Massacre at Guyandotte Ends With Prisoner Marches
Confederate forces led by Colonel Clarkson and Colonel Jenkins attacked Guyandotte on November 10, 1861, trapping about 150 recruits forming the 9th Virginia Infantry. After 45 minutes of combat the Union defense collapsed. Casualties included several killed, wounded, and many prisoners driven on a brutal mountain march to Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellian V. Whaley
Ceredo
Pierpont
Virginia
Sth
West) Virginia Infantry
Guyandotte
U. S
Camp Paxton
Greenbrier
New River
John B. Floyd
Ohio River
John R.clarkson
Wise Legion
Kanawha Valley
8Th Virginia Cavalry
Albert Gallatin Jenkins
Raleigh
Wyoming
Logan
Lincoln
Cavell
Jenkins
Green Bottom
Enyone
Clarkson
Whaley
Bank of the Ohio
Henry Pate
Petersburg
Embryo Regiment
Clarkson-Jenkins
Boston
Camp Pierpont
9Th Infantry
Tobacco Warehouse
Richmond
Rouse
Chapmansville
Colonel Whaley
Logan County
Huff's Creek
Wyoming Court House
Newbern
Ross
Shady Spring Teachers Join State Education Committees
Two Shady Spring High School teachers join West Virginia state committees aiding the Department of Education under the National Defense Education Act. Frances Cooke and Kenneth C. Gross will help develop basic equipment, enrichment, and supplemental instructional material lists for grades 1 through 12 and science, with funds provided on a matching basis. First science committee meeting is in Charleston Friday, followed by the math committee the next day. John T. St. Clair requested their services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring High School
State Department of Education
West Virginia
Frances Cooke
Kenneth C. Gross
Leslie Gates Featured In Engineers Magazine
Leslie C. Gates of Ferguson-Gates Engineering and Gates and Genovese Consulting, Beckley, is pictured on Consulting Engineer magazine’s April cover and profiled for blending the voice of the engineering profession. He heads the private practice section of the National Society of Professional Engineers and notes the firm’s coal property work and WV focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie C. Gates
Ferguson-Gates Engineering Company
Gates and Genovese Consulting, Engineers
Beckley
Consulting Engineer Magazine
Gates
National Society of Professional Engineers
Ferguson=Gates company
Lauren A. Gates
Leslie Gates
Ferguson-Gates
Gates Engineering
Westn
Virginia
Gates & Genovese
Deeds On File For Real Estate Trans Actions
Deeds on file record transfers in the clerk's office listing several property trades. Julia Painter transfers Town District property to Betty and Henry L Kale Jr for about 1500. Lake and Charlie M Dobbins sell Shady Spring Listid property to Lena and O O White for about 6000. Ruth Brown transfers Town District property to Ruby Taylor for about 1000. Myrtle and Davis W Shrewsbury sell Shady Spring District property to Glenna and George L Wolfe with no stated consideration. Aimee and Zeb Duncan convey Lot 34 Shady Spring District to Bertha and James A Kirk for about 1000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Painter
Betty
Henry L Kale Jr
Lake
Charlie M. Dobbins
Lena
O. O. White
Shady Spring
Ruth Brown
Ruby Taylor
Myrtle
Davis W. Shrewsbury
Glenna
George L. Wolfe
Aimee
Zeb Duncan
Bertha
James A. Kirk
Whitlocks Named Defendants in $5,000 Ra y County Suit
The Whitlocks Grady L. and Marjorie Whitlock are named defendants in a 5000 dollar contract action filed Tuesday in the Ray County Circuit Clerk’s office. The suit is brought by James C. Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grady L
Marjorie Whitlock
Ray County
Ofce
James C.higgins
Fun-A-Rama Opens West Virginia Industrial Parley
The Governor's Industrial Development Conference in Beckley runs May 20 21 with a Fun A Rama tour of Grandview and Little Beaver Parks. About 250 attendees are expected as Beckley hosts the two day event featuring speeches by Gov Cecil Underwood E Powell Jenkins William Miller Hugh Stillman Frank Stedman Don Crislip and others. A luncheon and panel discussion How To will be held at the Beckley Hotel and Memorial Building registration starts May 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Border Rangers
Capitan Corns
Beckley
Grandview State Park
Little Beaver Park
Flat Top Lake
Hulett Smith
Memorial Building
M. F. Barksdale
Cecil H. Underwood
E. Powell Jenkins
North Carolina Business Development Corp
West Virginia
William T. Miller
Securities, Inc
Hugh Stillman
Utilities
Virginias
Frank Stedman
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Washington, D. C
Beckley Hotel
Don Crislip
West Virginia Industrial and Publicity Commission
William R. Davlin
t\Commerce
Fielding Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Robert Rownd
Tthe
Ohio Valley Industrial Corp
Www. C. Campbell
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Corp
Forrest Jackson
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Dorman Miller
Appalachian Power Co
W. C. Handlan
Monongahela Power Co
Charleston
Chambers of Commerce
Crislip
Pre Enrollment Set On Friday
