Cancer Crusaders March In Beckley Drive Tonight
About 150 volunteers organized by the Woman's Club of Beckley will canvass Beckley and nearby areas tonight to educate the public about cancer and collect donations for the Cancer Crusade Fund Drive. The Raleigh County Unit of the American Cancer Society will receive the funds at Beckley National Bank, with alternatives at Ward-Evans Motor Co. and Beckley Newspapers Corp. The drive emphasizes education, service, and research to combat cancer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Cancer Crusade Fund
Woman's Club of
Raleigh County
West Virginia
American Cancer Society
Beckley National Bank
Robert L. Amick
ACA
Sophia Elementary Mothers Organize Cancer Fund Drive
Sophia Elementary Homeroom Mothers plan a townwide cancer fundraiser to distribute literature and collect donations door to door today. They also discussed setting up road blocks Saturday to solicit funds and will honor 14 teachers and the principal at a luncheon in Friendship Hall at Sophia Methodist Church. Mrs. Orville Payne presided with 18 mothers present. Payne and Mrs. Troy Martin co chair today’s drive. Workers include Mrs. Phyllis Roberts and others listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Payne
Payne
Troy Martin
Phyllis Roberts
Bessie Wolfe
Hampton Thomas
Winnie Stone
Madison Lowery
Russell Pegram
Woodie Smith
18 Seek Work at Beckley Employment Office
Twenty eight persons filed applications for work at the Beckley office of Employment Security Monday. They include a baby sitter, two cashiers, a baker, a short order cook, a post office clerk, two sales clerks, a routeman, a beauty operator, an industrial engineer, a meat cutter, a rough carpenter, a bulldozer operator, two construction laborers, two dump truck drivers, a mine foreman, an electrician, two coal loaders, a service station attendant, a painter, a janitor, two carpenter helpers and a parts clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Office of Employment Security
Central PTA Meeting Host Miss Boots Dilley
Raleigh County Elementary School supervisor Miss Boots Dilley will speak at a Central School PTA meeting at 7:30 PM on the theme Motivation of Children. Principal Charles Akers and Dr. W W McKinney will speak before and during the business session, with plans for the next term. Mrs Cecil Miller’s fourth grade class won the attendance contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots Dilley
Raleigh County
Parent-Teacher Association
Charles Akers
W. W. McKinney
Cecil Miller
Cranberry Elementary Teacher Admitted for Treatment
Herman Sydenstricker of 201 Beaver Ave. Cranberry Elementary School teacher was admitted to Raleigh General Hospital Saturday for treatment and is in satisfactory condition.
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Herman Sydenstricker
Beaver Ave
Cranberry Elementary
Raleigh General Hospital
Stanaford and Mabscott Cancer Crusade Workers Named
House to house canvass volunteers announced for Stanaford and Mabscott areas. Stanaford workers include Mrs. Bill Radford as chairman and nine other titled ladies. Mabscott crusaders named with Mrs. Paris Richards as chairman and fourteen additional volunteers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanaford, Mabscott Cancer Workers
Cancer Crusade
Stanaford
Mabscott
Bill Radford
Walter Rogar
Kenneth Stanley
Gladys Bobblit
James Richmond
Robert Scott
Dillard Walker
John Scott
Elmer Davis
Mabscott Crusaders
Paris Richards
W. J. Underwood
Roy Workman
Tom Crawford
Vincent Daniels
Grant Pettit
Virginia Halsey
Nick Brash
George Coker
Edsel Shrewsbury
John Frazier
Vanda Bower
Homer Redden
Virginia Radford
Patricia Horstman
Isiah Lawson
Mary Walker
Churches In Beckley Plan Clean-Up Campaign
The Church Committee of Beckley’s Clean-Up and Beautification Commission led by Rev. A H Wilson and Rev. Corey Mitchell lists church group tips for Beckley’s state wide plan. Suggestions urge sermons on cleanliness and good neighbor, Sunday School clean-up projects, erect railings, well lit entrances, landscape with year round flowers, memorial plantings, bulletin mentions, parishioner painting and renovation drives, wash light fixtures, note Bible plant references, clean exterior stonework, erect pamphlet rack, repair sidewalks, and maintain a bright service sign.
