Norwood driver charged with negligent homicide in three-vehicle crash
Billy Rex Edmiston 33 of Norwood Ohio faces negligent homicide charges after a 3 vehicle wreck at the US 19 21 intersection at 11 40 am Tuesday. Jean M Crouch 74 of Oceana died when her 1962 model car pulled into the path of the northbound tractor trailer driven by Edmiston. Earl Mullins 38 of Oak Hill drove a 1961 auto that rammed the trailer and was treated and released. Edmiston was released on his own recognizance and will have a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on April 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Rex Edmiston
Norwood
Ohio
U. S
Jean M
Crouch
Oceana
Earl William Mullins
Oak Hill
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Edmiston
Beckley State
Joe Rodriguez
Pastry students exhibit at West Virginia convention
A group of culinary students from Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center prepare an exhibit for the State Convention of the West Virginia Restaurant Association in Parkersburg. The first seven in the Connoley Room are training in Culinary Arts and will serve pancakes and hamburgers at the convention.
Culinary Arts Students To Attend State Convention
Culinary Arts students from Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center day and night classes will join seven students and instructor George Osman at the Southern Region Restaurant Association state convention in Parkersburg Thursday through Saturday. The association will cover their expenses as they demonstrate training for restaurant work, including Osman pancakes with homemade syrup and specially seasoned hickory smoked hamburgers. Pastries from the department will also be shown. Equipment from Parkersburg utilities will power the demonstrations. Donald Greenaway, executive vice president of the National Restaurant Association, will speak as the convention's principal speaker. he formerly directed the Kellogg Center at Michigan State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Restaurant Association
Parkersburg
Bobby Moore
Gwen Scott
Mittie Hairston
Odis Farley
Elaine McCollum
Primma Lilly
Ethelbert Scott
Raleigh County
Culinary Arts
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Southern Region Restaurant Association
Regional
George Osman
Osman
Donald Greenaway
National Restaurant Association
Greenaway
Kellogg Center
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Mich
Fire crews quell grass and trash fire in Beckley
The Beckley Fire Department responded to 110 Sprague Ave at 3 40 p m Tuesday to extinguish a grass and trash blaze. No damage was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Fire Department
Sprague Ave
Prospective Industrial Site To Be Surveyed
A Shady Spring District survey by a Raritan committee will evaluate prospective industrial property and report results to the Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce. The group announced a chicken barbecue from 5 to 8 p.m. May 19 at Shady Spring Elementary School and will begin a rural church survey immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring
Raritan
Rural Church Committee
Shady
Raleigh County Board approves 1962 63 school budget
The Raleigh County Board of Education approved an estimated 1962 63 budget of 5 684 980 96 after a 87 936 76 reduction from the prior year budget. Included are 36 987 more tax income from higher property valuations and planned cuts across administration instruction maintenance and capital outlay. Transportation costs rise 6 897 50 and local entities receive several increases and allocations. Sealed bids for 10 new buses are opened with a committee to report April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Byrd- Prillerman High School
Pettus
Grady Whitlock
Mallimar Gmc
Co., Inc
Raleigh Motor
Lewis Chevrolet
Thomas
Superior
Wayne
Edwin Ratcliffe
Insurance Commissioner
James B. Deck
Cranberry
State Board of Education
Deck
Crescent
Reba J. Moye
Glen White
Woodrow Wilson High School
Eleven Seek Jobs Filed At Beckley Office
Eleven persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Tuesday. They were two stenographers two sales clerks one maid one furniture finisher two construction laborers and two coal loaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Spring residents set goals for community and church attendance
The board of directors will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to discuss what residents want accomplished in the spring and to determine the percentage of people who attend church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Tuesay
Two Suffer Injuries In Separate Local Accidents
Two area residents were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for hand and arm injuries in separate incidents. Roscoe Pegram of Riffe's Branch suffered a left hand injury after hitting a belt at the Winding Gulf Coals mine. Bonnie Wisen, 10, Mabscott, injured her right arm in a fall at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Roscoe Pegram
Lester
Gulf Coals
Riffe’s
Bonnie Wisen
William Wisen
Mabscott
Show Chairmen To Be Selected
