Bus Crash Between Stratton High Students and Refinery Truck
A bus carrying 12 Stratton High School students collided with an Ashland Oil Refinery truck on Secondary Route 4 near Whitby. Ice on the road and a car not stopping prompted the crash, which could have sparked a fuel explosion. No police investigation was reported. damages include $35 to $50 on the truck and about $120 on the 1958 GMC bus.
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Stratton High School
Fireco
Whitby
James A. Paige Jr
Ashland
Paige
Everett R. Shafer
Department of Motor Vehicles, Safety Responsibility Division
Insurance Company
Shafer
Board of Education
Ruritans Plan Poster Contest and Basketball Challenge
The Shady Spring Ruritan Club announces a conservation poster contest for grade school pupils in Shady Spring District with cash prizes of five silver dollars for first place three for second and one for the best poster in each school. Judges will be announced later by Guy Rumberg. The club also challenges Shady Spring High School teachers to a championship basketball game scheduled at the high school on March 3.
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Shady Spring
RNS
Shady Spring Ruritan Club
Guy Rumberg
Charman
Gardeners Plan Bird Sanctuary in Madison
The Madison Garden Club initiates a plan to create a Community Bird Sanctuary progressing toward municipal protection of birds and natural resources. The first step requires each member to develop a garden sanctuary with food water and shelter, guarding birds from cats and guns. A junior affiliate will follow to engage youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
BNS
Madison Garden Club
Chester Butcher Hurt At Meade No 2 Mine
Chester Butcher of Summersville suffers an injured left leg and remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after an accident at the Meade No 2 mine in Clifftop Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Butcher
Summersville
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Meade No. 2
Clifftop
Negro picketing in Bluefield has little effect on city
Two days of orderly black picketing against segregated seating outside Bluefield theaters drew calm mayoral response. Demonstrators and managers cited rights to protest and to segregate by custom, while spectators and locals offered varied reactions as snowbound streets and cold weather persisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Colonial
Canada
West Virginia newspapers in 1960 rate book directory
One hundred nineteen West Virginia newspapers are listed in the 1960 Rate Book and Directory of the West Virginia Press Association now ready for distribution. The directory details 88 weeklies 31 dailies and eight Sunday papers with a combined daily weekly circulation of 700748 195325 for weeklies and 505424 for dailies. It notes 25 papers offer ROP color with 16 dailies and 9 weeklies able to run two or more colors. Total ad cost to place in all papers is 725 per agate line or 10150 per column inch. The edition adds executive staff populations income and county market data and lists state periodicals accepting advertising. Copies go to WVPA members and advertisers at 1 each from the Morgantown WVPA office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
West Virginia Press Association
West Virginia University
WVPA
Morgantown
Wyoming School Board Accepts Building Bids
The Wyoming County Board of Education accepted low bids from Guyan Construction Co. for Matheny Grade School and Oceana No. 2 Grade School projects totaling 68,600 for building a multipurpose room and classroom plus lunch room addition. Additional bids for hot water heater and gas line were reviewed with several competing firms. Guyan set a 50 day completion period for both projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
BNS
Guyan Construction Co
Gilbert
Matheny
Oceana No. 2
Wyoming County
Spazzie Construction Co
Oceana
Wipperman Construction Co
Beckley
Given Construction Co
Upper Glade
G. C. Johnson Construction Co
Welch
Guyan Company
Boone County considers state hunting area near Fork Creek
A Monday Ashford School meeting on 9 000 acres along Fork Creek in Boone County discussed establishing a state hunting area on Armco lands under a 90 year lease. The plan, headed by the State Conservation Department, aims to include picnic grounds and future small lakes for fishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashford
BNS
Anmco
Fork Creek
Boone County
Jis Almost
State
Armco Co
State Conservation Department
C. O. Hundley
Division of Game Management
Meet
Ing. T. R. Samsell
Frank Stone
Carleton
Madison
Walker Appointed Fairdale Postmaster
Claude Walker Jr. has been appointed postmaster of the Fairdale Post Office after serving as acting postmaster since August 8, 1959. A World War II and Korean War veteran, he also runs Walker's Market and is married to Hope Sheppard, the local Register Correspondent for Fairdale.
