Jury Refuses to Indict 13YearOld in Fathers Killing
A March grand jury in Cameron declined to indict Patricia Louise Light, 13, in the murder of her father Fred James Light, 48. The girl claimed fear for her mother's safety and two years of alleged abuse. The panel returned 51 indictments out of 59 presented, with upcoming court dates set and trials to begin next week.
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Father
Washington
March
Patricia Louise Light
Fred James Light
Cameron
Baan
Joseph Marion Buckland
Price Hill
Alphonso Dixon
Sullivan
Jack Warmon
Dorothy
Rapheal HH. Jones
Clayburn Johnson
Beckley
Charles Edward Barnabi
Sprague
Rayimone F. Armstrong
Donald Frank Julius
Wis
Carlos MacMillion Lilly
Crab Orchard
Buddy Howery
Eccles
Frankie Dable Warix
MacArthur
Russel Miller
Harper
Alfred W. Dawson
Roy Meadows
John Meadows
Blue Jay
Edra Meadows
Firecar
Charles Hogks
Wesley Hurd
Breaking
Lloyd Gaylen Davis
Mr. Hope
Indoor Circus Tonight In Beckley With Two Shows
Definite commitments were made for two performances of the All-American Indoor Circus in Beckley today after Monday night’s weather cancellation. Shows are at 3 15 p m and 8 p m in the Beckley Recreation Building with proceeds to Teen Town. MINER INJURED A seven month old injury has hospitalized Fred Bowling 62 year old East Gull miner for the C H Mead Coal Co He was admitted to Beckley Hospital for hip treatment after a rock fall at the mine on Aug 12
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Beckley
Fred Bowling
East Gull
C. H. Mead Coal Co
Beckley Hospital
Ohioan Forfeits Bond in Two Traffic Charges
An Akron man, Charles G. Walker, forfeited a 116 bond after failing to appear in Beckley Police Court on two traffic charges. Ralph W. Adkins, Mount Hope, faces drunk driving charges with a 57 cash bond. James Anterson, Hmann, to be tried March 22 after pleading guilty to drunken driving. case delayed due to officers’ absence. A few bonds for intoxication were forfeited.
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Beckley
Charles G. Walker
Akron
Slate Poliee
Ralph W. Adkins
Mount Hope
James Anterson
Hmann
Honer
Anderson
Jntoxlealion
Woodrow Wilson Band Seeks DC Festival Trip Funding
The 126 member Woodrow Wilson High School marching band plans a trip to the Cherry Blogs DC festival in late March with funds to be raised if minstrel shows and tag day do not cover costs. Director Clean Sallack reports departure March 31 by bus to Natural Bridge Virginia for an overnight stay before the Washington event. The group will return to Beckley on April 7 after the festival.
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Woodrow Wilson
Washington
D.C
Hoowever
Clean Sallack
Natural Bridge
Robert C. Byrd
Vad
John W. Roper
Beckley
Negro Baby Clinic Announces Sessions at Court House
A Negro well baby clinic will be held at the Court House Wednesday with Dr. C A Smith as clinician from 10 a.m. to noon by appointment only. Another well baby clinic is planned for Slab Fork Friday March 10 from 10 a.m. to noon at Dr. Leo S Kowieczny’s office where he will serve as refinfant.
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C. A. Smith
Slab Fork
Leo S. Kowieczny
Jordan Says God Can Count On Us To Act Spiritually
Dr. G Ray Jordan told a Methodist Temple audience during a six day religious emphasis week that character is shown in quick decisions not just planned acts. He spoke on Ordinary religion is not enough in an extraordinary day as Rev J D Ree announced seven thirty evening services.
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God
Jordan
G. Ray Jordan
Methodist Temple
de. Jordan
J. D. Ree
Larkin Held for Non-Support Bond Reminder
Alfonso Larkin of Lillybrook was returned to Raleigh County Jail Monday after failing to post a $800 performance bond. Magistrate J. P. Meadows had found him guilty of non-support and ordered $15 monthly for his ten month old daughter.
Abductor Suspect Bond Posted After Beckley Kidnapping
Deputies posted a $1000 bond for the alleged abductor, Jen Scheinbeck 30 of Mount Hope, who was arrested after an 11 year old Beckley girl was taken to a location near the Beckley Mount Hope Airport. The suspect, a former Lester police chief, faces felony and concealed weapon charges after a report of improper advances. The girl described the man and the truck, and stated he restrained her with a hand over her mouth during the incident. The suspect awaits a 2 p.m. hearing today.
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Ray
Beckley Cray
Ted Brown
Jen Scheinbeck
Mount Hope
Beckley
Schernbeck
Lester
Raleigh
Oscar Bowers
Palice
Beckley-Mount Hope
Bowers
Beckley Street
Injured Hopkins Miner Readmitted After Jeep Fire
Eddie Green Hopkins, 28, a miner at Stamford No. 2 of New River Coal Co., was hurt January 15 when the Jeep he was parking caught fire. He escaped, then was readmitted to Beckley Hospital for further treatment.
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Eddie Green Hopkins
Releigh
Beckley Hospital
Stamford No. 2
New River Coal Co
Red Dog Days Strike Beckley Worker in March
J Howard Harvey, 59, Beckley City employee and husband of Bertha Harvey, suffered an eye injury Friday while spreading red dog. He was treated at Beckley Hospital and released after the incident.
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J Howard Harvey
Beckley
Bertha Harvey
Glen Morgan
Beckley Hospital
Nine Enlistments In Armed Forces At Beckley Station
Beckley Armed Forces Station reports nine enlistments for Monday seven in the Army and two in the Air Force. Army enlistees headed to Fort Knox Kentucky include Norman Jackson Crawford 21 and others from Ohio West Virginia and Georgia. Air Force recruits go to Sampson Air Force Base Geneva New York. Also noted is the death of Edison William A. Ferguson 81 at his home on Harper Road with surviving relatives listed.
