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8-Rtt)eigh. Register. Beckley. Tuesday'Afternoon, January 1958 Drank Driving Conviction Appealed By 0. B.

Roney Monday night's session of Beck-j from 6:30 p.m. a 1, to the ley Police Court saw a Beckley an of his arrest at 12:05 a.m. It's All In lay's Work-For Sheriff's Deputies appeal a conviction of drunk driving and a total of $155 was col- looted for the cily in oilier caees. Oscar Bell Roney appealed the driving while Intoxicated conviction and Is scheduled to have his ease heard by the nexl Raleigh County Grand Jury. Roney.

afler a lengthy (rial, was fnund guilly on the strength of a reading of .15 1-2 on the Brcath- A reading of .15 is accepted as Ihe necessarj alcohol con- lent (or a person to be legally drunk. Honey's attorney, Harold Smith, presented six witnesses in his attempt to prove Honey not guilty. All witnesses were with Honey before and at time of his arrest. The witnesses testified Ihe accused had had nothing to drink while they were with him. One of the witnesses had been with Roney Jan.

2. John Milliner ot Beckley plead- el guilty to operating Joh'nny's Danccland on S. Fayelte St. without a license and was fined $10 Pearl Mallo, no address listed, forfeited bond of $32 on a charge of being drunk and using profane language. Bond of $20 was forfeited by George Hayes on a charge of driving without a stale operator's license.

Richard Howard, no address listed, and Wilson Shuck, Fireco, each forfeited a bond of $15 on charges of driving vehicles with improper registration. A bond of $25 was forfeited William F. Basham, 24, Charles ton, on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. James Grasty, 116 forfeited $2C on a charge of speeding. Two persons charged with being drunk forfeited bonds totaling $33 Your Social Security A number of questions constantly arise at the Beckley Social Security Administration office in connection with social security payments and benefits, according to Stanley B.

Earl, district manager of the Beckley office. Some of these questions along with the answers are: QUESTION: Does every farmer I work for have a right to withhold the social security tax from my wages? ANSWER: Every farmer has the right under the law to with your part of Ihe social se curity taxes, which is two and one-fturth per cent, from your cash wages, if he expects you to earn total cash wages of $150 or more, or work for 20 or more days on a time basis during the year. If he withholds the tax and you do not work enough to be covered, the farmer should return the taxes to you. QUESTION: I operate a (arm raising cash crops with a yearl net income of about $2,400. Dur ing the winter months, December January, and February, I go to Florida.

May I receive my socia security benefits during the months I am in Florida? ANSWER: Yes, assuming yo 1 are of retirement age and have filed an application for benefi payments, you could receive bene Dr. G. M. POWERS DENTIST 110 MAIN STREET Ph-me CL 3-7696 its for any month you do no ender substantial services in the Dperation of the farm. QUESTION: Do 1 have to scl my farm in order to get soda iccurity benefits at age Go? ANSWER: No, a farmer ma; lave net earnings from his busi ness up to $1.200 in a year anc still receive social security bene 'it payments for each month he year.

If Ihe net earnings ex ceed $1,200 he may lose one nore checks. If he works ever month in the year and has earnings of over $2,030, no check would be payable. QUESTION: I am no longe able to operate my farm but don't want to move off Ihe farm Could I rent my farm and sti draw social security benefits? ANSWER: The $1,200 limitalio on earnings after retirement doe not include income received from rent or investment income sue as interest and slock dividends however, the extent to which landlord participates in the pn. duction on (he farm might effec lis benefit payments. For furthe information contact your local sc cial security office.

Four Choose Blue The Air Force blue was th choice of four men who enlisti Friday at the Beckley Air Fon Recruiting Station and were se to Lackland Air Force Base, Sa Antonio, for nine weeks basic training. They are James W. Hollan Amonate, L. Coo Brenlon; Arnold D. Barke Packsville: and James N.

Childer Kopperston. BY BOB HAJtVIT "Over the mountains and through the woods," 'go Raleigh County Sheriff's Deputies in com- pteting their many varied and sometimes humorous duties. THE RALEIGH COUNTY Sher- Jff's Office Is in operation 24 hours a day--if not from the offices in the courthouse--then from the deputies homes. Their duties are many and varied, including: Collecting taxes; serving witness and jury summons for Criminal and Circuit Court; serving warrants and making the arrest; checking road law violators; operating the county jail; checking moonshiners; making investigations of felonies and misdemeanors; the transportation of mental patients to hospitals; and many, many, others. The deputies are often called from their homes, one of which is located in each district in the county, to quell disturbances which range from minor ones to more serious criminal acts.

