Beckleyan Works On International Revue Score
Beckley native Don Boyd has been commissioned to compose the score for the International Spectacular of 1936 touring the United States and Canada. He may not see the completed show as tours begin around June, while he stays busy with teaching, radio and TV work in Beckley and his Don Boyd Studio of Music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel Verost
Beckley
Indianapolis
Ind
Boyd
New York
Russell Market
Radio City Musical Hall
Bert E. Dutcher
St. Petersburg
Fla
Woodrow Wilson High School
Don Boyd
Glass House
Jan Campbell
Seminar in New Jersey for Beckley underwriter
Jack Faull of Beckley an underwriter for Home Life Insurance Company of New York will travel to Princeton New Jersey for a three day sales seminar. He earned the trip for 1957 sales and will join a panel on group insurance. Previously he attended a Chicago seminar. An all expense trip to Florida is awarded for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Faull
Beckley
Home Life Insurance Company of
New York
Princeton
N. J
Faull
Princeton Inn
Fault
Chicago
Florida
Miami Beach
General Instrument Corporation
General Instrument
Beckley Manufacturing Corporation
Skelton
Lawrence R. Hill
Hill
Westinghouse Electric Corp
West
Two Lawsuits Filed At Raleigh County Circuit Clerk
Two suits were filed Monday afternoon with the Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office. H. D. Evans sued Paul Belle Hogan for 10 dollars over a wreck near Maynor on February 10. Paul Lilly filed against J. R. Redden seeking to recover seven and a half dollars worth of tools and equipment.
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Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's
H. D. Evans
Paul Belle Hogan
Maynor
Paul Lilly
J. R. Redden
Lilly
Redden
Stanaford PTA Names Officers for 1958 59 Term
The Stanaford Elementary PTA elected officers for 1958 59 on Monday night with M L Goodman as president Jick Walker first vice president Verlin A Walker second vice president secretary Herman D Sydenstricker treasurer Mrs Jack Walker and co chairs of public relations Mrs Jean Piziak and Mrs R Cook They approved playground equipment and its installation for the next term Pearl Burkett a teacher received a retirement gift after 29 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanaford Elementary School Parent-Teacher Association
M. L. Goodman
Jick Walker
Verlin A Walker
Herman D. Sydenstricker
Jack Walker
Jean Piziak
R. Cook
PTA
Pearl Burkett
Methodist Conference Slated June Fourth To Eighth
The 113th West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church meets June 4–8 at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon with Dr. Arthur W. Hewitt and Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke among speakers. Ministers and lay delegates from 46 charges and about 120 churches attend along with hundreds of guests.
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Beckley Ois
Arthur W. Hewitt
Riverton
West Virginia
Methodist Church
West Virginia Wesleyan
He College
Buckhannon
Claude Collins
Wicke
Bishop Wicke
Hewitt
Central Methodist Church
Boston
First Methodist Church
First Church
Woman's Society of Christian
Agram
Josephine Kriz
India
Garrett Alumn
Drew
Board of Education
Central’ Church
Central Church
Duke University
Wesley
Francis Gerald Ensley
Iowa
T. Sterling Evans
Charleston
Atkinson Chapel
Dr. Hewitt
Evangelical United Brethren
Stanley Martin
Annie Merner Pfeiffer
Loyd C. Wicke
Sign Causes Second Alarm at G C Murphy Bread Sign
Beckley fire crews were again called to extinguish a smoldering blaze caused by defective wiring on the Sunbeam bread sign atop the G C Murphy Co building on North Herbert. Fire Chief Bernard Martin reported a 10:30 p.m. call Tuesday with no damages. The sign first burned last Friday night, prompting a prior extinguishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Sunbeam Bread
G. C. Murphy Co
N. Herbert
Bernard Martin
Roland Funeral Slated Friday
Charlie P Roland 62 of East Gulf died Monday after a short illness. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a m at Rhodell Church of God with Rev Virgil Cook and Rev Lewis Beard officiating. Burial follows at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield Va. The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home Beckley and will be taken to his home Thursday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie P. Roland
Rhodell Church of God
Dudley Memorial Funeral Home
Bluefield
Virgil Cook
Lewis Beard
Maple Hill
Roland
East Gulf
Keyser-Bryant
Beckley
Tucker New President of Beckley Lions Club
A.B. Sam Tucker was elected to succeed Rontley Webb as president of the Beckley Lions Club at a Tuesday night meeting in El Chico. Elected for 1958-59 were T. L. Wah Stavern first vice president Lawrence T. Forbes second vice president Basil Anderson third vice president William Sigmund secretary Harvey F. Pauley treasurer Cecil D. Cooke lion tamer Robert Fleming tail twister and directors H. D. Butterworth and Dr. Clark Kessel. The report also notes historical forts along the Ohio River in West Virginia during the American Revolution.
