Dinner Disaster Style Highlights Red Cross Meeting
The Raleigh County Red Cross Canteen hosted a disaster style dinner in the Appalachian Power building, featuring beef stew, green beans, hot biscuits, coffee, and dessert. A postmeal panel led by W. E. Zopp discussed disaster handling across medical, police, fire, rescue, and Civil Defense, with emphasis on Crab Orchard tornado response and the portable 200 bed emergency hospital stored at Beckley’s VA hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Appalachian Power Co
Red Cross Canteen Committee
W. E. Zopp
First Aid
Red Cross
Raleigh
Crab Orchard
Civil Defense Organization
Beckley
Otis Lyons
Beckley Council Seeks Four Fire Hydrants And Park Oversight
Beckley City Council approved sending a written request to Beckley Water Co. to install four hydrants in the coming fiscal year, citing an agreement to install two yearly hydrants. Discussions covered park supervision, recreation board hiring, and a plan to re advertise bids for a recreational building repair. The meeting addressed a playground outside city limits, a fallen wall on Beckley Place, and revisions to bid awards for prior contracts.
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Beckley City
Beckley Water Co
Clarence L. Bibb
Bibb
Raleigh Heights
A. A
Buck) Ross
Ross
Warren Thornhill III
F Street
Thornhill
State Tax Commissioners Office
Minter
Westmoreland St
Wipperman Construction
Earnest Lilly
Lilly
Beckley Place
Nathan Street
Accident disrupts trip for Dana Burdiss at youth camp
Miss Dana Burdiss of Rhodell sustained a deep gash to the ball of her foot while swimming at Little Beaver. Doctors at Raleigh General Hospital instructed her to cancel the Glenwood Park church camp plans and return next Friday for further care.
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Rhodell
Dana Burdiss
Glenwood Park
Church of God
Raleigh General Hospital
Mrs Ma cie Redden Reported Satisfactory After Admission
Mrs Mace Redden of Beaver is listed in satisfactory condition after admission for observation and treatment on June 4. She is the aunt of Mrs Richard Rose of Flat Top.
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Macie Redden
Beaver
Richard Rose
Lilly Said Improves After Major Surgery At Home
Garner Lilly shows improvement following major surgery at Raleigh General Hospital and is recuperating at home after the procedure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garner Lilly
Raleigh General Hospital
Richmond woman turns 101 enjoying chores and treats
Mrs Edwin H Lea, aged 101 in Richmond Virginia, celebrated by washing breakfast dishes and making her own bed. She said she likes to stay active and would find it dreadful to do nothing. She eschews indigestion from plum pudding and fruit cake, joking that the whiskey or brandy in the dishes helps mellow the fruit.
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Richmond, Va
Edwin H. Lea
Barrett Rites To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Arthur Earnest Barrett 77 of Glen White Road will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Glen White Community Church with Rev J B F Yoak Jr officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Park. Masonic rites by Beckley Lodge will precede the service with members meeting at 12 30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple. Barrett died Tuesday after an extended illness. He was born April 2 1882 in Lechampton England and emigrated to the United States in 1910 living in Cherry Ill before moving to Eccles then Glen White where he worked for E E White Coal Company later Eastern Gas and Fuel Company rising to superintendent of Glen White and Long Branch mines. After retirement he served as chairman of the advisory committee for Eastern Gas and Fuel. He was a Church of England member and active in civic affairs and had been with Beckley Lodge 95 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons since 1920. Survivors include his wife Julia Elizabeth Blake married March 23 1922 and one half sister Mrs Elsie Box of Glen White plus several nieces and nephews. Body to be moved from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to church one hour before services.
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Arthur Earnest Barrett
Glen White Road
Glen White Community Church
J. B. F. Yoak Jr
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
M. P. Honts
R. J. Lucas
R. M. Simms
T. R. Venters
Barrett
Lechampton
England
John William Barrett
Emma Powell Barrett Symonds
Cherry, Ill
United States
Eccles
Glen White
E. E. White Coal Company
White Coal Company
Eastern Gas and Fuel Company
Long Branch
Church of England
Community Church Board
Beckley Lodge
Ancient Free and Accepted Masone
Julia Elizabeth Blake
Elsie Box
Keyser-Bryant Funeral Home
West Virginia Praised for School Integration Efforts
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special counsel, praised West Virginia for greater integration and cooperation than most states, citing it as a good state in carrying out school integration under the Supreme Court ruling. He spoke to the Prince Hall Masons and noted some Negroes resist integration, seeking it on a silver platter, but urged pursuing rights within the law.
16th State Polio Case Reported in Kanawha County
Charleston AP reports an additional polio case in Kanawha County last week raising West Virginia 1959 total to 16, compared with seven in the same period of 1958, per Health Department.
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Charleston
Kanawha
Health Department
Polio and Pre-School Shots Planned for Saturday
Polio and pre school shots will be offered Saturday from 9 30 a m to noon at the Dry Hill Prosperity Community Building. The vaccines are priced at one dollar for those who can pay and free for those who cannot. Mothers in the Dry Hill and Prosperity areas are urged to attend with their preschool children.