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Fairdale
ANS
Claude Walker Jr
Walker
Walker’s Market
Hope Sheppard
Register
Fairdale and
Councilman Follows WVU Navy Game and Trailer Permit Denied
The Madison Square Garden NCAA game drew interest as WVU beat Navy 94 86 while City Council rejected Mrs Grace Eastridge's request for a special use permit to place a house trailer on Myers Avenue. Council also moved to compare bids for a new truck and approved relocating street lights after a rate hearing.
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Grace Eastridge
WVU
Warren
George Chambers
Madison Square Garden
Eastridge
Myers Avenue
Planning and Zoning Commission
Chambers
PZC
Truman L. Sayre
PIC
A. A
Buck"’ Ross
John Smith
Sayre
Pielic Service Commission
Regia Z
Amere Gas Utilities Co
Cecil P. Connor
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Neville Street
Second
Third Avenues
Appalachian Power Co
Kilsyth Free Will Baptist League Meets For Song and Play
The Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church opened its league meeting with a singing session led by the church group. Mrs. Eugene Greer led prayer and a Spelldown of Biblical names. Patsy Elliott led a program and wrote a play based on Matthew 7 7 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syth
RNS
Kilsyth Free Will Baptist Church
Free Will Baptist Leaguers
Eugene Greer
Patsy Elliott
Nathan Elliott
Teleatha Bennett
Butch Deal
Frankie Bennett
Joan Deck
Damages Set At 155 In City Accidents
Two automobile collisions in Beckley caused estimated damages of 75 and 80 dollars. The first crash on East Prince Street at 9 45 a.m. involved Daniel and Clerin J Marshall 56 121 Austin Ave. The second at Burgess Street and South Oakwood Avenue at 2 p.m. involved Mark Ray Miller 33 Coal City and Robert Kirkwood Hamilton 28 1028 Woodlawn Ave. No injuries and no charges filed.
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Beckley
East Prince Street
Daniel
Clerin J. Marshall
Austin Ave
South Oakwood Avenue
Burgess Street
Mark Ray Miller
Coal City
Robert Kirkwood Hamilton
Woodlawn Ave
Oak Hill Man Hospitalized After Coal Plant Injury
Thomas Rostron 43 of Burke Avenue Oak Hill was admitted to Beckley Memorial Hospital at 4 25 p m Tuesday for a back injury suffered at Southern Coals Inc when caught between a top and a motor He is listed in satisfactory condition.
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Thomas Rostron
Burke Ave
Oak Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Southern Coals Inc
Glen Daniel Area Son Buster Studying At Fairdale Elementary
One line notes a Glen Daniel area family with a son named Buster who attends Fairdale Elementary.
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Glen Daniel Area
Buster
Fairdale Elementary School
Wyoming Supreme Court Sets Aside $7500 Verdict
The Wyoming Supreme Court, in a 3-2 decision, affirmed a circuit court order that set aside a $7 500 jury verdict in a highway accident case. Judges Haymond and Berry Jr dissented and reserved the right to file a dissent. Paul Rollins sued Louie Caraban Jr for damages for injuries including the loss of an arm from a collision. Affidavits and photographs cited were not formally part of the record in the circuit court order.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Wyoming
Frank C. Haymond
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Harlan M. Calhoun
Paul Rollins
Louie Louis Caraban Jr
Rollins
Caraban
Calhoun
Sled Accident Victim Reported Satisfactory
Judith Almond, 13, daughter of Mr and Mrs Bill Almond of Rhodell, is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital with a back injury after a Tuesday hospitalization.
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Judith Almond
Bill Almond
Rhodell
Raleigh General Hospital
Club Promotes Bird Feeding During Snow Storms
Raleigh County Red and Gun Club's bird committee chairman Tracy Maynor urges rural residents to feed birds quail and other wildlife during heavy snow. The club will supply food and recommends small portions of suet tied to tree limbs to prevent waste and provide heat.
