Not Guilty Declared in Wyoming County Murder Trial
Edgar Spratt aged 53 of Simon was acquitted of murdering Woodrow Tate aged 42 also of Simon in Wyoming County Circuit Court. Jury deliberated starting 9:55 a.m. and reached a verdict minutes later with Luther Kerns of Mullens as foreman. Spratt had been free on a $10,000 bond since the Jan. 30 shooting near their homes. Tate’s wife supported the state at trial.
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Pineville
RNS
Edgar Spratt
Simon
Woodrow Tate
Wyoming County
Luther Kerns
Mullens
D. Grove Moler
Robert Bailey
Harry Capehart
Welch
Tate
Spratt
Robert M. Worrell
Clyde Goodman
Davey
Wyoming County School Board Accepts Metal Bus Garage Bid
The Wyoming County Board of Education in Pineville accepted an $11 078 bid from West Virginia Steel Corp for materials to build a metal school bus garage in Pineville. The project, to be built by local labor, needs about $3 500 more funds and follows a lower bid than Armco Co. for the same work.
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Pineville
BNS
Wyoming County
Armco Company
Herndon School
C. F. Mundy
Lloyd Fender
Jesse W. Morgan
Amerigo Bazzie
Kopperston
Brenton
Stephenson School
Glen Rogers
John McGraw
Oceana
Oceana High Addition
Baileysville High Addition
Morgan
Frederick Dowdy
Coal Mountain
B. B. Mitchem
Barkers Creek
Moss Walker
Baileysville High School
Revival to Begin at Price Hill First Baptist Church
The Rev. J. A Adams will lead revival services at Price Hill First Baptist Church starting Monday. Services run daily at 7 30 p m for five nights, under the pastor Rev. Frank Shelton. Separately the State Armory Board announced Donald Stark of Mount Hope as architect for a new National Guard armory planned at Beckley.
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Price Hill
J. A Adams
Price Hill First Baptist Church
Frank Shelton
State Armory Board
Donald Stark
Mount Hope
National Guard
Beckley
Wood Services Set Thursday at Gauley Bridge
Mordicai Harrison Wood 74 of Gauley Bridge dies at home from heart condition. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at Gauley Bridge Baptist Church with Masonic graveside rites by Gauley Bridge Lodge. Burial in Montgomery Memorial Park London. Survived by two sons, a daughter, five brothers, a sister, five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Body moved from Dodd-Payne Funeral Home Fayetteville to his home today.
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Gauley Bridge
RNS
Mordicai Harrison Wood
P. E. Vandercoy
Montgomery Memorial Park
London
Wood
Electro Metallurgical Company
Charleston
R H
R. E. Wood
Akron
Ohio
Dorothy Louise Vaughn
John O
Debary, Fla
James
O. H
Ramsey
Eli L. Wood
Kingston
Lelia Scarbro
Dodd - Payne
Fayetteville
Foreign language courses open for elementary pupils Saturday
Beckley plans three language classes for grades two to six in Institute Elementary School. Modern Languages Inc. organized to offer French German and Spanish with 156 pupils enrolled paying a seven week fee. Teachers include Hidalgo Fernandez Rubin Christian Gagnon Meyer and Basham with Sheppard assisting.
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Beckley
Raleigh County
Incorporators of Modern Languages, Inc
Institute Elementary
Park Avenue
Walter Via
Manuel Hidalgo
Modesto Fernandez Rubin
Gloria Christian
Henri Gagnon
Fred Meyer
George E. Basham
Betty Sheppard
Basham
Hidalgo
Rubin
Christian
Wyoming County
Miss Sheppard
Woodrow Wilson High School
South America
Meyer
Gagnon
United States Army
Modern Languages, Inc
West Virginia
Raleigh County Vocational School
Right of Way Case Heads to West Virginia Supreme Court
A Beckley dispute over a Valley Drive extension prompts West Virginia Supreme Court action. Raleigh County Circuit Court ruled SRC must prove traffic need to justify condemnation of access rights. Professional Realty argues the state bears burden. SRC says public need may trump procedural proof. The case involves relocation of part of Beckley Mabscott Road and seeks to condemn property and access rights.
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New Valley Drive
Beckley
State Supreme Court
High Court
West Virginia
Supreme Court
SRC
W. Va
Beckley - Mabscott Road
Attorneys For Professional
Bragg Charged With Murder in Richwood Fight
Coroner's jury in Richwood ruled Lloyd Sparks died from injuries in a fight with Nelson Bragg. Bragg, 43, is charged with murder. Sparks died after a Saturday night fight at Bragg's home. Bragg to be brought to Summersville for preliminary hearing.
