Beckley Pioneer Nathan Pickus Built a Store in 1911
A Russian Jewish immigrant from Azda Minsk province arrived in New York 1906, moved to Monongah, then Beckley in 1911. He started door to door trading, opened a Main Street dry goods and department store with his brother, survived a 1912 fire, expanded after a Norfolk rebuild, and never returned to Russia. He married Rose Geffe in 1922, has three children, and prospers in Beckley despite early hardships and coal-era wages.
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Azda
Minsk
America
Russia
Nathan Pickus
New York
Monongah
West Virginia
Beckley
Pickus
Nathan
Raleigh County
East Bank
Spordacross Hinton
Charleston
Lester
Main Street
Beckley Hotel
Louis Pickus
Baltimore
Prince
Louis
Tom Honaker
Pickus Brothers
Mandel Pickus
Rose Geffe
Monroe Bear
Malcolm
Waynesboro
Jerry
Bluefield
Spelling Veterans Take Top Honors In District
Mary Ann Milano won the 7 8 Division district spelling championship with PESTILENCE as the winning word. Kitty Lovell missed on pertinacious to place runner up while Sophia Elementary supplies Tri County 7 8 champion and National Spelling Bee representative for three years. District top five spellers include Doris Gray Larry Farley Gretna Richardson Jesse Cadle Lois Manns. Betty Turner won 5 6 Division with cataract while Toni Aliff faltered on cashew. Judges and pronouncers listed.
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Mary Ann Milano
John D. Hartsog
Fayette, Fielgs
O New Counties
Kitty Lovell
Harteog
Mary
Kitty
Sophia Elementary
Ich
Washington, D. C
John Milano
Wade Lovell
Doris Gray
Larry Farley
Midway
Gretta Richardson
Jesse Cadle
Rhodei
Lois Manns
Betty Turner
Toni Aliff
Tams Elementary
Betty
Toni
Hartsog
Ruby Ae Princewick
Richard Druery
Carolyn Reaves
Sophia
Elizabeth Wood
Rhodell
Marsha Elaine Clay
Wells
Helen Wirtz
Macel Mills
John W. Billups
Mary Jackson
Mary Frances Hartson
Beverly McClung
Wayne Pettry
Spelling Winners Named by Lillybrook and Midway Schools
Lillybrook Elementary and Midway Elementary declare co champions in a 7-8 Division spelling bee. Winners include Larry Farley and Doris Gray tied for first, with Caroline Farley and Malinda Gibson among other top finishers in 5-6 and 7-8 divisions.
Two Juvenile Cases Heard By Local Judge
Two juvenile cases were heard by Juvenile Court Judge Harry L Mc Saturday morning involving 14 and 15 year old boys. One Eccles boy, aged 15, charged with truancy was placed in parental custody with orders to return next juvenile session.
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Harry L
Polio Vaccine Clinics Planned Across Three Sites
Parent-Teacher associations sponsor three polio vaccine clinics this week with Raleigh Coney Health Department staff assisting. Locations include Glade Creek Elementary School, the Methodist Church in Sophia, and Mabscott Elementary School, with 10 a.m. start times and a nominal vaccine charge for residents.
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Raleigh Coney Health Department
Glade Creek
Methodist Church
Sophia
Mabscott
Girl Scout Leaders Plan Training Meet in Bluefield State Contest
Seventy-five high school students will compete for trophies and medals in bookkeeping typewriting and shorthand at the 17th Annual Bluefield State College Commercial Contest. First places earn trophies at 2 30 p.m. in H L Dickason Hall. A day long training for leaders is set at Montcoal Meeting House from 10 30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Bluefield State College
Wich
Mercer
McDowell
Raleigh
Mingo
Kanawha
H. L. Dickason Technical Science Hall
T. Mahaffey
Division of Business
D. , Thompson
R. S. Reman
Montcoal
Raleigh County
J. R. DePaulo
V. Mark Skaggs
Don Francis
Methodist Temple
Beckley
County Officials Attend Charleston Meeting on SB 29
Three Berkeley County officials will attend a Charleston meeting today and Tuesday to discuss Senate Bill 29 with the State Tax Commissioner. County Court President H. G. Farmer and Deputies' Assessor John Boley and J. W. Dixon will represent the county as assessors and county court members from across the state gather. SB 29 would require property in every county to be assessed at 50 percent before qualifying for state aid to schools.
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Staleigh
Charleston
H. G. Farmer
John Boley
J. W. Dixon
Experiment Backfires Injures Local Man At Home
L. A. McGinnis was treated at Beckley Hospital for facial and eye burns suffered Sunday in a chemistry experiment at his residence. Fire officials reported the incident as an accidental backfire during the experimental work.
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L. A. McGinnis
Beckley Hospital
Hurt in a fall in Beckley home
Esta , 50, and Perry, 50, were treated at Beckley medical facility on Thursday for a wrist injury sustained in a fall at her home.
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Perry
Esta
Beckley
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Hayside
J. E. Mays
James F. Bane
West Virginia Turnpike
T. Aliff
M. A. Milano
K. Lovell
B. Turner
Gray
Midway Elementary
Larry
Paul Farley
Doris
John Gray
Orlin Riffe
Caroline Farley
Brenda Sue Crawford
Caroline
Brenda
Dorothy Crawford
Viola Reed
Alice Holshouser
Malinda Gibson
Lillybrook
Alice
Joyce Cox
Grover Holfhouser
Besoco
Joyce
John Shelton
Malinda
Freddy
Marshall Gibson
Hobbie
John Trystuck
Work
F. Trystuck
Holshouser Llybrook
L. Farley
D. Gray
Farle Midway
Lada Fom
Lady Ann
MT. Hope
Oak Hill
For All
Mountain State
Hearing Aid Center
W. Va
Clifford
Lowe Bros
Bair
Watts
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Beckley Glass CO
N. Oakwood Avenue
Girl Scout
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