Dinner Set To Launch Lutheran Building Fund
A capital funds dinner to launch a fund for St. Luke Lutheran Church First unit construction is at Maxwell Hill Community Building Friday at 6 p.m. speaker Daniel H Bennett of Cross Lanes will address donors. Goal 3500 to secure a first mortgage. balance 40000 from the Order of American Missions. Pastor Rev Charles L Delaney Jr notes outside gifts welcomed and appreciated. Building fund chairman Ralph Kinder leads a committee including William Pratt Fred Doerner and Clyde Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital Funds
St. Luke Lutheran Church
Maxwell Hill
Daniel H. Bennett
Cross Lanes
West Virginia Synod
Order of American Missions of the United Lutheran Church
Charles L. Delaney Jr
Ralph Kinder
William Pratt
Fred Doerner
Clyde Marshall
CYF Elects New Officers at First Christian Church
Jim Lamb will serve as president of the Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian Church for the next year. Everett Wray is vice president, Mary Ratcliffe secretary, Any Wray treasurer, Jed Griswold worship chairman, Annabel Hollandsworth study chairman, Jim Monk enlistment chairman, John Chapman service chairman, and Lloydette Humphrey recreation chairman. Officers assume duties July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lamb
Christian Youth Fellowship of the
First Christian Church
Everett Wray
Mary Ratcliffe
Any Wray
Jed Griswold
Annabel Hollandsworth
Jim Monk
John Chapman
Lloydette Humphrey
Hilltop Man Richard Ferry Critical at Hospital
Hilltop resident Richard Ferry is listed in critical condition at Beck ley Memorial Hospital after a medical incident. Authorities have not released further details pending a medical update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilltop
Richard Ferry
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Doan's Pills Offer Bladder Relief and Pain Ease
Unwise eating or caffeine may irritate the bladder causing restlessness and discomfort. Doan's Pills claim three actions: soothe bladder irritations, relieve backache headaches and muscular pains, and mildly diurese to boost kidney output. The ad touts over 60 years of use and economy size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Nine seek employment in Beckley office listings
Nine area residents filed job applications at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Tuesday. Names not provided include one sales clerk, one general office clerk, one salesman, three truck drivers, one routeman, one mine foreman and one construction laborer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
First transcontinental airmail link opens NYC to San Francisco
In 1920 the first transcontinental mail route between New York City and San Francisco was inaugurated, marking a milestone in nationwide air transport. The event connected major urban hubs and showcased early long-distance airmail operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
San Francisco
Vocational School Plans Open House
The Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center will host an open house from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday. The event will showcase current classes and the culinary arts department will offer refreshments to visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Culinary Arts
Beckley Youth Treated After Home Fall Injury
Robert L. Mahoney a 13 year old of Beckley was treated at Beckley Hospital at 8 p m Monday for an injury to his right arm suffered in a fall at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Mahoney
James Mahoney
Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Beckleyan Sues To Set Aside Sister's Will
Mrs. J. S. Williams of 126 Reservoir Road sues in Boyd Circuit Court Ashland to set aside her sister Rose Bartholemew's will and exclude a third sister as executrix. Defendant is Mrs. Nellie K. Martin. Heirs at law include niece Thurman Holley Huntington and nephews Aubrey Kautz Morehead and Fred Kautz Knoxville. A photostatic copy dated Oct 16 1961 shows $1,000 to Williams and remainder to Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S
Flora) Williams
Reservoir Road
Boyd
Ashland
Rose Bartholomew
Nellie K.) Martin
Williams
Martin
Thurman Holley
Huntington
Milton Crain
Dayton
Ohio
