Raleigh County Centennial Roadblock Raises Nine Owed Funds
The Raleigh County Centennial fund gains 90 dollars after a Saturday roadblock at Midway from 11 am to 5 pm. Helpers include Midway residents Mrs. Ralph Arnott Mrs. John Capaniti Mrs. Clinton Murphy and James K. Lowry centennial director. Sophia High School students contributed alongside several Midway residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Centennial Fund
Ralph Arnott
John Capaniti
Ces Cook
Kitty Maynor
Ann Johnson
Madison
Steve Lowry
Joey Spicer
Doug Shupe
Roger Weddle
Mickey Lawrence
Bill Blevins
Sophia High School
Bob McPherson
Volunteers Plan 1962 Raleigh Christmas Seal Campaign
Volunteers organize mailing list and committees for the 1962 Christmas Seal Campaign to raise funds to wipe out tuberculosis and combat respiratory diseases in Raleigh County. Dr. Charles Merritt, campaign chairman, notes volunteers will prepare 10 366 letters for mailing and urges county participation through Christmas seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Charles Merritt
Raleigh County Tuberculosis Association
D. O. Means
Corey O. Mitchell
Lewis N. Fox
R. L. Webb
A. D. Kistin
Walter James
Boots Dilley
Odessa Lewis
Fred Hays
O. B. Harris
W. D. Nace
H. E. Melton
Ross P. Daniel
Larkin Philpott
Phill A. McDaniel
H. S. Edwards
Preston C. Davis
Dr. Merritt
Merritt
Raleigh County
Minister finds ten thousand dollars in checks in Kettering
Lebanon Ohio AP reports Rev Wilton B Mills a Baptist minister recovered and returned $10,000 worth of checks blown about a Dayton suburb street. He told reporters that if his church received such an offering he might have a heart attack and praised the honesty shown in returning the funds to supermarket officials who had misplaced them en route to a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Ohio
Dayton
Kettering
Wilton B. Mills
Stops Constipation by Aging Colon Relief
Doctors say a new laxative principle named COLONAID relieves constipation by re creating three essentials of youthful regularity. It prevents dry hard waste, retones flabby colon muscles with rebulking action, and gently stimulates nerve reflexes to trigger mass movement. Introductory size 43 cents.
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Colonaid
Bank officials return from West Virginia Bankers meeting
W. M. Shanklin and S. C. Turner of the Beckley National Bank returned Friday from a special session of the West Virginia Bankers Association held at the FFA camp, Cedar Lake, near Ripley. Shanklin serves on the association's agricultural committee and Turner is secretary-treasurer of Group IV.
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W. M. Shanklin
S. C. Turner
The
Beckley National Bank
West Virginia Bankers Association
FFA
Cedar Lake
Ripley
Shanklin
Association
Turner
Morvich Wins Futurity at Pimlico in 1922 with $2.60 Payout
Morvich captured Pimlico's Futurity in 1922 posting a record low mutuel payout of $2.60. The victory marked a landmark moment in the race's early history and showcased Morvich as a standout for that season.
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Morvich
Pimlico
Officers Elected By Youth Divisions
MACARTHUR RNS The Christian Brethren Youth Fellowship selects new officers for the year with duties beginning Nov 1. Senior Division officers include President Phillip Oxley ice president Jimmy Smith secretary Madeline Snodgrass and adult advisors Mr and Mrs Bill Wickline and Mr and Mrs Ray Clark. Junior Division officers are President Jeffery Herr vice president Lynn Stanley secretary Jackie Holtzapfel treasurer Linda Holtzapfel and adult advisors Mr and Mrs Charles Phipps and Mr and Mrs Glen Perry. A Halloween party for the Junior Division will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Phipps. Jays leaders are Mrs Alene Deck and Miss Mildred Hall. Groups meet Sundays at 6 pm at the church in Crab Orchard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffery Herr
Lynn Stanley
Jackie Holtzapfel
Linda Holtzapfel
Charles Phipps
Glen Perry
Phipps
Jays
Alene Deck
Mildred Hall
Crab Orchard
Take It From Kathy By Kathy Peterson
Dear Kathy this is a long humiliating story told as a story. J the narrator talks to Snoopy and Loudmouth two girls who pry and guess the boy J secretly likes. The girls promise not to tell but J fears discovery could end a friendship. The advice says girls at the predating stage should be natural and friendly and avoid sharing secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathy
Snoopy
Loudmouth
Villians
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Specialist 4 William A. Mc Clellan, 21, son of Mr and Mrs Sebert McClellan of Oceana, earned the expert marksmanship badge in Germany with the Army M 14 rifle while serving as carrier operator in the 1st Signal Battalion Company A in Stuttgart. He entered the Army in 1959 and arrived overseas in 1960 after completing Oceana High School. Ronald R. Snuffer, son of Mr and Mrs Albert Snuffer of Beckley, is undergoing Exercise Peach Tree off California as a radarman third class. Howard N. Lilly, son of Mrs Wanda Lilly of Pemberton, is in recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. S. Sgt. Douglas W. Davidson, son of Robert Davidson of Beaver, was named an honor graduate of the U S Air Force aircraft instrument technician course at Chanute AFB and reassigned to Eglin AFB for his new specialty. he entered service in 1952 and married Joyce Byrd of Chickasaw, Alabama.
