Forgery Cases Lead Grand Jury Presentments in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Grand Jury ordered 71 presentments for the March term with 21 forgery cases topping the list. Breakings and enterings total eight, drunken driving five, arson charged against Frances Ester Mae Saunders and others, with no murders. Involuntary manslaughter charged in the highway death of Jerry McManamay on March 3. Additional indictable counts include grand larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and various felonies across numerous individuals. Details list numerous defendants and counts ranging forgery to maiming and other offenses.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Mondday
Han
Raleigh County Criminal Court Grand Jury
Prosecuting Attorney's Office
Thomas Virgil Bryant
Jerry McManamay
William Sheridan Price
Earl Franklin Smithson
Goldie Jean Smithson
Thomas Franklin Ball
Billy Keith Evans
Billy Joe Richmond
Betty Jane Ward
Telmas Lovenne Evans
Charles Sigman
Walter R. French
Wiley A. Byrd
Jackie Lee Fortner
Mathew Junior McCutcheon
Robert Lewis Collins
Leon N. Lewis
Samuel and
George Clark
Jesse Ray Cook
Walter M. Velmar
Jimmie Ray DeHart
Delbert Moss
Director Claims Local Firm's Price Too High
Charleston dispatch reports state purchasing chief Kline A. Ralston says archives director Kyle McCormick refused a $1 045 bill for 700 copies of the West Virginia Quarterly Review, calling the price excessive. If unresolved, the dispute may go to the governor for arbitration.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
State Department of Archives and History
Beckley
Biggs, Johnston and Withrow
Kline A. Ralston
State Purchasing Department
Kyle McCormick
West Virginia Quarterly Review
Ralston
McCormick
Governor’s Office
Council To Decide On Hiring Planner
A special Beckley council meeting is set for 7 30 p m today to vote on planning commission recommendations that Michael J Baker Jr be hired to draw up Beckley’s comprehensive plan.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Michael J. Baker Jr
Beckley
Homeowners Warned About Vicious Scheme
Floyd M. Sayre Jr. of the Beckley Chamber of Commerce warns homeowners about a predatory “Model Residing Job Racket.” He warns that promoters promise commissions to secure loans, deliver substandard work, and impose costly contracts, urging caution and a ten-point guide to avoid the scam.
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Eye
Floyd M. Sayre Jr
Beckley
Sayre
National
Better Business Bureau
Sayer
Chamber of Commerce
City Eyes Federal Grant to Expand Sewage Plant
Beckley plans a survey to assess expanding the Whitestick sewage plant and sewer lines under a proposed federal Grants for Public Facilities program. Mayor Cecil L. Miller, directing a survey with Street Commissioner D. E. Warden, cites a Health Department report that the plant is at capacity and may soon overload. The Sanitary Board met to discuss securing aid for the project.
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Beckley
Whitestick
Cecil L. Miller
D. E. Warden
West Virginia Health Department
Meadows Poor at Raleigh General Hospital
James A. Meadows of Shady Spring is in poor condition at Raleigh General Hospital where he has been receiving treatment for several days.
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James A. Meadows
Shady Spring
Raleigh General Hospital
Multitudes in the Valley of Decision and Radio Free Europe
Public appeal highlights 79 million people behind the Iron Curtain facing a valley of decision. Radio Free Europe broadcasts from 28 transmitters in Western Europe reaching most of the population despite jamming. It urges private citizen contributions to keep the truth alive and fight communist deceit.
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Iron Curtain
Soviet Russia
Europe
Russia
Radio Free Europe
Becl ey Man Named Official Starter for Charleston Soap Box Derby
Beckley resident Wallace Noble, a district Boy Scout executive, is named official starter for Charleston Soap Box Derby on April 18 by director Roger McElroy. Noble will wave the checkered flag at the start and finish, with about 10 000 spectators expected. His son Gary won Charleston’s race last year and competed in Akron. Sponsors include Ashworth Firestone, Bank of Raleigh, and Beckley Air Force Recruiting Station. racers must have a sponsor and pay entry and wheel costs. Cars are transported to Charleston April 16 for inspection and safekeeping until race day.
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A Beckleyan
Charleston
Roger McElroy
Wallace Noble
N. Kanawha St
Raleigh County
Noble
McElroy
Cergy
Akron
Ohio
Gary
Beckley
Lewis Chevrolet
Neville Street
E. M. Ashworth
Ashworth Firestone
Bank of Raleigh
Beckley Air Force
Jack Roop
Chevrolet
General Motors
First Of Weekly Soap Box Derby Clinics
The first of several weekly Soap Box Derby clinics is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lewis Chevrolet building on Neville Street. Wallace Noble leads the clinics to teach youngsters racer construction and derby rule book familiarity. Copies of the rule book are available from Noble at 408 N Kanawha St or from Jack Roop of Lewis Chevrolet.
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Lewis Chevrolet
Neville Street
Wallace Noble
Noble
N. Kanawha St
Jack Roop
Red Cross Drive Planning Committee Named
Male seated left as chairman assists with drive planning. Mrs. Ernest Mullins and Mrs. Paul McCoy sit, with Josephine Ladies Club president and Mrs. John Neda standing. Teams will canvass Resoco and Josephine. Red Cross cards issued to donors of $1 or more.
