Scout Financial Drive Discussed For Raleigh County District
A drive to fund the 1960 scouting year begins Oct 5, chaired by Roy I. Smith of the Raleigh County Appalachian Council. Charles McDaniel finances and Jack L. Lewis assist. Rex Johnson’s replacement discussed. Community Chest funds lacking in Beckley prompt a late drive. Other attendees include Walter Dempsey Jr., Bruce Loughry, Colie Minter.
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Roy I. Smith
Raleigh County
Appalachian Council
Boy Scouts of America
Charles McDaniel
Jack L. Lewis
Bluefield
Rex Johnson
Lewisburg
Community Chest
United Fund
Beckley
Scouts
Walter A. Dempsey Jr
Princeton
Bruce Loughry
Buckskin Council
Charleston
Colie Minter
Palachian Council
Juvenile Delinquency Course Set In Beckley
The Marshall College Division of Adult Education offers Sociology 535 on juvenile delinquency in Beckley for the fall term. It carries three credits with Thursday evening classes at Beckley College from 6:30 pm. Registration closes October 2, with an instructor available at the college on Thursday and October 1 to register students, collect tuition, and sell textbooks. Marshall College extension courses are offered at 10 other centers in West Virginia this fall.
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Marshall College Division of
Beckley
Beckley College
Marshall College Extension
West Virginia
St Stephen's Church Names New Choir Director Kenneth Hobbs
Kenneth Hobbs, newcomer to Beckley, is the new choir director at St Stephen's Episcopal Church succeeding Mrs. Alex N. Breckenridge III who resigned after 11 years but will remain with the choir. Hobbs came from Bluefield as superintendent of the Helen mine and has 13 years with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates. He is a Scranton native with Welch roots and strong musical training from his father and studies in Pittsburgh and at Drexel. The Hobbs family and four children have ties across Beckley and nearby towns, with recent summers spent at Frank Lloyd Wright's workshop near Madison Wisconsin.
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Kenneth Hobbs
Beckley
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Alex N. Breckenridge III
Hobbs
Bluefield
Helen Mine
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Scranton
Helen Jeil
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Fairmont
University of Pittsburgh
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Melcroft
Harcum Junior College
Bryn Mawr
Kenny
Woodrow Wilson High School
Bryan
Beckley Junior High
Jeff
Institute
Mercedes
Frank Lloyd Wright
Madison
Wis
McNeishs Return From Son’s Critical Injury
Mr and Mrs Bob McNeish Crow returned home at 10 p m Sunday from San Juan Porto Rico where they stayed a week at the bedside of their son William McNeish injured in a car crash His mother says he has a fractured skull two broken arms a broken left thigh and a dislocated left hip and remains unconscious with serious condition.
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Bob McNeish
Crow
San Juan
Porto Rico
William McNeish
Lawyers Boost Milwaukee Lead With State Bar Figures
Madison AP reports Wisconsin has 4,924 active attorneys, with 2,213 based in Milwaukee, showing a heavy concentration of legal professionals in the city and a sizable statewide legal community.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
State
Lack Of Language Teachers Hampers Raleigh Program
Raleigh County schools struggle to meet National Defense Education Act goals for modern languages. Only one certified teacher applicant, Miss Betty Sheppard, currently teaches Spanish at Woodrow Wilson High. Woodrow offers Latin and previously French, but the French instructor held an emergency certificate. state approval is needed for renewals. Many students shifted from French to Spanish. other schools offer Spanish or French while Latin demand remains low but unfilled.
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Raleigh County
Virgil A. Sarrett
Board of Education
Betty Sheppard
Woodrow Wilson High School
Woodrow
State Department of Education
State Department
Office
the Board of Education
C. G. Peregoy
Byrd- Prillerman
Stratton
Trap Hill
Sophia
Marsh Fork
Auto Plunge Injures Four Beckley Men on Mountain Road
Four Beckley men escaped injury when their auto rolled seven times on Sullivan Mountain around 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Driver James Thomas Powers, 22, remained in the vehicle while Richard Hill, 20, Roy Christie, 21, and an unidentified man were tossed out on the first two tumbles. Powers claimed a wheel locked while braking on a curve. The car, bought about two weeks prior, was described as a total loss. Powers was hospitalized briefly for examination and was released.
