East Beckley Man Found Innocent In Criminal Court
Thom as Jones Jr a 30 year old East Beckley man was found innocent by a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury after a trial that revealed gambling among jail inmates. Testimony showed Jones won about $60 in jail card games and that prisoners supplied cards via a trusted inmate.
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
Thomas Jones
East Beckley
Jones
American Legion Club
Fayette Street
Brown Hugo Payne
Lewis Fox
Charles Christian
Killarney
Payne
Christian
Fox
Area Business Notes Highlight Promotions and Appointments
Audrey W. Riffe reports Luther promoted to Merchandise man at Woolworth in Atlanta after starting in a Beal Street store and marrying Ada Halstead. L.G. Almond of Raleigh Motor Sales wins Pontiac Best of Champions for sales, promotion, display, and initiative. Roy E. Oldham resigns as director of religious education to take a charge at Evansville Preston County with eight pastorates. Lilly Hardware Beaver stays name under new owners Lonnie D. Queen Beckley. William Klein of Beckley attends Lincoln National Life Insurance sales congress at Bretton Woods with 200 underwriters.
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Audrey W. Riffe
John £. Luther
E. E. Luther
Murray Street
Atlantic
F. W. Woolworth Company
Luther
Woodrow Wilson High School
Woolworth Company
Fecal
Ada Halstead
Mamie Halstead
E. Prince Street
Atlanta
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Pontiac
Pontiac Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
Roy E. Oldham
The
Methodist Temple
Evansville
Preston County
Morgantown
Lilly Hardware
Beaver
Lonnie D. Queen
Beckley
A. J Lilly
Queen
Beckley Hardware and Supply Company
T * Oe
William Klein
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
Mt. Washington
Bretton Woods
Klein
Dance Classes Postponed By Jaycee Derby
Square dance classes at the Recreation Building led by Frank Bowman were postponed tonight due to the Jaycee Turkey Derby. The regular Friday session will resume next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bowman
Toay
Amos D Minor Funeral Saturday at Coal City Church
Funeral services for Amos D. Minor 54 of Fireco are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Coal City Community Church with Rev. Costlew officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park. Minor died at home Wednesday. He formerly worked for Winding Gulf Colliery and belonged to Local 6105 United Mine Workers. Surviving are his wife Minnie and children Amos Eugene, James Clifford, Evelyn Ellen, Wanda Keffer, Helen Roby, Elien Brown, five brothers, two sisters, and four grandchildren. The body was moved from Rose Funeral Home to the home at 11 a.m. Active pallbearers named.
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Coal City
Amos D. Minor
Fireco
C. H. Costlew
Sunset Memorial Park
Minor
Winding Gulf Colliery Company
United Mine Workers of America
Minnie Minor
Amos Eugene
James Clifford
Evelyn Ellen
Wanda Keffer
Helen Roby
Newport News
Elien Brown
Hughie
Andy
Baltimore
Floyd
C. C
Monroe
Eccles
Gertrude Martin
Akron
Phoeba Haskins
Beckley
Rose Funeral Home
Sam Dixon
Frank Millinski
Herbert Wrgan
Henry Hart
Everett Roarik
Carl Meadows
County X-ray Totals Take Upswing But Results Still Below Last Year
The Raleigh County health effort reports 638 people received chest X-rays at the memorial of the TB and Health Association on Wednesday and Thursday, with totals for four days rising to 2,761. In 1950, 2,816 were scanned in Beckley and Monteval, with 239 at Coal City. overall the current numbers trail last year but show a local uptick. Volunteers from the Raleigh County Health Department and women’s clubs assisted at Beckley and Coal City locations.
