My Small Fry Friends on Dry Hill Experience
Reverend Roy Coe recounts his early years guiding a Sunday school class and his life on Dry Hill, cherishing youthful personalities. He describes his young neighbors Newton, Mary Beth, Mike Bowyer, Vicky Crotty, Paula Sue, Paul Walker Jr, Herby Atha, and Randy, noting their charm, mischief, and sociability.
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Roy
Coe
Dry
Beckley
Dry Hill
Mt. Vernon
Ohio
Newton
Mary Beth Nichols
Mary Beth
Mike Bowyer
Vicky Crotty
Paula Sue
Paul Walker Jr
Paul Jr
Herby
Randy
Charles
Big Sister
Mamma
Circle and church events fill the week across Raleigh area
Church circles meet at homes with leaders named Mrs. Gracie Thompson and Mrs. Mable Johnson Wade. A Gospel Chorus program from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Garten with Ohio group at 7 30 p.m. and no admission. Mt Zion business meeting Friday 6 30 p.m. at the church. General Missionary Society Garten meets Thursday 11 a.m. at the church. St John Baptist No 1 Circle Raleigh meets Thursday 6 p.m. at Mrs. Pauline Montgomery's home. Mill Street Home Department class to meet at Ada Wilson’s home 127 Smoot St. New Era Ushers Federation Board Raleigh and Fayette counties last year’s business Sunday 2 p.m. at Central Street Baptist Church East Beckley. West Virginia Singing League to meet at Harmee Baptist Church with John Redman as president. Ministers and Deacons Conference of the Church of God Apostolic Saturday 10 a.m. at St Luke Church of God Booker Street Elder D E Smith presiding. Home for the Holidays John Chester Wynn returns to West Virginia State College and Miss Janis Starkley visits from Bluefield State College during Thanksgiving.
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Johnny Allen
Sour St
Welcome Baptist Church
Gracie Thompson
Mable Johnson Wade
Gospel Chorus of
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Ohio
Garten
General Missionary Society of Garten
St. John Baptist Church of
Raleigh
C. W. Montgomery
Mill Street Home Department
Ada Wilson
Smoot St
New Era Ushers Federation Board
Fayette Counties
Central Street Baptist Church
East Beckley
St. John Baptist Church
Pauline Montgomery
West Virginia Singing League
Holinese Church
Harmee
John Redman
Lula Ford
Entertaining
Glen White
Charlotte Copeny
Dora Wright
Gerald Phinips
Pearl Bowling
Mary Hill
Juanita Payne
Roy Ward
Byrd Prillerman Parent- Teacher Association
Church of God Apostolic
St. Luke Church of God
Booker Street
D.E. Smith
West Virginia
John Chester Wynn
West Virginia State College
Odessa Wynn
West Wickam
Janis Starkley
Bluefield State College
Douglass Starkey
Shumate Services Set Wednesday for James C Shumate
Funeral services for James Cow gill Shumate 86 of Stover are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Stover Church of Christ. Shumate died Monday morning at his residence after a long illness. Evangelist Elmer Wood will officiate. burial will be in the family cemetery at Stover. Survivors include his wife Cora Stover Shumate seven sons and four daughters, plus 28 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren. The body will remain at the Coffee Funeral Home until 4 p m today then go to the residence.
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Stover Church of Christ
James Cowgill
Shumate
Stover
Elmer Wood
Henderson
Fidella Peters Shumate
Cora Stover Shumate
Earl
Glen Daniel
Nelson
Surveyor
Hayes
Fairdale
Jack
Everett
Herman and
Paul
Chicago
French Canady
Herman Clemons
Lavoy Covey
Bernice Giammarino
Detroit
Mich
W. W. Watts
Beckley
Caffee Funeral Home
Remodeling Permit Issued for Back Porch Enclosure
City records grant M. B. Ossick of 104 Elkins Street a remodeling permit to enclose a back porch. Estimated cost is $200 with a $1 city fee.
