New Year Camp Party for Crippled Children Opens Week
Beckley Elks sponsor a New Year’s Eve event at Camp Glenwood for crippled children from Beckley and nearby towns. Fifteen youngsters traveled by special bus from Beckley to spend a week of holiday themed activities with regional lodge entertainment and a rock band. A second bus leaves Beckley at 5 p m for Elks members to join and dine, then help host the party starting about 7 p m.
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Camp Glenwood
Princeton
Elks
Beckley
Elks Club
Lewisburg
Hinton
Bluefield
Logan
Charleston
Williamson
Dick Sepkowski
Beckley Lodge
Grady Carper
West Virginia Elks Association
Lepkowski
Beckley Elks
Janet Lynn Lilly
Benny Ross Bruney
Louise Snuffer
Shelby Wayne McVey
Thomas Luther Teel
Mason Ray
Improvement of Concords Teacher-Education System
Concord College plans a meeting in Athens on Tuesday with school superintendents and staff from eight counties Fayette Greenbrier Mercer Monroe Summers Wyoming McDowell and Raleigh. The aim is to improve and expand consultant services to public schools and lay groups as part of an expanded extension program.
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Concord College
Athens
Fayette
Greenbrier
Mercer
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
McDowell
Raleigh
Jackson's Mill
Concord
Joseph F. Marsh
Commodities Ready For Sprague Warehouse Distribution
Commodities will be distributed at the Sprague Warehouse from 9 a m until 2 p m Thursday. Everyone is asked to bring their own containers for beans and rice, according to Mrs Ora Mejias, agent.
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Sprague
Ora Mejias
Seven Women Set for West Virginia Adult Education Institute
Seven members of the Woman's Club of Beckley will join about 300 delegates at the fourth annual Adult Education Institute opening August 7 at West Virginia University. Co sponsored by the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs and the University Extension Division, the program aims to empower women leaders in public matters through legislation and child education. Principal speakers include Judge George H. Whaley and Mrs. John F. McCuskey of Clarksburg. Beckley club officers and members will attend.
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Woman's Club of
Becxley
West Virginia University
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
University Extension Division
Wood County Intermediate Court
George H. Whaley
John F. McCuskey
Clarksburg
Beckley Club
Robert Thompson
Lawrence Thorne
Topsy O'Dell
Fred Hays
Paul Phipps
Wayne Reynolds
Bernard Carter
Local Teacher Enrolled In U Workshop At WVU
Beckley junior high science teacher Mrs. Janie Thorne joins 48 teachers and others enrolling in a 16 day workshop at West Virginia University. Program opens with keynote by Earl Mullins on Americans on Guard at 1 30 p m. Lectures cover water resources soils forestry wildlife and life problems in West Virginia with several university and state officials as speakers.
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Janie Thorne
Beckley Junior High School
West Virginia University
Raleigh County Garden Club Council
Woman's Club of
Beckley
Earl Mullins
Charleston
West Virginia Forest Fire Protective Assn
West Virginia
Walter Gumbel
Monongahela Power Co
Fairmont
O. C. Thompson
Union Carbide Chemicals Company
South Charleston
Harry W. Pitts Jr
Parkersburg Sanitary
Hutchinson Family Reunion Marks Two Milestones for Raleigh Lawyer
John Q. Hutchinson dean of the Raleigh County Bar Association will celebrate 53 years as a practicing attorney and the 50th anniversary of his marriage to Lelia Loving on Sept 27. His son John G Hutchinson is pastor of First Baptist Gloucester Mass and daughters teach at WVU Bloomsburg State College and The Citadel. Hutchinson, a Beckley native, recalls the first native Raleigh Mountain degree at WVU in 1907 and his early public service history including Beckley treasurer, prosecuting attorney, and a State Senate member. He notes changes in crime patterns and a long Republican career, plus strong Baptist ties in the family.
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Eve Breck
Raleigh County Bar Association
John Q. Hutchinson
Lelia Loving
Hinton
Hutchinson
Beckley
John G. Hutchinson
First Baptist Church
Gloucester
Mass
Blanche Hutchinson
West Virginia University
Eugene D
Grace) Theonen
Bloomsburg State College
Edward H (Loving) Phillips
Citadel
Charleston
S. C
Raleigh Mountain
Raleigh County
William S. Martin
State Senate
Circuit Court
State Supreme Court
Republican Executive Committee
THE
Baptist Church
Matthew Ellison
Raleigh
Phillips
Thoenen
Edward Phillips Jr
Pop
Training Session Set For Adult Scouters At Concord
Raleigh County Boy Scout executive Wallace Noble urges many Scout leaders to attend the annual adult scouters training session at Concord College August 20 and 21. Instructors from Appalachian Council will cover cub scouting Boy Scouting and Explorer programs. Den mothers scoutmasters and explorer advisors are urged to attend. A $5 fee covers meals lodging and materials. The course runs 10 a.m. Saturday to noon Sunday with awards for Scouter's Key or den mother. For reservations contact Appalachian Council Bluefield Box 1498.
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Raleigh County
Wallace Noble
Concord College
Noble
Raleigh
Athens
Appalachian Council
Bluefield
Park Reservations Arrangements Made For City and New River Parks
Beckley Recreation Board outlines care taker contact for reserving use of City Park and New River Park during Frank Rodriguez’s absence at National Guard camp in Georgia. Contact City Park caretaker Robert Harding or New River Park caretaker Billy Swarzyna, who must be reached in person until a phone is installed at New River Park this week.
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New River Park
Frank Rodriguez
National Guard
Georgia
James Kessinger
Beckley
Swarzyna
Kessinger
Bull Flees Scene After Collision at White Oak
Sunday night a car driven by Charles Richard Beckley collided with a Black Angus bull that escaped from W. E. Quesenberry’s farm on a White Oak road. Damages were estimated at 250 dollars as the vehicle was badly damaged and the bull fled, not yet reported found by the owner per State Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Oak
Charles Richard Beckley
W. E. Quesenberry
Two Area Students Enter Dental School
Two area students join 21 accepted for the West Virginia University School of Dentistry September class, announced by Dean Kenneth V. Randolph. Of the 21, 16 are West Virginians and five from out of state. William K. Farrar Jr. of Beckley and Lawrence E. Oyler of Oak Hill will be in the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University School of Deniistry
Kenneth V. Randolph
West
Deaf Man Perfects Smallest Hearing Aid
Beckley West Virginia a hard of hearing man has perfected a tiny ear level hearing aid designed to pick up speech television and radio at the ear rather than from a transmitter in clothing. The device uses four transistors weighs about a quarter ounce and costs very little. Readers are invited to write or call for full information with no obligation.
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Beckley
W. Va
Robert R Elmore
First Avenue
Main St
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