Rawlings assigned Army advisor to West Virginia Guard
Lt Col William W Rawlings has been named Army advisor to the 150th Armored Cavalry Regiment WV National Guard and will be based at South Charleston. Parkersburg native Fred T Hopkins named Chevrolet sales promotion manager, with 73 years at GM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
William W. Rawlings
Germany
150Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
West Virginia National Guard
South Charleston
Fred T
Ted)Hopkins
Parkersburg
Chevrolet
General Motors
Hopkins
Stahr Dinner To Open Two Day Inauguration
About 600 guests are expected for the inaugural dinner honoring West Virginia University President Elvis Jr. Stahr Jr. in Morgantown on Oct. 2. The two day program ends Oct. 3 with the formal installation ceremony at 10 a.m. in the Field House. Nearly 6,000 people anticipate attending the inauguration including college presidents, learned society leaders, state and federal officials, and university delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Elvis Jr. Stahr Jr
Morganetown
Stahr
U. S
Regional alumnae drive boosts Western College support
Thirty nine percent of Western College for Women alumnae in the regional area contributed to the 1959 faculty salary drive. National totals show 2,182 alumni gave as the Ford Foundation grant match funds. Beckley area chair reports a 105 percent donor increase to 51,517, with 23 regional setups nationwide guiding the drive.
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Western College For Women
Oxford
Ohio
D. W. Dixon
Loudon Heights Road
Charleston
Beckley
Border South
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ford Foundation
Dixon
Western Alumnae Association
Twenty Army enlistees listed for week ending Saturday
Nineteen enlistments and one re enlistment appear on the United States Army rolls for the week ending Saturday. Hollie James Samples Precious is assigned to the military police detachment at Fort Knox Kentucky. Lonzo Hayes Patton Henry Everett Sherrod Jr Leslie Luther Monroe Leftwich Lewis Stosen Kennethdwin Carpenter Rich ard Ernest Walker Scottie Edmond Hartzog Fred McDonald Lynn are assigned to Fort Jackson South Carolina for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Hollie James Samples
Precious
Fort Knox, Ky
Fort Jackson
S. C
Lonzo Hayes Patton
Charles Patton
Henry Everett Sherrod Jr
Henry Sherrod
Leslie
Luther Monroe Leftwich
Mary Leftwich
Bandy
Lewis Stosen
Steve Stosen
Minden
Kennethdwin Carpenter
B. M. Carpenter
Siikview
Richard Ernest Walker
Walter Walker
Cedar Grove
Scottie Edmond Hartzog
E. D. Hartzog
Fred McDonald .Lynn
John
Labor Day Picnic at Fitzpatrick Park for East Gulf groups
T Wright worshipful master of Bloodstone Lodge No. 101 East Gulf announces a Labor Day picnic at Fitzpatrick Park. The event includes Pride of East Gulf Court No. 63 and their auxiliaries.
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Fitzpatrick Park
East Gulf
East Gulf Court No. 63
T. W. Wright
Local Youths Named With Adairs in Rainelle and Beyond
A list of young men from multiple towns including Lynn Rainelle Bennie Lee An drew Kenney son of Mr and Mrs Andy Kenny from Rainelle Ernest Ollie Peadre Shreve son of Mrs Lennie Shreve St Albans Ronald Wesley Francis son of Mr and Mrs Carmel Francis Bluefield Va Randolph Collis son of Mr and Mrs Val ter Collis Yukon Theodore Ray Jude son of Mr and Mrs Theo dore Jude English Harold Dean Brown son of Mrs Odessa LD Brown Charleston Larry EF Nunnery son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Nunnery Greenview Jennings Lee Evans son of Wendell Evans Lenore Danny Ray Williams son of Clarence Williams Slaters Branch Ky Jerry Keil Hibbitts son of Mr and Mrs Marvin Hibbitts Grundy Va and Bobby Ray Brunty son of Janis Brunty Naugatuck.
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Brown
Charleston
Larry EF. Nunnery
Samuel Nunnery
Greenview
Jennings Lee Evans
Wendell Evans
Lenore
Danny Ray Williams
Clarence Williams
Slaters Branch
Jerry Keil Hibbitts
Marvin Hibbitts
Grundy
Bobby Ray Brunty
Janis Brunty
Naugatuck
Trucker James Barnes Fined for Highway Littering
West Virginia Conservation Commission officers arrested James Barnes on a charge of littering a highway after catching him dumping trash within 100 feet of a road from a truck. He faced a hearing before Magistrate Cotton White and was fined $100 plus costs. District Four officers intensified a strict campaign against litterbugs along streams and roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia Conservation Commission
James Barnes
Gary
Barnes
Cotton White
District Four
Tire theft hits Charlie Plotts car near Opelika
In Opelika Alabama a tire on Charlie Plotts car went flat at night on the road. After seeking help he found the car stripped of tools two fender skirts air filter floor mats radio four hub caps and four tires. The thief left only the flat tire.
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Opelika
Ala
Charlie Plotts
Plott
Third Avenue Property In Condemnation Suit
The State Road Commission files a condemnation suit over property on Third Avenue in Raleigh County Circuit Court to relocate Route 16. Defendants include Keatley family members and Alderman relatives. Also noted are two related SRC condemnations for Beckley Mabscott Road with hearings set for Oct 15. One case targets 1,064 square feet on S Oakwood Avenue against Investment Securities Inc and another targets 3,254 square feet on Third Ave against Argenbright and Tate heirs.
