Beckley District gets new supervisor for WV Rehabilitation
Linn J. Hardman begins duties as Beckley district supervisor for the West Virginia Vocational Rehabilitation Division. Formerly a Bluefield senior counselor, he succeeds Clarence A. McClelland who moves to Charleston. Hardman, Glenville State College and Duke University alum, will oversee returning disabled workers to Raleigh, Fayette, Wyoming, McDowell, Mercer and Summers counties from headquarters at 300 Bair Building. He and his family reside in Athens and plan to move to Beckley soon.
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Linn J. Hardman
Beckley
West Virginia
Bluefield
Hardman
Clarence A. McClelland
McClelland
Charleston
F. Ray Power
Glenville State College
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Bair Building
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
McDowell
Mercer
Summers
Athens
Budget Paying Plan Resumed By Gas Firm
Amere Gas Utilities Company resumes a budget heating plan allowing customers to spread winter gas bills over 10 months. Beckley manager O C Thorpe says no extra charge for the program. Customers may join via August September bill stub or free return mail postcards at the office or by phone. Discontinuation is allowed.
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Amere Gas Utilities Company
O. C. Thorpe
Beckley
Thorpe
Homecoming Set For Calloway Heights Baptist Church
The annual homecoming at Calloway Heights Baptist Church will be Sunday Aug 23 led by Rev H A McClung. Lunch will be served at 1 PM.
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Calloway Heights Baptist Church
H. A. McClung
Bonds Executed For Jail Release In Raleigh County
Garfield Jennings and others posted bonds to gain release from Raleigh County Jail after police court hearings. Jennings, 37, of Beckley, posted 68 dollars for shoplifting and drunkenness charges from Pagoda Shopping Center. Charlie Franklin Jordan, 55, Crow, posted 500 dollars for driving while drunk. George E. Payne of Sophia posted 500 dollars for breach of peace. Leonard N. Jones, 19, Beaver, was cited for red light and equipment violations. William McGuire Walls, 20, Coal City, and a 16 year old Rhodes juvenile faced petit larceny and property destruction charges tied to copper wire theft at Amigo Smokeless Coal Co tipple. The fuel industry ad spend rose 29 percent in 1957.
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Garfield Jennings
Beckley
Raleigh
Jennings
Pagoda
Harper Road
Charlie Franklin Jordan
Crow
Jordan
George E. Payne
Sophia
Charles T. Burdiss
Sheriff's
Leonard N. Jones
Beaver
William McGuire Walls
Coal City
Rhodes
Amigo Smokeless Coal Company
Francis
Walls
Alderson Broaddus Night Planned In Beckley
Miss Susan Lowe directs Alderson Broaddus Night at First Baptist Church Beckley Tuesday with a 6 30 p m dinner for friends alumni and prospective students honoring Dr Richard E Shearer president of the college An informal talk and Q A session follow Dr Shearer The Aldettes Patricia Allen Weirton Sandra Waggoner Grafton Elladene Bailey Weston will sing Several flying trips to Baptist associations in the state were noted for July and upcoming meetings in Crab Orchard Page Elk Valley Richwood and Nettie with Olive Branch in Nettle therd
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Aldettes
Sandra Waggoner
Pat Allen
Elladene Bailey
First Baptist Church
Alderson-Broaddus
Presi
Susan Lowe
Travelers Lane
Alderson- Broaddus College
Alderson - Broaddus
Beckley
First Baptist
Richard E. Shearer
Miss Lowe
Shearer
Patricia Allen
Weirton
Grafton
Weston
Spencer Hospital Ends 12 Hour Day at Spencer
The West Virginia Department of Mental Health has abolished the 12 hour work day at Spencer State Hospital and established a basic eight hour day for all workers. Dr Richard J Lilly says shorter hours benefit workers and patients and nine of the hospital’s 19 wards are now open for patient freedom outside activities.
