Raleigh County Board of Education elects Phillips president
Sophia Phillips was elected president of the Raleigh County Board of Education Monday night after being sworn in as a new member earlier. Covey resigned as president and Leeber filled a vacancy. Riffe was named to a Board seat amid ongoing removal proceedings against Covey and Leeber over hiring his wife as a teacher. Covey cited the cost of court fights and claimed no wrongdoing.
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O. A. Phillips
Sophia
Raleigh County
Covey
A. P. Leeber
Leeber
Phillips
James H. Trail
Sherman C. Trail
Strake Walker
B. C. Callaway
Riffe
Trap Hill
Calloway and
Walker
Shady Spring
Slab Fork
Raleigh
Norman Kona
State Supreme Court
Raleigh County Board of Education
Court House
Beckley
West Virginia
Board of Education
Miss Beckolegion winner named at Beckoley College
Sylvia E. Taylor was voted Miss Beckolegion by Beckoley College students at the Thanksgiving dinner of the Kappa Phi Fraternity at Twin Oaks Country Club. Bob Miller presented a self portrait to Miss Taylor, a reveal kept by fraternity members. Green B. Horton, instructor, served as the news sponsor at the event.
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Sylvia E. Taylor
Beckley College Kappa Theta Phi Fraternity
Bob Miller
Miller
Miss Tay
Lor
Twin Oaks Country Club
Ternity
Green B. Horton
Kids Rally At Beckley First Baptist Church Saturday
A Saturday 10 a.m. kids rally at Beckley First Baptist Church offers a free event for all children. A talent show awards a flash camera. runner-ups receive watches, and winners get prizes in a Stop The Music contest. A bicycle goes to the child who brings the most guests, with a minimum of 51 attendees. Don De Vos leads the rally with Rev. John Haggai assisting. past events drew thousands and widespread turnout.
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Beckley First Baptist Church
Don de Vos
John Edmund Haggai
de Vos
Phoenix
Ariz
Liverpool
England
Jail Terms For Drunk Driving And Fleeing Accident
Charles Lonnie Phillips Terry was sentenced to 10 days in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Cotton White and fined 75 dollars with costs after being arrested Friday by State Police on driving while drunk and leaving the scene charges. Dallas Wayne Ransom of Mount Hope is jailed awaiting arraignment on revocation of operator's license and a defective mufflers violation. Mabscott Police jailed Junior Blakely of Mount Hope for driving without an operator's license and improper vehicle registration.
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Charles Lonnie Phillips
Terry
Raleigh
Cotton White
Phillips
Dallas
Wayne Ransom
Mount Hope
Mabscott
Junior Blakely
Shadrick Trial Delayed In Truman Assassination Plot
Leroy Shadrick, 34, a Skelton West Virginia ex miner, had his armed robbery case delayed three months in Albemarle. He claimed the money was to travel to Independence Missouri to kill Harry Truman. Defense seeks hospital affidavits. he was once acquitted on a federal charge for an attempted robbery.
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Albemarle
N. C
Hubert E. Olive
West
Shadrick
Home Builders Assn
State Hospital
Raleigh
Independence
Harry Truman
Miner Injured At Eccles Mine In Beckley Incident
An ankle injury occurred at 8 45 a m Monday when a worker at the Eccles mine of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates was caught between a machine and a timber. Jake Wyatt 54 206 Sheridan Ave was treated at Beckley Memorial Hospital and released at 2 p m.
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Eccles
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Jake Wyatt
Sheridan Ave
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Birth announced for Hamilton daughter in Martinsburg
Capt and Mrs James Howard Hamilton of Martinsburg announce the birth of a daughter at 1050 p.m. Sunday. The baby weighed seven pounds two ounces. The Hamiltons, formerly of Beckley, also have two sons Danny ten and Jimmy two. Hamilton serves with the West Virginia Air National Guard in Martinsburg. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Wilson Hamilton of Wyoming Avenue Beckley.
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James Howard Hamilton
Martinsburg
Hamilton
Beckley
Danny
Jimmy
West Virginia Air National Guard
Wilson Hamilton
Wyoming Ave
Homemaker Objects to Home Drinks Tax Unfairness
Mrs Margaret Clear of English West Virginia appeals to repeal the home drinks tax saying it harms children by taxing chocolate syrup chocolate and frozen lemonade. She urges readers to write West vee ne ey PO Box Sil Muntagien today to help repeal this unfair levy.
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Margaret Clear
West Va
West
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