University Men To Take Part Language Seminar Set Here
A WVU professor and a French instructor will join Beckley programs on Aug 28 to discuss a language seminar for 2nd to 6th graders, with two morning and afternoon sessions. Participants include teachers and parents. no fee. Reservations advised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Beckley
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Victor J. Lemke
Emile Frere
Mary Shirey
Kanawha
Sherman C. Trail
Raleigh County
Maxwell Hill Fair Plans Ready For Saturday Event
Plans are complete for the Maxwell Hill Community Fair to be held Saturday at the community park from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Ninth annual fair features an amateur talent show, a queen coronation, exhibits in sewing and crafts, and a full day of entertainment with local groups and sponsors led by the Maxwell Hill Country Life Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell Hill
Maxwell Hill Country Life Program
E. L. Fitzgerald
Roy Heron Jr
Kenneth Keatley
L. W. Stanley
Jim Chambers
Peanut Holley
Copy Kats
Bud Kurtz
E. R. Linzy
O. A. Gibson
Spiritual Harmony
H. B Thomas
Beckley City
J. §. Larrick
Nancy Boyd
L. Fridley
Louis Oswald
E. U. Fitzgerald
Jerry Link
H. L. Anglin
R. F Benedict
Carl Davis
Terry Owen
R. P. Owen
Nation's Top Team Set for Local First Aid Meet
The national champion mining first aid team from Wyoming near Pineville will headline Woodrow Wilson High School field on Saturday night for Miners Day events. Thirty four teams total compete from 7 p.m., with 12 past winners among them. Prizes include specific trophies and individual lighters for members, awarded by officials including Otto Brown and Charles Ferguson.
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United States
Woodrow Wilson High School
Wyoming
Pineville
Island Creek Coal Co
Tri-County Safety League
Joshua Smith
Sale Funeral To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Morgan R. Sale aged 76 of 203 Hemlock Street will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. C. E. Walker officiating. Burial follows at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. The body lies at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home and will be moved to the church an hour before the service. Pallbearers are O C Flint A C Lilly Clyde Bryner John R Holliday Harry Hufman Clyde Mankin Chester Marshall and Chester Bennett. Sale died at his home Tuesday morning after a long illness.
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Morgan R. Sale
Hemlock St
Memorial Baptist Church
Chester Marshall
Chester Bennett
Sale
Singers League To Meet In City
The West Virginia Singers League Inc will hold a two day session at the Church of the Living God 154 Broadway St Beckley and Charleston. Sessions open 11 a m Saturday with business and devotionals with officers including William Collins Leslie Cross and Mrs Hunter. Soloists include Powell Crockett Lemons Duggans Vanhook Winfield. Musical groups include Guiding Voices Omar Gospel Singers and others from Beckley Glen Jean Capitol City Charleston and Red Jacket.
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Church of the Living God
Broadway St
West Virginia Singers League Inc
W. A. Tressenwriter
Beckley
Joseph E. Washington
J. A. Lewis
Mary Hunter
Mary Fletcher
Charleston
William Collins
Leslie Cross
Logan
Hunter
Women's Friendship Club
Virginia Powell
John Redman
Fayetteville
Mrs. Powell
Larry Crockett
Glen Jean
James Lemons
Andrew Duggans
Bobby Vanhook
Eva Winfield
N. W. Burton
H. Murray
Mr. Tressenwriter
J. Alexander Creasey
Princeton
Singing
Guiding Voices
the Three Wonders
Powellton Choir
Capitol City Gospel Chorus
Omar Gospel Singers
Community Gospel Singers
Choralettes
Carbondale
Cannelton Chorus
Joulettes
Garten
Welcome Baptist Mission Chorus
Silver Tones
Red Jacket
Teacher Pay Proposal Tabled By School Board
A proposal by Board Member Strake Walker to pay Raleigh County teachers five dollars for each night they return to schools was tabled. The plan would use gate receipts and exclude coaches. officials task to assess financial impact. The board also adopted county pension rules and approved last year’s budget and levy, with notices to tax authorities.
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Strake Walker
Raleigh County
Walker
Board of Education
Sherman C. Trail
Virgil Sarrett
Woodrow Wilson High School
J. A. Mc
Buckland 50. former Prosperity resident dies in Fayetteville
William Ross Buckland aged 50 died after a lengthy illness in a Fayetteville North Carolina hospital. The Prosperity native, WWII veteran, construction worker, will be returned to Melton Funeral Home for services at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Melton chapel. Burial in Sunset Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include wife Ruth Buckland daughter Mrs. William Jones two sisters Mrs. Ernest Lilly Mrs. George Woody and brother Basil Buckland. Pallbearers listed.
