West Virginia State Park Cabins Booking Sets Record
Reservations for state park cabins this summer are about 20 percent higher than last year, signaling a strong tourist season. Four parks are filled through July and August, with cabins still available at Babcock Bluestone Holly River and Watoga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Velma H. LeRoy
State Natural Resources Department
Parks Division
Babcock State Park
Fayette County
Bluestone State Park
Summers County
Holly River
Webster County
Watoga State Park
Pocahontas County
Blackwater
Tucker County
Cacapon
Morgan County
Lost River
Hardy County
Tygart Lake
Barbour
Taylor Counties
LeRoy
Wayne County
Greenbrier
Randolph County
France Faces Major Strike Challenge, De Gaulle’s Tenure Tests
Miners on March 1 walkout joined by gas workers in Lacy fields as France’s power stocks run low. Leaders from mines railways utilities and the Paris subway meet to consider a general strike but take no action. The mine stoppage seeks an 11 percent wage raise, marking the era’s gravest domestic problem for De Gaulle in five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy
France
Paris
de Gaulle
City Budget Tonight Promises Possible Increase
Beckley city council meets at 7 30 p m to finalize the fiscal year budget and discuss a possible small rise. The estimate will be sent to the State Tax Commissioner for approval. Mayor Cecil L Miller notes plans to fund City Hall costs with federal grant of 168 000 and local share of 42 000 plus a 39 500 lot purchase on South Kanawha Street from surplus funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Cecil L. Miller
Miller
Kanawha Street
School Budget Set For Tonight's Board Meeting
The Raleigh County School budget for 1963-64 will be presented to the Board of Education as a major item at tonight's meeting. Included in the budget are proposed wage and salary scales for the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Driver Forfeits $100 Bond and Fines Here
Paul S. Tolbert of Beckley forfeited a $100 bond and costs on a reckless driving charge after arrest by Turnpike State Police. Eight others paid fines ranging from $5 to $25 for speeding, defective equipment, or reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Tolbert
Beckley
W. A. Burke
Turnpike
Burke
Robert D. Winston
Mount Hope
Wade Pair
Lyons
Elyria
Ohio
Sherman Shumate
Ghent
N. Oakwood Ave
Rodriguez
W. Va
Manos E. Suddreth
Crab Orchard
Harless Burke
Terrell ‘Ave
Raleigh
James Hartley Hodges
Red Sulphur Springs
U. S
Beckley Chapter Honors Donation By Houge Couple
The Beckley Raleigh County Young Men's Christian Association recognizes a $500 contribution from the Houges, who are called founding fathers by the advance gifts committee. They gave the gift in both names and received a life membership in the Salvation Army Advisory Board last year. The Houges have resided in Beckley for 18 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh County
Firemen Called Out For City Grass Fire Update
Beckley Fire Department responded to Raleigh Avenue at 2 30 PM Monday for a grass fire with no damages reported. Rescue Squad then treated 11 year old Richard Mizer on Whitestick Street after a bicycle accident. he was treated and released from Raleigh General Hospital.
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Beckley
Raleigh Avenue
Whitestick Street
Richard Mizer
Minnie Belle Mizer
Hull Street
Raleigh General Hospital
Pre-Construction Conference Held for City Garage Project
A pre-construction conference was held in Mayor Cecil L. Miller's office this morning for the new City Garage and Park Storage House. Attendees included James F. Carroll of the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Pittsburgh, Radford Brothers contractors from Beckley, S. H. Bridge local engineer, Collis Amon designer, Elmer Warden street commissioner, and Mayor Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Cecil L. Miller
James F. Carroll
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Pittsburgh
Radford Brothers
Beckley
S. H. Bridge
Collis Amon
Elmer Warden
Miller
Funeral Rites For Mrs Robertson Of Fayetteville
Funeral services for Mrs. Prudence Willie Robertson 49 of Fayetteville Route 2 will be held at Winston Baptist Church with burial in Light Cemetery. She died after a long illness at Beckley hospital. Survivors include husband Elmer five sons two daughters and many relatives. The service is set for Wednesday with relatives from Roanoke Bedford and Richmond. The body will be taken to the daughter’s home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence Willie Robertson
Fayetteville
Winston Baptist Church
Howard Queery
