Labor seminar pushes Beckley toward stronger civic role
Randolph Zeigler, president of the Beckley Area Labor Council, AFL CIO, says the two day seminar at Capri Restaurant ends with a pledge to be more active politically. He notes labor losses in the recent 60 day State Legislature, with 19 local unions from four counties represented at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Capri
Randolph Zeigler
Beckley Area
Jackie Withrow
Joan G. Kilpatrick
West Virginia University
20 Teachers Attend Disaster Training Classes
Twenty Raleigh County teachers attend a seven week disaster training course at Beckley Junior High School. Instructor John B. Pinson guides the program to equip teachers to educate county citizens in survival during disasters. Participants include Beckley residents and others from Glen Daniel Daniels Dry Creek Rock Creek Beaver Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Beckley
John B. Pinson
Civil Defense
Charleston
Queen Madison
Charles R. Jones
Herman D. Sydenstricker
Hume Vogt
Roy Dawson
Helen Leeber
Muriel W. West
Viola Braxton
Vance S. Bland
Martin K. Austin
Herbert Brummer
Donald A. Lowe
Levey Hedrick
George D. Covey
Glen Daniel
Kenneth C. Gross
Paul E. Pettry
Daniels
Dewey Bone Jr
Dry
Book Sale Planned By Cranberry PTA
Cranberry PTA discussed plans for a book sale at Tuesday's meeting. Secretary Mrs. John Cheetham led in the president and vice president's absence. A cancer film was shown by Mrs. Jack Clemens and Albert Tieche of the Raleigh County Cancer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Parent-Teacher Association
John Cheetham
Jack Clemens
Albert Tieche
Raleigh County Cancer Society
Callie Scott
Dartmoor Guards’ Wives Protest Attacks on Husbands
Wives of Dartmoor Prison guards in England send a protest to Home Secretary Henry Brooke criticizing his handling of inmate assaults on guards. The action highlights concerns over inmate violence and staff safety at the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmoor
England
New Officers Take Duties At Tuesday Maxwell Hill Meeting
Incoming president W. E. Harvey outlined goals for the Maxwell Hill New River Country Life Group as it meets Tuesday to elect officers and set year objectives. The group plans to retire a $1000 debt on its community building with proceeds from dinners and the annual Fair, and to boost recreation programs to improve its Community Living competition standing. The organization serves all ages with a swimming pool and has named financial and pool committees to oversee funds and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
New River
Harvey
Appalachian Power Co
West Virginia University Agricultural Extension Division
Rural Development Council
Lilly
K. K. Keatley
J. C. “Cliff’’ Moore
Clyde Williams
Shrewsbury
Thomas Osborne
Tony Gonzalez
Harold Welch
Tom Lilly
R. E. Paice
Suitable Quarters Sought For Sub Station
Senator Robert C Byrd says Beckley may get a downtown postal sub station as the Post Office Department seeks suitable quarters near the former post office at Neville Street and Woodlawn Avenue. The old post office is unavailable due to remodeling for a federal building. Civic clubs have filed resolutions requesting a sub station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Robert C. Byrd
Post Office
Neville Street
Woodlawn Avenue
Salvation Army clothing drive feeds flood victims
SA seeks clothing donations for flood victims in Raleigh Wyoming counties. Beckley Citizens Band Radio Club call to action and report a very successful drive from four locations England's Body Shop Sprague Hill Coal City TV Mountaineer TV Beaver Fire Department. Clothes collected include bed clothing and an electric range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh- Wyoming
Salvation Army
Beckley Citizens Band Radio Club
Paul Mills
England
Sprague Hill
Coal City TV
Coal City
Mountaineer TV
Ravencliff Student Cited For Straight A Dean’s List
Ravencliff student Garnet Lafferty topped the Morris Harvey College dean’s list with a straight A average in the first semester. Maintain a B average or better among area students include Thelma Wood Benjamin Smith Lillian Grose Raymelle Sweeney Georgia Shumate Carlos Hurst Louise Core and Lois Arvon with key towns Beckley Mount Hope Shady Spring Mabscott Covel Whitesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garnet Lafferty
Ravencliff
Morris Harvey College
Thelma Wood
Beckley
Benjamin Smith
Mount Hope
Lillian Grose
Shady Spring
Raymelle Sweeney
Georgia Shumate
Mabscott
Carlos Hurst
Covel
Louise Core
Lois Arvon
Whitesville
Pre Easter Revival at First Baptist Church
A pre Easter revival begins Wednesday April 3 and runs to April 14 at the First Baptist Church. Weekday services 7 30 p m with four day sessions at 11 a m and 7 p m featuring evangelist Dr Kenneth L Swank pastor. The church mails the first edition of the Courier with current church news financial statements and announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Kenneth L. Swank
Pstor
Courier
Fourney Wins NSF Fellowship At University
William L. Fourney of Shady Spring High School and West Virginia University Engineering is among 12 West Virginians awarded NSF graduate fellowships for 1963-64. The Morgantown resident, married to Connie Sparacino, teaches and studies at WVU while his wife works as a nurse. Other West Virginia fellows include Armstrong, Billheimer, Bird, Davies, Detch, Friedly, Holt, Jarrett, Marcum, Miller, and Swiger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Fourney
Blue Jay
West
Morgantown
Fourney
Shady Spring
W.V.U
John Saunders
National Science Foundation
West Virginia
Donald J. Armstrong
Wheeling
John W. Billheimer
Huntington
Nancy L. Bird
St. Albans
Carolyn M. Davies
John L. Detch Jr
Lewisburg
John C. Friedly Jr
Moundsville
R. Bryne Holt
Charleston
Eugene L. Jarrett
Howard B. Marcum
Mickey D. Miller
Romney
Elizabeth D. Swiger
Fairmont
Two Area Men Among 3 156 Winners Medal Of Honor Established 100 Years Ago Today
The U S Army marks its Medal of Honor centennial with notes on origins from 1782 to 1863. It lists 2 Beckley area winners Sgt Stanley Bender and Sgt Cornelius R Charlton, detailing their heroic actions and ultimate fates.
