Mabscott Mayor to Join Waller Corp as Salesman Monday
Mabscott Mayor H V Waybright announces he will join Waller Corp as a salesman Monday. Waybright, a former Montgomery Ward executive and ex mayor, has long worked in office and sales roles in Raleigh County since 1914. He and his wife Margaret Blackburn have three deceased children. Acme Construction Co. is the low bidder on a 6.14 mile Sophia Ury road section for $124,235, with SRC to award contracts next week after bid review. Also bid: 6.2 miles of Pineville Logan Road on WV10 for $107,685 by Anderson Black Rock Inc. of Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. V. Waybright
Mabscott
Waller Corp
Lee Hogan
Shell Homes
Beckely
Eisenhower Drive
Waybright
Montgomery Ward Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Helen
Fice
Raleigh County
New River Collieries Co
Sun
Monterey
Calif
Crabbottom Valley
Bluegrass
Dunsmore
T. V. Waybright Tron Co., Inc
Sophia-Ury
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Acme
SRC
Pineville-Logan
Wyoming County
Anderson Black Rock, Inc
Charleston
Sunrise Service At Helen To Feature Easter Pageant
Stotesbury RNS reports Sunrise Service at 6 a.m. Easter by Helen Baptist Church Young Peoples class under Mrs Edwin Lewis. The program includes the pageant Miracle Eternal with cast Sherry Lewis Gilbert Miller Kenneth Maynard Pat Meadows Bobby Greer Paul Blevins Linda Meadows Debbie Taylor Joyce Moore. Narrator Tony Lewis and performances How we Know Into the Light by various participants. Special music by Wood Hicks Keesee and Gibson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury
RNS
Young Peoples
Helen Baptist Church
Edwin Lewis
Sherry Lewis
Gilbert Miller
Kenneth Maynard
Pat Meadows
Bobby Greer
Paul Blevins
Linda Meadows
Debbie Taylor
Joyce Moore
Tony Lewis
Gloria Miller
Suzanne Hicks
Vickie Keesee
Donna Wood
Miss Lewis
Phyllis Lyall
Nancy Gibson
Misses Wood
Hicks
Keesee
Gibson
Five Enlist Here Five Men Enlist at Beckley Station
Five men enlisted in the Army at the Beckley Recruiting Station and were sent to Ft. Knox Ky for processing. Harold Denver Carter from Gilbert chosen airborne. Danny Ray Baer from Chattaroy chose field artillery weapons. Charles Edward Young from Princeton chose communications. James Paul Lambert from Princeton unassigned. Kermit Darrell Dangerfield from Booneco chose communications.
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Army
Beckley
Ft. Knox
Harold Denver Carter
Alverta Carter
Gilbert
Airborne
Danny Ray Baer
Arthur Baer
Chattaray
Charles Edward Young
Willie Hubbard
Princeton
James Paul Lambert
James Lambert
New Enrollment Records System Aids Raleigh County Schools
Rodney McComas of Midway operates a Recordak microfilm system to record Raleigh County School enrollment data. The board adopts the new space efficient method to archive about 15,000 books dating back to 1932 33 while A R Gwinn observes and explains the bulging old records room prompting the change.
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Raleigh County
Rodney McComas
Midway
Board of Education
A. R. Gwinn
Survey Team Approves Killarney Clean Up Effort
A federal survey team approved federal aid Wednesday for dredging a creek and cleaning the area around Killarney Elementary School after recent flood damages. Deputy Sheriff Wes Thompson led a health check tour of 19 damaged schools and said further survey teams would follow to inspect other damage aspects. A similar survey is under way in Fayette County today.
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Killarney
Wes Thompson
Fayette County
Bear Sacrifices Still Practiced by Modern Peoples
The Yakuts of Siberia and other groups maintain bear sacrifice rituals as part of their traditional beliefs.Observers note these ancient customs persist among contemporary communities.
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Siberia
Sophia Churches To Hold Combined Meet
The fourth annual sunrise Easter service for Sophia area churches will be Sunday at 6 a.m. at Sophia High School stadium, with rain fallback to the gym. Key speakers include Rev. Dewey Wilson and Rev. L. R. Mason Jr. Choirs from local Methodist and Baptist churches will sing with additional pastors assisting.
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Methodist Church
O. A. Phillips
W. J. Blair
The
Sophia Church of God
W. F. Tolliver
Friendship Baptist Church
Dewey Wilson
First Baptist Church
S. D. Wolford
Midway Church of God
Beckley Civic League Meeting Postponed by President Flynn
President Junius Flynn announces the Beckley Civic League regular meeting is postponed. The session, originally set for tonight, will now be held Tuesday with a call for all members to attend.
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Beckley Civic League
Junius Flynn
Flynn
Vets to Gain Benefits From March Contacts
Basil R. Sweeney deputy director Beckley Field Office West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs says $45 887 in benefits will be paid to veterans and beneficiaries over the coming year from 438 contacts in March. Benefits will range from 20 to 250 dollars monthly per household.
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Basil R. Sweeney
Beckley Field Office
West Virginia
Sweeney
Mabscott Seeks Time Extension for Levy Plan
Mabscott Town Council seeks 10 to 15 days extra to lay its 11 000 levy order for a town hall and street improvements. The extension follows a council vote to approve funds under the Accelerated Public Works Program and to request extension from the State Tax Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabscott
Senate
John Gravely
Congress
APWP
Gravely
Princeton
Whitestick Street
SRC
Mabscott Hill
H. V. Waybright
Callender speaks at New River Institute session
W W Callender of Huntington, a Connors Steel product manager and roof bolts rails manager for H K Porter Co, addressed about 35 members at the New River and Winding Gulf Electrical Mechanical and Mining Institute meeting held in Appalachian Power Co auditorium.
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Connors Steel Division
W. W. Callender
Huntington
New River
Winding Gulf Electrical, Mechanical and Mining Institute
H. K. Porter Co
Appalachian Power Co
Visitors and Family Notes From Glen White Community
Residents share a weekend of visits across Rainelle Glen View Northfork and Beckley Hospital. Harold Smith and son David of Rainelle visited Mrs. Bertha Thompson. Billy Canaday and family visited in Glen View. Granny Tate visits Northfork as James Wilson is welcomed. Alfred Carver, four, has measles. Grace Sneed visits Rockville. O R Bucklin and party tour relatives in Birmingham Grenada Baton Rouge and New Iberia la.
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Glen White
RNS
Bertha Thompson
Harold Smith
David
Rainelle
Paul Swartrace
Rockville
O. R. Bucklin
Nicky Bucklin
Birmingham
Ala
Grenada
Miss
Baton Rouge
Neapotenville
Eight Year Old In Satisfactory Condition At Beckley Hospital
Eugene Gwinn eight year old son of Mrs Norma Gwinn Lanark is listed in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital. He was admitted at 4 35 p m Thursday for ankle injuries suffered on the school playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly Eugene Gwinn
Norma Gwinn
Lanark
Beckley Hospital
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Margaret M. Blackburn
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Beckley Firm
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Firestone Thrifts
H.p. Briggs & Stratton
Ashworth
Prince ST
Valley
William Lusk
FORD
Monaco
Falcon
Grady Whitlock
F.c.ar
John W. Eye Co
Dias
W. Neville
Institute
Parse Bele
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