First West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage Opens at Black Water Falls
About 30 from Beckley will join the First Wildflower Pilgrimage at Blackwater Falls State Park. Dr Earl Core will speak on Wild Flowers of the Alleghenies, with a clinic and coffee hour. WVU and WV state experts guide tours, photography, and birding activities, stressing comfortable clothing and camera gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prag
West Virginia
Blackwater Falls State Park
Beckley
Earl] L. Core
the Alleghenies
Core
West
Guthrie
Isaac W. Bernheim
Louisville
Bernheim Forest
Clermont
WVU
H. D. Bennett
C. H. Baer
Carroll Clarke
Norlyn Bodkin
Department of Natural Resources
George Breiding
Lou Baxter
C. O. Handley
T. R. Samson
Raleigh County Garden Council
Robert B. Para
Cranesville Swamp Nature Conservatory
Katharine Mergen
United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Eastern Region
Upper Darby
Elizabeth Mason
Washington, D.C
Beckley Parks Set to Open May 25
Beckley will open New River Park and City Park on Eisenhower Drive on May 25 with all facilities available. Crews are cleaning up leaves and limbs while lights may allow evening use before opening. Neighborhood parks arrive in early June as crowds flock to the parks ahead of the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
New River Park
City Park
Eisenhower Drive
James Kessinger
Kessinger
Robert Harding
Harding
New Trial Date Procedures Set In Raleigh County Court
New civil procedure rules take effect in Raleigh County Circuit Court starting this term. Civil actions other than divorces are placed on the docket when the attorney of record notifies the circuit clerk in writing at least 15 days before opening day, with notice to opposing counsel. Trial dates for docket cases will be set at pre trial conferences, producing a trial calendar. Jurors are summoned two weeks after the term’s first day, with current jurors slated for duty June 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
West Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Norman Knapp
Supreme Court
Justice Courts
Knapp
Audio Fink
Winding Gulf Coals
Emmett Bradford
Appalachian Power Co
Ver Garten
Insurance
Roy Elmer, Jones Jr
Harvey Pauley
Ruth Lewis
Beckley Hospital
George Vanney
Hartford Accident
Amy Booth
Helen Maxey
W. H. Cooper
John H. Dodd Jr
David Floyd
J. W. Kessinger
William A. Wilburn
Anna Donna Francis
Russell Waala
Hershel R. Hark
A. A. Thewes
Velma Lilly Hutchison
Jessie Hill
Mitchell
Jury Duty Summons For 72 Raleigh County Jurors Issued
Raleigh County Circuit Court announces 72 jurors are to report for duty in the May term after pre trial conferences begin today. Named jurors hail from Beckley and surrounding areas, with several others summoned from Beckley and nearby communities. The list includes JOHNNY ABBOTT LESTER ABBOTT ALBERT ALLEN JR and multiple residents across Beckley Maple Fork Crab Orchard Prosperity and Piney View among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Circuit Court
John Abbott
Lester Abbott
Albert Allen Jr
Collis Amon
Phyllis Atkinson
William B. Arrington
T. E. Bazzarre
Lee Burleson
S. L. Bennett
Stanley Buress
J. J. Bowling
Clyde Clay
A. D. Cook
Jack D. Clemens
O. F
Gradie Angle
Maple Fork
Walter Anderson
Glen Daniel
Roy Applegate
Ghent
Haven Clay
Crab Orchard
Arlie Clay
Rock i Creek
Lacy Daniel
Prosperity
Charles H. Faw Jr
D. A. Gaynes
Sophia
W. R.gouldin
Marian Hopkins
White Oak
A. F. Janney
C. W. James
Omer Kesler
Calloway Heights
Ella Lilly
Flat Top
Daisy Lavis
George Lutrell
Odd
Domenico Leo
Glen White
Noel Mankin
Bob
Herbert Mankin
Ralph Manning
Tolley Town Road
Agnes Nelson
Coal City
Addie Nelson
Austin E. Neubert
Mabscott
R. J. Pack
Glen
Yeggs Hit Leed's For 1900 In Overnight Theft
Beckley police investigate a weekend theft at Leed's Discount Store 329 Prince Street. A six foot safe was pried open with crowbars and screwdrivers, yielding 1500 dollars, plus 400 dollars from an unlocked office register. Evidence at the scene and un disclosed leads are under review. The owners found the loss at 10 30 am Sunday after discovering the break in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Leed
Prince St
Yeggs
Ernie Haddad
Commodities to Be Distributed at Three County Points
Commodities will be distributed this week at three points in the county. Herbert Dancy will supervise 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Princewick Church. Rev J W Jones will oversee 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at Second Baptist on F Street. A Sprague Commodity Warehouse rep will re certify recipients. Recipients must apply with a Social Security number. Readiness at Old Crab Orchard Post Office Building on Glen White Road is 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. [Eanes and Friday per Milam agent.]