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Marye Rhodes
U. S
Arthur
Round Table
United States
George Washington
Lincoln
Congress
America
Beckley
Stanley Bender
Beckley Veteran's Hospital
Cornelius R. Charlton
East Gulf
Bender
Carlisle
Europe
Prisoners Sentenced In Raleigh County Court Ruling
Marvin Richard Davis pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding and received one year in Raleigh County jail with credit for time served. Dorsey Ray Blankenship admitted to unlawful taking of an automobile and got six months with credit for time already served. James Harris Billy Williams and Kenneth Edward Jones faced trial without counsel on break in charges and were remanded. Judge McCreery postponed further actions and jurors were excused until Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Richard Davis
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Brown H. Payne
Harry L. McCreery
Davis
Dorsey Ray Blankenship
E. Carl Meadows
Blankenship
George L. Ballard
James Daniel Harris
Billy Lee Williams
Kenneth Edward Jones
Dorothy
Bewey MacArthur Garten Jr
Harris
Williams
Jones
DePaul Star Ray Meyer Era Helps Build Basketball Power
DePaul grew into a basketball power after 1942 when Ray Meyer took over coaching duties guiding the program to prominence and success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DePaul
Ray Meyer
County SRC plans two week bridge rebuild drive amid flood losses
County supervisor Robert Sweeney reports that if weather holds, all bridges in Raleigh County will be rebuilt within two weeks. SRC and ACDU crews have been amid floods, replacing washed away bridges on Rock Creek Marsh Fork Clear Fork and Peachtree Creek while preparing a new parking area for Memorial Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SRC
Memorial Baptist Church
Joe Dickenson
Roger Dickenson
Glen Dickenson
Jack Wauhop
George Lowe
John Underwood
Raleigh
Robert Sweeney
State Road Commission
Sweeney
ACDU
Rock Creek
Marsh Fork
Peachtree Creek
Naorma
Pineknob
Svycamore Creek
Clear Fork
Burial Insurance Offers $1000 Cash Relief for Families
A Fort Worth Texas advertisement promotes a life policy from Central Security Life Insurance Co. No medical exam is needed for ages 40 to 90 and there is no agent contact. Send name address and year of birth to Dept. E-750 for free information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Supreme Court Denies Lilly Estate Appeal
The Henry Lilly estate had sought $25,000 from Jessie Hill of Beckley, saying Lilly died from injuries after a December 18 1961 accident on Prince Street. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied the estate's appeal after a directed verdict for Hill at the Raleigh County Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lilly
Jessie Hill
Beckley
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Lilly
Hill
Prince Street
Raleigh County
Four Area Students Make Dean's List at Bluefield State
Seventy nine students earned the Dean's List with a B average or better in the first semester. From Beckley area four names appear: Janette Hairston and Joan O'Lewis of Raleigh County, James F. Ross Laura Ross and Clintine Taylor of Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield State College
Beckley Area
Janette Hairston
Joan O 'Lewis
Raleigh County
James F. Ross
Laura Ross
Clintine Taylor
Fayette County
Fire From Power Wire Sparks 40 Acre Field Blaze
Weir Covey of the county forest protection reports three Sunday fires. An auto carrier struck a power line pole guy wire near Glen Daniel, sending live wires down the wire and igniting a blaze that burned 40 acres of field and woodland. L. B. Oliver’s property saw barns narrowly escape as the watershed area around his farm pond burned out. Two other Raleigh County fires on Eccles Road covered seven acres and were incendiary in origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weir Covey
Covey
Glen Daniel
L. B. Oliver
Ross Daniel
Raleigh County
Eccles Road
Twelve Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Twelve persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Friday. They were one clerk typist, one cashier, one babysitter, one tire builder, one routeman, one auto mechanic, one taxi driver, one stock boy, one truck driver, one service station attendant and two construction laborers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
University Instructor To Address Dentists
Dr. Stanley Poleway of West Virginia University School of Dentistry will address the New River Dental Society on April 17 at White Oak Country Club Oak Hill. He will speak on children's dentistry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Poleway
West Virginia University School of Deniistry
New River Dental Society
White Oak Country Club
Oak Hill
Poleway
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Porter Lewis
Beckley Farmers Market
Lewis
RDC
James Lilly Jr
W. E. Harvey
Ben Shrewsbury
L. W. Fridley
Cranberry Pta
Baptist Church
la Londe
France
Charlton
van Charlton
Chip-ri
Korea
OLD Line Legal Reserve
Life Insurance
Supreme Court
Lilly Estate
Dr Pepper
Koey
Dick Clarks
Paradons
Dovells
Conway Twitty
the Jive Five
Gary
U.S
Capris
Iamonds and
Pearls
Senora
Dick Clark
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