove. Attendees included Cecil Connor and family, Darrell Payne and son, Eugene Cook and children, Lester Miller, Jimmy Lipscomb, Bill Barry, Callie Allen, William Trail and family, Marvin Farr and son, Stefany Sommers, among others from Beckley, Lester, Maple Meadow, and Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Daniel
ANS
Trap Hill Saddle Club
Bradley Horse Show
Raleigh County Horseman’s Association
Club
Cecil Conner
Beckley
Darrell Payne
Darrell Jr
Robbin
Eugene Cook
Roger
Jack
Lester
Richard V. Snuffer
Ricky
John
Cindy
Surveyor
E. G. Miller Lester
Jimmy Lipscomb
J. B
Doug
David
Vicky
Bill Barry
Callie Allen
Bob
William F. Trail
Kay
Leslie Daniel
Bolt
Marvin Farr
Billy
Maple Meadow
Steffany Sommers
Logan
Action Association Sets Meeting August 1
A special Raleigh County Community Action Association board meeting is set for August 1 at 7 30 p m at the Raleigh County Courthouse to decide welfare matters. James Deck, vice president, notes the purpose. Mrs Earl F Hairston joins the local Social Security Office as a claims development clerk, relocating from Bluefield area with two children and a husband who works in welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Community Action Association
James Deck
Raleigh County
Earl F
Eula) Hairston
Hairston
Park Central High School
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Social Security Administration
Beckley
Silver Springs
Marlowe Heights
G St
Hazel
Gregory
Department of Welfare
Miniature Museum of American History draw crowd in Beckley
About five thousand visitors lined up Monday to tour the Miniature Museum of American History parked on the Raleigh County Bank lot. The display, valued over 250000 and built with more than 150000 man hours, features 35 historical scenes from Columbus to modern times with one large ballroom scene showing presidents and first ladies in authentic inaugural dress. The exhibit was arranged by John DiAngelo of WJLS with local residents Linda Stover and the Stover family from Pleasant Hill among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniature Museum of American History
John DiAngelo
WJLS
Linda Stover
Arnold Deck
Debbie
Mark
Kevin Stover
Pleasant Hill
Raleigh County Bank
Val
Ued
County To Get New SRC Office
Bids on nine highway improvement projects and a new Raleigh County maintenance headquarters building will be opened Aug. 9 by the state Road Commission SRC. The new building will be on old U S 21 north of Skelton. The old office in Sprague is outdated and too small. Construction starts after bid award. Projects total about 750000 dollars across eight counties and include a 0.133 mile Arm strong Street extension in Keyser and several mileages on U S 60, WV routes, and US 52.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Raleigh
State Road Commission
SRC
U. S. 21
Skelton
Raleigh County
Sprague
James O. Elliott
John R. Sweeney
Elliott
Armstrong Street
Keyser
Fayette
U. S. 60
Big Bend
Gauley Bridge
Marshall
W. Va
Round Bottom Hill Road
Moundsville
U. S 250
Mineral
Mingo
W.va
Naugatuck
Belo
Monongalia
Sec
Marion County
Tucker
Davis
Randolph County
Wayne
Echo
Wetzel
Newsdale
Peabody
Deeds On File Record Real Estate Transfers
Real estate transfers recorded Tuesday in the County Clerk office list multiple parties and parcels with no stated value or specified amounts. transfers include Williams Tingler to Tingler Pinecrest Addition and others in Calloway Heights Beckley Maxwell Hill Truck Farms Glenview with prices: 14000 7600 6600 among six transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Marie Tingler
Betty Jo
James William Small
Joseph Tingler
Pinecrest Addition
Vern Gilkerson
Franklin D. Gilkerson
Mulberry Avenue
Calloway Heights
Jack D
Charlotte Lee Lilly
Clark
Edna L. Keesel
Pete
Mary deMarechi
Dinkler Addition
Beckley
Clinton
Delores Ann Treadway
A. Neil
Mary A. Sweeney
Maxwell Hill
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Hne
South Kanawh St
E. W. Meadows
Austin Darby Jr
C. L. Hutchson
Brewer & Co. Inc. of
Palace Playhouse
Jim Knorr
Matt
Karen Bower
Luisa
Allan Ross
Hucklebee
Bellamy
Bill Kent
Jon Karl Baldwin
Ewel Cornett
David Bray
Mortimer
Cornett
Baldwin
Honey
Tom Dennis
Henry
Bill Noone
Ed Gallo
Dollie
Woodrow Wilson High School
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Merchants Adjustment Service
Ben and
Robert Ashworth
City Esso Service
Ashworth Home and Auto and
Snow Thornton Florists
Bank of Raleigh
Bank of Raleigh Main & Kanawha Streets
F.D.I.C
Woods
Miss Katherine Abbott
G. C. Murphy CO
Hereford
Ae i
Action Association
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