Richardson Family Has Annual Reunion
About 40 members of the B. C. Richardson family gathered at Grandview Park for their annual reunion held Sunday, August 30. Attendees included multiple relatives from Deepwater Marion Akron Beckley Cassia Gatewood and Charleston with names such as Noel Richardson Mary Alice Lynn Lloyd Mary and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. C. Richardson
Grandview Park
Noel
Mary Alice Richardson
Lynn
Lloyd
Mary Richardson
Lonnie
Deepwater
Roy
Lucrecia R. Wilson
Pamela
Howard
Donita
Sondra R. Blankenship
Marion
Ohio
Clara Lee Jones
Akron
Letha R. Nichols
A. G. Nichols
Ferman
Mae Richardson
Elizabeth Ann
Norman
Oral
Beckley
John
Mable Jones
Cassia
Fla
Segard
Carmel Richardson
Mary
Rita
Laticia
Krista
Carrollton
Lois Bell Thompson
Gatewood
Earl and
Delegates Gather for 112th Pentecostal Assembly
Delegates attend the 112th Pentecostal Assembly of the Free and Independent Holiness Church at 106 7th St from Thursday Sept 3 through Sept 13. Officers include General Bishop John Stewart General Mother Mrs Sarah Braxton State Elder Miles Whitehurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penecostal Assembly of the Free and Independent Holiness Church
7Th St
John Stewart
Sarah Braxton
Miles Whitehurst
Foster Satisfactory J W Foster Hospital Patient
J W Foster of Sophia remains in Beckley Hospital with a satisfactory condition. He is president of the Raleigh County Park Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foster
J. W
Buster
Sophia
Beckley Hospital
Raleigh County Park Board
Visitors Drop At Beckley Mine
More than 15,000 people from 48 states and 30 foreign countries visited Beckley Exhibition Mine this year, a slight drop in local visitors but up in out of state and international guests. City Recreation Director Frank Rodriguez notes the period May 30 to Aug 31 totaled 17,734, down from last year, with 6,273 visitors in August this year versus 8,140 last August, and July totals of 5,834 versus 6,537 in 1963. The peak single day was 394 on July 5, while Centennial train day last year drew 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Exhibition Mine
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley
Selby Succeeds Colson as WVU Law Dean in Nods
Paul L. Selby Jr., a Columbus native and Ohio State alumnus, becomes dean of West Virginia University Law School succeeding Clyde L. Colson who had twice served as interim president. Selby earned his BA in 1944 and LLB in 1947 from Ohio State and taught at OSU Law beginning in 1956 after private practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selby
Colson
Morgantown
UPI
Paul L. Selby Jr
Clyde L. Colson
West Virginia University Law School
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State
Ohio State College of Law
WVU
State Department forms Congo policy inter-agency task force
The State Department creates an inter-agency task force to handle Congo policy modeled on existing crisis committees for Viet Nam Cuba and Berlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congo
Washington
Dry Hill Home Destroyed by Early Morning Fire
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell at 109 Oakley Road Dry Hill burned at about 5 20 am today. Mrs James Belcher Mac Arthur said the Campbells were away when the fire started and the home valued at five thousand dollars was a total loss except a child’s tricycle found in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Campbell
Oakley Road
Dry Hill
James Belcher
Mac. Arthur
Campbells
Willie D Ferguson Falls From Ladder
Beckley Rescue Squad responded to 115 Hill Street at 9 22 a m to treat Willie D Ferguson 49 of Glen Morgan after a ladder fall while installing storm windows for Beckley Insulation Company He had no obvious injuries and was not bleeding though a window broke on impact He was transported to Raleigh General Hospital for further evaluation
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Beckley
Hill Street
Willie D. Ferguson
Glen Morgan
Ferguson
Beckley Insulation Company
Accient
Raleigh General Hospital
Market Open Tonight at Beckley Farmers Market
