Two felons escaped Pinecrest Hospital security ward
Thurman Rice and Harry Fielding Blackburn broke from the Pinecrest Hospital top floor by sawing bars and lowering themselves to the ground with bed sheet ropes. Rice, 44, of Charleston, has aliases Cortas Taylor John Conley Jr and Junior Conley. Blackburn, 28, is 5 feet 10, 165 pounds with multiple tattoos and facial scars. They remain at large per Pinecrest Business Manager C. C. Smith Jr.
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Pinecrest Escap
Pinecrest Hospital
Thurman Rice
Harry Fielding Blackburn
Pinecrest
C. C. Smith Jr
Rice
Charleston
West Virginia
Cortas Taylor
John Conley Jr
Junior Conley
West Virginia Drama Association misses by small margin
The West Virginia Historical Drama Association ends its membership drive at 9 410 dollars, 500 short of 10 000. Membership stands at 339 with several named donors. The drive, chaired by Mrs Odessa Lewis, aims to support a summer repertory season at Cliffside Amphitheatre starting June 17 with Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock to run through September 3l on alternating nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Charles Toney
Helen M. Sloan
Cecil L. Miller
George Fama
Sterling T. Lewis
P. E. Rhodes
Odessa Lewis
Beckley Quota Club
Cliffside Amphitheatre
Grandview State Park
Hatfields
Rock
Cornwell To Attend Clarksburg EMS Workshop
Dr Forest Cornwell medical director of Mountaineer Family Health Plan will attend an emergency medical services communication workshop on June 8 at the Holiday Inn Clarksburg. The program starts a series covering the spectrum of emergency medical services and sharing experiences from other state services. MFHP and Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital sponsor a nonprofit ambulance and emergency medical care service for Raleigh County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaineer Family Health Plan, Inc
Forest Cornwell
Holiday Inn
Clarksburg
Cornwell
MFHP
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Raleigh County
Two Countians Earn Bryan College Honors
Raleigh County students Yvonne Jenkins and Edsel Arndt graduated with honors at Bryan College for the 39th annual commencement. Jenkins earned a B S in elementary education magna cum laude with a 3.54 GPA and was secretary of Missions in Action. Arndt earned a B A in history cum laude with a 3.50 GPA and received the History Department senior award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Yvonne Jenkins
Edsel Arndt
Tennessee
Bryan College
Miss Jenkins
L. Frederick Jenkins
Beaver
Arndt
Edsel V. Arndt
Cherry Ave
Beckley
Missions In Action
History Department
Tulli Receives Degree From Bridgewater College
Former Beckley student C George Tull Jr earned a history degree at Bridgewater College Virginia He was named to Who's Who and served as class president active in football and involved in student government Delegates to the grand lodge conference will be chosen at a Bloodstone Masonic Lodge meeting held at 2 PM Saturday in East Veterans Administration Hospital Gulf Lodge Hall Montrose New York Father is a farmer
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Beckleyan
C. George Tull Jr
Bridgewater College
Honor Council Lodge
Bloodstone Masonic Lodge No
Tulli
Montrose
N. Y
Beckley
Easti Veterans Administration
Gulf Lodge Hall
RCCAA Board Holds Adjournment Without Action At Meeting
A special RCCAA board meeting in Raleigh County adjourned with no action on proposed agenda items including selecting an acting executive director and forming new committees. Conflicts arose over installation timing and committee continuity while a separate note mentions a ramp project for St. Stephens Church funded by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Community Action Association
RCCAA
ACCAA
Simeon Warren
St. Stephens Episcopal Church
Virginia Street
John Bright
Weather Summary From Airport And Rivers Reports
Weather details show a 24 hour period ending 10 a m with high 65 and low 35 and mild wind NW at 15 mph. River gauges Greenbrier and Lake are normal and clear with 6 gates open at Lake and a 3.3 ft gauge at Hinton. Extended forecast calls for fair Saturday and showers Sunday and Monday with highs in the 70s and overnight lows in the 50s.
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Greenbrier
Hinton
Youth Service At Beckley Church Of God
The Rev Kevin Ivan of Beckley will guest preach at a youth service at Beckley Church of God 2211 South Kanawha St Beckley at 7 30 p m Friday Special singing will be provided Janet Sanger youths president and the pastor is the Rev R E Pedigo
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Kevin Ivan
Beckley
Beckley Church of God
South Kanawha St
Janet Sanger
R. E. Pedigo
Tech tops nation with women engineering degrees in 1971
Georgia Tech awarded more engineering degrees to women than any other school in the nation in 1971, totaling 19. MIT was second with 12, highlighting gradual progress in women’s presence in engineering.