Aubrey Kautz
Morehead
Fred Kautz
Knoxville
Tenn
Raleigh County Young Democrats Schedule Fundraising Meeting
A special meeting of the Raleigh County Young Democrats Club will be held at 7 30 p m May 30 to plan a dance and dinner to raise funds for the party. Bill O Neal urged members to turn in unsold cards stubs and money by May 2 for a tabulation. Cards can be mailed to Box 1145 Beckley for those out of town. About 150 attended a meeting with office candidates after the YDC meeting chaired by Okey Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Young Democrats Club
Bill O'Neal
Beckley
YDC
Okey Mills
Democratic Executive Committee
Golden Horseshoe Winners Named in Raleigh County
Fay Radford and Delmer Law of Sylvia Elementary and Sharon Sampson with Linda Hidalgo of Mabscott Elementary are the Raleigh County winners in the Golden Horseshoe contest. Eighth graders join four reps from each of 54 counties for knighting with golden horseshoes in a Charleston assembly led by State School Superintendent Rex M. Smith. date pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay Radford
Delmer Lawson
Sylvia
Sharon Sampson
Linda Hidalgo
Mabscott
Raleigh
House of Delegates
Rex M. Smith
Charleston
Beckley Driver Charged After Mountain Sideswipe
Beckley driver Harry A. Hall was charged with failure to keep his vehicle under control after an accident on Tunnel Hill Mountain near Talcott. State Police said Hall, toward Lewisburg on Route 3, sideswiped a pig laden truck driven by Rasser E. Shires of Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Harry A. Hall
Tunnel Hill Mountain
Talcott
Hall
Lewisburg
Rasser E. Shires
Union
Gym student injured at Beckley Junior High
Edmond Sweeney 14 son of Mr and Mrs L L Sweeney of 526 Orchard Ave suffered a slight head concussion during gym class at Beckley Junior High Tuesday. He was treated at Raleigh General Hospital and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmond Sweeney
L. L. Sweeney
Orchard Ave
Beckley Junior High
Raleigh General Hospital
ABI Conference to Feature Pastor and Music Leaders
The Rev W H W Paget will be featured speaker at the Appalachian Bible Institute fifth annual Bible Conference on July 26. Dr Ralph Stoll of Calvary Independent Church Altoona Pa will speak and Rev Mrs Vaughn Springer of Sciotoville Ohio will direct music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. W. Paget
Ceylon and
India Mission
Appalachian Bible Institute
Ralph Stoll
Calvary Independent Church
Altoona
Vaughn Springer
Sciotoville
Ohio
National Meet Lures Local Square Dancers
Three couples from Maxwell Hill Square Dance Club will attend the national festival in Fon tana North Carolina leaving Thursday and returning Sunday. Tony Gonzalez Clifford Moore and Kenneth Keatley are the couples. Callers and bands from across the United States are expected. The club, formed last July with Earl Quesenberry as instructor, runs three classes and has public dances on the second and fourth Saturdays at the Community Center with occasional workshops. Clifford Moore chairs the club with Kenneth Keatley Kyle Anderson Hansford Lilly and others on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill Square Dance Club
Fontana
N. C
Tony Gonzalez
Clifford Moore
Kenneth Keatley
United States
Maxwell Hill Club
Earl Quesenberry
Calico and Jeans Square
Kyle Anderson
Hansford Lilly
David
Kermit Owen
Keatley
Gonzalez
Moore
Eugene Holt
Maxwell Hill Elementary
Area service members listed in Germany and Mediter ranean assignments
Two area men serve aboard USS Franklin D. Roosevelt and USS Intrepid with Fighter Squadron 162. Bernard G Moore re enlisted four years as chief aviation mechanic. Pfc Frank D Wood arrives in Germany with the 95th Medical Company while Pfc George T Reed and Pfc Charles S Griffith join the Sixth Fleet landing force. Nine Beckley area men with the Eighth Infantry Division include Pfc Charles E Graham and Pvt Carl C Williams in Mannheim and Sophia. Rester at Wiesbaden Dexheim Bad Kreuznach Baumholder include specialists, sergeants, and privates with detailed home addresses and schooling histories noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intrepid
Mediterranean
Bernard G. Moore
Charlies M. Moore
East Beckley
Germany
Eighth Infantry Division
Eighth Cavalry
