Woodrow Wilson Majorettes Lead YMCA Baton Classes
Majorette Patty Todd and Joann Johnson of Woodrow Wilson High School will instruct YMCA baton twirling classes starting Oct 14 at the Y. Sessions run Saturdays 1 to 3 pm with fees of 8 for members and 88 for nonmembers. Todd, 17, WWHS field 2d conductor and head majorette, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Russell Todd. Johnson, 17, Ornie L Johnson, has trained at Oglebay Thurman and National Majorette Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majorett Patty Todd
Joann Johnson
Woodrow Wilson High School
YMCA
Kay Institute
Miss Todd
WWHS
Russell Todd
West C St
Thurman Clinic
Ogle
Wan
Miss Johnson
Ornie L. Johnson
Crescent St
Oglebay Institute of Twirling
National Majorette Clinic
Department of Highways
Duncan- Catron
Murray Shuff
Meadows Lumber Co
Arthur ‘Corey
Ramada Inn
Robert ‘Markham
Lee Norse Co
David ‘Schmauss
Beckley Appalachian ‘Regional Hospital
Don McCallister
Beckley ‘Newspapers Corp
John White
John Saunders
Beckley College
William
Dolly) Johnson
Peerless Packing
Police Beat Accounts: Several Released From Raleigh County Jail
Becket Beckley records detail multiple releases from the Raleigh County Jail on Tuesday. Dennis Hamrick of Crab Orchard and Roy Daniels of Sophia posted bonds after arrests on charges including reckless driving and a fugitive warrant. A 14 year old Speckley boy and four Hinton youths faced charges or were released to parents. Police also reported traffic violations, runaways and two traffic collisions with damages and pending court dates. Fire rescue responded to three calls for incidents affecting local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Dennis, Hamrick
Crab Orchard
Joe Rodriguez
Sophia
Indiana
Rodriguez A
Speckley
Kermit A. Locke
Hinton
Beckley City
Beckley
Tolbert Street
iKermit A. Locke
Beckley Fire Department
Beth Bommer
Woodlawn Ave
Clyde St
Sarah Morris
Maxwell Hill Rd
Rudolph Cimala Jr
Valley Drive
Ball Street
Thomas C. Durkett
Council
State Police Academy
Institute
Governor’s Commission On Crime, Delinquency and Correction
Raleigh County Civil Defense
Durrett
Monthly Police Report Presented To Council
City council heard the August 1972 monthly police report detailing 4 646 non moving meter violations with 3 474 paid and 36 parking zone violations with 24 paid. Arrests in August included 58 drunkenness, 103 moving traffic, 58 drunken driving, 17 assaults, 10 petit larcenies. The report notes increases in assaults and burglary to business buildings and decreases in moves for traffic violations overall. A traffic collision at Kanawha Street involved Aldolphia Saunders and James Wright, with damage estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Durrett
Beckley City Council approves bids for street paving
Beckley City Council approved inviting bids to pave Hunter Smith Totten and Booker streets after resident review of plans by Engineer Thomas Howard. The Coal Street project was tabled for further study of property lines and road layout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley City
Board For Public Works
Council
James F. Calvert
Board of ‘Public Works
Calvert S
Hunter, Smith, Totten
Booker
Thomas Howard
Coal Street
E. M. Payne
Ment
Joseph Luchini T
Recreation Board
Truman Sayre
James P. Bland
Zoning Commission
Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce
John H. McCulloch
Bland
Southern West Virginia Clinic
Chamber
Hudson
Quarry Streets
Hudson Street
Meadows Street
Traffic Control Commission
John Wesley Smith
John T. Seay
Smith
Assessment Reduced For Blacksville Mine
Greene County Board of Assessment grants a 10 percent one year reduction in the assessed coal value of Blacksville No. 1 mine after a fire killed nine miners last July. The mine lies on the Pennsylvania West Virginia line and holds more than 8000 acres of coal under Greene County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
Blacksville
Greene County Board of Assessment
Consolidation Coal Co
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Greene County
Church Faces City Council Action For Failure To Take Down Illegal Curbing
Beckley West Virginia news item reports Second Baptist Church on F and Seymon streets has not removed a 10 inch curb as ordered. City Attorney to allow Gowen 60 days more for compliance before possible legal action. Council also appoints local officials, addresses street safety concerns, and notes police training and civil defense updates.
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Church
Second Baptist
F and Seymon Streets
iCity
E. M. Payne
Council
Gowen
Jackson
iCouncil
Political Signs Must Meet City Ordinances Says Official
Beckley political signs must follow city rules. City Attorney E M Payne directed zoning to inform Republican and Democratic committees that signs are banned in public rights of way and limited in residential areas. Property owner permission is required and billboards need a three year special use permit after a public hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Coal Street
Board of Public Works
Iity
Icity
Council City
Record
Larry F. Stover
Beaver Avenue
Ella Johnston
Ward II
Counccilman
Paul H. Loflin
W. A. Wilbur
Beckley
E. M. Paynell
Weather details for the period including highs and lows
Airport conditions show a 24 hour period ending at 10 a.m with highs at 80 and 2:20 p.m. and a low of 65 at 6 a.m. Winds calm, 30 percent precipitation, barometer 30.23 steady. River conditions Greenbrier and Lake normal and clear with gates opened. new gauge at Hinton 1.8. Forecast calls for showers or thunder showers daily with warming trend Friday through Sunday and cooler Sunday. Friday highs in the 80s, Saturday upper 70s to mid 80s, Sunday mid 70s to 80s. overnight lows in the 50s. Today’s extremes include a high of 96 in Blythe California and a low of 26 in Olympia Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
Hinton
City Seeks DNR Ok For Beckley Open Burning Window
Beckley council asks the Department of Natural Resources for permission to permit open burning from November 15 to December 1. If granted, burning would be allowed 5 p.m. to 5 a.m. pending amended local ordinance and state fire season rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Department of Natural Resources
James F. Calvert
Cochairman
Board of Public Works
DNR
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George T
Arr Jr
Glenn Ave
Sid Falin
William Daniel Almond
Claude Ray’ Richards
Midway
Roger D. Redden
Willie B. Richmond Jr
Terrell St
Raleigh County Intermediate Court
Thomas J. Altice
Thomas D. Cole
Reservoir Rd
Altice
Cole
Charles C. Collins Jr
Second
Hebern Streets
Collins
Julia A.kanakanui
South
Kanawha St
Mason Street
North Kanawha Street
Mary Anne Schulte
N. Kanawha St
R. A. Cunningham
Hull St
Ito
Kanawha Streets
Aldelphia F. Saunders
Ringleben St
Church Street
James D. Wright
South Fayette St
Schulte
Wright
Cunningham
G and
Feed & Hardware Store
BPW
Wilbur
Charles W.jackson
Progress Ln
Thomas C. Durrett
Eho
I Lawson
Worley Road
Marshall University
Weather Details
Blythe
Calif
Olympia, Wash
ESEA
Board of Education
Bradley
Central
Cittsville
Coal City
Cranberry Prosperity
Eccles
Fireco
Glen White
Lester
Mask Twain
View
Odd
Pettus
Piney Oaks
Richmond
East Beckley
Shady Spring
Semet Solvay
Allied Chemical Corp
International Union of Operating Engineers
Fois
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