Airmen Aid Buddies With 21-Hour Move
Two U S airmen from Little Rock Air Force Base helped a buddy and his wife by loading them and belongings into a car and driving 21 hours to Beckley. Airman 3 C Chester Krol and Airman Jack Stanton joined Airman 2 C Hugh Williams and his wife Francene Mitchell Williams on leave. Krol and Stanton spent Sunday with the Mitchells and returned to Jacksonville on Monday. Williams from Mount Hope plans to report April 1 to Anderson Air Force Base Guam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Chester Krol
Jack Stanton
Little Rock Air Force Base
Jacksonville
Ark
Hugh Williams
13 Purses Stolen In City Stores
Beckley City Police are investigating the theft of 13 purses from 10 business establishments in the downtown area last Thursday. A woman's purse containing about $20 was taken at Watkins Drug Store near Heber and Neville streets. Amounts stolen ranged from $4 to $31. money was taken from employees’ handbags left behind counters and in back rooms.
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Beckley City
Watkins Drug Store
Heber
Neville Streets
Curtain Callers Schedule March 14 Meeting and Workshop
The Curtain Callers will hold a general meeting and workshop at 8 p.m. March 14, moved from the previously planned Wednesday night. Publicity chairman Mrs. Robert Hyatt announced the new timing.
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Robert Hyatt
Beckley Police Court handles drink driving cases
Gladwell Waives To Grand Jury on a drunk driving charge and is released on a $500 property bond. Robert Rhodes, 20, of MacArthur, pleads not guilty after evidence. Judge Ed ward P. Stansbury will decide today. Bonds forfeited include multiple Beckley individuals for speeding, red light violations, and license issues totaling $107. Others waived bonds in the area include Rosmah Verdine for reckless driving and Odis Farley for improper registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Gladwell
Beckley
Robert Rhodes
MacArthur
Edwad P. Stansbury
Robert N. Daniels
Larry Curtis Garcia
Walter Muse
Winford Cole
Washington, D. C
Ace H. Holsclaw
Pauline Burgess
Rosmah LeRoy Verdine
Stamford
Odis
W. Farley
Oak Hill
George W. Jones Jr
Pilot Status Sought Here
John W. Saunders county superintendent of schools seeks Raleigh County as the pilot county for training high school dropouts. The Pilot County must be chosen by Saturday with job training classes planned for June July and August for male dropouts aged 16 to 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Saunders
Rex Smith
Raleigh County
Four Qualify For Teaching Future Fitness
Four Beckley residents earned certificates qualifying each to teach Fitness for the Future. Recipients: Mrs. T. C. Moorefield, Robert Thomson, Mrs. Sher Winter, and James B. Roberts. The course, taught by Miss Winona Taylor, aimed to help seniors cope with aging using personal and community resources. Enrollment limited to 10 to 20, with a minimum of eight hours over four two hour meetings.
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Beckley
T. C. Moorefield
Raleigh County
American Red Cross
Robert Thomson
Red Cross
Sher Winter
James B. Roberts
West Virginia
Winona Taylor
Alexandria
Red Cross Office
Sophia Property Owners To Pay 50c Fire Fee
Sophia residents will pay a monthly 50 cent fire protection levy approved by the Town Council. The ordinance funds maintenance and penalties for nonpayment, collected like water charges. Council also backs two cleanup projects near Rhodanda Park and Soak Creek, with labor from the Aid to Dependent Children program and support from delegate Mrs. W. W. Jackie Withrow.
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Sophia
Rhodonda Park
Soak Creek
W. W
Jackie’’ Withrow
Wreck blamed on slick roads near Daniels
State Police blamed slick highways for a two car collision at Daniels around 4 p.m. Monday. Drivers Paul Sanna, 34, of Shady Spring and Kenneth A. Japp, 26, of Charleston were injured or shaken as damage reached about 400 dollars. Sanna attempted to pass a car sliding uphill and struck Japp’s approaching vehicle.
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Daniels
Paul Sanna
Shady Spring
Kenneth A. Japp
Charleston
Sanna
Japp
Harper Beer License Suspended for 20 Days
Edith Miller operating Edith Miller's Grocery in Harper had her beer license suspended for 20 days effective today per State Beer Commissioner G. T. Davis Jr. The action cites the sale of alcoholic beverages on the premises.
