Crab Orchard Baptists Plan Recreation Area Development
The Crab Orchard Baptist Church announces a plan to develop a 100 acre recreation and rehabilitation complex on land donated by A. G. Wilcox. The facility will serve trustees and juvenile prisoners from the county jail, use agriculture and animal husbandry, and operate year round with a 50 year development program including cottages and athletic facilities.
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Crab Orchard Baptists
Crab Orchard Baptist
Richmond
Donnelly Aho
Shirley Donnelly
A. G. Wilcox
Wilcox
Donnelly
Asinys
Jake
Meat seller fined for red color in Phoenix market
Ted Wong pleaded guilty in Phoenix court to selling meat colored by sulfite to appear fresh red. Wong was fined $25 for the offense in the local market case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Aviz
Ted Wong
Wong
Washington Rites Slated In Toledo
Funeral services for Lloyd Washington of Toledo Ohio formerly of Beckles will be held at 10 a m Wednesday in Toledo. Washington died Saturday in Toledo. Survivors include a sister Mrs Elizabeth Braxton Beckley six brothers Clifford Lacy Vernon and Booker T all of Beckley and James and Harold Canton Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Washington
Toledo
Beckles
Washington
Tolledo
Elizabeth Braxton
Beckley
Clifford
Lacy
Vernon
Booker T
James
Harold
Canton
Marines Visit Beckley College For Officer Programs
Marine representatives from the Lexington Marine Officer Selection Office will visit Beckley College to outline commissioning opportunities. Programs include Platoon Leaders Class for underclassmen and Officers Candidate Course for seniors and graduates, leading to Reserve commissions as ground or aviation officers. PLCS offer six weeks of paid training at Quantico and possible commissioning after earning a bachelor’s degree. OCC commissions after a 10 week candidate course following graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Officer Selection Office
Lexington
Beckley College
Marine Corps
Quantico
Studies For Priesthood In Missouri Seminary
John R. Truman grandnephew of former President Harry S. Truman studies for the Roman Catholic priesthood at St. Stanislaus Novitiate in Ploris sant Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
John R. Truman
Harry S. Truman
St. Stanislaus Novitiate
Plorissant, Mo
Chamber Of Commerce backs health funds levy in Raleigh County
Beckley Chamber of Commerce directors approve a special levy election to raise 100000 for a county health program to be conducted next year. The plan includes a matching 100000 from Federal Hill Burton funds, with low costs to Raleigh County homeowners. The levy targets a one year 1959 1960 period.
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Chamber of Commerce
Okehs
Raleigh County
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Harry Anderson
The
Chamber
Anderson
Congress
United States
Chanber
Excelsior Club Elects Officers At Ec cles Junior High
The Excelsior 4H Club of Eccles Junior High elected Nancy Henderson as president Patricia Burleson as vice president Sue Clay as secretary Jane Blaylock as treasurer Margaret Dancy as song leader Reba Burleson as game leader and Joan Bennett as reporter Cecil D Cooke leads the club New members invited to the next meeting Funeral services for Leonards of the group will be held Wednesday at the Mount Vernon Baptist Church Stanaford by Rev H E Davis Burial will be in Stanaford Cemetery Dobbs died Saturday morning in a local hospital Survivors include his wife Willie Belle Dobbs one son Leonard Jr Detroit four daughters Irish Marsh Frene Hannah Delores Wan inah Stanaford and Joe Ann Palmer Detroit step father Ervin Wright East Beckley no brothers Ervin Jr and Ivy East Beckley and 16 grandchildren The body will be taken from Wrights Funeral Home to the residence at 5 pm today where it will remain until the funeral hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior 4H
Eccles Junior High School
Nancy Henderson
Patricia Burleson
Sue Clay
Jane Blaylock
Margaret Dancy
Reba Burleson
Joan Bennett
Re. Forter
Cecil D. Cooke
Leonards
Dobbs
Stanaford
Mount Vernon Baptist Church
H. E .Davis
Willie Belle Dobbs
Leonard Jr
Detroit
Mich
Eighteen Men Enlist in U S Army From Beckley Station
Eighteen men enlisted at Beckley Main Recruiting Station and were sent to Fort Jackson or Fort Leonard Wood for basic training. Names include Stonewall J. Davis Jr of Bluefield and Thomas M. Hicks of Slab Fork, among others, with destinations listed for Monday and Tuesday enlistees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Beckley Main
Fort Jackson
D.C
Stonewall J. Davis Jr
Stonewall J. Davis
Bluefield
Cinton B. Kennan
Lionel Marion Kennan
Victor
Lawerence $. Kessler
John B. Kessler Hice
John H. Dameron
Harry H. Cameron Hinton
Carl R. Ellis
Elliot J. Ellis
Feeles
Herbert L. Goss
Herbert A. Goss
MacArthur
Thomas M. Hicks
Amos Milton Hicks
Slab Fork
George T. Riddle
John W. Radie Jr
Fort Leonard Wood
James F. Humphrey
Wier J. Humphrey
Mount Hope
Edward G. Givens
William M. Givens
Roger L. Blackshire
Earl H. Blackshire
Charleston
Jerry W. Lewis
John O. Gillespie
Binefield
Sweet Springs
Samuel L. Clark
Charlie A. Clark
Wilcoe
Jimmie Politino
1Sem Politino
Chattaroy
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Raymond L. Pertee
Edgar Pertee
Wilkinson
Larry D. Toler
Blanche S. Daniels
Leet
Deeds on File Record of Real Estate Transactions
Real estate transfers recorded in the county clerk's office include multiple transfers for about sums ranging from no consideration to around $8,500. Transactions cover properties in Marsh Fork, Town, Slab Park, Richmond, Shady Spring, Nuckols, Flat Top Lake and Park, Beckley, and other districts with buyers and sellers named, including families and trustees.
