New River Canyon Highway Group To Be Formed Soon
Supporters of a scenic highway through New River Gorge plan to form the New River Canyon Highway Association after a Sunday Explorer Post 230 tour led by Frederick W. Sawyers and J. L. Pennington. About 250 to 300 people in 75 cars toured Prince to Thurmond, viewing river overlooks and rock formations, with Beckley area labor council backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Canyon Highway Group
New River Gorge
New River Canyon Highway
Prince To Thurmond
Frederick W. Sawyers
Hinton
J. L. Pennington
Explorer Scout Post
Explorer Post
Sawyers
Prince
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
McKendree
Pennington
Prosperity First Baptist Church
Cotton Hill
Fayette County
New River Canyon Highway Association
All-Woman Slate Nominated For Rhodell Mayoral Race
At a Citizens Party convention in Rhodell, Mrs. Orlie Mc Kinney was nominated for mayor and a slate of six women to run for council and recorder was approved. Clayton Wolfe chaired. The platform pledges action for the town and calls for increased public participation in council meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell Citizens Party
Rhodell
RNS
Orlie
Rosie) McKinney
Citizens Party
Clayton Wolfe
Ervin Simmons
Rhodell Po
Lice
Cecil Sizemore
Doss Lopez
Victor Augustine
E. H. Holloway
Ted Wyce
Dell
Baptists observe National Family Week at First Baptist
National Family Week activities include a 6 30 p m family dinner at First Baptist Church A Mother s Day service with Calvary Baptist Church chair Charleston at 7 30 p m Sunday The advisory board plans a 7 30 p m Tuesday meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Charleston
Lutheran Council Meeting Schedule At St Luke Church
The St Luke Lutheran Council will meet at 8 p m Tuesday in Dean Howen home at 219 Hull Street. Rev Charles L Delaney Jr pastor says the evangelism committee also meets at the church at 7 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Howen
Hull St
St. Luke Lutheran Council
Charles L. Delaney Jr
Evangelism Committee
First Methodist Men Plan Meeting Tonight
The Methodist Men of the First Methodist Church will meet at 6 30 p m today. Other church activities this week include Beckley sub district Methodist Youth Fellowship at 7 30 p m tonight the official board at 7 30 p m Tuesday and the Altar Guild at 7 30 p m Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
Beckley
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Altar Guild
Parents To Consider Dance For Woodrow Wilson Graduates
Parents of Woodrow Wilson High School seniors meet at Raleigh County Courtroom at 7:30 this evening to plan a farewell dance. Mrs. Joseph Fazio and Mrs. B Frank Lowe of Travelers Lane will co chair if community support is shown.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Raleigh County
Joseph Fazio
Fazio
B. Frank Lowe
Travelers Lane Neighbors
Woodrow Wilson
Bicycle Inspection Stations Announced
Seven bicycle inspection stations will be open Saturday as part of Beckley Woman's Club bicycle safety program. Stations at New River Park Crescent Central Sylvia Lincoln Piney Oaks and Institute Elementary will inspect riders before June license renewals. Blood typing will be offered Thursday at First Christian Church with cooperation from city, hospitals, and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Woman’s Club
Civitans, Lions, Moose
Fraternal Order of Police
Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police
New River Park
Crescent
Central Sylvia
Lincoln
Piney Oaks
150 Volunteers Receive Awards at Beckley VA ceremony
The Beckley Veterans Administration Volunteer Service awards ceremony drew 150 certificates and featured Dc. S. Collier Jr. of Charleston as speaker. Top honors went to Mrs. J. R. Williams and Mrs. W. W. Honaker for extensive volunteer hours, with many others receiving Silver, Devotion, Outstanding Service, Merit, Appreciation, and Recognition certificates for ranges of hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Veterans Administration
Dc. S. Collier, Jr
Charleston
West Virginia
A. D. Cooke
B. H. Ellison
O. M. Jones
Roscoe Williams
Bessie Carroll
Leeta Clemens
Edwin Davidson
Beverly Harvey
Charles Honaker
E. L. Jones
W. R. Maddy
Agnes Melito
Violet Vandall
Katherine Abbott
Dean F. Brooke
Bertha Clemens
Vivian Cox
Charles C. Crawford Jr
Lena Gray
Margaret Hewlett
Doris Morgan
George Sweeney
Nina Winter
Sprague Inmate Escape Foiled by Jail Staff
James Foster 19 of Sprague and three others, four Charleston city jail inmates, failed escape Sunday. Officers arrived after a frantic jail matron call. three were recaptured, one fled but was nabbed near a building. Brown, an escaped Florida convict, linked to five armed robberies. others face forgery, burglary charges. A broomstick gun and improvised shower head concealed under a T shirt were used in the attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foster
Sprague
Charleston City
Foster
Robert L. Stowers
Charleston
Carl Clarence Nunn
Fairplain
Jackson County
George Edward Brown
Florida
White Sulphur Springs
Brown
James King
King
Shady Spring man pleads not guilty on explosives case
Wendell Meador of Shady Spring pleads not guilty before Magistrate Joe Rodriguez to reckless driving and transportation of explosives. Held for the next Grand Jury, he posts $500 bond on each charge and is released. He drove the car wrecked near The Wheel, sideswiped Eu dell Hatcher’s vehicle, and went over an embankment. dynamite found in his car. he says he was taking it to his father to blow stumps. He and passenger Jerry Allison, 23, were treated for injuries at Beckley Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Meador
