Verdict Reversed By Supreme Court In Raleigh County
The Supreme Court reversed a Raleigh County jury verdict awarding $10,000 to a 14 year old boy who climbed 30 feet up power pole guy wires and touched a 2300 volt uninsulated line. Judge Browning ruled the trial court should have directed a verdict for the defendant.
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Supreme Court
Raleigh County
Terry Waddell
Skelton
New River Co
Chauncey Browning
Browning
Septic Tank Installation Advice From Raleigh County Official
Raleigh County Sanitarian W. B. Hume urges homeowners to consult him before septic tank installs. Improper work can cause future trouble, he says. He offers free guidance at his office in the Raleigh County Health Department basement at the courthouse.
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Raleigh County Sanitarian
W. B. Hume
Hume
Sanitarian
Raleigh County Health Department
Driver Arrested for Reckless Driving in Raleigh County
Paul L Owens of Coal City was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 2:40 p.m. Wednesday after State Police booked him on a reckless driving charge.
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Paul L Owens
Coal City
Raleigh
Three Join Army Seven Air Force Enlistments Reported
The Beckley Recruiting Station announced on June 2 that three men joined the Army and seven joined the Air Force. Those heading to Fort Jackson in South Carolina were Lloyd J. Schoolcraft Jr. Clendenin Samuel Ross McAlpin and Charles H. Thompson from Boissevain Va Rex C. Shrader of Bramwell was sent to Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Six will go to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio Texas Fredrick Hays of Roderfield Larry E. Jones of Charleston Thomas L. Hall of Welch Harrison D. Richardson Jr Lillybrook Lowell Phillip Stovall of Bluefield and Russell M. Cook of Mullens.
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Beckley
Army
Air Force
Fort Jackson
S. C
Lloyd J. Schoolcraft Jr
Lloyd Jackson Schoolcraft
Clendenin
Samuel Ross
Geraldine S. Ross
McAlpin
Charles H. Thompson
Fannie W. Thompson
Boissevain
Rex C. Shrader
Anna J. Gibson
Lillybrook
Lowell Phillip Stovall
Charles L. Stovall
Bluefield
Russell M. Cook
Harrison K. Cook
Mullens
Posey Driver Jailed on DWI After Late-Night Crash
Everett Ronald Harvey of Posey was jailed in Raleigh County Jail at 1:45 a.m. Thursday on a driving while drunk charge. State Police arrested him after an automobile wreck near Metalton at about 1:00 a.m. Thursday. Details of the crash were not available.
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Everett Ronald Harvey
Posey
Raleigh
Metalton
Soil Conservation Awards Flag County Personnel
Awards were presented to U. S. Soil Conservation Area 5 staff at a Beckley office meeting. L. L. Lough distributed seven service pins to Gail P. Auldridge Norman H. Zink John H. Myers Ward Ashford and Holland N. Lecky with ten two and five year pins respectively. Georgia Hypes received recognition for 1955 accident prevention efforts.
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U. S
Beckley Ofice
L. L. Lough
Gail P. Auldridge
Hinton
Norman H. Zink
Waye Conservation Aide
John H. Myers
Princeton
Ward Ashford
Fayette
Holland N. Lecky
Wayne
Georgia Hypes
Area 5
Beckley
Case Continued in Raleigh County Circuit Court
The plaintiff Nellie Mino unable to appear in Raleigh County Circuit Court Thursday, prompting a continuance of her case against M. O. Peters. The judge granted the continuance on the plaintiff's motion.
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Raleigh County
Nellie Mino
M. O. Peters
New disease cases by county report week of June 23
West Virginia Health Department reporting new communicable disease cases for the week ending June 23. Fayette County records measles four and mumps three, plus Fayette and Wyoming show additional meningitis? Actually gonorrhea one in Fayette. syphilis remains high at Fayette nine and Raleigh one. tuberculosis one in Fayette. granuloma one in Raleigh.
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West Virginia
State Department of Health Disease Control
Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh
Coast Guard Offers High School Graduates Petty Officer Training
The United States Coast Guard announces a high school graduate training program for basic petty officer schools. Open to male applicants with no prior active military service who can prove graduation or equivalent education plus completion of a four year technical program. A 50th percentile AFQT score is required. Training includes multiple ratings with most schools at Groton CT.
