Beckley Jaycees honor Wilbur at annual Recognition Night
The Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce held its annual Recognition and Appreciation night in the Beckley Hotel ballroom. Jaycee Bill Wilbur received five awards including SPOKE for service and was named outstanding SPOKE. he will represent Beckley in state competition while others earning SPOKE awards included Bill Bowman Ed Warfield and several more.
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Beckley Hotel
Bill Wilbur
Jaycee
Wilbur
Jaycees
Beckley Jaycees
Bill Bowman
Ed Warfield
John Flanagan
Jim Green
Pat Toliver
Jack Dawson
George Wilson
Tom McHugh
George Massey
Clarence Clay
Don Larrick
Ed Canterbury
The
Larrick
Albert Veneri
Sophia
Guy S Dooley Jr
Beckley
Commercial Credit Corp
William B. Connoley
Raleigh County Vocational Schools
Roy A. Cunningham
Lawrence Forbes
Virginian Railway
Bill Hurst
Bob Chambers
Alan Susman
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post - Herald
WWNR
WJLS
Woaytv
Oak Hill
Jayce
Anti Rabies Clinic Schedule Announced
Raleigh County hosts a series of 15 minute rabies vaccine clinics as required by state law. Clinics run Thursday through Monday at multiple schools post offices stores and grocers with locations including Blue Jay Elementary Shady Spring Cherry Creek Truck Stop and Glen Morgan Elementary.
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Raleigh
Blue Jay
Daniels Post Office
Shady Spring
Cherry Creek
Cool Ridge
Ghent
Glen Morgan
Meadows Store
Crow
Grandview
White Oak
Pluto
Atkins
Abraham
Old Company
Sullivan
Whitby
Jack's
Jonben
Fireco
Beaver Woman and Two Children Continue Missing Search
Beaver state police seek Betty Lou Bryant, 23, and her daughters aged three and 16 months who vanished after leaving their Beaver home on Saturday afternoon to visit the mother at Blue Jay. Mrs Benny Lilly says they did not reach the destination and authorities have no word on their whereabouts.
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Wilson W. Bryant
Betty Lou
Beaver
Blue Jay
Benny Lilly
All Horses And Riders Welcome For Parade
The Raleigh County Horsemen's Association invites all riders and horses to join the Armed Forces Day Parade on May 16. A spokesman said unaffiliated horsemen may participate and display their animals. Details will follow, including meeting instructions with the organized group.
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Raleigh County Horsemen's Association
Mrs Dwight Called to Bluefield by Father Illness
Mrs. Robert E. Dwight formerly of Sullivan Road is summoned to Bluefield due to her father Ray Grimm’s serious illness at Bluefield Sanitarium. She and husband reside in Sumnerwood Texas and work in the local school system.
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Robert E. Dwight
Sullivan Road
Bluefield
Ray Grimm
Athens
Dwight
Sumnerwood
Texas
Sandlick Man Cleared in Federal Liquor Case
Wirt Ralph McGinnis, 19, Sandlick, was acquitted of liquor law violations in Federal court in Huntington. He faced charges of possession of property to violate internal revenue laws. Logan County man Bill Steel was indicted on a charge of possessing and transporting untaxed liquor. Judge Harry E Watkins will rule on the case Thursday.
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Wirt Ralph McGinnis
Sandlick
Huntington
Logan County
Bill Steel
Harry E Watkins
Lattner Returns to College at Denver University
John Lattner former All American halfback at Notre Dame is named assistant football coach at Denver University. He will assist Coach John Boning with the Pioneer backfield after coaching St Josephs High in Kenosha Wisconsin. Lattner played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1954 before entering the Air Force and ending his career due to a knee injury.
