Two Major Addresses At WV Baptist Meeting Tonight
The 68th West Virginia Baptist Sunday School Convention opens its first evening at Central Street Baptist Church with Dr. Wallace Grant of Parkersburg to speak on Meeting the Challenge of These Troubled Times and Rev Moses Newsome of Charleston to present his annual address. The convention continues through Friday with sessions, reports, and panel discussions featuring leaders from Charleston Welch and Williamson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
J. C. Ealy
St. James Baptist Church
Welch
Lewis Griffin
Metropolitan Baptist Church
Charleston
Our Baptist Witness
Rosalynde B
L. A. Perkins
Williamson
C. A. Page
Institute
G. W. Whiting
Huntington
R. A. Banks
Young Street Baptist Church
Winston Ashley Leonard
First Baptist Church
Mount Hope
Ginia
Parkersburg
P. H. Johnson, Wierton
Mount Zion Association
Morels Scruggs
Anawalt
Charleen Smallwood
Glen Ferris
Laualla Perkins
Malcolm Turner
Bishop
Willis Wins Six Civil Suits Against Water Co Operator
George Willis, 76, operator of Willis Water Co. on Harper Road, prevailed in six consolidated civil actions in Raleigh County Circuit Court. A seven-wenton jury delivered verdicts in favor of Willis after under two hours of deliberation following a six day hearing. The suits, filed by Elizabeth Carter Ellen Stone Harry L. Pugh Frank Pugh A L Nichiffer and Ellen Stone for her late husband Robert L. Stone, alleged failure to furnish adequate water under his franchise. Twelve related suits remain on file and are expected to proceed in later terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willis
Harper Road
Willis Water Co
Raleigh County
Willis
Elisha Carter
Ellen Stone
Harry L. Pugh
Frank Pugh
A. L. Nichiffer
Robert L. Stone
Public Service Commission
Harper Heights
Tent
Martha Banks
Tommy Joyce
Sam Jackson
Lonnie Morris
Woodrow Johnson
John M. Moore
George Johnson
Thomas Wiley
Charlie Anderson
Walter Snyder
J. W. Maxwell
Clay S. Crouse
D. D. Ashworth
Anti Rabies Clinic Schedule for Shady Spring Area
The Raleigh County Sheriff Office announces anti rabies clinics across Shady Spring District. On Thursday June 8 clinics run 9 to 9 50 at Blue Jay Elementary and 9 45 to 10 30 at Daniels Elementary, 10 45 to 11 45 at Shady Spring Elementary, 11 45 to 12 30 at Truck Stop Cherry Creek, 12 30 to 1 at Midway Elementary Cool Ridge, and 1 15 to 2 30 at Ghent Elementary. Friday June 9 clinics run 9 to 9 30 at Glen Morgan Elementary, 10 to 11 Meadow s Store Crow, 11 15 to noon Grandview Elementary, 1 to 2 White Oak Post Office, 3 to 3 45 Pluto Elementary, and 4 15 to 4 45 Abraham. Monday June 12 clinics run 9 30 to 9 30 at Sullivan Post Office, 10 to 10 30 Whitby Elementary, 10 45 to noon Jack s Grocery Jonben, and 1 to 2 Fireco Elementary.
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Raleigh County Sheriff's Office
Shady Spring
Blue Jay
Daniels
Cherry Creek
Midway
Glen Morgan
Meadow
Crow
Grandview
White Oak
Pluto
Abraham
Sullivan Post Office
Whitby
Fourth Polio Clinic Considered Success
Tuesday's fourth and final polio clinics by the Beck ley Junior Chamber of Commerce were called a success by project chair man Anthony De Maiori. A total of 646 shots were given: 413 at the Recreation Building, 104 at the Sophia Methodist Church, and 129 at the Beaver Lions Club. Most recipients were due for a booster later, but many were getting their first of the required three shots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Anthony de Maiori
Sophia Methodist Church
Beaver Lions Club
Tokyo Students Riot Injures Dozens Across Cities
A large protest by 2000 Zengakuren students near Tokyo Parliament left 30 police and 14 students injured, with two students hospitalized and others treated at a Socialist party first aid station. In Kyoto a separate 2800 member clash injured 60 students and 22 officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
UPI
Zengakuren
Japan
Socialist Party
Kyoto
Razor Accident Kills Man in Los Angeles
Ronald Schmidt, 30, died after an electric razor fell into a toilet and he reached in to retrieve it, electrocuting him in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
UPI
Ronald Schmidt
WVU doctors win NIH grants for heart research
The National Institute of Health awarded grants totaling 55034 dollars to two West Virginia University Medical School surgeons, Herbert E. Warden and Thomas J. Tarnay, to fund heart research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GET
Charleston
UPI
National Institute of Health
West Virginia University Medical School
Herbert E. Warden
Thomas J. Tarnay
Editor Heads to National Meet in Washington
Co J Needy McQuade Raleigh Register editor will join United Press International editors and publishers in Washington for a two day conference. Kennedy will speak Thursday at 10 a m EDT at the Statler Hilton. Johnson and Attorney General Kennedy also appear. Delegates from 50 states and Canada attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
UPI
Henry G. Coit
Newark
N.J
William Dwight Sr
Holyoke
Mass
Daily Transcript
Milburn P. Akers
Chicago Sun-Times
Dean S. Lesher
the Merced Calif. Sun-Star
Dean Rusk
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
U.S. Information Agency
Edward R. Murrow
Congressional
White House
Lady Bird Johnson
Merriman Smith
Reading timer found in post office package
Police removed a ticking timer from a package at the central post office in Yonkers New York after it started ticking during handling. The device was presumed activated by contact with the parcel.
