Scouts Honor Star and Life Ranks Awarded at Banquet
Richard Rhodes and David Haley, left, study the Scout manual as they advance to Life Scout. Rex Johnson awards Star Scout certificates at the Feeles Junior High School Father-Son Banquet. Tenderfoot pins go to Eddie Canady Roger Kinder Chris Stoots Mack Staples Eddie Worley Rodney Clay Buckie Acord Michael Movich and Ernest Cantley. Junior Fuson Danny Bradley receive Second Class Pins and First Class Pins go to Glenn Clay Bernard Barry Jimmy Hall Larry Grohavoc Wayne Mullins and Ronald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fecles Explorer
Richard Rhodes
David Haley
Rex Johnson
Feeles Junior High School
Tenderfoot Pina
Eddie Canady
Roger Kinder
Chris Stoots
Mack Staples
Eddie Worley
Rodney Clay
Buckie Acord
Michael Mouvich
Ernest Cantley
Junior Fuson
Danny Bradley
Rhodes
Haley
Glenn Clay
Bernard Barry
Jimmy Hall
Larry Grohavoc
Wayne Mullins
Ronald
Bragg Services To Be On Tuesday
Funeral services for Charles Zina Bragg 56 Ghent will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home Peace Chapel with Rev. Wayne Sisk and Rev. Stellie Parsons officiating. Burial will follow in Tom Lilly Cemetery Fiat Top. Bragg died at his residence at noon Saturday after a heart attack. He was born December 17 19 i n Judson and was the son of the late Charles and Mary Cox Bragg. He was a coal miner and a member of the United Mine Workers of America and Freewill Baptist Church Ghent. Survivors include his wife Letha Birchfield Bragg five sons Charles and James Bragg of Whitesville Elmer Carl and Gene Bragg of Toledo Ohio two daughters Miss Violet Bragg Huntington and Jewel Brammer Ghent four brothers Richard Bragg Sullivan Russell Bragg Whitby Mack Bragg Beckley and Lundy Brage Raleigh a sister Mrs Ed Birchfield Lester and 11 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Zina Bragg
Ghent
Peace
Rose and Quesenberry
Wayne Sisk
Stellie Parsons
Tom Lilly
Fiat Top
Bragg
Judson
Charles and
Mary Cox Bragg
United Mine Workers of America
Freewill Baptist Church
Letha Birchfield Bragg
Charles
James Bragg
Whitesville
Elmer
Carl
Gene Bragg
Toledo
Ohio
Miss Violet Bragg
Huntington
Jewel Brammer
Richard Bragg
Sullivan
Russel Bragg
Whitby
Mack Bragg
Beckley
Lundy Brage
Raleigh
Ed Birchfield
Lester
Calfee Jr Improving After Feb 19 Surgery
Price Calfee Jr. of 1507 Harper Road is reported "improving slowly" at the Bluefield Sanitarium after undergoing surgery on February 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Calfee Jr
Harper Road
Bluefield Sanitarium
Two Raleigh County Schools Earn Model Rating
Daniels and Glen Leigh elementary schools in Raleigh County earned model school ratings after committee evaluation for the West Virginia Department of Education. The studies include spelling, penmanship, and ongoing projects such as improved teaching methods and new equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Daniels
Glen Leigh
Board of Education
West Virginia Department of Education
Wilson Gautier
Summers County
Atheline Osborne
Dewey Bone
Mason Anderson
Charles Schrader
Daniels School
Glen Leigh School
Rites Set for Mrs. Arlean Kincannon
Funeral services for Arlean Kincannon 68 of Beckley will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. in St. Matthew AME Church conducted by Rev. Norman Burton. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. She died Saturday in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. Body to be moved from Godsey Pack Funeral Home Montgomery to the church one hour before services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlean Kincannon
Beckley
St. Matthew Ame
Norman Burton
Greenwood Memorial Park
Speeding and drunk driving charges filed in Beckley
Harold Lee Stafford 26 of Beckley cited by City Police at 2 40 a m Sunday for speeding and ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court tonight Harold Lawson Jones 41 of Huntington released from Raleigh County Jail after posting 106 50 bond to answer driving while drunk in Police Court tonight Jones jailed after arrest by City Police at 12 40 a m Sunday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lee Stafford
Beckley
Lowell Lawson Jones
Huntington
Raleigh
Jones
Six Annual Industrial Conference Set for Beckley in May
