Speakers Set For Weekend Moose Meet
Raleigh counts will attend a Friday afternoon panel in Charleston on shortcomings in the West Virginia Constitution executive department. Beckley League of Women Voters members and about 30 civic leaders will hear experts discuss four executive topics, followed by questions. A judiciary panel and talks on legislative process and model constitution end the program. Prof Evelyn Harris of Morris Harvey College will discuss Governor Powers and limitations, with Harris noted for long League involvement and teaching at WVU. John Lowe Wallace, 37, of Charleston, a WVU Law School graduate and public admin expert, will present on short ballot and related issues, while William Bain of the University of Virginia will address business law and public administration topics. The conference registration desk opens at 1 p.m. in the Daniel Boone Hotel Ballroom.
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Raleigh
West Virginia
Beckley League of Women Voters
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Executive Department
Evelyn Harris
Morris Harvey College
Hunter College
Columbia University
Harris
The
League
West Virginia University
John Lowe
Wallace
Beanitay
West Virginia University Lawland
Birch St
Moose
Morris
Tereau
Beckley
College of Will
University of Virginia
Will
Gam and Mary
Univer
Bain State Police
Ilinois
Unt
Ent
Theversity of Virginia
Cittsville
Bureau of Public Admin
Virginia Turnpike
John G. Fox
Howard J. Jackson
Chesapeake and Po
Windham Road
Itomac Telephone Company
Registra Board of Public Works
Daniel Boone
Fox
Washington and Lee University
Land
Fayetteville
Beckley Man's Auto Goes Over Embankment
Three ranking Moose officials are to speak at the 26th annual West Virginia Moose Association convention, starting Thursday and running through Sunday. Speakers include J. Jack Stoehr of Pittsburgh, Gordon Jeffery, and Ralph C. Dusic who has been in Beckley a month arranging the event. Stoehr, regional director for the Moose, oversees 450 lodges in several states and the District of Columbia and previously served as interim director general after Malcolm R. Giles’s death. He also chairs the Moose Foundation and the Membership Activities board.
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West Virginia Moose Association
J. Jack Stoehr
Gordon Jeffery
Ralph C. Dusic
Dusic
Stoehr
Pittsburgh
The
Moose
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Malcolm R. Giles
Stwehr
Moose Foundation
Voady
Ralph C. Dusi
Romney
Loyal Order of Moose
Dusie
Keyser Moose Lodge
Romney Lodge
Mose Association
Fire Inspection Under Way In County Schools
Weldon C. Canada visits Beckley to begin the Raleigh County School fire inspection, a three week check with maintenance supervisor Bari River aiding. The effort coincides with Fire Prevention Week as drills may be held under abnormal conditions to train students in chaotic situations.
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Weldon C. Canada
Beckley
Raleigh
Canada
Bari River
Georgia Mickens
Pleasant St
Hinton
al Bach
Ritchie
Johnson Funeral
Governors Boggs to Address WV Press Assn Dinner in Fairmont
Governor J Caleb Boggs of Delaware will address the West Virginia Press Association at a fall meeting dinner in Fairmont October 16. He chairs the National Governors Conference and marks the 10th anniversary of the Southern Regional Education Board, reviewing its work with regional colleges and universities.
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West Virginia Press Association
J. Caleb Boggs
Delaware
Fairmont
Boggs
National Governors’ Conference
Southern Regional Education Board
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
SREB
Atlanta
Robert C. Anderson
Privilege and Testimony Across the Marital Bond
A historical discussion explains the evolution of spousal privilege from rigid common law bans to more nuanced modern rules. It notes that confidential marital communications are privileged, but presence of a third party or business contexts can erode secrecy. The column cautions readers to seek expert legal advice as laws vary with facts.
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Tory
Civi
Infant Rites Set On Tuesday at Stamford Cemetery
Graveside rites for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt Robinson of 105 I Street East Beckley will be held at 9 30 a m Tuesday at Stamford Cemetery. The infant died at 1 a m Monday in a local hospital. Survivors include three sisters Doris Terry and Marie. Also noted are relatives and the family home.
