Bobby Sparks Receives Civitan Citizenship Award
Bobby Sparks a Mabscott elementary eighth grader won the Civitan Citizenship Award at Mabscott Elementary during graduation exercises. He has attended Mabscott since fourth grade after early years at Sand Branch and White Sulphur Springs. He was a Town District Spelling Bee winner and county finals participant with an A minus average and reading hobby. Award presented Tuesday by Daniel M. Saks of Beckley Civitan Club.
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Bobby Sparks
Burl Martin
Mabscott
Civitan
Thelma Meador
Sand Branch
White” Sulghur Springs
Bobby
Evangelist Opens Series of Services at Prosperity Tabernacle
Revival services begin at 7 39 p m today and run through June 9 at the Prosperity Tabernacle led by Rev John Hadlock pastor Evangelist B W Murphy of Huntington will lead the revival He has pastored Nazarene churches in Spring Hill Irvine Ky Paris and Knoxville Tenn and studied at Marshall College and Asbury College for ministry training He brings twenty years of full time church work experience.
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Prosperity Tabernacle
John Hadlock
B. W. Murphy
Huntington
Murphy
Nazarene
Spring Hill
Irvine
Paris
Knoxville
Tenn
Marshall College
Asbury College
Wilmore
Rites Incomplete For Mrs Lilly
Funeral services for Minnie Edna Lilly 65 of 105 Klaus Street are incomplete. She died at 12 27 p m Tuesday in a local hospital. Surviving include four sons three daughters a sister twenty grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body is at Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
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Minnie Edna Lilly
Klaus St
George W. Lilly
James Morgan
Lester
Lilly
Nazarine Church
Leola Congreve
Chillicothe
Ohio
George Lilly
Bluefield
James
Pt. Pleasant
Robert
Follanshee
Harold
Arlington, Va
Maxine Williams
Lexington
Gladys Clark
David Allison
Beckley
Mildred Boggs
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Funeral Directors Meet Here Today
The West Virginia Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors holds its annual clinic in Beckley at the Memorial Building with mandatory attendance for state funeral directors every three years. Chicago mortician spotlighted in the morning. afternoon speakers include Jack Altmeyer of Wheeling and Edgar Harmer of Shinnston.
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West Virginia
Sparacino to Present Ballard Case to Jurors
Raleigh County Prosecuting Attorney A. J. Sparacino will comply with a request from Trooper James Woodley and Assistant Attorney General Joseph Hodgson to summon Woodley and other witnesses before the June 10 Raleigh County Grand Jury in the Ballard case.
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Raleigh County
A. J. Sparacino
James Woodley
George W. Ballard
Sparacino
Woodley
Joseph Hodgson
Ballard
Beckley Lions Club Installs Rentley J Webb as President
Rentley J Webb was elected the Beckley Lions Club president at a Tuesday night meeting. New officers include Ross Pripps as first vice president T L Wah Stavern second vice president A Ray Tucker third vice president Harry Comer secretary B B Corker treasurer Rev A H Wilson lion tamer R L Dalton tail twister. Board members W E Mitchell A G Kinzer Dr F M West appointed assistant tail twister. Two new Cubs Clayton Howery and Dr Worthy W McKinney were initiated. Bernard Wilkinson hosted Lions event with Bluefield Lions Club guest.
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Beckley Lions Club
Rendey L. Webb
W. E. Mitchell
A. G. Kinzer
F. M. West
Lions
Clayton Howery
Worthy W. McKinney
M. W. Arnold
L. T. Tully
Bernard Wilkinson
Bluefield Lions Club
Automobile wreck causes about $150 damage in Beckley
Police said a vehicle driven by John Estrada struck a parked car owned by Carson C. Kelly at Heber and Neville Streets around 6 pm Tuesday. The incident occurred in Beckley and involved Glen White addresses.
