Stansbury Quits West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Harry A. Stansbury resigns after 21 years as West Virginia Chamber of Commerce managing director earning 24000 annually. He cites health and burnout, notes 18 hour days, and plans real estate work near Glen Daniel with 200 acres. He will be replaced by Earle L. Elmore and the directors meet in White Sulphur Springs to finalize the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Stansbury
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Stansbury
Herbert Stansbury
Beckley
State Chamber
Glen Daniel
Chamber
White Sulphur Springs
Earle L. Elmore
Charleston
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Robert B. McDougle
Parkersburg
Copperhead Scare Drives families to keep kids home
In Rhodell West Virginia five copperhead snakes were killed in one week near railroad tracks. Parents keep children indoors as several residents reported sightings and two men Lew Blankenship and Walter Whittaker killed snakes in yards near Raymond Hamlet and Thomas Hutchings. Residents fear drought drives snakes from mountains seeking water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodell
RNS
Lewis Blankenship
Raymond Hamlet
Thomas Hutchings
Walter Whittaker
Car Wash Benefiting Mabscott Church Projector
Mabscott Methodist Youth sponsor a car wash at the church on Saturday to raise funds for a religious film projector. Proceeds support purchasing a projector for church screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott Methodist
Birth Announced for Armachain Daughter in Oceana
Bambi Lynn named for the new daughter of Mr and Mrs William Armachain of Oceana. The baby weighed seven pounds thirteen ounces and arrived at 2 40 a m on August 30 at Man Memorial Hospital. The Armachains have three daughters and one son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
ANS
Bambi Lynn
William Armachain
The
Man Memorial Hospital
Armachains
Beckleyan Pleads To Moonshine Count
Charles Jones, 27, of 107 Hunter Street, was remanded to Raleigh County Jail in lieu of a $100 fine after pleading guilty before Magistrate Cotton White to possession of moonshine whisky. He was arrested by City Police and jailed at 11:02 pm Wednesday. Oscar Warner, Pemberton, pleaded guilty to breach of peace and was remanded after failing to post an $800 bond. jailed at 12:35 pm Wednesday on a warrant issued by White and obtained by Warner's wife, Hazel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White
Warner
Hazel
Hearings Set In September For Route 16 Relocation
Several condemnation suits by the State Road Commission will be heard by the Raleigh Circuit Court in September tied to the relocation of Route 16. Hearings concern land on South Oakwood Avenue and Third Avenue for the highway project contracted to Troitino Brothers Inc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Road Commission
Raleigh Circuit Court
Route 16
Conservation Officers Arrest 17 For Violations
Seventeen persons from District 4 were arrested by Conservation Commission officers on violations of conservation laws. Offenses include litterbug, hunting without a license, hunting in closed seasons, uncased guns, and reckless motor boat operation. Fines ranged from $10 to $100 with costs, and most defendants received 30 days in jail. one juvenile and two Richwood teens were cited for training dogs with firearms during a coon hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conservation Commission
District 4
Beckley
Wyoming County
Harless Burrell
Herndon
Jack Blevins
Odd
Burrell
Blevins
Raleigh
Carl Jarrell
Dry Creek
James Barns
Gary
McDowell County
J. W. Berry
Layland
Fayette County
Clarence E. Pantoplus
John Junior Seabolt
Richwood
Greenbrier
Simon
Jerry Harvey
Cecil Cline
Horse Pen
Sam Bowman
Willie Stillwell
Elisha Duncan
George Blankenship
Bradshaw
