Telephone Company To Move City Office In May
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company will relocate its Beckley city business office to the Bair Building at 109 East Main Street. The move, planned for May 13, aims to provide extra space for local and long distance dial equipment as part of expansion. Hours remain 8:30 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday and all customer service matters move to the new Main Street office after May 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mel. Verost
Chesapeake and Potomac
Beckley
East Manument
A. W.ithan
Dupke
C and P
Woodlawn
Son
Bair
J Beckley Life Underwriters
Coning Council
Company
el Chico
Beckley Hotel
Dupse
Pro-Canarus, Vou Ol Peckiey
Gram
Oak Hill
Mount Hope
Main St
Real estate deeds recorded in county court clerk office
Deeds on file show multiple property transfers in Paint Creek Lilly Land Shady Spring Mount Tahor Heights and Marsh Fork districts. Transactions include Snowden Ray Beckelhimer to Norman Godbey for land around 3500 and William P Akers to Virginia Akers about 1500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snowden
Ray Beckelhimer
Norman’ Godbey
Paint Creek
William P. Akers
Virginia
Ruth Akers
Lilly Land Co
Minnie
Ed Farmer
Ida and
Allen
Lester
James Lonnie
Tressie Basham
Lizzie Jane Lester
Willie
Roy Stanley
Zane
Barnett Cole
Mack A
Chivea Basham
William
Kathleen
Ransom
Edgar
Lorane
Lizzie
Thomas Hargis
James -and-Mary J.ransom
Merle Williams
Shady Spring
Mae Chilson
Canterbury
Donala R. Griffith
Betty Ja
Earl David Lilly
Kenneth L
Joyce V. Brown
Mount Tahor Heights
Coalfield Land Co
Roy F. Lucas
Eccles
Trap Hills
A. E. Miller
Wavie
Eugene Acord
Norima Jean
Marsh Fork
Cub Scouts and Parents Hold Blue Gold Dinner
Some 80 Cub Scouts and parents attended the first annual Blue and Gold banquet of Cub Pack No. 7 at the First Methodist Church. The Crescent Elementary PTA sponsors the pack with Thomas C. Allen as cubmaster. Awards were presented to Den Nos. 1 through 4 members by J.T. Jarrell Jr. and others, with arrangements by Merle Andrighetti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent Elementary School
Thomas C. Allen
Allen
Rex Johnson
Clyde Law
Crescent School
Lowell Higgins
PTA
J.T. Jarrell Jr
Danny Williams
den No. 1
B. M. Lewis
Dean Arnett
Billy Cole
Tommy Jarrell
den No. 2
Roy E. Cole
Bobby Andrighetti
Mike Blymeyer
Pete Karvasky
Raymond Meyers
Robert Short
Frank West
den No. 3
J. Ruth Lewin
Ben Burleson
Robbie Knapp
Mike Murphy
Ronnie Salango
George’ Shumate
Gary Sturgill
Ronald West
John W. Shumate
Merle' Andrighetti
Services Set Today For City Man's Father
Lee Summers of 107 Wickham Ave travels to Summersville to attend the funeral of his father J. J. Summers of Lockwood Nicholas County. The Beckleyan’s father died at 7 30 p m Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Summers
Wickham Ave
Summersville
J. J. Summers
Lockwood
Nicholas County
Beckleyan
Mother's Day Weekend at West Virginia University
Weather dominates campus chatter as West Virginia University prepares its Greater West Virginia Weekend from May 10 to 12. Activities include exhibits, plays, tours, and a Sunday field program with Army and Air Force ROTC drill displays, drawing parents who watch their sons in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gantown
West Virginia
Greater West Virginia
Greater
Alway
Emapus
Thefternoon
Woman’s Hall
U. S. Weather Bureau
Pittsburgh
el MO Sunyac
Army and
Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps
Rhodell Personal Guests and Local Health Notes
Rhodell notes guests of Miss Geraldine Sizemore included Miss Sharon Young and Miss Bonnie Adkins from Killarney and Princewick. Miss Shirley Meadows, Charleston, visited her parents in the area. Belinda Sizemore, six, is recovering from virus pneumonia at home. Mrs. Pat Perdue, Columbus Ohio, visiting in the Frady home. Walter Whittaker, recently ill with influenza and bronchial pneumonia, is reported improving at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frady
