Once Busy Affinity Coal Town Reimagined for New Life
A Raleigh County single news feature describes Affinity once busy with the 375 worker Affinity mine closing in 1958 now being dismantled for materials. Buildings sold for reuse, tipple removed, Pocahontas Land Co. holds mineral rights as local leaders spearhead redevelopment and community meetings in Beckley.
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Dorothy Pegram
Affinity
RNS
Lilbrook Coal Corp
Field
Pitson
Pocahontas Land Co
Platnick Brothers
Bluefield
Steve Kaluk Jr
Vecellio Ratcliffe College Names 2 New Directors
Two Beckley College Board seats filled by Leo Vecellio and Edwin Ratcliffe replacing the late Grover Hedrick and Noel Ennis. Vecellio, Beckley contractor, and Ratcliffe, Beckley Insurance Agency head, bring long regional ties and service in business and civic groups. Two White family members from Raleigh County Assessor Cotton White’s kin underwent emergency appendectomies, Walter Bales, 66, and his 13-year-old grandson Slugger, both at Raleigh General Hospital last Friday and Saturday respectively.
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Raleigh County
Cotton White
Ake
Beckley College Board of Directors
D. K. Shroyer
Grover Hedrick
Noel Ennis
TNE
Leo Vecellio
Vecellio and Grogan General Contracting Firm
Beckley
Edwin Ratcliffe
Beckley Insurance Agency
Ratcliffe
Charleston
Charleston High School
Home Insurance Agency
U.S. Army, Field Artillery
Italy
France
Germany
Bardstown
Beckley Agency
State Board of Insurance
West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
Beckley Jaycees
Young Democratic Club
State Democratic Executive Committee
Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Insurance Agents
Miss Lanier File
Ann
Randolph Macon Woman's ‘College
Mary
Woodrow Wilson High School
Edwin Jr
Crescent School
Local VA Office to Close for State Conference
Basil Sweeney deputy director of the Beckley West Virginia Department of Veterans Affairs said the Beckley office will close Friday through Sunday so staff can attend the annual state wide conference at Jacksons Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Sweeney
Beckley
West Virginia
Special Service at Church of the Living God Tonight
A service will be held at the Church of the Living God East Park at 7 30 tonight with Rev Andrew Yancey of New Hope Baptist Church as speaker.
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Church of the Living God
East Park
Andrew Yancey
New Hope Baptist Church
Red Cross Cluster Meeting in Bluefield West Virginia
The Cluster Meeting of the American Red Cross for southern West Virginia is set for 6 30 p m Thursday at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Bluefield The area covered includes the Bluefield Princeton Raleigh Alderson Welch Summers Monroe and Wyoming county chapters
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American Red Cross
West Virginia
Westminister Presbyterian Church
Bluefield
Princeton
Raleigh
Alderson
Welch, Summers
Monroe
Wyoming County
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H. H. McVey
Robert Hale
Sundial
Marsh Fork
Woman’‘s Club
Whitesville
Charlotte
Marsh Fork High School
John
T. A. (Maude) Parolari
Rock Creek
Mount View
Raleigh Register
T. A. Parolari
Midway Chevrolet Co
Parolaris
Gail
Brenda
Jesse Ashley
Crab Orchard
Ashleys
Maben
Jesse Jr
Dayton
Ohio
Beck- Hey League of Women Voters
Bank of Raleigh
Centennial
Air Force
William
Elain) Thompson
Sophia High School
Norfolk
Vecellio
College
Enrico
Anna Vecellio
Amherstdale
Logan County
Greenbrier Military School
Lewisburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
U. S. Engineering Corp
Evelyn Pass
Keystone
McDowell County
Leo Jr
Ricky
Patricia
Ees At
Main ST
Coats
LA Beckley
OAK Hill Fashions
Scotsman Icemakers Central
8Th St
Huntington
W. Va
Old Crow
Tri
America
Kentucky
Light
Bourbon
Buick
Mitch
Nbc-Tv
Bays Buick, Inc
First Avenue
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