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Beckley
A. H. Wilson
Corey O. Mitchell
Near East
District Presbyterian Meeting Set For Men
Church men from Presbyterian churches in the Beckley District Bluestone Presbytery will gather Thursday at Beckley Presbyterian Church 6 15 p m C J Stoddard president of the local Men will lead The district rally replaces the regular meeting Harold A Miller of Charleston president of Synod Men's Council will be guest speaker Attending churches include Beckley Bradley Fayetteville Kopperston Mount Hope Mullens Oak Hill Summerlee Thurmond and White Oak Kopperston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Bluestone Presbytery
Beckley Presbyterian Church
C. J. Stoddard
Beckley Church
Harold A. Miller
Charleston
Synod Men's Council
Bradley
Fayetteville
Kopperston
Mount Hope
Mullens
Oak Hill
Summerlee
Thurmond
White Oak
Princewick Baptist Fellowship Elects Flora Mitchem President
Princewick Baptist Youth Fellowship elects Flora Mitchem as president after a church meeting Monday night. Officers named include Hope Thompson vice president Drema Pigg secretary Pat Swift treasurer Daisy Evans youth reporter Juanita Evans card chairman Judy Fitzpatrick Ruth Evans Ruby Mitchem program committee Catherine Pigg song leader and Flora Mitchem assistant song leader. Installation at candlelight ceremonies 7 p.m. May 13 in the church with Mrs Beulah Mae McGraw and Pat Swift as counselors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Mitchem
Princewick Baptist Youth Fellowship
Hope Thompson
Drema Pigg
Pat Swift
Daisy Evans
Juanita Evans
Judy Fitzpatrick
Ruth Evans
Ruby Mitchem
Catherine Pigg
Beulah Mae McGraw
Safe Handling Urged For Oxygen Cylinders
L M Amburgey of Linde Air Products urged safe handling of oxygen cylinders before the Beckley Holmes Safety Association. He warned against using an acetylene torch with greasy gloves and shown a safety film. Mabscott Supply Co. manager Massinople also spoke noting oxygen can save lives in miner injuries. Three Raleigh County mines reported lost time accidents: McAlpin Eccles No 5 and Stamford No 2, each with one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Amburgey
Linde Air Products
Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
Roundtable Discussion To Continue Monday
A roundtable on Negro Church Leaders Must Wake Up was held at the Stotesbury Community Club Monday night at the home of Alex Fralins. Mrs. James F. Zeigler announced further discussions at Willie Collins home at 7 p.m. Monday. The club reported reaching 89 percent of its 100 percent membership goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stotesbury
Serviceman Hurt On Fur Lough In Vehicle Mishap
James Swim aged 20 of Princewick, an active duty serviceman on fur lough, was treated at Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital at 10 40 p m Monday for a cut and mashed fingers after his hand was caught between two car bumpers in an incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Swim
Princewick
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Ernst Awarded A-B Scholarship At Alderson-Broaddus College
Larry Lee Ernst son of Mrs Eileen Ernst Lauren Ave has won one of six top trustee honor scholarships for men at Alderson Broaddus College Philippi The 2400 four year award stems from a 40000 program for new scholarships started in 1961 Ernst a Woodrow Wilson High senior is active in Student Council National Honor Society and church He plans to major in pre engineering studies at the college
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Lee Ernst
Eileen Ernst
Lauren *Ave
Aderson - Broaddus College
The
Baptist College At
Philippi
Ernst
Board of Trustees
Woodrow Wilson High School
Alderson - Broaddus College
Forfeit $363 In Police Court
Seventeen defendants forfeited bonds totaling $363.50 in Beckley Police Court Monday night. The lead payment was a $100 forfeiture by Ulyers Bass Jr. of Mount Hope on a charge of driving with a suspended operator's license.
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Beckley
Ulyers Bass Jr
Mount Hope
William Gillespie
Julian
Edward N. Abram
Dennis B. Bailey
Pax
Oklahoma
Margie J. Hicks
Beaver
David K. Bailes
Turner Heads Beckley DAV Chapter 18 Commander
Frank H. Turner is the new commander of Beckley Chapter 18 of the Disabled American Veterans. Supporting officers elected include Paul Norman senior vice commander Egbert Johnson junior vice commander Eugene Cole treasurer John Payne chaplain and James Tomlinson adjutant. The group scheduled a Forget-Me-Not sale for May 6 and planned monthly parties for hospitalized veterans. The next meeting is May 18 with delegates to be appointed for the state convention on June 24 in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Turner
Beckley
Disabled American Veterans
Paul Norman
Egbert Johnson
Eugene Cole
John Payne
James Tomlinson
Veterans Administration Hospital
Huntington
Marshals Probe House Blaze
State Fire Marshal investigators probe a Sunday fire on Laren Avenue that destroyed a four room frame house. Beckley Fire Department estimated $3,500 in damages. Assistant marshals C L Walker and C R Cobb, with Beckley Chief Cecil Conner and Lt Frank Ubeda, say the fire appears accidental with no arson evidence. Neigh bor Clarence Basham said he heard activity hours before. The home, owned by C C Patrick and rented by Bill Martin, held furniture but was unoccupied.