Beckley farmers market stays open until 8 30 p m today offering tomatoes potatoes corn grapes beans and peppers for shoppers seeking fresh produce and local goods from area vendors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Farmer's
Teenagers from Union Mission Home attend Honey In The Rock
About 30 youths from the Union Mission Home in Charleston will be among the audience tonight for the performance of Honey In The Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Mission
Charleston
Albanese Plans Labor Day Fireworks Display
Albanese, a respected local patriot and non veteran member of the American Legion, will present a grand Labor Day fireworks show at 8 p.m. in New River Park. He relies on public contributions via his Heber Street store to fund the display, with police protection assured to deter vandalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Albanese
American Legion
Albanese
Italy
John Wesley Smith
New River Park
Heber Street
West Virginia Prosecutors Meet At White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia Prosecuting Attorneys Association holds its annual session at White Sulphur Springs with speakers Bernard Smith and Thomas Goodwin. Kanawha County’s Charles Walker to report on a criminal bail project. About 25 county prosecutors expected to attend alongside the West Virginia Bar Association convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayette County
J. Zane Summerfield
West Virginia
W. Bernard Smith
Ohio County
Thomas Goodwin
White Sulphur Springs
Goodwin
U. S. Supreme Court
Kanawha
Charles Walker
West Virginia Bar Association
Amicable Adjustment In Double Trial After Car Train Crash
In a West Virginia case a settlement was reached in related suits filed by George Tyree and his in laws over a February 26 1963 crash at the lively railroad crossing near Pax. A Norfork and Western Railway engineer testified on train factors while witnesses described slick roads and skid marks. Proceedings adjourned until 10 a.m. Tuesday with jurors reporting for duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lively
Pax
U. S
John A. Field Jr
George Tyree
Barbara
Tyree
Jesse
Thomas Tyree
Sheppard
Kenneth Adkins
Adkins
Oak Hill Hospital
Bluefield Sanitarium
E. L. Gauge
Beckleyans Attending State Chamber Meetings in White Sulphur Springs
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce leaders, including President W C McMahon and Managing Director Robert F Hamilton, will attend the annual state chamber meetings at White Sulphur Springs. Hamilton, outgoing president of the State Chamber Managers Association, will preside at Saturday's final meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley-Raleigh
Dan
Paul
Martinsburg
Hamilton
Washington, D.C
Staff Institute
Clarksburg
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Opinion Given On School Books
The State Board of Education may not request the State Textbook Advisory Committee to prepare and recommend a list of supplemental elementary school textbooks. A recommendation to adopt a textbook requires full consideration of the completed book. The board can select approve publish a list of five books per subject and grade, and may have an advisory committee of teachers to aid in selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPS
State Board of Education
State
State Attorney General's Office
Asst
Claude Joyce
H. K. Baer
Joyce
Blind poet Sarah Braxton to speak at Stamford church
Sarah Braxton, a blind poet, will address congregants on Sunday at the Stamford New Era Baptist Church. The sermon will be led by Pastor R. L. Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Braxton
Stamford New Era Baptist Church
R. L. Young
Rev Donald Underwood to Lead Mabscot Church Service
The Rev Donald Underwood formerly of Beckley will conduct the Mabscot Methodist Church service at 11 a.m. The Rev Orville Belcher is on vacation. The Underwoods visit his parents Mr and Mrs William Underwood in Mabscott. He is a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate now at Boston University. He and Mrs Underwood plan to return to Boston next week.