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State Road Commission
Third Avenue
Raleich County Circuit Clerk’s
Jack L. Keateley
Anna Keatley
DL. T. Keateley Jr
Hilda Keatley
Frances Keatley
Grace Beulah Keatley
J. A. Alderman
Mildred L. Alderman
H. M. Alderman
Anena Keatley Gravely
H. B. Gravely
Beulah Grace Keatley
James Lilly, Inc
SRC
Beckley-Mabscott Road
Investment Securities, Inc
S. Oakwood Avenue
Opal K. Argenbright
Marvin K. Argenbright
Conjugal Leprosy Rare To All Ages
WHO experts meeting in Geneva say a definite susceptibility is needed for contact with leprosy and that close contact with patients does not always transmit the disease. Leprosy is very rare, children are most at risk, and segregation laws should be abolished as it should be treated like other communicable diseases.
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World Health Organization
Geneva
WHO
Boy, 6, Struck By Auto Escapes Serious Injury
The first traffic accident victim of the new school year is Steve Cobb, age 6, of 400 Russell Street. He suffered only slight injuries after being struck by a car on South Kanawha Street near Rosell Street while walking home from school Tuesday afternoon. He was treated and released from Beckley Medical Arts Clinic. The vehicle was driven by Muriel Anderson, 43, of Beaver. No charges were filed by Beckley police.
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Steve Cobb
Russell Sr
South Kanawha St
Rosesell St
Muriel Anderson
Beaver
Beckley
Man Passes Out In Beckley Storefront
Beckley resident Harry Traynham collapsed outside Cavalier Cut-Rate on Prince Street at 5 40 p m Tuesday. Rescue Squad aided him with oxygen before he was taken to the Veterans Administration Hospital where doctors found no injuries after a thorough exam. Traynham admitted to drinking alcoholic beverages.
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Harry Traynham
Beckley
Cavalier
Prince St
Traynham
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pre Registration Starts at Bluefield State College
Registrar E W Browne announces pre-registration for evening and Saturday morning classes beginning Monday September 14 between 8 and 4 p m Tuesday through Friday Attractive programs of study for continuing education include a full schedule of courses for evening students and pre engineering curricula Also offered are courses for in service teachers and other programs to complete collegiate training on evenings
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Bluefield State College
E. W. Browne
Ashland couple engaged plan army service before wedding
Ashland Ohio reports Robert McBride II, 19, and Miss Sarah Sellar, 17, are engaged but will delay the wedding. They have chosen to enlist in the Army first and marry a year later. She trained at Ft McClellan Alabama and he at Ft Benning Georgia.
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Ashland
Ohio
Robert McBride II
Sarah Sellar
Atleveland
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Ft, Bening, Ga
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Arriving in Germany to serve with the Third Infantry Division Pvt Carlo Peraldo Beckley son of Mr and Mrs Plinio Peraldo entered the Army December 1958 after basic at Fort Benning and a 1953 Woodrow Wilson High School graduate He attended West Virginia University and worked for Wallace Construction Co Huntington Airman 3 C Tennis J Hash a weapons training student at Lowry Air Base Cole son of Willis G Hash Ghent Va Graduated Shady Spring High School and was a basketball letterman Naval Air Reserve training station was Coogie Carl Gilliam Beckley who will attend pre flight training in Pensacola Fla after basic He is a Virginia Tech graduate member of the ASME and Glee Club Pvt Forrest R Browning son of Mr and Mrs Earl R Browning Tam Assigned to Battery D Ninth Artillery entered January 1959 and attended Mark Twain High School Airman 3 C Carl Bowyer assigned to Clinton County Air Force Base Wilmington Ohio previously Memphis Tenn now with Fire Department at the base He is married to Linda Jean Humphrey Sworn in Naval aviation branch candidate at Norfolk
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Germany
Third Infanty Division
Pvt
Carlo Peraldo
Plinio Peraldo
Beckley
Ninth Artillery
Army
Fort Benning, A
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
Wallace Construction Co
Huntington
C. Tennis J. Hash
Lowry Air Force Base
Cole
Air Force
Shady Spring High School
Mirs
Willis G. Hash
Ghent
Naval Air Reserve Training Station
Coogie Carl Gilliam
Norfolk
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Stations
C.C. Gilliam Beckley
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Glee Club
Forrest R. Browning
Earl R. Browning
Tams
Fort Benning
Mark Twain High School
Ohio
Carl Bowyer
Oscar D. Bowyer
Long Branch
Memphis Tenn
Clinton County Air Force Base
Naval Aviation
Linda Jean Humphrey
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Mt. State Miscellaneous
Wheeling
Ohio County Board of Commissioners
du Pont
Belle and Parkersburg
Belle Works
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
West Virginia Tech
Montgomery
McDowell County Mines
Big Creek
Mranu of Mines
State
Ines Department
Employes
Ward E. Gamble
State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Gamble
Alma
Margery Argenbright
Juanita A. Tate
C. O. Tate
Third Ave
Boy
Beckley Medical Arts Clinic
Beckley Ice & Feed
Prince St. At
Railroad
Murphy’s
Texas
Parker Jotter
Murphit
Royalite
Man
Wilmington
Hash C
Gilliam
United Leather
MAIN
East
Rainelle
Tapler-Tacker
Lee
Murphy Co
Temple Street
Hinton
Howard Avenue
Mullens
OAK
Oak Hill
the Complete Variety Stores
Main Street
Richwood
Murphy
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