Beckley Bottling Company Indicted On Lottery Count
Royal Crown Bottling Co of Beckley facing indictment for operating a lottery by Raleigh County Criminal Court Grand Jury. Tokens in bottle caps redeemable for cash or merchandise cited. letters RC under cork lining trigger free bottle or full carton rewards. Forgery cases and broad list of indictments follow. association seeks criminal law revisions to limit penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Beckley
Pershing St
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
State Attorney General
Royal Crown Concern
Royal Crown
Sporacino
Wheeling
Seven Pre-Induction Exams Set by Local Board 18
The Selective Service System Local Board 18 schedules seven men for pre-induction physicals at Beckley Army Recruiting Main Station at 9 a.m. Thursday. The men include Thomas E. Thompson of Mabscott and Thomas Edward Covey of Glen Daniel along with Dempsey Lee Beckett of Crab Orchard, Billie Bane Snow of Princewick, Ralph Dean Cole of Slab Fork, James Allen Spangler of Orlando Florida, formerly Beckley, and Kermit Sheldon Webb of Cleveland Ohio, formerly Pine Knob.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service System
Beckley Army
Thomas E. Thompson
Mabscott
Thomas Edward Covey
Glen Daniel
Dempsey Lee Beckett
Crab Orchard
Billie Bane Snow
Princewick
Ralph Dean Cole
Slab Fork
James Allen Spangler
Orlando
Fla
Beckley
Kermit Sheldon Webb
Cleveland
Ohio
Pine Knob
City Council Considers Projects for Federal Aid
Beckley City Council discussed possible projects to qualify for Douglas Bill funds. Items include sewer extensions, a new city hall, public toilets, Croft Street/Valley Drive extensions, a Piney Gorge bridge, and a Paint Street underpass to speed access to the Raleigh County Memorial Airport. A committee will prioritize projects for federal aid.
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Ito
Beckley
Croft Street
Douglas
Jack Lloyd
Appalachian Power Co
Cecil L. Miller
Miller
J. S. Larrick
JG. C. Porter
George B.chambers
Paint Street
Valley Drive
New Beckley
North Kanawha Street
Lloyd
Paul Fourney
Council
Lambert Addition
City Plan Gains Council's Approval
City Council unanimously approved hiring Michael J. Baker Jr. Inc. as planning engineers to draft a comprehensive Beckley plan. The project funds include $10,000 city share and $10,000 federal match, with half budgeted this year and half next f inancial year. Mayor Cecil L. Miller praised the move as vital for future growth and federal funding access. The Baker firm operates from Charleston with headquarters in Rochester, Pennsylvania.
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Michael J.baker Jr
Miller
Baker Firm
Congress
Council
Baker
Charleston
Rochester
Teens Held After Break In At Folis Place Tavern
Two teens, a 16-year-old from Swiss and a 14-year-old from Glen White, confessed to breaking and entering Foli's Place on Lester-Glen White Road and stealing cigarets and tobacco Sunday night. Money in the cash register and juke box untouched. Police also probing theft of 200 feet of two inch plastic pipe from a Piney View mine.
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Raleigh County
Foli
Lester-Glen White
Glen White
Lola Fell
Oakwood Ave
Piney View
Hodel to Speak to Tech Group
George W. Hodel general manager of Beckley Newspapers Corp will address West Virginia Institute of Technology Society for the Advancement of Management meeting. He will discuss Labor Management Relations in the Printing Industry and share personal experiences with local publications. The talk is set for 7 30 p m in the Tech Home Economics Building.
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George W. Hodel
Beckley Newspapers ‘Corp
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Society For the Advancement of Management
Hodel
Tech Home Economics
Teel PTA Meeting Set for 7:30 Tonight
Teel School Parent Teacher Association plans a 7:30 p m meeting at Teel School to finalize plans for a minstrel show titled The Teel School Minstrel to be presented Thursday night Proceeds benefit the PTA fund and parents are urged to attend with other business on the agenda
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Teel School Parent-Teacher Association
PTA
Teel School
Claudia Casting Not Yet Complete
Casting for "Claudia" in Curtain Caller’s season finale will likely finish later this week under director Mrs. George Warren Hodel. She has tentatively chosen some actors and will audition one or two more before finalizing. Tryouts at Palace Theater Monday drew 37 attendees.
