Beauty Contest Winners Selected in Beckley Dance
Caseino 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs Samuel F Caseino of 110 Vine St won the Miss Freedom event after a Beckley Elks Club Ballroom dance sponsored by Mr and Mrs Carl Cardi. Contestants were judged on face figure poise and charm then will travel to Charleston for Miss West Virginia during the Rhododendron Festival June 14 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia Anniversary Association
Raleigh County
Carol Jean George
Pete George
Vine St
Barbara Fitzpatrick
Claude Fitzpatrick
E. Prince St
Jean
Living Costs Reach Record High In April
Washington reports April living costs rose two tenths to 123.9 of the 1947-49 base, matching last year’s peak as state and local taxes help shore up the level. Transportation, medical leave, recreation and personal care items rose while food fell a tenth, continuing a nine month drop. Factory workers’ earnings also hit a record high, with take home pay averages of 80.68 for three dependents and 73.14 for a single worker. spendable earnings up about 10 percent from last year. Most of 112 million workers will see no pay change as the rise is too small for quarterly living cost adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Tombstone Case Stayed For Appeal In Juvenile Court
Four Beckley lawyers representing a 17 year old in the tombstone case win a 15 day stay of execution to file an appeal to Circuit Court. The Juvenile Court certified the case to City Police Court for a second time after an earlier dismissal by Judge Stansbury. Dorsey Drumheller and Ned Ragland Jr. are linked to the tombstone found on Woodrow Wilson High School lawn bearing remarks about a faculty member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Scherer
W. H. File Jr
K. D. Bowers
Don Hodson
File
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jim Dorsey
Fred Drumheller
Raleigh County
Grand Jury
Dorsey
Drumheller
Ned Ragland Jr
Wildwood
Ragland
Stansbury
Weather Update With Warm Humid Tonight Through Saturday
Partly cloudy and quite warm and humid tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers. Low temperatures expected 62 to 68 degrees. Beckley area shows mild overnight lows around 65 to 68 with daytime highs near 72. River and reservoir readings indicate Greenbrier at normal stage and Bluestone Reservoir at normal stage with 2.4 feet gauge and 2.1 gates open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belepoint
Greenbrier
Bluestone Reservoir
Ex-Beckleyan David Rollyson Dies in Norfolk at 53
Funeral services were held in Norfolk for David Rollyson 53 formerly of Beckley who died of a heart attack at work with Norfolk and Western Railway. Rollyson born April 19 1906 moved to Norfolk twenty years ago after time in New York City. Survivors include his mother sister a brother and several step relatives. Burial was in the Rollyson family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollyson
Norfolk and Western Railway Co
Norfolk
Graham Funeral Home
Minnie Rollyson
Maude Torreo
Bibb Ave
Jack Rollyson
O'Dell Rollyson
Beckley
John Rollyson
Illon
New York City
Earthquake Strikes Wellington Causes Damage and Blackout
A 15 second quake hit Wellington New Zealand causing damage including broken windows, falling chimneys and items toppled from shelves. A third of the city lost power as walls cracked and shoppers fled in fear. The epicenter was about miles from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
Mental Health Director Seeks More Power Over Staff
Charleston AP Mental Health Director Richard Lilly asks the Merit System Council to remove top department executives from merit rules, allowing appointment and removal at will. He cites unified administration and potential policy clashes as justification. Council chair Elizabeth Scott warns lengthy consideration, likely for June. Lilly recently sworn in as director. many top staff have already resigned since merit system changes.
