SRC Spends Over 3 Million In Raleigh Over Two Years
State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney released figures showing SRC expenditures in Raleigh County totaled 1,040,494.16 in 1957 and will reach 2,148,484.71 by year end 1958, with detailed allocations for routine maintenance primary and secondary, special maintenance, and contract construction across both years, bringing the two-year grand total to 3,188,978.87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick C. Graney
SRC
Raleigh
New Blue Jay School To Be Viewed Sunday
Residents of the Blue Jay area will view their new school on Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm. Principal Carl Okes said the open house will showcase a building completed to replace a fire destroyed structure last spring. The facility has three classrooms, three rest rooms, a kitchen, storage room, office, and furnace room. Enrollment is about 90 and can reach 100 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Jay Area
Carl Okes
Polio Relapse Strikes 20 Month Old in Baileysville
Jeffrey Lee, 20 months old, readmitted to Morris Memorial Hospital Milton after a polio relapse. He had been sick in August and released cured after a month. Son of Airmand Class and Mrs Marvin Nester, formerly of Baileysville. Red Cross informed his father, now near Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
Rns
Jeffrey Lee
Morris Memorial Hospital
Milton
Marvin Nester
The
Red Cross
Kansas City
Farewell party honors Bob Pelrey before move to Chicago
Bob Pelrey, bound for Chicago to enroll at the D E Vry Technical Institute, was honored at a surprise farewell party Saturday. Hostess Mrs. James Pelfrey gathered many family and friends including Mr. and Mrs. George Repas, Mr. and Mrs. Robert James, Rev. and Mrs. Claude Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Mays, and numerous others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay
Earl Pritchard
Boyd Pritchard
Eric Tyree
George Oe
Sherman Pelfrey
Shirley Blankenship
Lady Maynard
Charlotte Walker
Harold Walker
Johnny Pelfrey
Earnest Pritchard
Richard Myers
Mrs C H Earehart Admitted to Beckley Hospital
Mrs C H Earehart of 14 Vine Street has been admitted to Beckley Hospital for observation and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Earehart
Vine St
Beckley Hospital
Mrs. G Shields Feled At Shower In Oceana
Mrs. Glenna Shields honored at a stork shower hosted by Mrs. Henry Mathis. Games were played with prizes awarded to Earl Alfrey, Darrell Bostic, Tag Osborne, Philip Goins, George Goins, and Hugh Nottingham. Refreshments served to a long list of attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
ANS
Glenna Shields
Henry Mathis
Earl Alfrey
Darrell Bostic
Tag Osborne
Philip Goins
George Goins
Hugh Nottingham
Carl Salyers
Mary Alfrey
Herman Hopkins
Darrell Lamb
Jimmy Brown
Nannie Brown
Virginia Morgan
Tom Gunter
Phyllis Cooper
Charles Queen
Gene Akers
Bert Cook
Nora Hopkins
Kathleen Justice
Thulma Alfrey
Reva Short
June Griffith
Eleanor Puckett
Riley Campbell
Ron Clark
Zelma Stewart
Thelma Osborne
Orville Wallace
Charles Hutchinson
Phyllis Roberts
James Parsons
Lloyd Cook
John Pomeroy
Bob Branham
Garvey Blankenship
Jo Ann Blankenship
Virgil Alfrey
Janice Lusk
Gerald Short
Ruth Atwell
Mary Jo Conley
Rosetta Terrell
George Darnell
Otis Cook
Barbara Mathis
Disease report for Raleigh County week ending Oct 11
One case of syphilis was reported in Raleigh County for the week ending October 11 by the West Virginia State Department of Health. Surrounding counties reported influenza like illnesses Summers eight meningococcal infections Wyoming one poliomyelitis Fayette two streptococcal infections Monroe 12 tuberculosis Summers two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
West Virginia State Department of Health
Wyoming
Fayette
Monroe
Bid Decisions on Four Bridge Hands After Two Club Overcall