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Ernest Mullins
Paul McCoy
Josephine Ladies Club
John Neda
Neda
Mullins
Paul Mechalek
Resoco
McCoy
W. E. Tilson
Nila Sheets
Plymale
Josephine
Red Cross
Raleigh County Red Cross
Besaco
Concord Student Teachers Sent To Area Schools
Concord College Athens sent 101 senior teacher trainees to nine weeks of supervised teaching in public schools. Instructors and assignments include Mabscott Elementary Jeralanda Amato Janice Gayle Curtis Mullens High and Elementary Patricia Bateman Bernice Pennington Lilly Pineville High and Elementary Joan Cline Joy Lee Dooley Scott Robert Gerald Scott Oceana High Betty Lou Clyburn Mary Alice Epling Sophia Elementary and High Mabel Frances Cottle Howard E Harrison Freda Plumley Jenkins Magic Lee Lamb Juanita Nadine Meadows.
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Concord College
Athens
Beckley
Mabscott
Gerjalanda Amato
Janice Gayle Curtis
Mullens
Patricia Bateman
Bernice Pennington Lilly
Pineville
Joan Cline
Joy Lee Dooley Scott
Robert Gerald Scott
Oceana
Betty Lou Clyburn
Mary Alice Epling
Spanishburg
Mabel Frances Cottle
Howard E. Harrison
Freda Plumley Jenkins
Magic Lee Lamb
Juanita Nadine Meadows
Sophia
Federal Role In State Centennial To Be Aired
The federal government is expected to take part in West Virginia’s 1963 Centennial celebrations. Charles Hodel publisher of Beckley Newspapers and Centennial Commission chair is in Washington for a meeting. Alfred Stern of New York, Centennial director, also attends. A federal study on participation was appropriated last year.
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West Virginia
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers
Centennial Commission
Washington
Alfred Stern
New York
Central and area school staff listed in incomplete names
James Franklin Fink Betty Jane MecDorman Ella Mae Hudson Beckley schools Beckley Junior Central Elementary Sandra Ann Peraldo Woodrow Wilson High Billy Eugene Richmond David Freeman Richmond Trap Hill High Melva Jean Roach Shady Spring Elementary Irene Phyllis Loretta Doris Williams listed in fragmentary roster notes
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James Franklin Fink
Betty Jane MecDorman
Central
Beckley
Ella Mae Hudson
Sandra Ann Peraldo
Woodrow Wilson
Billy Eugene Richmond
David Freeman Richmond
Trap Hill
Melva Jean Roach
Shady Spring
Final Showing Of Contest Play At Woodrow Wilson High
Woodrow Wilson High School presents The High Window, a state thespian entry, at 3 30 p m in Beckley Junior High auditorium. Admission 10 cents. audience welcome. Williams notes this is the county’s largest Drama Festival and Forensic Tournament group, Morgantown Thursday through Saturday.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Junior High School
Julian Williams
Morgantown
Williams
Woodrow Wilson
Shady Spring High
Clear Fork
Seventeen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Seventeen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Friday. They listed positions including a sales clerk, general office clerk, salesman, packer, two maids, kitchen helper, millwright, watchman, nurse aide, taxi driver, service station attendant, two coal loaders, coal loading machine operator, spray painter, and an automobile mechanic.
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Beckley i Office of Employment Security
Rescue Squad Aids Victim Of House Fall
P. D. Law of 406 1-2 Valley Drive was treated by Beckley Fire Department rescue squad at 8 35 p m Sunday after a fall at home. He appeared dizzy and struck his scalp on a door and sustained a cut but was not hospitalized.
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P. D. Law
Valley Drive
Beckley
Nurse Pearl Armentrout Admitted for Eye Surgery
Mrs. Pearl Armentrout a nurse at Pinecrest Sanitarium was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Sunday for eye surgery scheduled Tuesday.
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Pearl Armentrout
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Raleigh General Hospital
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Buster Smith
James Davis
Franklin Rice
Stanley Brown
Emory McDowell Hart
Phil Thompson
Jackie Lee Higgins
Charles Ray Shrewsbury
Riley Edward Waddell
Robert Robinson
Algie Robertson Jr
James Sheppard
Joe Richards
James Buell Bonham
Cornelius Jennings Bonham
Millard Allen Thurmond
Ann Lilly Manley
Jack Davis
Bobby Tudor
Lotis Tudor
Johnny McMorgan
Henson Harless
Henry Andrews
Larry Bradley
Fred Snyder
Earl C. Allen
J. T. Fish
Wesley M. Scott
Orbra Mayner
Freddie Persinger
Ellis Lambert
Hattie Richmond
Alfred C. Foley
Wiley Byrd
Dorsey Adkins
William Lachok
James Ballard
Cohen
Neville St
Kimberly
Pamela
Atti Oe
Paul Skaff
Charn
Appalachian. Power Company
Hian Reddy
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
Virginia
Nome
Joe
Don
Radio Free Europe Fund
New York City
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Capital Soap Box Derby
Besoco
Concord
CTI
Mitt Complete Variety Store
the Complete Variety Store
W. Main St
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