Berlin summit demands Soviet hands off Berlin pledge
In Geneva West Germany urged the Big Three to secure a permanent Soviet hands off Berlin pledge before a summit. Brentano said informal confirmation of Western rights in Berlin is a precondition for talks. The ministers plan secret bargaining over Berlin while keeping some talks in open sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
West Germany
Berlin
Soviet Union
Heinrich von Brentano
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
East Germany
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
von Brentano
Palace of Nations
Former Coal Operator Theodore Weeks Dies in Florida
Theodore C Weeks a Raleigh County coal operator for about 25 years died at 130 a.m in Nesa Hospital Dunedin Florida from complications after lung cancer surgery He was born October 4 1889 in Lincoln Nebraska Survivors include wife Myrtle Harris Weeks five children and one brother Funeral services will be at Moss Funeral Home Clearwater at 4 p m Saturday with burial at Sylvan Abbey Clearwater
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Creech Weeks
Raleigh County
Nesa Hospital
Dunedin
Fla
Weeks
Lincoln
Neb
West Virginia
Williamson
Ralegh County
Eccles
Affinity
Myrtle Harris Weeks
Indian Rocks
William Harris Weeks
F J. Cronin
Clearwater
A. Hopkins
Bellaire
E. J. Connelly
Escondido
Calif
T. C. Weeks Jr
Don Airey
Sylvan Abbey
Eisenhower Urges Prudent Federal Spending At Key Ceremony
President Eisenhower warned that a weak home economy could weaken the United States abroad. He spoke at St John’s College in Annapolis during the dedication of a new auditorium named for Francis Scott Key, urging revising the farm program and cautioning against unnecessary domestic spending. Descendants of Key attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Eisenhower
United States
Histone St. John's College
Francis Scott Key
Congress
Democrats Win Housing Bill Battle in House Vote
Democrats claim a 261 to 160 victory as the House passes a Democratic backed 2.1 billion housing bill amid clashes with Republicans and President Eisenhower. The move boosts momentum for public works aid and government loans, sending the measure to a Senate conference after the chamber approved a 2.69 billion program earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate
Kennedy says Hoffa threat won’t block bill
Senator John Kennedy says James Hoffa’s threat of a nationwide strike cannot derail labor legislation. Kennedy notes Hoffa did not favor antitrust laws for unions, and asserts the 86th Congress will press ahead despite labor union pressure and alleged tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N
Tap
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Sen
John Kennedy
D/Mass
Congress
Brownsville
Tex
Kennedy
Hoffa
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Underwood Changes View on Lilly Merit System Request
Governor Underwood said he has no fixed opinion on placing top Mental Health Department personnel under the state merit system. He met reporters after Mental Health Director Richard J. Lilly asked the Merit System Council to end hiring and firing restrictions at the top level. Underwood stressed he opposes political influence in hospitals and noted discussions with Lilly about whether high level positions defined by the 1957 act should be merit system items. He urged exploring the issue through the Merit System Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Richard Lilly
Department of Mental Health
Merit System Council
Lilly
Elizabeth Scott
Merit Council
Margaret Ross
Underwood
Richard J. Lilly
State
Republican Executive Committee
Lewis County
Weston Hospital
Development Men Lunch With Governor Underwood
West Virginia utility development reps attended a Charleston luncheon with Gov. Underwood and three state officials. The event aimed to honor the workers and to discuss closer cooperation to promote new industry in the state. Attendees included Don Crislip Em ployment Security Director F Duane Hill Henry L Ash and several regional development reps from Appalachian Power Co Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Virginian Railway Monongahela Power Co Ohio Valley Industrial Corp Potomac Edison Co Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Norfolk and Western Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
Underwood
Don Crislip
Industrial and Publicity Commission
F. Duane Hill
Henry L. Ash
Jack Lloyd
Appalachian Power Co
Fielding H. Lewis
Pittsburgh
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lawrence T. Forbes Beckley
Virginian Railway
William CC. Handian
Don E. Hollen
Ment
Monongahela Power Co
Fairmont
Robert Round
Ohio Valley Industrial Corp
Wheeling
B. G. Atwood
Hagerstown
Potomac Edison Co
Forrest Jackson
Huntington
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Jack J. Adams
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Youth Rally at Raleigh County 4-H Camp Saturday
A youth rally will be held Saturday from 1 to 8 p.m. at the Raleigh County 4-H Camp on Little Beaver Lake road for churches in the Beckley District of the Methodist church. District officers will be elected, recreation is planned, and a picnic supper will be held. About 180 youths from Raleigh, Wyoming, Fayette, Boone, and Nicholas counties are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Little Beaver Lake Road