South opens with a game try strategy after West North East South show two clubs. For hand 1 with AS4 YQI9S OK63 4KI7 a three notrump is recommended, aiming to game with six diamond tricks and partner’s aid. Hand 2 with KQI972 YASE2 O05 49 suggests a three spades jump to show game interest, anticipating partner support. Hand 3 Q763 YT A873 BAITS advocates a jump to four diamonds to preempt and probe whether game is viable. Hand 4 AJ954 Y- $Q82 4KJ642 recommends a cue bid to force game while clarifying trump fit, allowing partner to choose spade or club as trump if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West
North
Two Honored Jointly With Stork Shower
Mrs C C Phillips Jr and Mrs Jack Finney were honored at a stork shower hosted by the Gamma Alpha Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi in Mullens. The group planned to sell fruit cakes for Thanksgiving and Christmas with each member to sell five of 104 two pound cakes. Miss Pat Neal, chapter president, will attend the Beckley state convention this weekend along with other attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Cecil Lacy
Joe Whitt
David Farmer
Jack Frank
Joe Hill
Ruby Jo Gordon
Greeley Wyatt
F. S. Caffee Jr
Nancy Grammer
Iva Joyce Ellison
Pat Dooley
13 Births Recorded At Wyoming Hospital
Mullens report lists 13 births at Wyoming General Hospital in an 18 day span. Notable entries include Kathy Marie Clement and Danny Ray Booth born Oct. 12 13 to local families in Mullens Corinne Itmann and Covel. Names include Donna Gale Dixon and Paula Jo Brooks with Oct dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
Wyoming General Hospital
Kathy Marie
Charles T. Clement
Danny Ray
Everett Booth
Corinne
Bobby Eugene
Bobby E. Blankenship
Karen Faye
Arnold Lawson
Itmann
Cheryl Lynn
Sherell A. Meadows
Rhodell
Donna Gale
Robert B. Dixon
Robert
Baileysville Personalities Visit Across Towns
Baileysville social notes list Sunday visits by Roy Thomas and family at Fanrock with Curtis Thomas parents. Charlie Hill and Jim Hill, from Berkeley Springs, were home for the week. Bill Tully and family, Paula and Ann Miniaci visit Ed Brooks at Kopperston and Jim Hill returns from Hatfield Kentucky after visiting relatives. Dorothy Ferguson and Betty Pratt depart Sunday for Los Angeles to begin travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baileysville
BNS
Roy Thomas
Connie
Caroline
Roger
Curtis Thomas
Fanrock
Charlie Hill
Jim Hill
Berkeley Springs
Bill Tully
Mark
Billie Ann
Sam Miniaci
Paula
Ann
Ed Brooks
Kopperston
Hatfield
Dorothy Ferguson
Betty Pratt
Los Angeles
Calif
Thomas Walker Charles Rites Incomplete
Funeral arrangements are incomplete for Charles Walker Thomas 63 Justice who died at 4 p m Thursday in a local hospital after an extended illness. The body will be removed from Melton Mortuary to Adams Funeral Home Gilbert today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Walker Thomas
Justice
Thomas
Melton Mortuary
Adams Funeral
Gilbert
Marvin Redden Fined and Jailed for Drunk Driving
Beaver resident Marvin Redden was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 2 1/2 hours in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate J. E. Mays on a drunk driving charge. Police said Redden, arrested after a two car collision with Lyle Douglas Fox near the Beaver post office, was on the wrong side of the road. damages were about $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Redden
Beaver
Raleigh
J. E. Mays
Redden
Lyle Douglas Fox
Klaus
Thorne Wavies to Grand Jury on Felonious Assault
George Thorne of Price Hill waived a preliminary hearing and was remanded to jail in a $3,500 bond before Magistrate W A Burke to stand before the Raleigh County Grand Jury. He faces felonious assault and intoxication charges after firing at a car, injuring Joe Buckland following a dispute over whisky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thorne
Price Hill
Raleigh
W. A. Burke
Thorne
Joe Buckland
Buckland
Mount Hope
Madison Man Elected Concord College Juniors President