Walter Whittaker
Revival services open today at Shady Spring church
The Rev. Quentin E. Hughes of Princeton will lead the Westwee Revival at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Shady Spring starting today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin E. Hughes
Princeton
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Shady Spring
Passover Festival Begins At Sunset In Raleigh County
Raleigh County Jewish residents and others begin a weeklong Passover observance at sunset. A community Seder at Beth-Etz Temple Beckley at 6 p.m. will be led by Student Rabbi Frank Sundheim, marking the holiday’s customs and symbols.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh County
Moses
Pharoah
Jerusalem
Egypt
Beth- Etz
Beckley
Frank N. ‘Sundheim
Raleigh Citizens Buy Savings Bonds in Series E And H
Raleigh and surrounding counties report multi county totals for Series E and H savings bonds in early 1957. Cumulative first quarter sales show Series E ahead of 1956 while Series H trails, against a backdrop of overall bond totals and treasury policy discussion before Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Fayette County
West Virginia
Wyoming County
Serworth
Jes Ho
Treasury
Burgess
Senate Finance Committee
House
House of Representatives
Joint Economics Committee
Humphrey
Veterans Awards Ceremony at Beckley VA Hospital
The annual Veterans Administration Volunteer Service awards will be presented Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the hospital auditorium. About VAVS members will receive service awards during the program at Beckley VA Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans Administration
Beckley VA Hospital
VAVS
Man in Good Condition After Vehicle Crash
Samuel Vandall, 20, Meadow Bridge, is reported in good condition at Beckley Memorial Hospital today. He was admitted at 6:30 p.m. Saturday after the truck he rode in was forced off the road by an oncoming car, receiving multiple head and face lacerations and injuries to a hand and right thigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Vandall
Meadow Bridge
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Vandall
Prudence Man Charged With Liquor Law Violation
William Thomas Saunders, known as Prudence, released on bond after arrest by a sheriff's deputy at his home Friday for violation of federal internal revenue liquor laws. He posted bond and was booked at 4:40 p.m. in Raleigh County Jail and is to appear before the Federal Grand Jury in Bluefield in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prudence
Wiliam Thomas Saunders
Raleigh
U.S
W. A. Riffe
Bluefield
Internal Revenue
Cornwell Named Naval Reserve Commander at Beckley Clinic
Dr. Forest A. Cornwell, head of Beckley’s Children’s Clinic in Dallas, has been designated commanding officer of the Naval Reserve unit in Beckley. A veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, he has served 15 years in the Naval Reserve and was recently named a pediatric consultant and diplomat of the American Board of Pediatrics. The unit, 14 officers strong with enlisted personnel, meets Mondays at 7 p.m. in the Post Office basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest A. Cornwal
San Diego
Califwell
U.S. Naval Reserve
Beckley
Oplydren's
Dallas
Texas
Cornwell
Com-S
Trict
Thelas
Beck Naval Reserve
Miners Memoria
The
Beck
Jey Memorial Hospital
U. S. Naval
American Board Hospital
American Academy of Pediatrics
Naval Reserve Co
U. S
North Carolina
U.S
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Naval Officer
P.m
Kansas City
Harry P. King
USNR
U. S.naficer
Two Men Enlist in Navy at Local Recruiting Station
