Two Teachers Attend Conservation Course in Jacksons Mills
Raleigh County educators highlighted soil and resource stewardship after a two week conservation course at Jacksons Mills. Akers of Beavers Elementary outlined a year plan blending into science and social studies while Mecomas of Mark Twain High emphasized soil forest and wildlife conservation.
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Raleigh County
Jackson's Mills
U.S. Akers
Beavers Elementary School
Joseph C. Mecomas
Mark Twain High School
McCoias
Akers
Spriggs
Jackson
George Sharp
LeLand ‘Taylor
West Virginiaa University
Hugh Baines
Oglebay Park
Maurice Brooks
West Virginia University
Meane McNeill
Concord
N. Bayard Green
Marshall College
Ollie Fink
Friends of the Land
E.A. Seaman
State Conservation Commission
C. F. McClintic
Slate Conservation Commission
Harry Lydick
Soil Conservation Service
Elkins
Carl S. Johnson
Conservation Commission of
Ohio
Russell Bailey
West Virginia Garden Club
Alvin C. al Ilson
Clarksburg
John Isell
Harry Mosebrook
The
Mangahela Power Company
West Virginia
Jackson’s Mill
Joseph C. McComas
A. §. Akers
Beaver Elementary School
Chorge Sharp
Beland Taylor
WVU
Hugh Barnes
Oglehay Park
Maurice Franks
Meade McNeill
Concord College
Local Gas Rates To Be Discussed By Joint Group
Local gas rates are to be discussed by a joint Chamber of Commerce committee with the city council. The issue covers Amere Gas Company and Wak Company franchises expiring soon, noting rate differences tied to gas sources and seasonal demand, with engineers citing pipeline and maintenance costs as factors.
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Ey Chamber of Commerce
Ipal
Ath Amere Gas Company
Chamber Board of Directors
de Ds
Wak
Wich
Raleigh Heighs
George
Mwatkins
Thomas F. Stafford
Haleigh Register
Charlesdon
Public Service Commission
Amere
H. J. Wagner
I Wak
Godfrey
Cabot
Daly Amee
Ravencliff Development Company
Wyoming County
Atlantic Seaboard Corporation
Kentucky
Tup Mountain
Washington
Seahounds
Seaboard
Wagner
Foreign Navies 1946 1947 Published in Russia
The third edition of the reference book on foreign ship navies, Foreign Navies 1946 1947, has been published in Moscow. It is the first postwar edition and is substantially expanded from the previous issue, detailing navies of all states except Japan and Germany and adding material on Belgium Cuba Mexico Paraguay Thailand and Uruguay.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Belgium
Cuba
Mexico
Paraguay
Thai
Uruguay
Crab Orchard Chamber to Host Annual Dinner and Elections
The Crab Orchard Chamber of Commerce schedules its first annual supper for 7:40 p.m. August 24 with officer installation and an Auditing Committee report. President Robert Byrd notes members and guests welcome. A separate Air Expo event and publicities for Smilin’ Jack strip are planned with Beckley squadron No. for the year. A dinner for association members and auxiliaries is set for August 22 at El Chico Cafe at 7 p.m.
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Crab Orchard Chamber of Commerce
Fist
Hoe
Robert Byrd
Zack Mosley
Orchard
Smilin
Jack
Air Force
Jimmy Stewart
National Board of the Association
Beckleyans
el Chico
Americans Dig For Ancient City Near Rome
A group of Americans led by Prof. Frank Edward Brown probes the 2,600-year-old Etruscan site of Cos, 84 miles north of Rome, seeking language origins and native roots. The hunt, part of a surface survey and mapping, may take about ten years with archaeologists Doris Taylor, Robert Hecht Jr., and Lawrence Richardson, all from the American Academy in Rome, aiding the excavation.
