Auditions Set for Honey in the Rock Rehearsals Start Monday
West Virginia Historical Drama Association names June 5 as rehearsal start for Honey in the Rock outdoors production at Grandview State Park. About 100 singers dancers and technicians to be chosen in Beckley after auditions Friday. Goodsell to direct with author Kermit Hutler.
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G. Dean Goodsell
West Virginia Historical Drama Association
Beckley Newspapers Corp
United States
Beckley
Battle of Minds and Men
Grandview State Park
Goodsell
Kermit Hunt
Five Italians Win Judgment Here
Five citizens of Italy were awarded a default judgment of 3142.49 in orders signed by Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp Friday. Peter Faini and Laura Belle of Sundial were ordered to pay that sum to the next of kin of Amedeo Angeletti who died here in 1948.
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Italy
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Peter Faini
Westwood Drive
Laura Belle
Sundial
Amedeo Angeletti
Assessors Aim to Complete Books by July 5
Raleigh County Assessor Cotton White and staff push to finish the tax books for court by July 5. A deputy will visit every home before May 15 to aid with personal property returns, voluntary cooperation urged to ease late rush for license plates. Real estate assessments are underway with deputies reviewing transfers through the County Clerk.
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Raleigh
Cotton White
White
L’s
Seed Package Distribution To Be Planned
Delivery of emergency garden seed packages to Beckley Farmers Market was completed last week. Local committee will approve applications and set a distribution date, likely next week, at its Tuesday meeting. Some seeds may be distributed at points other than the market. Do not attempt to pick seeds until notified.
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Beckley Farmers Market
J. S. Larrick
H B. Thomas
Carl Bunch
Thomas
Revival Services By New Memorial Baptist Pastor
The Rev Howard Frank lin new pastor at Memorial Baptist Church conducts a two week revival meeting at 7 30 each night Services began Sunday He is an Ansted native son of Howard and Mrs Frank lin He graduated Ansted High School 1946 and West Virginia School of Technology 1954 He served three years in the Army including the Korean conflict He previously led Handley Baptist five years and Deep Water Baptist two years before March 1 move Mrs Franklin is Phyllis Pettry They have two sons Howard III and Phillip The minister earlier taught seven years at Scott High Madison and six years as English instructor at Cedar Grove High Cedar Grove He resigned teaching when moving to Beckley
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Howard
Jim) Franklin
Memorial Baptist Church
Ansted
Howard Franklin
Ansted High School
West Virginia School of Technology
Franklin
Handley Baptist Church
Deep Water Baptist Church
Phyllis Pettry
John Pettry
Bell
Howard III
Phillip
Scott High School
Madison
Cedar Grove High School
Cedar Grove
Beckley
Eight Seek Jobs at Beckley Employment Office
Eight applicants filed for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Friday. The positions listed include an accounts payable clerk, a bookkeeper, a tree pruner, a meat cutter, a spot welder, a truck loader, a janitor, and a mine foreman.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
School Bus and Truck Bids for Raleigh County Board
The Raleigh County Board of Education will open bids at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Courthouse for school buses and a maintenance department dump truck. Also on the agenda are textbook adoptions for elementary schools and personnel matters as stated by Superintendent Sherman C Trail.
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Raleigh
Beckley VA Hospital chief honored for bond program effort
Dr. R. C. Jones, manager of the Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital, received an award for outstanding employee participation in the 1960 Savings Bond program last week. The trophy was presented by Mark P. Manion, personnel representative from the area Medical Director's office in Trenton, New Jersey.
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R. C. Jones
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Mark P. Manion
Trenton
N. J
Timber strike injures Kirby Lumber Co. worker at Cool Ridge
William Adkins of Cool Ridge was treated at Beckley Hospital on Saturday for rib injuries suffered when struck by a timber while employed by Kirby Lumber Co. in Layland.
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William Adkins
Cool Ridge
Beckley Hospital
Kirby Lumber Co
Layland
Commodities Ready At Rakes Hardware Beaver
Commodities will be distributed at Rakes Hardware in Beaver from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday. Attendees are asked to bring their own containers.
