Free Shoes Cost Woman Jail Term in Beckley
Mae Cosby of Beckley was found guilty of stealing a pair of shoes from Pri-Way Shoe Mart on Valley Drive and was fined five dollars plus costs and ordered jailed in lieu of the fine. Several traffic and public notices follow, including a two car collision on U S 21 near Daniels with injuries and hospital admits, plus local police actions for license, equipment, and trespassing violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Cosby
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
Pri-Way
Marton Valley Drive
Rodriguez
Faye M. Brown
Rich Creek
Frederick C. Dorcas
Hill Top
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
U. S. 21
Daniels
Robert Roosevelt Brown
Dorcas
Brown
Elizabeth Swann
Laurel Terrace
Joseph Franklin Swann
Robert W. Richardson
Elbert Perry
Winona Lake
Indiana
Raleigh County
Lake Pennington
Basil Summers
Eccles
John Tassimno
W. A. Burke
Sam A. Harbin
Morris Ave
Clifford Law
Son
Hamlin
Gary P. Sweeny
Allen Junction
Burke
Department of Natural Resources
Raymond V. Eye
Gilbert Goode
Pineville
YMCA Camp Personnel Named By Wait Jacoby
Walter I Jacoby announces six of seven volunteers for YMCA ABC camp Glen Daniel part of Appalachian Project. June 27 start with Bettie Pace Susan Thurow Dorothy Mallam Julia Nadeau Sylvia Brown and Roy Remak paying $95 to participate. They will lead leadership programs tutor in fields and organize activities among low income families and motivate dropouts to return to school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
YMCA
ABC
Glen Daniel
Walter I. Jacoby
Ohio- West Virginia
Bettie Groome Pace
Clearwater
Fla
Susan Thurow
Mount Prospect
Ill
Dorothy Louise Mallam
Canton
N. Y
Julia Patrice Nadeau
West Lafayette
Ind
Sylvia Grace Brown
Brookfield
Mass
Roy Andrew Remak
Bloomington
Pace
University of Florida
Sherman H. Pace
Raymond Thurow
Thurow
Illinois State University
ISU
Miss Mallam
Allegheny College
Meadville
William Douglas Mallam
Tours
France
Perdue University
Miss Nadeau
Vassar
Miss Brown
Annette D. Brown
Stephen's Lake opening date clarified by authority
A Charleston resident asked when fishing begins at Stephen's Lake. M. A. Ping Johnson, president of Stephen's Lake Authority, said the lake opens Saturday with fishing delayed until Monday. The family camping area opens Saturday, but trailer camping sites won’t be ready until late June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Stephen’s Lake
M. A. “Ping” Johnson
Stephen's Lake
Beckley Area Attractions Highlighted by Mobil Travel Guide
Mobil Travel Guide spotlights Beckley area sights including Grandview and Babcock State Parks, Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, and Coal Town Museum at Stotesbury. Honey In The Rock Motel earns three stars, unique in the region, as Beckley population 18,642 is noted and history of coal, Civil War battles, and WWI smokeless coal noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Mobil Travel Guide
Grandview
Babcock
Beckley Exhibition
Coal Town Museum
Stotesbury
Tel
Medal of Honor recipient honored for 25 years service
Raleigh County reports 133 upper respiratory infections and 44 influenza like illnesses for the week ending May 14. Other diseases tracked include measles and mumps in Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Stanley Bender, VA contact representative in Oak Hill, received a certificate and a 25 year service pin from Dr. Blanton Russell. Bender, a Fay ette County native, served five and a half years in the Army and since 1946 with the VA, earning the Medal of Honor in August 1944 for the Southern France invasion. The West Virginia Turnpike tunnel bridge bears his name. He and his wife Marie reside in Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Wyoming
N. H. Dyer
Stanley Bender
Veterans Administration
Blanton E. Russell
Bender
Fayette County
Chilicothe
Ohio
Martinsburg
Clarksburg
Army
France
West Virginia Turnpike
United States
Marie
Oak Hill
Gray And Amon Named In Suit In Toledo District Court
