Beckley teen runner up for Brazil trip prize
Benny Noble a 10th grade student at Woodrow Wilson High School earned second place in a contest offering an all expense paid trip to Brazil. Calvin Lewis Morgan of Marlin ton won and departs Dec 5 by jet for the South American tour. Noble added 74 new subscribers downtown Beckley and along Heber Street while delivering papers formerly in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
Benny Noble
Brazil
Calvin Lewis Morgan
Marlinton
Jet
Benny
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley
Heber Street
Traffic Deaths Loom In October West Virginia
The Accident Prevention Bureau of the West Virginia State Police reports 44 highway deaths in October, up from 35 a year earlier. Of the victims 21 were drivers, 14 passengers, and nine pedestrians, with eight fatal crashes in the local Company D area. Causes included excessive speed, driving left of center, improper passing, and pedestrian violations. drinking drivers were involved in 14 accidents. For January–October the state total reached 297 deaths, down 14.8 percent from 341 a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Accident Prevention Bureau
Five Men Enlist In AF At Beckley Station
Five men enlisted in the Air Force at Beckley Recruiting Station on Tuesday. The enlistees include Freddie Ray Daugherty of Princeton David Gerald Hill of Charleston David Ward Caldwell of Charleston Thomas Edward Zeitz of Charleston and Ralph David Waybright of Elk View They will start basic training at Lackland Texas. Arvin Edgar Whitt of Walls Creek re enlisted and will report to McClellan Air Force Base California for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Beckley
Freddie Ray Daugherty
Georgia Daugherty
Thorn St
Princeton
David Gerald Hill
George Hill
David Ward Caldwell
Mariann Caldwell
Sherwood Rd
Charleston
Thomas Edward Zeitz
W. E. Zeitz
Scenic Dr
Ralph David Waybright
Ernest Waybright
Route 1
Elkview
Lackland
Tex
Arvin Edgar Whitt
Charles Whitt
Wallscreek
McClellan Air Force Base
Calif
Army Enlists 12 State Men in Beckley Area
Twelve men enlisted in the Army at Beckley Recruiting Main Station. Names include Dennis Clarence King Raven George Lafayette Vandyke Jr Richlands Michael Joseph Johnson Grundy Richard Eugene Thompson Spanishburg Europe Thomas Daniel McGurey Marfrance Robert Dean Hendrix Rupert Alonzo Jenkins Jr Clothier George Francis Conner Newhall Hassel Cheek Accoville Fort Gordon Ga Frederick Douglas Bylers Beckley Tony Tipane Mabscott and others. Tipane named new Social Security trainee at Beckley district office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Dennis Clarence King
Clarence King
Corretta
John Henry ‘Underwood
Gertie Clementine Laws
Raven
George Lafayette Vandyke ‘Jr
George Vandyke
Richlands
Michael Joseph Johnson
Helen R. Johnson
Grundy
Airborne
Richard Eugene Thompson
Mildred Virginia Bell
Spanishburg
Europe
Thomas Daniel McGurey
Thomas W. McGurey
Marfrance
Robert Dean Hendrix
Adina Hendrix
Rupert
Artillery
Alonzo Jenkins Jr
Alonzo Jenkins
Clothier
Regular Army
George Francis Conner
Irvin Cabbel Conner
Newhall
Hassel Cheek
Candidates List Expenses After General Election
The county clerk reports post election expenses for several candidates led by H. G. Farmer with 34.50 and no contributions. Other listed Democrats and Republicans show varying small expenses and many with no contributions, including Joe Rodriguez, William G. Mooney, Earl B. Shumater, Louis A. Gall Jr., W. A. Stump, Joe Gyovai, Roy Lee Harmon, T. H. Wills, C. Berkley Lilly, J. E. Mays, Anthony Sparacino, and Charles Cole, all with no contributions in their expense statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Farmer
Joe Rodriguez
Justice of the Peace
William G
Mooney
Slab Fork
Earl B. Shumater
Ly Hills
Louis A. Gall Jr
Town District
Trict
W. A. Stump
Joe Gyovai
Marsh Fork
Roy Lee Harmon
House of Delegates
T. H
Herb) Wills
C. Berkley Lilly
J. E. Mays
Shady Spring
Anthony J. Sparacino
Charles §. Cole
A B Enrollment Shows Increase At Alderson-Broaddus
Alderson-Broaddus College at Philippi reports a 46 student rise in full time enrollment this year from fall 1959 and a 95 student gain over 1958. Total on campus is 466 including Beckley freshmen Beckley residents Davies Kidd Skaggs West II. juniors Swarthout Arnott Lowe. senior Webb. Twenty eight part time students on campus and 24 in an in service program. Nineteen states plus Burma are represented. 68.7 percent of resident students are Baptist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderson-Broaddus College
Philippi
Baptist Institution
Beckleyans
David Lee Davies
Joe Davies
Wyoming Ave
Theresa June Kidd
G. G. Kidd
North Oakwood Ave
Thomas Mark Skaggs
W. Mark Skaggs
Pine Street
James von West II
Fred Louder
Freeman Street
All Freshmen
Clara Swarthout
Gladys Lind
Miner Suffering Leg Injury At Winding Gulf Coal Mine
Charles Brown 25 of MacArthur is in satisfactory condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital after an injury to his left leg sustained about 11 p.m. Wednesday while working at the Winding Gulf Coals Co mine in Winding Gulf. In Surinam, a tribe of mysterious white Indians is said to date from the Stone Age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Brown
MacArthur
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Winding Gulf Coals Co
Winding Gulf
Surinam
Dutch Guiana
County Reports Six Flu Like Diseases In Week
Fayette County logs two influenza like disease and three syphilis cases while Wyoming County records one syphilis case and the week ending November 12 shows six flu like illnesses and two streptococcal infections in the county disease control report to the West Virginia Department of Health. An all day meeting at the Glorious Church of God in Christ in East Park on 10th Street is announced for Sunday with Bishop Allen Wilson expected to attend and the public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rales County
West Virginia
Glorious
Church of God In Christ
10Th Street
East Park
Robert Newson
Allen Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wallace Noble
North Kanawha St
Parkersburg
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Family Weekly
Beckley Rotary Club
Bob Amick
BNC
Beckley Station
R. D. Holt
Gnant
Army
Tony Tipane
Concord College
Agatino Tipane
Mabscott
Josephine Tipane
Bureau
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
Tipane
The
Kroger Co
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Rick Byers
Gary
Alvis Junior Petrey
Alvis E. Petrey
Fort Knox, Ky
SS Office
Louge
Organ
Jan Campbell
Montgomery Ward
Beckley Hotel
Krogers
Absorbine Jr
Metrecal Rae
TIMEX
Peverts
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