Beckley Council Sets Special Meeting on Advisory Board
Beckley City Council schedules a special meeting next Tuesday night to select an advisory board for a $143,000 recreation levy approved by voters. The three year levy funds will supervise spending on recreation programs and facilities and guide use of the levy proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Beckley
James Kessinger
Tthe Recreation Board
Kessinger
Buckley Recreation
A. K. Minter
Minter
Parking Lot Commission
M. EB. Tyrea
Cpt. Tyree
W. A. Thornhill II
Planning and Zoning Commission
Maude Gunter
EB. B. Wray
J. E. Ballard
Caren Feazell
Clyde St
Beckley Junior High School
Parent-Teacher ‘Association
Tyree
Bernard Martin
Garden Terrace
Crawford Street
South
Kanawha
Wildwood Street
Bostic Avenue
Road Repairs Spark Another Demo Revolt in Maxwell Hill
A Maxwell Hill school area meeting prompted a Democratic petition demanding road improvements. Residents cite a one-lane, deteriorating road, past promises, and the need for widening from the hill intersection to the Turnpike bridge by November 3, with 182 nearby homes affected and through traffic rising.
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Democratic Party
Maxwell Hill
Old Crown Road
Maxwell
Old Crow Road
Demo
Earl Jack Wood
Wood
Harry Anderson
Ening Yates
Calloway Heights
Dry Hill
Hosel
Scout Roundtable and Becket Freed
Scout Roundtable set for 7 30 p m Thursday at the Methodist Temple Rex Johnson Appalachian District executive reports A cub leaders pack meeting will be led by Guy Amato and a Scout and Explorer leaders planning meeting by Father Michael Norman Knapp leads district committee for organizational purposes Beckteyan Freedomed from Raleigh County Jail after bond Beckley patrols issue driving without license and moonshine charges Vertie Davis freed on property bond Seldon Linkaus ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court with a city operators license violation and other notices Also an information bulletin lists a sample test questions and application details for National Teacher Examinations with deadlines in early 1957.
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Qld
State College
Methodist Temple
Rex Johnson
Appalachian
Guy Amato
Father Michael
Norman Knapp
Beckleyan
Raleigh
Beckley
Hunter Found Guilty Of Voluntary Manslaughter
James E. Sparacino defended James Hunter 31 of Naoma in a fatal July sawmill stabbing of Billy Barefield 33 at Pettry Bottom. A Raleigh County jury convicted on voluntary manslaughter after two and a half hours deliberation. sentencing set for November 1 with a minimum one year and maximum five years.
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Hunter
Raleigh
Barefield
James E.ing
A. J. Sparacino Wasy
Naoma
Billy Barefield
Pitt
Harry [. McCreery
J. Q. Hutchison
Board of Education Okehs Tax Change To be Voted Upon
Raleigh County Board of Education endorses proposed taxation amendment to permit county level elections for future school funding. The measure would not provide immediate extra money but allows counties to decide on additional school support in future elections. Personnel recommendations for elementary schools were voted on and accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Okehs
Raleigh’ County Board of Amended
Lil- Education
Lan Manns
Stotesbury
Enionight
Gene Tabor
Victor
C. E Bailey
Nance
Tabor
Emma Dillon
Beckley College Poll Drives GOP Win in Local Vote
In Beckley College polls the Republicans lead the slate with 103 votes to 96 for Democrats. Cecil Underwood won the gubernatorial race by a narrow margin against Robert Mollohan. The college figures show 75 percent of students favor Democrats, while stray ballots aided the GOP.