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Claudia
George Warren Hodel
Department stores rely on daily paper ads for sales
Department stores nationwide allocate about 91 percent of their advertising budgets to daily newspapers to push sales messages to consumers.
Cast List for Poor Teacher One Act
Tonight's cast includes Archie Smith Mrs William Underwood Mrs Shirley Lilly Mrs Carl Noor Mrs Fred Stump Keith Radford as substitute teacher Mrs Audrey Taylor Mrs Tracy Miller Arthur Mullins Mrs Donald Skelton and Mrs Ralph Green. Unpictured cast members are Charles Johnson and Carl Noor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Smith
William Underwood
Shirley Lilly
Carl Noor
Fred Stump
Keith Radford
Audrey Taylor
Tracy Miller
Arthur Mullins
Donald Skelton
Ralph Green
Charles Johnson
Avery Taylor
U. S. Akers
Carl Oakes
Film Promoting State May Be Result Of Meet
Plans discussed in Washington to produce a sound film on West Virginia with Weirton Steel Co funding and Interior Department sharing distribution costs. Estimated cost 50000 dollars and nine months to complete. If made, 200 copies for theatres nationwide and 25 for state use ahead of the 1963 centennial celebration. No definite production decision reached this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Washington
Charles Hodel
Beckley Newspapers
Department of Interior
Presbyterian Men to Hear Guest Speaker Dr Andrew Bird Jr
Presbyterian Men of the Church invite all members to a 6 15 p m dinner meeting with guest speaker Dr Andrew Reid Bird Jr minister at First Presbyterian Huntington The theme Our Heritage of Life notes his background as a Davidson College graduate banker in Winston Salem prior to ministry and his roles with Union Theological Seminary Davis Elkins College and the Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Reid Bird Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Huntington
Bird
Laurel
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Winston- Salem
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
New Presbyterian College
Edinburg
Scotland
Wytheville
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Synod of West Virginia
Assembly Board of Christian Education
Davis - Elkins College
Elkinns
Bradley Woman Held Responsible In Wreck Near Prosperity
A Monday crash on U S Rt 21 at the Rt 4 intersection near Prosperity caused about 900 in damage. Juanita Edwards 38 was cited by State Police for obstructing traffic after backing onto Rt 21 and being struck by a car driven by Thomas Pittman 21 of Sprague. Her father George Edwards a passenger complained of a knee injury but was not hospitalized.
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U. S. Rt. 21
W. Va. Rt. 4
Prosperity
Bradley
Juanita Edwards
Rt. 4
Thomas Pittman
Commodities Distributed at Newton Meadows Home Today and Wednesday
Commodities will be distributed at the Newton Meadows Home on Pluto Road from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday. Attendees are asked to bring their own containers.
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Newton Meadows
Pluto Road
Playlet Skit At PTA Meet Tonight At Beaver
A PTA program at Beaver Elementary features the one act play Poor Teacher with actors Keith Radford and U. S. Akers plus eight grade singers Vickie Noor Judy Mullins Mary Alderman Linda Mann and Elaine Lilly. A second sketch The Rheumatic and a devotional led by Mont Pendleton proceed with refreshments after in the Lions Club Building tonight at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaver Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Lions Club
Vickie Noor
Judy Mullins
Mary Alderman
Linda Mann
Elaine Lilly
Mont Pendelton
J. L. Lilly
John Taylor
Harold Lilly
B. R. Currence
Kermit Okes
Garnet Lowe
Robert Green
J. A. Atkins
E. B. Kinter
Elwood Lilly
Karl Okes
Keith Radford
Aiden Gunnoe
Sue Francisco
Ex-Beaver Man Publishes Story for Best Sports Stories
Bob Cole a Shady Spring High School graduate and Journal and Sentinel sports reporter in Winston-Salem N C authored a piece to be included in Best Sports Stories an E P Dutton Co annual. The June 19 1960 publication details a profile of Sarge Easter a former bowling champion and retired Army career man with potential $250 prize eligibility. Cole joined J S staff three years ago after Marshall College journalism degree in 1958. He previously worked for Huntington Herald edited The Parthenon and led Shady Spring Pan orama as sports editor. His parents are Mr and Mrs Carlton E Cole of Beaver West Virginia.