"IT'S A REGULAR affair to be called out at night," said Deputy little farther, and there he was. In his underclothes and sitting on a rafter, with a bij smile on his face." Then there's the' story of the three-time search of a home in which deputies were sure a fugitive had been hiding. However, each time when the house was searched from top to bottom, the culprit couldn't be found. A SHORT TIME later-after the fugitive left the country--it was learned he had hidden himself in the freezer each time he saw the 'law" coming. The deputies often take trips to other counties to return prisoners and sometimes, even to other states, but one man's request top ped them all.

A Raleigh Counlian againsi whom a warrant charging him with non support had been brought, escaped to California. A few months later, his mother ap pea'red at the sheriff's office with the announcement that her son hac decided to give himself up in Cal ifornia, and asked if they would get him. "There it is," says Deputy Wesley Thompson, (left) at he and Thorne discover a shine still. TV Kaltlgli Coualy Sheriff's Office during 1957 destroyed six tlills, UM gallons o( mash, and 28 1-2 gallons moonshine. It's an uncommon sigtit for deputies to meet a head full of cmrlers while serving Jury and court summons.

Here, Deputy Fred Thmie serves a paper on Mrs. Jewell Wildwood Ave. How to stay retired! Zina French, and nine out of 10 times Ihe palls are for drunkenness or disturbing the peace. The worst time is on weekends," The serving of peace warrants seems to cause more trouble for deputies than any of their other duties, simply for the reason the warrants are so often dropped. Deputy Wesley Thompson fells of an entire night he spent searching for a man against whom a peace warrant had by his wife, following a family argument.

"I finally found him," said Wes, "after about eight hours of search' ing, and when I arrived at tlie jail, there was his wife waiting. As soon as she saw us, she ran up, threw her arms around his neck, and then offered to i a the warrant if he would forgive her." BUT OF COURSE the serving of a warrant isn't quite as simple as may seem. The most difficult part is finding the sought-after individual, and even then it sometimes proves difficult. Deputies were searching for a man against whom they had a number of warrants, and upon approaching his house, saw him standing on the porch. He ran.

and hasn't been heard from since. Deputy Kenneth Larabee tells of the night he and a number of other deputies went to the hccne of a man for whom they had a warrant. They were certain he was hiding in the house, so they surrounded it while awaiting the arrival of a search warrant. -They were then bombarded with threats from the boys' mother as well as a large amount of cursing aimed in their direction. FINALLY, the officers were able Bigony, 122 I to enter the house, but the subject I for whom they were searching was nowhere to be found.

The house was searched from top to bottom, when, Larabee decided to examine a closet once more. "I pushed the clothes back and saw a little hole in the ceiling, so I decided to have a closer look. 1 crawled up through ihe hole, shined the light around, but'still didn't see anything. Then I crawl- She later revealed to Sherif Okey A. Mills that her son without funds, sick, and lonesome and wanted to back to Wes Virginia.

He didn't get the all expens paid i One of the deputies, explainin at the lime he was only new at'th job, tells of his most embarrasin experience. It seems that he an an ambulance driver were give the job of transporting an elder' woman and mental patient to Wes ton Slate Hospital. "When we left Ihe jail," he plained, she was clothed in sweater and pajama bottoms. Sh was placed in an ambulanc stretcher and I carried her her floor, and upon instruction from the nurse, I pulled back th cover to help her into bed. "She was nude.

"I STOOD THERE with mouth open like I didn't have an sense, and ihen went back to ambulance to sec what she ha done with her clothes. A ba window was open about an in. and I suppose she had throw them out." Deputy Edgar Jarrell wil! go any lengths to trap a sough victim. Once while chasing speeder, he crawled onto the hoc of the moving automobile to a tempt to crawl into the speeder id, "We didn't mean to The dislillalion of moonshine ilsky presents a big problem to leriff's deputies, but their raids metimes produce more humor an anything eke. According' to one deputy, it eems that by the Ume they ar- ve on the scene, or when they, sually catch some one marm- during the "likker," they usual- are drunk.

