West Virginia counties approve school levies in vote
In West Virginia many counties approved three year school levies and added new county outcomes. Kanawha Putnam Wyoming Doddridge Harrison all extended levies with Wyoming posting the strongest 98 percent. Pineville Fairmont Hinton Jane Lew named general election candidates for city offices. Pineville also approved a municipal excess levy for street and public improvements.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Kanawha
Putnam
Wyoming
Doddridge
Harrison County
Fairmont
Hinton
Jane Lew
Pineville
Wyoming County
Joseph B. Lightburn
Cleveland M Bailey
Peoples Party
Jank Carson
Citizens Party
Mary Cronin Davisson
Putnam County
Arthur V.G. Upton
Board of Directors
James H. Hanway
A. C. West
Albert F. Robinson
Charles A. Jenkins
William G. Meyer
J. Patrick Beacom
Robinson
Meyer
Harold B. Eagle
John W. Cook
Council
Walter EF. Nye
E. L. Corker
W. E
Public Relations Theme Set For Medical Meeting
The 88th annual convention of the West Virginia State Medical Assn will open Aug. 18-20 at White Sulphur Springs with a public relations theme. A preliminary Freedom of Information Clinic is planned for Aug. 17 in cooperation with the AP Freedom of Information Committee, with medical and media spokesmen. Dr. Elmer Hess of Erie, Pa. expected to attend as new American Medical Assn president in June.
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Charleston
West Virginia State Medical Assn
White Sulphur Springs
Freedom of Information
Associated Press Freedom of Information Committee
Elmer Hess
Erie
The
American Medical Assn
West Virginia
Runaway Record Low Despite Overcrowding
Charleston reports no runaways from the State Industrial School for Boys at Pruntytown since December 28, despite overcrowding with about 295 boys housed though capacity is 250. Superintendent Jesse E. Riley notified Board of Control President Joe F. Burdett, who called the record exceptional. Hospital space doubles as sleeping quarters as the facility continues to rely on tight accommodations while praising care and feeding of the youths.
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Charleston
Pruntytown
Board of Control
Joe F. Burdett
Jesse E. Riley
Burdett
Station WHIS Back on the Air
WHIS resumed broadcasting at 12 10 p m Tuesday forty four hours after a fire knocked it off air at the transmitting tower. Borrowed equipment under a canvas roof was used at the fire scene. Officials pegged damage near 100000 with the fire likely set by a smoldering cigarette in a garage area of the transmitter building.
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Bluefield
WHIS
Pat Flanagan
U. S. 52
Huntington Student Wins $4400 Scholarship
Larry Joe Campbell, 1955 Huntington East High School valedictorian, receives a Alfred P Sloan National Scholarship worth 4460 to MIT. An all A student, he earned the award through tests in scholastic aptitude, English composition, advanced mathematics and physics. Campbell declined a 4000 scholarship to Duke and a 3170 offer from Carnegie Tech.
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Huntington
Larry Joe Campbell
Huntington East High School
Alfred P. Sloan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Campbell
MIT
Duke
Carnegie Tech
Knights of Columbus Elect Huntington Man
George J. Linsenmeyer of Huntington has been elected state deputy of West Virginia Knights of Columbus for the coming year. Other officers named include Stanley Siko of Bluefield secretary, W. E. Timms of Weston treasurer, Glenn Kelly of Parkersburg lecturer, Albert Boos of Fairmont advocate, Tom McGannon of Wheeling warden, and Mike Romano of Morgantown delegate to the supreme convention. Delegates from 17 councils call to insert God in the state constitution and approve a $20,000 Wheeling College scholarship fund opening in September with a Martinsburg meeting planned next May.
