Piedmont Eyes Night Flights From Beckley Airport
Piedmont Airlines hopes to inaugurate night service to and from Beckley to improve round trip connections. A party of six Piedmont officials and pilots tested night operations at Beckley with a DC-3 Pacemaker plane under the supervision of F A A officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Airlines
Beckley
C. G. Brown Jr
Winston Salem
N. C
County Field
Piedmont
R. C. Murray
Federal Aviation Agency
K. Saunders
H. K. Saunders
Saunders, Brown and Murray
Piedmont Party
F. C. Nicholson
F. L. Stickeny
E. D. Clement
H. A. Schulze
Hulett C. Smith
State Aeronautics Commission
Fire and game violations yield fines in District 4
Conservation officers in District 4 of the West Virginia Conservation Commission fined twenty four people this week for illegal burning, fishing without licenses, and related offenses. Notable penalties include Raymond Harvey $25, Percy Holloman $26.85, Walter Porterfield $100, and several others with smaller suppression costs or fines for parking and unlawful fishing in closed streams. Juvenile cases for fishing in a closed stream were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Conservation Commission
Raymond Harvey
Hinton
Percy Holloman
Talcott
Harless Grimmett
Forest Hill
Jes Cox
Elton
Willie Blankenship
Rupert
Joe Patterson
Deepwater
Morris Miller
Boomert
C. Garvin Jr
Fayetteville
Bobby L. Smith
Robinon
Sweden Minds State Church Rules Stir Debate
Stockholm under Swedish law automatically places every person in the state Church of Sweden. A personal request is required to withdraw amid talks of abolishing the system. Sisters survey finds 72 percent would join voluntarily if removal weren’t compulsory. New York report cites Dutch psychiatrist Dr. A A A erruwe linking neurotic disorders to faulty religious education in childhood and criticizing fear driven religious training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
New York
A. A. A.erruwe
Catholic Digest offers free highway signs to churches
The Catholic Digest will provide any Roman Catholic church in the United States with an 8 by 4 foot highway sign to guide motorists to the church. Publisher Rev. Paul Bussard says 700 signs have already been distributed at no cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Catholic Digest
Paul Bussard
Armed Forces Day Parade Plans Told
Entries for the Armed Forces Day parade on May 16 will assemble at Woodrow Wilson High School at 1 30 p m. Guy Dooley chairs routing and Mrs Dixie Lee Bryson handles entries with a Tuesday deadline. Walter Duncan leads the band committee. Various local organizations and teams are listed among participants including West Virginia University basketball team and the Raleigh County 4 H clubs with color guards and motorcycle and bicycle contingents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson High School
Guy Dooley
Dixie Lee Bryson
Clifford
Walter Duncan
Beckley Lincoln Mercury
Golden Age Club
Lewis Chevrolet Company
Boys Buick
Ind
Beckley Ministerial Associaton
Pepsi Cola
Pets
Greenbrier Dairy
West Virginia National Guard
Color Guards
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Charles House
Glass House
Moose Club
Arlen K. Cole Rites Saturday
Final rites for Arlen Kelso Cole 36 of Daniels will be held at the Full Gospel Church in Shady Spring at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Gilbert Cash officiating. Burial follows in Blue Jay Cemetery. Cole died in a local hospital at 11:35 p.m. Wednesday from injuries after his car overturned near Daniels early Tuesday. The body will be taken to his residence from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home at 2 p.m. today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen Kelso Cole
Daniels
Full Gospel
Shady Spring
Gilbert Cash
Blue Jay
Cole
Rose and Quesenberry
Five Thousand Bluegills Stocked in Local Ponds
Local pond owners who built ponds on their property during 1958 received 5,000 bluegills from the U S Fish and Wildlife Service to stock the ponds. Orders were placed in December 1958 at no cost to the pond owners. Fish are fingerlings expected to reach about 10 inches by spring. Bass will be shipped in June. Ponds must be at least a quarter acre with six-foot average depth. Fertilizer 8-8-4 or 10-10-10 was applied to promote plant growth and prevent algae. Recipients include D E Wipperman Sweeneysburg John Tonoff Bolt Albert Tieche Dry Hill Herbert E Snuffer Dry Hill Lewis Meadows Shady Spring G W McKinney John S McKay Clarence Gray Sand Branch Kenneth Larabee Bradley Ted Harmon Egeria R P Daniel Jr Snuffer's Branch and J E Daniel Saxon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fur
Fish and Wildlife Service
D. E. Wipperman
Sweeneysburg
John Tonoff
Bolt
Albert Tieche
Dry Hill
Herbert E. Snuffer
Lewis Meadows
Shady Spring
G. W. McKinney
John S. McKay
Ghent
Clarence Gray
Sand Branch
Kenneth Larabee
Bradley
Ted ‘Harmon
Egeria
R. P. Daniel Jr
Snuffer
J. E. Daniel
Saxon
393 Rehabilitated In 7 County Area
Figures from the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation for the nine month period ending April 30 show 393 cases rehabilitated in a seven county area including Raleigh Fayette Wyoming Mercer Summers McDowell and Monroe. Active caseload 2031 with 233 in physical restoration and 146 in training in schools colleges or on the job. 182 ready for employment and 48 employed but under supervision. During the period 910 accepted for service but not yet inaugurated into the program. The division accepted 6462 cases of the 1392 new cases referred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Mercer
