Methodist SS Ends Contest Climaxed by Party
Rhodell Methodist Church Sunday School attendance doubled in a contest. Members split into two groups, blues led by Mrs Vernon Canterbury and reds captained by Mrs A S Widick. Blues had higher average attendance, so reds supplied refreshments. About 20 adults and over 40 children attended the church social.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Rhodell Methodist Church
Reds
Blues
Vernon Canterbury
A. S. Widick
City Driver Faces Hearing On Tuesday
Beckley resident Samuel Sidney Glover of 216 Fairview Avenue was jailed at 1:45 a.m. Sunday after Turnpike State Police arrested him on a drunk driving charge. He was released at 8:20 a.m. Sunday after a property bond, and is due to appear Tuesday before Magistrate W. A. Burke. also jailed Saturday were James Pugh and Billy Treadway of Beaver on drunkenness and trespassing charges. Treadway was released after bond. Charles E. Lilly, 32, of Beckley, was jailed at 12:05 a.m. Sunday on drunkenness and shoplifting charges.
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Beckley
Samuel Sidney Glover
Fairview Avenue
Turnpike
Glover
W. A. Burke
James Pugh
Billy Treadway
Beaver
Treadway
T. H. Wills
Charles E. Lilly
Boy Scout Troop 6 Camping in Virginia
Fifty Beckley Boy Scouts from Troop 6 at First Baptist Church joined a week long Camp Roland program in Bastian Virginia. Albert R. Allen Jr. serves as scout master with a large roster list including Paul Arnstein James Snider James Cook Thomas Lowe Henry Walker Jr. Benjie Lowe Jr. and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Camp Roland
Bastian
First Baptist Church
Albert R. Allen Jr
Paul Arnstein
James Snider
James Cook
Thomas Lowe
Henry Walker Jr
Bill Lester
Don Hawley
Jerry Saks
Jack Keith
John Hanson
James Ballengee
Richard Bland
Thomas Hansberry
David Johnson
David Riffe
Harold MacMillion
Jerry McMana
James Lilly
John Plum
James Bland
Marc Skaggs
Scott Wauhop
Roger Burnes
Paul Hughes
UVA 1959 Graduates Berry Woods and Robert Jackson Gwinn
Berry Woods of Berry Clay Woods and Beckley and Robert Jackson Gwinn of Cranberry were 1959 graduates of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Woods received a bachelor of laws degree and Gwinn earned a bachelor of science in chemistry.
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Berry Clay Woods
Beckley
Robert Jackson Gwinn
Cranberry
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Woods
Gwinn
Lamb Billie Charms Ricky Allen as Boy’s Best Pal
Ricky Allen, 10, of Sophia, finds a new pet in Billie the three month old lamb. After three failed dog attempts, Billie follows Ricky everywhere lending a nursery rhyme vibe and a playful mischief that ends with Pam Wood of Cool Ridge returning Billie to Ricky.
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Ricky Allen
R. F. Allen
Sophia
Ricky
Billie
Pam Wood
Cool Ridge
Pam
Sophia Lad
Two Injured In Car Collision On Route 3
Two people were injured in a crash on Route 3 between Glen Daniel and Whitesville at 4 15 p m Sunday. James Foster and Carlos Hendricks drove the cars from Comfort and Cleveland Ohio respectively. Police said Foster tried to pass Hendricks as the latter turned left. Each car suffered about 1000 dollars in damage. Lena Mae Foster, wife of one driver, was treated at Raleigh General Hospital along with Marie Kuhn a passenger in the Hendricks car who sustained head and leg injuries.
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W.va
Glen Daniel
Whitesville
James Foster
Comfort
Carlos Hendricks
Cleveland
Ohio
Foster
Hendricks
Lena Mae Foster
Raleigh General Hospital
Marie Kuhn
Suit Settled in Raleigh County Real Estate Dispute
A Raleigh County Circuit Court jury was discharged at 1 30 Friday after Samuel Stocchi settled out of court with his aunt Clara Stocchi in a $3 000 real estate contract suit. Judge Norman Knapp oversaw the proceedings that began with opening statements before the settlement.
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Raleigh County
Samuel Stocchi
Clara Stocchi
Norman Knapp
119 Men Join Moose Order In Beckley Lodge
Beckley Lodge of Loyal Order of Moose welcomes 19 new members. Initiation by the degree team Sunday afternoon. New members include William Gordon Lair Beckley Clay Blaylock Bolt John W Stevenson Beckley and others. After enrollment, Moose members and families viewed slides and heard a radio broadcast of Mooseheart 1959 graduates, West Virginia contributing four students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Lodge of Loyal Order of Moose
William Gordon
Lair
Beckley
Clay Blaylock
Bolt
John W. Stevenson
J. R. Booth
Fairdale
Virgil Ray Stover
George A. Glover
Irby W. Hutchens
Glen Morgan
James E. Shrewsbury
Beaver
W. W. Bailes
Prosperity
Richard Gallaher
Jesse
Stewart Schuman
Oceana
Harold T. Burgess
Charles George Menarchik
Oak Hill
David W. Hodgkins
Warren Merritt
Ralph Epperly
Cool Ridge
James E. Howell
Skelton
Paul L. Kyle
Naoma
Earl Wesley Arbaugh
Mabscott
The
Moose
Mooseheart
West Virginia
Berry Assigned Oversea Tour For German Duty
Capt. Eugene V. Berry, executive officer and Army advisor at the U S Army Reserve Center on the 1921 By-Pass, departs today for a three year tour in Germany. He arrived in Beckley in 1956. Lt Col Thomas R Wilson Jr presented Berry with a gift on behalf of the Reserve Officers Association at its May meeting in the Memorial Building American Legion Room. Capt Herbert A Buckley followed with a lecture on photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Berry
U.S. Army Reserve Center
Germany
Beckley
Thomas R. Wilson Jr
Berry
Reserve Officers Association
American Legion
Memorial Building
Herbert A. Buckley
Alpoca Vacation Bible School Ends With Party
A party next Friday will close the vacation Bible school for 46 pupils at Alpoca Methodist Church. The school is led by supervisor Mrs. Stuart Matmey with teachers Miss Elizabeth Matmey Mrs. Lloyd McKinney Mrs. Ezra White Mrs. Charles Woody Mrs. George Prillman Mrs. Joe Smith Miss Bashin Blankenship and Rev. Charles Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpoca
Alpoca Methodist Church
Stuart Matmey
Elizabeth Matmey
Lloyd McKinney
Ezra White
Charles Woody
George Prillman
Joe Smith
Bashin Blankenship
Charles Cox
McCarus Receives MBA From University of Michigan
John R. McCarus of 216 Woodlawn Avenue graduates with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. McCarus
Woodlawn Avenue
University of Michigan
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Wardeler
Pat Was
Ale ‘Ortens
Moose Order
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HUSH
Sunocos
Sunoco
Euston
Sunoco’s
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