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William Ross
Bill) Buckland
Prosperity
Fayetteville, N. C
Buckland
Josph Buckland
Price Hill
Mary Jane Peterson Buckley
Ruth Buckland
Fayetteville
N. C
William Jones
Hamilton
Ohio
Ernest Lilly
Beckley Council Lays Levies for 1959 60 Budget
Beckley city council held a special meeting Tuesday night and voted unanimously to lay the levies for the current fiscal year. On a motion by Councilman G C Porter the council laid the levies for the 16251853 budget for 1959 60. Mayor Cecil L Miller reported the budget has been approved without exception by the state tax commissioner.
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Beckley
G. C. Porter
Cecil L. Miller
Court Tax Ruling Applies to Bank Case in Kanawha
Charleston AP The State Supreme Court decision that all property must be assessed alike triggered a refund for Kanawha Valley Bank. Judge Taylor ruled the capital stock value of six million dollars be taxed at 40 percent, lowering the tax base and entitling a refund of 26 000 after the bank paid 43 644 under the old ruling. The 1958 assessment still stands under review.
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Charleston
Supreme Court
Kanawha Valley Bank
Kanawha County
Frank L. Taylor
Kanawha
Taylor
Doctors Begin 92nd Meeting in White Sulphur Springs
The West Virginia State Medical Assn opens its 92nd annual convention in White Sulphur Springs with speeches by Gov. Underwood and WVU President Elvis J. Stahr. Dr. George F. Evans of Clarksburg led pre-convention events as president of WVMA. Dr. Jacob Camden Huffman of Buckhannon will be installed as next president Saturday.
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West Virginia State Medical Assn
Underwood
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Stahr
Association
George F. Evans
Clarksburg
WVMA
House of Delegates
Jacob Camden Huffman
Buckhannon
Archery Magazine Gift to Raleigh County Library
The Beckley Archery Club donated a one year subscription of Archery to the Raleigh County Library per librarian Mrs. C. H. Graham. The gift supports patrons in Beckley and surrounding areas.
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Beckley Archery Club
Archery
Raleigh County Library
C. H. Graham
Farmers Market Growing Pains At Beckley Cranberry Heights
R E Hicks chairs Beckley Area Rural Development Council Fruits and Vegetable Commission as the Farmers Market faces growth pains. Market manager O C Hutchison says volume and quality are at all time highs and calls for bigger, steadier buyers and better packaging to handle output. Eggs are to be graded with New York prices guiding fair values, and a West Virginia stamp planned to assure quality. Attendees include Frank Barksdale and others.
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George Warren Hodel
Beckley Newspapers Corp
Beckley Newspapers
Beckley Junior High School
Hodel
Hemisphere
Central
South America
Beckley
Cranberry Heights
R. E. Hicks
Beckley Area
RDC
Hicks
O. C. Hutchison
Hutchison
Charleston
New York
West Virginia
Hicks and Hutchison
Frank Barksdale
Roger Sharp
Harry Headley
Charles Hodel
James Kessinger
C. T.shackelford
H. B. Thomas
E.O. Snider
Floyd F. Rothlisberger
W. M. Shanklin
Former County Boy Drowns at Fort Worth Pool
Joe Milam, four, formerly of Raleigh County, died at 2 30 p m Tuesday while wading into deep water at a public Fort Worth pool. He lived with his paternal grandparents Arlie and Mrs Milam of Fort Worth. His parents reside in Butler Oklahoma and he has one sister Judy. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon in Fort Worth.
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Joe Milam
Raleigh County
Fort Worth
Texas
Eccles
Glen Rogers
Joe
Arlie Milam
Butler
Okla
Judy
Route 21 widening set to extend to Ghent
State Senator Jack A. Nuckols announced that U S Route 21 will be widened from Shady Spring to Ghent after a conference with State Road Commissioner Patrick C. Graney in Charleston. The project, using a new cement stabilization process, follows earlier work from Gauley Bridge to Shady Spring and Raleigh to Shady Spring completed by Oscar Vecellio.
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Patrick C. Graney
Charleston
Jack A. Nuckols
U. S
Gauley Bridge
Nuckols
Shady Spring
Raleigh
Oscar Vecellio
Graney
Ghent
Odd
Beckley RDC outlines new livestock market plan and sales
C T Shackelford and William M Shanklin present progress on the New River Livestock Market Inc to serve Raleigh Fayette and Wyoming counties and parts of Mercer Summers and Nicholas. First sale set for Sept 21 and projected annual income near three quarters of a million dollars.
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C. T. Shackelford
Beckley Area
Shanklin
Con
Road construction cost estimates per mile given by state engineer
A state road commission engineer says a rural road can be built for about 8000 dollars per mile unlike Nuckols who estimates five to six thousand dollars. The figures reflect differing cost assessments for lighter traffic routes.
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Ary
State Road Commission
Nuckols
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