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Donald Underwood
Boston
Mass
Beckley
Mabscot Methodist Church
Orville Belcher
Lanham Cited After Mishap on West Virginia Turnpike
State police charged James Stanley Lanham with drunken driving after a two car crash near milepost 59 on the West Virginia Turnpike at 5 40 p m Tuesday. Lanham driving a 64 model car sideswiped a 57 model car driven by Clarence Edward Curley of Richlands Virginia while attempting to pass a tractor trailer. Damage was estimated at 800 dollars with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Stanley Lanham
West Virginia Turnpike
Lanham
Clarence Edward Curley
Richlands
Elder Rockford Cochran Becomes Glen View Baptist Pastor
Elder Rockford Cochran of Shady Spring assumed duties as pastor of Glen View Regular Baptist Church replacing Rev C A Bare who resigned. Services are at 11 a m and 7 30 p m weekly with Sunday School at 10 a m. Mr and Mrs Cochran have daughter Kathy 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford Cochran
Shady Spring
Glen View Regular Baptist Church
C. A. Bare
Glen View
Two Killed by Shell in Marne Battle Forest Fire
In Bar le Duc France two soldiers were killed and another seriously wounded when an old World War I shell exploded during a forest fire near the Marne River. The incident adds to tolls from the battle area as troops battled the blaze.
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Bar-Le-Duc
France
UPI
The
Marne
West Virginia to receive 50000 clean up bumper stickers
Charleston reports that about 50,000 Keep West Virginia Clean bumper stickers will be distributed statewide by the West Virginia Clean-Up Program. The stickers were donated by 3M Co of St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
3M Co
St. Paul
Minn
August 1947 Building Permits Total 40100 in Beckley
City records show six figure August construction activity totaling 40100. Notable items include Beckley YMCA improvements and memorial building updates with seat replacement and window enclosure. Individual permits cover new carports, kitchen extensions, a brick veneer eight room house, and multiple garages and demolitions from Aug 3 to Aug 31.
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City of Beckley
Beckley-Raleigh County Ymca
Kanawha
McCreery Streets
Memorial Building
YMCA
Kinney Anderson
Church St
Natalie Caponiti
City Ave
Drewie G. Jenkins
Antonio Ave
Baren Kidd
Coal St
Meredith Trent
Phillips St
Shooting Victim in Poor Condition in Eccles Incident
Rufus Vaughn 52 of Eccles remains in poor condition at Beckley Hospital from a gunshot wound police say caused by his brother James Vaughn 35 also of Eccles. James is held in Raleigh County Jail on felonious assault charge from the August 23 argument.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Vaughn
Eccles
Beckley Hospital
James Vaughn
Settlement sought as strike continues at Sterling plants
A meeting of local community and church groups will be held in Morgantown to aid settlement of the six week strike of some 1,200 Sterling Enterprises workers. The walkout began July 19 after negotiations with the United Steel Workers Union broke down at three Sterling plants in Monongahela and Preston counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
UPS
Sterling Faucet
Sterling Enterprises
Monongahela
Preston
Company
United Steel Workers Union
Calloway Heights Fire Fund Dues Deadline Set
Treasurer Mrs. Mary Short warns dues for Calloway Heights Fire Fund are due by October 1. Old members owe 2 dollars and new members 2.50 dollars. payments may be given to Mrs. Short.
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Calloway Heights
Mary Short
Savings Plan Ad From Modern Woodmen of America
An advertisement from the Modern Woodmen of America at their Home Office in Lock Island, Illinois promotes a savings plan that pays when needed. It emphasizes financial protection and accessibility for members seeking security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen OF
America
Offic @ Lock Island, Miinois
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Nguyen Khanh
Saigon Joint General Staff Headquarters
Richardson
Beckley Mine
Bernard Smith
Raleigh County
Anthony J. Sparacino
Sparacino
Smith
Welfare Department
Walter Sheppard
Beckleyans
Chamber
Bie Rock Point
Charlevoix
Mich
William C. Warden
Hull St
A. A. Farmer
Bolt
Prince Street
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Leed’s
Discount
James H. Weidensall
Wilkes Ave
Elgie Thompson
Myers Ave
Violet Hickman
Patch St
Clinton
Geraldine Martin
Vine St
E. S. Pugh
N. Kanawha St
Tom Prince
Sprague Ave
Virginia Lyons
Baker St
John Brice
Rice St
Paul O. Burdette
Michael Allen
Main St
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