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Associated Press
Rome
Heroe
Frank Edward Brown
Yale University
Ufrn
Italy
Brown
American Academy of Rome
Cos
Artemple de Jupifer
Juno
Minerva
Doris Taylor
Noblesville
Ind
Robert B. Hecht, Jr
Juniper Rd
Baltimore
Lawrence Richardson
Ware St
Cambridge
Mass
All American Academy
Whitesville Woman Wins Talent Award
Mrs. Marjorie Casteese of Whitesville Women of the Moose won first prize at the State Moose Convention talent show in Huntington. She sang Fifty-one Beers and dressed as a hillbilly, declining to reveal the award amount, saying she would present it at the Whitesville Chapter meeting on Monday, August 9. Second prize went to a Wheeling Chapter delegate. prizes were handed by Miss Katherine Smith, Grand Councillor. Rainbow Girls of Mount Hope Assembly No. 14 will meet at the American Legion Hall on Monday, August 8, in Mount Hope.
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Register
Whitesville
Marjorie Casteese
Whitesville Women of Moose
Huntington
Wheeling
The
Women of the Moose
Katherine Smith
Rainbow Girls
Ty Begleler
Mount Tope
Mount Hope Assembly No. 14
American Legion Hall
Malaya planters form armed self defense ring
Three British planters aged over 40 and veterans of a Japanese camp have converted 1 200 acres of rubber plantations in central Malaya into an armed camp. Led by G M Ian Browne 52 the group at Sungei Klah estate 56 miles south of Ipoh has trained a defence force of 30 Malays and built firing positions barbed wire and gun slit posts around the hilltop house ready to repel insurgents amid Malaya's guerrilla war.
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Press Klan
Malaya
Tsargeht
G. M
Ian” Browne
Sungei Klah
Ipoh
Fort Klak
James Arbuckle
S. YL McQueen
Women of the Moose Hold Whitesville Chapter Meeting
An executive committee meeting of the Whitesville Chapter of the Women of the Moose was held Wednesday night. Refreshments were served to members including Margaret Ownsby Gertrude Zornes Esther Mae Zonlin Pauline Mtys Elsie Rich Arba Jelsomine Kavinsky Wella Venderson and Mary Wayne.
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Women of Moose
Register Salt
Whitesville
Women of the Moose
Margaret Ownsby
Gertrude Zornes
Esther Mae Zonlinl
Pauline
Elsie Rich
Arba Jelsomine
Kavinsky
Wella Venderson
Essa Drenner
Belma Tewis
Oma
Powers
Mary Wayne
Chamber Pushes Parking Leniency for Out-of-Town Visitors
Beckley Chamber of Commerce favors leniency on overnight parking tickets for visitors from other states. Officials urge a courtesy sticker and recommend council action after Monday night meeting. Chamber notes Beckley’s reliance on outside visitors and discusses regional road improvements and coal development in Boone County. MacArthur itinerary reply referenced. no action taken.
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Beckley Chamber of Commerce
Clyde Goodwin
Memorial Building
Beckley
G. C. Hedrick
Chamber
E. E. Bibb
Phill McDaniel
Municipal Affairs Committee
Charles Hodet
Pond Fork
Boone County
United States
Japan
Model
MacArthur
Saunders Resigns as County Park Director
Harold Lambert announces John Saunders resigns as park director to pursue better employment. Tracy Shannon named acting director. Saunders will return to duties as dramatics and speech instructor at Woodrow Wilson High School. Saunders previously served two years as park director amid a short vacancy period.
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Harold Lambert
Little Beaver Park
John Saunders
Saunders
Lambert
Tracy Shannon
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates, Inc
Eccles
Woodrow Wilson High School
University of Kentucky Seeks Record Enrollment Next Fall
Lexington officials say expansions in housing and classroom space will allow the University of Kentucky to accommodate the largest enrollment in its 83-year history. Registration last fall stood at 7,800.
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U. of Kentucky
Associated Press
Lexington
University of Kentucky
Beckley Chamber Pledges Action on Lower Gas Rates
Phill A. McDaniel president of the chamber assured Watkins that chamber members are keen on lower gas rates. He said the matter will be discussed fully at the January meeting with other members of the chamber and relevant officials.
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Ate
Phill A. McDaniel
Chamber
Watkins
Beckley
Manuay
Council
You Can't Tell About a Woman You Can't Tell About a Woman
A Louisville mail carrier Rupert Tamayo and his wife Mrs Tamayo were driving when she left briefly to shop. He drove off with her in the back seat and returned to point out a building but she was missing. Police search reunited the Ohio couple after an hour.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Rupert Tamayo
Norwood
Tamayo
Ohio
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