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Saan Oles
Gay
Willian Marland
Chapman Revercomb
Revércomb
Marland
Cecil Underwood
Hominée
Robert Mollohan
Underwood
Mollohan
Beckley College
College Day
Elk Official Here for Beckley Elks Lodge Event
Cody Fletcher district deputy to the grand exalted ruler visits Beckley Elks Lodge No. 1452 to install 74 candidates for Robert J. Ashworth’s honorary life membership event. About 300 attendees expected with delegations from multiple cities and a free dinner for members and candidates. Dewey Kuhns of Charleston to attend. Fletcher is a Princeton attorney and past West Virginia Elks official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cody Fletcher
Beckley Elks Lodge
Fletcher
Robert J. Ashworth
Beckley
Ashworth
Moundsville
Huntington
Princeton
Charleston
Bluefield
Hinton
Lewisburg
Williamson
Logan
West Virginia Elks Association
Dewey Kuhns
Grand Lodge
Central Baptist Home Section Celebrates Eight Years
The Central Baptist Home Section marks its eighth anniversary with an 11 service and fellowship dinner planned after morning worship at Ikam. The Wells Elementary School Golden Stars 4-H Club elected officers including Marshall Powell as president and Betty Hickman as vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ikam
Central Baptist Sunday School
al W. Wood
Wells
McAlpin
Golden Stars
J. B. Elliot
Marshall Powell
Betty Hickman
Brenda Halland
Merila Hairston
Drema Boyd
Samuel Pemberton
Mogene Lowe
Beverly Covington
David Evans
Russel Mahan
James Dues
Cecila Jackson
Viola Braxton
Andrew Evans
General Assembly
The
Free and Independent Church of Our Lord Jesus
Mr. Zion Holiness Church
Lillybrook
John Stuard
Raleigh
St. John Baptist Church
H. E. Davis
A. B. Monroe
Rose of Sharon
J. H. Dunlap
Susie Brackenridge
Sprague PTA Hears Dr. Ross
The Sprague Elementary PTA met at 7 30 p m Tuesday with president Thomas Wilson Jr presiding and devotionals by Mrs Cordell Way. Dr Margaret Ross chief of psychiatry at Beckley Memorial Hospital spoke on Mental Health and was introduced by Miss Elsie Bowman. The PTA awarded a prize to Mrs Juanita Peregoy for a library book and discussed buying books, installing electric rights for the ball court, and an electric time clock. A white elephant sale netted 13 80 and a bake sale at Raleigh County Bank is planned for Nov 17 with the next meeting set for 7 30 p m on Nov 27 at the Greenbrier Dairy Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sprague Elementary School
Thomas Wilson Jr
Cordell Way
Margaret Ross
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Elsie Bowman
Rose
Efe
Ross
PTA
Juanita Peregoy
Adair
Raleigh County Bank
Ue Greenbrier
Police Hunt Hitchhiking Gunman After Beckley Ride
State Police search for a sandy haired man described as about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 150 pounds who allegedly forced Nitro resident John Bailey at gunpoint to drive him to Beckley. The suspect wore a tan jacket and brown pants, was last seen near Dry Hill Road and the Glass-House Restaurant by Beckley Interchange after the Tuesday hitchhiking incident.
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Beckley
John Bailey
Charleston
Dry Hill
Churches from five counties attend West Virginia Methodist meet
Representatives from Raleigh Fayette Nicholas Wyoming and Boone counties gathered at Beaver Methodist Church for the annual West Virginia Methodist Conference session. About 200 ministers delegates and laymen discussed hospital and home work, college enrollment, youth programs, education and temperance, with plans for expanding churches and future conferences in Fayetteville in October 1957.
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Beesley
West Virginia
Beaver Methodist Church
Raleigh
Fayette
Nicholas
Wyoming
Boone
Bill D. Brown
Sophia Methodist ‘Church
Methodist Church
A. Cc. Brown
West Virginia Wesleyan College
James 4. Ling
Ling
Brown
Beckley
Mhem
A. P. Wallace
Secretary of Education
Ture
James B. Deck
Sopha
Jacksons Mill
Deck
A. W. Burdett
Women's Society of Christian Service
C. A. Hillman
Beckley First Methodist Church
R. J. Chenoweth
Mullens
Unsted
Frank Perry
Madison Methodist
Wayne R. Ransom
Berkley
J. B. F. Yoak
Beckley Methodist Church
UNICEF Drive Gains Support In Parkersburg
Parkersburg chairwoman Mrs Gladys Scroggins praises UNICEF for aiding 90 underdeveloped nations. Beckley council to host Halloween drive with local children collecting pennies for global children. Program uses matching funding and offers cures for tropical diseases, vaccines, milk, and basic care at low costs.