Beckley Night Court Forfeits $1435 In Cit y Fines
Beckley Police Court cleared $1435 in bonds forfeited in a Thursday session. Four vending machine firms paid $1250 for licenses violations and 15 charges. Other fines included a $150 for driving while intoxicated and smaller penalties for speeding running a red light and other minor infractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Beckley Vending Machine Co
Percy Mullins
Buzzy Bowling
Wallace and Wallace Music Co
E. R. Wallace
C and R Music Co
Max Carpenter
K and K Music Co
Jimmy Kiser
Lance Co
George Grimes Jr
Paige A. Justice
Vine St
William A. Shafer
Margaret Roebuck
Capias Pro
Levi Shrewsbury Rites Saturday
Final rites for Levi Harmon Shrewsbury Jr. 32 will be at Barns Freewill Baptist Church at 1 p m Saturday with Rev L V Basham officiating Burial in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens Shrewsbury was killed in a fall in the mine of C H Mead Coal Co of East Gulf He was a lifelong Raleigh County resident and a Mead Coal employee for three years He was a member of United Mine Workers Local 6109 Freewill Baptist Church and served in the Army He was born March 14 1927 in Dott Mercer County son of Levi and the late Bessie Snead Shrewsbury Survived by wife Doris three sons Daniel Samuel Allen two daughters Judy Linda four brothers and five sisters Pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Shrewsbury
C. H. Mead Coal Co
East Gulf
Raleigh County
Odd
Mead Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Freewill Baptist Church
Ghent
Oscar Shrewsbury
Stephenson
Jayzona Shrewsbury
Earl Dunlap
Arlington
Pat Reese
Peterstown
Rosa Shrewsbury
Beckley
Caffee
Clayton Wallace
Levi Hornsby
Dawson Meador
Lacy Meador
Os Lyons
Harry Wallace
Raymond Meador
Revival Begins At Area Church
A two week revival is conducted at the Clear Fork Advent Christian Church by Rev. John F. Warren of Lenore North Carolina. Special music is offered at each service. At the close, the annual homecoming is observed on the second Sunday in September with speakers Rev. W. S. Baxter of Deer Field Virginia and Rev. Carl Groos of Elbert. Pastor is Rev. Bobby Brock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Fork
RNS
Clear Fork Advent Christian Church
John F. Warren
Lenore
N. C
W. S. Baxter
Deerfield
Carl Groos
Elbert
Bobby Brock
Adapted sports lift veterans in VA hospitals
Veterans in VA hospitals gain recovery benefits from supervised adapted sports. Wheelchair horseshoes, outdoor bowling, volleyball, shuffleboard, and golf putting are tailored to each patient’s handicap. Activities foster competitive spirit, social skills, and readiness to return to family and work.
Twenty two men inducted into US Army this week
For the week ending Tuesday, twenty two men were inducted at Beckley Recruiting Main Station. Names include Robert Daniel Harris of Charleston, Dallas Wayne Williams of Belle, Edward Lee Move of Beaver, James Edward Hawks Jr of Beaver, Larry Franklin Ratliff of Sinks Grove, and others. Those sent to Fort Eustis Virginia for basic training include Jerry Lee Brooks of Bluefield and Charles Lemont Mills of Nitro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US. Army
Beckley
Fort Jackson
S. C
Robert Daniel Harris
James R. Harris
Charleston
Dallas Wayne Williams
L. C Williams
Belle
Edward Lee Move
Bridgie Moye
Beaver
James Edward Hawks Jr
Helen Hawks
Larry Franklin Ratliff
Leonard C. Ratliff
Sinks Grove
Joseph Oley Cooper
Brenton
Paul Collett Boggess Jr
Sissonsville
Robert Earl Bailes Dunbar
Jessie William Wayne Snel
Tip Top
William Edward Harris
Bluefield
Jerry Allen DeQuasie
Fayetteville
Ronald Andrew Chilco
Ronnie Warren Gaither
Charles William Bryant
Gay Dean Morrison
Rainelle
Clarence Bernard Willis
Lookout
Charles Delos Frashure
Larry Crosby Ritchie
Gerald Elbert Strickland
Eccles
Larry Coleman Vaught
MacArthur
Fort Eustis