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Richwood
Lloyd Sparks
Nelson Bragg
Justice of the Peace
H. J. Smith
Bragg
Smith
Hugh Webb
Nicholas County
Summersville
Sparks
Fay ette County Girl Scout Fund Drive leaders named
Campaign chairman for the Fayette County Girl Scout Fund Drive Oct 1 to 11 is E R Vawter Ansted assistant superintendent of Fayette County Schools announced by Mrs A Rosser Long Jr finance chairwoman at Fayetteville meeting Oak Hill Mount Hope neighborhood chairs named Don Sanford announced the outdoor training class Sept 22 at Camp Abbot all leaders and interested adults urged to attend A 1960 Girl Scout Calendar ordered for sale Attendees listed from Cannelton Montgomery Gauley Bridge Fayetteville Mount Hope
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Mount Hope
RNS
Fayette County
E. R. Vawter
Ansted
A. Rosser Long Jr
Girl Scout Council
Fayetteville
Harvey King
Oak Hill
J. C. Gwinn
Don Sanford
Camp Abbot
Council For Sale
K. F. Robbins
Cannelton
R. A. Updike
Montgomery
Red Cross officials seek volunteers in seven-county area
Lew Titsworth and Miss Mary Larsen from the eastern area office in Alexandria, Va., are in Raleigh County Chapter today seeking volunteers for special assignments across seven counties in the region.
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Lew Titsworth
American Red Cross
Mary Larsen
Alexandria
Raleigh
Bowles Funeral Set On Friday
Benjamin Dewey Bowles aged 61 of Rupert will be laid to rest Friday at 2 p.m. in Rupert Church of God. The service is led by Rev. M A Gifford with burial at Wallace Memorial Cemetery near Clintonville. Survivors include wife Myrtle, six daughters, four sons, two brothers, 17 grandchildren, and one great grandchild. The body rests at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home East Rainelle.
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Rupert
RNS
Benjamin Dewey Bowles
Rupert Church of God
M. A. Gifford
Wallace Memorial Cemetery
Clintonville
Bowles
Hinton
Meadow Creek
William and
Angeline Berry Bowles
Myrtle
Grace Bowles
Sandstone
Maxine Johnson
Kistler
Geraldine Trigg
Clifftop
Belva Faye Bowles
Cleveland
Ohio
Madeline
Doris Ann Bowles
Robert
Benjamin Jr
Scarbro
William Franklin
Thomas J
Meadow Bridge
Lincoln
Kenny
Layland
Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home
East Rainelle
Conference Board Workers At Meeting
Conference Board staff of the West Virginia Annual Conference Board of Education led the First Methodist Church School workers meeting. Miss Helen Stealey met with the Council of Children's Workers, Miss Jeanne Ramp with the Youth Council, and Dr T Le Roy Hooper with the Adult Council. A survey proposed better use of the church school building and other improvements. Robert L. Davis chaired the planning session.
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First Methodist Church School
West Virginia
Robert L. Davis
Commission On Education
Raleigh County Judge finalizes Armstrong divorce decree
Circuit Judge Norman Knapp made final the divorce decree in the Armstrong case, filed by Kenneth R. Armstrong through his mother Anna Belle Mead against Betty Armstrong. Custody of a child was awarded to the father.
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Raleigh County
Norman Knapp
Kenneth R. Armstrong
Anna Belle Mead
Betty Armstrong
Ito
Holland Rites To Be Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Holland 90 of Stotesbury will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Primitive Baptist Church East Park Elder Ed Wallace officiating Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park Survivors include three sons Okey Holland Stamford and Dester Holland Boone Mill Va one daughter Lula Dudley Roanoke Va one brother Harvey Holland Pemberton N J one sister Annie Mattox Glad Hill Va twenty two grandchildren and twenty seven great grandchildren The body will be moved from Trent Funeral Home to the church an hour before the service Mrs Hollands death occurred at the home of her son Okey Holland after a long illness
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Mary Alice Holland
Stotesbury
Primitive Baptist Church
East Park
Ed Wallace
Greenwood Memorial Park
Okey Holland
John Harry Holland
Stamford
Dester Holland
Boone Mill
Lula Dudley
Roanoke
Harvey Holland
Pemberton
N. J
Night Must Fall delight pleases Beckley audience
Curtain Callers staged Night Must Fall at Memorial Building to an enjoy able evening with a well cast ensemble and authentic set. Garnette Sheppard as Mrs Terance earned praise, Larry George as Dan impressed, Sue Hall as Mrs Bramson and Inez O Brien as Olivia Grayne delivered solid performances. Mary Ann Janson and Sandra Tucker supported well, while Paul Lewis and William Coleman were only slightly miscast. The audience left pleased with the production.
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Robert
Pat” Hyatt
Inez O’brien
Olivia Grayne
Garnette Sheppard
Terrance
Sue Hall
Bramson
Inez
Paul Lewis
Inspector Belsize
William Coleman
Hubert Laurie
E.L.B
Amere Seeks Rate Increase for West Virginia Customers
Amere Gas Utilities Co seeks higher rates for 18 800 customers across Southern West Virginia. Manager S W Woodyard says the company has been operating at a loss and current rates cannot support proper service. The Public Service Commission has not scheduled a hearing. Affected areas include Beckley Mullens Lewisburg Ronceverte White Sulphur Springs Princeton and Athens. Proposed revenue rise about 592 000 annually to yield 6.75 percent return. Residential bills would rise with 15 000 cubic feet per month from 9 70 to 12 55 in Beckley Mullens area and from 11 37 to 13 36 in Princeton Lewisburg area. Since 196? heating customers grew from 5 563 to 16 162 in ten years. Investments in new pipelines totaled 348 000 in the last two years. If approved the company aims to recover full gas purchases from suppliers, a cost PSC previously did not allow, accounting for more than one third of the added revenue.