West Virginia will hold its sixth annual Industrial Development Conference in Beckley in late May with exact dates to be announced. More than 20 industrial development personnel from communities utilities and state departments met in Charleston to review plans. A subcommittee will consider Beckley Chamber of Commerce’s proposal for a two day meeting instead of one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Beckley
Charleston
Curtain Callers Elect Danny Saks President
Danny Saks becomes president of the Curtain Callers, succeeding Robert Lee Daniels who departs to study voice in New York. About 60 members attended a Saturday going away party at the Curtain Callers workshop on Temple Street at Whitestick Street, themed This Is Your Life In The Curtain Callers, with skits from plays and a briefcase given for manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Saks
The
Curtain Callers
Saks
Robert Lee Daniels
Daniels
New York
Voice
Temple Street
Whitestick Street
Whitby PTA Plans Pot Luck Dinner March 13
The Whitby Elementary Parent Teacher Association will hold a pot luck dinner on March 13 at the school. At the Feb 17 meeting a planning committee was named. Principal G. K. Richmond discussed the better school program for the Legislature and the group endorsed it, with a note to ask legislators for support. Candy was handed out to members to raise funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitby Elementary Parent- Teacher Association
PTA
G. K. Richmond
Church Will Conduct Building Fund Drive
The St. John Holy Church on West moreland Street will hold building fund services starting 7 30 p m Tuesday and continue through Saturday Elder W M Neal pastor says The Rev Leonard Moore of Slab Fork and the Gospel Aires Chorus of Beckley lead Tuesday services The Rev J L Scale leads Wednesday services The Rev Mrs Ennis Rutherford conducts Thursday services Friday services are by the Rev Henry Dubois and Mrs Louise Staples oversees a musical service on Saturday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Holy Church
Westmoreland Street
Building Fund
W. M. Neal
Leonard Moore
Slab Fork
Gospel Aires Chorus
Beckley
J. L. Scale
Ennis Rutherford
Henry Dubois
Louise Staples
East Park Elementary PTA Meeting This Tuesday
The East Park Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association will conduct a meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Park Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Regional Drama Festival Draws Four High Schools
High schools from Raleigh Fayette Nicholas and Webster counties will compete in Region 5 state drama festival at West Virginia Tech Montgomery. Three schools registered to date Trap Hill Surveyor Mount Hope and Nuttall with directors H G Farmer Sue Bowyer Florence Croft. Local contest director Mrs Estella Meeker will oversee rehearsals and the 1 pm program in Conley Hall Little Theatre. Eleanor Roney will be critic judge and Dr Paul Opp invited as consultant judge. Winners advance to finals at West Virginia University later this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette
Nicholas
Webster Counties
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Trap Hill
Surveyor
H. G. Farmer
Mount Hope High School
Sue Bowyer
Nuttall High School
Lookout
Florance Croft
Estella Meeker
Tech
Little Theatre
Conley Hall
Meeker
Eleanor Roney
Morris Harvey
Paul Opp
Fairmont
Thespian Organization
West Virginia University
Concord Sends 12 Students 3 Instructors to WV Music Conference
Concord College represented by 12 students and three instructors at the 13th Annual West Virginia Music Education Conference. Delegates, led by William B. Caruth, toured exhibits from music publishers and instrument companies at Morris Harvey College. Delegation members include Linda Newsom Mullens Betty Gray John Bostic Princeton Carol Conner Dave Anderson Joe Lamoureux Mrs Rose Ann Burgess and David Burgess of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord College
West Virginia Music Education
William B. Caruth
Concord College Department of Music
Morris Harvey College
Linda Newsom
Mullens
Betty Gray
Hinton
John Bostic
Princeton
Carol Conner
Dave Anderson
Joe Lamoureux
Rose Ann Burgess
David Burgess
Athens
Beckley Man Held For Court After Collision Near High School
