Beckley area crime and accident round up
A series of local incidents include Lester Smith posting a $500 bond after a breaking and entering charge at Town and Country Drive-In. Others released from Raleigh County jail faced drunkenness and moonshine charges, absent without leave, and a bad-check incident. An 80 year old man fainted at First Methodist Church and was hospitalized. Five people injured in a Valley Drive crash involving John Toney and Alma Lilly. Hampton Hensley hospitalized with concussion after the collision. Toney charged with driving left of center.
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Lester Smith
Paul Epperly
Raleigh
Town and Country
Welch
Beckley
Ohio
Dean Davis
Joe Rodriguez
W.va
Beckley Fire Department
First Methodist
M.F. O’dell
Raleigh General Hospital
Valley Drive
Sprague
John A. Toney
Alma J. Lilly
Sophia
Toney
Lilly
Hampton Hensley
Birch St
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
Ida Mae Lilly
Jerry Keffer
Midway
Lititia Beasley
Sophia High School forms Twirl ing Corp from band members
The newly organized Twirl ing Corp of Sophia High School comprises 14 members of the Sophia Blue Hawk Band. They met at 8 a.m. at the school throughout August to practice rudimental twirling, focusing on elementary rudiments.
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Corp of Sophia High School
Sophia Blue Hawk Band
Sophia High School Band Council Governs Members
Sophia High School Band Council acts as legislative executive and judicial body for the Sophia Blue Hawk Band. It elects officers Vicki Chamberlain Linda Stone Brenda Parker Bobby Harmon Ruth Branham Christina Crouch and class reps Linda Martin Donna Billings Joyce Osborne Rita Richards. Director Katheryn Williams sets membership proficiency standards.
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Donna Billings
Linda Stone
Ruth Branham
Sharon Bishop
Vicki Chamberlain
Phyllis Kincaid
Brenda Parker
Joyce Osborne
Rita Richards
Libby Young
Sophia
RNS
Sophia High School Band Council
Sophia Blue Hawk Band
Bobby Harmon
Christina Crouch
Linda Martin
Katheryn Williams
Blue Hawk Band
Health Report Details Falls in Raleigh County For Week
Raleigh County documented 13 streptococcal infections and 16 upper respiratory infections for the week ending September 3. The report from Dr N H Dyer state health director shows four animal bites, two mumps cases and two tuberculosis cases. Fayette and Wyoming counties reported nothing.
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Raleigh County
N. H. Dyer
Fayette
Wyoming
Beckleyans Named on Constitutional Amendments Committee
Gov Smith announces E E Bibb and Paul Hutchinson will serve on the 100 member nonpartisan Committee for Constitutional Amendments. Other area representatives include D W McThenna Alderson Howard W Carson Fayetteville Harold B Engle Hinton Ross Tuckwiler Lewisburg and E E Bailey Princeton. The panel will explain the amendments and organize support.
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E. E. Bibb
Paul Hutchinson
Committee For
Hulett C. Smith
D. W. McThenna
Alderson
Howard W. Carson
Fayetteville
Harold B. Engle
Hinton
Ross Tuckwiler
Lewisburg
E. E. Bailey
Princeton
Earth covers about two hundred million square miles
A report notes the earth spans roughly 200 million square miles of surface area, highlighting its vast geographic expanse.
Jury Selected To Decide Fair Price Of SRC Land
Jurors were impaneled in Cir court to set a fair price for land taken by the State Road Commission for the Mabscott Crab Orchard Road. SRC offered 350 for 7500 square feet, land appraised at 1500. trial involves Homer E and Bonnie Clay.
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SRC
State Road Commission
Mabscott-Crab Orchard Road
Homer E
Bonnie Clay
Archeologists to Hold 18th Annual WV Meeting in Morgantown
The West Virginia Archeological Society will convene its 18th annual gathering in Morgantown on October 15 and 16. Dr. Paul H. Price announced the event with the Monongahela Valley Chapter serving as hosts for local arrangements.
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The
West Virginia Archeological Society
Morgantown
Paul H. Price
Monongahela Valley
English women spent 15 percent of life bearing children
Dame Patricia Hornsby Smith told a London luncheon that Victorian Englishwomen spent about 15 percent of their lives bearing children and died around age 52. She added that modern English mothers spend roughly three and a half years bearing children and live to about 78.
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Modern Statistics London
UPI
Patricia Hornsby Smith
Federal Moonshine Trial Opens in Southern West Virginia Court
Three area men George John Smith Glen Jean Horace Booker Taylor Beckley and James Preston Allen Mr Hope face trial in U S District Court Southern West Virginia for illegal sale of moonshine whiskey. They allegedly sold 24 gallons to Layne Maloney of the Alcohol Beverage Commission on March 12 1964. Witnesses include agent Claude England and Maloney. Jury pool from Beckley Hinton Forest Hill Oak Hill Fayetteville Piney View. Jury to reconvene after 9:30 a m Thursday.
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United States District Court of
West Virginia
George John Smith
Glen Jean
Horace Booker Taylor
Beckley
James Preston Allen
U.S
Maloney
Joseph Luchini
Hugo Brown Payne
Warren Upton
Nelle Bryson
Bladene Pickle
Zora Prater
George E. Harvey
Margaret Hewlett
London man jailed for stealing letters and biting officer
Samuel Lagunda attacked a police officer after stop for stolen papers and admitted theft of letters and money orders from the Transport Ministry. He received an 18 month sentence for the theft and assault.
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London
UPI
Samuel Lagunda
Transport Ministry
Lucky winner Madrid football pool tops season
Antonio Perez a carpenter who had never watched a football game won the top prize in Spain's first pool of the season amounting to 12.5 million pesetas about 175000 dollars in U.S. currency. He became a peseta millionaire from the unexpected windfall.
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Madrid
UPI
Antonio Perez
U.S
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Jimmy C. Smith
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Sophia Musicians
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Winthrop
By Dick Cavalli
Salvation Army
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Newspaper Comics Council
W. A. Thornhill III
James M. Henderson
David
Norman Knapp
Sam Harbin
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