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Beckley
Sullivan Mountain
James Thomas Powers
Richard Hill
Roy Christie
Powers
Antenna toppled during windstorm injures Nogales man
Miguel Pacheco, 52, stepped outside his home to check a television antenna as a windstorm raged. The antenna toppled from the roof and struck him on the head and shoulders. He was treated for cuts and bruises.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Miguel Pacheco
Pacheco
Driver Charged After Beckley Accident
William M. Stewart 65 of Helen was charged with reckless driving after a Sunday afternoon crash in Beckley. His car hit Glenn Patton Daniel 31 of Lester at the South Oakwood and Central Avenue intersection at 3 22 pm. Damages were about 500 dollars. Stewart posted a 75 dollar bond for City Police Court hearing.
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William M. Stewart
Helen
Beckley
Stewart
Glenn Patton Daniel
Lester
South Oakwood
Central Avenue
Wreck Victim Transferred To North Carolina Hospital
Edward J. Riffle 66 of Lancaster Ohio was moved to a Winston Salem hospital after a crash on September 10 that killed Jeannine Margaret Bischof 30 of Wheeling. Riffle’s son Ralph accompanied the ambulance. Lt Roy G. Coen said charges of negligent homicide could be filed if Riffle dies from his injuries.
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Edwward J. Riffle
Hardy St
Lancaster
Ohio
Winston - Salem
N. C
Ralph Riffle
Roy G. Coen
West Virginia
Biffle
Jeannine Margaret Bischof
Wheeling
Cited Drivers Face City Court Hearings
Mike McClelland of Beckley was cited for hazardous driving and ordered to appear in City Police Court. Joe Richards without an address was cited at 11 15 a m Sunday for running a red light and posted a $5 bond for a court hearing. Everett E Kenny Jr aged 16 of Beckley was cited at 11 55 p m Sunday for speeding and ordered to appear in City Police Court tonight.
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Mike McClelland
Beckley
Joe Richards
Everett E. Kenny Jr
Goodwill Caravan Stops Highlight Raleigh Tour
Weather favored the Beckley Goodwill Caravan in Raleigh with 77 scheduled stops and five unscheduled ones, all five days last week. Harry Anderson, Chamber of Commerce director, praised broad participation and hospitality, noting bands officials bankers and teachers greeted the group and that the Jaycees and others did fine work. Dr George P Daniel 90 and his son joined a Coal River trip while Mrs A O Light accompanied the caravan. Duncan Catron Motor Co provided the bus.
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Beckley
Harry Anderson
Chamber of Commerce
Anderson
Raleigh
Iel
A. O. Light
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Jaycees
Pennsylvania Youths Charged In Car Theft
Two Pennsylvania youths were arrested in Weston after a Beckley car theft Saturday night. Joseph Carl Antonovich, 19, and Daniel RayParsons, 18, are charged with stealing a 1950s automobile owned by Wesley Anderson on Elkins Street. Police said sheriff's deputies would return them to Beckley soon.
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Pennsylvania
Weston
Beckley
Joseph Carl Antonovich
Daniel Ray Parsons
Wesley Anderson
Elkins Street
Sheriff's
College Meeting Set for West Virginia Independent Colleges
West Virginia independent colleges plan their first mass meeting on November 3 at the Daniel Boone hotel in Charleston. The event is sponsored by the Foundation of Independent Colleges with Charles H. Leatham as executive director. Theme is Cooperation in Independent Liberal Arts Education. Participants include Alderson Broaddus Bethany Davis and Elkins Morris Harvey Salem West Virginia Wesleyan and Wheeling colleges.
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West Virginia
Cannery Opens Tuesday in Raleigh County
The Raleigh County Cannery at Shady Spring will begin operating Tuesday and continue weekly on that day until further notice. Appointments are required for apple butter making, to be arranged by calling Edith Collier at Clifford 38-6829, per vocational education director William B. Connoley.
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Raleigh County
Shady Spring
William B. Connoley
Edith Collier
Clifford
Man bonded after raid at Maple Leaf Restaurant
Richard V. Maxymon, Maple Leaf Restaurant operator on State Route 20 south of Meadow Bridge, posted a 500 bond Saturday before U S Commissioner W A Riffe as federal court action follows on moonshine possession charges. Beckley ATU agents raided the roadside eatery about 1 pm, seizing five and a quarter gallons of moonshine and a 1957 vehicle.
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U. S
W. A. Riffe
Richard V. Maxymon
Meadow Bridge
Summers County
Beckley
Alcohol, Tax and Tobacco Unit
Four motorists fined after speeding arrests by state police
Four people from Beckley and Mount Hope were fined 10 dollars and costs after pleading before Magistrate W. A Burke on speeding charges. The arrests followed state police using electronic speed devices to clock motorists.
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W. A Burke
Howard A. Hoskins
Alfred Truman
Talmadige O. Murray
Beckley
John Dixon Stortz
Mount Hope
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Home Modernization Co
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