Six Berkley streets approved for resurfacing by council
City Council approved resurfacing for six Berkley streets and began Main Street resurfacing today. The list includes Howe from Kanawha to Fayette, Fayette from Main to Howe, Fayette to dead end, McCreery from Kanawha to Heber, plus City Ave and Parkage work as needed. DST kickoff set for April 28 at 12:01 a.m.. planning for license fees and other zoning items noted.
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Berkley
Main St
Main
Howe
Kanawha
Fayette
Sr. Fayette
N. Fayette
McCreery
Heber
Porter
Ter
Lwoltare Co
S. Fayette
Charleston
Harold Miller
Focal
Bibb
Local Moose Lodge Plans Install Tonight in Beckley
West Virginia's largest Moose lodge Beckley No. 1606 prepares for installation of new officers. Carl Cody of Mount Hope will be governor with Herbert Cline of Beckley as junior governor and Clyde Bostic of Sprague as prelate. Wallace Price Raleigh treasurer and James Dearing Prosperity trustee join B. F. Bailey and Woodrow Bales of Beckley on the board. Massie of Welch serves as installation officer and secretary of Welch lodge. Nace of Beckley reports the lodge now lists 2,500 members.
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West Virginia
Beckley No
Lacy Massie
Welch
Welch Moose Lodge
West Virginia Moose Association
Massie
Beckley Lodge
Carl Cody
Mount Hope
Herbert Cline
Beckley
Clyde Bostic
Sprague
Wallace
Price
Raleigh
James Dearing
B.’ F. Bailey
Prosperity
Woodrow Bales
Beck
County Towns Prepare for June Municipal Elections
Mayor Leon Sanders says conventions to nominate candidates have not been announced by the Progressive or Citizens parties. Conventions must occur by May 4, with nominations for mayor, recorder, and five council seats. The Sophia Citizens Party will convene at Town Hall on Thursday at 7 p.m. for June 4 elections. Mabscott and Lester have not set dates. Beckley faces no municipal vote until 1959 unless July annexation passes.
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Rhodell
Leon Sanders
Progressive
Citizens
Sanders
Sophia Citizens Party
Sophia Town Hall
Raleigh County
Mabscott
Lester
Beckley
Raleigh County Board Set to Appoint Teachers May 6
The Raleigh County Board of Education will hold a special session on May 6 at 7:30 p.m. to appoint new teachers for the coming fiscal year. The meeting outlines procedures for transfers, continuing contracts, and the superintendent's list of eligible teachers for transfer or reassignment.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
Schoo Board
D. W. Bryson
Board of Education
VA Distributes Over $60 Million To Veterans In 1956
West Virginia veterans and families received 60 075 014 in cash benefits and services from the Veterans Administration during the fiscal year 1956. The 1955 VA Annual Report notes payments for service connected disability compensation pension for total and permanent disability death benefits and education and training under the GI Bills.
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West Virginia
Veterans Administration
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. c
Harry Stewart
Virginia
Sewart
Play Cast Sets Meeting Today
All participants in the Slab Town Convention are to meet at 7 p.m. today in Morton Reaves Elementary School for rehearsal. The Mo thers Club of Piney Oaks School sponsors the play to be performed in Morton Reaves Auditorium at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Slab Town
Morton Reaves
Mothers Club of
Piney’ Oaks
Morton Reaveles
Eliza Hunter
Addie Smith
Hunter St
Thrifty Homemakers Club
Catherine Biggers
At & P.m
Alice Warren
Joe Jones
Francis Blaney
jCora Harris
Birdie Carey
Willie Makin
Eula Rucker
Mount Tabor Group Plans Park Purchase In Raleigh County
Mount Tabor Country Life Association plans to buy three acres for a community park. Trustees Boyd Stanley Eugene Alderman Frank Patton RL Davis and IT. E. Borrer approved the purchase at a Tuesday meeting. H. B. Thomas noted how the Country Life Program benefits the district. Three miners from Three Slab Fork Coal Co were treated at Beck ley Memorial Hospital after blasting injuries. Robert Lee Hicks 40 Sophia Tommy Dickerson 27 Crab Orchard and Ben Stover 40 Crab Orchard were admitted with facial injuries Hicks had hand injuries Dickerson eye injuries and all were reported in satisfactory condition.
