Scout Exposition to Display Projects in Beckley Exposition
Boy Scout units and outside groups plan booths in Beckley Recreation Building for the Appalachian Council Exposition. Displays cover electricity and radio to carpentry and cooking with many troops from Beckley Summers Raleigh and Wyoming counties. Continuous programs run Friday evening through Saturday afternoon with a balcony movie and Little Theater program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Council
Raleigh
Wyoming
Beckley
Gus F. Walker
Sophia
Stotesbury
Tams
MacArthur
Birchton
Pineville
Wyco
Marfork
Slab Fork
Mullens
Kopperston
Coal Mountain
Mountaineer Athletics on Campus Highlight Spring
The University athletics scene shows spring practice for football and track with schedules set for April 1 in Athens. Baseball opens with a two game series, and tennis teams prepare for upcoming competition. Notables include Ted Hope Dick Davis Beckley Zennie Wickline Jack Stone and Tom Elkin as key contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Williams, JR
Ckley
The
University
Athens
UPI
Alderson
Ted Hope
Dick Davis
Beckley
Zennie Wickline
Jack Stone
Mr. Hope
Mountaineer
Tom Elkin
Jim Ter
Princeton
Jim
Mounties
Jack Shoey
Fayetteville
Elay
Sry Hunt
Frank
Jez
Jack Piece
Montgomery
Mike Smiley
Mountaineers
Mountainlair
Dick Egan
Raleigh County
Fayette
Boone
Greenbrier
Monroe
Bureau of Prisons seeks about 1000 officers nationwide
Civil service jobs open in the Bureau of Prisons for around 1000 men 21 to 45 in good shape who can pass a general knowledge test. Women may apply. Correctional officer starting pay is 3125 dollars yearly with placement across federal reformatories camps and prisons. Training provided and opportunities exist to advance to preferred positions. E T Stromp appointed president of Beckley Mabscott Community Chest succeeding Cecil W Lovell who moves to Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Prisons
Stromp
Community Chest
E. T. Stromp
Beckley
Cecil W. Lovell
Beckley-Mabscott Community Chest
Lovell
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Charleston
Chest
Americcan City Bureau
Chicago
Fifteen area men enlist in armed forces
Fifteen local men enlisted yesterday at the U S Army Air Force recruiting station in Beckley. Four signed for four years in the Air Force and were sent to Lackland Air Base Texas. The eleven others signed for three years in the regular Army and were sent to Fort Meade Maryland. Names include Wimsey Napier Cyrus Lilly Darrell Reid William Yates Orville Brunty Theodore Murry Grover Deskin Rudolph Clay J D Barnum Cecil Banks Billy Eastham Taylor Duty Franklin Allen Jack Miller Ralph Cooney and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.s.army Afd. Air Force
Beckley
Wyatte Gay
Air Force
Lackland Air Base
San Antonio
Tex
Wimsey R. Napier
Vego
David H. Cooke
Hatcher
Cyrus T. Lilly, Jr
Darrell G. Reid
Spanishburg
William T. Yates
Ft Meade
Orville Brunty
Switzer
Theodore ‘T. Murry
Logan
Grover C. Deskin
Toler, Ky
Rudolph R. Clay
Qmar
J.D. Barnum
Oak' Hill
Cecil Banks, Jr
Crown
Billy J. Eastham
Hinton
Taylor L. Duty
Franklin L Allen
Bluefield
Jack W. Miller
Freehabs
Ralph Cooney
Beck- Ney
VFW Plans Second Draftee Send-Off in Beckley
VFW Post 4469 Beckley announces a second draftee send-off today for Raleigh County servicemen. The 9:15 AM to 5:30 PM event includes dinner by the VFW Auxiliary, invocation by Rev. Everett Shafer, and brief remarks by Lt. C P. Ransom Aubrey C. Smith and Beckley Mayor W A. Burke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lew Sheffler
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Spon
Leigh County
Beckley Veterans Organization
John Noel Ransom
VFW
Everett Shafer
C P. Ransom
Beckley US
Army and Air Force
Marin
Aubrey C. Smith
Raleigh County
W. A. Burke
Beckley
Soldier Loses Feet in Korea Cemented by Mail
A Crab Orchard couple received a cable from their son Corporal Patrick Toliver, 21, reporting he lost both feet in Korea while serving with a machine gun outfit. He is hospitalized in Tokyo and improving, after an earlier doubtful recovery note from the Defense Department. Toliver joined a family with two other brothers who also served in Korea, one recently discharged and another stationed with occupation forces in Korea until 1949.
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Cpl
Patrick Toliver
Korea
Ash Toliver
Tokyo
Japan
Defense Department
Toliver
Pfc
Bill Toliver
Crab Orchard
Sgt
Mack Toliver
Army
County Food Handler's School Moves to Beckley
The 1951 Food Handlers program shifts to Beckley at Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works 700 S Oakwood Ave for two weeks. Joseph E Williams and Elgin M Hall of the County Health Department oversee sessions at 10 am and 2 pm daily until April 20, excluding weekends. Employees needing food handler permits must attend at least one 1.5 hour session covering basic health rules for safe service.
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Ichods
Rhodell and
Sophia
Beckley
Raleigh Coca Cola Bottling Works
S. Oakwood Avenue
Joseph E. Williams
Elgin M Hall
Raleigh ‘County Health Department
Great Judge to Speak at Shady Spring Graduation
Judge Ben H. Ashworth of Raleigh County Circuit Court will deliver the commencement address to Shady Spring High School seniors at graduation exercises May 25 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Principal F C Roberts said four admission tickets will be issued per senior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Ashworth
Raleigh County Circuit Court
Shady Spring High School
F. C. Roberts
Ashworth
Roberts
J. W. Witherspoon
Beckley Presbyterian Church
Raleigh County Humane Society to Host Bridge Parties for Fundraising
The Raleigh County Humane Society formed a committee to plan bridge parties and a food sale to raise funds. At a Monday night meeting at the Raleigh Heights home of Mrs. W. C. Dick, plans included shelter dogs, cats, a sea gull, and a pigeon, with nine dogs euthanized and owners located. The society also reported 310 calls since January 1 and placed 21 dogs and nine cats in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County Humane Society
Raleigh County Humane
Millard Tyree
Raleigh Heights
W. C. Dick
David’ Kennedy, Jr
Charles Lewis
Hu- Banks
E. Hawkins, Jr
Manely
J. P. Nowlin
George Titler
Don Wolf
Kennedy
George Toma Naan Hata O Oo
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Sprague
Besoco
Edwight
Shady Spring
East Beckley
Montroal
Covel
Glen White
Marianna
Beck
Glen Rogers
American Red Cross
Area Well
Ann Gee
Ronceverte
Ann Bird
Nancy Bowers
Hishard Jarvis
Leschetitsky
Reynolds Hall
Ross Evans
Talcott
Jean Cunningham
Lewisburg
Psi Chi
Wanda Lou Philpott
Lizzie
Frat Ity
Jeanne Sheets
Green Bank
Kappa Delta Sorority
Kappa Delta
Sigma Pai Epsilon
Alpha Phi Sorority
Helen Martin
Beverly Follmer
Carolyn
Rodgers
Charlotte Ann Fulks
Carolyn Laws
Carol Ellison
Union
Ed Lilly
Harold Humphries
Whipple
Cpl. Toliver
Germany
Woodrow Wilson and
Stoco
Harvey
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Yugoslavia
American Hardware Store
MT. Hope, W. Va
Matic Gas Range
OR Gas Company
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