Learn to Ski on Water at Blue Stone Reservoir
A Beckley area water skiing group enjoys lessons at Blue Stone Dam near Hinton after two to three years of practice elsewhere. Don Lilly and others offer steps, safety tips, and a basic method to get up, start, steer, cross wakes, and stop, noting the sport’s growth and accessibility with outboard motors and the American Water Ski Association.
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Bluestone Dam
Hinton
Don Lilly
Harry Ballou
Grover St. Clair
Paul Fourney
Betty Fourney
Pearl St. Clair
Roy Lilly
Don Houchins
Beckley
C. R. Brown
Oak Hill
Claytor Lake
Dublin
Bluestone
American
Lilly
Rhodell Personal Weekend Visitors List
Rhodell residents and relatives visiting over the weekend include Lawrence and Mrs Bell attending their son Larry in Morris Memorial Hospital Milton. J T Johns and daughters from Talladega visited Silas Manning and Vester Rash families. Maudie Johns and daughters remained for further visits.
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Irhodell
Lawrence Bell
Rhodell
Larry
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
J. T. Johns
Arthur Johns
Maudie Johns
Talladega
Ala
Silas Manning
Vester Rash
Mrs. Manning
Rash
Wendell Meadows
Norris Simms
Sherill Meadows
Cleveland
Ohio
Zackie Johns
Ronnie Hatcher
Paris Hatcher
Monty McCary
Suellen
Jimmy
Beverley Shrewsbury
Basil Bolen
Canton
Ida Bolen
Gary Wayne
Detroit
Mich
J. W. Almond
Herbert McKinney
Charley Roland
East Gulf
Jim Gillette
Oak Hill
Charlottesville
Gillett
University of Virginia Hospital
Elizabeth Hugbert
Knoxville
Tenn
Missing Girls Call Parents From Grandview Park
Four Blue Jay girls who had been missing since Sunday morning were found after a telephone call to their parents from Grandview State Park on Monday. State Police said the girls went to Grandview Sunday night and remained there until the call.
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Grandview State Park
Grandview
Vacation School Opens At Bible Mission
Vacation Bible School at Bible Ave Baptist Mission opens Monday for two weeks daily 9 am to noon. Theme Why You Should Become a Christian When You Are Young. Open to all children including unaffiliated. Instructors include Rev Roy Coe Mrs Roy Coe and Mrs Omer Kesler. Special program June 28 at 7 30 pm and picnic June 29. Divisions Kindergarten Primary Junior and Junior High cover values from God's plan for happy homes to the Bible for all the world and the Christian's guide book.
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Bible School
The
Bible Ave. Baptist Mission
Roy
Coe
Roy Coe
Omer Kesler
Eleven Forfeitures Take Place in Beckley Court
Beckley Police Court held a Monday night session with eleven bonds forfeited and seven fines paid totaling $534. James Johnson and John E. Hughart, both of Beckley, each paid $105 for driving drunk. Two Beckley men John Hairston and John Barker and a nearby Corinne youth were fined $20 each for speeding. Walter Crouse forfeited a $20 bond on trespassing. John Biker III of Beckley was fined $55 for reckless driving. another charge of unnecessary noise was dismissed. A Princewick youth paid $25 for passing a stopped school bus during an accident on Second Street. Ten additional people forfeited bonds totaling $164 for intoxication.
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Beckley
James Johnson
John E. Hughart
Corinne
John Hairston
John Barker
Walter Crouse
John Biker III
Princewick
Second Street
Davis Returns Home After 11 Weeks in Hospital
Clayton Davis of Oakridge Tennessee returns home from Berthley Memorial Hospital after an 11 week stay. Rhodell and Speedway residents host gatherings at the Craghead and Robertson homes with extended family from Wyandotte Michigan visiting on Sunday.
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Clayton Davis
Oakridge
Tenn
J. A. Perkins
Rhodell
Berthley Memorial Hospital
Paul Craghead
Monica
Harry
Pearl Copen
Linda Sue
A. W. Craghead
Eurgene Robertson
Speedway
Carsal Robertson
Wyandotte, Mich
Robertsons
Lions Install Officers At Beckley Night At Elks Club
Beckley Lions Club plans a ladies night and officers installation dinner dance at the Elks Club on July 10. Officers for 1956-57 were elected at a Tuesday meeting including Price Caffee Jr as president and J J Lamb as third vice president. The club also backed attorney Kermit A Locke for West Virginia Lions District 29 governor with the state convention in Wheeling next year. Locke, a charter member, has held multiple district roles. Richard Ruff of Welch is district governor this year. Beckley Lions, formed 1931, now counts 123 members.