Mannheim
Charles E. Graham
Pvt. Williams
Alma L. Jennings
Sophia
Pfe
Rony J. Short
Herbert Short
Fannock
Wiesbaden
81St Artillery
Army
Ft. Benning
Baileysville High School
Dexheim
Ira K. Ferguson
Ira P. Ferguson
Cool Ridge
Shady Spring High School
Bad Kreuznach
Kerney D. Espey
Clarence Espey
Pineville
Pineville High School
Chicago
Baumholder
Curtis H. Estep
William B. Street
26Th Infantry
Estep
Karen
Frantz Ave
Mullens
Mullens High School
William E. Estep
N. Vance Drive
Beckley
Pvt. Street
Rhodell
Ft. Knox
Streets
Byrd-Prillerman High School
16Th Infantry
Spanishburg High School
Three Area Workmen Injured In Unrelated Accidents
Three area workmen were treated at Beckley Hospital on Tuesday for injuries from unrelated incidents. Robert Cox of Glen White sustained a foreign body in his right eye while welding for J. C. Lively Construction Co. John Spriges of Helen suffered electrical burns to his face, neck, and hands when a switch box blew at Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates mine. Walter Craddock of Mount Hope had chest and back injuries in a state fall at C. B. and H. Coal Co. mine Bradley. Gertrude Wildey of 205 Dry Hill Rd. was treated for minor injuries from a car accident at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
Robert Cox
Glen White
J. C. Lively Construction Co
John Spriges
Helen
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Walter Craddock
Mount Hope
C. B. and
H. Coal Co
Bradley
Gertrude Wildey
Dry Hill Rd
Beckleyan Earns Doctorate at LSU Winter Commencement
Donald Edward Beckleyan received a doctorate at Louisiana State University during the winter commencement in Baton Rouge. He was among 475 graduates as President Troy H. Middleton conferred degrees in LSU’s gym auditorium. Among the graduates were 34 with PhDs and nearly 100 earning masters. The ceremony was the first of three LSU commencements in 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Beckleyan
Donald Edward
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Troy H. Middleton
LSU
GOP Sets May 26 Meet To Map Campaign Plans
Campaign plans to promote Republicans in the Third Congressional District will be launched at a meeting with county chairmen state executive committee officers Young Republican League and Republican Women’s Federation leaders. Joseph G. Neal of Huntington will preside and present the district plan. State Chairman Howard V. Corcoran will attend as a special guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Executive Committee
Young Republican League of West
West Virginia Republican
Joseph G. Neal
Huntington
State
Republican Executive Committee
Howard V. ‘Corcoran
Suesty
Truck Driver Charged In Turnpike Accident
A truck driver, Jerry Allen Miller 21 of Millers Creek North Carolina, was charged with failure to have his vehicle under control after a two truck crash at Milepost 23 on the West Virginia Turnpike at 11 15 a m Tuesday. Three men were hospitalized with minor injuries. injured were Phillip Larry Rogers 21 of Boomer North Carolina Donna Chapman 15 of Millfield Ohio and Miller. Drivers were Miller and Frederick G Sages Chauncey Ohio. No damage estimate available.
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Turnpike
West Virginia Turnpike
Jerry Allen Miller
Millers Creek
N.C
Phillip Larry Rogers
Boomer
Donna Chapman
Millfield
Ohio
Miller
Raleigh General Hospital
Rotarians Hold Training Meets at Beckley Assembly
About 70 Rotarians gathered at Beckley Winn Hotel for District 755 annual assembly. Sessions covered need for a well balanced program vocational service community service international service and Rotary tools and foundations with district leaders and past governors leading. The Beckley club hosted with Emmett Puch Jr as president and Jim Vaughn as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Winn
Jim Twohig
Alderson
Daniel M. Dorsey
First Baptist Church of
Beckley
A. A. Tieche
Beckley Club
Twohig
H. A. Massingill
Frank McKenzie
Bluefield
David Fox
Huntington
Earle E. Bibb
Borge Rosing F
F. Rankin Clark
Montgomery
McKenzie
Kermit Grogan
Welch
Rotary Foundation
William G. Thompson
Gainer Bryan
James W. Stokes
Hinton
Rhinoceros once the most common land mammal
The rhinoceros at one time was the most common and widespread of all land mammals.