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Beckley
West Virginia Air National Guards
ANG
Washington
James K. McLaughlin
West Virginia
Beckley Armed Forces
Army
Air Force
Fort Knox, Ky
Norman Jackson Crawford
Lilian
May Crawford
Blue Jay
William ‘Estelle Com A
Estell. Cox
Rupert
Kenneth Farmer
Nancy Lee Farmer
Helen
Ira Oxgtenucker
Marie Brown
Whitesville
George Junior Fields
Fred Jackson
Maplewood
Charles Edward Stone
Robert Lee Stone
Marmet
Daniel Minor Perrow
John Perrow
Augusta
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Dudley Ray Epling
Dexter Moling
Ingram Branch
Charles Walker Minnick
Charles
Edison William A. Ferguson
1Far- Minnick
Midway
Monroe County
Doirs Daving
Harper Road
Bay of
Glen Hagers
Lucile Beckelheimer
Woman Hit with an Axe In Mullens Wounds Forehead
Frances Scott, 32, of Mullens, was treated Monday at Raleigh General Hospital for a one inch laceration to her forehead. She said the injury was inflicted when she was hit with an axe.
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Frances Scott
Marriage Applications at Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
Funeral services follow as records show two marriage applicants. Andrew Giammerino, 66, and Tessie Duda, both of Glen White, plus George Sliskie and Douglas Delay Bousheley with partners, and other couples listed. The document notes applicants’ names, ages, and parental info in the Raleigh County filing context.
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Raleigh
Ker Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Park
Andrew Giammerino
A. Giammerino
Ner al
Tessie Duda
Service
George Sliskie
Glen White
Douglas Delay’ Bousheley
Evert Boushe Ieey
Pemberton
Martha Lucide Roland
Lilburn Osborne
Abney
Delbert Dewey Wooten
F. H. Wooten
Killarney
Eunice
Ophelia Venable
Dorsey Venable
Beckley
Bayast
Eldridge G Hoke Dispatcher Dies At 66
Eldridge Golt Hoke 66 of 101 Quesenberry Street died in a local hospital at 5 15 am after a long illness He was born at Princeton on April 3 1888 and had lived in Raleigh County 21 years He worked as dispatcher for the Radio Cab Company He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Elks Lodge Survivors include his wife Pearl D Hoke two sons Eldridge G Jr and Forrest two daughters Leola and Mary Low two stepdaughters Mrs C R Farrow and Mrs J L Smith two brothers Dr L J Hoke and Hubert Andrew Hoke and four sisters Mrs D Carr Mrs Ola Elmore Miss Rachel Hoke and Mrs D T Myers The body will remain at the Cabbie Funeral Home until funeral arrangements
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Eldridge Golt Hoke
Quesenberry St
Princeton
Raleigh County
Coy
Methodist Church
The
Elks Lodge
Pearl D, Hoke
Beckley
Eldridge G, Jr
Charleston
Forrest
Richmond
Leola
Mary Low
C. R. Farrow
J. L. Smith
L. J. Hoke
Nitro
Hubert Andrew Hoke
Clarksburg
D. ‘. Carr
Ola Elmore
Rachel Hoke
D. T. Myers
Norrisburg
Cabfee Funeral Home
Livestock Prices at Baltimore Market Affected by Low Sales
USDA report shows cattle scarce with no clear price trend for cattle and calves. New weights list ranges for nex s and slaughter lambs with prices from 9.00 to over 26.50 per hundredweight, noting sparse sales across categories.
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Baltimore
USDA
Mrs Thelma Carter Treated For Arm Injury After Fall
Thelma Bernice Carter wife of Lewis Carter of East Beckley received treatment at Beckley Hospital for a left arm injury sustained in a fall.
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Thelma Bernice Carter
Lewis Carter
East Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Sectional Oratorical Contest Highlights City Event
Sectional oratorical contests run today in Elkins and Parkersburg with four sectional winners advancing to the Beck Beck state finals next Monday. William Harris of Morgantown High School leads as a district winner, with Keyser and others earning state level honors. The state winner gains a 1000 scholarship and regional advancement toward the national finals, where top prizes total 4000. Harris is the Morgantown High senior son of Stanley Harris, WVU registrar and former state schools chief.
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Elkins
Parkers
American Legion
Beck
William Harris
Morgantown
Keyser
Stanley Harris
West Virginia University
Romney
Death of John C. Commerford in New Jersey
John C. Commerford aged 32, husband of Evelyn Williams of Beckley, died Friday from injuries after a highway crash. He was returning home on a motorcycle when an automobile struck him. Parents Mr. and Mrs. George Williams, 102 Hedrick Street, Phenns Grove, N.J., received word of his death.
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John C. Commerford
New Jersey
George Williams
Hedrick St
Pennsgrove
Evelyn Williams
Beckley
Ward
Jeally Commerford
Beckley Car Crash Injures Woman and Infant
Mrs Commerford and her five week old son Michael David were injured when a Beckley ice cream truck driven by W L Hatch- stanaforder 22 collided with their vehicle at 10 05 am Monday on Second Street The infant remained in hospital care while Mrs Commerford made daily trips to the hospital The incident raised questions about medical costs and care with the baby’s prognosis uncertain Ella Jordan a sister of Mrs Commerford resides nearby and the truck was driven by Hatch- stanaforder
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Sophia
Michael David
Beckley
Second St
Ave
Ella Jordan
W. L. Hatch- Stanaforder
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Charles Ray Painter
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Bill Turner
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Donald R. Cozart
Everette Akers
Rhodell
Frank Lockhart
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