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Imureen
Philip G. Bone
Dennis Price
Marsh Fork
Jack and
Hattie Grose
Henry
Bertha J. Lytton
Albert
Katherine Wheley
Amos M
Selma
Tolliver
Combs Addition
John
Helen. Allen
A. F. Redman
Slab Park
Lawrence BE
Ruby J. Foster
Ben H. Light
Richmond District
Sadie
Donald and
Gloreen Stone
Jessie L. Stone
Sophia
H.C
Barbara Flanagan
Bee Burleson
Beckley
Lacy S
Neil G. Lilly
Nora Pegram
J. H. Lilly Land Co
E. EB. Winters Jr
Lilly-Midway
Roy F. Lucas
Edith C. Lucas
Trap Hill
J. K
Charlotte Edmundson la Roy
Dorothy M. Thompsson
Clear Fork
Madge R. Washburn
Daniel R. Lilly
Lock
Emery J. Smith
Margaret D. Smith
Crab Orchard Drive-In Theatre, Inc
Winfred L
Helen E. Johnson
Beckley Real Estate Corp
Kitty L. Weaver
Embees President Injured In Car Accident
Michael M. Margolis, 60, president of Embees Department Store in Beckley, is in satisfactory condition at Charleston General Hospital after a brake failure on Dartmouth Ave in Charleston. His car rolled down a hillside, struck a garage, and he was ejected before impact.
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Michael M. Margolis
Char Teston
Embees Dee Partment Store
Beckley
Charleston General Hospital
Charleston
Dartmouth Ave
Margolis
Failure To Pay Fine Sends Driver To Jail
Everett Webb, 17, of Glen Daniel, was remanded to Raleigh County jail Monday night after failing to pay a $45 fine in Beckley Police Court. Webb pleaded guilty to reckless driving and driving without an operator's license on July 29 and was released on bond pending sentencing. When he did not return, his bondsman brought him to court.
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Everett Webb
Glen Daniel
Raleigh
Beckley
Robert Sperry
Sperry
Jack Bailey
Edgewood Drive
Bailey
Edgewood Drvie
Carl Andrews
Andrews
Bill Andrews
John K. Price
Samuel Eari
Scott Ave
Mary Jorie Jackson
Clyde St
Six Marines Enter Training From Local Recruiting Station
Six men enlisted at the Beckley Marine Corps Recruiting Station and were sent to Parris Island for 12 weeks of boot camp. Enlistees include William A. McNeish, Richard A. Metheny, Ernest C. King, Ray E. Godney, Melvin D. Elswick, and Luther W. Pendergrass. After boot camp they head to Camp Lejeune for four weeks of advanced training, then a 15 day leave before assignment. Archbold Stadium seats 39,701 for Strayuse University football games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corp
Beckley Marine Corp
Parris Island
S. C
William A. McNeish
Robert McNeish
Beaver
Richard A. Me
Theny
Harry Metheny
Hico
Ernest C. King
Earl King
Kincaid
Ray E. Godney
Fairlea
Melvin D. Elswick
William H. Elswick
Mount Hope
Luther W. Pendergrass
Zebb Pendergrass
Lookout
Camp Lejuene
N. C
Permits Granted At Recorder's Office In Monroe
Monroe Gravely at 103 Smoot Ave secured a permit from the City Recorder for a one room enclosure with a 10 dollar fee. estimated construction 31 300. The addition was approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and Common Council. Martina Tile Co at 379 Vance Drive received a permit for a temporary weather shed valued at 100 dollars with no fee. Curtis Pannell at 112 Thurman St obtained a one door garage permit cost 1.00 with a 10 dollar fee. A. E. Miller at 207 Charles St paid 10 dollars for a cinder block foundation and a three foot walkway extension, estimated 1 000. Howard P. Meadows and Elizabeth W. Meadows at 204 First Ave paid 10 dollars to construct a rear yard shed costing 1 000. E. D. Armstrong and L. C. Gates on College Ave were granted permission to construct a sidewalk. Lady Beauty Salon at 113 North Fayette St paid 5 dollars to hang a sign. J Clarence Keeney and Lillian Keeney at 310 Mankin Ave obtained a permit for a 1 000 carport with a 10 dollar fee. C M Wiseman at 203 Bibb Ave paid 10 dollars to enclose a rear porch estimated 750.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe Gravely
Smoot Ave
City Recorder's Office
Planning and Zoning Commission
Common Council
Martina Tile Co
Vance Drive
Curtis Pannell
Thurman St
Pannell
A. E. Miller
Charles St
Howard P. Meadows
Elizabeth W. Meadows
First Ave
C. M. Wiseman
Bibb Ave
Home drinks tax sparks Mrs Stanton plea to repeal
A Charleston housewife denounces a West Virginia move to tax powders and concentrates for home drinks. Mrs. Cramon Stanton urges repeal, arguing the levy piles on existing sales tax and invites readers to join the repeal effort through the West Virginia Grocery Trades Taxpayers Association.
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West Virginia
Hunsington, W. Va
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Red Cape
Charter “Oak
Continental Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gorton Trail
Midway Church of God
Mary Ann Farley
Euelah Sturgill
Andy Bell
First Church of God
Excelsior Club
U. 5. Army
Norris
Mrs. Norris
Mr. Norris
Debra Lynn
Kathy Ann
Jay
Appelachion Power Company
Jesse W. Norris, Jr
Leonard Dobbs
Embees
Archbold Stadium
Strayuse University
Aval
U. S
I Beckley Insulation Co
LY Wire
Recorder's Office
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