Jerry Lee Brooks
Charles Lemont Mills Nitro
Seven Divorce Decrees Final in Raleigh County Court
Raleigh County Circuit Court Judge Norman Knapp issued seven final divorce decrees Wednesday. Decrees include Helen Bragg Nickell v James Harold Nickell with custody of four infants to the mother. Harley A Ward v Marie Ward with custody of two children to the plaintiff. Gladys Gringsby v Offa Willard Gringsby with custody of two children to the plaintiff. Jo Ann Cain v Thomas J Cain with custody of two children to the mother. Shirley Louis Lozier v Shirley Faye Lozier with custody of one child to the mother. Betty Smith v Delmar James Smith with custody of two children to the mother. Jean Carrol Corkrean v Charles Joseph Corkrean with custody of one child to the mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Circuit Court
Helen Bragg Nickell
James Harold Nickell
Harley A. Ward
Marie Ward
Gladys Gringsby
Offa Willard Gringsby
Jo Ann Cain
Thomas J. Cain
Shirley Louis
Buddy) Lozier
Shirley Faye Lozier
Shirley Faye Shumate
Betty Smith
Plans Made To Hire Librarian For Fayette Library
Fayette County Public Library board advanced plans to hire a qualified head librarian and staff to open a full service library by November. Headquarters will be in the Laura Hopkins Memorial Room, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building, Fayetteville, with staff including a head librarian, readers education coordinator, book mobile librarian, driver and clerk. Long Co. president J B Long elected board president. Patrick C. Graney named secretary. J Meredith Arbaugh treasurer. Mrs Hale Morris added to the board. West Virginia Library Commission representatives attended. The project shifts from regional plans to a county library system with state aid and a 1,200 new books per year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
ANL
Fayette County
J. B. Long
Presient
The
Long Co
Patrick C. Graney
Mount Hope
Mahan
Arbaugh
Union Carbide Metals Inc
Hale Morris
Ansted
West Virginia Library Commission
Dora Ruth Parks
Robert Bullen
M. Steen
Bullen
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Court
Fayete County
Couples Issued Permits To Wed In Fayette County
Fayette County Clerk issued marriage licenses listing ten couples. Richard Darrell Billups and Cynthia Kitchen. Charles Warren Crouch and Beulah Ransom. Max Gill and Ruth Ross. James Lebrect Steele and Ida Mae Hogshead. Lewis E. Stotts and Bertie Lou Manion. Paul Takach and Delores Stanevich. Paul Alonzo Webb and Marsha Flint. Robert Gene Young and Gwendolyn Nowviskie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville
RNS
Fayette County
Richard Darrell Billups
Ramsey
Esmond
Elizabeth Billups
Cynthia
Resina Kitchen
Victor
Eugene Kitchen
Virginia Legg
Charles Warren Crouch
Oak Hill
Paul and
Quillie Crouch
Beulah Frances Ransom
Ambers
Lula Ransom
Max Gill
Ansted
Basil
Georgia B. Gill
Ruth Ross
Francis M
Ada Mae Ross
James Lebrect Steele
Bartley
George L
Alma L. Steele
Ida Mae Hogshead
Montgomery
Ralph
Norma Hogshead
Lewis E. Stotts
Everett
Edna G. Stotts
Bertie Lou Manion
Martin and
Ruth Manion
Paul Takach
Parkersburg
John
Virginia Takach
Delores Jean Stanevich
John and
Mary Stanevich
Paul Alonzo Webb
Layland
Lonnie and
Effie Webb
Marsha Elizabeth Flint
William and
Louise Flint
Robert Gene Young
Edward
Dorothy Young
Gwendolyn Ann Nowviskie
Roger and
Josephine Nowviskie
Beckleyans Licensed To Practice Medicine
Two Beckley men Ira Braxton Anderson and Frederick Eugene Totten were licensed to practice medicine by reciprocity. Also licensed were William Godfrey Gaenge Wharton Don Franklin Shreve White Sulphur Springs Walter Otte Vom Lehn Alderson. By examination Carl Jackson Greever Whitesville and Hollister Summers Harrison Summersville. The State Medical Licensing Board has licensed 38 physicians recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
