Hot Coal Cemetery Beautification Set For Saturday
A community effort to beautify Hot Coal Cemetery is planned for Saturday with Elton Page Cecil Mahone Sherman Akers and Joe Eddins leading. Donations via Akers Box 263 Sophia fund a caretaker, and volunteers are asked to bring lawn mowers and tools for the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Coal Cemetery
Elton Page
Cecil Mahone
Sherman Akers
Joe Eddins
Akers
Sophia
Elton Pate
Ronnie
Blaine Martin
Convention Set For 68th Patriarchs Militant Meeting
The Department Council Patriarchs Militant and the Department Association Ladies Auxiliaries hold their 68th and 22nd annual meetings. England will address Friday night’s banquet on "The Order and Its Objectives." About 400 attendees from across the state are expected, with headquarters at Beckley Hotel. Preliminary sessions begin at 7:30 p.m. and reception follows in the General Beckley Room. Registration opens at 2 p.m.
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Beckley Hotel
Parents In Chicago To Attend Graduation
Mr and Mrs Clyde R Taylor of 1137 S Fayette St will travel to Chicago Ill to attend the commencement exercises of their daughter Deloris Yvonne Taylor who graduates from the Sherwood School of Music Thereafter the family will visit friends and relatives in Birmingham Parrish and Bessemer Alabama before going to New York where Taylor is employed and they will spend the summer.
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Clyde R. Taylor
S. Fayette St
Beckley
Chicago
Ill
Deloris Yvonne Taylor
Sherwood School of Music
Birmingham
Parrish
Bessemer
Ala
New York
Taylor
Active Curtain Callers outline summer program
The Curtain Callers outlined an active summer plan at The Playhouse meeting. Meetings move to 8 p.m. on the second Wednesday each month with new duty distributions. Tom Mahan is named chairman of special talents to head skit work. Dr. Robert Frilen and Mrs. Inez O'Brien co-chair a reading committee to select next season plays. A Thursday workshop starting June 29 focuses on basement cleanup and painting, inviting all workers. Chris Bingham Jr. of Kanawha Players spoke on Children’s Theater.
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Playhouse
Tom Mahan
Robert Frilen
Inez O'Brien
Chris Bingham Jr
Kanawha Players
Charleston
Jailed in Raleigh County on various warrants
Men including Acton Bragg Eccles Oscar Cole Ralph Holgten and Gene Autry James were jailed Wednesday by county officers on non support bad checks absence from the Army and other charges. Dorothy Bill Walk was re arrested on a Raleigh County Criminal Court Judge order after bond forfeiture. Frank Alderson posted $500 bond on a peace warrant and Wheeler Vaughn was released on $500 bond after maiming charge.
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Acton Bragg
Eccles
Raleigh
Huntington
Oscar Cole
Ralph Holgten
Bill Walk
Dorothy
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Walk
Gene Autry James
Mabscott
Sheriff's Deputies
Frank Alderson
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Wheeler Vaughn
Three Suffer Injuries In Separate Incidents
Three people were treated at Beckley Hospital on Tuesday for distinct foot and hand injuries. John Bowling, 17, Sprague, cut his left big toe on a lawn mower. William Brooks, Beckley, injured his left hand in a fall at the C P and L Coal Co mine. Junior Pate, Sophia, injured his right big toe when struck by a pipe brace at the Long Airbox Co Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
John Bowling
Man In Satisfactory Condition After Slate Fall Injury
Eugene Matherly Daniels remained in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after being admitted at 2 45 p m Wednesday for a right shoulder injury from a slate fall at Pocahontas Coal Corp mine in Amigo West Virginia Commodities will be distributed Friday afternoon and all day Saturday on the Ghent Odd Road at Paris Shrewsberry home Residents are asked to bring their own containers
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Eugene Matherly
Daniels
Beckley Hospital
Pocahontas
Ghent - Odd
Paris
Polio Victim Much Improved
Six year old Danny Pettry of Oma was stricken with poliomyelitis May 26 and described as much improved by Marmet Hospital staff. Paralysis had affected his arms legs and trunk but he can be out of the iron lung part of the time. The county health department weekly report for the week ending June 10 noted one other case a dog bite on an eight year old East Beckley girl. Health official dog vaccinated for rabies and confined. Fayette County reported seven streptococcal infections and three syphilis cases, Wyoming County reported none.
