Consecration Services Set Sunday At Episcopal Church
The St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Beckley will hold consecration services Sunday at 8 p m after burning the mortgage. Bishop Wilburn C. Campbell will perform rites, dedicate a new pulpit and lectern for Paul Bibb Barwood, and deliver a sermon through Rev L Bartine Sherman. A reception follows in the assembly hall.
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Episcopal Church
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Beckley
Wilburn C. Campbell
West Virginia
R. E. L. Strider
Paul Bibb Barwood
St. Stephen's
L. Bartine Sherman
St. Phillip’s Church
Durham
N. C
P.m
Wilburn C
Speech Clinic To Open In Raleigh County June 8
The Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will sponsor an eight week clinical speech and hearing therapy program beginning June 8. Miss Ellen Kauffman of Upper Montclair New Jersey will conduct the clinic with assistance from Glen McCormick of Hinton. McCormick, a WVU student, advances toward a master’s degree in speech correction and audiology after naval service as a meteorologist. The program aims to evaluate and treat local children and adults with speech and hearing problems, with appointments via Raleigh County Health Department or the Veterans Administration Hospital. The Easter Seal Society backs the effort citing a national need as five percent of school age children have serious speech problems.
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Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children and Adults
Richard Lepkowski
Ellen Kauffman
Upper Montclair
N.J
Miss Kauffman
Glen McCormick
Hinton
West Virginia University
Kauffman
Teachers College
Columbia University
American Speech and Hearing Association
Montclair State Teachers College
Colum
Bia University
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg
McCormick
U. S. Navy
Raleigh County
Sepkowski
Elmer J. St. Clair
Raleigh County Health Department
Veterans Administration Hospital
Easter Seal Society
Beckley
Mary Ann Stover Receives Woman's Club Scholarship
Mary Ann Stover, daughter of Mr and Mrs W R Stover of 212 Azzara Avenue, was awarded the Woman's Club scholarship during Woodrow Wilson High School Award's Day. The presenter was Miss Topsy O'Dell, club president, who also gave Stover a gift. The high school senior has held Student Council and Booster Club roles, led the Latin Club, attends St Mary's Methodist Church as secretary of the Methodist Youth Fellowship, and plans to study education at Concord College in Athens this September. The $300 scholarship was funded by $100 from the club budget and $50 from each senior department.
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Woman’s Club
Woodrow Wilson High School
Mary Ann Stover
W. R. Stover
Azzara Avenue
Topsy O'Dell
Shelso
Miss Stover
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Stover
Concord College
Athens
Traveler Dies In Hospital Here
Oliver P. Clutts Ph D 74 of Greensboro NC died in a local hospital at 5 15 p m Thursday from a heart condition while traveling through Beckley on a trip to Greensboro Survivors include wife Hazel Greensboro a son Dr Robert Clutts Greensboro and a daughter Betty Clutts South Bend Indiana The body is at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home and will be taken to Greensboro for funeral services
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Oliver P. Clutts
South Chapman St
Greensboro
N.C
Clutts
Beckley
Hazel
Robert Clutts
Betty Clutts
South Bend
Ind
Keyser Bryant
County jail log lists multiple local arrests
Countian Is Jailed Richard Austin of Flat Top was lodged in the Raleigh County Jail at 10:35 a.m. Thursday by State Police on a charge of illegal parking. Bekley Police arrested Robert N. Rufus, 27, of Mullens late Wednesday on a speeding charge. He was ordered to appear Monday in Beckley Police Court to answer to the charge. Three men charged with being absent without leave from the armed forces were taken from the jail at 9:30 a.m. Thursday by military police. They are Lester Epling of Bowling Air Force Base, and Robert Lockhart and Gary L. Garbrandt from Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Richard Austin
Flat Top
Raleigh
Bekley
Robert In. Rufus
Mullens
Beckley
Lester Epling
Bowling Air Force Safe
Robert Lockhart
Gary L. Garbrandt
Fort Belvoir, Va
Amick Jr. to graduate from Gordon Military College
Robert Lewis Amick Jr., son of Mr and Mrs R L Amick of 213 Reservoir Road, will graduate Sunday from the Junior College Department of Gordon Military College. Col C T B Harris serves as president of the 107 year old school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Military College
Robert Lewis Amick Jr
R. L. Amick
Reservoir Road
Col
C. T. B. Harris
Mine Employes Feted At Rainelle Dinner
Stover Coal Co. No. 2 Mine honored fourteen employees and their wives at a King Hotel Rainelle dinner. Jay Philpott and Joseph Nicholson from the State Department of Mines spoke on mine safety. C R Stover discussed topics of interest to the employer regarding mine operation.
