Out Of State Men Released From Raleigh County Jail
Lester Houchins wanted in North Carolina for non support was released to a deputy and sent back Tuesday. George Rosamond Bright of Alabama paid fines Tuesday and was released. John H Mercer of Glen White was released after bond. Rebel Miller of Pine Knob also released after fines. Three moonshine convicts from Huntington federal court were moved to Lew isburg penitentiary after pleading guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Houchins
North Carolina
Raleigh
George Rosamond Brighton
Ala
Joe Rodriguez
John H. Mercer
Glen White
Miller
Pine Knob
Huntington
Federal
Lewisburg
Bobby Veal
Joe Haywood
Logan
Casey Dawkins
Henlawson
Children Day Program at First Christian Church Sunday
A special Children’s Day program is planned at 10:40 a m Sunday with the Children’s Department in charge. The theme Suffer the Little Children by Rev Robert Mathews guides the service. Youth Choir and Primary Choir directed by Mrs C A Thompson and Mrs O O Williams will perform. Intermediates will attend Southern Chi Rho Camp at Camp Summers June 10 with dedication ceremonies. Attendees include Marilyn Farley Susan Wilburn Linda Honaker Llyodette Humphrey Annabelle Hollandsworth Mary Frances Curry Roberta Hollansworth Judy Kiddy Anita Burnam George Curry Norman Christian and Douglas Tolbert. Rev Robert Mathews directs the camp with counselors Mergie Wilson Mary Helen Chapman Lynda Miller and Mrs Robert Mathews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Robert Mathews
C. A. Thompson
O. O. Williams
Marilyn Farley
Susan Wilburn
Linda Honaker
Llyodette Humphrey
Annabelle Hollandsworth
Mary Frances Curry
Roberta Hollansworth
Judy Kiddy
Anita Burnam
George Curry
Norman Christian
Douglas Tolbert
Mergie Wilson
Mary Helen Chapman
Lynda Miller
Ten Seek Jobs Fill Beckley Office List
Twenty persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security. They included one bookkeeper two sales clerks one baby sitter one maid two janitors one assembler two waitresses one stock boy one service station attendant one combination welder one appraiser one routeman three construction laborers one millwright one dump truck driver and one nurse aide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Prosperity BYF Plans Clean-Up Campaign
The Baptist Youth Fellowship of the First Baptist Church Prosperity will run a Clean-Up campaign and hamburger fry starting at 4 p m Thursday. Volunteers begin at the south end collecting trash and debris and proceed to the Bradley Prosperity landfill to dump the load. A hamburger fry will follow at Jimmie Rubin’s home with a wiener roast after the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Youth Fellowship of the
First Baptist Church, Prosperity
Bradley Prosperity
Jimmie Rubin
First Church Of God Plans Vacation School
The First Church of God at 410 S Oakwood Avenue will run a vacation church school from June 5 to 19, daily 9 30 to 11 45 a m for kindergarten through junior high with the theme Living For Jesus. The staff and pupils will be honored at the closing program Sunday June 29 at 7 30 p m. Rev C P Conley is the minister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of God
S. Oakwood Avenue
Jesus
C. P. Conley
Reception Tuesday To Honor Hunters
A reception honoring Dr. and Mrs. Kermit Hunter will be hosted by the West Virginia Historical Drama Association at the Beckley Hotel ballroom from 5 30 to 7 30 p m Tuesday. The full Civil War Drama cast will attend along with guests for the show Honey in the Rock opening June 27 at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park. Membership cards are $10 to Box 1205 Beckley or at the door. Charles Hodel presides with a large board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit Hunter
Rock
West Virginia
Beckley
Charles Hodel
Assembly of God Plans Kids Crusade Event