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Germany
William A. McClellan
Sebert McClellan
Oceana
McClellan
1St Signal Battalion
Stuttgart
Oceana High School
Coast of
California
Ronald R. Snuffer
Radarman
Albert Snuffer
S. Kanawha St
Beckley
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes, Ill
Howard N. Lilly
Wanda Lilly
Pemberton
U. S. Air Force
Chanute Afb
Ill
Douglas W. Davidson
Robert Davidson
Beaver
Sgt. Davidson
Eglin Afb
Fla
Joyce Byrd
Chickasaw
Ala
Marines and airmen listed for training and duty assignments
Serving with the Second Anti Tank Battalion at Camp Lejeune Marine Lance Cpl. Ronald C. Wills, son of Arthur and Mrs Wills, Beaver, is deployed. Rhodell men Melvin W Meadows and Larry W Murphy report to Lackland and Amarillo and Sheppard AFBs for aircraft maintenance and base utilities courses after basic training. The ship USS Shields accompanied by the destroyer task group is noted in passing.
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Second Marine Division
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Lance
Cpl
Ronald C. Wills
Arthur Wills
Beaver
Rhodell
Lackland Afb
Tex
Melvin W. Meadows
Woodrow Meadows
Larry W. Murphy
Clyde Murphy
Meadows
Amarillo Afb
Texas
Milam and Walker listed in Caribbean and Florida exercises
Donzie A. Milam, signalman third class aboard USS Boxer, part of PHIBULEX 2-62, hails from Cool Ridge. Specialist 4 Douglas F. Walker from Oceana served with the 2nd Infantry Division in Exercise Clear Lake at Eglin AFB, Fla. Walker, an 18 year old gunner in Company D at Ft. Benning, enlisted in 1961 after graduating from Oceana High School.
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Boxer
Caribbean
Donzie A. Milam
John Milam
Cool Ridge
2Nd Infantry Division
Eglin Afb
Fla
Douglas F. Walker
Leander Walker
Oceana
Walker
9Th Infantry
Ft. Benning
Oceana High School
Hart reassigned to Lajes Field after academy graduation
M Sergeant Roger L Hart reassigned to Lajes Field Azores after graduating from the Military Air Transport Service Senior NCO Academy at Orlando Air Force Base Florida He married former Lahoma Atkinson of MacArthur Hart son of Luther Hart Rhodell is an aircraft traffic control technician and a Stoco High School graduate
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Lajes Field
Azores
Military Air Transport Service
Orlando Afb
Fla
Roger L. Hart
Lahoma Atkinson
MacArthur
Sgt
Hart
Luther Hart
Rhodell
Stoco High School
Nichols reassigned after NCO academy graduation at Barksdale
Following graduation from the Second Air Force Senior Non commissioned Officers Academy at Barksdale AFB Louisiana, M. Sgt. Robert G. Nichols is reassigned to Lincoln AFB Nebraska. He is the son of Mrs. Mart Moore of East Beck ley and serves as a military training supervisor. He entered service in 1948 and is a Shady Spring High School graduate who married Gertrude Schoetz of Frankfort Germany.
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Second Air Force
Barksdale Afb
Robert G. Nichols
Lincoln Afb
Neb
Nichols
Mart Moore
Grafton St
East Beckley
Shady Spring High School
Gertrude Schoetz
Frankfort
Germany
Centennial Variety Show Nets $100 forFund
A Mount View School event hosted by Raleigh County Board of Education President Carl G. Jarrell with emcee duties by Carl G. Jarrell raised 100 dollars for the Centennial fund. Receipts totaled 98 but a 2 dollar top-up from District Co-chairman Mrs. Maude Paolari brought the total to 100. The program was aided by Marsh Fork District Woman's Club food and gift sales raising 37 dollars, with ticket sales supplying the remainder. Mrs. Wanda Hale assisted in organizing the show.
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Raleigh
Judge delays case as couple plans marriage
In Milwaukee a judge kept a disorderly conduct case open for six months after Willie Rogers and Barbara Coleman said they planned to wed. Judge Christ Seraphim also handed Willie a 30 day sentence when he appeared with his wife Mrs Mabel Rogers who claimed she read of his earlier reprieve.