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Libless Engineering Atlanta
UPI
Georgia Tech University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bradley Area Cancer Crusade Surpasses 12 700 Mark
Cane contributions totaling 176 push the Bradley area fund toward a 19 606 goal as Mrs Helen Gagalis receives donations from co chairs Mrs Jennie Fry and Mrs Christine Wooldridge. Last year Bradley donations were 101 24, highlighting a large increase this year.
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Bradley
Helen Gagalis
Raleigh County
American Cancer Society
Jennie Fry
Christine Wooldridge
Cochairmen
County permits total six hundred ten thousand in May
May permits valued at 610000 were issued countywide, led by a $85,000 second largest for a Stamford plant and a Susan Lynn Subdivision project in Prosperity. The largest project involves Alfred B. Hambrick and partners building 12 homes at $25,000 each in Glen Jean area. Other permits include multiple new homes and commercial/work sites across Shady Spring, Town, Slab Fork, and Calloway Heights with various builders and developers.
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Radford, Willard and Lilly
Small Business Administration
Lewery
John B
Dorothy V. Bailey
Crab Orchard Court
Robert
Cole
Bailey
Alfred
B. J. Hambrick
Susan Lynn
Duplex Building Co
Glen Jean
Hambrick
Beckley
Melvin Elswick
Cole Signs
Stamford
Cial
Allan Land
Sally Susman
City Finance Co
Valley Drive
Sprague
William and
Pauline Ray
Tom Sharer
Calloway Heights
Kenneth F
Betty J. White
H. K. Lester
Shady Spring
J. M
Gladys Harvey
Stanaford Acres
Verna E. Mills
Soak Creek
George and
Evelyn Hosey
Glenview
Kincaid
George William
Olga M. Sparks
Nuckols
Alfred Hart Co
Poparks
Mary Dinkler
Summer Hours For Raleigh County Library Announced
Summer hours for the Raleigh County Library begin today from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday with Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to noon. Head librarian Mrs. C. H. Graham notes hours extend to 8:30 p.m. on weekdays in the regular season. Summer hours run until Sept. 1.
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Raleigh County
C. H. Graham
Hogan’s
Pittsburgh
South Fayette Street
Raleigh Road
Cal Marge Hogan
Seniors Must Pay Dance Fee for June 9 Event
Woodrow Wilson High School asks seniors to pay a $4 graduation dance fee promptly to help the committee finalize plans for the June 9 dance at the Beckley Elks Lodge. Mrs Nellie Rodriguez will collect payments during school hours at WWHS. A final dance committee meeting is Sunday at 1 p.m. in Joe L Rodriguez's office at 213 Prince St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Elks Lodge
Nellie Rodriguez
WWHS
Joel Rodriguez
Prince St
Ex-Beckleyans' Son Receives CAP Award
Bobby D. Kirby son of former Hartley Avenue residents Mr and Mrs Paul D Kirby received the Billy Mitchell award from the Toledo Civil Air Patrol upon appointment as cadet commander of CAP Squadron 606. He is a Waite High School junior who completed leadership training private pilot ground school a solo flight program and officer training. Kirby will oversee administration and leadership in the 11 member squadron. His brother Paul Kirby a Waite graduate will enter Toledo University as a pre law student. The youths are grandsons of J W and Charlene Jones of Hinton and great grandsons of Mr and Mrs E C Harvey of Coal City.
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Bobby D. Kirby
Hartley Avenue
Paul D. Kirby
Billy Mitchell
Toledo
Ohio
Civil Air Patrol
CAP Squadron 606
Kirby
Waite
National Cap
Paul
Waite High School
Toledo University
J. W
Charlene Jones
Hinton
E. C. Harvey
Coal City
McMillion Jimmy R death notice and funeral plans
Death notices list Jimmy R McMillion of Crab Orchard age 30 with funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Caffee Funeral Home Chapel, Rev Shelby Wolford officiating. Burial Trail Cemetery. Also listed are Ethel Berger 58 Beckley funeral at Shady Grove Baptist Church with Rev Elmer Day, burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Vernin Wriston 76 Fitzpatrick Road funeral 1 p.m. Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. A L Honaker 89 Beckley funeral 11 a.m. Thursday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with entombment Sunset Mausoleum. Maude Waddell 74 Midway funeral 1 p.m. Thursday at Midway Church of God, burial Sunset Memorial or Rose & Quesenberry. Florists and lost and found notices included.
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McMillion
Jimmy R
Crab Orchard
Caffee Funeral
iChapel
Shelby ‘Wolford
Trail Cemetery
Berger Iberger
Ethel
Beckley
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Lat Eccles
Elmer Day
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie & Aya Funeral Parlor, Co
Wriston ‘Wriston
Vernin
Fitzpatrick Road
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South Kanawha Street
Victor Garlow
Winston
Mossy
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Honaker Honaker
A. L
South Kanawha T
Walter Griswold
Waddell 'Waddell
Maude
Midway
Wille
Midway Church
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