A local lumber company owner and an engineer were named defendants in a copyright suit by Sholtz Homes Inc in U S District Court this week. Thomas Lee Gray and Collis Amon are charged with infringing a copyrighted pre fab home model from 1964. Sholtz Homes claims more than 100000 dollars was spent promoting the model and seeks injunction damages and profits from alleged infringement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
U. S
Thomas Lee Gray
Collis Amon
Sholtz Homes, Inc
Amon
Gray
Seven Shady Spring High graduates missing for 1965 reunion
Seven of the 122 Shady Spring High School 1965 graduates remain unfound ahead of a July 3 reunion. The list includes James Crews Bruce Green Bea ver Emogene Bailey Daniels Charles Plumley Bob Vass Susie Moye and Carol Rhodes, all of Shady Spring. Call Jack Harrah at 253-8155 or Donna Walker at 253-2519 with any current addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Spring High School
James Crews
Cool Ridge
Bruce Green
Beaver
Emogene Bailey
Daniels
Charles Plumley
Bob Vass
Susie Moye
Carol Rhodes
Shady Spring
jJack Harrah
Donna Walker
Raleigh County approves $380000 summer school plan and related ESEA projects
Raleigh County Board of Education approved three ESEA Title I summer programs totaling 1.03 million dollars including a 946,342 remediation and health project and a 373,730 program for remediation of educated deprived students. A 10,450 cultural enrichment project was set to begin May 9. Thirty three buses will serve Beckley junior and senior highs with others on main roads for outlying students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Sherman Trail
C. G. Peregoy
ESEA
State Superintendent of Schools
Beckley
Shumate
Dillon Creek
Glen Dan
EMC Denies Move as Union Stands Firm in Demands
Beckley area plant labor dispute continues as a truck crosses picket lines at Skelton and Beckley plants. Union members and Eva Sinozich press for better pay, benefits, and a new company proposal while management says it will relocate equipment to meet customer demand and safeguard jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EMC
Beckley Manufacturing Corporation
Skelton
Beckley
Paul Hunter
Hunter
P. J. Brady
Brady
Post-Herald
West Virginia
Eva M. Sinozich
Sinozich
Bond Defeated in Tyler County Consolidated High School Plan
Paden City Tyler County voters rejected a $1.3 million school bond in a special election on Tuesday. Unofficial returns show 1,893 for and 2,436 against, well short of the 60 percent needed for passage, marking a third defeat for the consolidation high school project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paden City
UPI
Tyler County
Food Prices Here Decline in Beckley May 15
West Virginia Labor reports a slight drop in Beckley retail food prices for the second straight month with the market basket totaling 25.22 dollars. Prices eased in beef and pork while bacon fell below 1.00 per pound. eleven items declined and fourteen rose, including fish, potatoes, peaches, milk, coffee, and frozen vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
First US passenger car built in 1895 is Duryea wagon
United Press International notes that the Duryea Motor Wagon Co of Springfield Massachusetts produced the first regularly manufactured passenger automobile in the United States in 1895, a fact highlighted by Here's The Answer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
United States
Duryea
Duryea Motor Wagon Co
Springfield
Mass
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David Wayne Risinger
W. Va
New Richmond
Wyoming County
Robert E. Lane
Welch
Herman F. Mays
Premier
Pinnacle Creek
Danny Dancy
Jerry Fuller
Marianna
Wait Jacoby
Remak
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wis
Henry Remak
Lake Owens
Ihick
Fea
Nebraska
Bank of Raleigh
Isaac McKin
Disney
J. R. Carr
C. Donald Summers
School Board
Okehs Summer
Iel
Appalachian Volunteers
Office of Economic Opportunity
Raleigh County Action Association
OEC
Mary Davis
Beck
Lees
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
Chris Saran
Don
Rose Pickus
Raleigh County Public Library
Kenya
Khyber Pass
Ncient
Pontiac Motor Division
Raleigh Motor Sales, Inc
Raleigh Heights
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