The Assembly of God Church will host a Kids Crusade from June 5 to 11 at 7 pm for youths from elementary to junior high. Rev. Paul Hild, an evangelist from Minneapolis, Minnesota, will be the speaker for the series.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly of God Church
Paul Hild
Minneapolis, Minn
Four Area Women Seek Dairy Princess Title
Four young women enter the Area Dairy Princess contest with a June 7 event in the Appalachian Power Building. Contestants must be 16 to 25 by Oct 1, 1961, with parental consent required for under 21. The winner will tour state markets, appear in media, and compete in the National Dairy Princess Contest in October. Counties eligible include Fayette Greenbrier Nicholas Pocahontas Raleigh and Webster. The June celebration aligns with the Area Strawberry Festival and Custard Pie Bakeoff, co sponsored by local milk distributors and the Beckley Area Rural Development Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Building
Judy C. Friel
Marlinton
Sandra van Metre
Lewisburg
Martha L. Sheets
Green Bank
Grace Sue Hinkle
Frankford
C. T. Shackelford
Appalachian Power
Fayette
Greenbrier
Nicholas
Pocahontas
Raleigh
Webster
Area
Area Milk Distributors
Beckley Area
Sunday School Superintendent McKenzie Resigns After 15 Years
Charlie T. McKenzie of Crab Orchard, longtime Bible lover and Sunday School superintendent at Bethel Freewill Baptist Church in MacArthur, resigns due to ill wealth. He improved the program from four classrooms to ten and will be remembered for his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie T. McKenzie
Crab Orchard
McKenzie
Bethel Freewill Baptist Church
MacArthur
Cline Heads Vacation Bible School At Church
Fred M. Cline pastor of the Church of Christ will direct the Vacation Bible School at the church from 9 to 11 a.m. June 12 to 23. Instructors include Charlotte Meador in beginner, Evelyn Treadway in primary, Margarite Goodwin in junior, Rosetta Burns in intermediate, and Edgar Rose in junior high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Cline
Church of Christ
Charlotte Meador
Evelyn Treadway
Margarite Goodwin
Rosetta Burns
Edgar Rose
Indiana student guest at Reid home in Bloomington
Neil Brooks psychology major at the University of Indiana Bloomington is the guest of Miss Peggy Evans Reid at the Reid family home 235 Church Street. Neil is the son of Mr and Mrs John Brooks of Cambridge Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Brooks
University of Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Peggy Evans Reid
William C. Reid
Church St
Neil
John Brooks
Cambridge
Mass
Scouts to Meet at Camp Wilderness Saturday
A meeting of the Order of the Arrow will be held at Camp Wilderness from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Publicity chairman Robert L. Amick announced the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouts of America
Camp Wilderness
Robert L. Amick
Beaver Elementary 1961 graduates honored at awards program
Gary Okes is valedictorian of Beaver Elementary School’s 1961 graduating class. Vickie Noor earned salutatorian honors and music, art, citizenship and 4-H awards were presented to students including Mary Alderman, Butch Freeman, Judy Mullins, Wetzel Smith, and others. Cheerleaders and sports awards were announced. invocation by Kermit Okes and benediction by L T Alderman concluded the program at the Beaver Lions Club venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Okes
Beaver
Vickie Noor
Beaver Lions Club
Mary Alderman
Dale Simmons
Roy Kuhn
Jane Anderson
Butch Freeman
Judy Mullins
Wetzel Smith
West Virginia
Elaine Lilly
Linda Mann
Karen Anderson
Janie Anderson
Michal Slade
Roger Carter
Sandra Richmond
George Rakes
Paul Epperly
Kermit Okes
L. T. Alderman
Social Security changes may allow survivor benefits now