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Danny Pettry
Naoma
Marmet Hospital
County Health Department
Department of Disease Control
East Beckley
Health Department
Fayette County
Wyoming County
Diamond Ring Seller Probated
Charles F. Jones of Beckley appeared in Raleigh Criminal Court on a one year probation for a three month jail term after pleading guilty to petit larceny. He allegedly sold a cut glass ring as a diamond to Beckley Patrolman Leslie Cox and was ordered to make restitution and pay court costs.
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Charles F. Jones
Beckley
Raleigh Criminal Court
Jones
Leslie Cox
Jhis
Leo Birci
Fifteen seek work at Beckley Employment Office
Fifteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Wednesday. It lists one sales clerk one high school teacher one sewing machine operator one brick layer one retail store manager one janitor two electricians one carpenter foreman one combination welder one adjuster one plumber apprentice two construction laborers and one coal loader.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
PTA Members Complete Advanced First Aid Course
Four Hollywood Grade School PTA members F G Lilly Wilma Fitzpatrick Edith Lilly and Clarence Kincaid finished an advanced first aid course last week. Archie Riner chairman of first aid for the Raleigh County Chapter of American Red Cross taught the class at MacArthur.
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Hollywood Grade School Parent-Teacher Association
F. G. Lilly
Wilma Fitzpatrick
Edith D. Lilly
Clarence R. Kincaid
MacArthur
Archie Riner
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Macinar Move Expected Soon to Beckley
The president of Macinar Inc. said an announcement next week will state when the firm will move into Mab Scott facilities. Paul Gaston of Washington DC said a New Jersey representative will confer Friday in Beckley with Beckley Business Development Corp officials who helped attract the factory to the Beckley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macinar Inc
Mabscott
Paul Gaston
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Beckley
Beckley Business Development Corp
WWHS Grads Elected To Offices At College
Two Woodrow Wilson High School graduates were elected to college offices at Alderson Broaddus for the coming year. Susan Lowe will serve as president of the Circle Kettes after a year as vice president and has been a cheerleader and student assistant in Public Relations. Thomas Mark Skaggs was elected vice president of the sophomore class, a Benedum scholar active in student council in high school.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Alderson - Broaddus
Susan Lowe
B. F. Lowe
Travelers Lane
The
Circle Kettes
Thomas Mark Skaggs
V. Mark Skaggs
Pine Street
Reverend Pipkin to Speak at Gladwin Christian Youth Camp
The Rev. Lester E. Pipkin, head of Appalachian Bible Institute, will be featured speaker at a Christian Youth Camp in Gladwin Michigan all next week. Mrs. Pipkin will join as pianist for the programs.
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Lester E. Pipkin
Appalachian Bible Institute
Gladwin
Mich
Special Sunday Services Slated at Harper Heights Church
Harper Heights Church of God plans all day Sunday services led by Rev. J. C. Richardson with Sunday School at 10 a.m. and devotional at 11:30. Mrs. Richardson delivers the noon message. 3 p.m. features Elder Willie Schofield. Durgan Singers and guests perform at 4:30 p.m. Mrs. Eula Richardson leads the program. refreshments at 2 p.m. Public invited.
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Harper Heights
Penecostal Church of Christ
Maplewood Lane
Durgan
Beckley
Eula Richardson
Richardson
Raleigh County Board of Education May payroll totals
The May payroll for the Raleigh County Board of Education amounts to 419960.57 gross. After deductions for taxes Social Security retirement benefits insurance and loans the net pay is 327635.91. Budget Director G. G. Greene released the figures.
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Raleigh County
State Petroleum Group Holds Conference In Beckley
West Virginia Petroleum Association endorsed a Service Station of the Year program at its spring conference at Black Knight Country Club. Nine awards will be presented in October by Gov. Barron, with vacation stays in Fort Lauderdale for winners. The program promotes friendly, clean service and positions stations as salesmen for West Virginia’s Centennial year 1963. The executive meeting marked the 20th year in Beckley, closing with luncheon and a golf match.
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West Virginia Petroleum Association
Black Knight Country Club
I. van Meter
Charleston
van Meter
Barron
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
West Virginia
Beckley
Grandview Road Improvement Near State Park
State Road Commission workers began upgrading Grandview Road to Grandview State Park. Reedie Bryant, SRC supervisor, said scraping shoulders, brush clearing to the right of way, and machine patching the worst pavement spots will precede heavy traffic for the Honey in the Rock showing. Burl Sawyers had announced the plan to widen the paved surface before the drama opens.