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A.J. Ginkel
TB and Health Associa
Monteval
Raleigh County
Beckley
Montcval
Coal City
Raleigh Coun
Ty Tuberculosis and Health Association
Raleigh County Health Department
Ginkel
Raleigh and Beckley
Vivian Lucas
Evelyn Ferris
Pauline Hughes
Mary Linkous
Betty L. Gunner
Gladys Milam
Mildred Elkin
Elinor Rexrode
Eunice Haddad
R. M.dain
P. J. Dabda
Blood Planning Meeting Sets July 10 Blood Drive
Final arrangements for the Crab Orchard bloodmobile visit on July 10 are to be made at a 1 30 p m meeting at Crab Orchard Baptist Church. Raleigh County Red Cross officials Mrs Harry May Mrs C C Lewis and Mrs Clyde A J Smith will attend. Recruitment chairman Mrs F H Dunlap and Rev Mark W Wolfe with Noel Meadows head the center team aiming to sign up 250 donors for a 150 pint goal. Recruiting expands to Glen White Crab Orchard and MacArthur next week.
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Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Raleigh County Red Cross
Harry May
C C. Lewis
Clyde A.J .Smith
iMrs
F. H. Dunlap
Mark W .Wolfe
Noel Meadows
Glen White
MacArthur
Dunlap
Robert Gallimore
Elmer Cox
Hollis Rhodes
Joe Withjrow
Willis Wooten
Arnold Wilcox
Basil Wilcox
Ethel Riffe
Robert Ferguson
Local Red Cross Service Office Relocated in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Chapter of the American Red Cross moved from the third to the fourth floor of the Bair Building and still rents Room 210 on the second floor for Volunteer Service and blood programs. Partitions in Room 410 now enclose offices for Executive Secretary Mrs. T. C. Moorefield and Home Service Secretary Mrs. W. R. Witzel with extra staff space. The move comes as Red Cross programs expand rapidly since the Korean War outbreak last June.
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Uiome
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Bair
T. C. Moorefield
W. R.witzel
Home Service
Red Cross
West Virginia Movie Shown Local Kiwanis
The final Beckley showing of the 16 mm color film West Virginia and its Natural Resources was at 4 p m today for the Kiwanis Club during their weekly luncheon. Earlier showings were for the Chamber of Commerce and the Civitan Club. Beckley Chamber of Commerce arranged the local screening.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
Civitans
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Graveside Rites Today For Kathy Gale Worrell
A graveside service is set for 3 p.m. at Hot Coal Cemetery Sophia for Kathy Gale Worrell infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Worrell. The infant died Thursday in a local hospital after an 9:30 p.m. birth on Wednesday. Survived by brother Larry and sister Daphnna Rene Worrell at home and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. John Worrell.
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Kathy Gale Worrell
James Worrell
Hot Coal
Sophia
Larry
Daphnna Rene Worrell
John Worrell
Beckley Lions to Install Officers at Ladies Night
Beckley Lions Club names Munson Raleigh County schools official as president at a dinner meeting. New officers include Dr. Clark Kessel as first vice president and John Fisher as second vice president, with J. M. Henderson, John Wesley Smith, W. Holt Kester, Gene Hall, and A. G. Kinzer elected to key posts. Board directors for two year terms are A. C. Forsyth and A. A. Ross. The installation event takes place Tuesday at Black Knight Country Club.
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Beckley Lions Club
Black ‘Knight Country Club. Co. DB
Munson
Raleigh County Schools
Ollie Brown
Clark Kessel
John Fisher
J. M. Henderson
John Wesley Smith
W. Holt Kester
Gene Hall
A. G. Kinzer
Chesapeake Bay
A. C. Forsyth
A. A. Ross
Noint
Chalk Artist Will Speak at Youth for Christ Rally
The Rev. Walton D. Hamrick, a Bluefield chalk artist and pastor of Bailey Memorial Church in Bluefield, will speak at the Youth for Christ Rally at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Beckley Junior High School auditorium. The event features the Youth for Christ Girls Trio, audience participation contests, singing, and a devotional period directed by Carl G. Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton D. Hamrick
Bluefield
Youth For Christ
Beckley
Carl G. Johnson
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Fellowsville
Pleasant Valley
Mt. Zion
Mt. Israel Bethlehem Chapel
Berea
Sinclair
Oldham
West Virginia University
Beckley Hospital
Mrs
Jack Cooper
Kiwanis
Ohio
Avo West First St
Dayton
Ghia
Cohen's Drug Store
Neville Street
H&m Family Shoe Store
Neville
Lions
Plaid
Clark
Hotpoint
Clark Stores
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