West Virginia
Ira Braxton Anderson
Frederick Eugene Totten
William Godfrey Gaenge
Wharton
Don Franklin Shreve
White Sulphur Springs
Walter Otte Vom
Lehn
Alderson
Carl Jackson Greever
Whitesville
Hollister Summers Harrison
Summersville
State Medical Licensing Board
Coal River Personal Notes Shared Visits and Weddings
COLCORD IRNS Mr. and Mrs Reginald Halstead and daughters from Charleston are guests of his parents Mr and Mrs A J Halstead. Visiting Mrs Carl Dillon at Raleigh General Hospital were her husband Carl son Roger daughter Yvonne son in law Chriss Wiley Jr and Murrell Beller. Mrs G L Kincaid attended a bridal shower for her niece Miss Shirley Jelsomine at Melva Jelsomine's home. Jelsomine to be married Saturday. Sharon Fraley returned home after a two week visit with relatives in Cleveland Ohio, daughter of Darrell and Mrs Fraley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colcord
IRNS
Reginald Halstead
Charleston
A.J. Halstead
Carl Dillon
Raleigh General Hospital
Carl
Roger
Yvonne
Chriss Wiley Jr
Murrell Beller
G. L. Kincaid
Shirley Jelsomine
Melva Jelsomine
Janey
Miss Jelsomine
Sharon Fraley
Cleveland
Ohio
Darrell Fraley
Lock 12 slump hits Ohio River tonnage in August
The Associated Press notes a drop in tonnage through Lock 12 in Warwood due to a steel strike and work stoppages affecting three major Ohio River barge lines, with August totals under half May’s. Other notes include Cyril Plant’s death and eye donation, a Wheeling preaching mission starting October 4, and requests for funds by Greater Wheeling parishes for two schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Warwood
Upper
Ohio
Cole To Attend VPI In Blackburg This Fall
Cole Rondle Lee Cole son of Mr and Mrs C E Cole Beaver will study aeronautical engineering at Virginia Tech Blacksburg this fall. A May graduate of Shady Spring High School he earned a merit diploma as an honor graduate with grades from 3.50 to 4.00. He belonged to Thespians the Student Council and the National Honor Society and played basketball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rondle Lee Cole
C. E. Cole. Beaver
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Shady, Spring High School
Thespians
Hawkins Family Returns From Salem Visit
Mrs Minnie B Hawkins and her granddaughter Miss Barbara Goodwin visited Salem Virginia with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs John B Mills and their sons Leslie and Holt returning Friday after a week long trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oceana
RNS
Minnie B. Hawkins
Barbara Goodwin
John B. Mills
Leslie and Holt
Salem
Public sale of two1955 Chevrolet and 1953 Desoto autos
Public sale announced for a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air with serial VC55F005088 at Pineville Motor Sales West Virginia on September 10 1959 to satisfy William A Carter debt. Also a 1953 Desoto eight door serial 50277590 at Beckley Duncan-Catron Motor Co West Virginia on September 11 1959 to satisfy Mose Minnefield debt. Both are under conditional sales agreements with cash terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bel-Air
Pineville Motor Sales, Inc
Pineville
West Virginia
William A. Carter
Glen Rogers
James R. Mink
Desoto
Beckley Duncan-Catron Motor Co., Inc
Beckley
Mose Minnefield
Wehrman
Public Vehicle Sales in Pineville and Designe Service
One 1958 Rambler-6 station wagon and a 1953 Chevrolet-8 sedan will be sold at public sale to satisfy unpaid debts. The Rambler sale is at Pineville Motor Sales Inc in Pineville West Virginia on September 10 1959 at 11 09 a m under a conditional sale with John A Harman as the debtor. The Chevrolet sale is at Designe Sales & Service Inc in Ansted West Virginia on September 1 1959 at 1 00 p m under the terms of Designe Sales & Service Inc for Clyde Gray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pineville Motor Sales Inc