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C. R. Stover
Stover Coal Co
King Hotel
Rainelle
Jay Philpott
State Department of Mines
Joseph Nicholson
Department
Stover
Maxwell Hill Vacation School Opens Monday
Maxwell Hill Missionary Baptist Church will start its vacation church school at 10 a.m. Monday for ages three to 12, with evening classes for older youths beginning June 8. The theme is The Child and God and each child will bring something for a missionary in Arizona. The annual picnic is June 12 and the closing program June 14 at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. H. E. Lilly and Mrs. Jack Fitzgerald direct, with a long list of teachers across nursery to junior departments.
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Maxwell Hill Missionary
Arizona
H. E. Lilly
Jack Fitzgerald
Okey Hager
Peggy Garrett
Evelyn Eliott
Hubert Farley
Mildred Walls
Dewey Turner
O.C. Canterbury Jr
James Chambers
Donald Darlington
Lilly
Dolores Treadway
Judy Truman
R. J. Broughman
W. E. Harvey
Fitzgerald
James Jones
L. W. Fridley
Don Thomas
Nadine Walls
Doctors To Open Uptown Offices In Beckley
Two Beckley Hospital gynecologists and obstetricians Dr Charles W Merritt and Dr Warren D Elliott will open new offices Monday at 104 McCreery Street. The Veterans Administration space has been converted into offices and exam rooms. Dr Merritt has served since July 1 1952 and Dr Elliott since August 17 1953.
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Beckley
Beckley Hospital
Charles W. Merritt
Warren D. Elliott
Veterans Administration
McCreery St
Merritt
Elliott
Memorial Day Closure Notices From Raleigh County Sheriff
Raleigh County Courthouse offices will be closed Saturday in observance of Memorial Day per Sheriff Okey A Mills. The notice affects all departments as crews plan holiday operations and adjusted services.
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Raleigh County
Okey A. Mills
Crawford Reappointed to Beckley Police Civil Service Board
Bernard L. Crawford of Beckley was reappointed by Gov. Cecil Underwood to the Beckley Police Civil Service Commission for a term from June 1 to May 31, 1963. The governor announced the action on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard L. Crawford
Beckley
Cecil Underwood
Beckley Police Civil Service Commission
Vacation School Set By Church Of Christ
A two week vacation Bible School will run for two weeks at the Church of Christ located at 1009 West Neville Street. Classes meet Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. The program titled Seeking the Lost With Paul includes Bible lessons for all ages, singing and handwork. Rev. Fred M. Cline will direct the school.
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Church of Christ
West Neville St
Paul
Fred M. Cline
Hindsley Wins Bibb Memorial Award at 16
David Hindsley, 16, son of Mr and Mrs John Hindsley of 221 Earhart Street, was chosen to receive the Thomas C Bibb Memorial Award. He is secretary of Post 139 at St Marys Methodist Church and a sophomore at Woodrow Wilson High School. Hindsley will take a two week trip to the Scout Reservation at Phillmont, New Mexico, in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hindsley
Earhart Street
David Hindsley
Thomas C. Bibb
Hindsley
St. Mary’s Methodist Church
Phillmont
N. M
Woodrow Wilson High School
Criminal Court
Harry L. McCreery
Cecil P. Connor
Beckley Fire Department
Stanley Earl
Beckley Social Security Office
Bibb
M. A. Johnson
Earl E. Bibb Jr
St. Mary’s
Singing Convention To Be On Saturday
The New Era District Singing Convention meets at Central Baptist Church Beckley for its second quarterly session at 10 30 am Saturday. Convention business and afternoon singing follow with youth session in the evening. Sunday services begin 10 30 am with Rev H E Davis sermon and Raleigh Mount Vernon choirs plus New Era District Choirs 1 2 3. William Harvey is president and Miss Mary Burger is corresponding secretary.
