IBM Introduces Radically New Typewriter in Area
Eve Breck reports on IBM's Selectric, a revolutionary typewriter using a spherical 88-character head and interchangeable typefaces. The design reduces jams, speeds up typing, and features a plug-in ribbon cartridge. Demonstrations set for Topsy O'Dell's TV class. Kossuth and Smith join IBM in the Raleigh area with service kits and local training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Business Machines Service
James Kossuth
Joe E. Smith
IBM
International Business Machines
Raleigh
Mercer
Fayette Counties
Topsy O
Powellton
Kossuth
Beckley
U. S. Air Force
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Smith
Charleston
The
Ediphone Co
Indiana
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Ind
Counter ‘Intelligence Corps
United States Army
the Elks
Toastmasters International
Lambda Chi
Sue Woods
Becklaw
Program to feature Gene Morehouse as master of ceremonies
Gene Morehouse, manager of Station WJLS, will be master of ceremonies for the program set to begin at 7 30 p m All junior and senior high schools in the county have been invited to enter entrants
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Gene Morehouse
WJLS
Area Churches State Palm Sunday Services
Palm Sunday services are planned across area churches with multiple congregations presenting Holy Week activities. Calloway Heights Community Church led by Rev. Robert Sizemore hosts a week-long series at 7 p.m. daily through Easter, while St Marys Methodist and St Stephens Episcopal offer 7:30 p.m. services through Holy Week. Holy Communion times vary, Good Friday devotions run noon to 3 p.m., and Easter services include baptisms and special speakers from Morris Harvey College. The Methodist Temple also hosts 7:30 p.m. weekday services with Dr. John W. Hollister as featured speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calloway Heights Community
Robert Sizemore
Appalachian Bible Institute
ST. Mary’s Methodist Church
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
Palm
Methodist Temple
John W. Hollister
Morris Harvey College
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Christian Youth Fellowship
First Christian Church
E. S. Wilson
First Methodist Church
Edward Seales Suffering Knee Injury in R and F Coal Mine Incident
Edward Seales of 508 Sylvia Street remains in satisfactory condition at Beckley Hospital after a knee injury from being struck by slate at the R and F Coal Mine in Whitby on Thursday. The accident prompted treatment and monitoring by medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Seales
Sylvia St
Beckley Hospital
R and F
Whitby
Safe Driving Road-e-a Competition Entry Consent
A form fragment shows questions on driver training completion and past traffic violations since 1962, plus a marriage inquiry. It includes a parental consent section where the entrant’s relative consents to participation, signing with date and relation to the entrant.
Teen-Age Road-E-O Set May 6 By Local Jaycees
Beckley Jaycees sponsor the 10th annual Teen-age Road-E-O on Sunday May 6 with Jim Fraley in charge assisted by Bill Wilbur for judging and scoring Bob Corey awards Reese Mallette location equipment and Danny McGraw eligibility and certification. Contest open to ages 16 to 19 includes a 1230 p m written exam at Coca-Cola Bottling Co recreation room then driving at Kroger Parking Lot cars provided by local dealers. Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Assn will present a $25 savings bond to the winner and Beckley National Bank will install seat belts in front seats of top three winners. Contest is nationally sponsored by U S Junior Chamber of Commerce Pure Oil Co and National Insurance Institute on Highway Safety with local co sponsor Pure Oil Co. Entry coupon mail to Jim Fraley Beckley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fraley
Bill Wilbur
Bob Corey
Reese Mallette
Danny McGraw
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Kroger
Lewis Chevrolet
Grady Whitlock Ford
Duncan- Catron Motor Co
Raleigh County Automobile Dealers Assn
Beckley National Bank
U. S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Pure Oil Co
National Insurance Institute On Highway Safety
The
van Voorhis St
Beckley
Volunteer Workers Named For Sunday House Drive
Pre enrollment at St Francis de Sales Catholic School shows 41 first graders registered for August term. The Bay County charity drive mobilizes volunteers from multiple towns to canvass for the Raleigh County Society for Crippled Children and Adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
SCS Personnel Meet In Beckley
U S Soil Conservation Service personnel from 10 offices in Area 1 gathered in Beckley at Floyd F. Rothlisberger’s office for a morning session. Joseph D. Ruffner presented slides on the Watching Phase of the Plant Materials Program while the group planned tile ditching machine scheduling for the region as tile drainage gains importance in area soil conservation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