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State Road Commission
Grandview State Park
Reedie Bryant
SRC
Bryant
Burl Sawyers
Missionary Union Meeting At Mrs Goode Residence
The home of Mrs Lucinda Goode in North Beckley will host a Missionary Union meeting at 2 30 p m Monday All members urged to attend.
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Lucinda Goode
North Beckley
The
Missionary Union
Wreck Victims Bodies Move To Ohio From West Virginia
Five Ohio tourists died in a Turnpike crash near Milepost 30. The bodies of Woodrow W. Johnson 43 Hugh Stacey Jr 42 and his three children Jacqueline 13 Virginia 11 Hugh Lee 9 of Columbus will be sent by train from Keyser Bryant Funeral Home to Whitaker and Sons Funeral Home Columbus Ohio for final arrangements. Speed and wet roads were cited as contributing causes of the accident.
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Keyser-Bryant
Whitaker and Sons Funeral Home
Columbus
Ohio
Woodrow W. Johnson
Hugh Stacey Jr
Jacqueline
Virginia
Hugh Lee
Beckley Student Cited for B plus Average at Alderson-Broaddus
Miss Lois Arnott daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry F Arnott of Vine Street received honorable mention from the Dean s Office at Alderson-Broaddus College this week for her B plus academic average this past semester. A senior next fall she is majoring in elementary education and was elected secretary of her class.
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Lois Arnott
Harry F. Arnott
Vine Street
Alderson-Broaddus College
Arnott
Industrialist Ash to Meet Directors on New Plant Plans
Harrison O. Ash of Cincinnati based New Kanawha Corp will meet with directors of the Wagemaker Co to discuss locating local production plants in Oak Hill and Fayetteville area. New directors Aubrey Halstead and C R Hill Jr join talks with attorney C E Mahan and secretary R E Kelly Jr. Possible sites include Higgins Grocery Co building at Mabscott and Mount Hope.
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Harrison O. Ash
Cincinnati
Kanawha Industral Corp
Wagemaker Co
Cadillac
Mich
Ash
New
Kanawha Corp
Oak Hill
Aubrey Halstead
Homeseekers Land and Building Co
C. R. Hill Jr
Fayetteville
C. E. Mahan
R. E
Kelly Jr
Higins Grocery Co
Lester Clinic to Offer Special Anti Rabies Clinic
A special anti rabies clinic will be held Saturday from 1 to 3 p m at Frank Humphrey's Store in Lester per the Raleigh County Sheriff's office.
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Lester
Frank Humphrey
Raleigh County Sheriff's Office
Honey in the Rock drama described to Bnai Brith
George Warren Hodel spoke for Kingden Brown, drama’s general manager, at a Bnai B’rith meeting about the economic potential of Honey in the Rock. Brown was ill. Twenty people attended and regular business was postponed until July.
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B'nai B'rith
George Warren Hodel
Buckley Newspapers Corp
Hodel
Kingden Brown
Deans Meet At Winchester To Discuss Student Affairs
ABI Dean At Meeting The Rev John Van Puffelen, dean of men at Appalachian Bible Institute Bradley and coordinator of student affairs, attends the annual meeting of the Association of Christian Deans and Advisors of Men at Christian College Winchester Ky this week. About 60 deans from men’s schools across the United States and Canada participate to discuss problems and accomplishments of young college men.
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John van Puffelen
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Association of Christian Deans and Advisors of
Christian College
Winchester
United States
Canada
Mrs. Van Puffelen to Attend Deans Meeting
Mrs John Van Puffelen dean of Women at Appalachian Bible Institute will attend the Association of the Christian Deans of Women meeting at Moody Bible Institute Chicago ITIL next week
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John van Puffelen
Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
Association of the Christian Deans of Women
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
ITIL
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WAC
Mae Burgess
Joan Kashner
John E. Kashner
Edgell St
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Eunice Long
Fort McClellan
PTA
Macinar
WWHS
State Petroleum Group
Grandview Road
Industralist
J. W. Dant
O., Lawrenceberg, Ind
Berman’s
Bulova
Jewel As Sa Og
Benrus
Jewel As We A
Kord Elgin
Jewel
Jewel As
Bell & Howell Eastman
Polaroid Keystone
Westinghouse Phono
Dad
Speidel
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