Inducement to Peace Honored Beckley Troop C Dinner
Beckley Troop C of the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment was honored at a dinner in the Armory Civic Center as Gen. Williams urged mobilization as an inducement to peace. More than 250 attended the event along with wives and guests to salute 87 guardsmen of the unit preparing for a 12 month active duty tour at Fort Knox starting Oct 28.
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Eve Breck
Gene H. Williams
Beckley
National Guard
Armory Civic Center
Troop C
Num
150Th Armored Cavalary
New
Fort Knox
Williams
Kennedy
Gen. Williams
West Virginia
Camp Pickett
Department of Defense
John M. Slack Jr
D-W.va
Guard
West
Joan Tyree
William F. Watts
Friends of Beckley
Frank Rodriguez
Rodriguez
150Th
Tony Gonzalez
Betsy Hatcher
George
N. Joe Rahall
Gonzalez
Miss Hatcher
Jack Clemens
W. W.mckinney
Pat Roach
Fred K. Hays
George Lowery
Maxwell Hill Country Life Group
Robert Miller
Glass House
Frederick Hatcher
Bluefield
James W. Hopkins
Huntington
Capt
Bass O. Bennett
Willard P. Riffe
Frederick L. Almond
Theodore W. Anderson
Richard E. Jacoby
Walter J. Groseclose
Earl J
James W. Kane
Douglas P. Shumate
James L. Speir
James B. Walker
David L. Wood
Marty W. Allen
Howard A. McKinney II
Jackie L. Meadows
Frederick S. Reed Jr
Melvin R. Richmond
Harold E. Robinson
Seibert C. Sloan
Jesse L. Smith
Billy H. Sullivan
Billy J. Williams
Kenneth Wilson
Ronald E. Wilson
Leslie H. Burnette
Dorse L. Hicks
Leonard R. McNulty
Ronald J. Sinecoff
Kenneth R. Bennett
Edward L. Carman
Jonnie S. Cole
David M. Danko
Robert D. Lilly Jr
William D. Lilly
Roy C. Meadows
Joseph M. Mitchell
Robert G. Moye
Robert E. Pack
Gary C. Redden
Don M. Smith
Thomas E. Thompson
Dennis H. Wilson
Jerry C. Webb
Armory
Honey in the Rock fund reaches sixth of goal
The Honey in the Rock fund drive reports $10,119 raised in two days toward a $60,000 goal. Mrs. Earl A. Hall leads as top fundraiser with $965 from Team No. 3, while initial gifts push the division total to $8,275. No new subscriptions were reported for women’s and men’s clubs, with several team captains listed among contributors. Sessions run Monday through Friday noon to 1 PM at Beckley Hotel El Toro Room or Room 509 of Beckley Newspapers Corp. building.
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Ber
Alex George
D. D. Holliday
George
W. W. Barron
Okey L. Patteson
General Teams
Earl A. Hall
John W. Saunders
N. Joe Rahall
Roy Cunningham
Nge O'Dell
Phill McDan
Cneteren
Hall
A. F. Bryson
W. W. Withrow
Mary Carpenter
Edwin Ratcliff
Ottaway Wyatt
Jerry Link
C. A. Bolen
Cotton White
Larry Cicearilli
Conrad Stowers
Dr. F. M. West
W. W. Stanley
Robert B. Harvit
George Wilson
James P. Bland
W. R. Sigmund
Robert L. Amick
John H. Davis
Clarence Hancock
Arthur Hall
el Toro
Beckley-Winn
C. W. Carey
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Breathing attack sent 72-year-old Frank Short home
Beckley Rescue Squad answered a first aid call to the Smoke House on Prince Street at 3 25 p m Tuesday. Firemen said Frank Short of Calloway Heights suffered a breathing attack and was a silicosis patient. He was taken home by friends before the squad arrived.
