Rev Helen Simeneta to leave Beckley church Tuesday
The Rev Helen Simeneta, director of Christian Education at First Assembly of God, Beckley, will depart Tuesday to undertake itinerant work with the General Council of the Assemblies of God. She arrived a year ago from Detroit and has been active in numerous church activities. Her successor here has not been named.
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Helen Simeneta
First Assembly of God Church
Valley Drive
Beckley
Miss Simeneta
Detroit
Mich
General Council
The
Assemblies of God
Prominent Beckleyans To Attend Katz At B'nai B'rith Convention
Beckley lodge delegates join about 400 from 11 West Virginia communities at the West Virginia Council of B'nai B'rith convention in Charleston. The Sunday banquet at the Daniel Boone Hotel features Label A Katz of New Orleans as principal speaker, with Gov. Barron Sen. Randolph Mayor Shanklin and local Beckley leaders among the distinguished attendees. Katz, 44, leads the 470,000-member organization and has met leaders worldwide, including Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower, Pope John XXIII, and Prime Minister Ben Gurion. Delegates from Charleston Huntington Bluefield Morgantown Clarksburg Fair Weirton and Williamson also attend.
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Beckley Lodge
B'nai B'rith
West
Daniel Boone
B'nai B’rith
West Virginia
Beckley
Alan Sussman
Herman Samans
Harry Lewin
I. R. Wein
A. David Abrams
Katz
Jewish Service Organization
Kennedy
Eisenhower
John XXIII
Ben Gurion
Nehru
B'nai
Soviet Union
Conference of Jewish Organizations
Argentina
Joe Maria Guido
Europe
London
West Berlin
Madrid
Rome
Vatican
Augustin Cardinal Bea
Ecumenical Council
Charleston
Huntington
Bluefield
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Fair- Weirton
Williamson
Pig Sale May Be Held Here
Farmers receive notices to report pig consignments for a possible feed er sale. C T Shackelford says sale depends on pig numbers and new interstate pens rules. RDC meeting Tuesday April 16 at 7 30 p m in Raleigh County Court Room will discuss these topics and the strawberry program.
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C. T. Shackelford
Rural Development Council
Shackelford
RDC
Raleigh County Court Room
Openings Remain In Course In Politics
Beckley Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce moderator Fred Helm announced limited openings left for the Action Course in Practical Politics. The seven week course on American political organization meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Appalachian Power Co auditorium. New enrollees are not accepted after this week. case study material is available from Helm to review the first week’s work.
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Beckley-Raleigh County
Daniels student Melvin Aldridge cited by WVU engineering
Melvin D Aldridge of Daniels is named among outstanding engineering students at West Virginia University. The award was announced today by E C Jones, department chairman.
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Melvin D. Aldridge
Daniels
West Virginia University
Engineering Department
E. C. Jones
Outing At Pinnacle Rock Park Risks Big Loss
Mrs. Fred Richards reported a missing purse after an outing at Pinnacle Rock State Park. The purse contained more than 750 in cash bonds and payroll checks including two $100 government bonds and an income tax refund check. Her husband is a Norfolk and Western Railway employee.
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Bluefield
UPI
Fred Richards
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Distribution Slated at Beaver by Stewart Cook
Commodities will be distributed at Beaver from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, confirmed by Stewart Cook, agent. Mallard ducks can fly at speeds over 55 miles an hour, and may dive even faster.
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Beaver
Stewart Cook
Stotesbury group cancels live burial stunt
Stotesbury Improvement Association will not sponsor the May 8 live burial stunt. A separate group, contingent on Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates leasing property, would have supported it, but the association says it will not be involved.
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Stotesbury
RNS
Stotesbury Improvement Association
The
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
State mulls extra beer sale hour after DST starts
Charleston UPI Howard Davis asks Attorney General Robertson to decide if beer taverns may stay open past midnight after the new daylight saving law places the entire state on DST from late April to late September. The issue rests on whether closing hours run on standard time or DST.
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Charleston
UPI
Grover T. Davis
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
Davis
Robertson
Smoking Hazard for Mothers to Be Reported
CHICAGO UPI obstetrician Dr. Jay R Zabriskie says mothers who smoke tend to bear babies about a half pound lighter than non smoke mothers and face about twice the risk of premature birth from a study of 2000 consecutive births at Tripler Army Hospital Honolulu Hawaii The report in Obstetrics and Gynecology notes a slightly higher miscarriage rate among smoking mothers and covers 957 smokers and 1043 non smokers with single births only He advises women to quit smoking during pregnancy.
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Chicago
UPI
Jay R. Zabriskie
Zabrieskie
Obstetrics and Gynecology
The
American College of Obstetricians and
Tripler Army Hospital
Honolulu
Hawaii
Scholarships aid for teachers at Cranberry and East Beckley
Miss Elsie Bowman and Mrs. Jesse Hodge, teachers at Cranberry Elementary and East Beckley Schools, received $300 scholarships from the Raleigh County Association For Mental Health to study at Marshall University this summer. The fund supports training for teachers of exceptional children in mental health. STOTESBURY (RNS) reports five moonshine stills destroyed in Matthews Hollow at Stotesbury, with two men and a juvenile bound over to Federal Court. raid yielded 25 gallons of moonshine and 500 gallons of mash, the largest Raleigh County raid in years.
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Elsie Bowman
Raleigh County Association For Mental Health
Marshall University
Stotesbury
RNS
Matthew’s Hollow
Thomas Dewey Treadway
Robert J. Matthews
Raleigh Coun
Endorsement Of Levy By Mrs Withrow For Stephen's Lake
Sophia Raleigh County House of Delegates member endorses the Stephen's Lake levy voters cast ballots today. She urges support for a $1,200,000 tax money spend detailing receipts and expenditures and backs the Lake Stephens Tourist Development Authority as a responsible park body.
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W. W
Jackie) Withrow
Sophia
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
Stephen's Lake
Stephens Lake
Little Beaver
Park Board
Ping Johnson
Lake Stephens
Lake Stephen's
History urges quitting smoking for pregnancy outcomes
The article notes that women with a history of premature births or miscarriages should stop smoking to improve pregnancy outcomes. It emphasizes cessation as a precautionary health measure for at risk individuals.
Dear Shorty Teasing in Seventh Grade Dance Woes
Kathy advises Shorty on handling constant teasing in seventh and eighth grade over looks and dancing. She notes teasing targets distinctive traits but may ease as social maturity grows. The advice emphasizes resilience, observation of peers, and patience as boys become more sociable with age.
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Kathy
Shorty
Bed Rest And Mumps Complications Insights By Dr Brandstadt
A young reader guide explains how mumps spreads through saliva and droplets, and why strict bed rest helps prevent complications. It notes rare outcomes like meningitis, deafness, and testicular inflammation, stresses vaccination timing, and urges careful hygiene and gradual activity as swelling subsides.
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Wayne Brandstadt
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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Beckleyans
A. Katz
B'rith
Iron Curtain
Mutual of Omaha
RAY Barcel Agency
Woodlawn Ave
Mutual OF
Omaha
Zara
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company
Omaha, Nebraska
Beckley Loan CO
Neville St. PA
United States Chamber of Commerce
SIA
Electric Living
Roes
Emily
George Roe
Amherst
Virginia
Mrs. Roe
Mr. Roe
Appabachion
Levy
Mrs. Withrow
By Kathy Peterson
Double-Cola Company
Der
Ford
Carolina
Crab Orchard
W. Va
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