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Denver
Colo
Johnny Lattner
Notre Dame
Denver University
Lattner
John Boning
St. Joseph's High
Kenosha
Wis
Pitts
Urgh Steelers
Air Force
Time saver at Hialeah uses pony radio system
In Miami, jockeys embrace a time saving idea as Lucas Dupps, equipped with a miniature two way radio, can alert stewards immediately after each race if any rider lodges an objection. The sign in the jockeys room highlights the new communication aid.
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Hialeah
Miami
Fla
Lucas Dupps
Dupps
Hurt Sentenced To Six Months For Guard Breaking
Emory Hurt of Stamford Road was sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail after arraignment before magistrate W A Burke on breaking guard charges. Hurt was jailed at 2 10 p m Monday. police left him in magistrate Cotton White's office where he escaped.
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Emory Hurt
Stamford Road
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Hurt
Cotton White
White
Granville Brown
East Park
William R. Vanhouse
Paintsville
Bennie Shouse
Beckley
Infant Dies At Birth In Raleigh General Hospital
Infant son of Mr and Mrs C W Crane Glen Morgan died at birth in Raleigh General Hospital. Body remains at Kevyser Pryant Funeral Home with arrangements incomplete.
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C. W. Crane
Glen Morgan
Raleigh General Hospital
Kevyser
Commodities Distribution Planned for The Shack in Skelton
Walter Blankenship announces a commodities distribution at The Shack in Skelton on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Participants should bring their own containers.
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Shack
Skelton
Walter Blankenship
Break-in Probed At Midway Amoco Service Station
State Police investigate a break-in at the Midway Amoco Service Station in Midway after entry through a coal bin. An undetermined amount of tools was taken.
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Midway Amoco
Midway
New York Speakers Set For Weekly Club Meets
Sheldon Meisenberg and William S Palmer investment counselors from New York will speak on missiles jets and automation at the Kiwanis Club Thursday noon meeting at El Chico and at the Civitan Thursday evening and the Rotary Club swog meeting, all in New York.
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Sheldon Meisenberg
William S. Palmer
New York
Kiwanis Club
el Chico
Civitan
Rotary Club
Second Can Bottleneck District Advanced in Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court forms Shady Spring Public Service District No 1 to pursue sewer system for Shady Spring Beaver and Raleigh. A split vote nearly blocked the plan as Commissioner Ward refused to second motions, prompting a delay and a 30 minute recess. Public hearing voiced health concerns and support from state officials. grant coverage 30 percent of construction. A three member board was named to move the project forward with gravity sewer plans extending to nearby properties and future pumping stages.
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Raleigh
Shady Spring
Beaver
A. J. Lilly
Shady Spring Public Service District No. 1
John C. Ward
H. G. Farmer
Lilly
Ward
Farmer
Shady Spring Public Service No
O. B. Harris
Little Beaver Creek
Big Beaver Creek
Harris
J. L. Lilly
A. G. Wilcox
Leary
C. C. Lewis
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Graduation To Highlight Spring Bible Conference
Appalachian Bible Institute hosts a Spring Bible and Missionary Conference from May 26 to 29 with 16 seniors graduating at 8 PM May 29. Noted speakers include Rev. George Mundell, Rev. J O Percy, and Dr. Kenneth S Wuest. Alumni gatherings and Moody Bible Institute alumni rally appear on May 28, with Dr. Wuest as speaker.
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Appalachian Bible Institute
Bradley
George Mundell
J. O. Percy
Kenneth S. Wuest
Mundell
Maranatha Tabernacle
Darby
Philadelphia College of the Bible
Nigeria
West Africa
Lucan Interior Mission
Percy
Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association
Wuest
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Cal C. Beukema
The
Institute Choir
Joy Belles
Sunshine Trio
Grace Notes
Appalachian Ambassadors
Glass House
Paratrooper Buddies Share Airborne Experience
PFC L. C. Sarrett Jr. from Beckley and PFC Don J. Fink of Crab Orchard, members of the 82nd Airborne, train under the buddy system. Sarrett recently returned from Rio Hito Panama where he took part in a record long flight and a 1250 foot jump during Expedition Banyan Tree. They will rejoin Fort Bragg for Operation Dark Cloud from May 23 to June 7, and compete with the 101st Airborne at Fort Campbell. Sarrett is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Linda C. Sarrett of 124 Northwestern Ave. Fink is the son of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Fink of Crab Orchard.
