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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1956
Page
11
Accompanying Percy was Bill Lonesome assistant of the State Democratic Party Speakers Bureau Routley Webb chairman of the Raleigh County Democratic Party Campaign also welcomed the visitors.
King Hiram Abiff Lodge No 23 F and AM will hold first degree initiation ceremonies at 7:30 p.m. Saturday with all members urged to attend per secretary Armstead Pollard.
Beckley man James Leasure and woman Lonnie Ray were arraigned on possession of moonshine whisky charges and ordered held to the Federal Grand Jury after a Thursday arrest at Ray Place. Each posted $500 bonds with U S Commissioner W A Riffe. Eight gallons of moonshine were seized, with Beckley police and Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division agents making the arrest around 11 p m Thursday at 102 Seventh Street.
Five Beckley defendants forfeited bonds totaling 50 dollars after missing hearings in Beckley Police Court. Sisk and Daniel of Beckley each posted 15 dollar bonds for unlicensed driving and operating a vehicle without an operator, while Lilly of Beckley bonded 40 dollars for driving without a license. A separate 30 dollar auto collision on Fayette Street involved Alvis Price of Beckley and Mary Etta Toney of Raleigh, with a second 4:40 p.m. crash on Fayette Street involving Sherman Mann of Sophia and David R. Shafer of 707 Johnstown.
A collision occurred on South Fayette Street with no injuries reported according to the brief notice.
A group of nine residents in Crow Road Community met at the Lewis Hatcher home Wednesday to form a committee that will advocate voting Republican in 1956. Buford Pugh was named chairman with James Hicks as executive secretary and J C Borgan as treasurer. They plan to distribute thousands of handbills titled Ten Reasons Why Democrats Of The Crow Road Community Are Planning To Vote For The Republicans. Reasons cited include long one-party rule fostering corruption, a corrupt Democratic machine, road neglect, and calls for house cleaning in Charleston and Raleigh County. The group noted road conditions on the Old Crow Road and pledged to donate time and money to repairs with residents offering equipment and funds.
Mrs Nora Franks a Raleigh County association member and state board director will attend the first West Virginia Mental Health Society meeting in Huntington Saturday. The society now includes four chapters Beckley Charleston Bluefield Huntington and recently affiliated with the national organization.
Four persons paid $5 fines at police headquarters after being arrested Thursday by City Police for running red lights. Thomas Brown of Charleston and Beckley residents Mrs. J. W. Tweedy, Joan L. Hogan, and Albert Lacy Lilly paid their fines. Jess Blake, Beckley, was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court Monday.
Public hearings were held by the Bers ley Planning and Zoning Commission on a special use permit for L. C. Gunter to enlarge a business at the intersection of Johnstown Road and Lincoln Street. The commission granted the permit as no opposition was voiced.
Paul Vennari urged support for a tax amendment at a Raleigh County meeting held at Beckley Junior High School. Nancy Thorne reported rising library and teacher membership as a group discussed education funding. The debate focused on allowing additional education taxes, with speakers noting current per-child spending and legal limits on further levies.
Maple Meadow School elected new officers for the coming year with Darrell Richardson as president and Patty Martin as song leader. Lois Bailey led scripture and a song “Faith Hope and Charity.” A statewide policy on textbook selections was prepared by Raleigh County officials after a county committee meeting, in line with a new state law.
Two Beckley residents were jailed in Raleigh County on road law violations. Robert Sick and Clyde St were released Wednesday morning on $15 bonds to City Police after being arrested around 1:55 am for permitting an unlicensed person to drive. Jay R. Daniel faced a charge of driving without an operator's license.
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