Robert Poveromo of Madison was elected by junior class vote to head the 1958 59 Concord College Junior Class. Others named to posts include Howard Davis vice president Miss Virginia Bon insegna secretary Lane Fowler treasurer and Percy Brown and Dave Ballard representatives to the Student Government Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Concord College
Robert
Bob) Poveromo
Madison
Poveromo
Sigma Tau Gamma
Newman Club
Howard Davis
Bluefield
Virginia Boninsegna
Mullens
Cleveland
Lane Fowler
Princeton
Percy Brown
Dave Ballard
Hinton
Davis
Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity
Miss Boninsegna
Delta Zeta
Brown
Phi Delta Pi Fraternity
Fowler
Delta Delta Delta Tau
Bob Poveromo
Howard
Beckleyan Delegation Urges Coal Use in State Buildings
James Leeber, Beckley, state director of District 29 of the United Mine Workers, joined a management labor delegation in Charleston to urge Gov Underwood to promote coal use in state owned buildings. They pressed for coal heating in future state buildings and coal use wherever feasible for economy and support of West Virginia’s key industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leeber
Beckley
District 29
United Mine Workers
Gov. Underwood
Charleston
West Virginia
Jay Woods Named Officer at regional collectors meeting
Jay Woods of Beckley was elected second vice president of the Southeastern Regional Conference of the American Collectors Association at the Gatlinburg Tennessee meeting held October 10 11. The conference includes Delaware Maryland North Carolina West Virginia South Carolina Virginia Alabama Georgia Florida and the District of Columbia with 179 members and about 90 attending from 46 agencies. The national association totals 2080 members from 48 states Alaska Canada Hawaii Puerto Rico and Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Woods
Beckley
American Collectors Association
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Delaware
Maryland
North Carolina
West Virginia
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
District of Columbia
Alaska
Canada
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Sweden
Eight Receive Rebekah Degree at Oceana Odd Fellows Hall
Eight women received the Rebekah Degree in Oceana at the Odd Fellows Hall. Recipients included Encil Dean Lola Cook Ruth Conley Marie Moore Mildred Cox May beth Fraley Nellie Clay and Almer Mc Clellan with six on the degree team. Plans for a dinner on October 25 were announced as Dan Gunnee Lodge 129 hosts the Past Grand Association of District 16. Pollyana gifts were exchanged and refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Rebekah
Oceany Odd Fellows Hall
Encil Dean
Noble Grand
Lola Cook
Ruth Conley
Marie Moore
Inside Guardian
Mildred Cox
Maybeth Fraley
Nellie Clay
Almer McClellan
Nell Hendricks
Wanda Gray
Mary Bowden
Virginia Justice
Ruth Cook
Dan Gunnee Lodge No. 129
The
Odd Fellows
Grand Association
District 16
Two Couples Apply For Permits To Wed
In Pineville the County Clerk lists marriage license applicants Arbery Kennedy 18 and Sharon Kay Kennedy 16 with parents Alvah Lizzie Kennedy Berthel Mabel Kennedy. and William Oren Dove 25 and Jessie Green 17 with parents Elmer Virginia Dove Myrtle Green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
ANS
Arbery Kennedy
Simon
Alvah
Lizzie Kennedy
Sharon Kay Kennedy
Berthel
Mabel Kennedy
William Oren Dove
Brenton
Elmer
Virginia Dove
Jessie Green
Myrtle Green
Injured In Slate Fall In Pineville
Frank Simpson a 35 year old section foreman for Pocahontas Fuel Co Itmann was injured in a slate fall at 9 30 p m Thursday He was taken to Bluefield Sanitarium Bluefield by a Foglesong Ambulance and a relative Robert son His injuries include a fractured ankle and a small cut on the right arm according to ambulance driver Coy Hash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNS
Frank Simpson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Bluefield
Robertson and Foglesong
Simpson
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Itmann
Coy Hash