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Pfc
L. C. Sarrett Jr
Don J. Fink
82Nd Airborne Divi
United States
Beckley
Sarrett
Rio Hito
Panama
Flat Top PTA Names Officers For 59 60
Flat Top Parent-Teacher Association elected officers at its Friday meeting at Flat Top Elementary School. Officers named: President Mrs Walter Rogers Vice President Mrs James Rose and Secretary Treasurer Mrs Cordie Nugen. A work meeting is planned for June 6 with dinner arrangements by Mrs Kermit Lilly Mrs Buster Thompson and Mrs Rogers.
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Flat Top
RNS
Flat Top Parent-Teacher, Association
Walter Rogers
James Rose
Cordie Nugen
Harold Wood
Kermit Lilly
Buster Thompson
Rogers
Jane Foster
Board of Education
Fred Bowling
F. G. Calvert
Erskine Clark
Boone Cook
William G. Lilly
Beckley Junior Chamber Plans City Park Cleanup
Members of the Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce gathered at City Park on the 1921 By-Pass to clean up the park area today.
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Beckley
Woman Included In Enlistments In Navy Waves Nine Weeks Training
A young woman joins 16 Navy enlistments at Beckley Substation with Drea ma Lee Ratliff heading to Waves. Several men begin basic training at Great Lakes and San Diego while others head to Navy Receiving Station Washington for reassignment. Names include Lon nie James Ratliff’s sister and sons of Paskel Boggs Robinson Garnett Ratliff Nichols and others from White Sulphur Springs Frankford Clifftop Oak Hill Mullens and Stamford.
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United States Navy
Beckley
Dreama Lee Ratliff
Lonnie James Ratliff
Marlinton
Navy Recruit Training Center
Bainbridge
Great Lakes
Ill
Stanley Lee Paskel
Charles Wesley Paskel
White Sulphur Springs
Billy Lewis Boggs
Oak Hill
Charles Edwin Nichols
Nancy Jo Nichols
Links Grove
Patrick Morrell Guy
Ella Ewart Guy
Stanaford
Recruit Training Command
San Diego
Calif
Raymond Richard Bailey
Russell Raymond Bailey
Stamford
Naval
Washington, D. C
Paul Henry Randall
Bessie Lee Randall
Summerlee
Harold Blake Fields
Virginia Ann Fields
Mullens
Carl
Howard Simmons
Howard Carl Simmons
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W. P. Rochelle
Virgie Belcher
Jack Richmond
H. M. Lilly
Hinton
Lucas Rice
Cecil Lilly
Roy Lilly
Henry Lilly
Caffee Funeral Home
Chanel
Mont Carr
Ernest Barley
Blue Jay Cemetery
Vernon Pack
Pat Rochelle
Charlie Ransom
Moody Rice
Jess Burgess
Webb Florist
Crab Orchard
W. Va
Midway Station
Public Service District 1
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Gretta Davis
Fairmont
Jack Davis
Eleanor
Ronald Dillon
Dingess
James Dotson
Clayton, Mich
E. H. Fisher
Prosperity
Ralph Green
Covington
Shirley Gunnoe
Sylvester
Hayward Lough
Webster Springs
Marilyn Mackie
Grand Ledge
Mich
Byron McCreary
Baxter
Ruth Miller
Mifflintown
Sylvia Parmelee
Hickory Corners
Jean Randolph
Ripley
Martha Trimble
St. Albans
Lois Wegner
Louise Wegner
Zebulon
Lester E. Pipkin
Mrs. Pipkin
Mr. Mundell
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Telex Hearing Center
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