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Milwaukee
Wis
UPI
Willie Rogers
Barbara Coleman
Christ Seraphim
Willie
Mabel Rogers
Sight Month Impetus From Lions Club in Beckley
Dr. Westwood H. Holliday of the West Virginia Optometric Association urges intensified child vision efforts during Sight Month. Plans include school screenings, post graduate courses, and parent educator cooperation to detect visual problems early. He notes 80 percent of learning relies on vision and commends the Lions Club for providing examinations and glasses to those in need.
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Westwood H. Holliday
West Virginia
America
West Virginia Optometric Association
Holliday
Beckley
Vaccination Now Protects Children From Measles
Dr Wayne Brandstadt explains measles risks to children and the shift from gamma globulin to vaccines. Two vaccines exist: a live weakened virus and a killed virus, each prompting protective antibodies. Doctors advise timely vaccination for lasting immunity and to prevent severe complications.
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Wayne Brandstadt
Assa
Elks Initiate 32 Members at Beckley Lodge Meeting
Jack Williams district deputy of the grand exalted ruler for West Virginia South spoke at Beckley Elks Lodge on the golden ordler award and Elks National Foundation. Exalted Ruler Robert Fleming and the ritual team initiated 32 new Elks including Ronnie Akers, Carl Barger, Charles Bond, Leroy Britt, many Beckley and Oak Hill residents. those elected will be initiated at Morgantown Elks Lodge during university classes.
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Jack Williams
West Virginia
Beckley Elks Lodge
Williams
Lee A. Donaldson
Elks National Foundation
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Robert Fleming
Elks
Ronnie Akers
Crab Orchard
Carl C. Barger
Beckley
Charles Bond
Leroy Britt
Oak Hill
Thomas Connolly
Robert Crabb
Harry E Ensminger
Stephenson
James W. Hart
Blue Jay
Joseph W. Hager
Joseph E. Holley
William A. James
Ernie Lee Johnson
Alfred Landers
James W. Wade
Mount Hope
Luther B. Wickline
Mullens
Louis Wallman
E. B. Wood, Jr
Fayetteville
Robert Lee Young
John R. Pyles
Morgantown
Busy Month Set By MH Raleigh County Mental Health Group
The Raleigh County Association for Mental Health plans a busy November with a Friend to the Patient program approved for member adoption of Huntington State Hospital patients. The annual dinner is November 29 at the Elks Lodge, where officers will be elected. Reverend Corey O. Mitchell will attend the National Mental Health convention in St. Louis as a delegate. A library committee will assist with future book donations, and a membership drive is to be organized.
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Board of
Huntington State Hospital
Association
The
Elks Lodge
Corey O. Mitchell
St. Louis
County Association
Cecil H. Graham
Catherine Asher
Virgil Sarrett
Roy Bazzarre
Mitchell
Maxwell Hill Children Attend Halloween Party
Maxwell Hill hosted a Thursday night Halloween party for local children. The Maxwell Hill Community Country Life Group and the Modern Woodmen of America sponsored the event in Rock Island Illinois. Activities included games and costume contests such as apple in the tub and apple on the string with a twist contest. Prizes donated by the Woodmen included footballs and puzzles. Winners of the costume contest included Joey Williams, son of Mr and Mrs J E Williams.
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Maxwell Hill
K. K. Keatley
Maxwell Hill Clg
Woodmen
Joey Williams
J. E. Williams
Yule Party Plans to Be Made Tonight
A 7 o'clock meeting in Sophia Town Hall aims to complete plans for a Christmas party for underprivileged Gulf area children. Albert Venere, chairman, urges representatives of all town organizations and Volunteer Fire Department members to attend.
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Sophia
Gulf Area
Volunteer Fire Department
Albert Veneri
Local Youth Fashion Contest Sparks Compliment and Critique
The event highlighted Diane Keatley and David Martin with the most original and ugliest outfits, while Gregory Brown drew praise for the cutest attire. Assisting host Mrs. Keatley were John Cook of Woodmen Local No 15175 and several iCLG women, shaping the party ambiance.
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Diane Keatley
K. K. Keatley
David Martin
Donald Martin
Gregory Brown
Tom Brown
Rt Rev Harte New Episcopal Bishop of Arizona
Newsman seeks contact with Bishop Joseph M. Harte and learns the telephone directory lists him as a retired reverend. The exchange reflects unfamiliar clerical terminology and humor in a Phoenix context.
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Phoenix
Joseph M. Harte
Arizona
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Clinton Murphy
Midway
Lenore McPherson
Gulf Woman’s Club
James K. Lowry
Slab Fork
Dave Kinsley
Fran
By Kathy Peterson
By Marye Rhodes
Murphy
Sheppard Afb
Shields
M. M. Meadows
L. W. Murphy
PMC
L. E. Crowson
Jr. Red Cross Chapter
Stratton High School
Junior Red Cross
Lloyd Boyden
Paulette Traynham
Joseph Webster
Red Cross Council
Lions Club
Beckley Lions Club
Peggy Dickens
Delcie Dickens
Arnett
Marsh Fork High School
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
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