Pupils Sign Safe Driving Pacts at Sophia High
Sophia High School pupils in a driver education program work with parents to sign man to man safety agreements for car use. Sgt W E Webb outlined eight points of a safe driver pledge, presenting the film The Closed Book to reinforce responsible driving.
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Sophia High School
Bill Higgins
Thomas Paul Higgins
Soak Creek
Sue Henley
Sophia High
W. E. Webb
Beckley Detachment
State Police
Sophia
Sgt. Webb
Jarrett Funeral To Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Jefferson Davis Jarrett 92 of 221 North Fayette Street Salem Virginia will be held at 2 p m Wednesday at Oakey Funeral Home Chapel Salem The Rev Wilmer Blankensaker will officiate with burial in Sherwood Burial Park Survivors include four daughters three sons six grandchildren and four great grandchildren The body will remain at Keyser Funeral Home until 8 a m Wednesday when it will be taken to Salem
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Jefferson Davis Jarrett
N. Fayette St
Oakey Funeral Home
Salem
Jarrett
Wilmer Blankensaker
Sherwood Burial Park
Henry County
John
Jane Leak Jarrett
Rosana Cahill Jarrett
Louisville Coal and Coke Co
Goodwill
Salem, Va
Lucy Solaski
Beckley
Frieda Palmer
Grace Mann
Washington, D. C
Peggy Jarrett
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Claude
Rainelle
S. H
Logan
J. H
Ormond Beach, Fla
Keyser Funeral Home
Pep and Vitality Promise with Ostrex Tonic Tablets
Advertises Ostrex Tonic Tablets for men and women aged 40 to 60 claiming to restore pep and vitality with iron and vitamins A and B. Promotes trial size and a larger Economy size, urging purchase at Cohen's Cut Rate and other druggists.
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Queel
Beckley
COHEN
Police Court Fines and Forfeitures Totals $64 in Beckley
Beckley Police Court fines and forfeitures totaled 64 dollars on Monday night. Thomas Calloway of 119 Sour Street was fined 15 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to speeding, arrested yesterday morning by city police. Two persons forfeited 16 dollars each and one 17 dollars for failing to appear on intoxication charges. Chester Richie of East Beckley faced trial for hit and run, with proceedings postponed. Richie posted bond for a hearing after an earlier auto accident on South Kanawha Street.
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Thomas Calloway
Sour St
Chester Richie
East Beckley
J. P. Meadows
Richie
S. Kanawha St
Child Learns Hard Way In Front Seat Accident
A five year old girl from Beckley, Irish Marie Bankston, suffered facial injuries when a car stopped suddenly and she was bumped against the windshield. She is the daughter of Sam Bankston, Ed Wight, currently hospitalized in Beckley Hospital. The accident occurred Sunday and she was hospitalized Monday.
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Marie Bankston
Sam Bankston
Edwight
Beckley Hospital
Livestock Market Report Baltimore Monday Head Counts
USDA cattle prices at Baltimore market show late Monday odd head commercial grade sausage bulls 18.00, stocker steers 23.50 per cwt, calves around 200. Hogs 700 head with 180-220 lb barrows 28.50-29.00, 220-240 lb 28.75, 240-270 lb 27.25-28.25, 270-300 lb 25.00-27.00, heavier weights down. Sheep 50 head reported, nothing in.
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Baltimore
USDA
Mary Eva Doyle Rites Wednesday
Last rites for Mary Eva Doyle 45 of Beckley will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church with Dr. A H Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Snow Creek Community Church cemetery after services in Snow Creek Va. Thursday. She co owned Vanity Beauty Shop and was a Little French Beauty School graduate. Survivors include her brother E H Doyle and three sisters. The body lies at Coffee Funeral Home until the Wednesday service.
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Mary Eva Doyle
Hargrove St
A. H. Wilson
First Christian Church
Snow Creek
R. J. Hunt
Sage, Va
Snow Creek Community Church
Miss Doyle
Snow Creek, Va
George S
Mary Elizabeth Lovell Doyle
Beckley
The
Vanity Beauty Shop
Little French Beauty School
Bluefield
E. H. Doyle
Covington
W. W. Adkins
Rocky Mount
Leroy Light
Roanoke
Letitia Ogg
Gate and car injure four year old in Beckley incident
A gate fell onto the 4-year-old grandson of Lacy Homer Cook, Tams, after a car backed into the gate, causing a puncture wound to the right armpit. He was treated and released from Beckley Hospital.
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Lacy Homer Cook
Tams
Beckley Hospital
Darrah Named District Manager for Appalachian Williamson
C. C. Darrah, then assistant manager of the Beckley district, is promoted to manager of the Williamson district for Appalachian Electric Power Co. The change takes effect June 1 as T. M. Watkins moves to assist the Huntington district manager. Darrah has worked at Welch Montgomery Hazard Ky and joined Beckley in 1947. The Darrah family plans to move to Williamson soon.