Pineville
West Virginia
John A. Harman
Lorado
James R. Mink
Designe Sales & Service, Inc
Ansted
W. Va
Clyde Gray
Scarbro
Funeral Notices from Shrewsbury and Nearby
Levi Harmon Jr. 32 of Odd killed in C H Meade Coal East Gulf mine at 9 30 a m Thursday September 3 body at Caffee Funeral Home then to Barn Freewill Baptist Church for viewing noon Saturday September 5 with service at 1 p m Rev L V Basham burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens pallbearers Clayton Meadows Lacy Meadows Otis Vines Harry Wallace Raymond Meadow. Letha E Lowe 82 of 203 Lincoln Street died at home at 8 30 a m Wednesday September 2 funeral 2 p m Friday September 4 First Baptist Church Rev Dr Alvin J Cook interment Sunset Memorial Park mausoleum Webb and Neal Funeral Home to residence 4 p m Thursday September 3 pallbearers Sam H Hoye Lyle Christian Lonnie O Gunter Jack Reno Dr Harwood James Fred Clark Milton Honts S A Worley Jr Arrangements by Webb and Neal Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury
Levi Harmon Jr
C. H. Meade Coal Company
East Gulf
Caffee
Freewill Baptist Church
L. V. Basham
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Clayton Wallace
Levi Hornsby
Dawson Meadows
Lacy Meadows
Otis Vines
Harry Wallace
Raymond Meadow
Lowe Lowe
Letha E
Lincoln Street
First Baptist Church
Alvin J. Cook
Sunset Memorial Park
Webb and Neal
Vance Drive
Sam H. Hoye
Lyle Christian
Lonnie O. Gunter
Jack Reno
Harwood James
Fred Clark
Milton Honts
S. A. Worley Jr
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Bayle Bayle
Violet
Maple Fork
Stamford Nursing Home
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Donald Lowe
Nathan Nugen
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Manhattan Rockets
Cision
Rockets
California
Holly ‘Road
Copperhead
Beckleyan
Benjamin Fine
Lillian
Saturday Review of Literature
Levi Shrewsbury
Levi Harmon Shrewsbury Jr
Barns Freewill Baptist Church
Area Church
Len
Fayette
Beckleyans
Coal River Personals
Mt. State Miscellany
Cyril Plant
New York
Plant
Wheeling
Lions Club
W. Albert Donaldson
Greater
Central Catholic High
St. Joseph’s Academy
J. R. Eck
McKay Chemical Co
W. P. Dunlap
New Martinsville
Dunlap
William J. B. Miller
Moundsville
Howard Criswell
Judge Miller
House of Delegates
Don A. Barr
Forrest H. Kirkpatrick
Wheeling Steel Corm
Follansbee
Brooke County
Cole
VPI
Caffee Funeral Home
Raleigh Register
Oakwood
Dias Floral CO
City Ave
Snow Thornton Florists
Prince Street
South
Oakwood Ave
Amos E. Quesenberry
Quarry Street
Dial
Call ST
Robert L. Amick
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
E. J. Shrewsbury
Robert Hamrick
F. D. LC
Royal Oak Press & Office Supply
Neville St
Main St
Stul ‘Dio
Buckley
Church Street
John W. Eye Radio
West
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince
St. Beckley
John W. Eye
West Neville St
Lovitz Television
George G. Anderson
Thompsons Drug Store
J. B Daniel
Wright's
Omer J. Wright
Clarke
Beckley Ice & Feed
Prince St. Ph
Lewis Transfer Co
Jan Campbell Music” Co
Ph. Hinton
P.O. Box
White Pine Gray Lumber Co
William Wisen
Mabscott
Mr. Hunt
Hunt's
Jim Green
Vi-Lee) Allenbaugh
North Cliff Avenue
Stanley Home Products
Bair Building
Leslie
Shady Springs
Tuddle House
Blue Star
AVON
Harry
Rev. O. T. Moore
Geneva Craddock
Ron Bon Domestic Agency
Neville Street
Town and Country Drive Inn
New York Area
Transportation Advanced Huntington
Broadway Huntington Station
Tommy Creek Recreation Center
Hi-Ft
Wright
W. C. Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Pickup & Delivery
Ashworth Firestone
FHA
Edward Snuffer
Ph. C
White Pine V-Joint
T&g
White Pine Beams Baker Lumber Sales
Byus-Mankin Lumber Co
N. Kanawhe St
Beckley Maytag
E2l
Maytag
Gas Water Service
Ivered
Martina Tile Co
Vance
Beckley Insulation
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