And of course, even though icy've been making the stuff for ears, they'll only admit to hay- ig made this "run," saying "this as going to be my first and ast." But there's always the stand- rd excuse. "This still isn't mine, I just ound it and wanted to see if I ould make the nasty old stuff!" AND THEN, of course, we musn't forget the "cough medi- ine' 1 routine. Evasiveness is another main ifficully encountered by deputies, 'or instance, they'll ask a moon- hincr to whom he sells his prod- ci and receive an answer of, 'Just one and another. When ask- where they're frcni, he replies, Oh, from here and around." But of course, and by a long- hot, the deputies and their Sherff don't always find their job lumorous. For example, one deputy de- cribed "The most pitiful sight 've ever seen." He was speaking of man charged with the murder of his vife, when he had to lake the lusband to Ihe funeral home.

The man had returned home from an institution to find his wife out with two men. THE SELF-CONFESSED stayer begged the sheriff to be taken to view his wife, and after it was decided he could be taken to the funeral home but not the funeral," two deputies were assigned to guard "We weren't sure what he was going to do," said Ihe deputy, "but we had' to watch him closely. When he saw his wife's body he cried much I had to give him my handkerchief. Then he began kissing her and crying '1 love and I needed my handkerchief. "He thanked us a million time! after we got back to the jail.

I'll never forget it." BUT BACK to the moonshiners This retired builder "TAKES LIFE EASY" in his all-electric home During many years in the contracting business, Mr. R. B. Hartless built a lot of homes for other people. When he built a retirement home for himself and Mrs.

Hartless, he wanted it to be "Ihe most comfortable home I could provide." "I can't imagine a retired man who plans a lot of extra work for himself," Mr. Hartless says. "That's why I wanted the cleanliness and convenience of an electric heating system. No other heating method can come close to matching the advantages ot electric heat. "As a matter of fact, I'm so sold on electric heat that I installed it in two houses which I built to rent I have found it keeps the renters happier, and they stay longer." Mrs.

Hartless appreciates the cleanliness and convenience of electric heat "There's no dirt at all," she says, "and I can keep my home spotless with littk effort. Besides that, I can rearrange the furniture any way I wish without blocking heating registers. "As for my electric appliances, each is a favorite, for helps me keep up the home and have more frer. time to enjoy our children and grandchildren." vehicle when it slowed down for a hill. He finally caught the violator-not by crawling through his window--but when he slopped his car and tried to escape on foot.

Deputy Jack Thomas was given the job of taking the violator to a magistrate for hearing. "He said," Jack reports, "the judge will probably just let me off with a good talking to. He got a combined sentence of about nine months on four charges." Deputy Fiynn Canady was called out one night to rescue a family being held prisoner by two men. THE PAIR had held the family 'prisoner for about four hours, and after, apprehension by Canady, again, and as humorous a story with which to close as you may find. A number of deputies once went on a raid in which they knew' the men making Ihe "brew." and where they lived.

When they at the site of the still, it was deserted, but signs were found that a run had just recently been made. The' deputies proceeded to the gent's home where they found him "absolutely and unquesiioningly, loaded to the gills." "We would have, of course, arrested him on a charge drunfe enness, except for one thing," said a deputy, "He was too drunk to walk and no one would volunteer to carry him back to the car; three miles away." Carver Receives January Citation "He is a good representative of the company, is courteous, is a safe driver, and a good public relations man," said R. S. "Scotty" Harris Monday night while citing A. B.

"Joe" Carver as the Outstanding Recognized Driver for January in Raleigh County. The 31-year-old. city delivery driver from Crab Orchard was honored by the Raleigh County Chapter of the West Virginia Motor Trucker's Association. He was selected by Harris, manager of Smith Transfer Corporation. The award is given each month to an outstanding driver as selected by his firm.

Two Trucks Collide Damages in a two-truck collision Monday on' N. Kanawha St. were estimated at $150 by investigating Beckley Police. Listed as having collided were trucks driven by R. L.

Martin, 40, Concord College To Offer Course In CPA Work Concord College will offer a course in Certified Public Accountant Problems and Reviews beginning Jan. 28, in the snack bar of the Bluefield Supply Company, according to David Kirby dean of the college. The course, consisting ot a study oi problems similar to those found on CPA examinations and a review of accounting theory, audit- procedures, and business law, will be taught by Harry Finkle man, professor in the division of business, and also a CPA. Three semester hours credil given for successfully completing the course. The official designation is "Business 421." An organizational meeting wil be held Jan.