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M. B. Ossick
Elkins St
City Recorder's Office
Discharge Papers Needed for First VA Office Visit
Copies of original discharge papers should be brought by newly discharged veterans on their first trip to the Veterans Administration Office to avoid delays. Officer Harry W. Stewart urges submission of copies with applications for a certificate of eligibility for loans and notes that records may be filed at different offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration Office
Harry W. Stewart
VA Ofice
Council to Discuss Community Chest Plan
The Raleigh County Social Welfare Council meets with local groups to reorganize a county community chest. A 6:30 p.m. dinner at the Beckley Hotel will feature recreation as the discussion topic. Invitations have been sent to leaders of civic and fraternal groups.
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Raleigh County Social Welfare Council
Beckley Hotel
Funeral services for Mrs. Lillie Matics at MacArthur Bethel
Mrs. Lillie Mae Matics 67 of McAlpin died Monday after an extended illness in a local hospital. Funeral services are set for 1 p.m. Wednesday at MacArthur Bethel Church with Rev. R. H. Dean officiating. Burial will be in the family cemetery at Alderson. The body remains at Calfee Funeral Home until service time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Matics
McAlpin
MacArthur Bethel Church
R. H. Dean
Police Court Collections Eight Times Over Last
A sharp rise in fines and forfeitures was noted at Beckley Police Court as Monday night’s total reached 536, eight times last week’s 71. Miss Lorrie Marks paid 10 plus costs for burning trash without a container, causing a fire on Laurel Terrace. Charles Lilly paid 100 on a drunken driving plea. license suspended six months. Gunnoe appealed a drunk driving conviction, bond set at 500. fined 100 plus costs. Henry Podlesko fined 10 plus costs for improper registration. Eloise Spawn forfeited a 10 bond for driving without a Beckley license. Emil Jennings forfeited a 200 cash bond on reckless driving.
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Beckley
C. Berkley Lilly
Lorrie Marks
Otis Lyons
New City
Lyons
Laurel Terrace
Charles Edward Lilly
Baker Street
Lilly
George Quincy Gunnoe
Gunnoe
Henry Podlesko
Prince
Eloise Spawn
Emil G. Jennings
Stanaford
Road Offenses Cost area Men in Magistrate Court
Two area men faced road law charges after arraignment in magistrate courts. Eugene Johnson of Harper received 10 days in Raleigh County Jail and a $1 fine plus costs for improper vehicle registration, following a Sunday arrest by State Police. Sidney James Meadows of Lillybrook was fined $25 plus costs for reckless driving after arraignment before Magistrate J. E. Mays. he was also arrested Sunday by State Police.
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Magesteria
Eugene Johnson
Harper
Raleigh
C. T Burdiss
Sophia
Johnson
Sidney James Meadows
Lillybrook
J. E. Mays
Meadows
Man Arrested on Thanksgiving Day for Moonshine Possession
A man was arrested on Thanksgiving Day after police stopped him for speeding on South Kanawha Street and recovered moonshine whiskey.
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South Kanawha Street
School Board approves 15 personnel changes in Raleigh County
During a recent Raleigh County Board of Education meeting, 15 personnel actions were approved. Changes include resignations at Trail Victor and Glen Leigh, leaves of absence for Mt. View and Shady Spring High School staff, new appointments at Trail Tom Meadows WWHS and Glen White, and transfers involving Cranberry Glen Leigh and Trail. A new morning bus route from Orchard Avenue will run 8:15 to 8:20. Officials will inspect land behind Mount Tabor School for playground expansion.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Charles W. Halstead
Trail
Billie Lou Jarrell
Victor
Leonard Sims
Glen Leigh
Lucy Bone
Mt. View
James Wright
Glen White
Evelyn Lomax
Arley C. Mitcham
Tom Meadows
Odessa Saunders
Charles Akers
Cranberry
Orchard Avenue
P. Leeber
C. D. Munson
B. B. Chambers
Mount Tabor
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Allen Home
Shorty
Alderson
Calfee Funeral Home
Miss Marks
R. Ph
Kay
Neville St
Ford
Grady Whitlock Ford
W. Neville Street
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