New stores open in Fayette County in 1960s fashion push
Eve Breck notes two new Fayetteville area shops Youth Fashions and F and F Shoe Store locating along Oak Hill Fayetteville Road and near the Post Office. Youth Fashions offers infant to size 12 clothing with fall lines and coats planned. 25 children modeled in a Fayetteville Junior Woman's Club Style Show. F and F Shoes stocks Kipling lines alongside men’s, women’s, and children's footwear and hosiery. hours 9 to 5:30 weekdays, 9 to 8 Saturdays. Mrs Whitlock’s shop partners with the late J K Whitlock and Frank Spangler runs the shoe store in the former Whitakers Furniture building. Palace Barber Shop adds Jene H Harrah after leaving The Greenbrier.
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J. K. Whitlock
Eddie Neal
Oak Hill-Fayetteville Road
New York City
Cinderella
Nanette
Carters
High Line
Tom Sawyer
Tom O’shanter
Thomas Textiles
Nolan
Frank Spangler
F&f
Fayetteville
Whitakers
Kipling Shoe Co
Spangler
West Virginia
Beckley Wrecking Co expands and moves showroom
Expansion and remodeling underway at Beckley Wrecking Co at 212 Valley Drive North after 12 years in the building. The firm plans to move into the adjoining former Army Reserves building within a week to 10 days, add a brick front with large windows, and brick the rest of the two buildings to match the armory. Remodeling is estimated at 10,000 dollars. The business operates three wreckers, employs six men, and runs 24 hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Wrecking Co
Valley Drive North
Beckley
United States Army Reserves
Foley Construction Co
Armory
John W. Evans Jr
Strontium in toothpaste for sensitive teeth gains attention
Dr Wayne Brandstadt reports from Newspaper Enterprise Assn that toothpaste with 10 percent strontium, like Sensodyne, helps about 88 percent of people with sensitive teeth, especially those with pyorrhea or receded gums. Strontium may block stimuli to the tooth nerve, reducing pain from cold, sweet, hot, or brushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Brandstadt
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Schwank to Receive National Physics Award
R. Douglas Schwank, science teacher at Woodrow Wilson High School, will receive a certificate for leading one of the nation's 10 outstanding high school physics programs. The award will be presented May 7 by Professor Donald C. Martin of the American Association of Physics Teachers, followed by Monday's announcement from Professor Stanley S. Ballard, chair of the AAPT High School Awards Committee. This marks the fifth year of the awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Douglas Schwank
Woodrow Wilson High School
Donald C. Martin
American Association of Physics Teachers
Schwank
Stanley S. Ballard
Department of
A.A.P.T
Reunion plans for 150th Infantry Regiment members
Members who served 1941 to 1944 will meet in the Appalachian Power Co auditorium at 7 30 p m Friday to organize the annual reunion and invite all former servicemen to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
150Th Infantry
Appalachian Power Co
Bowles urges U S policy to aid new nations
Ambassador designate to India Chester Bowles told about 700 North Carolina State College students that the world’s new nations will not jump through hoops set by the United States. He urged U S foreign policy to aid nations unable to help themselves and stressed they seek to build their own friends after colonial rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
UPI
Chester Bowles
India
United States
Bowles
North Carolina State College
Dr Wayne Brandstadt Letter Policy
Readers may send questions and comments to Dr Wayne Brandstadt through this paper. He cannot address individual letters but will respond to general interest queries in future columns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne G. Brandstadt
Brandstadt
Louisiana Bay Reaches Legion Oratory Finals
Patrick J. Briney Jr. of Alexandria La won Section B and a berth in the American Legion oratorical finals defeating William E. Long of Newton NC and Gerry Terrin of Atlanta. Long eliminated Thomas Craig Jr. of Elkins WV earlier this month. Briney heads to Eau Claire Wis Thursday to face three sectional winners for a $4000 college scholarship. Elias Howe invented the sewing machine.
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Elkins
UPI
Patrick J. Briney Jr
Alexandria
American Legion
Briney
William E. Long
Newton
N. C
Gerry Terrin
Atlanta
U. S
Constitution
Long
West Virginia
Thomas Craig Jr
Eau Claire
Wis
PSC Sets May 29 Hearing on REA Agency Closures
Charleston UPI The Public Service Commission set May 29 for a hearing on Railway Express Agency REA proposed to close its agencies at Follawsbee and Wellsburg The PSC said REA would handle deliveries to both towns from Steubenville Ohio as part of the plan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
UPI
Public Service Commission
Railway Express Agency
REA
Follawsbee
Wellsburg
PSC
Steubenville
Ohio
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Eve Breck
Fayette County
Jene H. Harrah
Meadow Creek
Palace
Joseph Sparacino Jr
Harrah
Greenbrier
White Sulphur Springs
Neal
Slab Fork Coal Co
Fayette
W. L. Moore
James A. Davis
H. M. Price
Lewis Chevrolet Co
C. Hampton Thomas
Hall Chevrolet Co
Sophia
Chevrolet
Thomas Edison
Chevrolet Motor Division
Legion of Leaders
Beckley Loan Co
Neville St
Chase & Sanborn Instant Coffee
Si Pail
Yellowstone
Kentucky
Yellowstone Distillery CO
Louisville
Anne Oes
Margerine
Bologna
K. Ars
I. Caan
Iss
Bermuda
S&h
Louisiana Bay
Legion
Elias Howe
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