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Beckley
Prince Street
Frank Short
Calloway Heights
Short
Levy Vote Set For May Primary
Raleigh County proposes a special levy election in May 1962 to raise 126 850 for maintenance operation and development of county facilities. The court unanimously approved the plan to inform residents and fund projects including courthouse repairs airport improvements and parks among others. A four member committee was named to seek Civil Defense headquarters and explore Memorial Building space for the Farmers Home Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County
John C Ward
Fayette ‘County
Ward
State Department
Gulf Park
Little Beaver Park
Fitzpatrick Park
Marsh Fork
Rural Development Council
Armory
Stephens Branch Lake
Mabscott
Sophia
Rhodell
Lester
Crab Orchard
Beaver
Shady Spring
Dry Hill Prosperity
Bradley
Mount Tabor
Fourman
Paul Fourney
Albert F. Hazelwood
Beckley
Kermit Locke
Harry Anderson
Memorial Building
The
Farmers Home Administration
Columbus Day Closings Noted by County Agencies
Several county and federal offices will close for Columbus Day on Thursday. Ra leight County Clerk sheriff and assessor offices local banks and the West Virginia State Liquor store are among those observing the holiday.
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Raleight
West Virginia
Beckley Scout Leaders Receive Council Awards
Beckley Boy Scout Leaders Guy Amato and James Prince received top council honors at the Appalachian Council awards banquet in Bluefield. Amato earned the Silver Beaver Award and Prince the Order of Merit Award, among district selections. Also honored were area recipients and council officers listed by name and county.
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Guy Amato
James Prince
Beckley
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Bluefield
Amato
Prince
Paul E. Oliver
Enos E. Williams
Wyoming County
Ralph Looney
Pineville
Harman Woodward
George Flower
Union
George Smith
Keystone
H. A. Thompson
Hinton
John W. Magann
Claude H. van Dyke
Tazewell
Raleigh
Summers
Monroe
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
West Virginia
Bland
Giles
Virginia
Welch
Beckley Council Brief Session Adopts Zoning Change
Beckley city council met Tuesday night in a brief session. Councilman Porter presided in Mayor Miller’s absence. The planning commission recommended a sideyard adjustment for the Beaver Heights Addition by B. H. and Henrietta Ellison and the council authorized drafting an amendment to require two inspections for builds by the city Mechanical Trades Board. Bills were approved and department reports reviewed.
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Beckley
National Guard
Cecil L Miller
Mechanical Trades Board
C. G. Porter
Miller
Porter
Planning and Zoning Commission
B. H
Henrietta Ellison
Beaver Heights
Truman Sayre
Women of the Mechanical Trades Board
Remodeling Permit Issued to Frank Dunbar for Addition
City Recorder issued a remodeling permit to Frank Dunbar of 639 Whitesick St. on Tuesday to add one room to his existing dwelling at a cost of 500 dollars.
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Frank Dunbar
Whitestick St
City Recorder
County Toll Reaches Ninety? West Virginia Highway Fatality Toll Climbs
Raleigh County's 1961 highway death count rose to nine with the death of Brady Meadows, 20, of Flat Top on U S Route 19 near Ghent. Three others injured, including Fred Phillips, 19, Otis Phillips, 27, both Flat Top, and Sandra Lilly, 19, Ghent. Meadows' car struck Lilly's parked vehicle near a filling station, sending Lilly into two pumps. Meadows died instantly in the wreck that damaged both cars beyond recognition.
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Raleigh
Brady Meadows
Flat Top
Louis Meadows
Ghent
Fred Phillips
Otis Phillips
Lowell Phillips
Meadows
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Sandra Lilly
Okey Lilly
Beckley Hospital
Per
Miss Lilly
Beckley State
Lilly Jcar
David Meadows
Camp Creek
Teddy
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Beckleyan Contending For A B Queen Title
Miss Susan Lowe of Travelers Lane was among Little Miss America Pageant contestants at Alderson Broaddus College Saturday evening. Nine girls modeled gowns and outfits, answered questions, and presented talent. The homecoming queen will be announced Oct. 20 during Homecoming festivities.
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Susan Lowe
B. F. Lowe
Travelers Lane
Alderson- Broaddus College
Miss Lowe
Circle Kettes
Lowe
J. B
Beckley Junior High PTA Plans Next Meeting
At Beckley Junior High School the Parent-Teacher Association held a meeting with about 300 parents touring classrooms and observing classwork. A social period followed the business session. A Concord College representative was announced to speak at the next meeting on November 21.