Ralph Freeland, 38, of 106 Patton Drive, was cited at 3 10 p m Sunday in Beckley Police Court after a two car crash in front of Stratton High School. He faced charges of reckless driving and driving without a state operator's license after his car struck the rear of James H. Arnold's vehicle. No injuries occurred and damages were about 75 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Stratton High School
S. Fayette St
Ralph Freeland
Patton Drive
Freeland
James H. Arnold
East Beckley
GOP Women To Meet In Courthouse Session
A meeting of the Women’s Republican Club is scheduled for 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Raleigh County Courthouse. Mrs Harold Hedrick, president, announced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Republican Club
Raleigh County
Harold Hedrick
Raleigh County Agriculture Workers Council Meets Today
The Raleigh County Agriculture Workers Council will hold its regular monthly meeting at 3 30 pm today in the Raleigh County Memorial Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Agriculture Workers Council
Raleigh County Memorial Building
Induction Call For 22 Listed Men at Prince Street Center
Twenty two men are to report for induction into the Armed Forces at 9 30 a m March 9 at an Induction Center 332 Prince Street They are William A Sifers Jr Edwight Raymond Navarro Sorrells Beckley formerly of Tams Robert E Maxwell Cronwells Heights Pa formerly of Lego John Quincy Stover Beckley Arlis Ray Morton Beaver Darrel Edward Farley Coal City Dorse Lee Hicks Beckley Kenneth McKee Workman Clear Creek Deflois M Scott Jr Beckley Donald Edward Blackburn Helen Rebert Ray Curry Edwight John Robert Smoot Beckley Clyde Morris French Beckley Lloyd Alton Phillips Beaver Herbert Lewis McKinney Slab Fork William Leonard Pike Mills Creek Franklin Junior Moore Helen Henry Shannon Sprague Kenneth Lee Greer Fireco Tommie Lewis Weeks Jr Maple Fork and Jerry Norman Belcher Helen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Sifers Jr
Edwight
Raymond Navarro Sorrells
Beckley
Tams
Robert E. Maxwell
Cronwells Heights
Lego
John Quincy Stover
Arlis Ray Morton
Beaver
Darrel Edward Farley
Coal City
Dorse Lee Hicks
Kenneth McKee Workman
Clear Creek
Deflois M. Scott Jr
Donald Edward Blackburn
Helen
Rebert Ray Curry
John Robert Smoot
Clyde Morris French
Lloyd Alton Phillips
Herbert Lewis McKinney
Slab Fork
William Leonard Pike
Mills Creek
Franklin Junior Moore
Henry Shannon
Sprague
Kenneth Lee Greer
Fireco
Tommie Lewis Weeks Jr
Maple Fork
Jerry Norman Belcher
Fighting Beating Charges To Be Heard
George Bolen of Stotesbury was freed from Raleigh County Jail after a $5 bond posted by Magistrate Cotton White following a Saturday arrest for fighting in public. Dr Harold E Harvey of 115 Home Court posted a $500 appearance bond on a peace warrant after a Saturday arrest for beating his wife, who was taken to Beckley Hospital. Clyde Cousins of Stanaford was released after serving a sentence on a non support charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bolen
Stotesbury
Raleigh
Cotton White
Bolen
Harold E. Harvey
White
Harvey
the Beckley Hospital
Clyde Cousins
Stanaford
Safe Shooting Film Shown To Kiwanians
Beckley Kiwanis members viewed a film titled Safety Shooting by Colie H Minter at a Friday meeting. Awards were given by Minter to David Haley of Boy Scout Explorer Post 160 Eccles for county club championship and Larry Ernst of Explorer Post 139 East Beckley for Most Improvement in Shooting. The film illustrated youths in early teens receiving firearm handling training for hunting, target shooting, and skeet shooting to promote safe, expert use without endangering themselves or others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Colie H. Minter
Minter
David Haley
Boy Scout Explorer Post 160
Eccles
Larry Ernst
Explorer Post
East Beckley
Cadet Named to Valley Forge Honor Unit in Pa
Makes Honor Unit A Beckley cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy Wayne Pa named to the institu tion s honor military unit George F Amory son of Dr and Mrs Harold I Amory 422 Hull St is a member of the Guard comprised of the top 100 cadets in the 900 member corps The group performs marching and arms drills for special ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne
George F. Amory
Harold I. Amory
Hull St