Two men enlisted in the United States Navy at the local Recruiting Station on Thursday and were assigned to Great Lakes. James A. Hatcher Uy, son of Mr and Mrs James A. Hatenher of Heckley, and Paul E. Garritson, son of Lonnie E. Garritson of Josephine, are the enlistees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Marine Corps
John David Archer
Brady V. Archer
Rhodell
Richard Eugene Dixon
W. H. Dixon
Minden
Archer
Stoco
United States Navy
Great Lakes
James A. Hatcher
James A. Hatenher
Heckley
Paul E. Garritson
Lonnie E. Garritson
Josephine
Social notes reflect local birthdays and visits
Mead notes detail Shar on Atwood’s fifth birthday party with Elaine Lusk Sharon Doss and others attending. Weekend guests include Miss Patty Brewster Josephine Shelma Garretson. Visits span Corinne Lawrence Wood family in Princeton Memorial Hospital and Doss family in Beckley with Marines Pvt William Levi Doss weekending at home. Oak Hill barn dance draws Sue Gillespie Peggy Atwood Jimmy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Brewster
Josephine
Shelma Garretson
Ed Roark
Lawrence’ Wood
Corinne
Jasper Damewood
Raymond Sigman
Memorial Hospital
Princeton
Ada Garretson
Shelma
Carlos
Toni
M. E. Hornsby
Odd
Elvin
Doss
Beckley
Dalph Doss
Pvt
William Levi Doss
U.S
Lejéune
N.C
N.C. Spent the Weekend, Visiting ‘His Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dolph Ss
Oak Hill
Sue Gillespie
Peggy . Atwood
Jimmy
CAP Flight Training Bill Introduced in Both Houses
The Civil Air Patrol Cadet Aviation Education Training bill seeks federal funding to support CAP aviation education. Rep. Oren Harris introduced R 3982 in the House on Jan 37, with a Senate counterpart S 1233 by Sen. William Purell. The measure would appropriate necessary funds to CAP per an act from 1946. Alpha Xi Delta crowned Laura Bays historian and journalist correspondent at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Air Patrol
Congress
Armed Services
Harold Sopher
Beckley
Sopher
Armed Services Committees
House of Representatives
Harris
Ark
Ayail- Senate
William A. Purell
Conn
CAP
Senate
United States of America
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C. E. Bowling
D. D. Canterbury
C. E. Canterbury
W. A. Dodd
R. V. Dunn
M. E. Eller
H. P. Farley
J. A. Parley
E. Goddard
F. F. Harless
C. J. Harvey
Sam Hochman
G. ©. Hutchison
William Klein
D. S. Long
J.L. Massie
D. W. Peters
E. L. Richmond
A. D. Sanders
E. B. Sisk
H. M. Tolbert
B. F. Williams
L. E. Wolf
C. E. Wiley, and
J. W. Faull
Monongalia Valley Dental Society
Morgantown
Francis and
Theresa
Psi Omega Fraternity
Francis Edwards
A Beckleyan
W. Va. Insurance Management ~ Corp
W. A. Thornhill
Raleigh County Bank
Richard H. Bowman
Rainelle
Carroll E. Millee
Hinton
Carmen
Feazell
Clyde’ St
A. Fray Lilly
Beckley ‘Newspapers Corp
Sald Lilly
National Stationery and Office Equipment Association
Cleveland
Ellen‘May
May Office Service
May
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Electrolux
New York
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
R. F. Benedict
Maxwell Hill
William Collier. Bradley
America
Main Street
Railroad Ave
South Alderson
Ellis Baker
Elveys Garrett
Alderson
Joe Highlander
Okey Ford
Garrett
H. B. Garrett
Baker
Monroe Street
Hudson
American Motors Corp
Oscar Neal
Modern
G.W. Hipper
American Motors
Neal
Your University
R. D. Watts Insurance Agency
Thletes
Coal
City
Dixon
Collins High School
Fayetteville
Parris Island
S. C
Marietta
American-Marietta
Joseph X. Fazio & Co
DIAL
Ceckley
Heads Naval Reserve
A. Cornwell
Navy
Mead
Congressional
Department of the Air Force
Walter R. Agee
Rutchie Bowman
Judy Dawson
Brenda McGraw
Petty Seigler
Joe Seigler
Judy Stewart
Basil
Ada
Shermin
Toni Garretson
Eddie Hornsby
Helen Burge
Lloyd Edwards
Dixie Carrico
Patty Harold
Killarney
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