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A.B
Sam" Tucker
Rontley
Webb
Beckley Lions Club
el Chico
T. L. Wah Stavern
Lawrence T. Forbes
Basil Anderson
William Sigmund
Harvey F. Pauley
Cecil D. Cooke
Robert Fleming
Club
H. D. Butterworth
Clark Kessel
Graduation set for 27 from three county high schools
Twenty seven students from Sophia, Woodrow Wilson and Stoco high schools will graduate from the Raleigh County Vocational School at 7 30 pm Friday. The ceremony features Rev J B Dryfield delivering the invocation and benediction, S D McMillen giving the address, with diplomas presented by Carl G Jarrell and Virgil A Sarrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational School
J. B. Dryfield
First Methodist Church
S. D. McMillen
West Virginia
William B. Connoley
Carl G. Jarrell
County Board of Education
Virgil A. Sarrett
Dryfield
Selden W. Adking
Donald A. Lowe
Eugene Edmvin Chappo
James Harold Cole
Kenneth Zemerick
Sophia
Woodrow Wilson
Stoco High School
James Frederick Adkina
Kenneth Ivan Akers
William Lee Ball
Marvin George Bostick
Hubert French Canterbury
Eugene Edwin Chappe
Aden Duncan Cline
Harold Dean Elkins
Arless Kent Farley
Frank Delano Fekete
Leon Hoskins
Henry Lee Houseknecht
Orville Eugene Lilly
Jerry Gordon Meadows
James Lee
Rites Friday For Bennett Infant
Funeral services for six week old Joe Leonard Bennett son of Mr and Mrs Wade Bennett Beaver will be held at 2 p m Friday in Arthurs Chapel Abraham with Rev Leonard Atkins officiating Burial will follow in Salem Cemetery Abraham The infant died Tuesday at his Beaver home Surviving are parents three brothers Donald Charles Dane five sisters Laredo Virginia Louella Norma Geneva maternal grandparents Roxie and Bennett Pluto paternal grandmother Nannie Bennett Pluto The body will be moved to the residence Thursday morning from Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
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Joe Leonard Bennett
Wade Bennett
Beaver
Arthur's Chapel
Abraham
Leonard Atkins
Salem
Victoria Bennett
Donald
Charles
Dane
Laredo
Virginia
Louella
Norma
Geneva
Roxie Bennett
Pluto
Nannie Bennett
Rose and Quesenberry
Seven Arrested for Violations in District Four Nature Areas
Seven persons were arrested by conservation officers in District Four for violating West Virginia conservation laws. Ail McCoy of Paynesville was fined $20 and costs for cutting timber in Panther State Forest, plus timber damage valued at $42. Other offenders include Robert Lambert of Cleveland Virginia Jack Dove of Preston and J M Campbell Mullens fined by Magistrate J E Holt. Theodore E H Richardson Eccles fined $10 and costs for fishing without a license. Ralph Franklin and Billy D Lambert of Avondale fined $10 and costs each for fishing without a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Ail McCoy
Paynesville
B. O H. Silcox
Panther State Forest
J. E. Holt
Robert Lambert
Cleveland
Jack Dove
Princeton
J. M. Campbell
Mullens
Lambert
Campbell
Tosts
Doveway
Holt
Theodore EH. Richardson
Eccles
Ralph Franklin
Billy D. Lambert
Avondale
E. M. Gregory
Parents Must Guide Children Ex-Convict Says
Ex convict argues parental guidance shapes youth. He urges consistent discipline, early jail time for first offenses, and family backing to curb misbehavior. He recalls multiple men who believe longer initial jail stays might have redirected their lives.
Sprague Youth Subject Of Hunt
A four year old Sprague boy, Willard Edward Lilly, has been missing since Friday after leaving home for school. State Police describe him as an habitual runaway, last seen in Sprague wearing a striped shirt and dungarees with blond hair and blue eyes. He stands about five feet tall and weighs 95 pounds and walks with a limp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Laer
Sprague
Willard Edward Lilly
Emily Lilly
Charleston
Oak Hill
Hinton
Seventh Day Baptists establish Salem church in 1792
The Seventh Day Baptists have grown steadily in West Virginia, establishing a church at Salem in 1792.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seventh Day Baptists
West Virginia
Salem
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Harry James
Les Brown
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Buddy Moreno
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Bette Sherry
Klansing
Mich
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Donny
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Federal Housing Administration
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West Virgina
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Underwood
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U. S
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Internal Revenue Service
Punter
Ot Geo Gp Lanves
Ballard
Amoco
George W. Ballard
Pinecrest, Sanitarium
Cincinnati
Studebaker Packard Dealer Advertising Association
Russ Parsons
The
Beckley Motor Co
Parsons
Kentucky
Rhodell
RNS
Rhodell Gospel Tabernacle
T. W. Hampton
Crab Orchard
R. C. Bowers
Soak Creek
Circuit
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Lloyd C. Wicke
Pittsburgh Area
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Tucker
Ohio River
West Viralginia
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Mon
Tongahela
Greenbrier
Great Kanawha
A, Ray 'Sam
Bennett
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Hunt
Willard E. Lilly
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