Military assigns and promotes local men in 1961 postings
Local military personnel receive postings across the United States and overseas. Lando H. Johnson serves on USS Eastwind in Antarctica while Glenn C. Stanley and two others on USS Valley Forge and USS Wasp are noted with parentage and hometowns. Nine recruits finish Marin Corps boot camp at Parris Island and Camp Lejeune. Additional local airmen and soldiers are highlighted with training, base assignments, and promotions including Morse intercept trainees at Keesler AFB and airman first class James A. Hicks Jr. at Fort Campbell. Four area men are among 3600 Air Force selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parris Island
S.C
Marine Corps Depot
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Joseph F. Hornsby
Charles E. Hornsby
Shady Spring
Larry W. Wall
Elbert Wall
Rhodell
Jerry Burnette
Clarence Burnette
Rhoell
John W. Smith
James A. Hicks Jr
James Hicks
Helen
Gila Bend
Ariz
Mark Twain High School
Air Force
Hicks
Lackland Afb
Bakersfield unit marches in Kennedy inaugural parade
Four airmen stationed at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington joined the inaugural parade. T Sgt George W Neely of Princewick marched with the 1100 Composite Wing and served in the 1100th Field Maintenance Squadron. Airman 1 C Millard M Francis Jr of East Beckley marched with the Capital Cordon as a member of the 1100th Supply Squadron. Airman 2 C Harry D Rylant of Star Route Cool Ridge served with the 1100th Composite Wing in the 1100th Civil Engineering Squadron. Airman 1 C James R Smith of Beckley, member of the Honor Cordon, served with the 1100th Security Squadron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Neely
Grace W. Neely
Princewick
Millard M. Francis Jr
Millard Francis
East Beckley
1100Th
Harry D. Rylant
F. W. Ryilant
Star Route
Cool Ridge
1100Th Composite Wing
C. James R. Smith
Bernice Smith
Almanac Highlights for March 6 1961
The Almanac notes today is Monday March 6 the 65th day of the year with 300 days left in 1961. It lists celestial objects Jupiter Saturn Mars Venus and marks historical births of Michelangelo Elisabeth Browning and other events including the Alamo siege Dred Scott Stalin successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Michellangelo
Eliabeth Barrett _Browning
Alamo
Santa Anna
U. S. Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Joseph .Stalin
Soviet Union
Alfred North Whitehead
Social Security issues new leaflet on trust funds
A Beckley Social Security leaflet explains the Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund finances for 1960. It notes OASI assets at 20.8 billion and DI assets at 2.1 billion as of last June, shows funds invest only in Federal securities, and emphasizes self support and non IOU nature of Treasury borrowing. Free copies are available from the Beckley district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Security
Beckley
Dwight Billings
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
Disability Insurance Trust Fund
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
Gov
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Oasi Trust Fund
Social Security Administration
M. Albert Linton
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co
Arthur Larson
Duke University
Nelson Cruikshank
Afl-Cio
Social Security District
Howe St
Four Area Towns Receive Grants For Projects
Four area towns, Mount Hope Mullens Oceana and Whitesville, received federal grants in 1960 for sewage treatment construction. Mount Hope reports a project, Mullens has approved plans and specifications, Whitesville project planning, and Oceana faces financing difficulty. The West Virginia report notes 119735 in last year appropriations with 39000 from federal grants, ranking ninth among five states in 1960 spending, aided by Public Law 660.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounnt Hope
Mullens
Oceana
Whitesville
Mount Hope
State Water Resources Commission
West Virginia
U. S. Public Health Service
Future Measures and Star Readings in 1961 Forecast
The page blends cautionary notes on home strain and self control with a 1961 forecast inclusive of a Fraulein Waldenfels rocket car anecdote from 1928 and a vaccine trial for measles. It lists sun signs Aries to Pisces with brief guidance on behavior and tasks and notes Field Enterprises, Inc. as publisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fraulein Waldenfels
23 Men Enlist For Army Duty
