Retiring Beckley Mayor Minter Sees Practical Future
Mayor A K Minter after ten terms decides not to seek re election ending a 52 year career. He stays active until June, values honesty and energy, and urges traffic and sewer fixes while planning to retire to gardening and fishing. He has lived and worked in Beckley since his youth and remains devoted to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Minter
Beckley
The
Register
Minter
Saniitation
Sanitary Department
Welch
East Beckley
West Virginia
Prince and Neville
New River Park
Minter J
Shriner Hospital Network Aids Child Patients
Montgom ery clinic volunteers Colin McLuckey and Sam Thomson assess if patients can be helped in Shriner's hospitals before transfer. Seventeen Shriner's Hospitals operate including one in Honolulu. eligibility includes any crippled child under 14 regardless of race or creed. Sponsored by individual Shriners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin McLuckey
Sam Thomson
Charleston
McLuckey
Montgomery Clinic
Shriner's Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Shriners
Damage 400 In City Mishap On North Pike Street
A two car collision at 1 45 p m Sunday on North Pike Street at Quarry Street caused about 400 dollars in damage. Drivers Robert Dennis Reed 17 Mabscott and Marjorie Bryant 43 90642 South Oakwood Ave were cited by Beckley Police. Reed charged with running a stop sign and Bryant with operating a vehicle without an operator license. Both were ordered into Police Court tonight. Shirley Jean Reed Mabscott a passenger in the Reed vehicle suffered a side injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Robert Dennis Reed
Mabscott
Majorie Bryant
South
Oakwood Ave
Reed
Bryant
Shirley Jean Reed
Meeks Faces Hearing On DD Charge Saturday
Benjamin Franklin Meeks of 102 Combs St was released from Raleigh County Jail on a $50 bond after a drunken driving arrest by State Police. He is set for a Saturday hearing before Magistrate W A Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin Meeks
Combs St
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Meeks
Burke
Andrew Jackson Weaver
Tams
E. C. Murphy
Beckley
State Official Aids In County NDEA Planning
Clements D. Brown of the West Virginia Department of Education visits Beckley to aid Raleigh County NDEA title V planning. He meets with Sherman Trail and Virgil Sarrett to finalize guidance and counseling plans for the May 14 board meeting and vocational training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clements D. Brown
State Department of Education
Charleston
Beckley
Raleigh County
Board of Education
Brown
Sherman C. Trail
Virgil A. Sarrett
Edythe Clay
Mary Louise Klaus
Shady Spring High School
William B. Connoley
Fred W. Eberle
S. D. MaMillen
State Department of Vocational Education
Trail
Carter Services Set In Virginia Tuesday
Mrs. Elvina Carter 82 of Chilhowie Virginia mother of Garnie E. Carter died at home Sunday Funeral services scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at St Clair Creek Baptist Church burial in McClure Cemetery The survivor count includes her husband Bynum Monroe Carter three other sons two daughters four brothers and two sisters Body to be moved to the residence at 6 p m from Terrace Heights Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvina Carter
Chilhowie
Garnie E. Carter
Tams
St. Clair Creek Baptist Church
McClure Cemetery
Mother Of Two Beckleyans Dies
Mrs. G. E. Honts Sr., 82, died at 10 p m Sunday at her Eagle Rock Virginia home. She was mother to Beckley residents Mrs Ralph Koiner and Milton P Honts and Mount Hope resident Mrs F E Foster. Burial is planned at Eagle Rock Cemetery. Survivors include eight other children and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Honts Sr
Eagle Rock
Ralph Koiner
Milton P. Honts
Beckley
F. E. Foster
Mount Hope
Koiner
A. B. Honts
Front Royal
Kempton Fulton
Adkins
Ernest L. Honts
Newport News
Arthur Wood
Glen Brooks
G. E. Honts Jr
Clean Up Drive Receives Support From Boyd Station
Forrest Boyd of Boyd's Pure Oil Station on South Kanawha Street donates seeds and a litterbag as part of a city clean-up campaign that will continue throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Boyd
Boyd
Pure Oil
South Kanawha Street
Beckley
Mabscott Conventions Set By Rival Parties
The Citizens Party will hold its convention at 7 30 p m May 12 in the Town Hall to pick Mabscott candidates. The Independent Party schedules its convention for 7 30 p m May 13 at the Town Hall to choose its candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
RNS
Citizens Party
Mabscott City
Town Hall
Independent Party
Beckley Man Elected Sergeant-at-Arms for Glenville State
Gene Lilly of Beckley elected sergeant at arms for the Glenville State College Student Council for the coming year. Lilly, a junior, graduates of Woodrow Wilson High School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse R. Lilly of 202 Dixie Ave, is a member of Kappa Sigma Kappa and studies physical education and library science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenville State College
Gene Lilly
Beckley
Lilly
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jesse R. Lilly
Dixie Ave
Kappa Sigma Kappa
Notable Local Residents Travel to Eagle Rock
Eagle Rock Virginia hosts Mrs Mar shall Bpitzler of Troutville Mrs Gratton Powell of Crew and Mr Robert G Honts of Bluefield along with Mrs Foster Mr and Mrs Milton P Honts and daughter Lynda Sue and Ralph Koiner who departed for Eagle Rock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Rock
Marshall Bptzler
Troutville
Gratton Powell
Crew, Va
Robert G. Honts
Bluefield
Foster
Milton P. Honts
Lynda Sue
Ralph Koiner
Typhoid Clinic Added to Raleigh County Schedule
The Raleigh County Health Department adds another typhoid vaccine clinic this week. The clinic will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the Marsh Fork High School at Montroal. General immunization clinics planned for Thursday are postponed until a date to be announced, including sites at Clear Creek Artie and the Home School in Colcord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Health Department
Marsh Fork High School
Montroal
Clear Creek
Artie
Colcord
Elder John Foley Amputated Leg In Beckley Hospital
93 year old Crow resident John R Foley was reported in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after a Tuesday surgery in which a leg was amputated due to a circulatory ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Foley
Crow
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Axton
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Sweeneysburg
Winding Gulf Colliery Co
Beaver Avenue
Emmett Pugh
A. K. Minter, Jr
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley College
BRAY
May Bidg McCreery
Arey
Shriner’s
Roger Asbury
William Asbury
Affinity
Montgomery Fri
Philadelphia
Roger
North Pike Street
Larry Crosby Ritchie
Bell-Ans
Bellans
Orangeburg
N. Y
Beckley Hotel
Ndea
Carter
Virginia
Up Drive
Denzil Keener
Glenn Ave
Webb Florist
W. Va
Comfort Caravan
Montgomery Vear
Spasglass
Child's Denim
M.L
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!