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Bob Cole
Shady Spring
Journal and Sentinel
Winston - Salem
N. C
E. P. Dutton & Co
New York
Cole
Sarge Easter
Marshall College
Huntington Herald
Parthenon
Shady Spring High
Panorama
Carlton E. Cole
Beaver
Sister Stricken as Elizabeth Black Illness Reported
Mrs. J. O. Payne of 307 G Street travels to McKeesport Pennsylvania where her sister Mrs. Elizabeth Black is seriously ill.
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J. O. Payne
G St
McKeesport
Elizabeth Black
Sophia clothing distribution for Gulf area planned
Clothing will be distributed to the needy in the Gulf area Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sophia Odd Fellows Hall. People in need may visit the hall during those hours, and donors may drop off clothing or arrange pickup by calling Mrs Russell Pegram at OV 3-4432.
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Sophia
RNS
Gulf Area
Sophia Odd Fellows Hall
Jury Clears City In Beckley Damage Case
A judge and jury sided with the City of Beckley in a $2,500 damage suit brought by Mrs. Myrtilla Hall over a fall on an icy street in front of her home. The jury deliberated four days, rechecked instructions, and found no liability for Richmond Cleaners and Laundry, which Hall claimed caused icy conditions with water runoff.
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Beckley
Myrtilla Hall
H Street
Richmond
Knapp
Lions District 29 president visits Bradley Lions for Indies night
Dr James H Shelton of Oak Hill Lions International District 29 president greets Bradley Lions Club at Indies Night in Town and Country Drive private dining room. He notes Lionism expansion to 110 countries and 620000 members, highlights sight conservation work and foundation support, and outlines upcoming club visits across 42 district clubs.
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James H. Shelton
Oak Hill
Lions International District 29
Shelton
Bradley Lions Club
Fred L. Blackburn
Blackburn
Town and Country Drive
Willis Stover
Bradley
Free World
Bradley Club
Lions Sight
West Virginia Lions Light Conservation Foundation
Joe Buffa
Dr. Shelton
Mabscott Lions
Beaver Lions
Mullens
Thirty-one seek work at Beckley Employment Office
Thirty-one persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They included one day worker, one short forder cook, one general office clerk, two carpenter's helpers, three sales clerks, one invoice control clerk, two stock boys, one meat cutter, one ambulance driver, one watchman, two construction laborers, one spot welder, one orderly, one core setter, two truck drivers, one tile setter, one dump truck driver, one journeyman wireman, two coal loaders, one mine shuttle car operator, one electrical repairman, one mine foreman and two coal loading machine operators.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Survey Finds Housewives View Newspapers As More Useful
A Psychological Corporation survey indicates house wives consider newspapers more reliable helpful believable and useful for them, highlighting a strong perceived audience alignment and value in domestic life.
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Psychological Corporation
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Raleigh Register
W. Va
Beckley Bottling Company
Ann Lilly Manley
Wesley M. Scott
Johnny McMorgan
Earl Franklin
Goldie Jean Smithson
Thomas Virgil Bryant
William Sheridan Price
Weston State Hospital
Earl Franklin Smithson
Thomas Franklin Ball
Billy Keith Evans
Betty Jane Ward
Telmas Lovenne Evans
Charles Sigman
Wiley A. Byrd
Jackie Lee Fortner
Mathew Junior McCutcheon
Robert Lewis Collins
Leon N. Lewis
Samuel and
George Clark
Walter M. Velmar
Jimmie Ray DeHart
Delbert Moss
General Hannah
Frances Ester Mae Saunders
Buster Smith
Emory McDowell Hart
Jackie Lee Higgins
Charles Ray Shrewsbury
Riley Edward Waddell
Robert Robinson
Algie Robertson Jr
James
Billy Joe Richmond
Jimmie Cook
Russell and
Lowell Newman
Lambert
McLean
Fayetteville
Electricity
Appalachian Power Company
Roanoke
Virginia
B&e
Tech Group
Teel Pta
Presbyterian
Clear Fork High School
Betty Fraley
Ann Fannin
Pat Thompson
Fern Stover
Band
Mothers Club
Fes
Tival
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