Twenty three men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Recruiting Main Station Tuesday. Names include Jackie Lee Lester Accoville Europe assigned Marvin Ray Harvey Accoville unassigned Hugh Parker Reynolds Madison airborne Troy Sellards Turkey Creek Ky unassigned James Gordon McClellan Accoville unassigned Roy Douglas Robinson Holcomb field communications Dewey Landon Rose Ashland unassigned Robert Lee Brewster Bluefield Europe Carl James Darago Ashland airborne Blaine Lee Ervin Jr Jetsville airborne Terry Lee McClanahan Poca unassigned James Carl Mullins Bud unassigned Larry A. Vaughan Ivydale airborne Roy Samuel Mullins Jr Kimball Europe Otis Kent Wallace Honaker Europe Freddie Delaiette Davidson Cripple Creek Europe Carl Samuel Dye North Tazewell Va Europe Arthur Edward Hamblin Jr Pulaski Va Europe Wiley Belcher Jr Algoma Europe Marion Jackson Cyfers Chapmanville communication center operations Richard Paige Cyfers Buford Foster Gravely Max Meadows Va airborne Kenneth Blane Frye Wytheville Va airborne They will be stationed at Fort Jackson, S.C., for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Beckley
Jackie Lee Lester
Herbert Lester
Hanover
Europe
Marvin Ray Harvey
Guy Harvey
Accoville
Hugh Parker Reynolds
Cline R. Reynolds
Rucker St
Madison
Airborne
Troy Stanley Sellards
James R. Sellards
Turkey Creek
James Gordon McClellan
Terry Lee McClanahan
David A. McClanahan
Poca
James Car! Mullins
Denver Mullins
Bud
Larry A. Vaughan
Ray H. Vaughan
Ivydale
Roy Samuel Mullins Jr
Roy S. Mullins
Kimball
Otis Kent Wallace
Coy Wallace
Honaker
Freddie Delaiette Davidson
W. W. Cyfers
Chapmanville
Richard Paige Cyfers
Wyatt Woodrow Cyfers
Buford Foster Gravely
Max Meadows
Kenneth Blane Frye
James Franklin Frye
Wytheville
Fort Jackson
S.C
Fire department log cites several local incidents
February fire calls list several addresses with outcomes including one $1 500 loss and another $100 loss plus numerous no loss fires and a $1 000 loss incident. The department logged 14 first aid calls in the month including one outside city limits, per Fire Chief Cecil P Connor. A separate Indianapolis report notes Eli Lilly announced a garden shrub derived cancer drug periwinkle shows good results in Hodgkin's disease and choriocarcinoma in early testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Street
Virginia St
Pine St
Hunter St
S. Heber St
Smoot St
Dry Hill Road
Indianapolis, Ind
UPI
Periwinkle
Eli Lilly & Co
All-Number Dialing to Begin on Monday for WV Phones
Chesapeake and Potomac Telphone Co. to switch 15 000 customers in Clifford Overland Stillwell and Yellowstone exchanges to all-number dialing with area code 304. New numbers will read 252 7000 replacing CL2 7000 as plates change gradually after Monday, bills in March reflect the new numbers, dialing procedures stay the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesapeake and ‘Potomac
Monay
Filler
West Virginia
Pakistan and Soviet sign oil exploration pact
Pakistan and the Soviet Union signed a $30 million oil exploration agreement. Soviet experts and equipment will work in Pakistan with repayment over 12 years, partly in Pakistani goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
UPI
Soviet Union
Raleigh County bid invitation for Stevens Branch Lake work
The County Court of Raleigh County WV and Raleigh County Park Board invite sealed bids for three schedules of Stevens Branch Lake Project work in Beckley. Bids due March 14, 1961, with plans from Robert L. Davis Company. All bidders must meet bond and site examination requirements and labor must be Raleigh County residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court House
Stevens Branch Lake
Robert L. Davis Company
Stevens Branch
Trap Hill
Park Avenue
Hmself
H. G. Farmer
Raleigh County Park Board
W. M. Duncan
Robert L. Davis
Funeral Announcements Union List in Town
Dr John S Callaway 44 of 110 King Street died March 5th after a heart attack. Funeral 2 p.m. March 7th at First Christian Church. Interment Sunset Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers contributions to Heart Fund. Charlie Jackson 55 of McAlpin died March 3rd after long illness. Funeral 2 p.m. March 6th at Elizabeth Baptist Church. Burial Greenwood Memorial Park. Lillie M Bailey 17 of 604 North Kanawha Street died March 4th en route to hospital. Funeral 1 p.m. March 6th at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel. Sunset Memorial Park burial. Active pallbearers listed. Jerry Wayne McManamay 16 of 113 Mellon Street died March 3rd near Sprague. Funeral 2:30 p.m. March 6th at Calloway Heights Community Church. Burial Wood Cemetery Calloway Heights. Active pallbearers Explorer Scouts Post No. 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callaway Callaway