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Huntington
George J. Linsenmeyer
West Virginia
Knights of Columbus
Stanly Siko
Bluefield
W. E Timms
Weston
Glenn Kelly
Parkersburg
Albert Boos
Fairmont
Tom McGannon
Wheeling
Mike Romano
Morgantown
Roman Catholic Men's Organization
Wheeling College
Martinsburg
West Virginia VFW Wins National Honors
Charleston reports the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars won a new automobile as first prize in a national membership drive. J. L. Green department adjutant says National Commander Merton B. Tice will lead the parade at the National Encampment on August 1 in Boston.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
J. L. Green
Merton B. Tice
Boston
Baltimore livestock market price report
USDA market notes from Baltimore list cattle at 17.50 to 23.00 for various grades, calves around 50, primes near 26, hogs from 15.75 to 18.50 per hundredweight depending on weight, sows down to 12, sheep not reported. Mixed lots and scattered small lots appear across weight ranges with prices dropping for heavier weights.
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Baltimore
USDA
Meadows William Gray Jr funeral at Pemberton Baptist
William Gray Meadows Jr age 24 of Pemberton died in the Veterans Hospital Richmond on May 9. Body stays at Williams Funeral Home until 1 p.m. May 11 then to father’s residence. Funeral May 12 at 2 p.m. at Pemberton Baptist Church with Rev. Jack Thomas and Rev. Lonnie Blankenship officiating. Burial Sunset Memorial Park. American Legion graveside rites. Pallbearers listed. Flower bearers from the church class.
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Meadows Meadows
William Gray, Jr
Pemberton
Veterans’ Hospital
Richmond
Virginia
Williams Funeral Home
William Gray Meadows
Pemberton Baptist Church
Jack Thomas
Lonnie Blankenship
Sunset Memorial Park
American Legion
Bill Samples
Bobby Caddle
Sony Caddle
Tommy Wiseman
Elwood McBride
Steve Thittig
Pemberton Baptists Church
Arnold Lemon
Dwight Daniel
Earl Shumate
R. J. Blankenship
Edgar Nunn
John Richardson
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Kopperston School
Caffee Funeral Home
Geneseo
Barney
McAlpin
McAlspin Community Church
T. W. Hampton
Shelly Kincaid
Nunzio Divacco
Dale Deweese
James Deweese
Huston Coughlin
Jake Hawkins
Dean Walters
Janette Meadows
Janet Coughlin
Shelvin Adams
Deloris Shamblin
Billie Keaton
Phyllis Meadows
Nancy Meadows
Sue Pruitt
Penny Jones
Obituaries from Fairdale Kopperston and McAlpin funerals
Obituaries Chronicle multiple death notices with names Owen G. Smithson John Wallace Gallaher Barney Geneseo and others. Died in May with funeral details, service times, locations Calfee Williams Quesenberry Webbs memorials and pallbearers listed. Memorial verses note a mother Katherine Allen with remembrance text.
Lost items and services listed in Beckley notices
Lost items include a 5 hp outboard motor at Jones Boat Dock New River lost between 9 and 11 Saturday night with reward contact Besoco 2630 or write Roy Hunt Princewick. Also a red billfold lost between Murphy's and Bus Terminal with reward dia 7230. A pink and pearl drop earring lost in Beckley National Bank Raleigh County Bank or streets between Beckley Newspapers and Main Street for sentimental value with reward dial 961 after 11 am Sunday or 3321 weekdays before 5 pm. Found pair glasses in brown case below falls at Bluestone Dam with names Linford Curtis Richmond Roy Lee Blankenship and Robby Dale McBride. owner may claim by paying for ad. Beckley Newspapers. Also various advertising lines for painting, decorating, and floor sanding services with multiple phone numbers.