Charles Gray
Light
Winston
Gary
David Robertson
Homewood
Ill
Charles Robertson
Fort Lee
Charlotte
Diana
Arlene Payne
Betty Lafferty
Harold
Robert James
Thelma Hensley
Kincaid
Florence Caudill
Lafferty
Funeral rites for Hobert Singleton in Dahlgren VA
Funeral services for Hobert Donald Singleton 23 of Dahlgren Virginia will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sam Fogleman Funeral Home Chapel with Reverends Orval Belcher and Garland Phillips in charge. Burial follows at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery Princeton. Singleton died Sunday in an automobile accident near Fredericksburg Virginia. He was a physicist at the Naval Weapons Laboratory in Fredericksburg and son of Mr and Mrs Hobart Singleton of Herndon Heights. Surviving are his brother William Berea College Berea Kentucky and two sisters Mrs Dave Wiebold Cleveland Ohio and Mrs Johnny Cook Vanderberg Air Force Base California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobert Donald Singleton
Dahligren
Sam Foglesong
Orval Belcher
Garland Phillips
Roselawn Memorial
Princeton
Singleton
Fredericksburg
Hobart ‘Singleton
Herndon Heights
Naval Weapons Laboratory
William
Berea College
Berea
Dave Wiebold
Cleveland
Ohio
Johnny Cook
Vanderberg Air Force Base
California
Beav er Man Harrison Tucker Dies at 88
Harrison Tucker aged 88 of Beav er died today at a local hospital at 11 30 a m after a long illness. The body remains at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Tucker
Beaver
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
Graveside rites set for William E. Fox 58 Mount Hope
Graveside services for William E. Fox 58 of Mount Hope will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ennis Cemetery Red Springs with Rev. Ernest Barley officiating. Fox died Sunday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. He was a disabled miner and World War II veteran born in Fayette County June 8 1905. Surviving are three sons William Jr Buffalo Joe St Albans Johnny in Germany. five daughters Marie Gardner Mount Hope Margaret Nunnley Charleston Mary Allison Poca Laura Dent Charleston Ruth Fox Nitro. a brother Earl Fox Maplewood. two sisters Clara Ruffin Beckley Cynthia Duff Cokeburg Pa. twenty one grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body leaves Tyree Funeral Home Mount Hope Tuesday at 4 30 p.m. to go to a daughter’s home in Mount Hope.
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William E. Fox
Mount Hope
Ennis
Red Springs
Ernest Barley
Fox
Beckley
Fayette County
William Jr
Buffalo
Joe
St. Albans
Johnny
Germany
Marie Gardner
Margaret Nunnley
Charleston
Mary Allison
Poca
Laura Dent
Ruth Fox
Nitro
Earl Fox
Maplewood
Clara Ruffin
Cynthia Duff
Cokeburg
Tyree
Gardener
Funeral services set for French H. Stinson in Oak Hill
French Howard Stinson 59 of Oak Hill will be laid to rest in Highlawn Memorial Park after a heart attack death Sunday at an Oak Hill hospital. He was custodian at Collins High School and leaves wife Mabel Sexton Stinson four sons David Jack Howard C. W. and Howard and two daughters Joyce Edwards and Patsy Stover a brother six sisters and several nieces and nephews. The service is at 2 p m Wednesday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Tally Hanna officiating. The stub also notes the death of William Hurst Snedegar 69 former WV Wesleyan athlete and Charleston Senator ball player who died Sunday in Montgomery after a short illness. He was born in Virginia and lived in Montgomery 20 years and worked at Union Carbide Metals Co Alloy. He was a member of Montgomery Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melton
Anthony Garges
Murman
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
Hogue-Cook Bible Class
Dempsey Vass
Long Branch
Long Branch Methodist Church
Homer Hizer
Pax
Vass
Coalfield
Mahan
State Road Commission
SRC
Ida Toney Vass
Ralph
Superior
Claude West
Michigan
Elmer
Chester
Orlando
Fla
Frank
Kelly
Chisville
J. W
Minnie) Stegal
Roy
Alice) Harper
Evelyn) Wiseman
Mount Hope
Route 1
James
Willard Elam
Amigo
Mullens Hospital
Dante
A. B
Matilda Phillips Elam
Coal City
District 29
United Mine Workers of America
Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
Elizabeth Calvert Elam
James Patrick
Baltimore
Willard Jr
Chicago, Ill
Joyce Vance
Lake
Delbert
Camden
N. J
Earl
Logan
Ida Underwood
Minden
Esther Adkins
Oak Hill
McDougal's
Robertson and Foglesong
Mullens
Howard Stinson
Tyree
Stinson
Collins High School
Flat Gap
Rufus and
Bissie Lyons Stinson
Mabel Sexton Stinson
C. W
Bill
Aztec, N. M
David
Barboursville
Jack
Chicago
Ill
Howard
Joyce Edwards
Philadelphia
Patsy Stover
Akron
Ohio
Jim Stinson
Goldie Williams