Examinations Set For Prince Postmastership
A Fourth Class Postmaster examination for the Prince post office, salary 2539 dollars yearly, opens for applications with a closing date of November 12. Applicants must reside in the post office territory and be 18 by the closing date. no maximum age, but those over 70 may be considered only for one year temporary renewals. Obtain full requirements at the Prince post office and file with the Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C., by mailing or postmarking no later than the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Pineville Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Pineville residents and relatives share weekend visits across towns. George Saunders and Jackie Schultz visited Floyd Rose. Dennis Acord and family joined Gerald Acord. John Strasko spent time in Princeton. Dick Cook and Blanche Clay visited Henry and Blanche Clay in Soulsville. Goodwin Jarvis and family visited Weston. Marcia Nutter joined Mrs. Shields in Pineville. W B Sowers Jr stayed with J W Martin. Harry Haymaker family toured Grantsville. Dennis C Morgan and Kopperston family visited Estel Morgan. James Dell Cooke vacationed with Lane Cooke in Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
Rns
George Saunders
Jackie
Sue Schultz
Man
Floyd Rose
Dennis Acord
Charleston
Gerald Acord
John Strasko
Princeton
Dick Cook
Blanche Clay
Athens
J. W. Martin
Harry Haymaker
Crowley-Worrell
Grantsville
Harper Burns
Pat Haymaker
Marshall College
Dennis C. Morgan
Kopperston
Estel Morgan
C. H. Cook
Eldon Cook
James Dell Cooke
Lane Cooke
Slab Fork Services To Honor The Pastor
Slab Fork will honor Pastor Rev. Robert Newsome in a second year anniversary sermon on Sunday at 2 30 p m. Elder Miles Whitehearst will deliver the sermon at Slab Fork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Newsome
Slab Fork
Miles Whitehearst
Cyrus to Address Azalea Garden Club in Huntington
Miss Sally C. Cyrus, physical education instructor at West Virginia Institute of Technology, will speak before the Azalea Garden Club in Huntington today. Her topic is Know Your State, with personal illustrated slides of West Virginia scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Sally C. Cyrus
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Azalea Garden Club
Huntington
West Virginia
Beckleyan Fined, Jailed For Theft
A Beckley man, Ralph Green, stole an American Cancer Society collection cup with $5.07 and was fined $35 plus costs and sentenced to six months in Raleigh County Jail by Magistrate Cotton White. Green also faced drunkenness charges. Also jailed: Sam Ward Jr. for reckless driving. Boyd Gordon Lilly booked for illegal mufflers. William Reuel Smith fined $10 for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
American Cancer Society
Raleigh
Cotton White
Ralph Green
Silver Bell
Prince Street
Green
Sam Ward Jr
East Park
Boyd Gordon Lilly
White Oak
William Reuel Smith
Huntington
W. A. Burke
Turnpike
Kopperston Personal Visitors Share Weekend Guests
Local notes list weekend guests and visits from families in Inez Kentucky Tazewell Virginia Charleston Rocky Mountain Lewisburg Goshen Bartley Point Pleasant and Lexington. Highlights include Mr. and Mrs. Parker Crumb Mrs. T. R. Young and others visiting Kopperston area homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Cook
Lloyd Cook
Herrin
Ill
Robertson Schaffer Construction Co
James Collins
Charles van Ness
Charleston
Harry Lovell
Rocky Mountain
Ellea Gillenwater
W. A. Napier
Lewisburg
Pam Hall
Louise Hickman
Judy Gillenwater
Karen England
Matheny
Richard Myers
Myers
John Pomeroy
James Fridley
Goshen
T. O. Paxton
Lexington
Walter Boshell
Harry Boshell
Bartley
James Boshell
Point Pleasant
Teacher Workshop for Raleigh County Teachers
A mathematics workshop for one room school teachers in Raleigh County is set at the Vocational School at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Miss Evelyn Murray, state supervisor, will conduct the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Evelyn Murray
