Barron and Lane Gather Over Checchi Report
Governor W W Barron and Department of Natural Resources Director Warden Lane will confer soon on Checchi and Co recommendations for the New River Gorge Area development. No formal commitment has been made. Checchi surveyed Fayette Raleigh Summers and Mercer counties under an ARA grant for tourist development. The June report urged immediate work on Stephens Lake Plum Orchard Lake and Bluestone Lake.
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Checchi & Co
New River Gorge
W. W. Barron
Warden Lane
Don Hardman
Hardman
Lane
Washington, D. C
Checchi
The
Area Redevelopment Administration
Fayette
Raleigh
Summers
Mercer Counties
ARA
Stephens Lake
Plum Orchard Lake
Fayette County
Bluestone Lake
Summers County
Gospel Sing Planned At COP Center Sat
A gospel sing at the Cabel Heights Oak Grove Pleasant Hills Community Center 816 Old Eccles Road begins at 7 30 p m Saturday led by Rev G E Huffman with choirs quartets and duets to boost community interest. Refreshments will be served to singers led by state organization members. The first event months ago was successful per Arnold Deck president.
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Cabel Heights
Oak Grove
Plesant Hills
Old Eccles Road
G. E. Huffman
Arnold Deck
Phillips Promoted to Centennial Poetry Committee
John S. Phillips of Raleigh Regis ter farm writer has been named to the Centennial Poetry Committee by Mrs. John 8 Harvey Huntington, chairman. The letter notes the honorary role but cites ways to aid such as stimulating interest, advising programs, and suggesting judges for the Centennial poetry efforts. Phillips has written poems in his column Speaking Of Neighbors and has works published or in an unpublished volume.
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John S. Phillips
Raleigh Register
John 8. Harvey
Huntington
Harvey
Phillips
Twenty-Six Men Sign For Army Duty
Twenty six men enlisted at Beckley Recruiting Station for Army duty. Names include Ernest D. Johnson Williamson motor maintenance and Kenneth Lee Thompson Glen Ferris communications among many others. They were sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training.
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Army
Beckley
Ernest D. Johnson
Myrtle Walker
Williamson
Kenneth Lee Thompson
Chloe Smallwood
Glen Ferris
Arlie Lee Farmer
Burt Farmer
Shady Spring
Robert Greenwalt Christian
Winfred Christian
Roderfield
Airborne
William Clayton Vaughn
Virginia Vaughn
Radford
Wyatt Clinton Brown
Lucy Brown
Charmee
Hawaii
Kenos Neal Jones
Pearl Jones
Clintonville
James Rodney Gilkeson
S. E. Gilkeson
Rainelle
Sherman Eugene Bell
Riley Bell
Coal City
Kenneth Darrell Sizemore
Charleston
Lee Monroe Reed
Glatus Reed
Thomas Z. Perez
Thomas Perez
Durham
Mackie Claude Mullins
Preston Mullins
Narrows
James Caudill
Russell Caudill
Ragland
Raymond Klaiber Jr
Raymond Klaiber
Mullins
Curtis Weber Atkinson
Harry Atkinson
Jenkin Jones
Europe
William Hubert Taylor
Allen Taylor
John Allen White
John White
Mullens
Ft. Knox
Charleston Doctor Joins Hospital Staffs
Dr. Thomas C. Wilson, formerly of Charleston, joins Raleigh General and Beckley Veterans Administration hospitals and Beckley Medical Arts. Mrs. Wilson, Mary Lou Motley of Virginia, plans to move to Beckley with their three sons Thomas Junior six Haile four and John one.
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Thomas C. Wilson
Charleston
Raleigh General
Beckley Veterans Administration
Beckley Medical Arts
Real estate deeds filed in county clerk office
Deeds On File record lists transfers in various districts including Shady Spring Beckley East Gulf Townsite Flat Top Lake Coal City Marsh Fork Crab Orchard and Glade Creek. Notable totals include $8 500 Pendleton Raines to Meadows and $3 500 Higginbotham Beaver district. other properties involve Sallie Louise Maddow Jr Lily Jr George Henderson and Rosa Harris among multiple grantees.
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Sallie Louise
Frank Maddow Jr
George Henderson Lilly Jr
Shady Spring
North American Coal and Dock Co
Arthur V
Irene Gross
East Gulf
Slab Fork
Rosa Harris
Louise Dandridge
Francis Burns
Beckley
Co. P
Lockie Hatcher
Bernard Brammer
Flat Top Lake
Grace Deeds
David Lee
Hensel Deeds
Shady Grove Farms
Willard L
Thelma Smith
Robert and
Flora Harless
Coal City
K. Douglas Bowers
Wanda Dunkley
Beaver
It Is Okay To Be Undecided About Your Career
Dear Carl, your plans are not pressure but interest from others. Fate can rearrange plans. keep eyes and ears open for career information. Do your best now, plan freshman courses to keep majors open, and seek college adviser advice. You are not alone in indecision. send problems to Kathy Peterson for general responses.