Mabscott Hill road project reshapes Rt 16 relocation
Aerial view shows Mabscott and the Mabscott-Crab Orchard Road relocation by Vecellio & Grogan. The project will convert to a four lane highway replacing the old route, with homes and businesses condemned or moved. A new bridge over double C&O Railway tracks will connect the hill road to the completed highway section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
Mabscott-Crab Orchard Road
Rt. 16
Vecellio & Grogan
Mabscott Hill
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Co
Beckley Hospital
Register
Dallas Boothe
Herb Alloy
Charles Field
Monument Erected Honoring Minter at Camp Wilderness
Appalachian Council Scout Executive Jack Lewis of Bluefield attends the ceremony unveiling a monument at Camp Wilderness in Raleigh County honoring E. C. Minter, a longtime Boy Scout leader. Lewis extols brotherhood as a life, not a word, stressing unity beyond color, and linking it to survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Council
Jack Lewis
Bluefield
Camp Wilderness
E. C. Minter
Raleigh County
Lewis
Minter
C&o
Daniels
Carl Noble
Athens
Wallace Noble
Adult Scouters State District Meet Tonight
Adult scouters of District 3 Appalachian Council, Boy Scouts of America, meet at 7 30 p m today in St Marys Methodist Church to select an assistant district commissioner for Boy Scout round tables and confirm Charl ie Jackson as district commissioner succeeding Guy Amato who became council commissioner. Ed Kinter and James Harvey hold two of the three assistant posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
St. Mary's Methodist Church
Charlie Jackson
Jackson
Guy Amato
Ed Kinter
Beaver
James Harvey
Beckley
Fire Department Called To Mills Ave
Beckley fire crews answered a smoke report at Arch Johnsons home 130 Mills Ave at 2 50 p m Tuesday. A neighbor alerted the department after spotting a grease fire on a stove. The Johnsons were away but cooking. Fire was extinguished on arrival with no damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Arch Johnson
Mills Ave
Johnsons
Nineteen seek jobs at Beckley employment office
Nineteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Tuesday. They included one maid one day worker four sales clerks one footwear saleslady one insurance manager one coal loader one kitchen helper one porter one orderly one vehicle loader one combination welder three construction laborers one mine motorman and one coil winder. Out of the area openings include a statistician and a clerk stenographer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Beckleyans Elected To Supreme Court At Mountaineer Boys State
Mike Shumate and Andy Lucas of Woodrow Wilson High School were elected State Supreme Court judges at Mountaineer Boys State mock election. Glenn Kiger of Parkersburg won governor, defeating Morgantown’s George Bennett 217 to 131. Kiger’s Nationalist Party took eight of eleven major offices, including attorney general Tom Harrold Huntington, agriculture commissioner Richard Wilson Kistler, and other state supreme court judges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Shumate
Andy Lucas
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mountaineer Boys’ State
Supreme Court
Glenn Kiger
Parkersburg
George Bennett
Morgantown
Tom Harrold
Huntington
Richard Wilson
Kistler
Logan County
Agriculture
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State Baptist Meeting
Maggie Newman
Miss Newman
New York
New York City
Jacob’s Pillow
Bill Hooks
Charles Tomlinson
Winston- Salem
N. C
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Kingdom Brown
Genevieve Hannah
Lanark
Ebenezer Baptist Youth Choir
Sandra Belton
Jesus Christ
J. R. Manley
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Cecil L. Miller
F. D. Terry
Second Baptist Church
Hinton
S. A Abram
T. R. Tuck
Mrs. Tuck
Beverly Jones
Eunice Donald
Jack's
Jonben
Fireco
Razor
National Meet
Pittsburgh
William Berg
Berg
Austin, Tex
Price Daniel
Daniel
Long Life
Plymouth
England
James MacGregor
Auto Suggestion
API
American Institute of Hypnosis
William J. Bryan Jr
Adult Scouters
Dean
Beckleyans
Kiger
Nationalist Party
Gerifort Plus
American Pharmaceutical Company
Kay
Neville St. Beckley
Piedmont
Piedmont Airlines
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