Sylvia Malone
Carrie Jarrells
Portsmouth
Minnie Connolly
Greta Stinson
Jewell Salyers
Paintsville
West Virginia
Charleston
William Hurst Snedegar
Montgomery
Virginia
Union Carbide Metals Co
Alloy
Montgomery Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Savannah Gunther
Funeral services for Mrs Savannah Gunther 86 of West Wickham are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at Melton Mortuary chapel Burial will follow in Mount Tabor Cemetery She died Monday at her home after a long illness Born October 8 1876 at Hernshaw Dryden and Roxie Ann Snodgrass Grass She lived in West Wickham since 1910 and was a Jehovah Witnesses member Survivors include three sons Frances Harvey both of West Wickham and Lury Spotsylvania a brother Floyd Huntington Brook Hernshaw a brother Singer Charleston and two sisters Mrs Myrtle Starks Hernshaw and Mrs Blaine Nary Ballard The body will lie at the funeral home for viewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah Gunther
West Wickham
Melton
Mount Tabor
Hernshaw
Dryden
Roxie Ann Snodgrassgrass
Jehovah Witnesses
Frances
Harvey
Lury
Spotsylvania
Floyd
Huntington
Brook
Singer
Charleston
Myrtle Starks
Blaine Nary
Ballard
Road Damage Funds Pour In After Floods in 23 Counties
Federal disaster funds will cover road repairs as counties rehabilitate both state and non state roads. Thirty three counties were labeled disaster areas by President Kennedy with Mason County omitted from the damage tally. amounts range from $3,000 in Monroe to $90,000 in several counties including Harrison and McDowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
SRC
Mason County
Monroe County
Cabell
Lincoln
Mingo
Wayne
Wood
Harrison
Marion
Brooke
Marshall
Ohio
Lewis
Upshur
Fayette
Greenbrier
Summers
McDowell
Mercer
Kickbacks Alleged Tangle In City Contract suit
Stollings testifies his firm was hired by the city for nine months and forced to pay 8300 in kickbacks. City officials allegedly promised further work which never materialized leading to loss of city contracts and eventual bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Met
Robert Rose
J. M. Stubblefield
Stollings
Driver Hospitalized After Rear End Collision
Mrs M T Stover suffered injuries in a Monday afternoon accident on Guyandotte Ave. A youth driver rear ended her car as she stopped for a left turning truck. Stover was treated at Wyoming General Hospital with neck traction after X rays. condition listed as good. Damages estimated at $80 to the Stover vehicle and $30 to the other car. The crash was not investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stover
Coal Firm To Rehire 50 Men At Kingston
The Mary Frances Coal Co. plans to reopen Mine No 23 at Kingston within a week or two and rehire 50 miners laid off last September when Mine No 22 closed. A permit was granted by the West Virginia Department of Mines at Beckley. The Kingston office indicated rehiring follows prior layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Mary Frances Coal Co
Beckley
West Virginia Department of Mines
Mary Frances
Major Body Chemistry Breakthrough Revealed at Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh news reports Dr. Klaus Hofmann and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh announce a major step toward understanding enzyme reactions. They created the first partial enzyme in a lab, a ribonuclease component, producing 13 amino acids of a 124-length chain with 70 percent of natural activity. This synthetic enzyme offers a new research tool for biochemistry and biology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
UPI
Klaus Hofmann
University of Pittsburgh
Hofmann
Forfeited Bonds Total $177 In Police Court
Bond forfeitures totaling 177 dollars were collected in City Police Court Monday night. Janie L. Vaughn, 21, of 282 Mool St., forfeited a 100 dollar bond on sale and possession of moonshine. Polly L. Murdock of Sophia forfeited a 15 dollar bond for failure to yield right of way. Bill Earhart and Richard Williams, Beckley, each forfeited a 15 dollar bond on dog violations. Roy A. Robinson of Beckley forfeited a 20 dollar bond for speeding. Carl Dennis West of Raleigh forfeited a 10 dollar bond for driving with defective lights. One person forfeited a 17 dollar bond on intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janie L. Vaughn
Baldness and wig choices discussed in 1958 health note
The April 1958 issue of Today's Health notes that neither bottles nor tubes delay male pattern baldness. It outlines wig options—lace fronts, toppers, and divots—costing from 75 to 250 dollars, plus advice to buy a spare. Experts debate treatments versus coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