Pre enrollment for children entering first grade this fall will be held at Hollywood Elementary School Friday afternoon from 1 to 3 30 p m according to principal Hume Vogt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Hume Vogt
Schools Give $144.21 Toward Cancer Fund
Raleigh County students raise funds for the Crusade for Cancer and Easter Seal Campaign. Crabs Orchard Elementary led with $8.46. other donations came from Workman's Creek Dunbar Bacontown Beckley Junior High Byrd-Prillerman High Harper Heights and many more. Additions to the Easter Seal fund totaled $42.78 with contributions from Shady Spring High Harper Heights Clear Fork High South Glen White and South Affinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Crusade For Cancer
Raleigh County Cancer Society
Cancer Fund
Crab .Orchard
Workman's Creek
Dunbar
Bacontown
Beckley
Byrd-Prillerman
Bradley
Shady Spring High
Harper Heights
Clear Fork High
South Glen White
South Affinity
Smith Named By PTA Beckley Junior High Group
Harold Smith has been elected president of the Beckley Junior High School Parent-Teacher Association for the 1959 60 school year. Supporting officers are Emmett Davis vice president Mrs Ruth Laymen secretary and Mrs Clayton Howery treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Smith
Beckley
Emmett Davis
Ruth Laymen
Clayton Howery
James Salyers Heads Sophia's Town Party
SOPHIA RNS James Salyers is nominated by the Sophia Town Party as a candidate for mayor in the June 2 town election. Fellow nominees for councilmen include J C Shuthate Jr recording Terry Gibson E C Jack Murdock Rev S S Cook Hugh Darby Donald Stone. Farley, permanent chairman of Citizens Party, says his town party role is honorary. A platform committee led by Dennis Saunders with James Salyers Houston Hall Lloyd Ibye and Murdock will plan for the June election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Shuthate Jr
Terry Gibson
E. C
Jack) Murdock
Rev. S. S. Cook
Hugh Darby
Donald Stone
Leighton C. Farley
Farley
Mental health law talk at Beckley meeting
West Virginia mental health legislation from the 1959 session was explained at a Beckley Elks Club meeting of the Raleigh County Mental Health Association. House of Delegates member Paul Vennari spoke. a bell ringers drive reported $2,200 of $3,200 goal. Patrick Tolliver led the campaign and said more gifts are expected. Plans were outlined to support the school for the mentally retarded and to buy strollers for St Marys Training School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Aalleigh County Mental Health Association
Paul Vennari
Beckley
House of Delegates
Beckley Elks Club
Bell Ringers
Patrick Tolliver
Bell
Tolliver
Roy Cunningham
Board of Education
St. Mary's Training School
Stuart A. Gose
The
Mental Health Association
University To Offer Beckley Summer Classes
West Virginia University will again offer extension classes this summer in Beckley at Beckley Junior High School. Courses include English 272 folk literature and English 273 folktale forms taught by Dr Patrick A Gainer. Sociology 210 Marriage and the Family and Sociology 211 Sociology of Children taught by Dr James W Wright. Registration for all classes starts at 9 a.m June 2 at BJHS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Beckley
JE. B. McCue
Beckley Junior High School
Patrick A. Gainer
James W. Wright
BJHS
Jehovah's Witnesses Dedicate New Kingdom Hall
Jennings Lilly delivered an address during the dedication ceremonies Sunday for the new Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Lilly's talk was titled Appreciating The GOOD News. About 205 persons attended the dedication over Saturday and Sunday with Rev. J C Hutchens presiding. The hall is on Hartley Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings Lilly
Charleston
New Kingdom Hall
the Jehovah's Witnesses
Lilly
J.C. Hutchens
Hartley Avenue
New Chapters On Civil War Secret Missions
Philip Van Doren Stern compiles 24 first person accounts from Civil War espionage. The book weaves humorous and daring missions into a concise narrative, linking each mission to surrounding political and military events. The collection aims at general readers with vivid, era-specific sketches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip van Doren Stern
Rand McNally
Secret Service
William B. Cushing
Albenmarle
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
Allen Pinkerton
New York City
Vermont
Stern
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Ohio
Huntington
Marshall College
Barbrousville
Chapmans
Sedinger
Paxton
Pandy
Ee Ee Sedinger
al Long
Joe Collier
Henry Clay Pate
Peytona
Boone County
William D. Pate
Calhoun
Pate
Kansas
Missouri
John Brown
Black Jack
Brown
J.C. Wheeler
Rosecrans
James H. Rouse
John T. St. Clair
Division of Instruction
Engineers Magazine
Kentucky
Ancient Age Dist Co
Frankfort
Pta
James Salyers
Sophia
Jehovah's Witnesses
Oregon
Cee Te Cree Nee
Renee Ee
Warris
Roamans
J.M. Harris &Co., Inc
Roanoke, Virginia
Charter Oak
Bourbon
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
Harvest Lane
Stainless Steel
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