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The
Beckley Lions Club
Elks Club
Price Caffee Jr
Rondey Webb
Ross L. Phipps
J. J. Lamb
L. T. Tully
H. D. Butterworth
Jack Mann
E. C. Dean Jr
W. W. Vines
W. B. Lilly
C. A. Hillman
Beckley Club
Kermit A. Locke
West Virginia
Lions
Wheeling
Richard Ruff
Welch
Locke
Beckley
Dudley L. L. Simms
Simms
Sub-District Methodist Youth Fel lowship Meet At Beaver
About 150 youths from seven churches gathered at Beaver Methodist Church for the sub district MYF meeting under the theme Giving Unlimited. Attendees included MYF members from First Methodist, Methodist Temple, Ansted, East Beckley, Sophia and Blue Jay. Rev Virgil Cook presented a film and lecture on the MYF youth fund and district student aid support for missionary plans. A pageant, games, and refreshments followed in the church recreation room.
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Methodist Youth Fellowship
Beaver
Beaver Methodist Church
MYF
First Methodist Church
Methodist Temple
Ansted
East Beckley
Sophia
Blue Jay
Virgil Cook
Methodist College
Three Men Arrested for Moonshine and Drunken Driving
Three men were arrested Monday night on road law violations and a moonshine charge. Joe Pickard and Robert Reavish, both of Affinity, were jailed on possession of moonshine and driving while intoxicated respectively. Howard Rodeheaver of 916 College Ave Bluefield was arrested on the West Virginia Turnpike for drunken driving.
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Joe Pickard
Robert Reavish
Affinity
Pickard
Reavish
Howard Rodeheaver
College Ave
Bluefield
W. Va
Glen Morgan Driver Draws Jail Sentence
Two men faced charges of road law violations after arraignment Monday before Magistrate T N Thurman. Emory Meadows, Glen Morgan, was fined 75 and costs and sentenced to 30 days in Raleigh County Jail for driving while drunk and driving without an operator's license, with the sentence suspended if payment is made. Meadows was arrested after a four vehicle crash on Second Street. A Piney View youth was fined five dollars for speeding after being arrested on U S Route 21 on June 15.
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T. N. Thurman
Emory Meadows
Glen Morgan
Raleigh County
Thurman
Meadows
Second Street
Piney View
Beckley AF Recruiting Station Wins Top Detachment Award
Captain Hollie C. White announces Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station earned the Top Detachment Award for May. The unit enlisted 203.94 percent of its quota, equaling 259 men, at a ceremony with Capt. White and Sgt. Antonio Junco at Olmsted Base Harrisburg. This marks the first time the trophy has gone to West Virginia. Gen. Arno H. Luehman praised the achievement in a telegram. The Beckley group averaged 17.3 recruits per recruiter.
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Hollie C. White
Beckley Air Force
Air Force
White
Antonio Junco
Olmsted Air Force Base
Harrisburg
West Virginia
Beckley
Arno H. Luehman
U. S
Auto industry uses majority of upholstery leather in U S
The auto industry consumes about 65 percent of all upholstery leather produced in the United States, representing a dominant share of domestic leather demand for seating and interior trim.
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United States
Presbyterians Close Vacation Church School
The First Presbyterian Church vacation church school closed Friday with 201 enrolled and an average attendance of 181. Director Mrs W R Monk led a large volunteer staff including Mrs J R Bailey Mrs James Brough man Mrs C W Brown Mrs William Cole and many others in the final session.
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First Presbyterian Church
W. R. Monk
J. R. Bailey
James Broughman
C. W. Brown
William Cole
R. F. Erwin
Felix Fisher
Leslie Gates
John Hedrick
W. H. Holliday
James Mahoney
Robert McLean
Edmund Olson
Robert Richardson
Ralph Schrader
George Steffey
J. H. Stump
Jack Skinner
Virginia Tanner
Trudge Windle
Clarence Wooten
City Recorder issues remodeling permit to Penny at 308 Worley Road
Pleasant Penny received a remodeling permit from the City Recorder's Office on Tuesday. The project for her house was estimated at 300 dollars with a city fee of 1.25 dollars.
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City Recorder’s Office
Pleasant Penny
Worley Road
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