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Laren Avenue
Beckley Fire Department
C. L. Walker
C. R. Cobb
Cecil Conner
Frank Ubeda
Walker
Clarence Basham
C. C. Patrick
Bill Martin
Officer Installation Planned By Fellowship
Members of the Christian Youth Fellowship of First Christian Church will install new officers at 5 30 p m Sunday A covered dish dinner is planned at the meeting To be installed are Mike Shumate president Vicki Shumate vice president Martha Phipps secretary Mary Wray treasurer Susan File study Randy Webb service Bob Via enlistment and Carolyn Pierce recreation The retiring president and vice president are Jane Butterworth and Mary Helen Chapman Sponsors of the class which is directed by Rev Robert Mathews director of religious education at the church are Miss Julia Ann Dunn and Mrs Malcolm Shumate
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Youth
Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Mike Shumate
Vicki Shumate
Martha Phipps
Mary Wray
Susan File
Randy Webb
Bob Via
Carolyn Pierce
Jane Butterworth
Mary Helen Chapman
Robert Mathews
Julia Ann Dunn
Malcolm Shumate
Fellowship Meeting Slated At Princewick
Princewick Baptist Church will hold a fellowship meeting at 7 p.m. Sunday with a different guest speaker each service. Special singing and youth-led devotional programs will be featured. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princewick Baptist Church
Diversified Mountaineer Co announces escrow deal
West Virginia firm Diversified Mountaineer Corp reveals completion of its escrow agreement with over 1 000 000 shares outstanding at $2 each. Stonewall Investment Securities reports stock sales exceed $1 million with a $640 000 minimum. Beckley and Huntington areas to see further offerings halted as allotments fill. The group plans statewide stock distribution and new insurance and loan operations linked to Diversified Fire and Casualty and Diversified Saving and Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diversified Mountaineer Corp
West Virginia
Jlitue
Ken Sturgill
Stonewall Investment Securities Co
Stonewall Jackson Life Insurance Co
Indian Knob Mushroom Farms
Stonewall Jackson
Sam Jackson Jr
Huntington
DMC
Beckley
Diversified Fire and Casualty Insurance Co
Diversified Saving and Loan Company
Theodore Price
Charleston
Kanawha City Saving and Loan Co
Elkins
Logan
Gilbert
Diversified Mountaineer Securities Co
Samuel Samson Jr
Fred J. Ellison
Robert P. Holley Jr
W. E. Parsons
Clarence J. Denne
Weirton
Willard Phillips
Eilkins
Holley
Raymond Cole
Sturgill
David M. Baker
Prince and
North Kanawha
Sigmund-McLean, Inc
W. R. Sigmund
Robert P. McLean
Harper Road
Raymond V. ‘Delia’ Martin
John Beckley Campbell
Sigmund
West Virginia University
McLean
Davis and Elkins College
America Fore School of Insurance
Aetna Insurance Group
Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Continental National Insurance Institute
Aetna Casualty Insurance Co
Aetna
West Virginia Association of Insurance Agents
Thomas H. Welkham
Delmer Davis Joins Sears Beckley Store as Outside Salesman
Delmer Dave Davis of MacArthur joined Sears Roebuck & Co. last week as a sales representative based at the Beckley store. He will handle outside sales for appliances plumbing and heating farm machinery and equipment tires tele vision radio and related building and garden items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmer
Dave” Davis
MacArthur
Sears Roebuck & Co
Beckley
Unemployed Beckley Hotel Strikers Denied Benefits
The State Department of Employment Security ruled Beckley Hotel employees on strike are not eligible for unemployment benefits. Examiner Theodore Ghiz noted the employer had a striker active, with the dispute ongoing, making them ineligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Employment Security
Beckley Hotel
Theodore Ghiz
Beckley
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Cancer Crusaders
Beckley Drive
Robert Lee Daniel
Mrs
Phill A. Macdaniel Donate
Sophia
Cancer
Casade
District Presbyterian Meeting
Princewick Baptist Fellowship
Eve Breck
Diversified
City Gains Insurance Agency
Beckley Post Office
Board of
U. S Civil Service Examiners
Post Office
Board of U. S. Civil Service Examiners
William R. Riley
Beckley Avenue
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Amos E. Quesenberry
Cincinnati College of Embalming
Riley
J. J. Radhel Co
Cincinnati
Huntington, Williamson and
Holland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
CC & P
William Ellinghaus
Fielding K. Woods
Leslie Martin
Sophia Methodist Church
Beckley District
Mary Eve Aguirre
Stoco High School
Kroger - Westinghouse
Mary
Andessa Wright
Westinghouse
William K. Lewis
Kroger
James E. Broughman
Stoco
Arnold Scherz
Penney
Department Manager-Associates
DeMaiori
Lillybrook
Andy Aguirre
May Court
Minnie, Mitchem
Collette Saunders
Vance Drive
Dallas Thomas
Chris Savino
North Vance Dr
Thomas
Whitesville
Savino
Neville Street
Grady N. Allen
Bailey Ave
Mutual of Omaha
United of Omaha
National Sales Training School
Pittsburgh
Wear
Rose
Robert J. Lee
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Ohio
Davis
Electronic Wholesale Co
Governmnt
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Hamilton County
Columbia Parkway
Supreme Life Insurance Co. of America
Pioneer Hotel
R. A. Holland
James C. Ealy
Bluefield
James Broughman
William Lewis
Mary Aguirre
Extreme Right
Andessa
Wright
Lewis
H. C. Sheets
J. C. Penney Co
Anthony de Maiori
Leno Raso
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