Telephone Company promotes A. W. Dupre to Beckley office
A. W. Dupre has assumed duties as commercial manager of the Beckley area for the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company. He is pictured with R. C. Gould, the former Beckley area manager, who becomes commercial manager in Charleston. Dupre, a Wheeling native, joined the company in 1946 and has since January 1955 served as Beckley area district commercial supervisor before this promotion.
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A. W. Duprie
Beckley
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
R. C. Gould
Beckley Area
Charleston
Wheeling
Dupre
The
Telephone Company
Sophia
A. W. Dupke
Beckley Commercial
Dupke
Forrest Foggin
Beckley Plant
C and P
Perry Haga
James Salyers
J. ©. Shumate
Sophia Recorder
Trial stopped as Tedder pleads no contest in bastardy suit
Clifford Lee Tedder of Hotchkiss pleaded nolo contendere in Raleigh County Criminal Court on Tuesday, with sentencing set for April 10. A jury had been empaneled in the bastardy case after his not guilty plea. Marie Gwinn of Jennings Gap was the complainant.
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Clifford Lee Tedder
Hotchkiss
Nolo
Raleigh County
Tedder
Marie Gwinn
Jenning
Gap
World health tally: UN cites 1.2 million physicians
The United Nations reports a global total of 1.2 million physicians. The figure highlights growing medical capacity worldwide, with doctors distributed across regions and nations varying in density and access to care.
Flat Top Lake Association Chooses Officers and Plans Road
The Flat Top Lake Association met to elect new officers led by Floyd M. Sayre as president replacing Leo Vecellio. A 15 member board includes Ashworth and Gates with a May meeting set to discuss nine mile road surfacing and a possible bridge.
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Flat Top Lake Association
Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
Leo Vecellio
A. G. Wilcox Sr
Robert J. Ashworth
Brooks Adair
J. G. Lilly
Leslie C. Gates
Darrell King
Raleigh County
Ferguson and Gates Engineering Co
Nine Mile Road
Flat Top Lake
A. J. Lilly
C. D. Parson
Association
Board of Directors
Beckley Firms Reserve More Spots for State Industrial Meet
Three more Beckleyans have made reservations to attend the State Industrial Development Conference in Charleston on April 11, bringing Beckley’s total to 12. Making reservations were J. S. Larrick, Lawrence T. Forbes and Charles Hodel. Contact Beckley Chamber of Commerce Office to reserve.
Patti Pitsenberger Named State Girl Scout Officer
Patti Pitsenberger has been named vice president of the West Virginia Senior Girl Scout Planning Board. She represents Troop 64 Beckley and will serve with three other seniors from Logan and Kanawha counties. The Raleigh County delegates at the state convention include Mary Beard and Karen Mitchell of Troop 531 Montreal. alternates Bettina DePaolo and Mary Jane Mulholland of Troop 5 Beckley. About 365 senior scouts and leaders attended the conference at Jackson's Mill, with 18 from Raleigh County, including Ann Anderson Bettina DePaolo Clara Swarthout Mary Jane Mulholland Troop 5 Beckley and others.
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West Virginia
Patti Pitsenberger
Beckley
Logan County
Kanawha County
Planning Board
Raleigh County
Scoute
Mary Beard
Karen Mitchell
Montreal
Bettina DePaulo
Mary Jane Mulholland
Dr Ford Named Coroner On Trial Basis In Raleigh Co
Dr. S. A. Ford, Raleigh County Health officer, takes the county coroner post on a trial basis after Tuesday’s appointment by the County Court. He succeeds Dr. J. S. Grewal who resigned to accept a New York State position. The court also approved preliminary armory site maps for Memorial Airport, to be studied by the Guard and the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Construction cost is about 200000 dollars with 7000 funded by the court. rest by the federal government.
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Ford
Armory
S. A. Ford
Raleigh
J. S. Grewal
New York State
National Guard
Memorial Airport
Robert Davis
Guard
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Margaret Neal Koontz
Beckley
PZC Withholds Action On 2 Expansion Projects
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission deferred final action on two expansion plans. First Assembly of God Church seeks a three story annex to boost capacity from 300 to 750, with a special April 17 meeting to discuss side yard relaxations. William Sheffield’s hotel group seeks a 10 unit, one story increase costing about 40,000 dollars, pending safety certification and fire code guarantees.
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Beckley
Beckley Planning and Zoning Commission
Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
T. M. Waldron
McDowell Drive
Waldron
Charles House
French Williams
Phillips Williams Construction Co
William H. Sheffield
Williams
Sheffield
S. H. Bridge
Police Hunt Cock Fight Fans Forfeit Bonds Near Rock Creek
State police seek eightcock fight participants after raid on a wooded Rock Creek site. Six men forfeited $10 bonds for failing to appear before Magistrate Loren Daniel on cock fighting charges, while one more freed on $10 bond pending a Saturday hearing. Names include Agon Reynolds, W A Brewer, Quincy Burnside, Damon Scarbro, W C Daniels, Kenneth Scarbro and Ralph H Green. seven were arrested by Cpl H D Gibbs. 20 participants fled into the woods as officers closed in.
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Whitesville
Loren G. Daniel
Sundial
Cpl. H. D. Gibbs
Agon Reynolds
Oras
Boone County
W. A. Brewer
North Fayette Street
Beckley
Quincy Burnside
Damon Scarbro
Rock Creek
W. C. Daniels
Harper
Kenneth Scarbro
Columbus
Ohio
Ralph H. Green
Beaver Green
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United Nations
Crab Orchard
W. Va
P. S
OLD
Sraight Bourbon
OLD Hickory Distilling Corporation
Philadelphia, PA
Ti Pitsenberger
Connie Sparacino
G. L. Anderson
A. J. Ginkel
Anne S. Hintze
PZC
Gibbs
Antarctic
BIBLE
John
Plymouth
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