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United States Coast Guard
Armed Forces
Sonaman
Coast Guard Training Station
Groton, Conn
City driver licenses sold total 680 at City Recorder’s Office
In the past two weeks the City Recorder’s Office sold 680 driver licenses priced at $2 each to Beckley residents. The license sale covers the late 1956-57 fiscal year and reflects ongoing revenue activity for city records and compliance.
Guard Preparing to Leave Knox Fort Knox Wraps Up West Virginia Encampment
The first motor convoys depart Fort Knox Kentucky carrying West Virginia National Guard members home after a 15 day summer encampment. About 3 000 troops will be home by tomorrow night as they transition to the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment. The review honored Hinton's Howitzer Company of the 150th Second Battalion with the Col Charles H Gearhart Trophy for morale discipline and training. Battle streamers dating to 1776 were displayed as the unit passed the reviewing stand.
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Fort Knox
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
Ronnie Wright
James Starr
Frank Green
Beckley
Co. F., 2Nd Bn
150Th Acr
150Th
West Virginia
National Guard
West Virginia Guardsmen
150Th Infantry Regiment
Charles E. Wright
Charles‘ton
Lth Armored Cavalry Regiment
Hinton
Charles H. Gearhart
James R. Ferguson
Summers County
Col. Wright
Pattalion
Spencer
Brooks Field
Fees For Discharge Copies Are Removed
Area veterans have been informed by Roy I. Smith deputy director of the State Department of Veterans Affairs Office Beck ley that a 1955 requirement has been removed. For a year and a half veterans losing original discharge papers paid at least $1.50 for duplicates from the Defense Department. A new law signed by the President eliminates these fees. Smith urged veterans to have copies recorded for safekeeping for their own use and to protect survivors.
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Roy I. Smith
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Beckley
Defense Department
Smith
Annual Red Cross Meet Scheduled in September
The Raleigh County Red Cross Chapter will hold its annual meeting in September. Chapter chairman Mrs. C. C. Lewis says time and place will be announced later.
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Red Cross
Raleigh County
C. C. Lewis
Swimming Classes Open for Beginners at Waterdale Pool
The Raleigh County American Red Cross sponsored beginner swimming classes at Waterdale Pool began Thursday. Three sessions are complete with 31 seniors and juniors earning certificates. The latest class was taught by Tommy Thies with juniors Tommy Ramich Cindy Bowers Pat Meadows Mary Ann Lilly and Sharon Rice of Beckley earning water safety and life saving certificates.
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Waterdale Pool
American Red Cross
Raleigh County
Tommy Thies
Tommy Ramich
Cindy Bowers
Pat Meadows
Mary Ann Lilly
Sharon Rice
Beckley
Permit Granted for Baker Jewelry Sign at Main Street
Baker Jewelry Co at 127 Main St received a permit from the City Recorder's Office on Tuesday to erect a sign. A $5 fee was paid to the city for the permit.
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City Recorder’s Office
Baker Jewelry Co
Main St
Red Cross envoy meets Raleigh County chapter officials
A Red Cross field representative Lewis T. Titsworth recently assigned to the area visited the Raleigh County chapter office on Wednesday. He succeeds Thaddus A. Baxter now in Washington D. C. for disaster relief. The visit aimed to acquaint himself with local Red Cross leaders and staff.
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Red Cross
Raleigh County
Lewis T. Titsworth
Thaddus A. Baxter
National Office For Disaster Relief
Washington, D.C
T. C. Moorefield
Titaworth
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Gene Lovell
Donald Griffith
Joe Cochran
Co. F, 2Nd Bn
Eugene Robertson
Glen Morgan
Talmadge Alley
Mabscott
Kibitzers
Jack Lynch
Jesse Smith
James Pennington
David Farris
F Co
A. F. Burdiss
CWO
Joseph Dance
James Woolwine
Gene Wallace
Estell Young
Prosperity
David Floyd
John Tanner
J. H. McMinn
William F. Watts
State Adjutant General's
W. E. Blake
Ronceverte
C. E. Galaspie
Pvt
Kenneth DeWeese
Prince
James King
Harold Veasey
Logan
Richwood
Oak Hill
Ft. Fnox
Soil Conservation
Coast Guard
Co. F
2Nd Bn
Pfc
Joe Meadows
Charles Cain
Jack Wiley
Don
Floyd
Knox
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