Beckley City Council adjourns after anxious session
Beckley City Council, after nearly two hours of discussion on streets, adjourned until Thursday at 7 30 p m Attorney William H File sought continued action on quitting a alley on Beckley Avenue The council endorsed a Woman Driver of the Year plan to be promoted in June with five driving safety classes led by Sgt Gordon L Bolin Parking restrictions were approved for parts of Hume Court Beverly Street and College Avenue Plans to abandon an alley between Jefferson and Garfield Streets were sent to planning and zoning The council also planned to inspect Center Street drainage with city staff and consider Stansbury Street right of way upon resident input
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Beckley
Beckley Streets
William H. File
BL Pelter
Kermit Locke
Bolia
Beckley Police Department
Bolia Bas
Okey L. Patteson
Wb Virginia Department’ of Public Safety
American Automobile Association
National Safety Council
Beckley’ Army and Air Force
Millard Tyree
Council
Hume Court
Beverly Street
College Avenue
Jefferson
Garfield
Planning and Zoning Board
Dennis Leary
Locust Drive
Jover Center Street
A. K. Minter
Stansbury Street
Halstead
Beclkey Chamber Nears 400 Membership Goal by May 1
Beckley Chamber of Commerce reports 370 members after 12 new signups. Managing director G A Bentley says at current pace 400 members by May 1 will be reached, note the 1982 target is 500 members with prior records just over 300.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
G. A. Bentley
Three Kings On WCFC Daily Radio Show
Beckley’s WCFC airs The Three Kings from 6 45 to 7 pm each weekday. The trio Phil King Jack King and Monte Frey perform daily except weekends. Listeners may visit the station to watch the show, a correction notes a previously misstated 7 45 to 8 pm time.
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Three Kings
WCFC
Beckley
Phil
Jack King
Monte Frey
Government advertises civil service openings for lockman and damtender
Henry Kent, secretary of the Board of Civil Service Examiners at the Beckley Post Office, announces open civil service exams for lockman and damtender in the Huntington Engineer District. No written tests. applicants rated on training and experience with six months minimum experience. Lockman salary 2674 dollars yearly. damtender 2900 dollars. Information and applications available at Beckley Post Office.
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Lockman
Henry Kent
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Beckley Post Office
Huntington
Beckley
Whitesville Resident Named to Tau Honors at Purdue
Rahart Neu Joseph B. Corns and companions returned from a fishing trip to Murray Lodge where Joseph B. Corns of 213 Lake Avenue South Carolina was named to Tau Phi national engineering honorary at Purdue University.
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Joseph B. Corns
Sone Gedres
Loe Aene Jompson
Murray
Larén Lake
S. C
Murray Lodge
Opera Pi
National Engineering
Bob Barrett
Purdue University
Whitesville
Ten Couples File Requests For Marriage Licenses
Ten couples applied for marriage licenses in Raleigh County with applicants from Beckley Glen Fork Laurel Fork and nearby areas. The list includes Coy Bailey Nellie Bailey Hazel Webb William Curtis Genevieve Curtis Denver Cook Rosa Brown Joe Condem Ethel Cooper Paul Davis Anna Collins Roy Derringer Betty Anderson Gene Hirth Meadows Juanita Lacy Geneieve Lacy and Edward Pugh among others.
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Raleigh County Clerk
Naoma
Qkie Cook
Rosa Brown
Sundial
Clinton Brown
Joe Condem, Jr
Helen
Joe Condem
Ethel Cooper
Carlyle Cooper
Paul Davis
Lester
Sidney Davis
Anna Lee Collins
Affinity
Lonnie Collins
Roy Vencen Derringer, Jr
Beaver
Roy V. Derringer
Betty Jean Anderson
Glen Morgan
Jesse ‘E. Anderson
Gene Hirth Meadows
Harper
Hubert Meadows
Juan
Civil Air Patrol To Reorganize Beckley Squadron
The Beckley West Virginia Civil Air Patrol unit plans a 7:30 p.m. meeting at Beckley High School to discuss reorganization and fitting into state CAP plans. Captain Thomas Wood will arrive Monday by C-45 for four days to assist, attendance includes film viewing and local members and families named in preface.
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Beckley
Civil Air Patrol
West Virginia
Thomas Wood
State Cap
Wood
Air Force
Air Force display to showcase major exhibits in Beckley
More than 100 items designed or modified for the U S Air Force exhibit will tour Beckley. Key displays include B29 and F 84 fuselages and J 35 jet cutaways with R 2800 engines. The aircade arrives April 28 with a police escort and a parade led by dignitaries and the Woodrow Wilson High School band. The event runs noon to night on N Heber Street with a film Looking to the Skies shown at the Raleigh County Courthouse. Ralph Whitener leads Beckley AFA personnel coordinating the showcase.
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U. S. Air Force
Beckley
G. A. Bentley
The
Raleigh County
Ralph Whitener
Beckley Afa
Kenneth F. Humphries Dies of Heart Attack at Logan Office
Kenneth F. Humphries of Beckley died of a heart attack at the National Mines Service Company office in Logan. He was 50 and a sales engineer, native of Pittsburgh, and a World War II veteran. Funeral services are planned for Beckley with burial in Round Hill Cemetery in Pittsburgh. Survivors include his wife Sarah Nicholls Humphries and two sons Alvin and David.
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Kenneth F. Humphries
Queen Street
Beckley
Moran
Pittsburgh
Round Hill
Humphries
Logan
National Mines’ Service Company
Island Creek Colal Company
Holden
University of Pittsburgh
New River Company
National Mine Service Company
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Organized Reserve Corps
Masonic Lodge of
Oak Hill
Society of Professional Engineers
The
American Legion
Elks Club
Black Knight Country Club
Theta Chi
Deeds Move Through Raleigh County Transfers
Deeds on file show Charles C Cozort and wife purchasing a five room frame house and lot on McGinnis Street from Herman E Seasor and wife for about 9000 dollars. Other transfers include Hatcher to Barnes Lot 109 Sophia Heights about 4000 dollars and Raleigh Company to Bertha and Henry Hope on Hedrick Walker Carter Addition Beckley for about 3000 dollars.
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Charles C. Cozort
McGinnis Street
Herman E. Seasor
Raleigh County Clerk's Office
Andrew W. Hatcher
Doris B. Barnes
Sophia Heights
Sophia
Raleigh Company
Bertha Hope
Henry Hope
Hedrick Walker
Carter
Lof
J. Hatcher
Sunrise
Charles
Little Beaver Creek
Shady Spring
Eugene Pittman
Henry 4. Cole
Beaver
Beaver Crowlroad
James Lilly
Myrtle Wu. Hawkins
Lilly Land Company
Oak Grove
Homeseekers‘Land and Building Company
Ruby Adkins
Ridgelawn
Sunset Memorial Park
Ronald W. Highlander
Ots E. M. Harvey
Meadows Addition
Students to Compete For State Stenographic Jobs
Raleigh County seniors graduating in spring may apply to state government clerical and stenographic posts. Written and performance tests are planned for next month, with April 21 as the filing deadline for special student applications. Special forms target students with no prior work experience and require approval by a teacher, while experienced applicants can apply for other clerical roles.
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Raleigh County
T. H. Coates
West Virginia
Merit System
State Employment Service
Hale Street
Charleston
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Walter Pugh
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Charlie Arthur
Frank Stover
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Thelma Thompson
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