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Beckley Junior High School
Concord College
Bell Resigns Opening Way For Ward as U S Marshal
The interim U S marshal for the Southern District of Virginia will be filled by John C. Ward of Beckley after the resignation of Russell R. Bell. President Kennedy accepted Bell’s resignation effective Oct 15 and Ward awaits Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes.
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John C. Ward
Beckley
Virginia
Russell R. Bell
Charleston Bells
Kennedy
Ward
Senate
Congress
Fifteen Apply for Work at Beckley Office
Fifteen persons filed applications for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security Tuesday. They included three maids, a restaurant manager, two kitchen helpers, two short order cooks, a beauty operator, a clerk typist, a baby sitter, a stock clerk, a service station attendant and a plumber helper.
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Beckley
Hurt by axe at home leaves Lilly in hospital
Arnold Keith Lilly 18 of White Oak is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after a cut to his right hand from an axe at his home around 5 30 p m yesterday evening.
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Arnold Keith Lilly
White Oak
Raleigh General Hospital
jan_axe
Fall Carnival Set Oct 18 At Stratton
Stratton High School Parent Teacher Association planned a fall carnival for October 18. The ways and means committee will handle the event and PTA members approved helping the school lunch program for underprivileged children. Guest speaker Mrs Hazel Garland, principal of Harper Heights Elementary, spoke on The three R's.
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Stratton High School Parent-Teacher Association
Ways and Imeans Committee
PTA
Hazel Garland
Harper Heights Elelaaetary School
Skelton Stotesbury Commodities Ready Distribution Points Named
C I Marshall Sprague Commodity Warehouse director announced two commodity distribution points. Surplus food will be distributed at the home of Percy Fountain in Skelton from 12:30 to 5 p m today and from 9 to 5 Thursday. The Union Hall office in Stotesbury will handle food from 11 to 5 Friday. Bring your own containers.
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C. I. Marshall
Sprague Commodity Warehouse
Percy Fountain
Skelton
Thursiday
Union Hall
Stotesbury
Fellowship Revival at East Gulf Free Will Church
A fellowship revival is in progress at the East Gulf Free Will Baptist Church with a different speaker each night. Rev W V Cook invites the public to attend services starting at 7 o’clock nightly.
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East Gulf Free Will Baptist Church
W. V. Cook
Haddad Awarded 3500 In Raleigh County Verdict
George R. Haddad of 203 Fourth St. won a directed verdict granting the total disability benefits of 3500 from the Massachusetts Protective Association for injuries from a January 5 1959 home fall. He fractured his right thigh and his leg muscles atrophied.
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George R. Haddad
Fourth St
Raleigh County
Normen Knapp
Massachusetts Protective Association
Haddad
W. H. File Jr
Clay S. Crouse
W. A. Thornhill
W. A. Thornhill III
James E. Thompson
Elliott Mark Himelstein
Dennis M. Hanagan
Thompson
White Oak
Hanagan
Himelstein
Two youths injured in Beckley hospital treatment
Two area youths were treated at Beckley Hospital Tuesday for injuries from unrelated school accidents. Thomas Midkiff, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Midkiff of Beckley, was treated for cuts on his left knee and Tina Boleskey of Ve Querity sustained a foot injury.
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Beckley Hospital
Thomas Midkiff
Arnold Midkiff
Beckley
Tina Boleskey
Righ
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Paris Richmond
Maret
Richmond
Beckley’s National Guard
Daniel D. Holliday
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Charles E. Wright
Wvaarng
W. Va
Greet
Douglas Wilcox
New National Guard Armory
Yana Es
Otto Preminger
Xodus
Mthopes
Lana Tyong
Sandra Dan Cherly
Susan Fdanth
Robert Alda Pant More Maa Aen On
Bese
Beckleyan
Marshal Bell
Stratton
Skelton, Stotesbury Commodities Ready
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St
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