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Dry Hill Prosperity
Court tightens grip on Hoffa era Teamsters monitors
In a unanimous ruling the U S Court of Appeals empowered Judge F Dickenson Letts to enforce clean up orders over James R Hoffa and Teamsters officers. Monitors can seek court orders to enforce recommendations, with contempt actions possible for noncompliance. The case stemmed from 1957 election irregularities and halted Hoffa’s bid for a new spring convention.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
U. S
Federal District Court
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Dist
F. Dickenson Letts
Hoffa
Ihs
Letts
Teamsters
Charles Fahy
Henry W. Edgerton
Wilbur K. Miller
Judge Letts
$20 000 Damage Suit Jury Is Impaneled
An all male jury was impaneled at 10 35 a m today in Raleigh County Circuit Court to hear a 20 000 damage suit. Alfred Vernon Godby sues William Lewis Allen Harper Road for 20 000 in damages from an automobile accident in Fayette County on April 23 1958.
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Raleigh County
Alfred Vernon Godby
William Lewis Allen
Harper Road
Fayette County
Farley Funeral Set On Thursday
Final rites for Mrs. Clara Elizabeth Farley 76 of Piney View will be in the Rose and Quisenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday with Rev. Carl Johnson and Rev. John Atkinson officiating Burial will be in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens She died in a local hospital Tuesday afternoon after illness She was a Piney View Bible Church member Born January 23 1883 in Pipestem she was a daughter of Levi Allen and Lou Verna Farley Survivors include husband Thomas W Farley of Piney View one son Wandel of Piney View four daughters Juanita Crews of Narrows Hazel Dove of Princeton Inez Thompson of Charleston and Charlotte Garten of Piney View two brothers John Neely of Pipestem and Walter Neely of Hinton one sister Mrs L T Shawvers of Danese and 12 grandchildren The body will remain at the funeral home until services
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Clara Elizabeth Farley
Piney View
Peace Chapel
Rose and Quesenberry
Carl Johnson
John Atkinson
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Farley
Levi Allen
Lou Verna Farley
Thomas W. Farley
Wandel
Juanita Crews
Narrows
Hazel Dove
Princeton
Inez Thompson
Charleston
Charlotte Garten
John Neely
Pipestem
Walter Neely
Hinton
L. T. Shawvers
Danese
Sophia Church School Enrolls 58 for Vacation Bible School
Sophia Methodist Church hosts Vacation Bible School titled Finding God Through Work and Worship with 58 participants. Led by pastor Rev. Larry Greenwood Jr., sessions run 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily, ending Friday with a picnic lunch.
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God
Calvin Saunders
Fred Simpson
Jack Branham
Mona Wood
W. W. Lovell
James B. Deck
Mary Wolfe
Dick Loving
Alex Lavis
Arnold Graybeal
W. E. Estep
D. R. Rinehart
Award Week RDC Honors Three Rural Communities
Three communities will receive Rural Development Council awards in the Country Life Program today through Friday. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Clayton-Griffith Creek will get a certificate of merit. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Cabell Heights Oak Grove Pleasant Hill Community will receive a certificate of merit. Friday the Big Sewell Community will receive a certificate and a cash award of $166.
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Rural Development Council
Country Life
RDC
Clayton-Griffith Creek
Cabell Heights
Oak Grove
Pleasant Hill
Big Sewell
Boxer watchdog missing after break in at Mills residence
In Pittsburgh Lulu Mills found her door jimmied open and the only item reported stolen was her 8 month old boxer, described as a good watchdog. Police will investigate the unusual theft claim.
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Pittsburgh
Lulu Mills
Fireco Driver Sentenced On Driving Drunk Plea
Earl Edward White of Fireco was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 10 days in Raleigh County Jail after pleading guilty before Magistrate Cotton White to driving while drunk. He was arrested by State Police Turnpike Division and jailed at 1:00 a.m. today. Wetzel Lee Meadows Earlene Lilly and Bobby Hunter of Cool Ridge were fined $25 and jailed 3 days for petit larceny.
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Earl Edward White
Fireco
Raleigh
Cotton White
White
Turnpike Division
Wetzel Lee Meadows
Earlene Lilly
Bobby Hunter
Cool Ridge
W. A. Burke
G and J Coal Company
Whitby
Meadows
Hunter
Burke Kyle Cook
Sandlick
Mabscott
James Floyd Reid
Lena Hunter
Turnpike
Bernard Martin
Beckley
Hangars Finally Land At Skelton
Hangars at the former Raleigh Mount Hope Airport changed hands repeatedly after the Beckley Flight School merged into Raleigh County Flight School. Once abandoned, they passed from New River Supply Co to E. E. Craddock, then to Stinson Construction Co. owned by R. L. Stinson. He sold them to Houchins Manufacturing Co. in Skelton for plant expansion.
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Raleigh-Mount Hope
Beckley Flight School
Raleigh County Flight School
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
New River Supply Co
E. E. Craddock
Stinson Construction Co
R. L. Stinson
Myers Avenue
Stinson
Houchins Manufacturing Co
Skelton
Don Houchins
Woman Injured As Washing Machine Wringer Catches Hand
Mrs Florence Denny of 809 12 S Oakwood Ave was treated and released at Beckley Hospital for hand injuries. She was taken by Fire Department rescue squad Tuesday morning after her hand got caught in a washing machine wringer.
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Florence Denny
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley Hospital
Singing Convention at Free Will Baptist Church Fairdale
A singing convention is set at Free Will Baptist Church in Fairdale on Saturday starting at 8 p m. All choirs and quartets are invited to attend.
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Fairdale
RNS
Freewill Baptist Church
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