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New Era District Singing Convention
Central Baptist Church
Beckley
H. E. Davis
Raleigh
Mount Vernon
New Era District
William Harvey of
Mary Burger
Sophia Lad Remains In Local Hospital
Gary Allen, 13, son of Mr and Mrs R F Allen, remains under observation at Beckley Hospital after his foot slipped on a power lawn mower mangling his toes. His condition is listed as good.
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Gary Allen
R. F. Allen
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Randall Horton Arrested by State Police in Slab Fork
Randall Horton of Slab Fork was jailed at 12 25 a m today by State Police on charges of being drunk and carrying a concealed weapon.
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Randall Horton
Slab Fork
Raleigh
Unruly passenger fined for threatening cab driver
Milwaukee AP reports Buford Morgan faced a pistol threat from Leo Stoll during a ride. Stoll was fined 100 dollars on a disorderly conduct charge after the incident.
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Milwaukee
Buford Morgan
Leo Stoll
Fifth Grade Picnic Highlights From Institute
Wayne Pettry and 28 students plus 16 parents joined a picnic at Beckley Water Company plant on Glade Creek. The Institute class has recent honors including Joan Smith winning a Tri County spelling bee and teams taking division titles in basketball and track. A Wednesday softball game featured Pettry pitching and Alex Johnson at bat. Mothers of several students are pictured. CENTREVILLE Alabama bootlegging report notes Sheriff Dailey bought whisky after a roadside offer and arrested the seller on bootlegging charges.
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Wayne Pettry
Institute
Beckley Water Company
Glade Creek
Pettry
Pettry's Institute
Joan Smith
Woodrow Wilson
James Phillips
Alex Johnson
Mary Jane Faull
Starr Ramieh
F. S. Ramieh
Harry Ellison
Robert P. Hall
West Virginia Wood Chopping Champion Competes at Woodland Show
Ar den Cogar of Webster Springs drives to the Sixth Annual Woodland Show for Lumberjacks to defend his title won last fall at the Forest Festival in Elkins. The two day educational exhibits at the County 4-H Camp on Little Beaver Lake road end today.
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West Virginia
Arden Cogar
Webster Springs
Cogar
Elkins
Little Beaver Lake
Praise Given Safety Patrolers Beatty Beckley Pupils Comended
About 200 Beckley grade school pupils who worked with the Safety Patrol were commended by the Beckley Police Department. Patrolman Lonnie Price said the group did a job well done and that no accidents occurred during the school year. He noted money was not raised for a Washington visit nor a picnic held, but the patrol achieved its purpose of preventing accidents and saving lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Safety Patrol
Lonnie Price Price
Washington
Pistol theft ends with suspect fleeing after bluff
In Coffeyville Kansas a man entered a sporting goods store and demanded cash while pointing a .22 pistol at Mrs. Ersula Pifari. She confronted him and he fled with the gun after the encounter, without obtaining money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffeyville, Kan
Ersula Pifari
Mrs. Pifari
Predicted winner Troilus clinches Flamingo at Hialeah
Canadian jockey Chris Rogers predicted victory for Troilus in the Flamingo at Hialeah. Open View finished second and First Landing, the favorite, placed third as Troilus won by three lengths after being bought by Bayard Sharp for $9,000 as a yearling in 1957.
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Miami
Fla
Chris Rogers
Hialeah
Rogers
Troilus
Triolus
Bayard Sharp
First Landing
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Woodlawn Ave
Woodlawn Avenue
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Yula Durrett
H. S. Edwards
A. A. Bliss
W. O
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Alice Flick
W. W. Butler
Paul Pauley
Mr. May
Ellison Avenue
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Campbell
Diocese of
Worth May
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Stephen's Church
Speech Clinic
Countian
Orta
General Tire
Locas General Tire
W. Neville ST
Beckley Ice & Feed
Prince ST
Maxwell Hill’s
Bibb Memorial
Sophia Lad
Centreville
Ala
Harold Dailey
Dailey
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White Oak Dairy
Musselman Jelly
Fair Deast
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