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West Virginia
Lilly
Music Institute Set At WVWC
The fourth annual Institute of Church Music opens today at West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhannon and runs through Saturday. Sponsored by the West Virginia Methodist Conference Board of Education and the National Fellowship of Methodist Musicians, the event serves over 100 church workers and musicians from across the conference. Courses cover music in Christian education curriculum integration choir training methods and worker development. Highlights include an Get Acquainted Party Handbell Demonstration Organ Recital by Dr Nita Akin a steak fry and a Choral Worship Service. Attending conferences are the Methodist Central Jurisdiction Washington and East Tennessee. Registration is by Mrs E Eugene Jones Bluefield and program details by Mrs William W Watkins Fairmont. J Edgar Hoover was appointed director of the FBI in 1924.
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Institute of Church Music
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
West Virginia Methodist Conference Board of Education
National Fellowship of Methodist Musicians
Lacy H. Burns
First Methodist Church
Clarksburg
Nita Akin
Methodist Central Jurisdiction
Institute
Washington
East Tennessee
E. Eugene Jones
Spring Garden Drive
Bluefield
William W. Watkins
Fairmont
DAV Sells Forget-me-nots For Local Veterans Aid
Disabled American Veterans sponsor a sale in Beckley and surrounding area today. Volunteers including men women and children collect funds to aid needy families of disabled veterans and orphans. Funds will buy socks stationery and items for patients at the Veterans Administration Hospital and for veterans at Pinecrest Sanitarium.
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Beckley
Robert R. Elmore
DAV
Elmore
Veterans Administration Hospital
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Four Injured In Two Auto Accidents In West Virginia
Three accidents Sunday left four people injured and two charged as State Police reported. A one car crash on Fitzpatrick Road at 6:35 a.m. involved Jacob Jenkins driving a 1959 model that was demolished. Jenkins was charged with reckless driving after saying he fell asleep. Miss Jo Ann Williams and Miss Ramona Wilson were treated and released from Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital. A separate Cranberry collision at 4:50 p.m. involved Charles J. Ballard, Annelene Dreama Shrewsbury, and Doris Adkins. Ballard’s wife suffered a neck injury but was not hospitalized. Adkins was charged with failing to have vehicle under control. A Daniels crash at 5:30 p.m. involved O. B. Higgenbothaum and Betty Lou Halsey. Halsey was charged with operating a vehicle with defective brakes. Total vehicle damage not specified.
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Fitzpatrick Road
Jacob Jenkins
MacArthur
Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
Jo Ann Williams
E. Prince Sr
Ramona Wilson
Pemberton
Beckley Hospital
Jenkins
Cranberry
Charles J. Ballard
Charleston
Annalene Dreama Shrewsbury
Midway
Doris Adkins
Ballard
Anabelle Kathleen Ballard
Miss Adkins
Daniels
O. B. Higgenbothauml
Beckley
Betty Lou Halsey
Beaver
Miss Halsey
Market Report Beckley Farmers Market Eggs Steady
Eggs by the dozen varied across grades from 41 to 44 cents for West Virginia grade A extra large to 21 to 26 cents for grade A small. Heavy hens 12 to 14 cents per pound and fryers 17 cents. Beans 1.50 to 2.25 per bushel. Other produce including corn peppers cucumbers squash potatoes onions and tomatoes sold in multiple quantity ranges.
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Beckley
C.C. Hutchison
West Virginia
U. S
Fire Department Seeks Nine New Members At Sophia
Sophia Volunteer Fire Department plans to add nine men to reach a 20 member minimum. If approved the nine will raise the total to 19 as recruitment continues toward a possible 60 member capability. Fire Chief Dan Pinson notes losses to service and job changes and names the nine recruits: Albert Veneri Carl Kirk James Powers Lacy Cochran Billy Sullivan James Akers Michel Griffith Dave Black Tony Sokola.
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Albert Veneri
Carl Kirk
James Powers
Lacy Cochran
Billy Sullivan
James Akers
Michel Griffith
Dave Black
Tony Sokola
Pinson
Revival Services At Eccles Pentecostal Holiness Church
A revival begins at 7 30 p m daily at Eccles Pentecostal Holiness Church with public invitation from Rev Alfred Pittman pastor for services each evening.
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Eccles Pentecostal Holiness Church
Alfred Pittman
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