Summers
McDowell
Monroe
Two WJLS Employees Resign From Station
Kent Hackleman station manager and Bob Roderick sports director of WJLS submitted resignations effective May 15. Hackleman will return to Champaign Urbana WILL after graduating from the University of Illinois and spend time in Bryan Texas with his wife's parents. Roderick's future plans are not yet definite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent Hackleman
WJLS
Bob Roderick
Hackleman
Champaign - Urbana
University of Illinois
Bryan
Tex
Police Judge Dismisses Case Involving George Grimes Jr
Beckley man George Grimes Jr was found not guilty in City Police Court on a destruction of property charge after officials linked the damage to a vehicle he drove out of the city limits. The defense argued lack of authority for an out of town arrest, and the judge granted the motion to dismiss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grimes Jr
Beckley
Ross Cottle
Walter Gilmore
South
Oakwood Avenue
Cottle
Gilmore
Mabscott
Mabscott Hill
Grimes
J. N. White
Joe Luchini
Luini
Thority
M.E. Tyree
Luchini
Edward P. Stansbury
Don Jerry Fink
Crab Orchard
Ronald G. Hensely
William van Hoose
Pikeville
Bennie Shouse
Revival In Progress At St John’s Baptist Church
Revival under way at St John’s Baptist Church Raleigh with Rev A J Holley of Johnson City Tennessee assisting pastor Rev H E Davis. The event highlights ongoing community religious activity in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Baptist Church
Raleigh
A. J. Holley
Johnson City
Tenn
H. E. Davis
Baptists Rapid Sign Up For Soul Winning Cards
Dallas AP reports more than two million Southern Baptists signed Soul Winning cards in 1959 promising to reach non Christians for the church. Leonard Semlerson denominational evangelism director notes the nationwide effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas, Tex
Leonard Semlerson
Forest fires reported across Raleigh County and others
Two Raleigh County forests fires were among five reported Thursday in Conservation Commission District 4, which includes eight counties. One Raleigh fire occurred at Farley Creek and another at Arnold Branch, with additional blazes near Long Pole Creek in McDowell County and Hamilton Ridge in Greenbrier County, plus a sighting near Sturgeons Branch close to railroad tracks in Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
The
Conservation Commission
Raleigh
Farley Creek
Arnold Branch
McDowell County
Long Pole Creek
Greenbrier
Hamilton Ridge
Fayette County
Sturgeons Branch
Built-In Speed and Fury in a Jersey City Tale
A mixed review notes Mannix style satire in a Jersey City tenement with Star Boyle and family, including a dramatic husband, wife Ceil, and a cast of relatives. The piece contrasts tumultuous private life with a present shocker involving a ward politician, plus a late shift to philanthropy amid rising 1958 giving totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Mannix
Boyle
Hasj
iCeil
Studs Lonigan
Jersey City
Francie Ceil
Margaret
Clare
Vincent
Vigor
Leo
Star
Herb
Stotesbury Bride Breaks Church Wedding Record
In Concord Motho Church near Grove City Ohio a 109 year old wedding record was broken as Phyllis Minton and a partner exchanged vows. The small congregation of 25 and pastor with other churches complicated archival records and scheduling. The event drew attention as records were not found in Stotesbury offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove City
Ohio
Concord Mothod
Phyllis Minton
Gene Hall Chosen President Of Curtain Callers
Gene Hall, general manager of May Office Service, Inc., elected president of Beckley’s Curtain Callers amateur theater group at a Temple Street workshop meeting. Board members named Archie Ellenbogen, Max Baer, Dr. Worthy W. McKinney, James Wheeler, Mrs. A. J. O'Brien, Mrs. Forrest Daniels, John Kushner, Charlotte Daniel, with Danny Saks and Bob Daniel remaining as board members. The play The Tender Trap was tabled for a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Hall
Curtain Callers
Beckley
May Office Service, Inc
Temple Street
Archie Ellenbogen
Max Baer
Worthy W. McKinney
James Wheeler
A. J. O'Brien
Forrest Daniels
John Kushner
Charlotte Daniel
Danny Saks
Bob Daniel
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Dayne Aldridge
Nelva Wilcox
Dayne
Nelva
Glenna Hatcher
Pated
Frank Barksndale
Chamber of Commerce
Harry E. Anderson
Chamber
Herbert Alley
Robert L. Davis
John Ward
A. J. Lilly
Eree Eevee Parking
Piggly Wiggly
SUN
Beckley Hotel
Nanan
S Usly Tolgate
Blues’one
Bill Maynard
Bluefield
Robert Snider
H. H. Blankenship
Princeton
Louis Puskus
Crow
William N. Forlines
Jack F. Jackson
Pineville
Ernest Bolton
Estil Davis
Sherman R. Gearhart
Paul Tilley
J. P. Duffy
Bobby R. Lilly
Beaver
Bluefield State Park
Walter Beitz Jr
Survey
Armed Forces
Arlen K. Cole
Bernard Vennison
Department of the Interior
Harry Headley
Soil Conservation Service
Main Street
W. G. Rogers
American Assn
Stotesbury Food Plan
ACE Auto Stores
3Rd Ave
Oak Hill
Pershing
U.s.army Infantry
Hanna Satin
Sheen
Hanna
Hannas
Wes
Heber St
Main
Clake Place
Italy
Neville St
1St Baptist Church
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