Glen Miller Band To Headline Centennial Police Ball
Fred Burdiss and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No 81 promote a June 18 dance at Raleigh County Armory Field House featuring the Glenn Miller Orchestra under Ray McKinley. Tickets available from lodge members. organizers highlight Centennial year and urged early purchase.
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Fred Burdiss
Order of Police
Black Diamond Lodge No. 81
Barney Segle
Walter Gilmore
Wetzel Brammer
Charley McCormick
Burdiss
Glenn Miller
Ray McKinley
Raleigh County Armory
Beagles Up for Adoption at Raleigh County Shelter
Beagles are among 35 to 40 dogs housed at the Raleigh County Animal Shelter, says caretaker A C Allen. The beagles, many ready for adoption, were gathered this week from MacArthur Glen Daniel South Kanawha Street Allen Avenue and Ewart Avenue areas. The shelter reports no cats.
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Raleigh County Animal Shelter
A. C. Allen
Allen
MacArthur
Glen Daniel
South Kanawha Street
Allen Avenue
Ewart Avenue
Staples to Lead 2:30 P.M. Service at New Hope
The Rev Nelson Staples will conduct the 2:30 p.m. service at New Hope Baptist Church. Choirs from McAlpin and Mullens churches will also participate. The Rev H DuBois, pastor, invites the public to attend.
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Nelson Staples
New Hope Baptist Church
McAlpin
Mullens
H. DuBois
Apology After Young Artists' Works Are Hung Upside Down
In Derby England UPI reports 4 year old artists David Stocker and Gerry Smith were apologized to after two of their paintings were displayed upside down in a current exhibition. Stocker painted a railway engine and Smith a little girl, but the pieces were titled petrol spump and flower pot.
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Derby
England
UPI
David Stocker
Gerry Smith
Stocker
Smith
Gallaher Elected To Lead New River Dental Society
New River Dental Society officers were elected Wednesday night at the White Oak Country Club in Oak Hill. Dr. G G Gallaher was named president, succeeding A E Higginbotham. Four Beckley dentists were elected to full slate with K K Rand as president-elect, T Amato Edwards as vice president, James Farris as State Executive Council Delegate, and D E Neal as secretary-treasurer. Dr. Stanley Poleway of WVU School of Dentistry spoke on children's dentistry at the Black Knight Country Club installation planned for June 13 in Beckley.
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New River Dental Society
G. G. Gallaher
Gallaher
Beckley
Black Knight Country Club
A. E. Higginbotham
Gauley Bridge
K. K. Rand
T. Amato Edwards
James Farris
No More Roadblocks On State Highways
Raleigh County residents will not face charity roadblocks again says Sgt. D W Lilly of Beckley State Police Detachment Roadside fund raising is deemed a hazard and, per State Police Superintendent W E Burchett, no fundraising blocks will be tolerated on primary and secondary highways henceforth in the state
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Raleigh
D. W. Lilly
Beckley
Lilly
W. E. Burchett
Twenty-One Seek Work at Beckley Employment Office
Twenty-one applicants filed for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security on Wednesday. positions listed include one room clerk, one waitress, three sales clerks, one beauty operator, two kitchen helpers, one crusher operator, one orderly, four truck drivers, one furniture assembler, one stock boy, one tractor trailer driver, one construction laborer, one service station attendant, one dump truck driver, one television installation man, and one shoe repairman. Additional openings exist out of area for clerk typists and stenographers.
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Beckley Office of Employment Security
Students Build West Virginia Centennial Display at Prosperity School
Prosperity Elementary sixth graders showcase a Centennial exhibit featuring Cathy Comer with a coal scene, Jody Jarrell beside a log cabin, Virginia James with a black bear, Dearing with a cardiod on state bird, Randy Fitzwater with a water display of the state seal, and Robert Nichols presenting a springtime Mountain State scene. Other students Rita Bennett Piane Pennington and Theresa Butterick join the extensive display.
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Prosperity Prosperity Elementary School
West Virginia
Cathy Comer
Thomas Comer
Jody Jarrell
Geraldine Jarrell
Virginia
Walter James
Dearing
James Dearing
Randy Fitz
Eli Fitzwater
Robert Nichols
Prosperity School
Rita Bennett
Glen Bennett
Piane Pennington
James Pennington
Theresa Butterick
Jasper Buttrick
T. M. Wald
Revival Begins At Mabscott Methodist Church
The Rev Lemuel R Mason Jr pastor of the Sophia Methodist Church leads a revival at Mabscott Methodist Church with 7 30 p m nightly services open to the public for attendance and participation.
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Lemuel R. Mason Jr
Sophia Methodist Church
Mabscott Methodist Church
Barrett Walks Out Sparks Park Brawl with Five-Man Band
David C. Barrett bored with the scene and walked away Wednesday when a five man band in Dallas city park, led by a red shirted guitarist, attacked him as they began an impromptu concert heartily.
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Dallas
UPI
David C. Barrett
Barrett
Awaro
City Park
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Link Taylor
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Neville ST
Eestrevets
Armour’s
S&h
Morton
Chase & Sanborn Instant Coffee
Wilson's Corn Beef
Snider's
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Robin Hood
Royster Ertilizer
Dole
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Bruce
Spry Mullens
W. VA
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