Mrs. Ryan Dies. Rites Planned At First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Alpha E. Ryan 74 of 104 Fourth St set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with Dr Alvin J. Cook officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park. Survived by son Paul M. Ryan Beckley daughter Mrs Arthur J. Truman Fort Lauderdale Fla and several siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpha E. Ryan
Fourth St
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Caffee Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Walter Duncan
Orford Thompson
Roy Lucas
McClure Phiegar
Harry Anderson
Lon Phillips
Donald Witt
G. L. Anderson
D. O. Means
Margaret S. Morgan Helmentoller
Paul M. Ryan
Beckley
Arthur J. Truman
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Jordan Helmentoller
Ronceverte
Luther W. Helmentoller
Hubert M. Helmentoller
Concord
N. C
French Lucas
Raymond V. Martin
Records Are Set At Kids Revival At First Assembly
Attendance records were broken at the All Kids Round-Up held last week at the First Assembly of God Church Valley Drive led by Evangelist Paul Hild. A total of 2,368 attended with an average of 338 per night and 522 on the largest service. Enrollments reached 596 children. Patty Mann of East Beckley won a bicycle for bringing 184 children, with Ronnie Peak and Arthur Wooten earning Zorro watches for second and third place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Paul Hild
All Kids
Patty Mann
East Beckley
Ronnie Peak
Calloway Heights
Arthur Wooten
Crab Orchard
Juveniles Taken From County Jail
Two 16 year old Ohio juveniles were moved from Raleigh County Jail to Huntington by a U S Deputy Marshal after being arrested January 19 by West Virginia Turnpike troopers in a stolen 1956 model car from Miamisburg Ohio. Gene Lovell Mabscott is jailed on a non support charge since Sunday. Howard Coleman St Marys is held awaiting arraignment on a bad check charge. Romancelos Tunstalle Lillybrook was booked on a peace warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Raleigh
U. S
Huntington
Miamisburg
Turnpike
West Virginia
Gene Lovell
Mabscott
Howard Coleman
St. Marys
Romancelos Tunstalle
Lillybrook
Seventeen enlistments sent to basic training at Ft Jackson
Sixteen men enlisted at Beckley Army Recruiting Main Station Thursday and Friday and are now in eight weeks basic training at Ft Jackson South Carolina. Three are prior servicemen. Names and hometowns include Dye Indian Mills McVey Bluefield Repass Bluefield Graham Blacksburg Virginia Dial Branchland Haynes Cove Creek Harrison Boissevain Paxton Belle McGlothlin Belle Hunter Charleston Burford Jr Edwight Stewart Camden on Gauley Rasnake Honaker McElroy Holliday Petrey Bluefield Hale Bluefield Ton Bluefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Beckley Army
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Willie R. Dye
Anthony W. Dyke
Indian Mills
Romulus
N. Y
Kenneth R. McVey
Thomas R. McVey
Bluefield
Ft. Meade
Marvin W. Repass
Lacy J. Repass
Ft. Bragg
N. C
David R. Graham
Mabel K. Grahma
Blacksburg
Delbert Dial
Willa J. Dial
Branchland
Clyde R. Haynes
Quince 0. Haynes
Cove Creek
Jessie B. Harrison
Clay V
Burford
Edwight
Lloyd L. Stewart
Carl L. Stewart
Camden-on-Gauley
Carl E. Rasmake
Roby Rasnake
Honaker
Raymond L. McElroy
Flora
Holliday
Powellton
Roger L. Johnson
Guy Johnson
Crow
Emil K. Cook
Sidney H. Cook
Ottawa
James C. Petrey
Fred H. Petrey
Ronald E. Hale
Walter E. Hale
Jimmie P.ton
Claude E. Compton
Teen girl treated for forehead injury after accident
Carol George, 15, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Pete George of 321 Vine St, was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital for a forehead injury from a car accident on Thursday. Ramon Beckley was driving. police charged Johnstown Beavers, 18, with failing to have control after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vehi
Carol George
Pete George
Vine St
Beckley Memorial Hospital
W Senger
W. Morgan
Ary C. Beavers
Oman
Ramon Beckley
Jer
Johnstown Beavers
Cle
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Calfee
Ohio Turnpike
North Carolina
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Portland Cement Association
West Broad St
Columbus
Arnold Lambert
Civil Defense Emergency Hospital
Roanoke
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
West Virginia Civil Defense Agency
Church
Ng Council
Armed Services
Prince T
Mrs. Ryan
Jackson
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