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Edith Miller
Harper
G. T. Davis Jr
Midway Community House Nears Completion As Center Opens
Citizens transform a donated lot on the old Sophia road behind the Lacy home into a pay as you go community center. The 40 by 26 foot building will gain a kitchen this summer, a parking area, and outdoor picnic space. Troop 95 plans Youth Night weekly, plus square dancing and sessions for Girl Scouts Brownies and Cub Packs. Funds from bake sales and carnivals funded 24 chairs and two tables as Scouts installed a heating system, painted interiors, and varnished floors under Scout leadership.
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Midway
Tucker
Eugene McKinney
Jess Lacy
Frank Tucker
Danny Lacy
Ling Off
Sophia Road
Lmittee
Lacy
Bill Kennedy
Dave Kindsley
Coral Pack
Earl McVey
John Shupe
Orlan Riffe
Carl Viars
Pershing Clark
Joe Stanley
Midway Home
Hiram Woods
Lillybrook Coal Co
Big Stick
Scout Com
Twelve Seek Work At Beckley Employment Office
Twelve applicants filed for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Monday. They include one accounting clerk two waitresses one routeman one commercial photographer one auto mechanic one auto body repairman one truck driver one taxi driver one cable driller and two construction laborers.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Commodities distribution at churches this week
Commodities will be distributed at the Freewill Baptist Church of Sprague on Wednesday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Thursday 8 a.m. to noon. Bring your own containers and applications if picking up for others. Also at Free Will Baptist Church, Coal City, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Wednesday. bring containers.
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Freewill Baptist Church of Sprague
Free Will Baptist Church
Coal City
Friends Of Library To Meet Wednesday
The Friends of the Raleigh County Public Library will meet at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the library. President Mrs. John E. McKenzie says the session covers end-of-year reports, special business, and the appointment of a nominating committee.
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The
Friends of the
Raleigh County Public Library
John E. McKenzie
McKenzie
Ham Bacon Egg Show Set Saturday Beckley Event
The Beckley ham bacon and egg show will take place Saturday in the Beckley Winn Hotel ballroom. Entries require hams from stock grown and cured by the entrant. Eggs must meet freshness and cleanliness standards. the state show is scheduled for Charleston on March 17.
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Beckley
Beckley- Winn Hotel
C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
551 First Aid Certificates Given In '61
Raleigh County first aid certificates totaled 551 in 1961, with 2 junior 461 standard 75 advanced and 13 for instructors. There are 18 qualified instructors. classes run at Appalachian Bible Institute Raleigh County Courthouse Civil Defense Girl Scouts Maxwell Hill Woodrow Wilson Sophia Mark Twin High Cranberry Elementary. The RC aims for 17 350 for 1962 63 fund drive in March with a Beckley door to door canvass by the BPW Club on March 19.
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Raleigh County
American Red Cross
T. C. Moorefield
Appalachian Bible Institute
Girl Scouts of the Methodist Temple
Maxwell Hill
Maxwell Hill Homemakers Club; Woodrow Wilson, Sophia and
Mark Twin
Cranberry
The
Beckley
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Saturday Drive To Support AA Program
The East Beckley Seventh-day Adventist Church will conduct a house-to-house fund campaign all day Saturday in the Beckley area to aid Alcoholics Anonymous. Elder Lewis Preston Charles ton will speak at the Sabbath service at 11 a.m. A church spokesman said funds will be used as an inoculation against alcoholism, targeting teenage alcoholics, young adults, and hidden women alcoholics.
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East Beckley
Garden Seeds Distribution Delayed To March 25
Free garden seeds program delayed from March 10 to March 25 per Gus Douglas assistant commissioner of agriculture due to transfer procedures for 48000. Seeds only no plants this year owing to shipping dates and other factors. Beckley Farmers Market remains distribution point Raleigh County applicants judged by same staff H B Thomas notes 98 percent of over 1200 packets planted in Raleigh. Dates for application blanks and seed readiness to be announced.
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Gus Douglas
Douglas
Beckley Farmers Market
Raleigh County
H. B. Thomas
Raleigh
Thomas
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Syversom
Gladwell
Oamwoos Avenue
Bolt Church
James Parrott
Church of God
Mullens
Bolt Church of God
Boyd England
Sophia Property
Harper Beer
GO Modern
Blue
AMERE
Ad Utilities Company
Neal Lacy
Claudies Sturgill
Midway Community House
Friends of Library
VOGUE
Vep Ellis
Jesus
Lord
Assembly of God
Variety Store
Murphy
W. Main St
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