John S
King Street
Main Street
Caffee
First Christian Church
A. H. Wilson
Sunset Memorial Park
Heart
Jackson Jackson
Charlie
McAlphin
Elizabeth Baptist Church
Abner Wright
Nelson Staples
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral
Ritchie & Johnson Funeral Parlor
Bailey Bailey
Lillie M
North Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South Kanawha Street
Rose and Quesenberry
South
Kanwha Street
Earl Bailey
Earl Snead
Sam Thomson
John Mellen
Claude Bailey, Jr
Ray Gravely
Richard Hurt
Emmett Hurt
David Lares
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
McManamay
Jerry Wayne
Mellon Street
Sprague
Kanawha Street
Frank McManamay
Calloway Heights
Hayward Lough
Wood Cemetery
Explorer Scouts
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Coast Guard
Antarctica
Lando H. Johnson
Lando Johnson
Montreal
Valley Forge
Glenn C
James R. Stanley
Uss Wasp
C. S. Smith
Clayton C. Smith
James M. Rowe
Robert P. Rowe
Crescent Road
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Bobbie R. Lahos
John Lahos, Skelton
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
B. R. Lahos
K. Hodge
Military Air Transportation Service
McGuire Air Force Base
N.J
Reba K. Hodge
Hattie L. Hodge
Great Lakes
Hll
Naval Training Center
Thomas E. Kasey
101St Airborne Division
327Th Infantry
Fort Campbell, Ky
Charles R. Williams
C. A. Williams
Glen Jean
Fort Benning
Mount Hope High School
Kennedy
Bolling Air Force Base
Washington
the Almanac
ASTRO
Aries
Taurus
Gemini
Leo
Ava
Scorpio
Capricorn
Aquarius
Field Enterprises, Inc
the County Court OF
Cairo
U.A.R
Caffee Funeral Home
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
James R. Webb
W. A. Callahan
Todd’s Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
California
Portrait Arts
Sophia Transfer CO
W. Va
Jennings Radio & TV
MacArthur
Ashworth Firestone
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Barney Gray
Wrights
D Dial
Prince St. Ph
Fred Sparks
Halstead
Lovitz Television
Guaranteed Radio Service
IAL CL
Harper Road Radio & Tv
DOY Appliances & TV
Valley Dr
Sparks TV
Prince St
T Morris
DIAL
John W. Eye Television
West
Neville St
Clover
Mountain State Rescue Mission
Frank
Kanawha St
New River
Clinton, Lawson Power Products
Briggs & Stratton
Montgomery Ward
Care
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Mt. Hope
Erene and Tv, Inc
Associated Music Enterprises
So. Fayette CL
Beckley Newspapers
Jan Campbell Music Co
Dial CL
L. Gene Riffe
Leigh Insurance Agency
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main St
Jim Green
Will J. C. Spence
Twin Oaks Country Club
Crab Orchard
U.S
Avon Cosmetics
Daniels
Cort Cosmetics
New York
Craddock
Fayetteville
Bon Bon Agency
Neville Street
D.C
John Williams, Jr
Gallatin Street
N. W
Washington D. C
Taylor
Brown
President Hotel
Wed
R._Bare
R. L
J. H. Stinson
Tony's
Chase & Sanborn Instant
Isgerenes Wilson
Skelton
J. E. Daniel
Glen Daniel
Fotos & Co
H.p
A. W. Walker
Epperly
Wilson’s
South Kanawha St
C. R. Rankin
Kopperston
S. Fayette
Dowdy Sewing Center
S. Kanawha
East Beckley Post Office
Hobart
K. M. Walker
Jack’s Trading Post
New
Raleigh Rd
Ashwor
Chicago
H. P
D. C
Rupert
Evinrude Motors
Ashworth Ifirestone
Lavinder’s of
Norge & Motorola
N. Kanawha St
Firestone
Harold E.adkins
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
Sullivan
Electrolux Corp
McCulloch Chain Saws
Basham’s
White Oak
Frank’s Plumbing
Universal
Care Beckley Newspapers
Grandview
Beaver Block Co
Ash‘wor Firestone
Pioneer Chain
Pass Phc
J. L. Mills
Gravely
Sophia
Westinghouse Appliances
Hhomelite
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
Prince Street
Calfee Funeral Home
Oakwood Ph
Douglas T. Bryant
Johnstown RD
Williams Funeral Home
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Vance Drive
R. H. Neal
Ae Aa
Beckley Junior High School
Ad. Beckley
Raleigh Heights
George Titler
Robert L Amick
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Southern Institute of Graphic Arts
South Street
Nashville
Tennessee
Chester
L. Smith
F.H.A
G.I
Formica Products
Nickie
Cabinet Shop
End Valley Drive
BNC Printing
W. Prince Street
Beckley, W. Va
F.d.1.c
Financial Development and Research Corporation
F. D. R. Corp
P.O. Box No
Parkersburg
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