A reader in poor health asks if they can get benefits tied to a deceased son’s work. Officials say dependent parent benefits may apply if the son had covered work for at least 112 years before death, with proof he supported the claimant. first payments from October 1960. The advice urges filing a claim at the local Social Security office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe St
Social Security Office
Hodel To Speak At Meeting On Historic Sites
Charles Town hosts a June 8 conference on preserving West Virginia historic sites. Governor Barron opens the day with 3 600 invitations issued. Panelists include Hodel chairing the Centennial Commission, Road Commissioner Bur. Sawyers, Raymond Boyles of the Southern West Virginia Automobile Club, and Dr. E E Myers of the Civil War Centennial Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Charleston
Charles Hodel
Raymond Boyles
Southern West Virginia Automobile Club
E. E. Myers
State Civil War Centennial Commission
Memorial Day Service Conducted In Harper Heights School
The seventh grade led a Memorial Day service at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Harper Heights School. Delores Medley was master of ceremonies. Readings included Psalm 91 by Gertrude Hancock and Life and Death by William Henry Johnson. The seventh and eighth grades performed In Memoriam, read by Ruth Irvin, with solo Faith for Our Fathers by Phyllis Lawson. Quiet music accompanied the service by Lois Manns, followed by silent and closing prayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Heights
Delores Medley
Gertrude Hancock
William Henry Johnson
Edgar A. Guest
Ruth Irvin
Phyllis Lawson
Hazel M. Garland
Lois Manns
Industrial Electrical Class Hosts End of Year Outing
Members and guests of the Industrial Electrical Class at Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center attended the annual End-of-the-Year hamburger fry at Little Beaver Lake from 5:30 to 9:30 p m Monday. Instructor Donald A Lowe noted the event has occurred each year for the past three years. Participants included Tommy Ratliff Frances Pachuta Eddie Stafford Erland Hoskins Tommy Bolt Tommy Honaker Francis Roberts Danny Bostic Dennis Davis and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Vocational Technical Center
Little Beaver Lake
Donald A. Lowe
Tommy Ratliff
Frances Pachuta
Eddie Stafford
Erland Hoskins
Tommy Bolt
Tommy Honaker
Francis Roberts
Danny Bostic
Dennis Davis
Larry Burdette
John L. Eye
Joyce Hidalgo
Charlotte Blankenship
Bobby
Mike Blankenship
Lawrence Meadows
Gaston Wisen
Phillip Wolf
Johnny Hansen
Dee Radford
Tommy Salango
Sandra Salango
Randy Webb
Judy Kitty
William Ferguson
Dennis Winston
Margaret Maynor
Douglas Grey
Mary Phillips
Nicholas Bailey
Gary Campbell
Eddie Cole
Johnny Aurednick
Meridel Lowe
George Lilly
George
Dewey Lowe
Mrs. Lowe
First Christian Church Bible School Sets Schedule
First Christian Church conducts Vacation Bible School in the new Educational Building from 9 to 11 30 a m June 12 23 with theme Personal and Group Relationships Mrs Malcolm Shumate directs and Rev Robert Mathews co directs Reverend A H Wilson addresses first session Teachers include Mrs Daniel Mrs Roles and Mrs Mathews for kindergarten primary and junior levels A picnic final session June 23 at City Park with open house and handicraft exhibits and a small fee per day per child
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Malcolm Shumate
Robert Mathews
Christian Education
A. H. Wilson
Robert L. Daniels
J. E. Roles
Robert E. Mathews
Earl Fotes
Tom Young
Perfecto Dacal
Thomas Snuffer
Paul Vaughan
James Scott
W. H. Meriwether
Susan Pettry
Sandra Akers
Sandra Spellman
Judy Kiddy
Lloydette Humphrey
Mathews
Pre enrollment at Harper Heights Elementary Saturday
Pre enrollment at Harper Heights Elementary will be held Saturday from 9 30 a m to 10 30 a m At least one existing student or parent is expected to attend to complete required forms and verify residency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper Heights Elementary School
Water Mystery Solved in Norfolk Pipe Under Burnt Trash Pile
