Sophian’s Ambition To Write Of Those Who Befriended Him
Cabell Stone of Sophia Virginia, aged 58, trauma of infantile paralysis left bones undeveloped yet he pursued education as a self taught “Lincoln educated man.” He lived in a 15 by 15 foot home on Virginia Street, built wood items, cooked his meals, and hoped to write a book dedicating it to The Campbell House and local residents. He worked briefly as a bicycle repairman and was a Sophia correspondent for Beckley Newspapers from 1926 for five years. He plays harp piano and electric organ and is aided by the hospitality of Mrs. Gertrude Campbell. He receives thirty dollars monthly from Public Assistance and has one sister Ada Martin in Sophia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophia
Cabell Stone
Stone
Franklin County
Mill Creek
Knob
Helms
Virgnia Street
Gertrude Campbell
Campbell
Beckley
Cabell
Ada Martin
Forfeits $73 In Night Court
Beckley Police Court Monday session forfeited 732 dollars. Individuals include Michael Striho Sprague 50 bond for shoplifting at Kroger on Valley Drive. Claudine Winston 311 Broad way St 300 bond for whisky charges. Willie B Elliott 110 Grant St 45 for license and registration violations. Corbit Mills Beckley 33 for trespassing and drunkenness. Jack Redd defaulted 5 for running a red light. Walter Hoskins Raleigh 5 capias fine. Seventeen drunk defendants totaled 294.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Michael Striho
Sprague
Triho
Kroger Co
Valley Drive
Claudine Winston
Broadway St
Willie B. Elliott
Grant St
Corbit K. Mills
Jack Redd
Walter Hoskins
Raleigh
Wallace in stable condition after WV turnpike crash
John Lowe Wallace aged 57 of 216 Birch Street remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after injuries from a Sunday night automobile wreck. State Police report he drove a 1953 car that left the road at Citts ville where the West Virginia Turnpike crosses, the vehicle being a total loss.
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John Lowe Wallace
Birch St
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Wallace
Cittsville
West Virginia
Three Murder Cases In New Indictments In Raleigh County
Indictments were returned in 85 cases at the Raleigh County Criminal Court October term with charges including murder rape grand larceny drunk driving and traffic violations. Ten cases will not be tried and nine grand jurors appeared. Indicted include Allison Smith George Vanney Sidney Andersen and Archie Walters for murder and Burt Bolen for rape with other names for grand larceny and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Allison Smith
George Norman Vanney
Sidney Marshall Andersen
Archie Reginald Walters
Post Office Site Study Moves For Sophia Parking
Sophia town officials learned from Robert E. Kershner of the U S Post Office Department that a space study for facility needs including parking has been completed and assigned to Frederick E Simms in Charleston The council had previously condemned the current post office parking area as dangerous and inadequate and asked for relocation in a larger building coordinated with the Chamber of Commerce.
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Sophia
U. S. Post Office Department
Robert E. Kershner
Kershner
Frederick E. Simms
Charleston
Simms
Post Office Department
Sophia Chamber of Commerce
James Salyers
L. T. Forbes
Beckley
Virginian Railway Company
Comemany’s
Forbes
Chamber of Commerce
Buford Mann
RaLeigh church meeting moved to Friday evening
The Rev. H. E. Davis announced that the regular meeting of St. John Baptist Church in Raleigh will be held at 6 p.m. Friday instead of Saturday as previously planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Davis
St. John Baptist Church
Raleigh
Clark Services Set Wednesday for Mrs Vala Clark
Last rites for Mrs Vala Clark 66 Beckley will be conducted by Rev J W Gowens at 2 p m Wednesday at Second Baptist Church Burial will follow in Greenwood Memorial Park She died Sunday in a local hospital Survived by daughter Ozella Payne Beckley four sons Norvill Clark James Clark Christopher Clark Ezra Clark and sister Mary Ann Stevens Services at Trent Funeral Home one hour before the service
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Vala Jones Clark
Beckley
J. W. Gowens
Second Baptist Church
Greenwood Memorial Park
Clark
Ozella Payne
Norvill R. Clark
Vauxhall
N. J
James E. Clark
Christopher S. Clark
Fort Green
Alaska
Breach of contract suits filed in Raleigh County
A Monday filing in Raleigh County Circuit Court lists Bennie Houchins and Rosa Houchins seeking 5000 dollars from Max Lewin of Home Modernization Co for breach of contract. A second suit by Omer Acord seeks 11000 dollars from Joseph Lewis Price of Packsville for damages.
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Raleigh County
Bennie Houchins
Rosa Houchins
Max Lewin
Home Modernization Co
Omer Acord
Joseph Lewis Price
Packsville
Beckley Kiwanis Set For November Ladies Night
Beckley Kiwanis Club names Paul Shrewsbury housing and reception chair for the November event. Nominating committee includes Phill McDaniel II, B. H. Hopkins, G. C. Porter, Jim Lucas, and Howard Hall, with nominees due by Oct 9 and election Oct 23. New member L J Hardman of Bluefield joins, manager of West Virginia Rehabilitation Service. Ralph Hilgendorf of Charleston spoke on National Employ The Physically Handicapped Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Shrewsbury
Beckley Kiwanis Club
Phill McDaniel II
B. H. Hopkins
G. C. Porter
Jim Lucas
Howard Hall
L. J. Hardman
Bluefield
Beckley Club
West Virginia Rehabilitation Service
Ralph Hilgendorf
Charleston
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Sophian
Peoples Credit Store
Neville St
Crusaders
First Assembly
T. M. Waldron
Roger Lee Ransom
Henry Dees Cook
James Willard Vernatt
Vassar
Lance Johns
Garland Roosevelt Ward
Bill Howard Howerton
William Eugene Hicks
Billy Joe Lively
Isaac Pugh Jr
Daniel Ray Parsons
Joseph Carl Antonovich
Oliver Jones
Lillian Williams
Henry Drury McMillion
Lewis Lee
Otis Wright
Ann Leastridge
Manuel Clark
Dorothy Meadows
Robert C. Lane
Alvin Virgil Harvey
Frederick Dwayne Morris
Kent Farley
Henry Robert Short
William E. Hicks
Jackie Lee Bailey
James R. Bolen
Henry R. Short
Walter Edward Hornsby
Henry Steve Jones
Donald Richard Harding
Dennie Davis
Roy French
Teddy Williams
Denny Davis
Teddy Ray Williams
Stephen Roebuck Bennett
James Roscoe Taylor
Port Carl Waycaster
LeRoy Chambers
Edward Jason Spurlock
Clyde Lily
Herbert Brooks
William Hairston Sr
Curtis Freeman
Bobby Dale Plumley
Ottis Davis Jourdon
Franklin Perkins
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Young
Bill Guy
James E. Meadows
Frank Wright
Cecil Edward Harrah
Theodore Roosevelt Green
Joe Calacino
Odie Meador
Cather Carrell Small
James Edwin McGraw
Ottis
Davis Jourdon
Bill Turner
Ronald Gene Hensley
Virgil D. Shumate
Toney Karantonis
W. C. Buckland
Carmel Lawhorne
James Bika
L. A
Mann
Sophia Town Hall
Philco
Predicta Television
Sales & Service
Beckley Music & Electric CO
Prince St
DODGE
Commercial Credit Plan Incorporated
Sakwood Ave
Kiwanis Club
Flannelette
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