28 in the Bluefield Supply Building. Registration for the course will take place at tha time or at the next class meeting scheduled for B'eb. 4. Xp one ma enroll after the second class meet ing. according to Kirby.

Retired Teacher's Rites Wednesday services for Mrs. Melinda Dcvaux will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Chestnut Baptist Church, Mount Airy, N. C. Burial will be made in the Strickland Family Cemetery, Mount Airy.

Mrs. Devaux, 73, Harper Heights, died in her home Sunday morning. Mrs. Devaux was a retired and had made her home at Harper Heights for the past 25 years. One brother, ftoberf McCarthy of Mount Airy, survives.

Letcher Hatcher of Slab Fork, a nephew, will attend the funeral. The body will be removed from the Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor, Beckley, to Mount Airy at 6 a.m. Wednesday. Glen Daniel, and one driven by Melvin Stilwell, 36, Bluefield. Military Men In News At Home And Overseas Name Successor To P.

Reed Dr. Warren K. Agee has been appointed director of West Virginia University's School of Journalism, effective July 1. Dr. Agee, presently professor and ohairman of the department of journalism at Texas Christian University, and former Fort Worth Star-Telegram employe, will succeed Dr.

P. Reed. Reed, who retires June 30 from WVU. has served as director of the Sgt. Edward 0.

Stewart', who Baritone. of Journalism since it was stationed last in Bangor, Maine. Sgt. Fontana's present duties are founded in 1939, and has been a member of the University staff for 33 years. Dr.

Agce is current president ot the Association for Education in Journalism, and a past president of the American Society of Journalism School Administrators. By Peggy Kessingcr. Serving a year's tour of duty i he is one of the few Marines still Iceland with" the Air Force is S. in the Corps who had served with He is serving with the gunnery sergeant of his unit. ACW Squadron at the Iceland Hc js s(m of Mr and Mrs base.

Mr. and Mrs. Hartless start their Hays off right, with breakfasts leisurely prepared with the help of electrical appliances. Modem Families Everywhere Are Living Better Electrically ELECTRIC POWER COMPART Dominick Fontana of Mount Hope. His wife, the former JcanetlaJHis wife is residing with him in Hollandsworth of Fairdale, and 0 tuville, Pa.

their two daughters. Sharon Kay and Angela Gwen. are residing in ENTERING the Glen Daniel until his return. i second phase of I basic military PROMOTED to the grade of tra i ning in master sergeant with the Inspec- 37061), Mili- tor-Inslructor Staff, 63rd Infantry Training i Company, Marine Corps Squadron at at Potxsville. was James Fon: Lackland Air tana.

Force Base A marine since Airman Wil- duties have taken him to many Robert Taj lands in the Far East. From son of Mrs 46 he was with the First Marine Taylor Division and served in w. TMvlor jflepVimenf oY mkroTnatomv and moa, Gaudalcanal, Australia, Cape He recently completed the and the department Two Changes Approved In School Of Medicine West Virginia University's Council on Administration has ap; proved two organization changes i in the School of Medicine, accord- inn to President Irvin Stewart. The former department of anatomy has been divided into Gloucester and the Russell Islands. phase of the training.

of gross and neurological anato- mv. After War II he served with the First Division in China fromi SERVING as a member of thei The other organizational change 1M7-49 and later with the Second: 559th Field Artillery Missile he renaming of the depart- Marine Diviswn at Camp talion in Germany is Pfc. Robert i of bacteriology public N.C. From 1950-51 he was with the; L. McCray.

son of Mrs. Justine i na! and preventalive'medicine First Manne Division-in 820 East Beckley. a lne department i wherc he received the bronze star, IhinUor letter of commeivlalion with upply a a i A i Hmr. bat and the purple heart. Headquarters and Service At the same time, there From 1955-56 he served with the! pCray tv lm Arm in Sep: created the department of.public Marine Division in Japan Okinawa." tembcf, 19J6, and received basic'health and prevcntative medicine AMMUNITION FURNISHED 1 S.C.

Hel I I I I I I I I I A A 1 I i White in Guadalcanal he served! arrivwl in Ellr last Februar -ivith the late John Basilone, a The 19-year-old soldier is a 1955 honor winner. There is a of Stratton High School bility Fontaiu will serve as an and was employed by William and A majority of the cannon balls used by Commodore Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812, were made in a furnace lo- visor and have a part in the motion; Hodge Philadelphia, before en- cated in Hancock County, West picture of Sgl. Basilone's life since' tering the Army. I Virginia..