Doan Assumes Supervisory Post In West Virginia
The State Board of Probation and Parole assigns six new supervisors to coordinate the program with local officers. Robert Doss of Dee Chairman presides as Alexander Creasey states the six appointees were chosen for skill and experience. They will oversee supervision areas and collaborate with judges, prosecutors, police, sheriffs, and other officials. New supervisors include Norman McEwan Wheeling H Clifton Clarksburg James Ancell Phillips Carl Marshall Grantsville and Frank Mathis Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Probation and Parole
Robert Doss
Dee
Alexander Creasey
Exper
West Virginia
Norman McEwan
Wheeling, H
FE. Clifton
Clarksburg
James Ancell
Phillips
Carl Marshall
Grantsville
Frank Mathis
Logan
Award Dinner Set By Raleigh County Drivers
The Raleigh County School Bus Drivers annual awards banquet is set for 7 p.m. May 26 in El Chico. Plans were completed at a Monday meeting except for selecting a speaker to be announced soon. The group will invite Board of Education members and their wives to the dinner where Driver of the Year will be named. Attendees must buy tickets before May 15, per Wendell Thurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
el Chico
Board of Education
Wendell Thurman
Beckley Fire Department April activity report
The Beckley Fire Department answered 43 total fire and first aid calls in April. Fire damage in the city totaled 2845 dollars with 17400 dollars outside city limits. Twenty four fire calls were answered. The busiest day was April 9 with two fire calls and three first aid calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Cecil P. Connor
Red Cross Fund Drive Lagging in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Red Cross fund campaign trails last year by about 1300 dollars though 6193.77 has been received at chapter headquarters. Executive director Mrs. T. C. Moorefield urged those not yet joined to donate by mail or at the Bair Building office. The 1962 63 fiscal year goal is 17393 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Red Cross Fund
T. C. Moorefield
Moorefield
The
Red Cross
Bair
Congregation Views Proposed Church Plans for Beckley
The Beckley congregation heard preliminary drawings for a proposed new St Luke Lutheran Church. Architect firm representatives and church leaders discussed a series of planning meetings. Plans, once accepted, go to the Board of American Missions in New York City. the church would sit on Woodland Drive in Maxwell Hill, as the group currently meets in the Beckley Newspapers Corp. building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke Lutheran
Beckley
Zando Martin
Milstead
Charleston
Charles L. Delaney
Board of American Missions of the
United Lutheran Church
New York City
Woodland Drive
Maxwell Hill
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Annual Meeting Tonight Raleigh Tuberculosis Association
The Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association plans its annual meeting at 6 30 p m today in Beckley Winn Hotel. Certificates of merit will be awarded to clubs organizations and volunteers. Guest speaker is Dr Neil Goldberg of the U S Public Health Service Washington D C who has surveyed tuberculosis in 11 counties. R L Webb is the program chairman and a board of directors meeting will follow the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Beckley-Winn Hotel
Neil Goldberg
U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Goldberg
West Virginia
R. L. Webb
Board of Directors
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Pillsbury
FLOU
Valley Brook
Mullens, W. VA
Tomchins
Caine
Sunray
Kelvinator
M la TV
Beckleyan
Fred Miller
Odd
Andy Deitz
Abi
Franklin Marian
Helen Marian
Prosperity
Joe C. Shelton Jr
Joe C. Shelton
95Th Medical Company
Pfc
Frank D. Wood
Patricia
James Wood
Wertheim
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley Marines
Tthe Sixth Fleet
G. E. Reed
C. S. Griffith
George T. Reed
Prillerman Ave
Charles S. Griffith
Michel H. Griffith
N. Oakwood Ave
Louisiana
Women's Federation
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