Kopperston PTA Elects Officers and Appoints Committees
Kopperston Elementary PTA elected officers at the first meeting in the school gym. Charles Johnson will serve again as president with Charles Chambers as vice president and Burleigh Walker as secretary and treasurer. Vaughn Stewart, principal, chairs the program committee. Jack Davis heads the finance committee and Mrs. Lester Buckley leads membership. A large membership drive is assisted by multiple teachers and parents. Enrollment stands at 440 with strong cafeteria attendance. four new teachers were introduced. Holiday calendar notes include WV Educational Association meeting in Huntington and various closures. A wire fence around the grounds is planned along with walk extensions. Membership fee raised to 50 cents. The next meeting is Nov 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kopperston
RNS
Charles Johnson
Charles Chambers
Burleigh Walker
Vaughn Stewart
Jack Davis
Lester Buckley
Everett Gray
T. R. Workman
Robert Thacker
Clarence Ford
Henry Otter
William Cook
Carl Smith
T. Bailey
Bill Conley
Roy Lester
Irene Cook
Stewart
D. E. Caton
Virginia Stewart
June Forren
Hope Gas Camp
Bailey
Land Transfers Recorded by Wyoming County Clerk
Pineville report lists deeds recorded in the County Clerk's office. W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. transfers include Lots 116 in Center District and 6 122 in Center, with prices from about 2 000 to 4 500 dollars. Other transfers involve Amor J Poindexter to Kelly Development Co and multiple parcels in Clear Fork and Kopperston districts, with sums ranging from 500 to 18 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville
RNL
W. M. Ritter Lumber Co
Charles L
Joyce Marie Bailey
Center
Ritter Lumber Co
Donzel
Joyce Morgan
Clear Fork
Finley
Hazel Toler
Arthur and
Ola Pearl Woolum
Walter L
Brookie D. Oxter
Center District
Amos J
Mabel Poindexter
Chas. E. Mayhan
Kelly Development Co
Kopperston
L. H
Mamie Stovall
Wayne Justus
Richmond
Jesse W. Morgan
Margaret Sue Morgan
Roby
Ola Lee Jackson
Centerville
Frank and
Grace Colebro
Estate administrators named in Pineville notices
Mrs Faye Nay Hatcher named administratrix of Forest Glenn Nay estate who died Sept 6. William Edward Branham Mullens named administrator of William Branham estate who died Sept 15. Mrs Myrtle Rose Pineville named administratrix of Vivian Estes Rose estate who died Sept 16. Preston Brown Oceana named executor of Edna J Brown estate who died Sept 22. Annie Belle Trent Baileysville named administratrix of Elmer Trent estate who died June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna J. Brown
Annie Belle Trent
Baileysville
Elmer Trent
Anniversary attendance at Athens Eastern Star meeting
The 50th anniversary meeting of the Athens Chapter Order of Eastern Star was attended by Mrs. J. J. Compton Mrs. T. F. Brammer and Mrs. Edith Cook all of Mullens along with Mrs. Archie Lusk of Herndon and Mrs. Shields Cline of Covel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mullens
ANS
Athens
Order of Eastern Star
J. J. Compton
T. F. Brammer
Edith Cook
Archie Lusk
Herndon
Shields Cline
Covel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beckley Hotel
John C. Ward
Ted Stacy
Jack Nuckols
Joe Burdett
John
Roy Herndon
W. W. Withrow
Cochairman
Demo Party
New Blue Jay School
Okes
G. Shields
Contract Bridge
Becker Eco
Sae Reese
Stork Shower
Wyoming Hospital
Paula Jo
William J. Brooks
Joyce Faye
Payton E. Bailey
Amigo
Richard Eugene
Robert J. Mathews
Stotoesbury
Janet Lyon
Robert Lee Raines
Tralee
Timothy Edward
James B. Tilley
Ravencliff
Thorne Wavies
Grand Jury
Madison Man
Concord College Juniors
Beckleyan
Rebekah Degree
Virgil Burkett
Sam Burkett
Louisa, Ky
Casey Browning
Blair
Ray Burgess
Kopperston Pta
Forren
Caton
West Virginia Educational Association
Alfred Humphrey Pax
Humphrey
Pax
Ris D. Sayer
David F. Sayer
Second Avenue
Faye Nay
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