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Rakes Hardware
Beaver
Holmes Safety Council To Meet In City Tonight
Beckley council and Holmes Safety Association plan a 7 30 p m meeting in Raleigh County Courthouse Court Room James Leeber Jr and Leighton Farley will lead Leonard Mabry safety inspector Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates Eccles No 5 mine led last program focusing on timbering and roof fall risks He cited that safety spans beyond one shift and closed with a Bridge Builder poem William Brogan of Safety Associates urged future meeting interest Stotesbury No 10 mine may boost continued participation by Helen Chapter 557 Next meeting set for April 18 RNS
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Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
Raleigh County
United Mine Workers of America
District 29
Beckley
James Leeber Jr
Leighton Farley
Leonard Mabry
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Eccles No. 5
William Brogan
Stotesbury No. 10
Playground Equipment Set As PTA Project
The Hollywood Elementary School at MacArthur will get new playground equipment funded by the PTA. A spaghetti dinner fundraiser is planned 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the school to benefit the project. Chairs are Mrs. George Sparks and a committee including Mrs. George Milam Mrs. Carlyle Lilly Mrs. Jim Fitzpatrick Mrs. Earl Wiseman and Mrs. Robert Slate. The regular PTA meeting follows at 7:30 p.m. with a 4-H Club program. Mrs. Russel Bonds is director and the hospitality committee handles refreshments.
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Hollywood
MacArthur
George Sparks
George Milam
Carlyle Lilly
Jim Fitzpatrick
Earl Wiseman
Robert Slate
Hume Vogt
Noel Gray
Yellowstone Exchange To Be On City Lines
FAIRDALE West Virginia residents will gain telephone service on the Beckley exchange as part of a long range plan. Fred Filler of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co says the change is not imminent. The Fairdale PTA discussed 4 H Club signs for the community and announced a ham dinner at the school on Saturday April 29 from 5 to 8 pm to raise funds.
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Yellowstone Exchange
Fairdale
RNL
Glen Daniel
Beckley Exchange
Fairdale Parent-Teacher Association
Fred Filler
Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
PTA
Trail Saunders To Attend State Meets
Raleigh County Superintendent Sherman C. Trail and incoming successor John W. Saunders have education group meetings on their calendars. Trail will join the West Virginia School Boards Association and the West Virginia Association of School Administrators convention at Blackwater Falls Park Lodge April 5 to 7. Saunders will attend a joint meeting of the State High School Activities Committee Board of Appeals and the West Virginia High School Principals Committee in Buckhannon April 6 to 8.
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Raleigh County
Sherman C. Trail
John W. Saunders
Trail
West Virginia School Boards Association
West Virginia Association of School Administrators
Blackwater Falls Park Lodge
Saunders
Board of Appeals
State High School Activities Committee
West Virginia High School Principals Committee
Buckhann
Prosperity Youth Unhurt In Accident
Danny Ray Pilley, 16, of Prosperity, escaped injury when his 1955 model car overturned behind Beckley Hospital on a section of the new Rt 16 Sunday night. Police estimated damages at $600 and no charges were filed against the driver.
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Danny Ray Pilley
Prosperity
Beckley Hospital
Rt. 16
Congressional Action Group Meets Wed
Beckley Chamber of Commerce Congressional Action Committee will meet at 9 15 a m Wednesday in the General Beckley Room of the Beckley Hotel. Robert E Hicks co chair of the committee said Frank Melton district manager of the United States Chamber of Commerce will speak to the committee. All members are urged to attend a review of federal legislative issues and mapping of a course of action to be pursued.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Congressional Action Committee
General Beckley
Beckley Hotel
Robert E. Hicks
Frank Melton
United States Chamber of Commerce
Two Fight Victims Treated At Hospital
Bellewood man William K. Fannin admitted to Beckley Veterans Hospital at 2:35 a.m. Sunday after a fight with the American Cafe owner in East Rainelle left him with a cut forearm. Layland resident Earl Kinder treated for left ear injury after a Meadow Bridge tavern brawl. Police investigation ongoing. state police not notified.