del Hanna
Nationwide
Thomas
Hanna
Dewey Firm Brought In to Fight Girl Scout Merger
New York law firm led by Thomas E. Dewey will assist small Girl Scout councils resisting forced mergers into larger area groups. About 73 councils join Donora in urging local identity, fundraising, and leadership training remain local while appeals wind through the New York appellate system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little’ Girl Scouters
Dewey
Forced
New York
UPI
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey Firm
Donora
Pennsylvania
New York State Supreme Court
New York City
National Movement
Friends of the Court
New York State Appellate Division
Juvenile Admits Third Burglary in Three Weeks
A 16 year old MacArthur juvenile admitted to City Police today that he committed a third burglary in a three week span from Feb 27 to March 15. He waived to the grand jury and was remanded to jail on $500 bonds for charges involving Grace Snead Randolph Street and Edward Jennings Burgess Street burglaries. He previously denied the Feb 27 Jennings burglary. Police also cited Fred Lilly for speeding and arrested another 16 year old Beckley male on a parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacArthur
Bill Hyatt Jr
Joe Rodriguez
Harry L. McCreery
Grace Snead
Randolph Street
Edward Jennings
Burgess Street
Jennings
Fred Lilly
Northwestern Avenue
Beckley
Ringleben Street
Aerial Mapping Finishes for Blennerhassett Island Tourist Plan
Aerial mapping of Blennerhassett Island in the Ohio River near Parkersburg has been completed as planners eye a recreational and tourism development. Aaron Burr era history ties to the island are noted alongside local historic claims. Eldon Pernell and Willard Stroup named Drivers of the Month by the West Virginia Motor Truck Association. A Kanawha County inmate, Robert Kiser, 24, escaped from Moundsville Penitentiary’s honor camp before bed check. bloodhounds yielded no trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blennerhassett Island
Ohio River
Parkersburg
Aaron Burr
Harrison County
Eldon Pernell
Salem
Willard Stroup
Clarksburg
West Virginia Motor Truck Association
Robert Kiser
Kanawha County
Fairchance
Moundsville
Wagner Proposes Deal to End New York Newspaper Strike
New York Mayor Robert F. Wagner offers a second settlement proposal to end the 109 day newspaper walkout. Publishers accept the terms after initial rejection, while striking photo engravers seek more time to decide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Publishers Today
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
McNamara Attacks Leak Claims During Hearing
McNamara describes crying claim as nonsense and defends integrity after testifying on attempts to suppress an Air Force memorandum leak. He cites alleged abuses by subcommittee aides and notes an Air Force liaison officer, Col. Donald Paffel, linked to the memo. Chairman McClellan releases the Air Force document accusing investigators of pressure tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
McNamara
Senate Committee
Air Force
Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Donald Paffel
McClellan
Thomas Nunnally
Two Sent To Camp From Raleigh County Jail
Two Beckleyans Charles Underwood and James K. Miller both 18 were transported from Raleigh County Jail to the State Forestry Camp Davis at 6 30 am today by sheriff s deputies. Alton Bragg of Sprague was jailed at 7 45 pm Monday on grand larceny and drunken charges. He was booked on a warrant from Eldridge Lambert of Sprague and is sued by Magistrate Joe Rodriguez for reportedly taking a .32 caliber pistol from Lambert several months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckleyans
Raleigh
Davis
Charles Underwood
James K. Miller
Alton Bragg
Sprague
Eldridge Lambert
Joe Rodriguez
Lamberti
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Pocahontas
Richmon
Prudence Robertson
Anna Snedegar
Virginia Bevan
Bedford
Mass
Richmond
Grace Patternson
Roanoke
Ward
B. C
Mrs
Mary Smith
Mary L. Smith
Sun
Cecil Cook
Melton Mortuary
Mrs. Mattie Lilly
Mattie Mae Lilly
Crow
Crow Freewill Baptist
L. A. Garten
Oscar Lilly
Redden
Scarbro
John T
Marinda Harris
Daniel Lilly
Methodist Church
Pluto
Treva Bennett
Mill Creek
Geneva Adkins
Amy Corder
Elliott Bennett
Eccles
Opie Bennett
Hampton Harris
Staunton
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Theron Bowling
Oris Neely
William Hogan
Jake Brogan
Charley Jordan
Milton Richmond
Hobert D. Singleton
H. Stinson
William H. Snedegar
John W. Jarrard
John Walter Jarrard
James L. Fender
McCreery Street
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