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Tracy Maynor
Raleigh County Red and Gun Club
Basile Meadows Low Bidder Faces Health Center Start
Basile N. Meadows Beckley was named low bidder to build the Raleigh County Health Center. Construction will begin within two weeks with completion by March 8 1961. The project sits on a 3138 acre Harper Road tract bought from George Willis for 20500 and funded by 130000 federal money with local match. Meadows bid 182994 base for general work with 191394 including equipment and sewer. Other bids ranged from 183650 to 195000 with completion dates varying up to 360 days after starting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Center
Basile N. Meadows
Beckley
Meadows
Harper Road
George Willis
Paul D. Bibb
Bureau of Hospitals and Medical Facilities
State Department of Health
Bibb
Wipperman Construction Co
Phillips and Williams General Contractors
Neighborgall Construction Co
Huntington
Kuhn Construction Co
Charleston
G. C. Johnson Co
Welch
Ravencliff News: Acord Returns. Greene Visit. Local Movements
Everett Acord has returned home from Beckley Memorial Hospital after a weeks long stay. AIC and Mrs Amos Greene spend 10 days at the McGraw home in Ravencliff before a new Air Force assignment in Nebraska. Mrs Shirley Ford of Petersburg is a patient at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens, daughter of Rev and Mrs Jesse Snead. Lundy Daniels and wife moved to Bassett Virginia to seek work while staying with Lonie Crowder. Kermit Gentry of WV Tech Montgomery spent the weekend with wife and parents Clarence and the late Gentry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Snead
Ravencliff
Lundy Daniels
Bassett
Lonnie Crowder
Kermit Gentry
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Montgomery
Clarence Gentry
Sledding accident near Schoolhouse Hill shocks Rhodell student
Judith, an eighth grade Rhodell Elementary School pupil and cheerleader, was involved in a sledding incident on Schoolhouse Hill in Rhodell. Local authorities and school staff are responding to the accident.
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Schoolhouse Hill
Rhodell
Judith
Rhodell Elementary School
Charge Against Beckleyan Dropped
Charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, against two men in Huntington Magistrate B J Booth's court, have been dropped. Sam Tiano, an attorney with the Beckley Veterans Administration, and Louis Martino, a Clarksburg salesman, were involved.
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Beckley
Huntington
B. J. Booth
Sam Tiano
Beckley Veterans Administration
Louis Martino
Clarksburg
Injured Trucker Improves After West Virginia Turnpike Crash
Dibble of Morris Tl regained consciousness and spoke briefly after a skull injury and multiple cuts from an air tank explosion on the West Virginia Turnpike last Friday. Charleston Memorial Hospital said he remains in critical condition as Trooper J O Blevins helped stop life threatening bleeding before and during transport.
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Dibble
West Virginia
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Morris
Beckley
J. O. Blevins
Turnpike Patrol
Blevins
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Memorial for Iowa State coed Julia Miller at 91
The late Miss Julia Miller, a retired school teacher, was a coed student at Iowa State University and died at age 91. The notice records her longtime involvement in education and her association with the university.
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Julia Miller
Iowa State University
Man charged over nude photo promise to teen carhop
A case involved a man promising a 16 year old car hop a job paying 225 dollars weekly in return for nude photographs. A hearing was set for Monday but the case was dismissed with authorization from Cabell County Prosecutor Russell L. Daughterty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabell County
Russell L. Daugherty
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Raleigh
Wyoming Counties
School Press Association
Sandy Walker
Stoco High
Donnie Cook
Mary Ann Forren
Mullens
Glen Rogers High School
Mark Twain
Woodrow Wilson
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
Ruritans
Gardeners
Bluefield State College
Rodney Keesling
Nore
Wyoming School Board
Boone
Councilman
Church League Mantione
Hal
Sete
Miner
Eppy
Milt Epstein
Wyo
Club
Basile Meadows
Allen Staton
Shady Spring High School
Sandra Shrewsbury
Sandra
H. G. Shrewsbury Jr
Beckleyan
Ballard
Farm Sausage
Holm Sausag
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