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Flambeau
Jones’ Boat Dock
New River
Besoco
Roy Hunt
Princewick
Murphy's
Dia
Beckley National Bank
Raleigh County Bank
Beckley
Main Street
Dial
Bluestone Dam
Linford Curtis Richmond
Roy Lee Blankenship
Robby Dale McBride
Ad. Beckley Newspapers
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VFW
Smithson
Gallaher
Williams Funeral Home In Memoriam
Katherine Allen
Amos E. Quesenberry
Mar. Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home, Ince
Vance Drive
Kyle Davis
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Clintonville
Bluefield Monument Co
Sears Monument CO
Harper Rd
Fred Davis
Homeseekers Land & Building Co
Beckley Dial
Barre
Merideth
R. C. Egnor
Crab Orchard
Oak Hill
Logan
Dial Floral CO
City Avenue
Raleigh County
Dias Floral CO
Webb's
FTD
Mont
Sual Shi
Roofit Kutt
Beckley Insu
Rt Moe
Itios N
New Beckley Newspapers
Marguerite’s
Main St
Embees
Del-Mar
Neville St Educational Instructions
Ohio
Columbus
B. E. Silverman
H C. Kinzer
Wright
Goodervice
Ashworth
Firestone
Prince St
Halstead
Montgomery Ward
Lovitz Television
Tench
James Rothwell
Burgess St
Haddad's TV and Furniture CO
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
West Neville
Ashworth Firestone
Geo. Sparks
Calla Comer
Foster Hardware CO
Jack Quesenberry
Duraclean-Williams Service
Shady Spring
Withrow
Glen Morgan
Homer
W. E Moore
Sophia
Mutual of Omaha
Combs St
Venetian Blind
W. Va
Termites Mountain State Termite Control, Co
W. James
Ford Tractor
Carl George Sweeney
Cam Thompson
E. Mahone
Landers
South Oakwood Ave
Salem Wooten
Bob Daniels
Lewis Transfer CO
Reliable
Valley Drive
Heneme
Care Beckley Newspapers
Peerless
Carolina
Cyril
Cy" Lilly
Lilly
Midway
Gray Lumber Company
Walter
McCorkle Ave
South Charleston
Helen
W.V
Brull Honaker
Richard Kay
Belmont
Mass
King Tut's
Goodie
Stanley Home Products
Maier
Oceana
Great American Tea Company
Brown
President Hotel
Standard Coffee Company
C. D. Hardy
King Kole
East Rainelle
L. H. Osborne
Toner Concrete CO
Beaver
W. B. Jones
Roy A. Jones
R L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley
W.va
U.S
Pullorum
Rhodes Hatchery
Cocker
Spitz
Chihuahua
Guernsey-Jersey
R. A. Wallace
Sanger Road
Hill Top
Cemetery
Guernsey
Glen Fleming
Will Craddock
Mt. Hope
Bruno Gustinski
Lanark
J. E. Daniels
Glen Daniel
Cook's
Clifton Lilly
Rhodell
H. O. Coleman
Hereford
Saleseoatreneesi Videiniaeie
Agetennondaima
Kirby Cleaner
Regina
Electrolux
Ted Meadows
Gravely Way
H.P
Gravely Tractor Sales
M. G. Champ
MGR
Princeton
BNC Printing
W. Prince Street
Best Furniture Co
South Fayette Street
Servel
Cory
Remington
Klaus
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McCreery St
Owen
Henry Conway Hardware
H.p. Chrysler
Ainelle
H. C. Flanagan
Maplewood Planet JR. Garden Tractors
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St. Dial
Mutual of
Omaha
White Cross Pharmacy
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Cape Cod
Beckley Maytag Co
Neville St
L. G. Bowen
Roy Coe
Grandview
Chamberlin Co
America
F.H.A
F. Duke Williams
Pagoda Shopping Center
KODAK
Foster Har
Beckley Glass CO
Rainelle
Hoover
J. W. Huddle
Clyde
Sware CO
Seale
Shady Lawn
Wilson's
S. Kanawha
Jan Campbell Music Co
JAN Campbell Mtistc Co
Earwood Street
Buescher and
Elkhart
Cook' S Music Shop
Oakwood
W. E. Lively
Don W. Ford
W. E. Harvey
Beckley Icr and Feed CO
Prine St
J. F. Allen
M Young
R. Gravely
Bath
White Oak
Hard Road
Dam Road
Daniels
Fairdale
Foo Sin
Ghent
Earl Street
Hunter Street
Sour Street
Lilly Land Company Realtors
Tkley, W. Va
Princeton, W.va
Mellogloss Se
TWA
Hill-Rohrer Lumber CO
Central Ave
Trail’s
Maxwell & Keyser Plumbing
Prince St. Beckley, W. Va
Houchins
L.I
Tractor
Gravely
Kelly Brooks
Pineville, W. Va
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