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Heber and Neville Sts
Beckley
John Estrada
Spruce St
Carson c. Kelly
Glen White
Potatoes and Eggs Sell At Beckley Market Auction
At the Beckley Farmers Market second auction manager C C Hutchinson reported potatoes and 29 cases of eggs sold on a steady market. Old potatoes brought 35 to 37 1-2 cents a bag, 10 pound bags. Egg prices ranged from 23 1-2 to 36 cents per dozen across grades, with most Grade A eggs at 34 to 36 cents and Grade B Extra Large at 27 cents.
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Beckley
C. C. Hutchinson
West Virginia
Beckley Council to Consider Three Recreation Recommendations
Beckley City Council will review three recommendations from the Recreation Advisory Committee next Tuesday. The panel proposes appointing Paul Feigley as engineer to map New River Park at an estimated cost of 3750 dollars, finish in three months, and possibly convert part of the park into a spring baseball diamond. It also seeks funds from the special levy for a limestone block building at City Park to store playground and recreation equipment.
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Beckley
Recreation Advisory Committee
Paul Feigley
River Park
A Watts
City Park
Racy Lewin
Babe Ruth Baseball League
Council
Memory of old robbery suspect linked to local laundromat
Two female laundry workers Edith Dedman and Cora Nickens identified a held up man as Benjamin J. Plater Jr. 29, charged with the robbery. Plater was the same man they had once known from Booker T. Washington Junior High School about 15 years ago.
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esuriUnnoa
Edith Dedman
Cora Nickens
Benjamin J. Plater Jr
Booker T. Washington Junior High Schools
Valley Drive Extension Cuts Through Historic Site
Dismantling began last week as extension 1 with St and the four Jane project will clear the Mabscott area. Valley Drive extension along S Oakwood Avenue passes through the house site from W Prince St to Route 16, Mabscott.
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Valley Drive
Oakwood Ayve
Four Jane
W. Prince St
Mabscott
Stanaford Purils Touring Beckley
Eighth grade students from Sanaford Elementary School visit Beckley for a Raleigh County tour. The 22 students accompany teacher Herman Sydenstricker and home-room mothers to the courthouse jail Purity Maid Baking Co Raleigh Coca Cola Bot tling Works and the Greenbrier Dairy.
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Sanaford
Beckley
Herman Sydenstricker
Raleigh County
County
Purity Maid Baking Co
Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works
Greenbrier
Class Meeting Today
The Eliza Hunter Home Department Class meets at 5 pm today in Mrs. M. M. Foster’s home on Hunter Street.
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Eliza Hunter
Webb D Company D changes announced by State Police
Capt. C L Walker announced assignments within Co D of the West Virginia Department of Public Safety. Dawson takes Beckley relief post. Sgt Lawrence Craft transfers from Co B Charleston to Co D replacing Sgt Webb. Webb moves to Barboursville Detachment and Pritchard goes to Spencer. Meads and Guthrie receive detachment commands. Coal production in Winding Gulf district rises to 190 818 tons, up 1 581 from last week and 19 917 from last year to 742 335 tons for the year.
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Co. D. West Virginia
Welch
Taplace Dawson
Lawrence Craft
Craft
Co, D
Co. B
Charles‘ton
Co. D
W. E. Webb
Co. B. S. Charleston
Webb
State Police
Barboursville
J. B. Jack
Said Webb
P. E. Pritchard
Spencer
Jack
Cpl
J. H. Meads
Chelyan
Charleston
Sgt
Guthrie
Gulf District
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Civitan Award
Mrs. Lilly
Rentley J. Webb
Heads Lions Club
Joseph B. Richardson
Glen Rogers
Lee Richardson
Midway
Sunset Memorial Park
Richardson
Quarry St
Caffee
Arnold Bracies
Earl Clowers
Sam Miller Jr
George Wesley
Julius Vodo
Bailey Jr
Beckley Council
Townley Davis
Hinton
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Virginia
Marguerite Blankenship
Stanaford Purils
Cirtsville
Buel
Dawson
Mercury
WCHS
Channel & Beckley Lincoln-Mercury, Inc
S. Oakwood Ave
Beckley CL
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