Teachers leave Ohio to return to West Virginia
Ohio recruited teachers from Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia now returning home as those states raise salaries. Brown County faces loss of about 30 teachers across the Ohio River to Kentucky. Superintendent E E Holt warns enrollment may rise 400000 in five years, needing 17000 more teachers. William S Waddy of McAlpin is improving in Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital after a month of treatment.
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Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. DiSalle
E. E. Holt
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Holt
Brown County
Ohio River
William S. Waddy
McAlpin
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Public Health Nurse Returns From Vacation
Mrs. Lillian Melton of the Raleigh County Department of Health returned to her duties Monday after a two week vacation. She traveled with her husband and two daughters for five days visiting Pittsburgh Washington and Charlottesville.
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Lillian Melton
Raleigh County
Eye injury at drilling site prompts hospital visit
Glen Stewart of McGraws was treated at Beckley Hospital Sunday for a foreign body in his left eye. The injury occurred while drilling for the Eastern Gas Co. in Kopperston.
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Glen Stewart
McGraws
Beckley Hospital
Eastern Gas Co
Kopperston
Hart Nixon Addition Opens In Beckley Major Subdivision
Beckley reports Hart Nixon Addition in Mercer Street Extension features 13 level lots of 80 foot frontage varying 300 to 150 feet deep with a paved road to the end of Mercer Street. Built by R C Hart and Nita M Nixon, the project is approved by Planning, Zoning, and City Council with first refusals granted on two lots.
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Hart - Nixon
Beckley
Mercer Street
R. C. Hart
Mercer St
Nita. M. Nixon
Bluefield
Hart
Planning and Zoning Commission
Hart-Nixon
City of Beckley
Fourteen Men Enlist for Army Duty in Beckley
Fourteen men enlisted at the Beckley Recruiting Main Station with assignments including Europe, airborne, and supply handling. Names include Jerry Wayne Hurst, Oliver Pierce Richards, James Edward White, Kenneth O'Dell Collins, James Michael Taylor, Stewart Edward McMeans, James Aster Perkins, Ernest Michael White, Roy Elwood Pyle, Donald Lee Hendricks, Herman Jay Hundley, Buford Roy McCoy, and Fred Harlow Bevill. The group will train at Fort Knox Kentucky. Re-enlisting is Billy Straus Horton who will go to Fort Eustis Virginia. Sgt John H Martin visited the graves of his step brother Cpl Bernard Trail in Epinal cemetery, Trail killed August 1944 with Fourth Army under Gen Patton.
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Beckley
Jerry Wayne Hurst
Dolly Myrtle Hurst
Route
Hinton
Europe
Oliver Pierce Richards
Mary Clementine Lucas
James Edward White
Siegel R. White
Hewett
Kenneth O'Dell Collins
Raleigh Eugene Collins
Coaldale
Airborne
James Michael Taylor
James W. Taylor
Route 2
St. Albans
Stewart Edward McMeans
Treva Ethel McMeans
Skygusty
James Aster Perkins
Avery Aster Perkins
Honaker
Ernest Michael White
Ernest W. White
Oak Hill
Roy Elwood Pyle
Homer Pyle
Parcoal
Donald Lee Hendricks
William Hendricks
Powhattan
Bernard J. Trail
John H. Martin
Germany
Cpl. Trail
Fourth Army
George S. Patton Jr
Epinal
United States Military Cemetery
Herman Jay Hundley
Frank Hundley
Matheny
Buford Roy McCoy
Glen McCoy
Panther
Fred Harlow Bevill
Richard Bevill
Avondale
Fort Knox
Billy Straus Horton
Thorpe
Fort Eustis
Self-Employment Tax Rules and Disability Waiting Periods
A reader asks if earnings under 400 dollars can be reported for self employment tax. The answer notes a farmer may report if gross farm income was not over 1,800 dollars and a 600 dollar gross reporting limit applies under optional reporting. A separate inquiry on disability benefits explains a 20th quarter requirement met in October 1959 and a six month waiting period. potential payment could begin in April 1960 if disability standards are met. Additional questions outline self-employment tax rates for 1959 and past years, with future rate changes noted.
Rescue on the Run in Lockport Highlights Patrol Hero
Patrolman Joseph Montedoro glimpsed a two year old slip from his mother's grip and dash into the street. He sprang forward and scooped up the child just as a delivery truck careened past. The rescued boy turns out to be the son of Patrolman Gerald Landrigan, who was nearby walking his boat.
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Paris
Martin
J. T. Trail
Beaver
Flat Top
Sgt
Trail
Sgt. Martin
Germany
States
Korea
Irene Clark
Bobby
Jim
Lockport
N. Y
Joseph Montedoro
Montedoro
Gerald Landrigan
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Eve Breck
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Chester G. Roberts
R. C. Wooten
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Ben Bolick
Boone
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M. E. Eller
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C. E. Goddard
D. S. Long
H. P. Farley
Roosevelt Hotel
Grubb
James E. Thompson
Paul R. Hutchinson Jr
West Virginia Life Insurance Co
Blackwater Falls State Park
Raleigh Register
Beckley Post-Herald
King Edward Cigars
Atlantic Ocean
Aloha Land
Corey Candy Co
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United States
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Voice of America Broadcasting Service
U. S. Information Agency
Washington
D. C
Board of
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Zane E. Lilly
Beckley Post Office
Washington 25
West Virginia Joint Merit System
Welch H. Henritze Jr
Department of Mental Heal
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