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C. C. Darrah
Beckley
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Williamson
Darrah
T. M. Watkins
Huntington
Waldon. Lafon
Welch
Montgomery
Hazard
West Vir
Dry Hill Prosperity Meeting Night Change Announced
Herbert Atha, chairman of the Dry Hill Country Life Program, said the Dry Hill Prosperity meeting will move from Friday to Thursday at 7 30 p m. The gathering consolidates the two communities into the Country Life Program and will be held at Prosperity Elementary School.
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Dry Hill
Herbert Atha
Dry Hill Country Life Program
Country Life Program
Prosperity
Four Area Men Enlist in Three Armed Forces
Four Beckley area men enlisted Monday in three branches of the armed forces. In the Marine Corps two Mabscott youths, Robert Clyde Walker and Estel Lee Hanson, age 18 and 19, were assigned to Parris Island, South Carolina. Army recruiter in Beckley signed Jimmy Cerepes, 17, of Ethel, for Knox, Kentucky, while Dennis O. McGinnis, 26, a surveyor, joined the Air Force and was sent to Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, New York.
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Armed Forces
Beckley
Marines Corps
Army
Air Force
Marine
Raleigh County
Robert Clyde Walker
Ada Vaughn
Estel Lee Hanson
Charles W. Hanson
Mabscott
Parris Island
S. C
Beckley Main
Jimmy Cerepes
George Cerepes
Ethel
Knox, Ky
Dennis O. McGinnis
William F. McGinnis
Sampson Air Force Base
Geneva
N. Y
Scouts Outline Activity Plans for Appal. Boy Scout Council
The Appalachian Boy Scout Council outlined next year’s activities at the annual planning conference and executive board meeting. Reports covered last year and plans for the coming year by committee chairmen Jack Nuckols, Dr Fred Richmond, John Tice, J B Deck, J W Richardson, C O Kane, Gus F Walker, and Scout executive. E E Bibb presided in President Joe L Smith Jr.’s absence. Attending officials included R L Billington and Charles Whitcomb of Cincinnati and Charles S Griffin of New York City.
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Appalachian Boy Scout Council
Jack Nuckols
Fred Richmond
John Tice
J. B. Deck
J. W. Richardson
C. O. Kane
Gus F. Walker
E. E. Bibb
Joe L. Smith Jr
R. L. Billington
Cincinnati
Charles Whitcomb
Charles S. Griffin
New York City
Two Hospitals Two Meadows In Raleigh General Beckley
Two area hospitals report patients with the same name Lacy E Meadows causing confusion. The Raleigh General patient, 60, from Shady Spring, is under observation while an admission at Beckley Hospital lists Lacy E Meadows, 31, Crab Orchard, for an automobile accident. He prefers to use the middle initial Elliott as recorded on hospital cards.
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Beckley Hospital
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh General
Lacy E. Meadows
Shady Spring
Crab Orchard
Lacy Elliott Meadows
Navy enlists two at Beckley station
One male and one female enlistments were reported last week by Beckley Naval Recruiting Station. Mary Worth White, 18, daughter of Barney White of Fayetteville, enlisted in the WAVES May 11 for four years and will train at Bainbridge Maryland. Jack Lee Greer, 23, son of Mrs.
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Beckley Naval
Mary Worth White
Barney White
Fayetteville
Bainbridge
Jack Lee Greer
Kessinger Receives Beckley Jaycees Hoblitzell Trophy
Ted Kessinger felt immense pleasure when presented the Hoblitzell Trophy at the State Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Bluefield. The Beckley Jaycees won the trophy as the most outstanding chapter in the state, and the retiring Beckley Jaycees president displayed it at the chapter’s Monday night meeting.
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Ted Kessinger
Hoblitzell
Beckey Jaycees
Truman Sayre
Gessenbier
Beckley
Robert Corey
William Wilbur
Mike Kasmarik
Albert Tieche
Public Reaction To Fluoridation Will Be Sought
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce to conduct a public opinion poll on fluoridation. Members voted to seek bids for two City Park projects: a chain fence along Eisenhower Drive and lighting for the rear ball park under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
City Park
Eisenhower Drive
Ball Park
Beckingham Boy Treated After Football Knee Injury
David W. Beckingham, 15, son of George Beckingham of Bradley, was treated at Beckley Hospital Monday for a right knee injury suffered last fall during a football game.
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David W. Beckingham
George Beckingham
Bradley
Navy Training Began For Greer At Norfolk Center
Goldie Birk Greer, formerly in the Army, signed up for four years on May 8. This marks his first assignment with the Navy as he joins the Naval Reception Center in Norfolk Virginia to begin his training.
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Goldie Birk Greer
Helen
Greer
Army
Navy
Naval Reception Center
Norfolk, Va
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