Beckley
Methodist Church District
Raleigh
Wyoming
Fayette
Boonie
Nicholas
Mitchell urges aid for hard hit areas
Labor Secretary James P. Mitchell urged Congress to create an areas assistance program to spur new industries in hard-hit zones. He urged governors to align state unemployment laws with Eisenhower's recommendations. While general economy recovers, unemployment remains localized in five states New York Pennsylvania California Michigan Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
James P. Mitchell
Congress
Eisenhower
Mitchell
New York
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Illinois
Mrs West Virginia of 1959 crowned in Huntington
Mrs Harlan P. Carter Ml the former Jeanne Sheets of Green Bank was chosen Mrs West Virginia 1959 over three regional contestants. The 16 room Elm Grove dairy farmer wife will represent West Virginia at the Mrs America finals in Fort Lauderdale June 11 to 23 with an expense paid trip for herself and husband. Second place went to Mrs Mary Bright of South Charleston. special awards went to Mrs Laura Goldsmith of Morgantown for best cake and Mrs Betty Jo Mather of Parkersburg for best appearance. Judging covered cooking table setting poise personality family life and community activities. The Carters reside at a 16 room colonial home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
West Virginia
Elm Grove
Harlan P. Carter
Jeanne Sheets
Green Bank
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Wheeling
Mary Bright
South Charleston
Laura Goldsmith
Morgantown
Betty Jo Mather
Parkersburg
Carter
Church
Sorority
West Virginia University
Carters
Milam Case Goes to Ohio Supreme Court
The Ohio Supreme Court hears an appeal after a reversal of Dallas E. Milam’s first degree murder conviction in the 1957 slaying of Cleveland Lt. Edward Lentz. The case, from Cuyahoga County, had sent Milam to life imprisonment along with two accomplices after a car stop linked to a robbery report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Cleveland
Ohio Supreme Court
Dallas E. Milam
Edward Lentz
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Milam
Beckley
W. Va
Starkweather Granted Two Week Stay Of Execution
Charles Starkweather, condemned to die in the electric chair for murder, was granted a two week stay to allow an appeal to the U S Eighth Circuit. U S Dist Judge Richard Robinson ordered the delay after finding he lacked counsel in filing the habeas corpus plea. The warden announced the news as a thunderstorm gathered at the Nebraska prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
U. S. Dist
Richard Robinson
Omaha
Starkweather
U. S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Nebraska Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
Ilthhour
Appeals Court
Robert van Pelt
Guy Starkweather
van Pelt
Mrs Pennington Dies Of Stroke In Baltimore Visit
Texie Pennington 84 of Beckley died at 9 p.m. Thursday in Baltimore while visiting daughter Mrs Jerry Maher. Cause listed as stroke after years with heart condition. Born November 27, 1875 at Barger Springs daughter of J J and Betty Meadows. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Fairview Baptist Forest Hill with Rev Harry Pilkington. burial church cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Howard Baltimore, son-in-law Ross Neal Oak Grove Addition, three sisters, 10 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Grandsons pallbearers. Body to Caffee Funeral Home Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texie Pennington
Beckley
Jerry Maher
Baltimore
Barger Springs
J. J
Betty Meadows
Methodist Church
Athens
Fairview Baptist Church
Forest Hill
Harry Pilkington
Pennington
Ross M. Neal
Oak Grove
Black Eagle
Arthur Howard
Amy Price
Kate Clay
Page
Orville Smith
Caffee
Maher
Howard
Beckley To Get Sears Roebuck Catalog Office
Sears, Roebuck and Co. will open a catalog sales house in Beckley after negotiating with the heirs of Louis Pickus of Richmond for leasing the former F W Woolworth building on Main Street. The firm has long sought a Beckley location while Mullens already hosts a similar operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Beckley
Louis Pickus
Richmond
Pickus
Main St
F. W. Woolworth Co
Mullens
Salvation Army Fund Campaign Reaches 4600 Total
The Salvation Army drive for operating funds reports 4600 raised at the first El Chico breakfast with Guy Dooley presiding. Dr Westwood Holliday praised workers and hopes the full amount is subscribed by the next breakfast May 29. Major Mary McVicker urges funding to send underprivileged children to camp at Bluefield West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
el Chico
Guy Dooley
Westwood Holliday
Dooley
Mary McVicker
Salvation Army of West Virginia
Bluefield
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Tombstone
David Rollyson
Russia
Gromyko
Herter
Couve de Murville
Lloyd
Theodore C. Weeks
Florida
Bill
Mrs. W. Va
Charles
Sears, Roebuck Catalog Office
Salvation Army Fund Campaign
Sherwood Glutz
Ginral
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