Joseph D. Ruffner
Morgantown
Ten Seek Work at Beckley Office of Employment Security
Ten applicants filed for work at the Beckley office on Wednesday. Jobs listed include one machine presser, three sales clerks, one inventory clerk, three dump truck drivers, and two construction laborers. Additional openings near the area include clerk typists, stenographers, psychiatrist, auditor, electronics engineer, statistician, medical records librarian, and mechanical engineer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Maxwell Hill Square Dancers to Attend Princeton Dance
Maxwell Hill Square Dancers will attend a square dance in the Princeton Memorial Building at 8 p.m. Saturday with Dan O'Leary of Tennessee as caller. Local dancers cancel their bi weekly community building event to join the Princeton affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Princeton Memorial
Dan O'Leary
Tennessee
Princeton
County PO Job Open For Slab Fork Postmaster
The U S Civil Service Commission seeks applicants for the postmaster job at Slab Fork Post Office. The $4605 per year position requires picking up an application at the post office, with a deadline of May 8 for submissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Slab Fork Post Office
Mrs Clarence Watkins Undergoes Surgery at Raleigh General
Mrs Clarence Lacey Watkins of 106 Freeman Street is in satisfactory condition at Raleigh General Hospital after undergoing surgery Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence
Lacey) Watkins
Freeman St
Raleigh General Hospital
Cancer Crusade group plans road block effort
Mrs. Ernest Mullins, chairman, said about 50 was collected in house to house canvass in Besoco Lego Odd Josephine and Killarney during April 4 5. She announced a road block at the Resaco Odd intersection starting Saturday at 7 am and continuing all day with workers Verna Miller Paul Mechalek and Gladys Neda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Mullins
Cancer Crusade
Besoco
RNS
Lego
Odd
Josephine
Killarney
Resaco
Mullins
Verna Miller
Paul Mechalek
Gladys Neda
Gulf Woman's Club Observes Arbor Day Planting Trees
Mrs. Hampton Thomas and Mrs. Fred X. Williams of the Gulf Woman's Club plant a tree by the club house during Arbor Day. The club, allowed rent-free use of the building for a year in exchange for improvements, led a 25-tree shrub planting funded by the West Virginia Forestry Department with labor from Mayor Hames Salyers via the Aid to Dependent Children program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Thomas
Fred X. Williams
Gulf Woman’s Club
West Virginia Forestry Department
Hames Salyers
Aid
Teen-Agers Sponsor Saturday Night Dance in Shady Springs
The Teen-age Club of Shady Springs sponsors a Saturday dance from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Glen Morgan Recreation Center. Music by The Vabonds teenage band. Proceeds fund basketball equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shady Springs
Glen Morgan Recreational Center
Vagabonds
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Eve Breck
Raleigh County
Stoco High School
Patricia Lively
Ellen Dance
Area Churches
State Palm Sunday
Christian Youth Fellowship of the First Christian
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Family Weekly of
Family Weekly
Vinleigh
Beckrey
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Jaycees
Beckley Junior Chamber of Commerce
Ine
John Mechalek
Center
K. W
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Raleigh County Society For Crippled Children
Jack Clemens
Ray Stokley
Edward Bryant
Robert Scott
Martin Smith
John Scott
Madeline Campbell
Stamford
J. D. Farley
Willia Dean Martin
Barbara Gillenwater
Carol Lee Grams
Wayne Grams
Howard Stokes
Carlos Privett
Eddie Mae Sellards
Sharon Wimmer
Carol Wimmer
Eloise Cooper
Slab Fork
Jack P. Lawton
Harold J. Kirk
Dallas L. England
Roy H. Adams
Dennis R. Brewster
Ronald A. Canaday
Harry Church
Clyde M. Cornett
Dallas L. England III
David Farley
Douglas L. Hicks
Kenneth I. Hicks
James M. Hunt
Archie
Lilly Heights
Nan Whitlock
Lower
Raleigh Heights
Donald Larrick
Rubin Smith
McLean
M. W. Waybright
J. D. Balleu
Paul Hayner
Jim Underwood
Don Heaberlin
Westwood Holliday
Austin Neubert
James Sparacino
Mabscott
L. W. Fridley
Tom Young
Eugene Holt
Robert Paice
E. M
North Kanawha
Valley Drive
Edward Sanderson
Shady Spring
Wade Price
Stotesbury
Steve Soltes
Ed Hughes
Mary Kelly
Tams
Helen
Donald Murdock
Woodlawn Avenue
Daniel Warren
Harper Road
George Cales
W. H. Holliday
Diane Hontgas
Bladene Pickle
Richard Wiseman
Glenn Cook
Jean Donely
Pete Staton
Linda Underwood
James Underwood
Paula Hayner
Dean Bias
Quincy Waddell
West Virginia Avenue
Town
Tommy Treadway
Beaver and
Daniels
Isabel Vass
Sophia
Harold Klein
William Lechok
Austin Avenue
Country Club
Cotors
H.P
Marty
Yellow Car Lot
Prince ST
Cancer Crusade Group
DMA, Inc
West Virginia
Affinity Local Union Hall
Midway
Colo&s
Carol Joanna
We. Loc
Mowers
Briggs & Stratton Motor
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