The Home and Sport Show Committee of the Beckley Jaycees will meet at 7 30 p m today in the office of the Beckley Art and Silk Screen Studio to select chairmen of the shows various functions Exhibit space for the show which will be held at the Raleigh County Armory May 10 13 is 90 per cent sold near Mike Eckler managing director business establishments already signed include Amere Gas Utilities Appalachian Power Co Ashworth Home and Auto Beckley Art and Silk Screen Beckley Glass Beckley Insulation Beckley National Bank Beckley Oil Co Bluestone Securities Biggs Johnston and Withrow Jan Campbell C P Telephone Co Phillip Cook Comer Electric Day Appliance Douglas Sporting Goods John W Eye Guyan Trailer Sales General Heating All Furniture Harvey Cabinet Houchins Blocks House of Stone Independent Neighborhood Stores Industrial Tower King Pho to Leeds Discount Lucas General Tire Lowe Brothers Electric Lowes of Oak Hill Meadows Lumber Martina Tire Modern Air Basile N Meadows New River Supply New Kanawha Industrial Corp Nash Campbell Porta Weld Co Price Brothers Peerless Packing Raleigh County Bank Raleigh Hardware Sunbeam Bakery Chester L Smith Singer Sewing Center U S Royal Tire Co Universal Wholesale Paint WJLS WWNR
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Armory
Mike Eckler
Amere Gas Utilities
Appalachian Power Co
Ashworth Home and Auto
Beckley Art and Silk Screen
Beckley Glass
Beckley Insulation
Beckley National Bank
Beckley Oil Co
Bluestone Securities
Biggs, Johnston and Withrow
Jan Campbell
C&p Telephone Co
Phillip Cook
Comer
Price Brothers
Peerless Packing
Raleigh County Bank
Raleigh Hardware
Sunbeam Bakery
Chester L. Smith
Singer Sewing Center
U. S. Royal Tire Co Universal
WJLS
Telephone Community Meeting At Ghent School
A telephone community meeting will be held at Ghent Elementary School Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The program includes a question and answer session, followed by the movie Seconds for Survival featuring Raymond Massey. Refreshments and scientific exhibits will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghent
RNS
Raymond Massey
Young Girl Treated for Head Injury After Fall
Emma Jean Harmon six year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Woodrow Harmon Sophia was treated at the Beckley Hospital at 4 15 p m Tuesday for a head injury suffered in a fall at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Jean Harmon
Woodrow Harmon
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
New Officers Elected By Beckley Voters League
The Raleigh County Library Bookmobile will lead the Beckley League of Women Voters agenda for the year as officers and plans are set at the annual Beckley-Winn Hotel dinner meeting. Delegates are named for the Huntington state council session April 6-7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley League of Women Voters
Alfreda Ed
Women Voters’ League
Raleigh County
Beckley-Winn
Beckley
Henrietta Kinzer
Mary Virginia Bee
Parkersburg
Ohio River Basin Sanitation Commission
League
State Council
Huntington
C. J. Kleiman
Walter Cooper
John Gorsica
Malcolm Shumat
Alfreda Edgell
Newcomers Club of
Forest Fires Found In Fourth District
District Forest Ranger Carl Lucas reports twenty fires across the Fourth District Monday and Tuesday with three in Mercer ten in Fayette two in Wyoming and five in Raleigh all fires out or under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Lucas
Mercer
Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh
County Court backs Stotesbury movement and park truck plan
Raleigh County Court endorsed the Stotesbury Improvement Association praising local residents for a cooperative project aiming to benefit the area and coal mine museum. Commissioners Ward, Farmer and Lilly supported the move. The court also approved purchasing a new heavy-duty truck for the Raleigh County Park Board to share with other agencies, with bids to be advertised. Edna Wills Mankin and Richard Snuffer were named to the Raleigh County Health Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
Stotesbury Improvement Association
Coal Mine Museum
John Ward
H. G. Farmer
A. J. Lilly
B. H. Hopkins
Raleigh County Park Board
Park Board
Hopkins
Edna Wills Mankin
Richard Snuffer
Raleigh County Health Board
Cure For Employment Plan Discussed By Beckley Lions
George Siehl Rural Area Development agent spoke to the Beckley Lions about solving unemployment by inventorying local raw materials and coordinating with government agencies. He cited unused farm land and wood pulp for a potential paper mill and urged seizing more opportunities. The club announced next year’s officers, a style show for 8 p.m. at Woodrow Wilson High School, with proceeds to the blind program, and noted a Route 66 TV feature on the Kerrville School for the Blind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Siehl
Beckley
Beckley Lions Club
Siehl
Basil Anderson
W. W. McKinney
Roger Sharp
F. Otto
Frank
G. C. Stallings
Dr. Kessell
Conrad Stowers
A. R
Sam) Tucker
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lions
Route 66
School For the Blind
Kerrville
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Connoley
Culinary
Partment
Power and Gas Utilities
L. R. Linkous
S. F. Thomas
E. N. Star
Lewis Meadows
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
Club
Beckley Jaycees
Beckley Art and Silk Screen Studio
Arlena Miller
L. E. Maloney
John Earl Miller
Topsy O'Dell
Perry Iuiterman
Harry Mayse
Mary Zuchick
Nathan Pickus
Agricultural Research Service
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Echo Spring Dist. CO
Louisville, KY
Bourbon
Kentucky“ Bourbon
England
London
Echo Spring
New York
N. Y
Coty
Montgomery Ward
Speciac
Mage
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!