Shady Spring
Joe Rodriguez
Eudell Hatcher
Becklye Memorial Hospital
Jerry Allison
Dorcas Avenue
Beckley
County Driver Jailed As Drunk
Michael Russell twenty of Glen Morgan is to appear before Magistrate W A Burke at 10 30 a m Saturday to answer a charge of driving while drunk. He was booked at the Raleigh County Jail at 2 35 a m Sunday and released after posting a $500 bond. MAXIE LETCHER Beckley jailed 8 55 p m Sunday on a drunken driving charge. Arnold R Houchins Pipestein and Julian Harvey Berry Freezeland Mountain jailed 3 20 a m Sunday by Beckley Police on tampering with an automobile and petty larceny after arrest on Walker Ave. Robert N Williams Ellison Avenue released at 11 45 a m Sunday on bond cited for drunk driving. Sullivan juvenile released from jail scheduled to appear in Juvenile Court on an arson charge. Anderson Wilson Beckley 29 cited for reckless driving and no license. arrested by city police, slated for Police Court May 15 after hitting a pole and tree on G Street causing $300 damage. Robert L McDowell Mabscott 32 cited by Beckley Police 10 40 a m on driving the wrong way on a one way street. Ordered to appear in Police Court May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Russell
Glen Morgan
W. A. Burke
Raleigh County
Burke
Maxie Letcher
Beckley
Arnold R. Houchins
Pipestein
Julian Harvey Berry
Freezeland Mountain
Walker Ave
Robert N. Williams
Ellison Avenue
Sullivan
Anderson Wilson
Wilson
G St
Robert L. McDowell
Mabscott
Passenger Hurt As Cars Collide
Mrs. Margaret Ann Flanagan of 127 1 2 Quarry Street is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a two car crash at Virginia Street and Ellison Avenue. She was a passenger in a car driven by her husband James Edward Flanagan, 31, which collided with a vehicle driven by Don Taylor, 22, of Midway. Police estimate damages at 700 dollars. Flanagan is ordered to appear in Police Court tonight for failing to yield right-of-way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Ann Flanagan
Quarry St
Beckley Hospital
Virginia Street
Ellison Avenue
James Edward Flanagan
Don Taylor
Midway
Flanagan
Education Commission Meeting Set By Methodist Temple
The Rev. Harry M. Francis assistant pastor announces the Commission of Education will meet twice on the schedule. The notice outlines plans to discuss programs for teaching and youth outreach at The Methodist Temple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Francis
Methodist Temple
Commission of Education
Doctor Answers Health Questions on Gravel and Conditions
Dr. Harold Thomas Hyman explains gravel forms from salt deposition in urine and that drinking large amounts of plain water helps prevent stones. He also advises about inhalation fumes risk, insulin shock, and back pain myths, suggesting orthopedic causes are most common and offering a patient leaflet for retirement planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Thomas Hyman
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Mother's Day Program Planned At St. Mary's
St Mary's Methodist Church will conduct a special Mother's Day program Sunday according to Rev L L Reckart pastor The church is observing National Family Week this week Mr Reckart said The Men of the Church will meet at 7 30 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Methodist Church
L. L. Reckart
Restless Boys Skip Theater Leaving Parents Anxious
In Beckley two boys ages 9 and 3 were taken to a Lyric Theater by their parents and told to wait. They wandered away around 4 p.m. and were unaccounted for until about 7:30 p.m. Police and parents searched the area. the children said they left the theater two or three times and returned to the movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Michael Griffin
Charles L. Griffin
Ringleben Street
Mark Haynes
Frank Haynes
Lyric Theater
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OLD Quaker Distilling CO
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Harry Anderson
Audrey Baker
S. H. Bridge
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N. F. Cox
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C. E. Howell
Ada Johnson
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Earl Riner
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Eula Cawley
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Alice Crossland
Lucy Crum
Ewell Curtis
E. L. Davis
Elizabeth Dew
Harold Dew
Arlene Easley
Rosemary Elliott
Millie Fains
Juanita Ford
Elizabeth Foster
Mary B. Hall
Irene Hambrick
Virginia Harvey
Margie Hatcher
Wesley Hedrick
Viola Henderson
Blanche Howen
Richard G. Jones
Athaline King
C. E. Kingery
Nancy Larrick
Fray Lilly
Jewel Loma
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Almer McClellan
Mary McVicker
Virgil Meadows
Russell Mitchell
Anna Mooney
Angela Morgan
J. G. Parsons
Clarence Payne
T. T.prince
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Mary Reid
Ellen Richards
Daisy Robinson
Frank Rogers
John Rogers
Burton Royal
Earl Snider
Fred Souder
Mary Sparks
Marie Steplowski
Loretta Sweeney
Frances Taylor
James B. Taylor
John W. Taylor
Ivan Thompson
Blanch Turner
Paul Thompson
Elsie Vogt
Ella Walker
Nona Webb
Margaret Wilkes
Gertrude Williams
Rachel Williams
T. A. Wood
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Cohen
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Dr. Hyman
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