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Slab Fork Coal Co
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Robert Lee Hicks
Sophia
Tommy Dickerson
Crab Orchard
Ben Stover
Hicks
Dickerson
Mount Tabor
Medical Licenses Granted to 18 WV Doctors
West Virginia Medical Licensing Board issued licenses to 18 physicians. Beckley residents Revert Y. Lee and Jay A. Wenger are listed among the new licensees who have also been licensed in other states or by the National Board of Medical Examiners. Other area names include Margaret B. Devare and Robert N. DeVare of Oceana, Elizabeth T. Henderson of Jaeger, and Oscar M. Weaver Jr. of Welch.
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Beckleyans
West Virginia
Tickets Stolen From Piney Oaks School
Police investigate after 113 tickets to a Piney Oaks Elementary play and seven pounds of wieners plus half a gallon of ice cream are stolen from the school Monday night. Principal M K Austin confirmed mothers selling tickets will stamp them to prevent reuse. Mothers of Piney Oaks students are presenting the show at Morton Reaves Elementary Friday.
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Morton Reaves
Piney Oaks
M. K. Austin
Austin
Mixed-Up Robin Guards Its Worm Find On Window Sill
A comic scene shows a robin pecking at a glass pane while ignoring an opened window. The bird aggressively chases away any other birds near its perch, displaying jealous protectiveness over its find.
Board Member Predicts End Of School
A Stamford delegation clashed with the Raleigh County Board of Education Tuesday night over school funding and a new building. They demanded a direct answer on when a new school would be built, threatening to pull children from school if no action occurred, while officials cited no money available and federal aid as the distant option.
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Raleigh County
Goodman
H. Dale Covey
Covey
Stamford
Leeber
Delegation opposes repairs. seeks new Stamford School funding
Familiar Voices reported a board meeting where delegates rejected repairs as insufficient and demanded a new building budget. Concerns over costs 124000 to 139000 sparked calls for federal aid or levies, with assurances to protest repairs and push for a new Stamford School when funds become available.
Board Adopts DST For Schools In County
Education voted Tuesday night to adopt daylight savings time for county schools. The board discussed a Scholastic Accident Plan a year round life insurance policy for students at 3 dollars annually, and asked for principal opinions. They allowed Marsh Fork High to use a snow fence if moved and returned, and considered insurance coverage for 4 H members and school buses.
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Raleigh County Board of Education
William G. Snyder
Fidelity Bankers Life Insurance Co
Snider
Marsh Fork
Marsh Fork High School
Dr. W. Bryson
Watts Insurance Agency
Clarence Wooten
Wooten
Bryson
Scarlett McKinney
Richard Wolfe
Sophia High School
California
Bluefield
WWNR
Sam Rahall
Bill Halstead
WIVNR
Kir
Sign Permit Issued for Neville Street Motel Display
The Charles House Motor Motel received a sign permit from the City Recorder's Office on Tuesday. The sign will be placed between the Sample Shop and Watkins Drug Store on Neville Street, with a $5 permit fee paid.
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City Recorder’s Office
Charles House Motor Motel
Watkins Drug Store
Neville St
Parole Violator Weds Huntington Girl In Jail
Keith Ivan Slack, 33, a parole violator from near Charleston, married Mary Burdette of Huntington in Cabell County Jail. Slack’s parole in a burglary case was revoked after he arrived to work without notifying authorities. He is expected to be returned to Medium Security Prison at Hutsonville to serve out his term this week.
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Huntington
Charleston
Police investigate theft of two hub caps from Lilly car
Beckley Police investigate the theft of two hub caps from Joseph A. Lilly’s car at 205 4th Street. The incident occurred Saturday night and Lilly first noticed it Tuesday evening.
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Joseph A. Lilly
4Th St
Beckley
Lilly
Two Prefer Khaki Enlist at Local Army Recruiting Station
James A Law of Kimball and Thomas C Gainer along with David Nelson enlisted at the local Recruiting Station. Law was sent to Fort Knox Kentucky while Gainer and Nelson were assigned to South Charleston. Gainer is son of Charles P and Mrs Gainer of Bartow and Nelson is son of Lester and Mrs Nelson of Dubin.
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United States Army
James A. Law
Kimball
Fort Knox
Thomas C. Gainer
David Nelson
South Charleston
Gainer
Charles P. Gainer
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Lonnie Price
Noel Christian
Paul
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W. D. Nace
Bob Garback
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Yearve Athletics
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West College
Meadsville
Proper Protection
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Mount Tabor Group
Robin
Jeffrey Manufacturing *Co
City Ave
REVCO
W.0.a.y. TV
Fayetteville
Chuck
Oak Hill
Beckley National Bank
Kathleen Lilly
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Shaiight Bouton
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