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Bellewood
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Layland
William K. Fannin
East Rainelle
Fannin
Earl Kinder
Meadow Bridge
Major Medical Policy To Be Offered Teachers
Raleigh County teachers will be offered a major medical group plan at the Raleigh County Education Association executive meeting at Beckley Junior High School. President James H. Redden announced Herman Hoskins of Educators Mutual Insurance Co. will describe the plan. A nominating committee will select a slate for April, and annual committee reports will be given before the insurance presentation.
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Raleigh County
Raleigh County Education Association
Beckley Junior High School
James H. Redden
Herman Hoskins
Educators Mutual Insurance Co
Lancaster
Redden
Crab Orchard Baptists Plan Assembly Building Near Picnic Site
The Crab Orchard Baptists in Richmond District plan to break ground next month for a 300-seat assembly building on church property. Part of a 50 year recreation plan, the project follows an initial gift of 100 acres by A G Wilcox two years ago. The site already includes a cleared 10 acre tract, a shelter, and a two to three acre fish pond. The building will host Boy Scout and nature study classes and cost five to six thousand dollars with yearly additions planned.
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Crab Orchard Baptists
Crab Orchard Baptist Church
Richmond
Beckley Water Co
Shirley S. Donnelly
Donnelly
A. G. Wilcox
Eleven WWHS Students To Join Honor Society
Eleven Woodrow Wilson High School students earned membership in the school's National Honor Society. Induction is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 4, in the high school auditorium, with Dan Speilman presiding. Senior inductees include Ella Mae Clemens, Jackie Kyle, Carol Ann Porterfield, James Chamorro, and Jeffrey Carl Franklin. Juniors inducting are Joan Mills, Sheila Phillips, Lois Wood, Gracie Winegar, Linda Zorio, and Carol Goodman. Current roster lists 409 seniors and five juniors.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
National Honor Society
C. G. Peregoy
Dan Speilman
Ella Mae Clemens
Jackie Kyle
Carol Ann Porterfield
James Chamarro
Jeffrey Car! Franklin
Ciety
Joan Mills
Shelia Phillips
Lois Wood
Gracie Winegar
Linda Zorio
Carol Goodman
Shady Spring Lad Top Egg Winner at State Show
Teddy Simpkins of Shady Spring earned Grand Champion honors with a dozen eggs at the State Ham Bacon and Egg Show in Charleston. His eggs totaled 73 dozen in Charleston after a Beckley regional victory, with 1960 prior win. Harlan Mullenaz won ham at 16.75 lb, Lonzo Eddy Jr. took bacon, and an all exhibits auction followed with Col. John Stiles and Keith Dunlap as auctioneers.
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Teddy Simpkins
Shady Spring
Future Farmers of America
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Teddy
Beckley
Harlan Mullenaz
Pendelton County
Lonzo Eddy Jr
Middlebourne
Col
John Stiles
State Agriculture Department
Keith Dunlap
Lewisburg
Beckley Driver Cited For Lacking City Permit
Norma L. Cooper a 32 year old Beckley woman faces Police Court on Thursday night for driving with no city operator s license cited at 1120 a m Sunday by City Police
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Beckley
Norma L. Cooper
Damages Revised In Saturday Wreck
Damages have been estimated at 1500 dollars in a one car accident Saturday on Williams Street. The driver, Margie A Barber, 25, 224 1-2 Clyde St., said brakes failed as the car careened down Clyde Street and struck an embankment on Williams Street. Her son Ronald, 3, was treated and released for a facial cut. police did not charge the driver.
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Williams Street
Margie A. Barber
Clyde St
Clyde Street
Ronald
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Logan Inspector Takes Temporary Area Duties
Logan County Inspector Woodford Armstrong will temporarily handle inspections for the State Bureau of Weights and Measures. State Labor Commissioner H. Richard Kennell announced the change after the resignation of Randale Honaker of Harper Road, who joins West Virginia Life Insurance Co. A permanent replacement is to be named within weeks to cover the Raleigh and Wyoming counties district.