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James E. Compton
Hatfield
Little Cub Creek
Baileysville
Donald Craft
Wyoming County
Jesse Morgan
Morgan
Turkey Crek
Marsh Fork
Bob Branch
Pinnacle No. One
Sanders
Micajah
Stephenson
Bell
Black
Clarks Gap
Crang
Oceana
Mullens
Pineville
Ace Stewart
Herndon School
Stewart
Beartown
Archie Lusk
Herndon High School
Lara Mc Kinney
Euell Mc Kinney
Herndon
Elbert Cook
West Virginia
Amere Gas Utilities Co
S. W. Woodyard
Amere
Public Service Commission
Beckley
Lewis
Woodyard
PSC
Beckett Child Dies At Birth Twin Daughter Passes
Vickie Sue Beckett infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald M Beckett of 357 Ellison Ave died at birth at 4 am Wednesday in a local hospital. Survived by parents two brothers Randy and Gary maternal grandmother Mrs. J W Persinger Mabscott paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Ira Beckett Mabscott. Graveside services were to be at Sunset Memorial Park this afternoon. The infant was one of twin daughters born today. the other unnamed.
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Vickie Sue Beckett
Donald
M Beckett
Ellison Ave
Randy
Gary
J. W. Persinger
MacArthur
Ira Beckett
Mabscott
Keyser - Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Republican Women To Hold Convention In Parkersburg
Mrs Harold Hedrick president of Raleigh County Republican Women's Club says delegates from about 60 clubs in the West Virginia Federation of Republican Women's Clubs are expected in Parkersburg for the 13th biennial two day convention. Mrs Reginald Meyers district director will represent Raleigh County. A social gathering for early arrivals is planned Thursday night. The Federation Board meets Friday morning before the 10 30 a m first convention session. New officers will be elected Saturday morning with installation at the luncheon.
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Harold Hedrick
Raleigh County
Republican Women’s Club
West Virginia
Federation of Republican Women's Clubs
Parkersburg
Reginald Meyers
Federation
Accident Victim Transferred To Charleston Hospital
Russell Earl Holdren aged 39 was moved Tuesday from Oak Hill Hospital to Charleston Memorial Hospital after a Saturday automobile crash on Sand Branch Road four miles from Route 21. He was listed in poor condition. the 1953 car was a total loss. A Turnpike trooper alerted Beckley State Police about the wreck.
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OAK Hill
ANS
Oak Hill Hospital
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Russell Earl Holdren
Holdren
Beckley State
Red Cross Lifesaving Certificates Mailed Today
Red Cross Water Safety instructor Thomas D. Minter mailed lifesaving certificates today to 14 local youths who completed classes at the Black Knight Country Club pool. Senior recipients include Norman Watts Shumate Berk Lynch Bill Richmond Vincent Miller George C Sheets Carolyn Tieche Smith Rebecca DePaulo. Junior recipients include Daniel C Hall Clyde Arthur Smith Caroline Smith Ann Akers Ann Kushner Carol Miller Patricia Col-
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Red Cross
Thomas D. Minter
Black Knight Country Club
Norman Watts Shumate
Berk Lynch
Bill Richmond
Vincent Miller
George C. Sheets
Carolyn Tieche Smith
Rebecca DePaulo
Daniel C. Hall
Clyde Arthur Smith
Caroline Smith
Ann Akers
Ann Kushner
Carol Miller
Patricia Col
Hedrick Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Caroline Hedrick 98 of Cool Ridge are at 2 p.m. Thursday at Glade Creek Baptist Church with Rev. Wilmer Lilly officiating. Burial follows in Mount View family cemetery. Pallbearers are Frank Lane Daily Wood J L Harvey Dean Pack Arnett Meador and Howard Cole. Hedrick died at home of her daughter Rachel Griffith after a 14 month illness. Born Oct 11 1860 in Raleigh County then part of Virginia she was a charter Glade Creek Church member. Survived by daughters Elsie Ranson Bessie Johnson and Rachel Griffith Mount View son Allen Mount View foster son Arron Meadows Shady Springs 22 grandchildren 70 great grandchildren 44 great great grandchildren.
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Caroline Hedrick
Cool Ridge
Wilmer Lilly
Glade Creek Baptist Church
Bu‘rial
Mount View
Webb and Neal
Frank Lane
Daily Wood
J. L. Harvey
Dean Pack
Arnett Meador
Howard Cole
Rachel Griffith
Raleigh County
Virginia
William A
Mahuldah Phillips Meadows
Glader Creek
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Wyoming
Goodmans
Bob Simmons
Jimmy Hargiss
Bernie Lawrence
Bert Short
Fayette Flower Show
Fletcher Arritt
Garden Study Club
Collins High School
Wyo
GS Fund Drive
Holland
Audi
Torium
Mrs. Hyatt
Emlyn Williams
Larry George
Dan
Mrs. James Wheeler
Beckett
Hedrick
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