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Herbert Dancy
Princewick
J. W
Second Baptist Church
F St
Sprague
Department of Welfare
Otto
Ware‘house
Crab Orchard
Glen White Road
Eanes
Milam
Fleeing Driver Crashes Beckley Police Cruiser
Henry Bowman aged 48 was chased by state police from near Sophia on Route 16 to Beckley and charged with drunk driving and failing to stop. He collided with a Beckley cruiser on Valley Drive 10:55 p m Saturday, injuring Patrolman Burdiss slightly. damage estimated at 1200 dollars to each vehicle. Bowman bonded out Sunday morning.
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Beckley
Valley Drive
Henry Bowman
Raleigh
Fred Burdiss
Bill Teubert
Bowman
Sophia
W. Va
4Th
Burdiss
Raleigh General Hospital
Sgt. Teubert
Beckley WAAC Pioneer Recalls War Duty and 20th Anniversary
Beckley native Vivian Canaday, among WAAC early enlistees, recalls basic training at Fort Des Moines, service in Munich with the U S Third Army, and postwar life. She earned WVU business degree under the GI Bill, became a CPA, and is a partner at H Wayne Mason & Co. The WAAC marked its evolution into the WAC and later the Women’s Army Corps as it trained a nucleus of about 10,000 women in over 300 jobs.
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En’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Wyoming
Manhattan
Pallas Athene
WAAC
Beckley
Vivian Canaday
Vine St
Canaday
Ft. Des Moines
Iowa
Finance Department
Munich
Germany
U.S. Third Army
Switzerland
France
Sgt
WAC
Women’s Army Corps
West Virginia University
H. Wayne Mason and Co
Certified Public Accountants
West Virginia
Show's Success Leads to 1963 Home and Sport Exhibit Plans
The first annual Home and Sport Show in Raleigh County Armory May 10-13 drew over 10 000 visitors and 70 exhibits. More than 100 merchants expressed interest in the 1963 show per director Mike Eckler, who said booths will sell out in three months. A January exhibitors meeting will shape final plans. Sunday crowds peaked at about 4 000. Highlight acts included the Beckley Rebel Sport Parachute Club. Archery winners were J R McDaniel Beckley 177 in men, James Cook Slab Fork 170, women Dale Kittle Clarksburg 109, Mary Bainbridge Beckley 108. trophies awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Armory
Mike Eckler
Beckley Jaycees
Eckler
Beckley Rebel Sport Parachute Club
J. R. McDaniel
Beckley
James Cook
Slab Fork
Were You Born Before 1911 An Insurance Ad
An offer promotes a life insurance policy for those aged 50 to 80 with no medical exam. It claims to shield loved ones from funeral costs, requests name and birth year, and provides a Fort Worth Texas mailing address for Central Security Life Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OLD Line
Reserve Life Insurance
Central Security Life Insurance Co
Dept
West Rosedale
Fort Worth 4
Texas
Coal Town Museum Opens in Stotesbury Saturday
The nation’s first Coal Town Museum will open its doors Saturday in Stotesbury with a formal opening planned for Tuesday. The event runs until Saturday, May 19, as Cal vin Moran, president of the Stotesbury Improvement Association, notes several details remain to be completed.
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Stotesbury
Calvin Moran
The
Cranberry PTA Plans Election Tuesday
Cranberry Elementary School Parent Teacher Association will elect officers for the 1962 63 school year at its Tuesday night meeting the final session of the year Principal Herman D Sydenstricker urges all parents to attend this important gathering The FBI labeled robbery as the most significant crime of 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranberry Elementary School
Parent-Teacher Association
Herman D. Sydenstricker
U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Beckley AFL-CIO Women's Activity Unit Meets Tuesday
A meeting of the Women's Activity Division of the Beckley Area Labor Council AFL-CIO will be held at 7:30 p m Tuesday in the Labor Hall on Valley Drive. Miss Elizabeth Bowling, co chair, urges all area women to attend.
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The
Beckley Area Labor Council
Afl-Cio
Labor Hall
Valley Drive
Elizabeth Bowling
Cochairman
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A. J. Sharp
University of Tennessee
Sharp
Roland L. Guthrie
Robert L. Birch
Roy B. Clarkson
Jesse F. Clovis
Clovis
Cornell University
Birch
Westminster College
Pennsylvania State University
Biological Station
Christine Haynes
Eunice Long
Miss Canaday
Viola Moore
Veda Phillips Oliver
Taxi
Elizabeth J. Bischof
Edward J. Biffle
Maude Hubbard
Howard Brown
Robert Thompson
Maurice C. Walker
Pete Bonds
Toin the
Ley
Queen Ay
Congress
Wom
A. Fray Lilly
David T. Kennedy
Ray B. Sigmund
Amerigo Cappellari
Dale Kittle
Clarksburg
Mary Bainbridge
Kentucky
the Bourbon Institute
Ancient Age Distilling CO
Frankfort
Coal Museum
Cranberry Pta
GO Modern
Blue Star Home
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