Accident Victim 18 Dies Rites Wednesday
Funeral services for Margaret Ann Gray Gunther 18 Prosperity will be held at Maxwell Hill Baptist Church at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday with Rev E W Powers officiating. Burial in Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery. The body will be moved from Melton Mortuary to her father's Prosperity home at 4 p.m. Tuesday, then to the church an hour before services. She died in a local hospital Sunday from injuries after falling from a moving car at Danese on Sept 27. Born Dec 7 1940 at Skelton she was the daughter of James Lawrence and Mary Thornton Gray of Prosperity. She married Ira D Gunther on Dec 24 1958, now serving in the U S Army at Fort Campbell Ky. Survivors include her parents husband a brother James Austin Gray of Prosperity and three sisters Patsy Ruth Williams of Jacksonville Fla Norma Gail Gray in the U S Air Force at Colorado Springs Colo and Linda Pearl Gray of Prosperity.
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Roosevelt Robinson
I Street
East Beckley
Stamford
Doris
Terry
Marie
Willard
Roosevelt Jr
Riffe
Crab Orchard
Emma Robinson
Stanford
Yire
Robert Burks
C. S. Donnelly
Ritchie and Johnson Fumerarial Park
Webb
Neal
Ethel Henderson Riffe
L. Gene Riffe
Willard P. Riffe Jr
Shirley Brumfield
Hialea
Fla
Sharon Riffe
R. W. Riffe
North Fork
Duffey
Virgil
Walton
Cecil Riffe
R. C. Egnor
L. L. Fink
Oliver Snuffer
Emery Gunter
Atha Shrewsbury
Margaret Ann Gray Gunther
Prosperity
Maxwell Hill Baptist Church
E. W. Powers
Sunset Memorial Park
Melton Mortuary
Lawrence Gray
Gunther
Fort Campbell
James Austin Gray
Patsy Ruth Williams
Jacksonville
Norma Gail Gray
U.S. Air Force
Colorado Springs
Colo
Linda Pearl Gray
Two Raleigh County Women Join WAF Oath at Beckley Sta tion
Helen Lucille Smith, 18, and Sylvie Rae Canterbury, 16, from Whitby and Fireco, were sworn into the Woman's Air Force at Beckley Recruiting Main Station. Both are Stoco High School graduates and members of the National Honor Society. Helen earned Sweetheart Queen honors on Valentine’s Day. Sylvia enjoys radio programs and television and both plan to pursue administration.
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Raleigh County
Air Force
Beckley
Helen Lucille Smith
Walker Lee Smith
Whitby
Sylvie Rae Canterbury
Julius Harold Canterbury
Fireco
Helen
Stoco High School
National
Sylvia
National Honorary Society
State Democratic chairmen to be feted at Charleston dinner
County chairmen from 55 counties will be honored at the State Democratic Dinner in Charleston next Saturday. Key figures include Okey A. Mills Raleigh County chairman and others from Madison Boone Fayette Greenbrier Logan Mercer Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas Summers Wyoming counties. The event is a 6:30 p.m. fundraising dinner at the Civic Center with seating arranged behind the main speaker. Speakers include Sen John F Kennedy. Tickets available via local chairmen or State Democratic Headquarters. Funeral arrangements incomplete for Beulah Clark Beckley who died Sunday. body at C D Trent Funeral Home.
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Charleston
Okey A. Mills
Raleigh
Earl Miller
Madison
Boone County
Robert J. Thrift
Fayetteville
Fayette County
William N. Jasper Jr
Lewisburg
Greenbrier
Glenn Jackson
Logan
Logan County
Robert M. Richardson
Bluefield
Mercer County
James D. Frazier
Union
Monroe County
Amey Johnson
Summersville
Nicholas ‘County
Fred C. Albien
Martinton
Jocahontas County
van A. Trail
Hinton
Summers County
Ward Wylie
Mullens
Wyoming County
Fox
Min Arena
Civic Center
Kanawha County
Young Democratic Club
Democratic Executive Committees
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Beulah Clark
Beckley
C. D. Trent Funeral Home
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Beckley Memorial Hospital
Toledo
Supreme Council of the Loyal Order of Moose
Mooseheart Board of Governors
al Board of Review
Bureau of Workmen's Compensation
State of Ohio
Ohio Department of Highway Safety
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Bureau of Motor Venialae
Jeffery
Boys’ Clubs of America
iOhio
Boys’ ‘Clubs of America
Moose Lodge
Ohio Moose Association
William C. Morris
Ernor Underwood
West
Caleb Boggs
Public Service
Carl E. Gaylor
Skelton
Michael Strike
Sprague
Cincinnati
Columbus
Norfolk
Richmond
Piedimont Airlines
Tion
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
D. D. Holliday
C. S. Lewis Jr
Sylvia Rae Canterbury
Joseph X. Fazio
Chevy
Thriftier
Thrift
Chevvy
Chevrolet
Lewis Chevrolet Company, Inc
Neville Street
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