In Norfolk England a warm water anomaly at a playing field was traced to a water pipe running beneath a burning trash pile. The device caused the heat transfer warming the supply as residents investigated the unusual tap output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
England
UPI
Area Horsemen Place In Show At Charleston
Beckley horsemen won multiple awards at the Charleston Horse Show last weekend with Ida Kay Amon riding Dixie Duke taking juvenile five gaited first and Ladies five gaited first and Amateur five gaited fourth. Other top placements included Lee Whitlock, Sammy Bair and Golden King first in Lead Line, Jimmie Raye Smith aboard Tulla's Chieftian first in Juvenile Walking, Sammy Bair on Midnight Lustre second in Juvenile Walking, Polley Hale on Midnight Blue fourth in Juvenile Walking, Dr C F Hale on Mack K's Kay second in Amateur Walking, Don Galloway on Party Doll third in Walking Mare, Don Galloway on Gold Sun third in two year Walking, Ray Ormandy on Big Man's Shadow fourth in English Pleasure, David McKenzie Peterstown on Mack K's Gypsy fourth in Walking Stallions and Geldings, Frank Pierce on Drum Major fifth in Parade, Grady Whitlock on Denmark's Street Scene seventh in Amateur Five gaited, Grady Whitlock driving Summer Storm fifth in Junior Fine Harness, and J K Whitlock driving Golden King fourth in Pony Fine Harness. Several local horsemen are expected at the Greene County Horse Show at Greene County Fair Grounds in Waynesburg, Friday through Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Kay Amon
Dixie Duke
Lee Whitlock
Sammy Bair
Golden King
Jimmie Raye Smith
Dr. C. F. Hale
Mack K’s Kay
E. L. Mohler
Don Galloway
Party Doll
E. S. Halstead
Ray Ormandy
David McKenzie
Peterstown
Mack K
Frank Pierce
Grady Whitlock
Denmark
Summer Storm
J. K. Whitlock
First Baptist Church Schedules Bible School
A two week Vacation Bible School is set at First Baptist Church from 9 to 11 30 a m June 19 30. MRS J L Keefer serves as superintendent with Miss Beverly Hurt as secretary. Teachers include Mrs Strake Hatcher nursery three year olds Mrs Grant Sisson and Mrs Earl Whitener Jr kindergarten four and five years Mrs Charles Earehart Jr and Mrs Carl Burns primary Mrs R P Hall and Mrs Ralph Jackson middle grade Mrs Betty Ann Emery juniors and Mrs Lawrence Thorne junior high
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
J. L. Keefer
Beverly Hurt
Strake Hatcher
Grant Sisson
Earl Whitener Jr
Charles Earehart Jr
Carl Burns
R. P. Hall
Ralph Jackson
Betty Ann Emery
Lawrence Thorne
Mark Twain Senior Wins Danforth Award
Brenda Malois Holland 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Younger of Stotesbury, receives the Danforth I Dare You Award at Mark Twain High School. A senior she also earns a four year band pin and an All State Band medal, ranks third in the 1961 class with a 3.318 average, and plans nurses training at Bellevue University Hospital in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brenda Malois Holland
Albert Younger
Stotesbury
Danforth
Mark Twain High School
Brenda
Bellevue University Hospital
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glass House
Mountain State Folk Festival
Beckley Business Bureau
Childrens
Drama Association
Harry E. Anderson
M. F. Barksdale
E. E. Bibb
J. A. Blackburn
James P. Bland
Lawrence T. Forbes
Erma V. Grogan
Eva Teter
Paul Hutchinson
Walter James
James B. Kessinger
Eva Keyser
Sara B. Otto
Okey L. Patteson
Madge Richardson
W. M. Shanklin
J. Everett
Assembly of God Plans ‘Kids’ Crusade
Dairy Princess
Cline
Bible School
REIDS
Hodel
Schedules Bible School
Association of Greene County Horse Show
Greene County Fair Grounds
Waynesburg
N. Heber
Beckley, W. VA
Hopkin's Meat Mkts., Inc
Valley Drive
Sprague
RATH
Black Hawk
Blade Chuck
Ibs
Mark Twain
Danforth Award
Julie Newmar
Cohen
Neville St
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