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Gladys* Scroggins
Parkersburg
United Nations Internation Childrens Emergency Fund
Council of Church Women
George Bright
Beckley Council of Church Women
Unicef Fund
Scraggins
Unicef
Scrogging
Hershel Redden Rises Thursday
Funeral services for Hershel Thare Redden 56 of Skelton will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coal City Community Church. He died Tuesday in a local hospital after an extended illness. Born March 3, 190, in Robins, he lived in Raleigh County most of his life near Winding Gulf. Surviving is his mother Mrs. E. P. Cole of Skelton. Burial will be in Cole Cemetery. Pallbearers named. The body was at Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home then moved to his uncle Lonnie Cote’s home in Coal City.
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Coal City
Hershel Thare Redden
Skelton
Redden
Robins
Tate E. P. Cole
Raleigh County
Winding Gulf
E. P. Cole
Unemployment Claims Downgrade in September at Beckley
Unemployment claims filed at the Beckley WV office dropped in September from last year with 1,118 claims this year versus 2,736 a year ago. The month saw 87 new job seekers, 326 applications for September last year, aptitude and proficiency tests for 1 person, 4 job seekers using counseling services, and 128 placements listed for work last month.
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Beckley
West Virginia
Fourth Annual Jack Haga Grid Contest Thursday
The fourth annual Jack Haga game will be played at Sophia High School stadium at 7 30 p m Thursday. Proceeds aid Jack Haga a Sophia High School student paralyzed in 1952. The event gathers locals and visitors, with officials donating time and gate contributions. Proceeds support Jack’s rehabilitation and needs.
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Jack Haga
Sophia
Stadi- Sophia High School
Sophia High School
Jack
Kessler Institute For Rehabilitation
Orange
N. J
Sophia School
Rhodell Woman Warns What Not to Do in Fire
Rhodell resident Mrs Bill Almond offered a stark lesson from a Monday fire that destroyed a four room dwelling and two businesses. While neighbors moved furniture to save it, a heavy closet door was forced shut on her, trapping her briefly before she freed herself. She later returned to monitor the blaze.
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Rhodell
RNS
Bill Almond
Rhodes
Almond
Cody Fletcher
County Life Group Sponsoring UNICEF Meeting
The Maxwell Hill Country Life Group met at 7:30 p m Monday at Maxwell Hill Elementary School. Devotional on Freedom of Choice urged voting on Nov 6. C and P Telephone rep spoke on potential two year dial system. Kids project for Emergency Fund planned with 25 to 30 children visiting homes. dinner moved to Dale Dixon church social room. costumes required. reservations by Nov 3 to Mrs Roy L Herndon. tickets $1.65.
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Maxwell Hill Country Life Group
Maxwell Hill Elementary School
Robert Broughman
Bill Sergent
C and P Telephone Co
Ternational
Childrens Emergency Fund
Maxwell Hill
Baty Fg
Eis Immer
Dale Dixon
Roy L. Herndon
Beckley Girl Missing and Another Theft Reported
Police search for Shelby Jean Cadle 16 who vanished from home after 7 am Tuesday. She is described as five feet tall with blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a black jumper, black pumps, and a pink coat. Also reported Tuesday, items stolen from a car on Morris Ave. and four men enlisted into the U S Air Force, sent to Lackland AFB Texas from the local recruiting station.
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Uly
Cadle
Shelby Jean T
Miss Cadle
Wortey
Avage
Porsingith
Charleston
Ison
Persing
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Cea
Bluestone
Jones
Walter
Council
Bulletin of Information
National Teacher Examinations
Educational Testin Service
Nassau St
Testing Service
GOP
Watts Insurance Co
Iment
Sam's Branch School
State Department of Vocational, Education
Richmond, District
Morton Reaves
Tams. Mountain
Robert Lee Cook
Beaver
Sam John Weaver
Central Baptist Home
NAACP
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Central Baptist Church
Sprague Pta
Dr. Ross
William C. Marland
U. S. Senate
Wise
Citizens For Marland Committee
Peidter
Robert Hatfield
WSCS
Methodist Conference
J. R. Casto
Pensions Fund ‘Incorporated
State Methodist Conference
Hershel Redden
County Life Group
Raleigh County Mental Health Association
Roy
L. Herndon
the Recreation Committee
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