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Logan County
Woodford Armstrong
State Bureau of Weights and Measures
H. Richard Kennell
Randale Honaker
Harper Road
West Virginia Life Insurance Co
Kennell
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fire crews quell washer motor blaze at Edwards Street home
Beckley firemen were summoned to the home of Miles J. Crowder at 109 Edwards Street Saturday night to extinguish a small fire confined to the motor of a washing machine. The call came in at 10:55 p.m. and no damages were reported.
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Beckley
Miles J. Crowder
Edwards St
Feeder Cattle Sale Set Across West Virginia Listings
A feeder cattle sale is scheduled at New River Livestock Market on April 17 as part of a state wide series co sponsored by the State Agriculture Department. About 150 head are expected with calves to yearlings and some purebred breeding cattle among the offerings. Sales begin at 1 30 p m with an 8 p m sale at Marlinton on April 13.
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New River
C. C. Hutchinson
State Agriculture Department
Hutchinson
Marlinton
Juveniles Ordered To Appear In Court
Three juveniles arrested Sunday night for breaking into a storage building near Raleigh County home of G R Hubbard are to appear before Juvenile Court Judge Harry Lec Creery Saturday. State Police booked them on charges of entering an outbuilding and taking meat from a deep freezer and empty bottles. Hubbard reported the break in Sunday morning noting entry occurred Saturday night through the front door.
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MacArthur
Raleigh County Juvenile Court
Harry LecCreery
G. R. Hubbard
Hubbard
Byrd Prillerman Glee Club Concert Puts Spring on Stage
Byrd Prillerman High School Glee Club presented its annual Spring Time concert Wednesday in the school auditorium. Selections ranged from spring songs to hymns, spirituals, songs for loved ones and a patriotic number. The program featured Elinora Trigg, Hazel Pryor, Harry Francis, Carole Jackson, Curtiss Stewart, Nora Hatcher, Barbara Holland, Armetta Rogers, Ruby Larkin president, Margaret Buster, Leawellyn Reynolds, Robert Early, Gladys Rogers, and director Mrs B Young Smoot.
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Byrd - Prillerman High School Glee Club
Elnora Trigg
Hazel Pryor
Harry Francis
Carole Jackson
Curtiss
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Guild Theater
New York
Sarah Mildred Straus
Virginia Players
University of Virginia
Clifton Forge
Angeletti
Faini
Vincinzo
Putro
Maddalina
Lucrezio
Ersillia Angeletti
Cabin Creek
Rudolph L. DiTrapano
Texaco, Inc
Dava Mannin Maynor
City Ave
Bank of Raleigh
Lee Maynor
Clear Creek
Corrie Hardware Co
Erio Lumber Co
Jim Franklin
VA Hospital
Paul Anka
Ruth Roman
Layland Miner
Holmes Safety Council
Filler
Congressional Action Group
Wed
Yul Brynner
Dr. In
Legend OF the Lost
Technicolor
John Wayne
Sophia Loren
The
Mickey Rooney
Allen Bunce
W. A. Stanley
Beckley National Bank
First Christian
Water Company
Stanley
Utility Presi
Hazel Richardson
Beulah McDaniel
Phyllis Spencer
Charles C. Farmer
Wilmer Stanley
James B. Kessinger
Charlotte Richardson
Irana Bennett
Claude Hatcher
Pesat Wni
Stanaford Road
George Bailey
Mark
Tommy
Stamford
WWHS
Lad Cops
Logan
Buckhannon
Gassaway
Alderson
Charles Town
North Caldwell
Weston
Moorefield
Lamberton
Ronceverte
Spencer
Mannington
Bridgeport
Moundsville
Elkins
Terra Alta
Parkersburg
Byrd-Prillerman Glee Club
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