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Kathy
Carl
Military Men In The News At Home And Overseas
Reports list various service members and their assignments. Lieutenant Lowell McKinster, son of Rev. and Mrs. Frank B. McKinster, recently graduated from Wake Forest and is now an Army officer. Private Bobbie L. Buoy arrives in Korea with the First Division’s Seventh Cavalry after training at Fort Benning and Fort Jackson. Specialist Morris A. Niday serves with the 440th Signal Battalion in Kaiserslautern. Private Henry L. Warden Jr. completes lineman training at Fort Gordon. Airman James D. Wood assigned to Amarillo AFB for supply specialists course. Will J. Reed serves as engineman on USS Little Rock. Airman 2 C. Robert J. Blake completes radio repair training at Keesler AFB.
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Lowell McKinster
Frank B. McKinster
Mabscott
Sutton High School
Wake Forest College
Korea
Seventh Cavalry
Pvt
Bobbie L. Buoy
Hallie Scruggs Jr
Whitby
Ft. Benning
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Stratton High School
440Th Signal
Kaiserslautern
Germany
Morris A Niday
George B. Niday
Stotesbury
Niday
Mark Twain High School
Ft. Gordon
Army Signal Training Center
Henry L. Warden Jr
C. D. Stetler
Virginia St
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Amarillo Air Force Base
Tex
James D. Wood
Johnson Wood
MacArthur
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lackland Afb
Donaldson Air Force Base
Keesler Afb
Miss
Robert J. Blake
George R. Blake
Sophia
Sophia High School
Lions Named To Committees
BeEkley Lions Club officers led by President Roger A Sharp organize committees to handle administration activities including John Smith program chairman Cecil Graham attendance Fletcher W Mann constitution and by laws Roy Millican finance N Joe Rahall aero Robert C Hart membership Wayne Reynolds and more Special committees will be headed by Price Caffee Jr club entertainment W E Mitchell food M V McCollum initiation Noel B Christian education C G Peregoy inter club relations Harvey Pauley emergency A R Tucker convention M F Barksdale better roads C C Crawford Jr veterans administration volunteer service Richard M Lavinder sign Conrad Stowers Lions information Russell Parsons activities and projects C A Thompson Peregoy parliamentarian At the Tuesday meeting members voted to continue the annual project of providing ushers for Woodrow Wilson High School football games at Van Meter Stadium this year local business man E T Gilmer urged centennial support.
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Beckley Lions Club
Roger A. Sharp
John Smith
Cecil Graham
Fletcher W. Mann
Roy Millican
N. Joe Rahall
Aero
Robert C. Hart
Mearship
Wayne Reynolds
Bbe
Fred Clark
Charles C. Hoover
Unity Betterment
Jliday
C.G. Peregoy
Harvey Pauley
A. R. Tucker
M. F. Barksdale
Better Roads
C. C. Crawford Jr
Veterans Administration Volunteer Service
Richard M. Lavinder
Conrad Stowers
Lions Information
Russell Parsons
C. A. Thompson
Peregoy
Beckley Memorial Hospital Adds Two In-Residency Surgeons
Beckley Memorial Hospital announces two new in-residency surgeons Dr. Dwane J Davidson from Oregon and Dr. Bernard B Huss born in Ohio. Davidson earned an MD from Loma Lima University and interned in Norfolk. Huss earned an MD from Ohio State, interned in Toledo, and served in the Navy Medical Corps. They reside with families in Stamford and 308 Orchard Ave respectively and begin their first year of in-residency surgical work.
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The
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Dwane J. Davidson
Oregon
Bernard B. Huss
Ohio
Davidson
Navy Medical Corps
Norfolk
Sandusky
McDowell Memorial Hosital
Floyd
Columbus
Linda
Jeff
Ann
Orchard Ave
Job seekers file 12 applications at Beckley office
Twelve people applied for work at the Beckley Office of Employment Security on Monday including a tile setter, three coal loaders, a cook, a sales clerk, a tractor trailer driver, a locker room attendant, a circular saw operator and a bulldozer operator. Additional openings exist out of state for a mechanical engineer, occupational therapist, petroleum engineer and clerk stenographers. The report notes more than 5,000 hostels with over 150,000 rooms in Canada.
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Beckley
Safe outdoor safety tips for children from Dr Hyman
Summertime accidents worry pediatricians and this Raleigh Register piece compiles safety guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics. It urges careful bike conduct, wear proper gear, swim with supervision, and avoid risky moves near water, with practical steps and caveats for parents and young riders.
Mothers' Program At City Church Features National Speaker
Mrs Mildred Traynham of Columbus Ohio headlined a mothers program at Church of Jesus Ringleben Street Sunday afternoon at 2 30 pm. Mrs Sarah G Braxton of Broadway Street a national mother also spoke. The theme was The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth. Elder Leeroy Stewart is pastor.
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Mildred Traynham
Columbus
Ohio
Church of Jesus Ringleben Street
Sarah G. Braxton
Broadway Street
Leeroy Stewart
Leadership for West Virginia’s Centennial Era
Dr Greshams statement inspires public calls for leadership to mobilize youth and education. Speakers from the Centennial Speaker Bureau offer talks to groups, urging stronger school support, retention of students in state colleges, and efforts to keep talent in West Virginia as the state approaches its hundredth year.
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West Virginia
Marshall
West Virginia University
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Beckley Veterans Administration Hospital
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Phares E. Reeder
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Kathy Peterson
James
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Glen Morgan
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Little Rock
Will J. Reed
H. L. Warden
J. D. Wood
Canada
Harold Thomas Hyman, M. D
Dr. Hyman
Dept. B
Radio City
New York
N.Y
City Church
Let Chan
Chesapeake and Potomac
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